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  1. Paramilitary musing on parade,
    Swat magazine advises teams to “poach” work from other law enforcement workers to keep up the practice, stating practice on real folks who haven’t actually done a violent crime is cool because we are here to service their need to be ready.
    What could go wrong with that attitude?
    “Team commanders must raise the profile of their teams. Stay active. Yes, I mean do warrant service and drug raids even if you have to poach the work. First, your team needs the training time under true callout conditions. If all your team does is train, but seldom deploy, you will end up training just to train. You need to train to fight. You already know that.
    Second, make SWAT familiar to senior police staff. Everyone fears the unknown. Don’t let SWAT be that unknown. Make deploying SWAT something that is routine, not something only done after much hand-wringing. “Oh, no! You mean we have to call SWAT? Oh, I don’t know, I just don’t know. Really? Call SWAT? Really?””
    http://www.hendonpub.com/publications/tacticalresponse/rearguard.aspx
    Comments are fairly rm…special.

  2. I cannot beleive the daily brief today on sun news network it was that lefty can’t think of his name hosting the show and waren kinsella , first the guy hosting was happy almost about the wheat board plebisite , he was very attacking of the cons on that issue as well he was almost sypathetic to kinsellas defence of mc squinty’s , hire an immigrant tax break policy unbeelivable!!

  3. Neat but a “sunday drive” to find a breakie spot. For a much slower version try north bound Deerfoot at 7:30am any week day especially around Anderson Road – that’s rush hour!! Full Stop

  5. Glenn Reynolds:
    “Everybody’s angry, to judge from my email, about Paul Krugman’s typo-burdened 9/11 screed. Don’t be angry. Understand it for what it is, an admission of impotence from a sad and irrelevant little man. Things haven’t gone the way he wanted lately, his messiah has feet of clay — hell, forget the ‘feet’ part, the clay goes at least waist-high — and it seems likely he’ll have even less reason to like the coming decade than the last, and he’ll certainly have even less influence than he’s had. Thus, he tries to piss all over the people he’s always hated and envied. No surprise there. But no importance, either. You’ll see more and worse from Krugman and his ilk as the left nationally undergoes the kind of crackup it’s already experiencing in Wisconsin. They thought Barack Obama was going to bring back the glory days of liberal hegemony in politics, but it turned out he was their Ghost Dance, their Bear Shirt, a mystically believed-in totem that lacked the power to reverse their onrushing decline, no matter what the shamans claimed.”

  7. Ummm, no. That is NOT rush hour. Perhaps the guy was shooting on a Sunday or around 2:00 in the afternoon. If I leave work an hour early, I might see traffic like that. Try leaving around 4:00 or 5:00 and the sky will be darker by the time the car finally gets out of downtown, let alone home.

  8. That was exceptionally weak. !! What a waste of 4 minutes.
    I think I’ll do a youtube video of my cactus growing !!

  9. Well, that’s what it says in the title of the video, Dave. I must admit, the streets do look a little…open.

  10. @ EBD, from the academics letter that Glenn Reynolds posted “Sad that so many of my academic readers request anonymity”. Yes, it is sad that debate today in our society is being stifled by the left and academics opposed to the left’s agenda request anonymity. Are we all going to end up like the personalities in Orlando Figes “The Whisperers”.
    That was an excellent way to honour Al Gore.

  11. Dave:
    Couldn’t have been rush hour.
    Underneath the Centre Street Bridge (@ 3:22) is one-way during rush hour. This showed two-way traffic.

  13. Wheat Board Monopoly: Farmers Vote To Keep Monopoly, Government Vows To Eliminate Board
    Scott Edmonds, The Canadian Press
    WINNIPEG – Prairie farmers have voted in favour of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly over wheat and barley sales.
    Just over 60 per cent of wheat growers and 51 per cent of barley growers voted in favour of maintaining the board’s monopoly. Some 55 per cent of wheat growers and 47 per cent of barley growers voted in the plebiscite.
    http://www.thecanadianpress.com/english/online/

  14. James: I missed that point, but traffic is ‘way too sparse for rush hour! I think I saw my truck crossing 9th Ave. 🙂

  15. Neat vid, but there’s no way that was rush hour — no lane reversals and the traffic’s way too light. Try northbound Crowchild Trail at about 5:00 PM south of the river, or the downtown at about the same time.

  16. The Wheat Board vote was rigged. Thank goodness Ritz is going ahead with making the Stalinist era monopoly voluntary and freeing the farmers.

  17. It doesn’t matter what the farmers voted for or against. Disposition of one’s own property is not something that other people have the right to vote on.
    Incidentally:
    If 55% of wheat growers voted in the poll and 60% of them were in favour, that’s a whopping 33% in favour of the board.
    For barley, if 47% of growers voted and 51% voted yes, that’s 23.97% in favour of the board.

  18. If 55% of wheat growers voted in the poll and 60% of them were in favour, that’s a whopping 33% in favour of the board. For barley, if 47% of growers voted and 51% voted yes, that’s 23.97% in favour of the board.
    Are you assuming that everyone who didn’t vote also didn’t want the board?

  19. Disposition of one’s own property is not something that other people have the right to vote on.
    Quite true, however Canadians are subjects with no property rights. That’s a much greater travesty.

  22. O’Democrats.
    …-
    “Dianne Feinstein says campaign funds ‘wiped out’ in fraud case”
    “Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Monday that her campaign fund was “wiped out,” making her campaign another alleged victim of a campaign treasurer accused of fraud.
    Feinstein, a California Democrat, told Politico that the losses from her fund are likely to be in the hundreds of thousands, if not more than $1 million. “I was wiped out too, we don’t know how much,” she told the news site.
    Kinde Durkee was arrested on a federal fraud charge this month. She is accused of taking thousands of dollars from the campaigns of various elected officials.
    Although many Democratic insiders expressed shock at Durkee’s arrest, it wasn’t the first sign of trouble. When the FBI started investigating Durkee in January, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office and the state Fair Political Practices Commission were already looking at her use of campaign funds.”
    urlm.in/jcuo
    …-
    “It Takes a Thief”
    “The phrase “it takes a thief to catch a thief” is believed to have originated in 17th century England to express the belief that only a person with criminal instincts could anticipate one of his own kind. The idea lives on in the concept of the serial killer profiler, immortalized by the fictional Hannibal Lecter, whose twisted mind is tapped by the FBI to aid them in catching other human monsters.
    But why would seasoned politicians entrust their money to a known shady operator and run the risk of having it stolen from them, as campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee may have done to a growing number of Democratic Party stalwarts? NBC Los Angeles reports that Diane Feinstein, who had $5 million in her campaign fund the last time she looked, was “wiped out” by Durkee. “Feinstein is one of an unknown number of elected officials who allegedly lost money courtesy a Democratic campaign accountant named Kinde Durkee.” The list of victims appears to be growing.”
    http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2011/09/12/it-takes-a-thief-2/#more-17130

  23. “Quite true, however Canadians are subjects with no property rights. That’s a much greater travesty.”
    But we do have property rights. We are endowed with property rights by our creator. They are inalienable. Just because our government doesn’t recognize them does not change that fact. Governments don’t exist to hand out rights, they exist to protect the rights we have by virue of being human. If they are not doing that, we are well within our rights to make them, or try another system of government.

  25. Mao Stlong* Lepolt.
    Of Liberal Ad$Cam Chretien & Sidewinder.
    “said Mr. Munson, a Liberal.” senator appointed by Liberal Sidewinder Chretien.
    …-
    “China’s Xinhua a trap for unwary Western politicians”
    “Senator Jim Munson, a former journalist who worked in China for five years and sits on the executive of the Canada-China Legislative Association with Mr. Dechert, said elected officials must approach Xinhua with caution.
    “Any politician in Canada who has any relations with Xinhua should be aware that Xinhua is the voice of the government of China and that one should be very, very careful in his or her dealings,” said Mr. Munson, a Liberal.
    “You have to recognize that Xinhua is the communications arm, the propaganda arm, the voice of the government of China.””
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/chinas-xinhua-a-trap-for-unwary-western-politicians/article2163578/
    …-
    “Project Sidewinder – Prime Time Crime
    27 Sep 2000 … Chretien’s son-in-law, Andre Desmarais runs the huge …”
    http://www.primetimecrime.com/columns/Columns%202000/20000927.htm
    *Mao Stlong is Liberal leader Basement Bob Rae’s Uncle Mo Strong.

  26. PET Cemetery Report/Mao Stlong Lepolt.
    A twofel …
    PET: “*Just watch me”.
    …-
    “When dust settles, how much of the world will China own?”
    “The world’s banker”
    “One wonders what the world will look like when the music stops.”
    “China, the economic engine of the post-recession era, has already been on a buying spree, striking deals around the world largely in the resources sector. It’s also the biggest foreign holder of America’s debt, and has helped buoy other countries and companies. Now, it it’s also poised to come to Rome’s aid as Italy becomes the latest victim of Europe’s debt crisis.
    Italy confirmed today that Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti met this month with Chinese officials, who hold massive foreign exchange reserves, to drum up support for its bonds. It’s not clear how much of a difference this will make to Italy, but it’s yet another signal of China’s increasing importance in a world in turmoil.
    “News that Beijing and Rome were in talks over the potential purchase of Italian debt inspired a late 200-point recovery in the Dow Jones on Monday, with U.K. shares pencilling in sharp gains at the open as a result,” said Ben Critchley, sales trader at IG Index.
    “This came – but also evaporated very quickly. There is the feeling that we have seen these stories before during the first stages of the Greek crisis, as well as speculation that the amounts earmarked for purchase are not that material.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/top-business-stories/when-dust-settles-how-much-of-the-world-will-china-own/article2163073/
    …-
    *PET “Just watch me”:
    “Trudeau’s “Just watch me” Interview – Quebec History
    23 Aug 2000 … Trudeau’s “Just watch me” Interview. Impromptu interview of Pierre Elliott Trudeau with Tim Ralfe of the CBC and Peter Reilly of CJON-TV on …
    faculty.marianopolis.edu/ c.belanger/ quebechistory/ docs/ october/ watchme.htm

  27. “It doesn’t matter what the farmers voted for or against. Disposition of one’s own property is not something that other people have the right to vote on.”
    That right there is the heart of the matter. Those who don’t want to sell through the board should not be forced to do so by others under threat of imprisonment when what they are selling is their own property. If the wheat board was so bloody fantastic they should be able to compete on the open market to buy farmers’ grain. Eastern farmers don’t have to put up with this garbage and neither should we – this isn’t a communist country where people are just serfs working for the Man.

  29. If I could recommend a book – “Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout” (The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist), by Patrick Moore. I thought the chapter where he discusses climate change was one of the most effective rebuttals to the warmist point of view I have ever read. An excellent read.

  30. Calgary? Looks like Grand Rapids, Michigan to me.
    Calgary must be really dull. I’ll cross that off my must-visit list…

  31. Though sometimes hard to read, Maz2 has a point about the kerfufle with the Tory and China media. It is funny that a “flirty” email or two can stand for days as some kind of sex crime. Not to mention the cozy relationship between any Liberal and China is never mentioned. Sad reporting… very sad.

  34. Taliban Jacques Bloc SeparatistNDP says,
    …-
    “Taliban assault Kabul with suicide bombers, fire rockets at embassies”
    (googlenews)

  37. I must admit it doesn’t look at all like rush hour. On the other hand, the early shots are from streets which don’t carry traffic at any hour, and the Centre Street and downtown shots might be from some very unusual day, or from some time like 9:00 or 5:30 which would be peak time in Toronto but not here (although they look like midday). It can sometimes be like that. You just don’t know what the traffic’s going to do in this town. When it flows, it really flows. And when it doesn’t…
    If the point is supposed to be that driving in Calgary is easy, well, go ahead and believe it, but boy, are you in for a jolt when you get here.

  38. Rush hour in Calgary appears to be a blatant fraud, likely filmed late-morning or on a week-end.
    Reality is much different, what with C-Train issues (4 deaths in the last month) clogging intersections and innumerable car collisions on major thoroughfares. (Deerfoot 500 and Crowchild Trail). Impossible for infrastructure construction to keep up with the demand – Calgary’s centralized urban model (and most others) is hopelessly dysfunctional.

  40. Dear Editor,
    “In one of the more ominous developments, women seem to be losing interest in many newsstand titles traditionally aimed at them, which are responsible for a large share of total newsstand sales.”
    …-
    “Magazine Newsstand Sales Halved from 2001-2011 (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)”
    “Media Daily News ^ | September 13, 2011 | Erik Sass”
    “The combined newsstand sales of 68 major American magazines declined by nearly half from 2001-2011, a MediaPost analysis of Audit Bureau of Circulations data revealed.
    According to ABC FAS-FAX circulation reports, this group of leading weekly and monthly magazines saw total average newsstand sales plunge from 22,019,953 in the six-month period ending June 2001 to 11,562,028 in the six-month period ending June 2011 — a 47.5% decline over the course of the decade.
    Total newsstand sales have gradually collapsed over the last 10 years, accelerating in recent years in response to broader economic pressures. Newsstand sales have declined steadily, dropping every single year from 2001-2011. After slowly declining from 22 million in 2001 to just over 17 million in 2007, shedding 23% over the course of seven years, the rate of loss increased from 2008 to 2011 — shedding another 32% in just four years.”
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2777638/posts

  41. *
    bias? what media bias?
    “Bob Dechert says voters will dismiss a report that he wrote flirtatious emails
    as a non-issue, because there was ‘no wrongdoing’ in the incident, for which
    the parliamentary secretary was not arrested or charged.”
    *

  42. Proof positive that leftist scientists, like all leftists, are now *completely* out of touch with reality:
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/aug/18/aliens-destroy-humanity-protect-civilisations
    “‘Green’ aliens might object to the environmental damage humans have caused on Earth and wipe us out to save the planet. ‘These scenarios give us reason to limit our growth and reduce our impact on global ecosystems. It would be particularly important for us to limit our emissions of greenhouse gases, since atmospheric composition can be observed from other planets,’ the authors write.”
    Nope, they’re not kidding; they mention “District 9” as an influence on their conclusions.

  43. The headline on CBC.Ca this AM reads: “B.C. child abduction suspect caught in Alberta”
    Very misleading. Sparwood BC (where the abduction took place) and Crowsnest (where the alleged abductor was caught) are about 10 miles apart.
    The mounties got him, That’s what counts.

  46. Help Horwath with campaign quotes/themes.
    Suggestions, please.
    This* is a real goody:
    “*”He came on a bicycle. I escorted him down and he went away on his bike.””
    …-
    “Horwath urges Ontario NDP to halt Layton-themed campaigning”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/on-the-hustings/horwath-urges-new-democrats-to-halt-layton-themed-campaigning/article2164489/
    …-
    *Biker:
    http://www.torontosun.com/2011/04/29/layton-found-in-toronto-bawdy-house-former-cop

  47. The Maple Leaf Forever: Our Fair Dominion.
    “September 13, 1759: Québec: The British win the decisive Battle of Québec. Montcalm and Wolfe, the commanding generals, both perish in battle.”
    http://www.jonathancarriel.com/timeline.htm
    …-
    “In Days of yore,
    From Britain’s shore
    Wolfe the dauntless hero came
    And planted firm Britannia’s flag
    On Canada’s fair domain.
    Here may it wave,
    Our boast, our pride
    And joined in love together,
    The thistle, shamrock, rose entwined,
    The Maple Leaf Forever.
    [CHORUS]
    The Maple Leaf
    Our Emblem Dear,
    The Maple Leaf Forever.
    God save our Queen and heaven bless,
    The Maple Leaf Forever.
    At Queenston Heights and Lundy’s Lane
    Our brave fathers side by side
    For freedom’s home and loved ones dear,
    Firmly stood and nobly died.
    And so their rights which they maintained,
    We swear to yeild them never.
    Our watchword ever more shall be
    The Maple Leaf Forever
    [CHORUS]
    Our fair Dominion now extends
    From Cape Race to Nootka Sound
    May peace forever be our lot
    And plenty a store abound
    And may those ties of love be ours
    Which discord cannot sever
    And flourish green for freedom’s home
    The Maple Leaf Forever”
    Alexander Muir

  48. The Marxists as usual ae all wrong. Deadly wrong.
    Lessons from the embassy takeover
    But until the weekend, Israel’s Left insisted there was a distinction between the lawless Sinai and the more orderly situation in Cairo. They argued that all that was needed to calm the situation in Sinai was for the military junta to assert its authority in Sinai as it does in the rest of Egypt. Hence, the Left argued that it is in Israel’s interest to amend the peace treaty and allow the Egyptian military to remilitarize the Sinai.
    Since the weekend, these claims have been notably absent from the discourse. After the Egyptian military allowed the mob to take over the embassy, residual leftist faith in the junta’s moderation and commitment to the peace with Israel is swiftly evaporating.
    http://carolineglick.com/

  49. “the Times” is the NYSlimes, right?
    Must be a rumour, left?
    …-
    “Is Barack Obama Depressed?”
    “We’re told by a source inside the Times that the paper is preparing a story arguing that Obama no longer finds joy in the political back-and-forth, has seemed increasingly listless to associates, and is generally exhibiting the litany of signs that late-night cable commercials will tell you add up to depression. Or maybe Low T.
    Either way, the investigation was described to us as taking seriously the notion that Obama may be suffering from a depressive episode.
    (Excerpt) Read more at gawker.com …”
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2777870/posts
    From comments:
    “Leave it to the fawking NYT’s to be the last to know. The whole country is suffering from a depressive Obama episode, why the fawk should he be immune to it?”

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