Two very different stories from the latter part of this year have one thing in common: babies.
China: Wealthy couple has 8 children in 2-month span
USA: Generous immigration laws give birth to new industry, birth tourism
The laws in each of these countries seem to be extreme in very different directions. Though I don’t agree with the law imposed in China, I do understand the fear of overpopulation that prompted them to enact it. As for what’s allowed in America (and Canada), it just seems absolutely wrong. The women coming here to have their babies born in our respective nations is clearly a scam, yet one currently sanctioned as being legal. One wonders if Jason Kenney will eventually change the law in Canada to prevent it?
They Took All The Rights, Put ‘Em In A Rights Museum
On Friday, the biggest boosters of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights threw in the towel.
Like a punch-drunk fighter, the CMHR is still swinging, refusing to give up. But the Winnipeg Free Press, the propaganda arm of the museum, admitted in an editorial that the cost overruns of the CMHR are beyond the ability of the private sector to pay. The charade is over.
The numbers are so grim that the FP refuses to publish them.
So we’ll do it for them.
Reader Tips
Has a grueling day of hand-to-hand combat with your fellow shoppers over the few remaining pairs of Air Jordans left you battered, stressed, and sore? Well, put those shiny sneakers up and unwind to the soothing sounds of Dutch ensemble Musica Amphion, as they play the 4th and 5th movements from Baroque composer Arcangelo Corelli’s Christmas Concerto in G Minor.
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Military Wives Choir: Wherever You Are
The World Needs More Canada
Great Moments In Presidential Self Assessment
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
This Was The Moment
That the rise of the oceans began to slow and the re-election coffers began to fill…
Meant to create jobs and cut reliance on foreign oil, Obama’s green-technology program was infused with politics at every level, The Washington Post found in an analysis of thousands of memos, company records and internal e-mails. Political considerations were raised repeatedly by company investors, Energy Department bureaucrats and White House officials.
The records, some previously unreported, show that when warned that financial disaster might lie ahead, the administration remained steadfast in its support for Solyndra.
The documents reviewed by The Post, which began examining the clean-technology program a year ago, provide a detailed look inside the day-to-day workings of the upper levels of the Obama administration. They also give an unprecedented glimpse into high-level maneuvering by politically connected clean-technology investors.
The 50 Best Political Quotes For 2011
At Right Wing News. (h/t Lev)
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
“Little known” CMHC program helps local firms cash in on China’s building boom…
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
Defense department agrees to allow Muslim cadets to wear hijabs. (h/t Dan)
Oh, Frack!
…during the UN climate change conference in Durban last week, Dominic Frongillo, a town councillor from Caroline, New York, which is atop the Marcellus Shale seam, estimated to contain 489 trillion cubic feet of extractable natural gas noted that “Before I left for Durban, Professor Howarth told me that “preventing unconventional gas extraction could be the number one thing we could do in the short term to control growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.”
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H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth II delivers her 2011 Christmas Day message to the Commonwealth.
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Nicholas Wapshott on Keynes Vs Hayek
Little Drummer Boy
Merry Christmas, everyone.
A Christmas Message From The Religion Of Peace
Useful Idiots Home For The Holidays
Just in time for the secular non-denominational holidays, Barack Obama’s campaign team has released this video, entitled “Home for the Holidays: Share Why You’re Working to Re-elect President Obama”, to his legion of cult members unwavering supporters:
P.S. Dear Santa, an interesting present from you would be the simple introduction to someone who was a staunch conservative but after observing the actions of U.S. President Obama over the past 3 years has now become a supporter of his. It would be fascinating to talk with this person!
Reader Tips
Paul posted tonight’s video late last year, but since your family members may not have seen it, and since it’s a natural classic, we’re going to post it again: Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Silent Night
h/t Blazing Cat Fur
Bifurcated Greetings for Parallel Worlds
In the interest of inclusivity, let us together offer Greetings of the Season to everyone:
To All Our Leftist, Politically Correct Friends:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or explicit, our best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the summer/winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. We also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2012, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make Canada and the United States great nations. Not to imply that these two countries are necessarily greater than any other country in the world. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.
To Everyone Else:
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Modified from an e-mail sent around within the latter group.