In tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips, Paddy Bán O’Brien does a spot of Irish-style hoofing.
If you don’t like Irish dancing, pretend it’s a comedy skit about a spry drunk fighting to keep his balance as he tries to find his way home. It kinda works, actually.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Mark Steyn on the recent debate at University College, London where women were forced to sit at the back of the room: Saturday Night Sharia.
“Obama Admin Funding $1.5 Million Study To Find Out Why Lesbians Are Fat.”
I’m guessing it’s became they take in more calories than they burn off, but we’ll have to wait and see.
It should be fairly obvious why so many fat women are lesbians.
And amazingly these thugs that were intimidating people were not carted off to jail or made to leave. The sooner they get punched in the lips the better things will be. Start the dance now!!
EBD,
I saw that article earlier today and my first thought was that someone must be confused about cause and effect.
100% off topic alert but hopefully someone finds this little tidbit of advice useful one day. If a doctor tells you your loved one has 3 months or less of their life left you get on a plane right away and treat every visit as the last chance to talk to them. Luckily creapingdeath knew this from before so I was there in time others.. not so much. Be warned and live life to the fullest… from creaping death after a six pack and losing a dear family member…
Did you know that desperate for more money Britain has a bedroom tax ? You do now.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/08/human-cost-of-bedroom-tax
National Post, Tuesday, March 12. The clowns still don’t get it.
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/03/11/elliot-leven-in-defence-of-human-rights-tribunals/
Leven: “The human rights process in Canada today is not like the criminal court system. It is an administrative law system. All administrative tribunals (labour boards, for example) get some frivolous applications. Few, if any, can award costs against unsuccessful applicants.”
Leven: “Also, most administrative tribunals use less formal rules of evidence than courts. Human rights tribunals are not much different from labour boards and other administrative bodies in this respect.”
‘Less formal rules of evidence’ means a lack of legal safeguards, as we have repeatedly seen in the numerous actions against people like Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant. That’s why they deserve the appellation of “kangaroo court”. They’re not less formal justice, they’re an end run around justice.
Civil courts also use a lower standard of evidence, but they deal with disputes between private citizens, not state actions against individuals. And make no mistake, the scope of “human rights commissions” is state actions against individuals, not mere private disputes.
The commissions have repeatedly demonstrated bias against expression of opinion motivated by Christian belief, while ignoring similar opinions that follow from other faiths. This is not justice in action, it’s fraud.
No one wants to be out of pocket because of a frivolous action against himself, so it’s about time the right to recourse was instituted.
Leven: “Human rights commissions also work hard on education. By educating the public about how human rights laws work, commissions prevent many potential problems before they occur.”
Freedom of association is a genuine human right. The right not to be discriminated against by a private individual is a phony human right. Most of the so-called “human rights codes” violate human rights, including some of those in the Charter of Rights. They should be abolished — and the commissions along with them.
Discrimination, like many other human activities, is an exercise of the mind. Our minds use reason as their tool, but it is not infallible, and people may discriminate for many bad reasons. Race, sex, religion, and sexual orientation are bad reasons as far as I can see. But government’s job is to deal with coercion, not discrimination.
Discrimination is a subject that has not been broadly and intelligently discussed, mostly because the loopy left has camped out in the grounds and appropriated it by way of screaming “you’re a racist” at everyone who disagrees with its own depredations. This is a sham that shuts down discussion, and it cannot continue.
The state has a monopoly in its field, and it should not discriminate in the legislation it passes, on most grounds (age is a notable exception). Its personnel should not discriminate on those grounds in the exercise of their duties. And it should not discriminate in hiring. This list of items is not necessarily exhaustive. But private individuals have the right to do whatever the hell they please in this regard. Anyone who doesn’t like it should exercise their own freedom of association; they can expose and/or shun others whom they think are judging unfairly.
Leven: “If you don’t want hate-speech clauses in human rights laws, lobby governments to take them out.”
There is a hate-speech law in federal legislation (like it or not). Every such clause in provincial legislation should therefore be unconstitutional. If the state wants to prohibit citizens from doing a particular thing, there should be ONE piece of legislation at ONE level that covers it. Anything else is “double jeopardy”. A proper constitution would tell us which level of government was in charge of such matters. If it’s in the federal Criminal Code, the provinces should have no business butting in to federal territory.
Leven: “[The commissions] provide useful assistance in mediating disputes …”
The problem is that these disputes are not the proper concern of the government. The state takes the side of one participant against the other, so it’s a state action against the latter individual, not merely a private dispute.
Sorry for yours loss. Hope the six pack did its job.
This is no doubt why the English once thought of the Irish as “simianized agitators”. I think its because they can’t move their arms while dancing.
In his best Palm Beach tan Chrétien pontificates:
Canada has lost international stature
Who the hell cares what this thug says — and shame on the Probe and Fail for highlighting his self-serving schlock?
It gets worse when you read why this moral-pygmy thinks this:
… Mr. Chrétien said Canada made the right decision by refusing to join the [Iraq] war without a clear resolution from the United Nations Security Council. But he also expressed regret that Canada’s status within that body may have slipped since that time, with the country losing its bid for a Security Council seat and reducing its presence in Africa in recent years.
Now we know that the Palm Beach sun has not only dried out his skin, it appears also to have atrophied his brain — and his moral compass.
(BTW, the reason Canada didn’t go to war with Iraq is because Chrétien’s in-laws — his daughter, France, is married to Paul Desmarais’ son, André — were doing a rip-roaring business with Saddam Hussein. ‘Wouldn’t want to jeopardize all of those oil and gas revenues, would we? http://thekeymonk.blogspot.ca/2005/03/paul-desmarais-and-corruption-from.html. Highlight the text in yellow to read.)
Mark Steyn: During the Iraq war, for example, I mentioned en passant that Power Corp. is the biggest shareholder in TotalFinaElf, the western corporation closest to Saddam Hussein (it has since changed its name to the Total Group). Total had secured development rights to 25 per cent of Iraq’s oil reserves, a transformative deal that would catapult the company from a second-rank player into the big leagues with Exxon and British Petroleum. For a year, the antiwar crowd had told us it was “all about oil”–that the only reason Iraq was being “liberated” was so Bush, Cheney, Halliburton and the rest of the gang could annex in perpetuity the second biggest oil reserves in the world. But, if it was all about oil, then the fact–fact–is that the only Western leader with a direct stake in the issue [going to war in Iraq] was not the Texas oilpatch stooge in Washington, but Jean Chrétien: his daughter, his son-in-law and his grandchildren stood to be massively enriched by the Total-Saddam agreement. It depended on two factors: Saddam remaining in power, and the feeble UN sanctions being either weakened into meaninglessness or quietly dropped. M. Chrétien may have refused to join the Iraq war on “principle,” but fortunately his principles happened to coincide with the business interests of both TotalFinaElf and the Baath party.
http://thekeymonk.blogspot.ca/2005/03/paul-desmarais-and-corruption-from.html
And, don’t forget, Bob Rae’s brother, John, worked for Power Corp at the time — both of them Maurice Strong’s “nephews.” Jean Chrétien would be much further ahead if he’d just shut up so as not to remind Canadians why Ezra Levant took to calling the Liberals “the Libranos” — or that Paul Desmarais of Power Corp is the kingmaker behind Pierre Trudeau (therefore, Justin Trudeau), Jean Chrétien, and Paul Martin.
wellsaid batb…btw Mark Garneau has withdrawn from the LPC leadership race and Bob Rae is meeting with Phil Fontaine…it’s probably nothing…
Marc Garneau quits the Lieb leadership race and throws his support behind the Shiny Pony.
We are doomed!
http://www.cbc.ca
Man faces five years in prison for releasing balloons on beach as a romantic gesture
http://www.naturalnews.com/039469_balloons_romance_prison_time.html#ixzz2NQoaqrRS
The iron fist beneath the soft green glove is shown here.
Batb — yes, for sure. I have read about the Demerais/Total connection before as an explanation for Chretien not going to was with Iraq. Appallingly, this fact was given very little coverage in the press. Also Rae’s connection to Power Corp. It is so hypocritical. I know Canadians who have never even heard of the Demerais and their connections to the Liberal Party. (Maurice Strong would be another key person in this self-serving oligarchy.) What is wrong with the media that they have never bothered to explore this? People end up voting for the Liberals because they say nice things. It’s pathetic. At they same time they do not let up on silliness like Bev Oda’s expensive orange juice; Harper taking a special security car to India; or Duffy mistakenly claiming an expense that most other Senator’s get (despite the fact that he has the extra expense of maintaining a winter apt. in PEI.) The media is contributing in a substantial way to the destruction of Canada with their failure to recognize the real criminals and their constant, hectoring complaints about the Conservatives.
I’m reminded by the Probe and Fail’s grovelling deference to Chrétien and by what seem to be the majority of comments why I haven’t subscribed to this rag for a very long time. (For some reason, their security wall is down today.)
This is — God help us — a typical comment:
Thank God for Chretien being smarter than Harper.
Perhaps more cagey, more canny, but definitely not smarter.
I guess the G&M commenters don’t know that PM Harper received the International Statesman of the Year Award in 2012.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/09/27/after-receiving-world-statesman-award-stephen-harper-slams-evil-dominated-iranian-regime/
(The CBC’s sub-title after acknowledging the awarding of this honour to PM Harper: PM criticized by opposition for not attending UN General Assembly while in N.Y.)
As per your question, LindaL, “What is wrong with the media that they have never bothered to explore this?,” I rather suspect that Power Corp has a lot of, ahem, power over members of the media. Power Corporation has its tentacles in so many enterprises, here and abroad, that I imagine there might be detrimental consequences for any journalist who dared to expose them. Um, Mark Steyn? Ezra Levant? I’m sure there are others …
Also, LindaL, look at the trouble Quebecor Media (Sun TV) is having with their license with the CRTC. I wonder if it has anything to do with pressure from certain Canadian power/pressure groups and/or companies? ‘Just asking …
Neo-AGW Progress Report.
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“Britain on course for coldest March in 17 years”
“March could be the coldest in 17 years, as forecasters predict that temperatures will struggle below average for the rest of the month.”
“Miserable weather to last until April”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9926437/Britain-on-course-for-coldest-March-in-17-years.html
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“Climategate: FOIA – The Man Who Saved The World”
“That’s right; no conspiracy, no paid hackers, no Big Oil. The Republicans didn’t plot this. USA politics is alien to me, neither am I from the UK. There is life outside the Anglo-American sphere.
If someone is still wondering why anyone would take these risks, or sees only a breach of privacy here, a few words…
The first glimpses I got behind the scenes did little to garner my trust in the state of climate science — on the contrary. I found myself in front of a choice that just might have a global impact.
Briefly put, when I had to balance the interests of my own safety, privacy\career of a few scientists, and the well-being of billions of people living in the coming several decades, the first two weren’t the decisive concern.
It was me or nobody, now or never.”
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100206888/climategate-foia-the-man-who-saved-the-world/
Muzzies must really like big boobs then…
http://life.nationalpost.com/2013/03/13/men-who-idealize-large-breasts-more-likely-to-exhibit-hostile-attitudes-to-women-u-k-study/
This is great!
Hadfield strumming and singing in space, accompanied by the Chieftans in Texas.
Moondance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P63tbnzYVeQ
Thanks for that, bluetech! I hope Van the Man was watching …