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  1. London – The BBC suspended some senior editors on Thursday after the public broadcaster unearthed a string of fake phone-in competitions that tarnished its reputation and torpedoed the trust of viewers.
    http://www.news24.com/News24/AnanziArticle/0,,2-1225-1243_2150122,00.html
    Taliban insurgents stopped a bus in Afghanistan and kidnapped some of the passengers, including Korean citizens, a local police chief said on Friday.
    The Taliban said they had seized 18 Koreans — 15 men and three women.
    …
    A South Korean Foreign Ministry official said in Seoul about 20 South Korean Christian volunteers were feared to have been kidnapped by Taliban insurgents.
    South Korea has no combat troops in Afghanistan, only a contingent of engineers and doctors.
    http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/20/afghanistan.kidnap.reut/index.html
    A racist Jewish state
    By Haaretz Editorial
    Every day the Knesset has the option of passing laws that will advance Israel as a democratic Jewish state or turn it into a racist Jewish state. There is a very thin line between the two. This week, the line was crossed. If the Knesset legal counselor did not consider the bill entitled “the Jewish National Fund Law” as sufficiently racist to keep it off the agenda, it is hard to imagine what legislation she will consider racist.
    http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/884358.html
    Courney Love has a blog and it is very funny:
    blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=165705423&blogID=287690262

  2. Week 1 complete – INFIDEL bumper sticker results
    1. thumbs up – 7
    2. thumbs down – 2
    3. people turning their heads after seeing my 6 inch wide maple leaf tattoo on my bicep – too many to count

  4. July 20, 2007
    Learning the other official language. John Ivison, columnist with the National Post is on an experimental journey – learning French!! He joins a group of other hopefuls and moved to Quebec to live in French & undergo three weeks of intensive French Immersion.
    I was quite surprised to see John Ivison put himself in such a position, publicly. The chances of success in gaining fluency in another language is not great, especially over such a short period of time. Unless one is a natural linguist and can catch, store & reproduce the various nuances & subtle sounds needed to speak a particular language, I would go so far as to say that the chances of failure are quite high. One has to grow up speaking the language to attain fluency and come across sounding as intelligent as one could or would in the language with which one is completely comfortable. Ask Stephane Dion!
    On the other hand, it could be that he’s trying to prove that French is a difficult language to learn and if someone of his intellectual calibre finds it difficult, how would the rest of the population manage? Since 1969 and after billions have been poured into promoting the French language and culture, only 17.7 % (2001 census) of Canadians have been able to assess themselves as “bilingual” and most of them are French-speakers in the province of Quebec. A recent study by Jack Jedwab of the Environics and Canadian Heritage, March 29-April 18, 2004, has concluded that only 12% of Canadians are really bilingual. Here is the link to that report :
    http://www.acs-aec.ca/Polls/incomplete%20bilingualism.pdf
    John Ivison could very well prove our point that it is a difficult exercise that will cost the country a lot of money with very little tangible results. Instead of proving that the policy is a viable one that could serve the purpose for which it was invented i.e. unity, it could prove the opposite.
    http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=994c4afe-df6d-45cf-94aa-9b532ab0b96f

  5. National Post
    Published: Saturday, July 07, 2007
    Learning the other official language
    A Scots Canadian Heads To Jonquiere For French Immersion
    John Ivison
    Ask a reporter on Parliament Hill whether they speak French and they’ll likely say: “I can get by.”
    The answer is disingenuous — we all get by, thanks to simultaneous translation in the House of Commons and the National Press Theatre. But if the Prime Minister holds a press conference in the foyer of the House, where there is no translation, odds are a good number of the press gallery pundits will cover the event the traditional way — that is, at their desks watching CBC Newsworld.
    As the new official languages commissioner, Graham Fraser, noted in his book, Sorry, I Don’t Speak French, most of the major columnists and commentators in the English media in the 1970s were not comfortable in Canada’s other official language. Nothing much has changed since then. Most of us fall at the first hurdle when the phone company asks: “Pour le service en francais, dites francais.”
    It is the Press Gallery’s dirty little secret –many of the senior reporters and columnists on the Hill work according to the maxim that, if it’s important enough, they’ll say it in English.
    For the past four years, I have offered up a brimful of excuses for my chronic unilingualism. I grew up in Scotland, where learning French was considered effete, if not unpatriotic. A tongue used to praise braw, bricht, moonlicht nichts could not be twisted and softened to extol the virtues of clair de lune. In truth, it was sheer intellectual laziness — and that’s why I’m off to Jonquiere in the Saguenay region of Quebec for three weeks of French immersion. I have been urged to update Post readers on the “lost in translation” hilarity that ensues when a unilingual Scots Canadian boards with an equally unilingual French Canadian family.
    Regrets? I’m starting to have a few. The entry test was a humiliation on a par with the occasion I ordered a jambon croissant in Nice and got ham instead of jam. I’m starting to understand how Belinda Stronach must have felt when she was asked in French if she had Liberal leadership ambitions and mumbled: “En anglais, s’il vous plait.” Fortunately, in preparation for the test, I’d memorized “je ne comprends pas,” a utility phrase that should come in handy in Jonquiere.
    So why do it? There are work considerations, of course. Three weeks of immersion won’t make me bilingual, but it should be enough to expose the parliamentary poseurs who claim to be fluent but in reality speak French like an automated translation service, in nonsensical sentences. It should also help unearth stories such as the outrage that greeted the Web site of Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor last year because the French translation appeared to have been done by Google’s search engine. Among the many gems was the overly literal translation of the map of the riding, which came out as “carte de l’equitation,” or map of horseback riding, instead of “carte de circonscription.”
    It will be slow work but, thankfully, journalism doesn’t make the same demands as the public service when it comes to learning French. Columnist Richard Gwyn once called unilingualism “a life sentence of job immobility,” and in the bureaucracy, it’s true. Able men and women are being consigned to the gulags of language training for years by a system that makes no concession to common sense.
    To be honest, work is not the primary motivation for my opting to confirm the suspicion that I have a tin ear for linguistics. The turning point was a friend’s party on the Quebec side of the border. The room was full of francophones, all speaking English because I didn’t speak French. It was embarrassing enough to make me resolve that as a new Canadian, I have a responsibility to try to attempt to speak both of Canada’s languages. At the very least, I hope I won’t have to hum the middle bit of the national anthem for much longer.
    © National Post 2007

  7. “Wal-Mart refused to listen to her claim and suggested she contact the supplier in China!”
    Unambiguously Ambidextrous | Wal-Mart’s Chinese Product Scars Woman For Life
    It’s a sickening story, and I cannot stress enough that the photos in the link I provide are extremely graphic and disturbing. Apparently a woman in Orlando bought a cheap pair of Chinese-made sandals for $2.44 and may now be scarred for life. The sandals burned her feet very badly despite not being allergic to latex or rubber. Wal-Mart refused to listen to her claim and suggested she contact the supplier in China! Let this be a lesson to everyone: save a few bucks now, suffer a lot later….-
    http://www.jacksnewswatch.info/
    Send Mao, er, Mo a message: Mao@stlong.com

  8. As this is an open thread,I would be interested in some feedback on a particular theme.
    Is anyone here aware of any model for democracy in recent history that has functioned WITHOUT the party system?
    Because I swear,partisanship is more important,to far too many in this country,than patriotism.
    It is tearing us apart and absolutely hamstringing any real progress.(I almost gag on bile every time I hear a LPC member refer to themselves as’progressive’)
    How can Canadians’ best interests be served when political parties are forced,by the system itself,to put the fortunes of their party FIRST?
    And….maybe worst of all,this is also the norm at provincial levels.Even municipalities get regularly sidetracked from their responsibilities by partisan bickering.
    Of course,the press has as much blame to carry here.They have created this adversarial ‘news by soundbite’ culture and thus made an atmosphere where politicians are scared shitless of saying the wrong thing.
    Now politicians are often scared to risk saying what they really think.Who can trust ANYONE who constantly avoids saying what they really think?
    I understand many enjoy the bloodsport of partisan politics too much to consider giving it up.The tone of most political blogsites and Question Period are proof of that.
    But we are at an absolute stalemate on making progress on soooo many critical problems in this country.
    Healthcare,Immigration,Indian Affairs,Violent Crime to name a bare minimum.
    Most alarming of all,I also believe that bickering between the right and left at home,for us and most of our allies,has cost us the very ability to win the war in Afgan…..or Iraq,for that matter.(Thanks Taliban Jack for teaching the Taliban that the quickest way to kill our resolve is to simply kill more Canadians…..all for nothing more than political posturing)
    I suspect I’m not the only one who fears they are watching Canada(and western democracies in general)burn while politicians of all stripes fiddle.
    Thank you for the forum,Kate.

  9. Thought police aiming at the net.
    One of those human rights tribunals that thinks it’s ok to deny white males jobs to which they are the best qualified has turned its sights on http://www.freedominion.ca
    Read on re the thought Police.
    Mark Fournier
    Free Dominion
    July 18, 2007
    Human Rights attack on Free Dominion
    We have been waiting for six and a half years and the day has finally arrived, somebody is going to try to silence Free Dominion using the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
    Moments ago we found this in Free Dominion’s mailbox:
    July 16, 2007
    File 2006057
    Ms. Connie Wilkins
    c/o Free Dominion
    2033 Unity Rd.
    Kingston, ON
    K0H 1M0
    Dear Ms. Wilkins:
    I am the investigator designated under Part III of the Canadian Human Rights Act to investigate the complaint of Ms. [name omitted at this time] against Free Dominion. As the investigator, it is my responsibility to gather the evidence in relation to the complainant’s allegations and, once the investigation is complete, to report on my findings to the Members of the Commission.
    The report will include a recommendation for the disposition of the complaint. I can recommend that a conciliator be appointed, if the evidence supports the allegations in the complaint, or that the complaint be dismissed, if the allegations are not supported by the evidence. I can also recommend to the Commission that a settlement be approved if the parties reach an agreement during the course of the investigation.
    I am currently awaiting your full response to the allegations which is due on 18 July 2007.
    I would like to draw your attention to section 48 of the Canadian Human Rights Act which allows the parties to settle a complaint in the course of investigation. I would be pleased to discuss the possibility of a settlement with you or your representative at any time.
    You can reach me at the address and telephone number indicated at the bottom of the first page of this letter. My direct line is 999-999-9999 and my email address is OfficersName@chrc-ccdp.ca. Please note that there are security and confidentiality risks in sending information by email.
    Yours Sincerely,
    Officer’s Name
    Investigator
    This looks real. It appears to be written on official Canadian Human Rights Commission letterhead stationary.
    Other than the last name of the complaintant, this doesn’t tell us much. It doesn’t say what the complaint is about or anything else. Notice also that Connie was supposed to have responded to it by July 18, 2007, which is today. It was a fluke that we even checked the mailbox before we came home.
    Somebody has likely decided that because they can’t defeat some argument presented by someone at Free Dominion they will instead try to silence the whole site. It isn’t going to work.
    We will be keeping everybody posted on each development as it occurs. If this persecution actually proceeds it will not be under the cover of darkness, we will keep a very bright light shining every step of the way.
    I promise.
    http://www.freedominion.ca/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=84457&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

  10. gl1800, thanks for your excellent posts. I completely agree. We are not and never will be, a bilingual country. It’s been one full generation and the ratio of bilinguals hasn’t increased; it’s remained at that incredibly low level. And it will stay there.
    You have to learn another language as a child and above all, you have to use it and hear it. And not in the daily lesson in the classroom but in the corner store, on the street.
    Over 80% of Canadians never hear French and never need to use it. Indeed, the highest ratio of minority languages in Canada is not French but other languages such as Chinese, Ukrainian etc.
    But, Trudeau and the Liberals set up Canada as bilingual – when it is not and never will be. The Charter is primarily a document about bilingualism – not about ‘freedom’ or rights.
    First, we had our rights and freedoms already in our common law. But the Charter overrides individual freedoms by its privileging of identity groups over the individual.
    The cost to Canada of bilingualism is enormous. Not only in the expense of training the civil service, many of whom took the classes just prior to retirement so that they would get the benefit of a higher pension bonus. And the cost to, for example, Air Canada, which requires a French speaking individual even on flights from Calgary to Edmonton. And our post offices which require a bilingual person.
    But the political cost is enormous because we have effectively disallowed 80% of the population from participation in gov’t. That’s not a democracy.
    Unless you are bilingual, you can’t get anywhere in the top echelons of gov’t. The only people who are bilingual because they are surrounded by an anglophone env’t – are Quebecers. And that’s why Quebec, with its 23% of the population, has dominated Canadian politics since Trudeau. We’ve set it up that way.
    It’s a terrible thing to do to a nation, to define the governing class by a criterion that is unavailable to the majority of the population. In the ‘old days’, the criterion was ownership of land, lots of land. Now, it’s being bilingual. Most people can’t take the time from work and the money, to become bilingual.
    As pointed out, by the time someone decides, let’s say at the age of 30, that they want to move into gov’t service, it’s too late, economically and linguistically, to learn French. This effectively means that most Canadians are excluded from key roles in government.
    And this means that our ideology of ‘what it means to be Canadian’ has actually become defined by Quebecers – who live a cocooned life within Canada and therefore, are socialist, pro unions and a welfare state, anti-American, etc
    It’s a disastrous policy.

  11. This morning for the first time, I saw the Ayaan Hirsi Ali smackdown of Avi Lewis. It’s rare that you can feel exhiliration and frustration at the same time. Poor Avi, so upset that he dropped his cards, yet if I were to go into that forum and say that we’re fortunate to live in the greatest nation on earth, I’d be a hero. Anyway, Ayaan is a class act, responding to all the condescending crap with a smile.

  13. The “smackdown” of prig Avi Lewis by Hirsi Ali was the best. She calmly answered his typical CBC crap questions and every answer sorted him out well, clearly and to the point. Just the facts, plain and simple.
    He left no doubt he was out of his league, his Lefty, ingrained ideology was emphasized by her forthright answers.
    Question remains, why the hell are we paying for his services? I vote him off the Island!

  15. The sad part about the Avi Lewis/Hirsi Ali interview is that I don’t think Avi Lewis even realized he was out of his league.

  16. canadian observer – it’s an interesting scenario, but consider that the ‘party system’ is theoretically at least, about political ideologies. Differences in these ideologies are not going to go away. You only get a one-ideology state within a top-down authoritarianism such as communism or fascism.
    For example, there will always be people who consider that ‘the state knows best’ and they will opt for big government, collectivist programs etc. And, there will always be people who consider that ‘the individual knows best’ and they will opt for small gov’t and freedom of the individual.
    These two perspectives have more or less, translated into the two major political parties within countries. I don’t think this will disappear.
    But I completely agree with you that in 85% situations, the ideology is scrapped and all that matters is Winning Power. That is what has happened, for example, to the Liberal Party in Canada. And the Democratic party in the US.
    The Liberals in Canada, who are really regressive and certainly not progressive, are doing everything they can to block genuine progress and obviously care nothing at all about the people of Canada. Their focus is, as Chretien and Dion have declared on only one thing: Winning Power.
    They have no ethics about the actions for this agenda. This includes the degeneration of the Senate which has become an agent of the Liberal Party to block bills passed by the elected House; the MSM, including the CBC, which functions as a propaganda mouthpiece of the Liberal Party and socialism, and the civil service, which has been primarily appointed during the Liberal years and obviously, has Liberal ideologies.
    The parties have to be shamed into moving out of partisanship and back into government. In the US, at least they have MSM voices like O’Reilly and Glenn Beck. We don’t have this up in Canada, with our socialist system that inhibits private enterprise and our political correctness that inhibits freedom of speech.
    Blogs are a great factor in this process of shaming the parties.

  17. gl1800 — Well worth it and easy to subscribe to as well. Have received their literature for well over a year now and most informative. It was there I learned that a small group of the amphibians are seeking bilingual rights from the City of Nanaimo, as if they need that crap here on the Island.

  18. There is no reason why the vacant auto plants in the dismally governed GTA of Ontario can not be humming with Electric Vehicle manufacturing.
    California can not keep up with demand and they import materials from Canada.
    One branch of California*s Zap; FeelGoodMotors doesn*t exactly cut it. = TG

  19. Kate:
    Nice commentary by Michael Campbell on CKNW.com this morning, as part of his regular ‘Money Talks’ show, but regarding the mission in Afghanistan.
    If you have access to the audio vault, it was aired this morning (Saturday, July 21), beginning at the ~9:52-minute mark.

  21. The Copyright board (the guys who charge a levy on all blank recording media in this country) are still trying to charge the levy on iPods and MP3 players. $50 if your ipod holds 10GB or more.
    Unfortunately they’ve also realized that computers and cellphones can hold music as well, so they’re going to go after them next;
    “The Copyright Board has gone further in its decision and stated that it believes that cellphones and personal computers are also not exempt from the Copyright Act and might also be subject to levies of their own in the future.”
    As if it wasn’t bad enough that they’re already giving Celine Dion my hard earned dollars for all the backups I’ve done over the past 5 years.
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070720.wgtipods0720/BNStory/Technology/home/

  23. Kingstonlad: what’s up with all the tough guy talk? I’d likely side with you in most arguments (and hopefully vice-versa) but many of your comments are coming across as bravado and Schwarzenegger-like.
    Please don’t hurt me.

  24. gl1800: learning French is not easy, especially if you want to attain the linguistic status of a local. I’m maybe 3.5 to 4/5 bilingual, but I can’t write it very much.
    Most native Canadian English-speakers have a built-in, natural resistance to learning French because, well, we’re surrounded by our own language.
    Here’s a link for those with some time and curiosity:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French_profanity
    Paul, ex-Montrealer

  25. Sharia law of the left-socialists: human rights tribunals/councils, etc.
    Political correctness kills.
    …-
    Closing arguments made in case about limiting free speech
    CALGARY (CP) – Closing arguments were made before an Alberta human rights tribunal Friday into a complaint about a letter published in a newspaper that suggested homosexuals are as immoral as pedophiles and drug dealers.
    The letter by former pastor Stephen Boissoin was published five years ago in the Red Deer Advocate.
    …-
    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/07/16/4344255-cp.html

  26. Canadian Observer: Is anyone here aware of any model for democracy in recent history that has functioned WITHOUT the party system? Because I swear, partisanship is more important, to far too many in this country,than patriotism. It is tearing us apart and absolutely hamstringing any real progress.
    Haven’t come across any model of democracy that doesn’t include political parties, but I think moving to a proportional representation electoral system would be a positive step forward. No system is without its flaws, but a PR system would at least encourage the emergence of multiple smaller parties and the formation of consensus-building coalition governments, and thus help to avoid the toxic bi-partisanship common in two-party nations like the US and Canada. It also produces a Parliamentary profile that more closely reflects actual voter intentions, and supports the formal representation of a wider spectrum of public interests, ideologies, and agendas. Anyway, my two cents…

  28. I just read a story in my local paper. Apparently a company wants to build an ethanol plant here in Oshawa. The company pr man says it as a really clean process as the only byproducts are carbon dioxide and stuff to feed to livestock. Aren’t we making fuel out of food because its going to save the world from global warming caused by greenhouse gasses?

  29. @mbaron:
    Ignoring for a moment the ethics of using food to drive to the 7-11, keep an eye on the VOCs and benzene emissions from the plant. A plant in Minnesota had to receive a special EPA papal dispensation to keep polluting or it would have been shut down. A good overview of the pros and cons of ethanol as a motor fuel (as seen in the USA) is here:
    http://www.reason.org/ps315.pdf

  31. The Food Police, aka CFIA.
    …-
    Ottawa launches logo for certified organic goods
    The federal government unveiled a new Canada Organic logo in Barrie, Ont. Saturday. The logo will show consumers which products have been tested and certified by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. …-
    national newswatch

  32. Nazi = National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP).
    Nazism is a progeny/monster/offspring of socialism.
    …-
    The Genocide Generals: secret recordings explode the myth they knew nothing about the Holocaust
    By ANDREW ROBERTS –
    Below is a rare picture of Hitler briefing his top brass. For years they claimed to know nothing about the Holocaust. But now extraordinary secret recordings – made by the British – explode that myth for ever …
    During the latter half of World War II, the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) undertook a massive clandestine operation of which the full, extraordinary details are only now coming to light.
    Between 1942 and 1945, a section of SIS – known as MI19 – secretly recorded no fewer than 64,427 conversations between captured German generals and other senior officers, all without their knowledge or even suspicion. The 167 most significant of these are about to be published for the first time.
    Together, they provide us with a goldmine of information about what the German High Command privately thought of the war, Adolf Hitler, the Nazis and each other. …-
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=469883&in_page_id=1879
    (via jack’s newswatch)

  33. At least we know that the foods certified safe by CFIA will be dangerous to our health. CFIA is incompetent and anyone that believes what they say is dead meat, no pun intended.

  34. A’dam: “but a PR system would at least encourage the emergence of multiple smaller parties and the formation of consensus-building ”
    I think Ireland has a PR system. They finally got to the point where the lefties had to throw up their hands and admit something else; ie: free enterprise, should be tried. Right now in Canada, you can depend on 66% of the vote to go Social Democrat, whatever that is. We would have a Parliament that would lean on the 33% conservative or free enterprise liberals to come up with ideas to save their backsides in a pinch, but the usual flavor would be socialist.
    I like the Swiss system. All representatives are elected by the provinces. The provinces (Cantons) send reps to the federal house. All legislation must be approved by referendum. It works for the Swiss.

  36. ET — you have accurately captured a lot of the nonsense that characterizes the phony bilingualism in this country. Ultimately, it is elitism that favours one particular group. I am thinking you must live in Ottawa where this stuff is ubiquitous. I think many other areas of the country may not be as aware of the waste and unfairness that official bilingualism breeds. In Ottawa we now face “official” bilingualism at the municipal level so that in the not-so-distant future, people hired to work for the city will pretty much becoming from “out of province” . . . Quebec. It is indeed undemocratic . . . but it is problematic also when there is an attempt to fill many government positions from the same small pool of (bilingual) people. At some point, you are simply not getting top performers.

  37. Jackle 01,
    Hope you enjoyed the video … I couldn’t be bothered to watch it. Did they give an address to send money to?

  38. Gunney99: I think Ireland has a PR system. They finally got to the point where the lefties had to throw up their hands and admit something else; ie: free enterprise, should be tried.
    Of course, a PR electoral system and an economic policy supporting free enterprise aren’t mutually exclusive. But perhaps you mean in a specifically Canadian context…
    Right now in Canada, you can depend on 66% of the vote to go Social Democrat, whatever that is…
    Well, if you believed in genuine democracy, and if 66% of voters were to support social democratic parties, and 33% were to support conservative or free enterprise parties, then this 2:1 ratio would be, in the end, reflective of the will of the people, would it not?
    I like the Swiss system. All representatives are elected by the provinces. The provinces (Cantons) send reps to the federal house. All legislation must be approved by referendum. It works for the Swiss.
    That’s not really correct. The Swiss legislative assembly is bicameral. The cantons do indeed send elected reps to the Council of States, but the National Council is elected through a PR-based general election. Also, while referenda are indeed popular there, and it’s true that citizens can sponsor them, not all legislation requires approval by referendum (constitutional amendments do, however). Voter turnout is typically under 50%, sometimes dipping as low as the mid-twenties for referendum-only voting events.

  40. A caution with *Worpress*
    Looks as though WordPress takes over a site when someone*s effort gets it rolling?
    A displaced admin speaks out.
    ================================
    ** If you do take time to glance through the
    wordpress blogs, much will quickly become clear to you; most Freecycle
    (tm) members have no idea they are now being counted as members of an
    American Corporation that is actively pursuing financial donations! –
    and removing/delisting any one or group that disagrees with their views!
    FYI, as I anticipated in my last admin to you all, I have been removed
    as Owner/Moderator from the CampbellRiver AreaFreecycle group. This
    was a decision made and carried out by the U.S. based Corporation The
    Freecycle Network ™, in Arizona. The Cdn moderator Laura, that had
    been helping me with the CRAF, was removed from not only moderator
    status, but from general membership as well!! In Laura’s place, they
    added a moderator from California …. ?? lol – and we all know how
    relevant that is to our area!!
    =============================
    This is just a caution for those who deal with WordPress. For info only. = TG

  41. The Gum Registry vs. TO Miller’s Gospel of Socialism.
    It’s the gum collectors fault, don’t ya know. Trade ’em in for stamps, Miller says.
    ““It’s very clear that gun violence is connected to the ownership of guns,” Miller told the media.”
    …-
    Boy, 3 others shot to death a ‘tragedy’: Miller
    Mayor David Miller re-iterated the need to toughen up gun laws after an 11-year-old and two others were shot to death in unrelated incidents on Sunday in Toronto. […]
    “The fewer guns there are around, the fewer are used in crimes – it’s jut that simple,” Miller said.
    We (shouldn’t) allow people to collect them anymore — collections are for things like stamps, not things that, when they’re stolen, are used to shoot people.” …-
    http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20070722/boy_die_wounds_070722/20070722?hub=TorontoHome

  42. Advice free from TO:
    Cut out the schadenfreude; this is serious.
    SOS! Help! Send in the Army. TO is strangling itself on its socialism.
    The reply: From Kenora west, and other pockets of resistance in Ontario, the cry of the loon goes up …..Brrrrrrrrratttttttt.
    We told ya so, right here: the economic centre of gravity of Canada has moved to the West.
    Look west: the land is bright.
    …-
    Toronto falls on hard economic times
    TORONTO (CP) – Toronto, the city the rest of Canada loves to hate, has fallen on hard times according to its leaders and while that might stir schadenfreude in some, experts warn ignoring the plight of urban economic engines can put the country in financial peril. …-
    canoe news

  43. That’s the David Miller philosophy, someone or two gets shot and he has a press conference, flanked by the usual subjects leaning way Left. What does he say? Sorry, our hearts go out to the victim’s family and we MUST GET TOUGH ON GUN CRIMES AND REGISTER ALL GUNS. Then back to his hole until the next shooting.
    In the interim he’ll be looking for ways to coddle the thugs, it’s the Lefty way, beyond all reason.
    Do insured and registered cars cause accidents Mr. Miller or do the drivers have a hand in it?

  44. In Canada, the socialists, Boob Rae, his Uncle Mao Stl, er Stong, and Citoyen Dion have issued a faatwa against Wletchald and his satanic verses.
    Opening verse of faaatwa: O Mighty Gaia, Lady of the Warmth, Keeper of the Chow-chows, …
    …-
    Another Satan Emerges
    The Great Satan (Al-Shaytan Al-Akbar) now has company. No not just the Jews. Nor even the godless Russians. Nor the Indians. Make way for the Chinese. The News reports that the “attack on Chinese nationals in Balochistan is said to be the first reaction to Chinese government’s steps to curb Muslim insurgency in its own territory.” This follows on recent attacks by Islamic radicals on Chinese in Islamabad. What’s it all about? The Online Times describes the ongoing war between China and Islam on its Western boundaries….-
    http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/

  45. OK for one more C/P?
    It’s a keeper from MSM/TIME, c/w a ‘fly in the ointment”. The devil is a trickster.
    …-
    The Devil and the Details
    The American Thinker notices that Time Magazine’s article, “How to Leave Iraq” is illustrated with a picture of a helicopter pulling a Stars and Stripes “A” out of Iraq. It is pretty dramatic in artistic conception, the only fly in the ointment being that the image is that of a Russian helicopter, an Mi-24 Hind. American Thinker expresses a certain disappointment….-
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