Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation, here’s the Boswell Sisters performing Heebie Jeebies in 1932: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Afn3Z-BWI
SDA LNR Archives: tinyurl.com/26tb25
Unfortunately this probably represents the lost chapter in Canadian history as well. Does it come with the missing HRDC money? Maybe a pepper shaker? A Cretin bobble head you can choke the heck out of?
Jean Chretien, the Prime Minister who did absolutely nothing of significance in government. Well…unless you count the boondoggles and Adscam.
Jean Chretien, the Prime Minister who punched reporters, and choked private citizens like a schoolyard bully.
Warren who?
Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals are petitioning the Supreme Court for the right to take away your basic civil rights. They’re saying that “individual liberty interests” are being “overemphasized”.
They are asking the Supreme Court to give the OK for random searches in ‘high crime’ neighbourhoods. Full story here: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=411196
“They are asking the Supreme Court to give the OK for random searches in ‘high crime’ neighbourhoods. Full story here: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=411196
Posted by: RobertJago at April 1, 2008 1:03 AM”
Well if these areas include Liberal Caucus rooms, PAST and present, then I guess I’m all for it!
KnowwhatImean Verne?
JEAN CHRETIEN
“My years as Prime Minister”
Or the Western Canadian perspective…
JEAN CHRETIEN
“Our years in the Dark Ages”
seen at LGF:
Wafa Sultan has had to go into hiding
KISS of DEATH*.
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Ken Dryden accepts GM position with Maple Leafs
Dion’s popularity sinks even lower
Rae* seals Commons entrance with a kiss
Show of affection toward Ignatieff comes amid Liberal bickering. Bob Rae, the new MP for Toronto Centre, nearly brought down the House yesterday when he walked into the Commons and planted a kiss on the face of Deputy Leader Michael Ignatieff. …-
*Judas.
It appears columnist, journalist, whatever, Don Martin is the Liberals new best friend. He sure enjoys nit picking the Conservatives.
Helena Geurgis is his pick-on today. According to his ‘expert’ opinion she should be relegated to the back benches.
Don’t know about anyone else but I’m sick and tired listening to and watching all the Liberal hype and frenzy over this Brenda Martin affair in Mexico.
Wish they’d have had some of that zeal when William Sampson was being tortured by ME scumbags.Ditto the Khadr affair which they did squat on when in power, BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT, and now they demand the Conservatives bring the poor baby home to mama.
Note Warren’s blog this morning that he is running in the upcoming election for the Ontario Liberals.
Think this is a big April Fool’s joke that we should ignore.
Lucy Found.
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“If you’re a soldier or anyone else who has first-hand information about the Directorate of Special Grievances or Richard Warman, please send me your story. I promise to respect any requests for confidentiality or anonymity. It’s bad enough that civilians have had to put up with his crap for years — I want to know if our troops do, too.”
Calling all Canadian Forces and DND staff
“Warman works as a lawyer for the Department of National Defence. But what does he do there?”
“According to the Defence Wide Access Network, Warman’s title is “Director of Special Grievances – Enquiries and Investigations”. What the heck is that?”
“the Directorate of Special Grievances was set up “to actively manage and resolve high profile and sensitive cases” just before Warman came over from the CHRC It sounds to me a lot like the Canadian Forces’ internal human rights commission. Warman (listed on this org chart as DSpecGrievE&I) reports to the head of the DND’s Grievance Authority, who in turn reports to the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff.” http://ezralevant.com/2008/03/calling-all-canadian-forces-an.html
Don Martin and the others(including Wells, Travers ) are lazy. If they were real journalists they would investigate instead of spinning the easy anti-CPC stories.
Ezra Levant is the only investigative journalist, and he’s not on anyone’s payroll.
Geesh – the news for the Liberals is getting worse.
The Angus Reid poll gives the Tories a 10 point lead.
“OTTAWA–Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservatives have taken a 10-point lead over the Liberals as Stéphane Dion’s unpopularity with voters plumbs new depths, according to a Toronto Star poll released today.”
The natural end result of socialism: death from a blow to the head.
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“We are living in the hub of multiculturalism.””
Sikhs fight sawmill hard hat policy
Turbans ‘Sacred’; Sidelined workers file human rights complaint http://tinyurl.com/39qfkm (NP)
No no alberta girl it can’t be right, Daryl Brickers polls and Angus Reids along with a random Kinsella poll has the lieberals ahead by ten points with most young couples wanting Stepon of Iggy to father their first born since sidewinder jean is now writing fiction.
Yes, Ezra Levant’s investigating what others, who are paid to, should be.
His latest look at the goings on of Warman at the DND should be very interesting . . .
Actually, posting at his site seems to be down. With the dodgy types caught in Ezra’s kleig lights, one wonders . . .
I was wondering when the Little Man of Shawinigan would resurface. It was hoped he would provide insights to Canadians about his travels through China with ‘Mo Money and explain why it is in his business interests that the world should ignore Chinese soldiers dressed as monks.
Was Scott B upset that he didn’t get a kiss yesterday from Rae. What message was that sending to his voters. Are Rae and Iggy hiding a secret life. A firm handshake between the two would have sent a better message to me.
If the Sikhs want to be hard headed about not wearing hard hats, so be it, it’s their lives to lose. The only stipulation should be they sign off all compensation benefits. That’s how it goes when religion trumps common sense.
Ahh, Air Farce is being cancelled next year.
Guess I should watch it at least once before it is gone.
Will Ken Dryden resign by July, forcing another by-election, or not run if an election comes before that.
Don Martin offers us a typical example of media bias. In addition to hopping on any negative trivialty they can that is anti-CPC, there is inadequate coverage of what is being accomplished by the government. The latest is the settling of 54 land claims — the Harper gov approach to this is a sea change from what we have been seeing for the last 50 years — and it largely goes unnoticed. The Globe did have an article on the 28th, but I have seen little else in the way of coverage: http://tinyurl.com/2ckklk
AB:
“Geesh – the news for the Liberals is getting worse.
The Angus Reid poll gives the Tories a 10 point lead. ”
Time for that radical flat tax system proposal by the Conservatives…:^))) Seriously, what would it take for the Libs to vote them out??
JCL
JMHO it’s time for the gov’t to put together a sweeping omnibus bill that covers a wish list of changes.
What is there to lose if they are now permitted to be a defacto-majority?
Ding dong the elf is gone:
“That’s it. I’m sick and tired of all the BS. Nobody will listen to me and I’m wasting my time. This blog is done. Good luck Liberals.”
Cherniak quit.
“I read the Quran over and over again and couldn’t believe what I was reading.”
“You can see this neurosis and nihilism in the mindset of converts and you can say it is an incurable mental disease which has been affecting them and disturbing the societies for thousands of years. Arab colonialism is both political and cultural and I think it is the longest surviving form of colonialism.”
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A Muslim’s Way Out of Islam — (An ex-Muslim explains Islam to you)
Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Hossain Salahuddin, a poet, essayist and an ex-Muslim who is the author of several books. He is the editor of the magazine Maverick, which promotes literature, freethinking and rationalism.
FP: Hossain Salahuddin, welcome to FrontPage interview.
HS: Thanks very much for having me. It’s a real pleasure to be here.
FP: Tell us about your childhood and your upbringing within Islam.
HS: I was born in 1984, into a Muslim family in Bangladesh . My family was rather orthodox and they made sure I learn the Quran properly even before they enrolled me in a school. I had a home tutor Mullah, who taught me reciting Quran in Arabic- and I was actually good at it. I remember completing the whole Arabic Quran three times before I turned 12 without even understanding a word of it. If I try to remember, I can feel that it was pretty suffocating with all sorts of do’s and don’t. You can’t do this, you can’t do that, and there was that constant reminder- “You are a Muslim, you should act like one.”
So, yeah, my childhood was not something that I am really proud of. There were all sorts of religious restraints around my neck and that actually affected my relationship with my family members. But, I should say I was still a believer back then; only there was a slight discomfort in me with the practicing form of Islam. I admit that I had a rather troubled childhood but I didn’t turn into a rebel just yet.
FP: What caused your second thought and your ultimate abandoning of Islam?
HS: Well, when I was around 13 or 14, I developed a great interest in creative writing, especially in poetry and I started to spend a lot of time reading books and writing poetry. I remember borrowing up to ten books at a time and reading them in a row. History, Science, Philosophy, Religion, Literature name it, all sorts of books. It was a fascinating time I can tell you that. I guess I was mentally a bit matured than my actual age, and I really cherish that part of my life as a period of illumination.
I think books taught me to think and judge things rationally, to escape from the world of prejudice and irrational beliefs. Books were my true liberator, it’s the best companion I ever had. But, it wasn’t always fun. My family didn’t take it lightly as they were noticing some change in me and also my teachers at school. In fact it was the teachers who gave me all sorts of trouble. Unfortunately, most of my teachers were very orthodox Muslims and they didn’t like my writings. They even banned my writings from the school magazine which really upset me given that I was probably the only student who could write creative things. And they were constantly reminding me that Islam doesn’t approve poetry, music, painting, mixing with non-Muslims or reading texts of other religion and it really confused me.
There was only one way to find out: by reading Quran and Hadith in my mother tongue. I read the Quran over and over again and couldn’t believe what I was reading. …- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994000/posts
http://tinyurl.com/2qcaa3
Check out this April Fools cartoon on National News Watch. Dion at his best ever!
Anne Applebaum, What A Headscarf Can Mean
[T]he headscarf has just reemerged at the center of an extraordinary lawsuit, one that could, if successful, bring down the Turkish government.
Brought by the chief prosecutor of Turkey, the lawsuit–to put it bluntly and briefly–accuses the ruling party of violating Turkey’s constitution and proposes to evict its leaders, including the prime minister and the president, from politics altogether…
Norman Podhoretz, Israel and the Palestinians: Has Bush Reneged?
What George W. Bush did in his June 24 statement was to set this Orwellian inversion right side up. Not only did he reconstruct a truthful framework by telling the Palestinian people that they had been treated for decades by the Arab nations “as pawns in the Middle East conflict.” He was also open and forthright about these nations and about what they had been up to…
See also Rick Richman, The Bush Doctrine, Israel and the Peace Process, with more to come tomorrow.
Child Stabs President Bush to Death and Turns the White House into a Mosque in a Hamas TV Puppet Show http://tinyurl.com/ywego8 (MEMRI TV)
Matthew Schaaf, The Danger of Ranting in Russia
How some ill-advised comments on an obscure blog resulted in a commenter being put on trial in Russia – part of a tightening grip over freedom of expression
JMHO it’s time for the gov’t to put together a sweeping omnibus bill that covers a wish list of changes. What is there to lose if they are now permitted to be a defacto-majority?
Posted by: Rich at April 1, 2008 10:36 AM
The delusion that the Conservative Party of Canada is conservative, or will actually present conservative policy during their term.
TEOTWAWKI: THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
IT’S COMING
Commenter:
“hope and fear are two side of same coin.
Submitted by Ramesh Raghuvanshi (not verified) on April 1, 2008 – 07:24.
Lord Shiva is god of distruction but Brahma is there to creat new world. Thousands of myths are there in India which show sign of optimism. My real interest to raise this point is we are now living in global culture, we must reduce hope and fear for wellbeing of mankind. We suffered lot in past extremely using fear and hope for our selfishness.Today also we are suffering from this trend.If both culture understand drawback of our fault and reduce that evil part of our culture we are more happy. After all this my wishfulfilment. I show lot of time to Indians their drawback.Extra optimism is realy dangerious for Hindu culture, we suffered lot in past and we are suffering today also. Iam not successful to change the mind of indians.” http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/node/939
Fourteen members of Russian doomsday sect emerge from cave http://tinyurl.com/2owkyg
The second dutch film will not air (gatesofvienna.blogspot.com):
According to Islam Online:
Thanks to the intervention of the Dutch government, a second anti-Islam movie will not see the light, at least for now.
“I can confirm that Mr Ehsan Jami has decided not to broadcast his controversial film,” Ayhan Tunja, a member of the Muslim Coordinating Council of the Netherlands, told IslamOnline.net Tuesday, April 1, over the phone.
“He has announced his decision on Dutch television,” he added.
Jami, a former Muslim of Iranian origin, told the Netwrek TV show he has decided not to release his cartoon film, The Life of Muhammad, as expected on April 20.
The film would have reportedly shows a sexually aroused prophet.
A clip from the film aired on a Dutch television channel last week showed a man said to be the prophet in the company of a 9-year-old wife on their way to a mosque to allegedly deflower his bride.
Jami said Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin has talked to him about repercussions of the film release on social harmony and coexistence in the Netherlands as well as it national interests.
“The minister told Mr Jami he will be responsible for what happens,” said Tunja.
So the government of the Netherlands, the leadership of a sovereign European state, has declared that people who perpetrate violence are not responsible for their behavior. Has it really come to this?
Notice has now been given: cartoonists are to be held responsible for the destructive and murderous behavior of religious zealots.
“I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus but, I would also say that there’s nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group.” – B. Hussein Obama
“Unless they’re white.” – B. Hussein Obama (actions speak louder than rhetoric)
Hey Ruth,
I saw that too. What makes me think it’s a joke is this : “it means some significant changes are in order – among them, I am sad to say, the end of this web site.”
Too good to be true? In a way I hope it’s real because I’d love for him to knock on my door.
This lengthy (35:45) video discusses everything from Aristotle and the Enlightenment through Muslim immigration, Fitna and the myth of al-Andalus to NATO and the Anglosphere and Pope Benedict XVI. Is Europe committing suicide?
In this new FORA video, classicist Bruce Thornton argues that Europe has abandoned the Western Christian tradition to which it owes its greatness… http://tinyurl.com/355bcr (The Times Comment Central)
Re: Israel, Has Bush renegged?
No he retired after the CIA-State-Condi Rice coup.
I still very much like Bush, but no man can take that amount of stress and personal abuse without caving.
Few Canadians have signed yet:
To: The Dutch Government
WHEREAS Geert Wilders has exercised his fundamental human right of freedom of expression and spoken out, with facts and evidence, of the threat posed by radical Islam;
WHEREAS certain elements within Islamic communities have threatened a boycott of Dutch goods if Geert Wilders is not punished by the Dutch government for exercising his freedom of expression; and
WHEREAS certain elements in Dutch industry and the Dutch government are suggesting that Geert Wilders be prosecuted civilly or criminally, in order to prevent such a boycott;
IT IS RESOLVED that, in the event that the Dutch government attempts, in any way, to punish or prosecute Geert Wilders, civilly or criminally, for exercising his freedom of expression, the undersigned will initiate a boycott of any and all Dutch goods.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
You can sign on at PetitionOnline: http://www.petitiononline.com/wilders/petition.html
From the “Things That Make You Go ‘Looky-that'” File:
Richard Warman is a well-known member of EGALE, an organization that supports same-sex marriage.
Anne Cools had never been much in the news until mid-to-late August of 2003, when it became widely reported that she was an opponent of SSM, eg
“Mr. Gallaway and Ms. Cools oppose allowing homosexuals to marry and say they believe Canadian sentiment is running their way…” (Ottawa Citizen, Aug. 15);
“A vocal opponent of the proposed (SSM) legislation, she said the country is in a ‘state of shock and uneasiness,’ and wanted to help people voice their own opinions.” (CP, Aug 31)
On Sept 5 “she is one helluva preachy c*nt. She does not belong in my Canada…” was posted by “Lucy” on Freedomsite.
Hmmmm.
Mark Steyn: “The justification for current and former CHRC investigators posting ‘hate messages’ on websites they’re targeting is that it’s sometimes necessary to their investigation. To the rest of us, it looks like entrapment. But does it in fact go beyond mere entrapment to old-fashioned score settling?”
steynonline.com/content/view/1122/128/
Caroline Glick, America’s coalition confusion
The central question then for policymakers in Washington who are trying to deploy a successful strategy for preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and asserting regional predominance is how can the Palestinian war with Israel be defused so that the “moderate” Arab states will be forced to join them in confronting Iran?
Maybe the Toronto Maple Leafs need a child care expert like Dryden to manage them.
If it’s true, they’re welcome to the dopey lard ass. He’s been over exerting himself rising in the HOC to drone on about a dead man’s non-issue for some time now.
He’s spent himself in politics so he may as well move back to his other spent venue, sports.
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation, here’s the Boswell Sisters performing Heebie Jeebies in 1932:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Afn3Z-BWI
SDA LNR Archives: tinyurl.com/26tb25
Unfortunately this probably represents the lost chapter in Canadian history as well. Does it come with the missing HRDC money? Maybe a pepper shaker? A Cretin bobble head you can choke the heck out of?
Jean Chretien, the Prime Minister who did absolutely nothing of significance in government. Well…unless you count the boondoggles and Adscam.
Jean Chretien, the Prime Minister who punched reporters, and choked private citizens like a schoolyard bully.
Warren who?
Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals are petitioning the Supreme Court for the right to take away your basic civil rights. They’re saying that “individual liberty interests” are being “overemphasized”.
They are asking the Supreme Court to give the OK for random searches in ‘high crime’ neighbourhoods. Full story here: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=411196
“They are asking the Supreme Court to give the OK for random searches in ‘high crime’ neighbourhoods. Full story here: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=411196
Posted by: RobertJago at April 1, 2008 1:03 AM”
Well if these areas include Liberal Caucus rooms, PAST and present, then I guess I’m all for it!
KnowwhatImean Verne?
JEAN CHRETIEN
“My years as Prime Minister”
Or the Western Canadian perspective…
JEAN CHRETIEN
“Our years in the Dark Ages”
watch this everyone http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/31/video-pat-condell-on-liveleak-and-fitna/
the other pete
seen at LGF:
Wafa Sultan has had to go into hiding
KISS of DEATH*.
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Ken Dryden accepts GM position with Maple Leafs
Dion’s popularity sinks even lower
Rae* seals Commons entrance with a kiss
Show of affection toward Ignatieff comes amid Liberal bickering. Bob Rae, the new MP for Toronto Centre, nearly brought down the House yesterday when he walked into the Commons and planted a kiss on the face of Deputy Leader Michael Ignatieff. …-
*Judas.
It appears columnist, journalist, whatever, Don Martin is the Liberals new best friend. He sure enjoys nit picking the Conservatives.
Helena Geurgis is his pick-on today. According to his ‘expert’ opinion she should be relegated to the back benches.
Don’t know about anyone else but I’m sick and tired listening to and watching all the Liberal hype and frenzy over this Brenda Martin affair in Mexico.
Wish they’d have had some of that zeal when William Sampson was being tortured by ME scumbags.Ditto the Khadr affair which they did squat on when in power, BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT, and now they demand the Conservatives bring the poor baby home to mama.
Note Warren’s blog this morning that he is running in the upcoming election for the Ontario Liberals.
Think this is a big April Fool’s joke that we should ignore.
Is Ezra Levant the only investigating journalist in Canada?He has more info on Warman and the DND.
Peter Mckay has to get involved now…this has gone too far.
http://ezralevant.com/2008/03/calling-all-canadian-forces-an.html
Lucy Found.
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“If you’re a soldier or anyone else who has first-hand information about the Directorate of Special Grievances or Richard Warman, please send me your story. I promise to respect any requests for confidentiality or anonymity. It’s bad enough that civilians have had to put up with his crap for years — I want to know if our troops do, too.”
Calling all Canadian Forces and DND staff
“Warman works as a lawyer for the Department of National Defence. But what does he do there?”
“According to the Defence Wide Access Network, Warman’s title is “Director of Special Grievances – Enquiries and Investigations”. What the heck is that?”
“the Directorate of Special Grievances was set up “to actively manage and resolve high profile and sensitive cases” just before Warman came over from the CHRC It sounds to me a lot like the Canadian Forces’ internal human rights commission. Warman (listed on this org chart as DSpecGrievE&I) reports to the head of the DND’s Grievance Authority, who in turn reports to the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff.”
http://ezralevant.com/2008/03/calling-all-canadian-forces-an.html
Don Martin and the others(including Wells, Travers ) are lazy. If they were real journalists they would investigate instead of spinning the easy anti-CPC stories.
Ezra Levant is the only investigative journalist, and he’s not on anyone’s payroll.
Geesh – the news for the Liberals is getting worse.
The Angus Reid poll gives the Tories a 10 point lead.
“OTTAWA–Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservatives have taken a 10-point lead over the Liberals as Stéphane Dion’s unpopularity with voters plumbs new depths, according to a Toronto Star poll released today.”
The natural end result of socialism: death from a blow to the head.
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“We are living in the hub of multiculturalism.””
Sikhs fight sawmill hard hat policy
Turbans ‘Sacred’; Sidelined workers file human rights complaint
http://tinyurl.com/39qfkm (NP)
No no alberta girl it can’t be right, Daryl Brickers polls and Angus Reids along with a random Kinsella poll has the lieberals ahead by ten points with most young couples wanting Stepon of Iggy to father their first born since sidewinder jean is now writing fiction.
Yes, Ezra Levant’s investigating what others, who are paid to, should be.
His latest look at the goings on of Warman at the DND should be very interesting . . .
Actually, posting at his site seems to be down. With the dodgy types caught in Ezra’s kleig lights, one wonders . . .
I was wondering when the Little Man of Shawinigan would resurface. It was hoped he would provide insights to Canadians about his travels through China with ‘Mo Money and explain why it is in his business interests that the world should ignore Chinese soldiers dressed as monks.
Liz
Don Martin has become Captain Press Gallery (tra la la).
Guergis took a shot at the scumbag Hill media the day before last and Don is the spiteful, vengeful and rage motivated defender of the Hill party now.
He used to actually try to hold them to some standard. Now he is their hit beyatch.
If the Conservatives had two party screw-ups like Erikson and Akin, everyone would know. This is the Press Gallery Party covering for each other.
That and Martin probably got cut off at his favorite pub again and none of his fellow scribes will complain about it, so he is really pissed.
He will be whining on the at issue panel about it. Dont expect the pundits to mention the problems with their coverage.
Parliamentary Putz Gallery fun house.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xml
Terry Jones and crew have discovered a rare breed of flying penguins. 😉
Was Scott B upset that he didn’t get a kiss yesterday from Rae. What message was that sending to his voters. Are Rae and Iggy hiding a secret life. A firm handshake between the two would have sent a better message to me.
If the Sikhs want to be hard headed about not wearing hard hats, so be it, it’s their lives to lose. The only stipulation should be they sign off all compensation benefits. That’s how it goes when religion trumps common sense.
Ahh, Air Farce is being cancelled next year.
Guess I should watch it at least once before it is gone.
Will Ken Dryden resign by July, forcing another by-election, or not run if an election comes before that.
Don Martin offers us a typical example of media bias. In addition to hopping on any negative trivialty they can that is anti-CPC, there is inadequate coverage of what is being accomplished by the government. The latest is the settling of 54 land claims — the Harper gov approach to this is a sea change from what we have been seeing for the last 50 years — and it largely goes unnoticed. The Globe did have an article on the 28th, but I have seen little else in the way of coverage: http://tinyurl.com/2ckklk
AB:
“Geesh – the news for the Liberals is getting worse.
The Angus Reid poll gives the Tories a 10 point lead. ”
Time for that radical flat tax system proposal by the Conservatives…:^))) Seriously, what would it take for the Libs to vote them out??
JCL
Ouch:
http://www.nationalnewswatchplus.com/index.php?topic=19.0
Re flying penquins, think what day this is.
Re: Ken Dryden
Think what day it is.
JMHO it’s time for the gov’t to put together a sweeping omnibus bill that covers a wish list of changes.
What is there to lose if they are now permitted to be a defacto-majority?
Ding dong the elf is gone:
“That’s it. I’m sick and tired of all the BS. Nobody will listen to me and I’m wasting my time. This blog is done. Good luck Liberals.”
Cherniak quit.
Jason Cherniak QUITS!!!!! . . . on April 1st. Hmmmmmmm.
“I read the Quran over and over again and couldn’t believe what I was reading.”
“You can see this neurosis and nihilism in the mindset of converts and you can say it is an incurable mental disease which has been affecting them and disturbing the societies for thousands of years. Arab colonialism is both political and cultural and I think it is the longest surviving form of colonialism.”
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A Muslim’s Way Out of Islam — (An ex-Muslim explains Islam to you)
Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Hossain Salahuddin, a poet, essayist and an ex-Muslim who is the author of several books. He is the editor of the magazine Maverick, which promotes literature, freethinking and rationalism.
FP: Hossain Salahuddin, welcome to FrontPage interview.
HS: Thanks very much for having me. It’s a real pleasure to be here.
FP: Tell us about your childhood and your upbringing within Islam.
HS: I was born in 1984, into a Muslim family in Bangladesh . My family was rather orthodox and they made sure I learn the Quran properly even before they enrolled me in a school. I had a home tutor Mullah, who taught me reciting Quran in Arabic- and I was actually good at it. I remember completing the whole Arabic Quran three times before I turned 12 without even understanding a word of it. If I try to remember, I can feel that it was pretty suffocating with all sorts of do’s and don’t. You can’t do this, you can’t do that, and there was that constant reminder- “You are a Muslim, you should act like one.”
So, yeah, my childhood was not something that I am really proud of. There were all sorts of religious restraints around my neck and that actually affected my relationship with my family members. But, I should say I was still a believer back then; only there was a slight discomfort in me with the practicing form of Islam. I admit that I had a rather troubled childhood but I didn’t turn into a rebel just yet.
FP: What caused your second thought and your ultimate abandoning of Islam?
HS: Well, when I was around 13 or 14, I developed a great interest in creative writing, especially in poetry and I started to spend a lot of time reading books and writing poetry. I remember borrowing up to ten books at a time and reading them in a row. History, Science, Philosophy, Religion, Literature name it, all sorts of books. It was a fascinating time I can tell you that. I guess I was mentally a bit matured than my actual age, and I really cherish that part of my life as a period of illumination.
I think books taught me to think and judge things rationally, to escape from the world of prejudice and irrational beliefs. Books were my true liberator, it’s the best companion I ever had. But, it wasn’t always fun. My family didn’t take it lightly as they were noticing some change in me and also my teachers at school. In fact it was the teachers who gave me all sorts of trouble. Unfortunately, most of my teachers were very orthodox Muslims and they didn’t like my writings. They even banned my writings from the school magazine which really upset me given that I was probably the only student who could write creative things. And they were constantly reminding me that Islam doesn’t approve poetry, music, painting, mixing with non-Muslims or reading texts of other religion and it really confused me.
There was only one way to find out: by reading Quran and Hadith in my mother tongue. I read the Quran over and over again and couldn’t believe what I was reading. …-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994000/posts
http://tinyurl.com/2qcaa3
Check out this April Fools cartoon on National News Watch. Dion at his best ever!
Anne Applebaum, What A Headscarf Can Mean
[T]he headscarf has just reemerged at the center of an extraordinary lawsuit, one that could, if successful, bring down the Turkish government.
Brought by the chief prosecutor of Turkey, the lawsuit–to put it bluntly and briefly–accuses the ruling party of violating Turkey’s constitution and proposes to evict its leaders, including the prime minister and the president, from politics altogether…
Norman Podhoretz, Israel and the Palestinians: Has Bush Reneged?
What George W. Bush did in his June 24 statement was to set this Orwellian inversion right side up. Not only did he reconstruct a truthful framework by telling the Palestinian people that they had been treated for decades by the Arab nations “as pawns in the Middle East conflict.” He was also open and forthright about these nations and about what they had been up to…
See also Rick Richman, The Bush Doctrine, Israel and the Peace Process, with more to come tomorrow.
Child Stabs President Bush to Death and Turns the White House into a Mosque in a Hamas TV Puppet Show
http://tinyurl.com/ywego8 (MEMRI TV)
Matthew Schaaf, The Danger of Ranting in Russia
How some ill-advised comments on an obscure blog resulted in a commenter being put on trial in Russia – part of a tightening grip over freedom of expression
JMHO it’s time for the gov’t to put together a sweeping omnibus bill that covers a wish list of changes. What is there to lose if they are now permitted to be a defacto-majority?
Posted by: Rich at April 1, 2008 10:36 AM
The delusion that the Conservative Party of Canada is conservative, or will actually present conservative policy during their term.
TEOTWAWKI: THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
IT’S COMING
Commenter:
“hope and fear are two side of same coin.
Submitted by Ramesh Raghuvanshi (not verified) on April 1, 2008 – 07:24.
Lord Shiva is god of distruction but Brahma is there to creat new world. Thousands of myths are there in India which show sign of optimism. My real interest to raise this point is we are now living in global culture, we must reduce hope and fear for wellbeing of mankind. We suffered lot in past extremely using fear and hope for our selfishness.Today also we are suffering from this trend.If both culture understand drawback of our fault and reduce that evil part of our culture we are more happy. After all this my wishfulfilment. I show lot of time to Indians their drawback.Extra optimism is realy dangerious for Hindu culture, we suffered lot in past and we are suffering today also. Iam not successful to change the mind of indians.”
http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/node/939
Fourteen members of Russian doomsday sect emerge from cave
http://tinyurl.com/2owkyg
The second dutch film will not air (gatesofvienna.blogspot.com):
According to Islam Online:
Thanks to the intervention of the Dutch government, a second anti-Islam movie will not see the light, at least for now.
“I can confirm that Mr Ehsan Jami has decided not to broadcast his controversial film,” Ayhan Tunja, a member of the Muslim Coordinating Council of the Netherlands, told IslamOnline.net Tuesday, April 1, over the phone.
“He has announced his decision on Dutch television,” he added.
Jami, a former Muslim of Iranian origin, told the Netwrek TV show he has decided not to release his cartoon film, The Life of Muhammad, as expected on April 20.
The film would have reportedly shows a sexually aroused prophet.
A clip from the film aired on a Dutch television channel last week showed a man said to be the prophet in the company of a 9-year-old wife on their way to a mosque to allegedly deflower his bride.
Jami said Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin has talked to him about repercussions of the film release on social harmony and coexistence in the Netherlands as well as it national interests.
“The minister told Mr Jami he will be responsible for what happens,” said Tunja.
So the government of the Netherlands, the leadership of a sovereign European state, has declared that people who perpetrate violence are not responsible for their behavior. Has it really come to this?
Notice has now been given: cartoonists are to be held responsible for the destructive and murderous behavior of religious zealots.
“I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus but, I would also say that there’s nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group.” – B. Hussein Obama
“Unless they’re white.” – B. Hussein Obama (actions speak louder than rhetoric)
Hey Ruth,
I saw that too. What makes me think it’s a joke is this : “it means some significant changes are in order – among them, I am sad to say, the end of this web site.”
Too good to be true? In a way I hope it’s real because I’d love for him to knock on my door.
This lengthy (35:45) video discusses everything from Aristotle and the Enlightenment through Muslim immigration, Fitna and the myth of al-Andalus to NATO and the Anglosphere and Pope Benedict XVI.
Is Europe committing suicide?
In this new FORA video, classicist Bruce Thornton argues that Europe has abandoned the Western Christian tradition to which it owes its greatness…
http://tinyurl.com/355bcr (The Times Comment Central)
Re: Israel, Has Bush renegged?
No he retired after the CIA-State-Condi Rice coup.
I still very much like Bush, but no man can take that amount of stress and personal abuse without caving.
Few Canadians have signed yet:
To: The Dutch Government
WHEREAS Geert Wilders has exercised his fundamental human right of freedom of expression and spoken out, with facts and evidence, of the threat posed by radical Islam;
WHEREAS certain elements within Islamic communities have threatened a boycott of Dutch goods if Geert Wilders is not punished by the Dutch government for exercising his freedom of expression; and
WHEREAS certain elements in Dutch industry and the Dutch government are suggesting that Geert Wilders be prosecuted civilly or criminally, in order to prevent such a boycott;
IT IS RESOLVED that, in the event that the Dutch government attempts, in any way, to punish or prosecute Geert Wilders, civilly or criminally, for exercising his freedom of expression, the undersigned will initiate a boycott of any and all Dutch goods.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
You can sign on at PetitionOnline:
http://www.petitiononline.com/wilders/petition.html
From the “Things That Make You Go ‘Looky-that'” File:
Richard Warman is a well-known member of EGALE, an organization that supports same-sex marriage.
Anne Cools had never been much in the news until mid-to-late August of 2003, when it became widely reported that she was an opponent of SSM, eg
“Mr. Gallaway and Ms. Cools oppose allowing homosexuals to marry and say they believe Canadian sentiment is running their way…” (Ottawa Citizen, Aug. 15);
“A vocal opponent of the proposed (SSM) legislation, she said the country is in a ‘state of shock and uneasiness,’ and wanted to help people voice their own opinions.” (CP, Aug 31)
On Sept 5 “she is one helluva preachy c*nt. She does not belong in my Canada…” was posted by “Lucy” on Freedomsite.
Hmmmm.
Mark Steyn: “The justification for current and former CHRC investigators posting ‘hate messages’ on websites they’re targeting is that it’s sometimes necessary to their investigation. To the rest of us, it looks like entrapment. But does it in fact go beyond mere entrapment to old-fashioned score settling?”
steynonline.com/content/view/1122/128/
Major new military links between Iran and Sudan
A joint CSIS-RUSI report:
(PDF warning; 7 pages) Julianne Smith and Michael Williams, What Lies Beneath: The Future of NATO through the ISAF Prism
Caroline Glick, America’s coalition confusion
The central question then for policymakers in Washington who are trying to deploy a successful strategy for preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and asserting regional predominance is how can the Palestinian war with Israel be defused so that the “moderate” Arab states will be forced to join them in confronting Iran?
Maybe the Toronto Maple Leafs need a child care expert like Dryden to manage them.
If it’s true, they’re welcome to the dopey lard ass. He’s been over exerting himself rising in the HOC to drone on about a dead man’s non-issue for some time now.
He’s spent himself in politics so he may as well move back to his other spent venue, sports.