(I’ve deleted the link to the Wente article – received it by email and didnt’ realize the link was subscriber only. Sorry.)
Watch out: Canada became the first non-European country Friday to sign up to combat “cyberhate,” the online dissemination of xenophobic propaganda. (Next step: To establish “Liberal” as an identifiable group, and the process will be complete.)
More quotes from the Ahenakew press conference;

“This, of course, was the direct result of the pressure put on the (Governor General’s) advisory committee by some of the Jewish community, including a letter-writing campaign and the lobbying by the Canadian Jewish Congress,” said Ahenakew, wearing his controversial Order of Canada pin.
“If I’m forced to choose between freedom of speech and the Order of Canada, I chose free speech … I’m telling you I will not throw this back at them. They will have to take it away.”

(Question: Why, during the entire coverage of this trial, has no one in the media mentioned the gallery of Ahenakew supporters who distinguished their presence by yelling epithets of “racist!” and other such comments at the judge? And why weren’t they charged with contempt? )
A note posted at Instapundit – The Little Green Footballs server crashed and burned. Charles isn’t sure when he’ll be back up, so that’s why his site has been offline.
I have a busy day today – so there may be nothing new for a time. Add your own links in the comments.

I’m toying with a migraine this morning, so staring at a computer screen isn’t on my list of desirable pastimes. Plus, I have to work up the energy to finish off a goal mask and run errands in town.
It’s a reader tip morning. You know the drill.

Well, as you may have guessed, I am still experiencing IP problems. So, as the subject indicates, it’s a reader tips day.
Also – for the fairly large number of you who regularly send me tips privately, a bit of a checklist may help clear up my inbox, and save you the effort of sending me something 3 others have already shared:
1) I already read Nealenews, Drudge and Bourque daily. If the “tip” you’re sending me is up on one of those sites, I’ll either find it myself, or I’ve decided to skip it.
2) If you’ve spotted an item on 20 other conservative Canadian blogs, I’ve probably seen it and decided that using it is redundant.
3) Don’t feel badly if your tip isn’t used. I use about 1 in 10 – 15 sent my way.
4) Try to remember to include some hint as to the content of the tip in the subject line. I get a lot of spam, and subect lines like “Hey!” or “Kate, Look At This” stand a better than even chance of being deleted without being read.
5) Avoid sending attachments. Large image files are never downloaded here, much less opened.
6) Don’t send dated news reports/opinion articles, unless it relates to something of topical importance. I can’t count how many times I’ve spent time creating a post on an item, only to discover it was originally published 4 years ago.
7) You don’t need permission to link to or quote on of my posts. Just use the trackback function.
8) Let me know if you want your name used. Otherwise, I play it safe and default to anonymity.
And, please don’t take offense at these guidelines – I’m not complaining – just trying to improve effficency. On an average work day I sometimes have over 400 emails a day to scan!

I’m posting this from my Libretto laptop Juno account – having connection problems today, so if there’s nothing new after this post, that’s why! (The libretto doesn’t cut it – the keys are the size of aspirin tapblets)
You’ll have to entertain yourselves… enter your cool finds and profound declarations in the comments.

A commentor asked for a link on the WND tainted blood story. Another reader was kind enough to pass it along. This is a worthwhile followup.

The Liberal government denied compensation to those infected before 1986, claiming that no test was available before then. That now turns out to be false.
Paul Martin was on the board of the Canadian Development Corporation from 1981-1987, during the time hemophiliacs were infected with tainted blood. The CDC was the holding company for the private company, Connaught Laboratories, the major supplier of blood products in Canada, specifically Factor VIII used by hemophiliacs.
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Evaluations of the safety of U.S.-sourced blood supplies were sent to Connaught Laboratories but were never even read by its senior officials. Instead, Connaught kept buying blood from a Montreal blood broker — the only company in the world still buying blood from U.S. prisons.
[…]
Somebody doesn’t want the truth to come out about how deadly blood sold from then Governor Clinton’s Arkansas prisons made its way into the Canadian plasma supply. Mark Kennedy in the Ottawa Citizen reports two incidents within hours of each other Tuesday night: the Arkansas prosthetics clinic owned by tainted blood whistleblower Michael Galster was fire-bombed and the Quebe offices of the Canadian Hemophilia Society were broken into.
The clinic was burned to its shell and fire officials say they’re “90 percent sure” it was arson. In the Canadian break-in, a computer and three telephones were stolen along with documents from a box labeled, “Hepatitis C, Krever Commission, Reform of the blood system, HIV-AIDS.”

“Maz2” in the comments

“Three telephones stolen? No. Retrieved, by person(s)unknown, complete with their bugs?”

Cox And Forkum on Canadian health care.
On the current topic of the ties of organized crime to the Canadian government, this collection of articles on the topic. Be sure to read the Sidewinder information.
Beth thinks blogging pretty much sucks.
The Conservative Party of Canada submission to the Gomery Commission.
That should keep you busy for a while. I have stuff to do – post your own links in the comments.

Here are some of the links that commenters have dropped in the past 24 hours. An extra large tip-o-the-hat to Maz2 who has contributed many of these. (Update: and another generous hat tip to HappyDaze.)

• Libs face confidence vote
• Landslide Annie seen putting up election signs
• Harper Liberals
• Need stress relief?
• Martin calls Harper threat to national unity
• Two standards

More tips as they come in

• How the Lib propaganda machine works
• Sidewinder study
• Worthington on Sidewinder
• Buckets of Stool
• Blue Tory on Post vs. Harper
• Liberal Underground (gaaak!)

Commenter HappyDaze says we need a pep talk. I agree. Let it never be said that we don’t take requests. 😉

Drop ’em in the comments if you got ’em!

The Grewal Stuff

• Snip snip who cut the tape?
• Grewal chronology

Misc Tips

• LGF survey
• Martin jokes

Just checking in from the farm in S.E. Saskatchewan this evening to make sure you kids are behaving in here. Judging by their first day’s postings, SDA is in capable hands.
I’m not sure that we brought the right vehicle. With the amount of rain that’s fallen and I’m told – more awaiting us in Minneapolis this weekend, we might have been better off with a pontoon boat. The dog show is outdoors.
Yay for us.
A reminder, after perusing the comments – keep it civil and remember that there are people who read SDA from work, so keep profanity under control, please. If you can’t follow those simple rules – well the blogosphere is a big place. Find one that has rules you like.
You can use this post for your own tips, as indicated in the subject line. Quoting should be brief.

A few quick links, before I’m off to paint slime on a Harley tank;
Grandinite, with the help of MK Braaten takes another look at the change in Accounting standardsfrom GAAP to International standards and wonders how that might apply to the billions the Liberals have tucked into foundations, out of reach of the Auditor General. He spots this:

For not-for-profit organizations: Not-for-profit organizations (NFPOs) will continue to apply those elements of GAAP for profit-oriented enterprises that are applicable also to the circumstances of NFPOs. The Board will consult with the not-for-profit sector to determine whether all NFPOs should base their accounting on the standards for public companies, or whether some might base their accounting on the standards for Canadian private businesses or be exempted from the scope of accounting standards altogether.

A story that won’t spawn hysterical headlines at the Globe and Mail….
Stupid Angry Canajun asks “What is in it for Jim Karygiannis?” and revisits Patti Starr.
And Arthur Chrenkoff has another roundup of good news from Afghanistan, while Riding Sun asks What Is Being Done In Our Name?
Some of our media friends might check these out – expand your horizons beyond the quagmire scripts you’ve been reading from!
Add your own tips in the comments – reminder: keep descriptions and quoting BRIEF.

This post is for the tips you have for other readers, links to scintillating posts at your own site (I recommend you use the trackback function). Keep descriptions brief, please. No discussion please – links only.
See you guys in a couple days. Have a good weekend!

A very good, relatively new blog on “goofs, bias and hypocrisy in the media”. That ought to keep them busy.
Looking at it from the “inside”, The Toronto Sun skewers the bias at the Liberal Death Star.
At Proud To Be Canadian, “Exile” does a little venting.
A few days ago, Macleans columnist Steve Maich came to the (weak) defense of Maurice Strong and PowerCorp. Somebody who actually knows what he’s talking about rebuts. Read the comments, too.

I think I’ve earned a brief holiday from blogging, so I’ll just throw up some links I’ve had forwarded or spotted on my own that are relevant to recent events;
I may be taking a break, but Newsbeat1 isn’t. There’s a ton of stuff there this morning. (Take the time to add this site to your blogroll. )
The apple is climbing back into the tree.
Further to the tender sensibilities of those offended by the use of the word “Jap”, (I presume you’ll rise in similar indignation next time you hear “Yank”), a few sentimental wartime postcards.
Greg and others think the Conservatives should release their platform now. Just in time for summer vacation. I don’t.
Someone asks privately about a detail of the RCMP murders that I wrote about at the time – oddly no photographs of the weapon seem to have been published in the mainstream press. Perhaps a photo of a HECKLER & KOCH, HK91 is “inconsistant” with the more important message that the “smoking gun registry” keeps “banned weapons from the hands of criminals”.
At Bound By Gravity, More historical photos, these ones of bombing damage at Saint-L�, France in the wake of D-Day.

Yes, a Blogger’s strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will…”

I’m busy with yard work today, without much time for blogging, so I”ll direct you to a few lesser known sites worth a look, and deserving of more traffic. Some old, some new, some popular in the US but lesser referenced in Canada. Feel free to add your own via trackback, or in the comments.
Jacks Newswatch is on top of the best stuff out this morning. (Stephen Harper is David Duke? Can it get any crazier?)
How many blog sites feature great writing in both official languages? The only thing I don’t like about Polyscopique is that he doesn’t post often enough.
Lorne Gunter isn’t lesser known, but he’s new to blogging.
Today, Laurent has a plug for Right Ho! – writing by another conservative journalist who chooses anonymity.
Speaking of well known people, new to blogging – if you’re a politician (or a strategist) interested in how to incorporate blogging into your party’s communication strategy, make Bush-Cheney campaign webmaster Patrick Ruffini part of your regular reading. Go back through the archives, too.
I’ll probably do another Carnival of the Newbies in a couple of weeks, so if you’ve sent me a link to your site looking for a plug, be patient. And keep writing.

A gathering of tips and items I spotted surfing this morning.
Newsbeat has a series of posts on whistleblowing.
The Times. they are a’changing….

The New York Times, America’s most venerated newspaper, is responding to growing pressure by pledging to increase its coverage of religion and the rural areas in the US, while also recruiting journalists who have military experience.

Comparing Hitler To Stalin;

The full death toll, most of it accumulated in peace time, at the hands of Lenin and his political and ideological successor, Stalin, is estimated by the best authorities at somewhere between 25 million and 30 million people. Not bad in a system for which mass terror and purges were not “intrinsic” parts. In what passes for Steele’s argument, he suggests the scaling down of the terror after Stalin’s death is evidence the system was not inherently terroristic. Does it not occur to him that there was no one left to kill?

The Librano Songbook grows!
Now, is this figure with or without the latest “envelope of cash” for Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert?

Well, this is a curious little find. (Thanks to an email tip from an “anonymous” reader). From an old anti-tobacco web page;

The Canadian Tobacco Co. Ltd.markets two brands of cigarettes available at duty free shops. According to their packaging, they operate out of either a postal box number in London or Toronto, Ontario. They have recently entered the market with two low-priced brands known asCanadian and Canadian Extra Light.
They feature several easily recognizable Canadian landmarks. In December 1997, Canadian cigarettes we purchased two cartons at the Windsor Tunnel Duty Free Shop, and at the Blue Water Bridge Duty Free Shop in Sarnia.
Each carton has a picture of either the CN Tower, Niagara Falls, Lake Louise, the Canadian Rockies or the Vancouver skyline. CN Tower spokespersons will not take the responsibility for the use of their logo by this tobacco company. It may be that some people are trying to hide this egregious campaign to advertise tobacco.
The parent corporation is actually theSea and Sky Supply company located in Holland. The owner of the company is Tony Lammers, a businessman who markets various and sundry products to duty free shops and airlines all over the world. We have been unable to reach Tony for personal comment, but we have left his company e-mail.
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A crown corporation known as theCanada Lands Corporation owns the CN Tower and leases it to the TrizecHahn company. They are supposed to do all the promotions for the publicly owned business. A major principal in that company, and many others, like Barrick Gold, is Peter Munk. Peter just named a cardiac wing after himself at the Toronto Hospital, and is still recovering from the Busang gold fiasco to comment either.
Alphonso Gagliano, the Minister in charge of Public Works and Government Services is responsible for the CLC and what it owns, markets, and promotes. He is unavailable for comment. Canada tobacco only has a box number in London, Ontario and could not be reached by phone for comment. If any of you find him, let me know.

From what little else I can find, it seems that Canadian Tobacco did a bit of race sponsorship, but I’ve not confirmed that.

It’s a dog show weekend here at the ranch. I may get a couple of posts up, but in the meantime, I invite you to use the comments or trackback feature to direct readers to interesting material. (Be sure to indicate if the link contains not-safe-for-work content or excessive profanity.)
Here a few that landed in my inbox;
Check out this Captain’s Quarters link… it usually means something good.
Dear friends from Ontario –please take this seriously. What used to be a fringe movement is on the cusp of becoming mainstream.
Via a reader who passed along the tip in French – I’ve found an English language report that Liberal MP Don Boudria will not be running in the next election.
And this? Not exactly news. Andrew Coyne says as much, but in about 674 more words.

‘Tis the season for anhydrous ammonia tanks.
Back later.
In the meantime, drop your worthy finds in the comments, or send me a trackback.

Working at the shop again this morning. So, it’s a reader tip day – dump your finds in the comments, or send a trackback if you’ve written something good.
Don’t forget to send me your links for Carnival of the Newbies. I only have a handful so far. Any blog that’s been launched in the last couple of months is fine by me.
To watch Paul Martin’s speech again, David Janes has video. And if anyone has film of a pot of bubbling oatmeal porridge they’d like to share, I’ll be sure to post that too.