A growing tolerance

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Progressive, western relativism begins to consume itself:

A Washington Institute for Near East Policy poll last week showed that the Islamic State has more support in Europe than it does in the Middle East. The poll reported that only 3 percent of Egyptians, 5 percent of Saudis, and under 1 percent of Lebanese “expressed a positive opinion of the IS.” On the other hand, 7 percent of U.K. respondents had a favorable view of the group, as did 16 percent of French polled — with 27 percent of French citizens between 18-24 responding favorably.

Emph. mine.

Disturbing Narrative

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I’m reading lots of media and lefties getting in a bunch about whether the shooter was or wasn’t a terrorist. Whether he was ‘just’ mentally unstable, a dope-head and a criminal.
He was a terrorist. He attacked two symbols of the country.
The first a symbol of our military and the bonds between soldiers, sailors and airmen through all generations. A place where those who come after can give thanks and have an understanding of the sacrifices of those who went before.
The second, outside of the flag, the strongest symbol of our country, our democracy. Where, as Mr Mulcair stated, yoga must go on, because it is us. It is ours.
His goals, deformed though they were, was not ‘just’ murder, it was to deface those symbols. The result is that he failed.
But yes, he meant to terrorize.

Lest We Forget

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I was in Ottawa a few days ago and extensively photographed the National War Memorial and Parliament Buildings. So yesterday’s terrorist violence had an extra personal meaning. Little did I realize at the time that the soldiers guarding our sacred monument were at threat from anyone. We now have an extra special reason to be thankful to those who serve in our military.
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Open Thread – Ottawa

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The last was getting a bit unwieldy. We’ll pick up here where the other left off. This will be top of SDA for a while. New (previously scheduled) posts will happen through the day below. As before, updates below the fold.

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More Pavilions At Folkfest

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“Democracy, Immigration, Multiculturalism — Pick Any Two”

A new law will come into effect in Sweden after Christmas 2014, that will allow people to be prosecuted for criticizing immigration or politician’s unwillingness to tackle the issue. The Constitutional Committee’s report has been voted for in parliament, seen in a letter from the Parliamentary Offices. Member of Parliament Andrew Norlén, member of the Constitutional Committee, has been pushing the issue and he says it will rapidly become a deterrent. “I do not think it takes very many prosecutions before a signal is transmitted in the community that the internet is not a lawless country, the sheriff is back in town” Norlén said during a one-sided ‘debate’ on the issue in Swedish parliament.

h/t Me No Dhimmi

We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans

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As for wind farms, it seemed a bit strange that an innovation designed to save our beautiful world wreaked unique havoc on the best landscape. When we learnt that wind power needed vast amounts of conventional power back-up because of intermittency, we started to see it as the greatest physical folly in our island story.
Yet no mainstream political party engaged with this. You could tell that they were worried about the symptoms of their own policies – hence Ed Miliband’s call for an energy price freeze. But none wanted to discuss the causes. Owen Paterson, then the environment secretary, was the only minister who dared raise doubts. He annoyed what he calls the “green blob”. David Cameron duly sacked him this summer.
In the Global Warming Policy Foundation lecture on Wednesday, Mr Paterson said of wind farms that “this paltry supply of onshore wind, nowhere near enough to hit the 2050 targets, has devastated landscapes, blighted views, divided communities, killed eagles …” When this was quoted on the BBC News, he was saying no more than millions of ordinary people have been saying for years. Yet it was very striking to hear it in public, because no other elected person charged with these responsibilities had said anything like this before.

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