If you think this critique of [Ontario Institute for Studies in Education] as racist is rhetorical hyperbole, then consider for a moment what the reaction would be if Ms Thielen-Wilson had substituted another skin color for ‘white’ in her statements. If she had written that Indo-Canadians or Native Canadians were part of a brown or red collective body that engages in practices, often violent, always vile, she would likely be charged with a Hate Crime.
h/t Richard
The twitter feed gone horribly wrong goes mainstream;
In a statement, Cory Oxelgren, president of the NDP, said the party launched a website Tuesday on which it invited comments directed to Wall about the government’s proposed labour law changes. The timing corresponded with the launch of the NDP caucus’s “consultation tour” on the same issue, but was a separate effort.
Dozens of comments were received on the wereyouasked.ca website, which was set up to post remarks directly to a Twitter feed under a “Saskatchewan NDP” banner and with a popular #skpoli hashtag used for sorting tweets of provincial political interest.
Many of the comments indicated support for Wall and the Sask. Party, which appeared ironic on Twitter under the NDP heading, which was later changed to “SKLabour Review.” Some were negative regarding the NDP and organized labour in general.
Several were harsh in tone — including one that read, “Tommy Douglas, not dead enough.” Another said, “Time to kill #uniongreed once and for all.”
“We expected and welcomed a diverse range of views on the government’s proposed labour law changes,” Oxelgren’s statement said. “Party staff felt that comments on the website should not be censored . . . unfortunately, anonymous contributors posted extremely hateful — in some cases very personal — attacks.”
Emphasis of bald-faced lie, mine.
I’ve emailed Star Phoenix writer Joe Couture to correct the NDP accusation of SaskParty involvement. Let’s see if he updates the report.
Program Note!
Anthony Watts will be a guest on John Gormley Live later this morning (Update: 11am local time, 1pm eastern) to discuss the new paper that arose out of the SurfaceStations project – namely that, U.S. Temperature trends show a spurious doubling due to NOAA station siting problems and post measurement adjustments.
Listen here.
(SDA gets results).
Looks like the huge boycott by GLAAD and other members of the Institutional Left was a huge flop.
Interactive map with Photos
Update: The actions of a rude, anger-filled Leftist . . . who just got himself fired.
In tonight’s amusement en route to the Tips, a selection from Old Jews Telling Jokes, Endodontist Harmon Katz tells the one about the Detroit Lions Quarterback.
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“Bitch” (translated)
“Bitch”, “bitch”, “I take you to the hotel”, “beautiful small buttocks”… so many comments collected by Sofie Peeters as his trips in the streets of Brussels. Inflamed by these daily reflections, this young Belgian student in final year of cinema, decided to film this ordinary machismo for his project of end of study. The young woman is walk the streets of the capital, equipped with a hidden camera, and compiles the result in a film entitled “women of the street”.
Feminists be warned – this is a racist film.
h/t Fourtyfour Guy
This Is How Olympic Divers Really Look While Diving
Somebody else made that happen.
This post is largely about the future of domestic demand curves in the US. However, to understand just how wretchedly the global economy is doing, take a look at the latest round of Markit PMIs, and Germany’s manufacturing PMI for July. Pay some attention to the far Asian numbers, because those have started running in tandem with the exception of Indonesia, which benefits from Japanese energy problems and Chinese outsourcing. This is now a global downturn with some epic staying power. The cure can only come from lower prices adjusting final demand upward, and lower prices won’t be that quick to appear. India’s power problems are going to affect their current-quarter production and GDP negatively, and the monsoon isn’t that great either.
Never forget;
The Conservative government is pardoning a group of farmers who were arrested for trying to sell their wheat under the old law governing the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly as they mark the first day on which prairie producers can sell outside the board.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement this afternoon at a farm outside Kindersely, Sask.
“Never, never again” will western farmers alone be punished for trying to sell the wheat they grew on their land, Harper said to a round of applause.
In a little-reported ruling by a judge in the District of Columbia earlier this month, the HSUS is going to court to face charges under RICO statues on racketeering, obstruction of justice, malicious prosecution and other charges for a lawsuit it brought and lost against Ringling Brothers Circus’ parent company Feld Entertainment, Inc.
After winning the case alleging mistreatment of elephants in its circuses brought by Friends of Animals (later merged into HSUS), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), lawyers at Feld filed a countersuit with a litany of charges ranging from bribery to money laundering to racketeering. The attorneys for the animal rights groups asked the judge to dismiss all charges, but most remained because the evidence was overwhelming. So in early August, HSUS will be facing the music in a case that should attract the attention of hunters, ranchers, farmers and anyone impacted by HSUS’ radical animal rights agenda.
“Obama now issuing instructional videos on how to send him money.”
Morning update – listen live at John Gormley Live. Original post continues below. (Segment is over now)
“…leave your message for the premier right here.”
A NDP Twitter feed goes horribly wrong.
Update! This just in from the NDP’s communications director, Erin Morrison…
NDParty website was attacked by Sask Party supporters tonight with hate and vitriol. Disgusting behavior.
#skpoli— Erin M. (@erinEMP) August 1, 2012
Better get to work on that security fence, lusers.
Update 2 – SDA gets results. Saskatchewan NDP turn tail and run.
h/t Kevin S
Prior to an election in Canada, have you ever tried to have a conversation about the issues with a Left-leaning friend or family member and realized, in most cases, that they appeared to know next to nothing beyond the headlines? Frustration often results when you realize that their vote cancels out yours.
With less than 100 days before the U.S. presidential election, here’s a snapshot of some of the vote cancelers who will be voting for Barack Obama:
Alaysha Claiborne, 18 – “Young people are more liberal and more accepting. His personal story is very diverse, and my generation, we pride ourselves on our diversity.”
William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution – “It’s a fear of change and an unfamiliar change in a bad economy. Young people are interested in the future. They’re not afraid of change.”
Hannah Miller, 21 – “For me, it’s the women’s rights issue and issues like education which are most important to me. I really want to have a say in what the future is going to be.”
Hesham Abdelhamed, 23 – “The biggest thing for me — it’s not so political, it’s more of an interest in his leadership. Everybody loves him. The older generation may be more skeptical, more careful about their decisions.”
Irene Langley, 66, a lifelong Democrat – “The country is changing so fast, and I just think people may be afraid of change. The older people cling to their older ideas, and they won’t let them go.”
Update: Dennis Prager has a few thoughts for younger votes – well worth a read! h/t Gord Tulk
Ding Dong. The single desk is dead.
Tonight the late Gene Autry, author of the Cowboy Code and close personal friend of Champion the Wonder Horse, is Back In The Saddle Again.
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