In what is beginning to seem like a weekly occurance, another Jewish cemetery is desecrated.
Police do not believe the overnight vandalism is linked to the recent fire-bombing of a Montreal- area Jewish elementary school.
Well, that may help explain why these crimes remain unsolved.
What does the Council Of Canadians know about genetically modified crops?
Nothing, of course.
But why let little things like the facts get in the way of left-wing stupidity?
Canadians upset that genetically modified wheat might one day find itself on their shelves now have a new way to vent their anger – – mail a slice of bread to Prime Minister Paul Martin.
I have a better idea.
As a few of the environmental benefits provided by GMO crops include reduced soil erosion and pesticide use, wrap up your empty herbicide container, or simply fill an envelope with dirt, and mail to:
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The Council of Canadians 502-151 Slater Street Ottawa, ON, K1P 5H3 Canada |
To my bank manager this morning during a review of my meagre investment portfolio;
“If I was interested in ‘high-risk, high-return’, Betty – I’d be selling crack.”
Baptized in battle.
hat tip – Debbye, an American in TO
Updating the drive to nominate Don Cherry as Greatest Canadian Ever, for the sole purpose of sticking it to the CBC….. The Toronto Sun reports that he leads the way with 80% of the votes.
If you haven’t voted already…
After witnessing the bizarre behavior of Bob Kerrey and Air America’s mentally challenged Janeanne Garafalo on the moonbat parade that the Daily Show with Jon Stewart has become (last night a mention of Noam Chomsky drew wild audience applause that surprised even Stewart) , I’m tempted to email and suggest he have John O’Neill on as a guest.
Does Stewart – who has taken to ridiculing military losses in Iraq, while guffawing Chomsky admirers affirm his wit – have the balls to bring someone on his show who both served with and has openly challenged the fitness of John F. Kerry to serve as Commander In Chief?
I suspect not.
But, I think this would be a worthy internet challenge to mount. Email the Daily Show here.
Update: – Oh, dear…..
For those Canadian readers who aren’t familiar with the scandal finally being dragged into the light of day, involving UN complicity and exploitation of the Iraq Oil-For-Food debacle, this article outlines it quite neatly.
The short version of the Oil-for-Food scandal is that the U.N. let Saddam Hussein draw up his own rules, contacts, and business deals. Then U.N. then did all it could to either cover up the transactions and accounts, or worse, allow Hussein to operate without any real supervision at all. The program, whose intentions were supposed to be humanitarian, ended up empowering Saddam Hussein with both money and influence while the U.N. was paid a handsome commission by Saddam to ‘supervise’.
This past weekend I mentioned it to a number of my friends. They did not know there is a scandal at all. Not surprising with the low priority it’s recieved on the pro-UN Canadian airwaves.
With such a lucrative scheme at stake three members of the U.N. Security Council — Russia, France, and China — asked only that the program be expanded. So how did it work and why was it so lucrative to these nations?
Rosett, writing this time in Commentary magazine, says, “It worked like this. Saddam would sell at below-market prices to his hand- picked customers — the Russians and the French were special favorites — and they could then sell the oil to third parties at a fat profit. Part of this profit they would keep, part they would kick back to Saddam as a ‘surcharge,’ paid into bank accounts outside the UN program, in violation of UN sanctions.”
(moving this back to the top for the final day)
Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ll know about the fund raising effort at Spirit Of America.
For those of you wondering how you can show your appreciation for the work I do to entertain and educate … today I’ve begun my wish list.
Starting with this.
Don’t worry about shipping – I’ll go pick it up. (It’s in Ontario.)
Hat tip: Rick’s Miscellany
Breaking News
March 29, 2004, Small Dead Animals brought you this story:
Today, under pressure from the Opposition, the Saskatchewan Government admitted that the souvenir bags advertised did not contain pure lake bottom goose shit soil, but were in fact, cut with sand trucked from outside the city.
Property Management Corp. Minister Deb Higgins explained that the bags were filled with sand that was used during the lake deepening.
Dirt directly from the lake bed could not be used because there was too much decaying goose excrement and alluvium in it. It was also rather mucky and hard to put into the bags.
This reminder – the next time the government promises to give out free shit – not only is it not free, it may not be the shit you thought you were getting…
Added to the Beltway Traffic Jam.
In an unimpeachably impartial and fair newly released poll (of Canadians wearing “I hate Bush” t-shirts?), only 14 per cent of those surveyed said they believe George Bush understands or cares about Canada.
In a poll fabricated on the same day, George Bush unanimously affirmed that he doesn’t understand or give a crap about Canada.
Last night, Saskatoon police chased a vehicle through the streets at speeds reaching 85 mph. The chase ended with the suspects wrapped around a pole. Both the driver and passenger were taken to hospital, where the passenger was treated and released. (wtf??) – and the driver treated and escaped.
So, everyone, be on the lookout for a male: 5 feet tall – 100 pounds, with strong limp, staples in his face and heavily tattooed arms.
Just blended into the crowd, as they say….
Anti-war activist, author and former US Army Ranger. One of these things isn’t true.
Anti-war activist, avid cyclist and Vietnam veteran with the support of his former military colleagues. One of these things isn’t true.
Anti-war activist, former cartoonist for the NYT and waste of skin. All of these things are true.
Perhaps there’s another explanation for Bob Kerrey’s loose and expletive deleted performance on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.
When Bob Kerrey, one of the panel’s most outspoken members, left early for an appointment (as did commission vice chairman Lee Hamilton), Bush called out to him as he was leaving and told Kerrey, “Keep your spirits up.” Some thought Bush was alluding to Kerrey’s especially “spirited” recent appearance on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show…
Via Crescat Sententia this item about “gender neutral bathrooms”.
Harvard’s lack of gender non-specific bathrooms has caused transgender and gender- variant students to alter eating and drinking habits and suffer severe cases of dehydration, according to a report released yesterday by the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA).
Hey, you were the ones who signed up for the Naughty Bit Extreme Makeover. So, deal with it.
Update – James has similar thoughts.
Pollster: “Were you aware presumptive Democratic nominee John F. Kerry served in Vietnam?”
Respondant: “No….. You don’t say?”
Pollster: “Were you aware presumptive Democratic nominee John F. Kerry served in Vietnam?”
Respondant: “No… I was under a rock for the past year.”
Pollster: “Were you aware presumptive Democratic nominee John F. Kerry served in Vietnam?”
Respondant: “Does a bear shit in the Vatican?”
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Pollster: “Is that a no?”
John Ibbotson writes yesterday in the Globe And Mail;
With yesterday’s landmark speech, Paul Martin tacitly acknowledged what Canada’s foreign policy establishment has refused to accept for decades: that the United Nations is a failure, for which there is no solution.
[If this had been Stephen Harper, the press would have been falling all over themselves to condemn questioning the existance of the UN as “scary and extremist” ]
The Prime Minister’s proposed alternative is a new international body, the G-20 summit of world leaders, representative of North and South, developed and developing, rich and poor: a working group unfettered by the UN’s bureaucracy and its anachronistic Security Council.
It is a bold, though perhaps unworkable plan. But however it is ultimately greeted by the world community, Mr. Martin’s proposal at least recognizes and sets out to correct a fundamental flaw in Canadian foreign policy, one that has left us hostage to a dysfunctional world body whose interests are often irrelevant to Canada’s.
I think there may be another reason. With Adscam wearing down the Liberal fortunes, Martin may be worried about the looming UNSCAM investigation steamrolling into the media news cycle during a federal election, and is trying to distance himself from the multi-billion dollar financial scandal that parallels his own.
In the rightful condemnation of the abuse of former members of the Saddam Fedayeen Iraqi prisoners, let’s hope we Canadians have the good sense to choose our words carefully.
Question:
How many men would do this if they thought it was the only way to get laid?
Answer:
All of them.
Inspired by a discussion at Tim Blair’s site, the Shotgun contributors are laying bare their souls and confessing to their leftist youth.
I didn’t have a leftist youth. Though, when I was 12, I had a friend who had to repeat grade 6, and I remember announcing that exams weren’t a good way to evaluate learning because failing made kids feel so badly and separated them from classmates.
Then I got distracted because school was out and I had an impatient .22 and 40 acres of gopher town whistling my name.
