....it is unlikely MJ will rise from the ashes either.
Old people. Pregnant women. Children. Health care workers.
Should homeless people be among those on the priority list for the H1N1 swine flu vaccine?
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Pour A Cup And Read The Facts.......
Chris Selley: Heckle all you want ... so long as it's not sexist
You may not be surprised to learn that Jack Layton believes sexism is rampant in the House of Commons. “During Question Period, we have been witnessing undeniably sexist heckling from members of the government side,” he pronounced Wednesday. “This abuse is growing hotter, it is growing more frequent and there is more bullying.”
Mr. Layton was ostensibly sticking up for his Commons colleague, the Liberal health critic Dr. Carolyn Bennett, who on Monday was rather bizarrely — and, it must be said, shamefully — shouted down as she asked a question about the government’s response to the H1N1 flu, particularly as it affects pregnant women.
Thanks To Dullton e Will Have To Build From The Ground Up.......
Ontario set to swing right
Here's a New Year's prediction, two months early: Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is finished. The denouement will take a couple of years.
Full Story
Here's a New Year's prediction, two months early: Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is finished. The denouement will take a couple of years.
Full Story
Pointless Poll Confirms The Overall Assessment
- That guy who was elected with Obama is less popular than he used to be
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Even with so many candidates to choose from, this must be among the most pointless polls ever taken.
Why Is It Necessary To Apoogize For Winning,,,,
- Wacky separatist grievance #24,632,246/B
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A Quebec sovereignty group wants Prince Charles to apologize for the cultural genocide of francophones in North America.
In an open letter to the prince, which was released to the media and published on the group's website, the Montreal chapter of the Société St-Jean Baptiste says the heir to the British throne will only be welcome in Quebec during his Canadian tour if he atones for the alleged sins by the British after their conquest of North America.
The laundry list of grievances includes the deportation of the Acadiens in 1755, the establishment of an English-language majority in Canada with the Act of Union in 1840, and the patriation of the Canadian Constitution in 1982 without Quebec's consent.
I could be mistaken, but doesn't apologizing for "the establishment of an English-language majority in Canada" mean apologizing for the existence of the country?
"Hello, I'm Prince Charles, and I'm here to visit Canada. But first I want to express how sorry I am that you even exist."
I Doubt It........
....she is a national icon and her accomplishments, dedication and hard work far outweigh the findings of this "inquiry."
A pending inquiry threatens to damage the legacy of Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion.
Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:18 PM by Daniel Kaszor
By Megan O’Toole
Read more:
A pending inquiry threatens to damage the legacy of Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion.
Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:18 PM by Daniel Kaszor
By Megan O’Toole
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The Loss Would Have Been A Big Blow To Media Common Sense
National Post editorial board: The rumours of our demise…
Posted: October 30, 2009, 11:21 PM by Daniel Kaszor
Read more facts:
Posted: October 30, 2009, 11:21 PM by Daniel Kaszor
Read more facts:
Clement Wrap Up
Gary Clement's Week in Review: Oct. 25 to Oct. 31, 2009
Posted: October 30, 2009, 11:47 PM by Daniel Kaszor
Defing This As Art Required A More Definitive Culture
Pop culture is born How did the world manage to live without the phrase "popular culture" until the late 1960s, when an American literature professor, who died last week, began to propagate it? Ray Browne was a scholar who studied accepted classics such as Moby Dick , but in 1967 he founded the Journal of Popular Culture and the Popular Culture Library at Bowling Green State University in Ohio
You Reap As You Sow.......
...and gawd knows that there is massive government waste that could be be diverted to assist these "caregivers" but is it possible that the reason many of these "improvished" seniors are in financial straits because of the sacrifices they made to raise the "caregivers."
The three ghosts of poverty: Being a caregiver can affect your financial health
Unlike the ghouls that make an appearance only on Oct. 31, there are three ghosts that haunt millions of Canadians every day. These ghosts of poverty stalk far too many households involved in providing personal care and support to relatives with severe disabilities, or sick and aging parents.
Less Time On How They Get The Job.......
...and more time on their failure to keep promises and perform. Possibly recall legislation, term limits, etc.?
Move quickly on election reforms
Dalton McGuinty's Liberal government this week tabled important legislation regarding municipal election reform.
He Failed In The Health Ministry And Now Energy...
Deal could undercut Ontario's green energy plan
by Peter GorrieToo clever for his own good?
That might be the case for Energy Minister George Smitherman, who aims to turn Ontario into a renewable-energy superpower and create thousands of green-collar jobs.
Both are great ideas. But a deal being made on the sidelines could undo much of what Smitherman and the Liberal government are trying to accomplish.
The plan, unveiled last month, features a feed-in tariff; a promise the province will pay premium prices, guaranteed 20 years, for electricity generated by wind, solar, biomass or other renewable sources. In hopes of ensuring manufacturing jobs do materialize here, it also requires project developers to buy some of their equipment and services in Ontario.
The announcement won positive reviews from both environmental advocates and industry officials. But six days later, with no fanfare, Smitherman issued a directive to the program's manager, the Ontario Power Authority that's causing some second thoughts.
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Duh!!!
Brains: the secret to better schools
French neuroscientist Bruno della Chiesa met with his country's education minister in Paris to talk about the groundbreaking international movement to link the fields of teaching and brain science."The brain?" asked the minister. "What does the brain have to do with education?"
Let's Not Underplay The Role Of The Mainstream Media......
.....in adding to the "perceived threat."
James: Did SARS teach us nothing?
A Breath Of Fresh Air And Common Sense At Queens Park????
A profile of courage
It's not every day you come face to face with a political icon -- a living person whose name is enshrined in history.
Refreshing Start To The Day - Michael Coren
Spoiled green mob
I've seen political mobs at work many times over the years. They are bullies, anti-democrats and embody many of the aspects of historic fascism.
Friday, October 30, 2009
The Presidential Cup
Beyond Dithering
10/29/2009 07:48 PM ET - Leadership: As the fire grows in Afghanistan and U.S. troops suffer their worst casualties since Fallujah, the commander in chief remains AWOL on his intentions, delaying the tough ... More »
A Group That Probably Voted For Change.....
....but are reluctant to admit their mistakes.
October 30, 2009
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johnbon
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College and university students held a mock coroner’s inquest Thursday outside provincial government offices in Toronto to bring attention to the “death” of social services by the McGuinty government.
FOX A Political Organization....Example Of Leftist Labelling
Fox News is on a witch hunt. They've already succeeded in pushing Van Jones out of the White House and badgered Congress into passing an unconstitutional bill to defund ACORN.
Military Excluded From Closed Shop Legislation
| Soldiers. In Our Schools. | | | |
| Drama City | |
| Written by Publius | |
| Thursday, 29 October 2009 19:20 | |
| Quebec union and student groups don't like military recruiters (whatever the semantics) in high schools. Hmmm.
The article, oddly, doesn't explain exactly why this group opposes Canadian soldiers providing information to high school students. The most obvious answer is that the province's unions and students lean heavily toward separatism. A bout of service in Her Majesty's forces, meeting people from other parts of the country, might just spark federalist feelings among the Quebecois young. The province's traditional isolationism, which has blurred into a sort of pacifism since the Quiet Revolution, also plays a part. All that monarchial symbolism probably doesn't help. | |
Putting The 53rd Card In The Discard Pile
Why are they so quick to deny it is a hate crime?
So someone just shot up an LA area synagogue, wounding two. For some reason the authorities don't want people thinking it was a hate crime:
While police initially said they were investigating the shooting as a hate crime, officials later said it's too early to tell whether the attack was motivated by religious hate.None of us should speculate? Why can't we speculate that it's a hate crime. I know as a Russian Jew I have a genetic disposition towards paranoia (I wonder why we acquired that trait?) but this smells fishy. Could it have been a member of a group that is known to hate Jews but is currently protected by the politically correct schmucks in power who keep claiming their's is a Religion of Peace? I could be wrong and it could be a neo-Nazi but based on the original description of the assailant, I doubt that.The initial description of the suspect was of a black man wearing a black hoodie. But law enforcement sources told The Times that the investigation is wide open and that police are investigating all possibilities, including whether the gunman specifically targeted either of the victims.
One source said detectives were not certain of the suspect's race.
Speaking to reporters outside the taped-off synagogue, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called the incident "a senseless act of violence." But the mayor was careful to temper worries that the shooting was a hate crime.
"None of us should presume or speculate more about this other than it was a random act of violence," he said.
Scary stories
It's nearly Halloween, a time for scary, spooky stories.
So be sure and check out my
Top Five Stories Guaranteed to Scare Conservatives.
WARNING: Be warned these tales are not for the faint of heart.
So be sure and check out my
Top Five Stories Guaranteed to Scare Conservatives.
WARNING: Be warned these tales are not for the faint of heart.
5. Attack of the Nannies
In a land called Canada the government is very nice and tries very hard to protect people ---- from themselves. They have “State Nannies” who seek to regulate and control every aspect people’s lives. They tell Canadians what they should and shouldn’t eat; they explain how Canadians must sneeze; they order Canadians to wear helmets while riding bicycles; they say Canadians can’t talk on cell phones and drive at the same time; they give Canadians instructions on how to throw out garbage; they nag Canadians to exercise. The State Nannies do all this to make Canadians healthy and safe. And all they all ask in return is that Canadians surrender their freedom. Now that’s scary.
4. Obamascare
Canadians who don’t like their country’s government-run healthcare system, with its high costs to taxpayers, its doctor shortages, its rationing and its waiting lists at least had the option of getting better medial treatment in the Unites States. But then something scary happened. A bunch of mad scientists – otherwise know as President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress – concocted a plan to inject the US healthcare system with a strong dose of socialism, meaning the American system will soon be as efficient as the Canadian system. Oh well, sick Canadians can still travel to India.
3.Night of the Living Bureaucrats
Once upon a time we had the right to free expression in this country. People could say things, even unpopular things, and the government would leave them alone. But then out of the depths of censorship hell there emerged the Human Rights Commissions. These Comissions, the result of a bizarre and unholy experiment which stitched together unrestrained state power with mindless political correctness, have an insatiable lust to destroy free speech. Some Canadians like Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn have sought to destroy these abominations by driving the stake of public opinion through the HRC hearts. But the Commissions will not die!
2. Nightmare on Sussex Drive
Years from now Canadians who cherish freedom will sit around campfires and tell the horror story of “The Coalition” (Insert scary music here) It all began in late 2008, when the Three Politicians of the Apocalypse – Stephane “The Green Terror” Dion, Jack “The Taxer” Layton and Gilles “The English Killer” Duceppe formed an unnatural, unspeakable union. Defying natural, if not constitutional, law, their aim was to take over the government. Madness! Canadians shuddered in terror realizing what this monstrosity of a Coalition would wreak across the Dominion: Layton as Finance Minister! Duceppe as Foreign Affairs Minister! And most terrifying of all -- Dion as Canada’s Prime Minister. The horror! Fortunately the Governor-General, employing the mystical and little understand power of proroguement slew the Coalition beast. And the Conservative government lived happily ever after.
1. Son of the Deficit
Long ago before the age of Economic Enlightenment politicians would spend more money than they had. Hence the gloomy shadows of deficit, debt, waste and high taxes darkened our land. But then our leaders began to realize that spending beyond our means was a bad thing. So they got together and decided to banish the deficits and they promised never again to invoke the evil spirits of wild government spending. The people rejoiced and thought the deficits were gone forever. But the dark days came back. And it was Stephen Harper, the one time priest of fiscal sanity, who summoned them. No one knows for sure why Harper did this, but some say he sold his soul to the demons of big government. Bwaa haaa haa.
Too Little Too Late
Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:01 PM
Dept. Of Apologies: Er, Sorry
Dan Cook
Liberal MPs apologize for offensive flyer
You Remember Bob Rae....Don't You
Job sharing with Bob Rae'
Bob Rae led off Question Period for the Liberals today, standing in for his friend and sometimes foe, Leader Michael Ignatieff.
Bob Rae led off Question Period for the Liberals today, standing in for his friend and sometimes foe, Leader Michael Ignatieff.
Climate Change Al A Suzuki
Peter Foster: Muddled models
Kevin Libin: Carbon report’s bloody portent
Jack Mintz: Economic growth today — the mastodon in the room
John Ivison: Government emits foul gases over greenhouse report
Venus Flytrap Climate Scam
by Charles Adler
Climate change report 'irresponsible,' Prentice says
A landmark report on the economic impact of meeting climate-change targets has run into a storm of opposition, with Western provinces calling it divisive and the federal government saying it would spell economic disaster. MORE...
Kevin Libin: Carbon report’s bloody portent
Jack Mintz: Economic growth today — the mastodon in the room
John Ivison: Government emits foul gases over greenhouse report
Venus Flytrap Climate Scam
by Charles AdlerClimate change report 'irresponsible,' Prentice says
A landmark report on the economic impact of meeting climate-change targets has run into a storm of opposition, with Western provinces calling it divisive and the federal government saying it would spell economic disaster. MORE...Cutting Thru The Crap........
These arrests aren't about terrorism - yet
CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD
Imam my arse: The late Luqman Ameen Abdullah was a convicted criminal (felonious assault and carrying a concealed weapon), born and raised in Detroit, who is better known as Christopher Thomas.Mosque my arse: The Masjid Al-Haqq belonged to a group that called itself "Ummah" which was founded and headed by Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, also known as H. Rapp Brown, the former Black Panther who is currently serving a life sentence for shooting two police officers.
And no one on the poor, black, west side of Detroit, where the Al-Haqq was based, or anyone at the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA), a newish national network of masjids, where Imam Luqman sat on the organization's governing shura, had the faintest idea what was going on. Of course. No one ever does.
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Iggy Moment
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Total Votes: 1796
The Downside Of The Nanny State
Joe constantly highlights the plight of the "average" person and that the resolution to their problems usually comes from the "community" not the bureaucracy who sucks up tax dollars to shuffle paper rather than help people.
Fiorito: On new homes, fresh starts and helping hands
The leaves flutter dryly by, as the weeks have also been fluttering; we have not done a month-end report for some time now.
You recall the stately palm tree of Heather Blumer, hers from youth; it grew and grew until it threatened to poke its way through the skylight of her home.
She was willing to give the tall tree away. I got a note from her husband Ian recently. Among those interested in taking the palm off Heather's hands were:
"Two private residences, an interior plant company, a conservatory, a long-term care home, three different performing arts centres, an electronics store and an elementary school."
Plus, I might add, any number of avid individuals. Ian continued, "We ended up giving it to a family ... who told us they would look after it with great care."
The people who got Heather's tree are horticulturalists living in a house with high ceilings and six skylights, and I have never before envied a palm.
You may also remember my friend Theresa Shrader who got caught without important welfare benefits during the recent city strike. She is now going to school, where she is getting good grades, and she also has new pots and pans.
New pots and pans?
We will get there the roundabout way: Marc Charbonneau was elected as a Toronto Community Housing tenant representative a while back. He thought he might, as tenant rep, have the clout to get a secure lock on the front door of his building, a townhouse in which there are several small apartments; without a lock on the front door, anyone passing by can enter just like that.
Marc read about Theresa as he was replacing his own pots and pans, and he remembered or perhaps guessed that hers were in rough shape, so he did a little sleuthing and he found her and he gave her his old, perfectly good, pots and pans.
Nice, huh?
Not nice is that Marc has still not been able to persuade the lords, and the landlords, of community housing to provide a secure lock for the front door of his building.
On to other matters.
I wrote recently about Sonia Mirakian, who went to see about the installation of some blinds in the kitchen of an elderly customer. She found the customer, who has no family, living in a state of disorder and confusion.
Sonia is a smart cookie, and she was certain that the elderly woman was in the early stages of dementia. Alas, she could not stir the helping professions to act.
But the police read that column, and they were able to figure out where the woman lived – they are, after all, the police – and they looked in on the woman, and were able to steer some help her way.
A tip of the cap to the men and the women in blue. But I still think that help is often too hard to find, and that people who live alone are profoundly vulnerable.
Speaking of which:
You know that the Toronto Community Housing Corporation has engaged the Hon. Patrick LeSage to conduct an inquiry into the death of Al Gosling, the 82-year-old man who was evicted from community housing. The coroner is also looking into the death.
When Al was still alive, at least six Star readers offered to pay Al's arrears in full, no questions asked. It is a shame Al did not live long enough to accept such generosity.
There will be a memorial service for Al Gosling at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square, on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.
Fiorito: On new homes, fresh starts and helping hands
The leaves flutter dryly by, as the weeks have also been fluttering; we have not done a month-end report for some time now.
You recall the stately palm tree of Heather Blumer, hers from youth; it grew and grew until it threatened to poke its way through the skylight of her home.
She was willing to give the tall tree away. I got a note from her husband Ian recently. Among those interested in taking the palm off Heather's hands were:
"Two private residences, an interior plant company, a conservatory, a long-term care home, three different performing arts centres, an electronics store and an elementary school."
Plus, I might add, any number of avid individuals. Ian continued, "We ended up giving it to a family ... who told us they would look after it with great care."
The people who got Heather's tree are horticulturalists living in a house with high ceilings and six skylights, and I have never before envied a palm.
You may also remember my friend Theresa Shrader who got caught without important welfare benefits during the recent city strike. She is now going to school, where she is getting good grades, and she also has new pots and pans.
New pots and pans?
We will get there the roundabout way: Marc Charbonneau was elected as a Toronto Community Housing tenant representative a while back. He thought he might, as tenant rep, have the clout to get a secure lock on the front door of his building, a townhouse in which there are several small apartments; without a lock on the front door, anyone passing by can enter just like that.
Marc read about Theresa as he was replacing his own pots and pans, and he remembered or perhaps guessed that hers were in rough shape, so he did a little sleuthing and he found her and he gave her his old, perfectly good, pots and pans.
Nice, huh?
Not nice is that Marc has still not been able to persuade the lords, and the landlords, of community housing to provide a secure lock for the front door of his building.
On to other matters.
I wrote recently about Sonia Mirakian, who went to see about the installation of some blinds in the kitchen of an elderly customer. She found the customer, who has no family, living in a state of disorder and confusion.
Sonia is a smart cookie, and she was certain that the elderly woman was in the early stages of dementia. Alas, she could not stir the helping professions to act.
But the police read that column, and they were able to figure out where the woman lived – they are, after all, the police – and they looked in on the woman, and were able to steer some help her way.
A tip of the cap to the men and the women in blue. But I still think that help is often too hard to find, and that people who live alone are profoundly vulnerable.
Speaking of which:
You know that the Toronto Community Housing Corporation has engaged the Hon. Patrick LeSage to conduct an inquiry into the death of Al Gosling, the 82-year-old man who was evicted from community housing. The coroner is also looking into the death.
When Al was still alive, at least six Star readers offered to pay Al's arrears in full, no questions asked. It is a shame Al did not live long enough to accept such generosity.
There will be a memorial service for Al Gosling at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square, on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.
No Different Than Canadian Geese Along Lakeshore
Is Mayor David Miller a lame duck?
He's speaking less in media scrums, his loyalists are antsy, and he recently lost two key votes. Miller's opponents say he should quit early.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Suggestions From The Left......
It seems like every day for the past month, someone else is making minor headlines by pondering a run for mayor of Toronto.
Drug Lords Possible Source For Stimulus $$$$
Stephan Takes The Show On The Road......
......after successes at home (Broadway).
Harper plans to hit world stage as threat of election eases at home
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be out of the country - and the stormy House of Commons - for weeks this fall after his office announced a series of high-profile international tours.Conservatives keep lead in poll
Support for the Conservative Party continued to hold last week, according to the latest poll results from EKOS. MORE...CROP poll: Ignatieff down
In A Global Economy You Go Where The Jobs Are BUT....
...you ensure your family has a safe and caring refuge.
Canada's 'missing province' grows as ex-pats opt out
Canada's 'missing province' grows as ex-pats opt out
More Canadians than ever before have moved out of the country
They Voted For Tranquility And The Got It But They Won't Take Responsibility
- Gerry Nicholls: Ontario learns to distrust its ban-happy Premier
Ontarians are suddenly getting passionate.
And this is a big change; for years political passion of any kind was lacking in Ontario.
Simply put, nobody seemed to care what was happening at the provincial government level.
This in turn translated into a political dynamic where there was no desire to keep the governing Liberals in power and no desire to drive them out. The Liberals were just there, unloved but also unhated.
Iggy Moment
- Don Martin: Hiring Donolo. The myth
- Whenever Liberals gaze longingly into their Scotch, reminiscing about those bygone days of government power and payoff glory, they sometimes whisper the name ‘Peter Donolo' with mythical reverence.
Today we play Inside Baseball by noting that, ten years after leaving politics for a series of patronage and polling jobs, the same Donolo who served as Jean Chretien's communications guru returns as Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff's top sidekick.
If the news of his return is any indication, the myth is no longer the man as he launches a mission to salvage his political alma mater from its slide toward oblivion.
The appointment leaked out just as Tuesday afternoon television politics shows were going to air. Confusion reigned. Liberal apologists didn't know what to say or do. The data was repeatedly denied by a communications director who is, incidentally, the partner of the chief of staff now being metaphorically thrown under Mr. Ignatieff's bus.
Voter Apathy Lends Itself To Con Games
- Terence Corcoran: Dirty wind-power war
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By Terence Corcoran
W
hen industries look for government subsidies for money-losing propositions, a common business model these days, one of the most important strategic elements is to make sure you have a well-oiled public relations machine to keep the facts from getting in the way. Voters don’t like to back money-losers, which means keeping them steadily misinformed or at least confused.
Renewable energy industries — wind, solar, biomass, human treadmills — have a particularly tough job. In North America, where so-called green energy companies and electric utilities are on the brink of receiving uncountable billions in direct subsidies and zillions in indirect subsidies via higher electricity prices, the PR effort is in full swing.
Someone Who Understands That......
* there is only one taxpayer
* calling it a fee is just another word for tax
* if you only have $1 you don't spend $1.25
* calling it a fee is just another word for tax
* if you only have $1 you don't spend $1.25
What a stronger city of Toronto needs from its next mayor
For the past few NHL off-seasons, disappointed Maple Leaf fans have clung all-too optimistically to the hope inherent in the prospect of change.
CallIt What It Is - Day Care Which The Federal Liberals Promised For 13 Years
The nanny state tax treadmill
Whenever politicians committed to the nanny state (Dulltoon McGooney) launch expensive, new, social programs despite facing record deficits, they always make two tired arguments.
If It Is Such A Great Thing Why Not Fight An Election On It
Opposition pours scorn on harmonized tax Soggy weather dampened the turnout for an anti-tax rally at Queen's Park yesterday but it didn't stop opposition leaders from slamming the government's HST plan as being all wet.
Thanks to HST, come next July 1, there'll be new taxes on just about everything
"Next they may tax the rain drops."
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Explain Net Neutrality,,,,,
....would this be akin to posting, in yur local Timmys/legion, a list of what can be discussed and the limitations on those subjects.
CRTC fails to protect Canadians
CRTC fails to protect Canadians
October 23, 2009
The SaveOurNet.ca coalition is calling the CRTC decision on net neutrality a step in the right direction, but it doesn't go far enough to protect online innovation and consumer choice.
...rabble.ca
...rabble.ca
Barak Should Invite Michelle To Breakfast At The White House....
...which might cause him to face the day with reality!
Obama’s FCC, liberal churches, and the “media justice” mob
If It Foils One Predator It Gets My Vote.....
Little Buddy' GPS device keeps tabs on your kid
October 27, 2009
Best Buy is selling a transmitting device that lets parents keep track of their children. Parents can place the device in a child's backpack or lunch box, for example.
The "Little Buddy Child Tracker" retails for $100 (far less than other devices that sell for $200 to $500). It combines global satellite positioning and cellular technology to signal the child's whereabouts to a computer or smartphone.
Parents can program the device to set up specific times and locations where the child is supposed to be -- in school or at home, for example -- and the device sends a text message if the child leaves the site in that time.
The device immediately drew angry writeups from some techies, who called it a reason for children to run away from home.
Vissez-vous
Montrealers have no problem walking the walk
Jaywalking pedestrians feel that they always have the right of way.
From Someone Who Spent Years In The Trenches
Scare, Stiff & Screw
The scare ‘em, stiff’em and screw ‘em exercise is underway, an ancient political, stunt that we keep falling for.
Last week roly poly finance minister Dwight Duncan tabled his economic statement, revealed a 25 billion dollar deficit and issued the first warnings about cutbacks and a tough times budget.
Duncan --- and since image is so important these grim days, why doesn’t McGuinty find somebody who looks like Uriah Heap --- said that the Ontario economy has shrunk to the same level as 2005.
As I recall, 2005 wasn’t such a bad year...
There will be a federal election in 2010 and a provincial in 2011. The Ontario Liberals won’t want to inflict collateral damage on their federal buddies and certainly not on themselves.
They’ll keep making scary noises until March. We’ll tremble and worry. They’ll table a budget with a couple of fishhooks. But after five months of the ..
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The scare ‘em, stiff’em and screw ‘em exercise is underway, an ancient political, stunt that we keep falling for.
Last week roly poly finance minister Dwight Duncan tabled his economic statement, revealed a 25 billion dollar deficit and issued the first warnings about cutbacks and a tough times budget.
Duncan --- and since image is so important these grim days, why doesn’t McGuinty find somebody who looks like Uriah Heap --- said that the Ontario economy has shrunk to the same level as 2005.
As I recall, 2005 wasn’t such a bad year...
There will be a federal election in 2010 and a provincial in 2011. The Ontario Liberals won’t want to inflict collateral damage on their federal buddies and certainly not on themselves.
They’ll keep making scary noises until March. We’ll tremble and worry. They’ll table a budget with a couple of fishhooks. But after five months of the ..
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Jack Wouldn't Support This Type Of Action. Would He....?
Politics: Question Period
Did Jack Layton know?
About That Jeh Custer
(click image)
Another sustainability activist saving the planet through intercontinental jet travel.
h/t Stephen J.
Posted by KateAbout that blood...
Does that mean he's back on the PMO invite list?
O'Malley: Earlier today, we asked Navigator Communications chair Jaime Watt if he had any response to the story in today's Globe and Mail. A few minutes ago, we got the following response from Navigator spokeseman John Ratchford
....it looks like we have to ask the same question of Stephen:
Tory heckles drown out Liberal MP's flu questions
A question about pregnant women and the H1N1 vaccine provoked a bizarre bout of heckling and laughter on the Tory benches in the Commons on Tuesday.
Well Within The Boundaries Of Diversity......
- Tarek Fatah: Bigotry unchallenged
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Oh Allah destroy them from within..."
With an air of triumphalism, finger-waving cleric Said Rageah harkened his Toronto flock: "We have to establish Islam [in Canada]. I wanna see Islam in every single corner of the city; I would like to see niqabis, and hijabis [women wearing face masks and head covering] everywhere in the city. I want to see ‘brothers' [Muslim men] in beards everywhere in the city. Because when they see more of us, they will have more respect for us. They will say, ‘look they are everywhere...we cannot go against them'."
The Somali-born Saudi-trained cleric was taunting his congregation for what he said was their impotence in face of a call by the Muslim Canadian Congress to disallow any public dealings with any person wearing a facemask.
If Ontario Was A Third World Country.....
- ......Ontarians would be rioting in the streets or at the very least hanging McGoonty in effigy. They did it during the Harris era but I guess today the public service and teacher's unions are happy with the way they are running the system and the schools.
- John Ivison: Can Ontario's spendaholic premier go cold turkey?
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Dalton McGuinty's stock response to any doubts about whether Ontario could afford his shopping list of 200 or so election promises back in 2003 was that the province couldn't afford not to.
He made a similar claim Tuesday, as he unveiled an all-day kindergarten program that will enrol 35,000 four and five-year-olds from next September, increasing to 50,000 in year two, at an initial cost of $500-million. That cost is likely to rise to $1.4-billion when the program is fully implemented, which is considerably more than the provincial early learning adviser, Charles Pascal, proposed in his report earlier this year. The reason for the spike in costs is that, under the McGuinty plan, it will be teachers, rather than less expensive early childhood educators, who will be in charge all day -- a transparent, but costly, attempt to buy peace with the teaching unions.
At this stage you're probably wondering: isn't this the government that recently estimated its fiscal deficit will hit nearly $25-billion this year? Indeed it is. Just last week, Dwight Duncan, the provincial Finance Minister, ramped up an already blood-curdling $14.1-billion deficit projection by another $10.6-billion. If you live in Ontario, do you feel poorer? You should because that's an additional $2,000 debt for everyone in the province.
Iggy Moment
- Ignatieff picks the train
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Let's play pretend.
You are the leader of the opposition, and you dearly want to become prime minister.
The country is facing a budget deficit somewhere north of $50 billion. You have promised to eliminate it. You have also promised no new taxes (sort of) and no cuts to any important program. (No instance of unimportant program has ever been identified by a governing party in Ottawa.)
Someone asks you a hypothetical question. If you were prime minister, which would you commit to first:
1. $175 million for a new hockey arena in Quebec, so it can try to attract an NHL hockey team
2. $20 billion, roughly, for a high-speed train from Quebec City to Windsor.
Civility Police? What Next....Crotch Cops?
Fiorito: Transit cops get tough, but why not get real?
Wed Oct 28 2009
As you know, the TTC is getting serious about civility on the subway: no feet on seats, and so on. You could get fined.
He said, "I was coming out of the subway the other day – Bloor and Yonge, the Park St. exit. I was on my way to a meeting.
"They're working on the street and there are these blue cages on the sidewalk."
The blue cages are there to keep us safe from the pitfalls of construction. Daniel said, "I saw these on the ground." He reached into his pocket and pulled out two tickets that had been issued by a TTC transit cop.
"They weren't crumpled. They were neatly folded. I picked them up. I noticed they'd been issued at 1:40 p.m.
"I found them around 5:30 p.m. My first thought was, wow, someone's not taking the crackdown seriously."
The crackdown?
As you know, the TTC is getting serious about civility on the subway: no feet on seats, and so on. You could get fined.
I sat up straight.
Daniel said, "Then I noticed the address on the ticket."
The address was that of a downtown shelter for homeless men. The first citation was for the possession of dangerous material on TTC property, with a fine of $425.
The second was for interference with the ordinary enjoyment of the transit system, a vague and punitive add-on worth another couple of hundred bucks.
I know what I think, but I waited for Daniel. He said, "Come on – $660 in fines for a guy who lives in a shelter?"
I asked Daniel why he was interested. He thought maybe there was something he could do to help the guy fight the tickets.
"If he's living in a shelter, these tickets are the least of his problems."
I looked at Daniel. He looked at me. I had an hour. Daniel said he was free. We hopped in his car and headed over.
There were several men killing time on the sidewalk in front of the shelter when we got there.
The men said they hadn't seen the guy whose name was on the tickets. I understood them to mean they didn't know me from Adam, or maybe I was a cop.
And also no one who works in a shelter is going to tell you anything on a moment's notice if you are an outsider, not unless you clear it up the line, and up the line tends to be hard to reach in a hurry.
Somebody saw him then.
The man who'd been issued the tickets was making his way along the unsteady street – lean and tousled, socks but no shoes, a wad of toilet paper pressed to his face.
As the man drew near, I asked if he remembered the tickets and I got a whiff of the solvent that was soaked into the wad of toilet paper, and I understood what the tickets were for.
The man looked at me, and he inhaled and he exhaled, and he smiled; no, he did not remember.
And someone from the shelter came out then and took the toilet paper away and led the man inside.
On our way back downtown, Daniel said, "You wonder why the TTC guy didn't call for someone to come and help instead of giving him a ticket."
I wonder, too.
The man will ignore his fines.
The tickets will be sold to a collection agency. The agency will call the shelter and the penny will drop.
The man who sniffs solvent will still need help.
Joe Fiorito usually appears Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
It Is A Personal Decision.....
.....So for f*^k's sake make it and stop the media hysteria
But let's stop for a minute and give the conspiracy lobby a listen:
- David Frum: The swine flu conspiracy conspiracy
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A friend forwarded me this piece of emailed alarmism:
"U.S. President Barack Obama has now declared a national emergency over swine flu infections. The reasoning behind such a declaration? According to the White House, it’s designed to “allow hospitals to better handle the surge in patients” by allowing them to bypass certain federal laws.
That’s the public explanation for this, but the real agenda behind this declaration may be far more sinister. Declaring a national emergency immediately gives federal authorities dangerous new powers that can now be enforced at gunpoint, including:"
Some blunt words on the vaccine
There is no rational reason to doubt the need, effectiveness or safety of the H1N1 vaccineNo New Taxes But If I'm Lying It Is For Your Own Good......
McGuinty's blended sales tax needs a 10% solution
Taxpayers in Ontario have good reason to be concerned with the prospect of another 8% being added to the costs of many services with the new Blended Sales Tax (BST).
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sad State Of Affairs In Britian
British police banned from saying 'Evening all'
With the number of ordinary words that are banned, it would be no surprise if they felt it was too risky to open their mouths at all on many occasions
With the number of ordinary words that are banned, it would be no surprise if they felt it was too risky to open their mouths at all on many occasions
"Police officers in the UK have been told to avoid using the classic "Evenin' all" greeting because it may confuse ethnic minorities. Warwickshire Police's handbook 'Policing Our Communities', issued to every member of its staff, gives advice on communicating with people from different ethnic groups in a section entitled 'Communication, Some Do's & Don'ts'.
It states: 'Don't assume those words for the time of day, such as afternoon or evening have the same meaning.' A force spokesman said: 'Terms such as 'afternoon' and 'evening' are somewhat subjective in meaning and can vary according to a person's culture or nationality.
'The point is there is an element of subjectivity leading to a variation between cultures that we need to be aware of - taking steps as far as possible to ensure our communication is effective in serving the public.'
In another section entitled 'Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Communities' the force's handbook confusingly states that the phrase 'lesbians and gay men' is likely to be satisfactory for most situations when talking about sexual orientation.
But it says 'homosexual' is 'best avoided' as the word is 'interpreted differently by many, and relates to sexual practice as opposed to sexual orientation.'
Following a Freedom of Information request to police forces and fire services about the guidance they give their staff on their use of language, it has also emerged that a number of organisations, including Essex Police and Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, instruct staff to avoid the phrases 'child, youth or youngster.' This is because such phrases could have 'connotations of inexperience, impetuosity, and unreliability or even dishonesty'.
The same guide also warns against the phrases 'manning the phones', 'layman's terms' and 'the tax man', for 'making women invisible'. London Fire Brigade instructs its staff not to use the terms 'businessmen' or 'housewives' because they 'reinforce outdated stereotypes'.
Marie Clair of the Plain English Campaign said: 'Those writing these guides are over-analysing things. It's political correctness gone crazy. 'I feel sorry for the poor emergency service workers who have grown up in a country where the words they being told not to use are familiar and part of every day language. 'Is anyone really going to be confused by 'evening'? And if you can't say what a lovely afternoon it is, what are you meant to say - what a lovely 3pm?
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- I lean to the right but I still have a heart and if I have a mission it is to respond to attacks on people not available to protect themselves and to point out the hypocrisy of the left at every opportunity.MY MAJOR GOAL IS HIGHLIGHT THE HYPOCRISY AND STUPIDITY OF THE LEFTISTS ON TORONTO CITY COUNCIL. Last word: In the final analysis this blog is a relief valve for my rants/raves.