Thursday, November 24, 2011
Afrocentric Schools In Toronto SO WHY NOT..
Denmark: Muslim cousin marriages fill ‘special needs’ schools
By Kathy Shaidle on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 No Comments
I just report the news.
...we do follow the trends, although there is vocal opposition to one of our schools being used as a Mosque, so what is a another "special needs" school although in the past they were meant to assist children with physical and/or learning problems.
By Kathy Shaidle on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 No Comments
I just report the news.
...we do follow the trends, although there is vocal opposition to one of our schools being used as a Mosque, so what is a another "special needs" school although in the past they were meant to assist children with physical and/or learning problems.
Let's Give Sid A Break...
Breaking News: Sid Ryan Has a Public Hissy Fit
Here's a most "enlightening" exchange between Sid Ryan and Sun News' Jacqui Delaney.
Update: Charles Adler and Joe Warmington discuss Ryan's appearance at OWS Toronto.
Posted by Robert at 1:15 PM Comments (40)
...he has to be stressed out and tired with all the running between conferences and setting up yurts at Occupy Toronto.
Ryan's boycott call roundly condemned
I Would Be Outraged Except I Am Not Surprised...
SEIU Stealing Money From Disabled Children
In an absolutely despicable action, Michigan's Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has found a backhanded way to force parents taking care of their children at home to join the union and pay union dues.
A coalition of organizations in the state has been founded to fight the SEIU's heinous actions.
Posted by Robert at 7:58 PM Comments (11)
Have You Been To A Shopping Mall or Walmart, Etc. Lately...
...it is obvious people are weathering the storm; at least until the bills arrive in January!Caledonia, G20, Occupy Toronto, Tamil Marches...
...makes it impossible to be critical of Donato's assessment of our "justice" system. After the plea deal
November 23, 2011
By hussan
On November 22, 2011, 17 people charged as the "G20 Main Conspiracy Group" negotiated a plea resolution to our charges. This is my individual statement on the matter. more
McGoonty's Plan To Deal With Ontario's Fiscal Debacle...
...liberal application of vaseline to those who voted for change...a 3rd time!It's McGuinty's job
In Tuesday's throne speech, the Ontario Liberal government once again called on the opposition parties to work with it to tackle the province's economic problems. It is an idea that is both wrong-headed and insincere.
Monday, November 21, 2011
SDA And Occupy
Now is the Time at SDA When We Juxtapose
Monday, November 21, 2011 - 2pm: The BC Supreme Court has ordered the end of the tent protest at 'Occupy Vancouver'.
Monday, November 21, 2011 - 2pm: The BC Supreme Court has ordered the end of the tent protest at 'Occupy Vancouver'.
Monday, November 21, 2011 - 4pm onwards: An endless stream of wet, miserable weather is forecast:
With two powerful incentives to return to the basements of their mothers, it'll nonetheless be interesting to see how each faux anarchist answers an obvious question.
I concur...
The law is for me, you and the Occupy movement
Christie Blatchford: I haven’t been to St. James Park, nor am I much invested in the seemingly endless discussion of who the occupiers really are or what it is they really want. Truth be told, I don’t actually care
...and if it wasn't for the "Caledonization" of our police services this whole thing would be a huge, but expensive, comedy.
Christie Blatchford: I haven’t been to St. James Park, nor am I much invested in the seemingly endless discussion of who the occupiers really are or what it is they really want. Truth be told, I don’t actually care
...and if it wasn't for the "Caledonization" of our police services this whole thing would be a huge, but expensive, comedy.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Your Representatives In The 99% Aren't Concerned...
...they will find refuge in their parent's basement, social service offices, speciality coffee shops, artsy/fartsy exhibition, labour conventions in a southern city, etc.
Lost Count Of The Media Scrums...
Dulltoon McGoonty and his Unhealthy Ministry lackeys have held on the problems in nursing homes and elderly problems in general.
VIDEO: Ontario task force to tackle abuse in nursing homes
2011/11/19 10:39:56
The Ontario government has created a task force to stop nursing home abuse, following a Star investigation. (5)
VIDEO: Ontario task force to tackle abuse in nursing homes
2011/11/19 10:39:56
The Ontario government has created a task force to stop nursing home abuse, following a Star investigation. (5)
Finally...Christie Is Back And Shining The Light of Reality,,,
Christie Blatchford Nov 19, 2011 – 10:00 AM ET I haven’t written yet about the Occupy movement, in large measure because Occupy Toronto began about the time I personally started to occupy Kingston to cover the honour-killing trial.
There is an Occupy Kingston, but it consists of one large tent and some clever signs (Mal-Wart is my favourite) on the downtown waterfront.
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There is an Occupy Kingston, but it consists of one large tent and some clever signs (Mal-Wart is my favourite) on the downtown waterfront.
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IMHO This Is Just Anothr Example Of Mind Manipulation...
You have to wonder why "the organizers" have consistently refused to stand up and identify themselves and put forward their grievances for discussion with those opposed to the tactics being used. Is it possible that "the organizers" know their truth motivation is to further their personal goals. No brown shirts and jackboots for this current group of manipulators.
Five reasons why Occupy failed
As Occupy camps across North America appear to be in their death throes, tt’s hard to see what the Occupy movement has gained, other than considerable attention. Scott Stinson considers why that might be...
Capitalism’s spoiled children
Rex Murphy Nov 19, 2011 – 12:14 PM ET
The Occupy movement does not represent “the 99%,” as its defenders like to claim. They are not a cadre speaking up for the vast proportion of the population against the tyranny or greed of an imagined “1%.” Judging from the speakers I have seen and heard, either on news broadcasts or the multiple sites offering live-broadcast or YouTube coverage, the people in the various Occupy camps represent a petty sub-sample of the hard left; i.e., a range of angry students, homeless and their advocates, and – not insignificantly – some just outright strange people. Like the guy who asked for a moment of silence in “solidarity” with the man who earlier in the week fired shots at the White House and is now charged with trying to assassinate President Obama. The real 99% are surely not looking for solidarity with a potential assassin.
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Occupiers can’t have a monopoly on space
message from ofl president sid ryan: occupy toronto tonight!
Five reasons why Occupy failed
As Occupy camps across North America appear to be in their death throes, tt’s hard to see what the Occupy movement has gained, other than considerable attention. Scott Stinson considers why that might be...
Capitalism’s spoiled children
Rex Murphy Nov 19, 2011 – 12:14 PM ET
The Occupy movement does not represent “the 99%,” as its defenders like to claim. They are not a cadre speaking up for the vast proportion of the population against the tyranny or greed of an imagined “1%.” Judging from the speakers I have seen and heard, either on news broadcasts or the multiple sites offering live-broadcast or YouTube coverage, the people in the various Occupy camps represent a petty sub-sample of the hard left; i.e., a range of angry students, homeless and their advocates, and – not insignificantly – some just outright strange people. Like the guy who asked for a moment of silence in “solidarity” with the man who earlier in the week fired shots at the White House and is now charged with trying to assassinate President Obama. The real 99% are surely not looking for solidarity with a potential assassin.
Read More »
Occupiers can’t have a monopoly on space
message from ofl president sid ryan: occupy toronto tonight!
Friday, November 18, 2011
The Media MUST Share The Guilt...
Shed light on abuse casesThu Nov 17 2011
When things go wrong in Ontario’s nursing homes, the public should know. (0)
...Penn State has been in the media highlight constantly for the last 10 days but when it comes to abuse of residents the scenaerio is local media publishes an "expose," the Minister Of Health/Premier of the day has a media scrum vowing to implement safeguards -30- Solution: pass legislation that all media must setup a tip line on senior abuse and these are published on a daily basis with a followup within a certain period.
Nov 17, 2011 2:42 PM ET
Today’s Toronto Star features a sickening story about a 71-year-old woman raped in a nursing home. As awful as this is, the greater tragedy is that for every reported case like this, there no doubt are dozens more that never get reported.
Good on the Star for putting this on the front page. The truth of it is that editors often see little payback in senior-abuse stories, because society has an ageist double-standard in this area. If a child gets abused or harmed in daycare, it’s banner news across all media platforms. But the elder stuff is relegated to special “investigative” reports that win awards, but don’t pull in the readers in the way that child-centered stories do.
The reason: Most children are lucky enough to have a built-in constituency group — their parents. But the sort of elderly people who end up in homes where workers are abusive and incompetent (something that would never be tolerated in childcare facilities) often tend to be childless, or effectively abandoned by their family. (This was not the case in Danae Chambers’ case, I hasten to point out.)
This is one of the few areas where the only real solution is big government: To put more resources into elder-care facilities — including investigators who can snuff out the sort of deviants who assaulted Ms. Chambers, before they commit their crimes.
Today’s Toronto Star features a sickening story about a 71-year-old woman raped in a nursing home. As awful as this is, the greater tragedy is that for every reported case like this, there no doubt are dozens more that never get reported.
Good on the Star for putting this on the front page. The truth of it is that editors often see little payback in senior-abuse stories, because society has an ageist double-standard in this area. If a child gets abused or harmed in daycare, it’s banner news across all media platforms. But the elder stuff is relegated to special “investigative” reports that win awards, but don’t pull in the readers in the way that child-centered stories do.
The reason: Most children are lucky enough to have a built-in constituency group — their parents. But the sort of elderly people who end up in homes where workers are abusive and incompetent (something that would never be tolerated in childcare facilities) often tend to be childless, or effectively abandoned by their family. (This was not the case in Danae Chambers’ case, I hasten to point out.)
This is one of the few areas where the only real solution is big government: To put more resources into elder-care facilities — including investigators who can snuff out the sort of deviants who assaulted Ms. Chambers, before they commit their crimes.
Bed sores, hunger and neglect: Elderly continue to suffer By Jesse McLean and Moira Welsh
Eight years after an Ontario government promise to revolutionize nursing home care, the elderly are still suffering abuse.
Eight years after an Ontario government promise to revolutionize nursing home care, the elderly are still suffering abuse.
Freedom Of Expression Denied In Parliament...
John Ivison: Advice for Tory foes: Shut the #!*% up
NDP MP Pat Martin made news when he Tweeted “This is a f---ing disgrace…closure again. And on the Budget. There’s no democracy in the world that would tolerate this jackboot s----.”
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Pat Martin’s use of the F-bomb on Twitter has provoked the same kind of outraged reaction that greeted Kenneth Tynan, the English theatre critic, when he was the first person to drop the four-letter verb on British television 46 years ago.
Since then, the Brits have progressed to Malcolm Tucker in the parliamentary satire, The Thick of It. The NDP MP is a rank amateur in the art of great swearing, when compared to the fictional and fantastically profane spin doctor — check out Tucker’s Law on YouTube for a true professional at work.
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NDP MP Pat Martin made news when he Tweeted “This is a f---ing disgrace…closure again. And on the Budget. There’s no democracy in the world that would tolerate this jackboot s----.”
38 Comments
Pat Martin’s use of the F-bomb on Twitter has provoked the same kind of outraged reaction that greeted Kenneth Tynan, the English theatre critic, when he was the first person to drop the four-letter verb on British television 46 years ago.
Since then, the Brits have progressed to Malcolm Tucker in the parliamentary satire, The Thick of It. The NDP MP is a rank amateur in the art of great swearing, when compared to the fictional and fantastically profane spin doctor — check out Tucker’s Law on YouTube for a true professional at work.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Final Decision Will Be Made by Mother Nature...
In retrospect we have to recognize that the Occupy MOVEMENT, the G20 MOVEMENT, QAIA MOVEMENT, etc. have one thing in common...they are part of a normal body functions that is necessary but just adds to the disposal of the pollution created.And let's give thanks to Kate and SDA for wrapping it up so simply...
If 'Occupy Wall Street' Was a Baseball Game
The batter's history
The pitch . . .
Strikeout!
Posted by Robert at 11:00 AM Comments (30)
If 'Occupy Wall Street' Was a Baseball Game
The batter's history
The pitch . . .
Strikeout!
Posted by Robert at 11:00 AM Comments (30)
Because They Knew Their Progeny Would Follow In Their Footsteps...
...fair weather activists
...the squatter movement!
...the squatter movement!Gwyn: Score one for the Occupy movement It has tapped into something fundamental by identifying the unfairness in the economic system.
Created by their parents and grandparents who put away the sandals and tie dye clothes, as a legacy, who took everything out of the system they could and expected their progeny to do the same.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Question For Councilors...
Group of councilors attempt to delay Occupy eviction..if you are that adamant why not invite these squatters to setup camp on your "front lawn?"
Journalistic Primer And 5 Ws...
Let's not confuse this artsy/fartsy event with Black Creek Pioneer Village and The Star editors dropped the ball on this...
BlackCreek Festival: Bounced cheques and broken promises
BlackCreek Festival: Bounced cheques and broken promises
Mayor Ford In Conccilatory Mood
...and contrary to what the area councilor said on The Goldhawk Show On Monday nightSquatting isn’t a Charter right
Tuesday November 15, 07:47 PM
Contrary to what Occupy Toronto activists believe, there’s no “Charter right” to occupy a public park for a month in violation of numerous city bylaws.
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...but here is someplace I am sure the in-activists will be welcome with open arms
Today’s letters: Let’s Occupy Michael Moore’s cottage
Re: Those Who Live In Million-Dollar Houses, Kelly McParland, Nov. 15.There it was. On the front page of my beloved National Post, the solution to the public plague of “Occupy” around North America: Send them all to Michael Moore’s lavish, extravagant, excessive country home in Michigan. It looks like there is plenty of land. The followers of New Eden can build their tree houses. Perhaps a farming co-op? Or a grow-op?Come on, Mr. Moore, put your money where your megaphone is and invite all your fellow socialist occupiers to come and play at your house, and let the tax-paying citizens have their parks back.
Susan Piccinin, Ancaster, Ont.
How to get there
Dear Occupy Toronto Comrades:Follow King Street East and turn right on Jarvis Street. Merge onto Read More »
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Hiding Among The 99%...
Ouch.
Let’s call them what they really are: the Cash-Out Generation. Over a century of prior generations invested forward, only to have this single generation cash it all in (and take highly leveraged loans for future generations to pay, when the cash wasn’t enough).
Excess wages ($85K/year for a Packard auto plant employee to shuttle parts around on a cart). Early retirement. Guaranteed pension payouts that no private investor could match. Public sector perks like nice parks, roads and environmental “feel good” rules that were funded by loans, not their own tax payments. Social security demands unmatched by their payments. Even their children’s education was something they shortchanged, demanding loans pay what they wouldn’t.
They’re the narcissistic parasites who cashed it all in. The hell with this Boomer mandate that social security be treated as an untouchable third rail. Given the demographic data on boomer wealth, it’s time to match social security payments to actuarial models based on actual payments in, without interest (remember Boomers, you’ve rejected the opportunity to have such funds invested and earning interest).
It’s either that or we’re going to cut the funding to the senior centers and let the Boomers experience accountability in their last years.
Read the original post and other comments as well.
Posted by Kate at 12:06 AM Comments (30)
Let’s call them what they really are: the Cash-Out Generation. Over a century of prior generations invested forward, only to have this single generation cash it all in (and take highly leveraged loans for future generations to pay, when the cash wasn’t enough).
Excess wages ($85K/year for a Packard auto plant employee to shuttle parts around on a cart). Early retirement. Guaranteed pension payouts that no private investor could match. Public sector perks like nice parks, roads and environmental “feel good” rules that were funded by loans, not their own tax payments. Social security demands unmatched by their payments. Even their children’s education was something they shortchanged, demanding loans pay what they wouldn’t.
They’re the narcissistic parasites who cashed it all in. The hell with this Boomer mandate that social security be treated as an untouchable third rail. Given the demographic data on boomer wealth, it’s time to match social security payments to actuarial models based on actual payments in, without interest (remember Boomers, you’ve rejected the opportunity to have such funds invested and earning interest).
It’s either that or we’re going to cut the funding to the senior centers and let the Boomers experience accountability in their last years.
Read the original post and other comments as well.
Posted by Kate at 12:06 AM Comments (30)
Learning To Use Chopsticks Is Simple...
A trade deal that Stephen Harper can’t refuse
Ivison Nov 14, 2011 – 6:39 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 15, 2011 8:55 AM
OTTAWA — Stephen Harper’s foreign policy has been governed by the desire to remain as friendly as possible with the United States, while still maintaining a fig leaf of self-respect.
In recent weeks, that policy has been called into question, as U.S. lawmakers have made a series of policy decisions – Buy America, the new entry fee for travellers, and the Keystone pipeline delay – that have left the impression that Canada’s clout in Washington is somewhere on a par with Turks and Caicos.
Yet, in Honolulu on the weekend, a remarkable shift in Canadian trade policy took place that may, in part, have been an attempt by U.S. President Barack Obama to mend fences with the Harper government.
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Ivison Nov 14, 2011 – 6:39 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 15, 2011 8:55 AM
OTTAWA — Stephen Harper’s foreign policy has been governed by the desire to remain as friendly as possible with the United States, while still maintaining a fig leaf of self-respect.
In recent weeks, that policy has been called into question, as U.S. lawmakers have made a series of policy decisions – Buy America, the new entry fee for travellers, and the Keystone pipeline delay – that have left the impression that Canada’s clout in Washington is somewhere on a par with Turks and Caicos.
Yet, in Honolulu on the weekend, a remarkable shift in Canadian trade policy took place that may, in part, have been an attempt by U.S. President Barack Obama to mend fences with the Harper government.
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Another Leftist Icon Along With Gore, Streisand, Susuki, Et Al...
Michael Moore explains why he’s different from other multi-millionaires
Kelly McParland Nov 15, 2011 – 10:25 AM ET
Michael Moore has a lengthy justification for his wealth on the web site he uses to sell his books, films and himself.
It’s called “Life among the 1%”, a group of which Moore has been claiming he’s not a member. In it, he seems to confess that, yes, he is a rich guy after all. But not like other rich guys. He’s a rich guy who comes from a working class background, who scraped and scrambled for his money, and who cares.When he sold his first documentary, he recounts, he was paid $3 million and immediately shared the good news “with a group of factory workers, students and the unemployed in the middle of the downtown of my birthplace, Flint, Michigan.”
Not only that, he shared the money. He paid every cent of tax owing (no loopholes or avoidance strategies), set up a foundation to help others, spent a small fortune buying stuff and paying debts for others, and put the rest in a savings account (no investments or Wall Street gizmos). Read More »
...is in the eye of the beholder and is a matter of personal choice but paid for by taxpayer $$$$ without major consultation!Monday, November 14, 2011
SDA Cuts Thru The Crap...
Is "Totalitarian Leftist" Redundant?
For as long as I can remember SDA commenter 'ET' has eloquently and accurately described socialism and communism as 2-tier systems. Not two equal tiers though. More like a tall piece of cake with a thin layer of icing on it. In the political realm the icing constitutes the Leftist elitists who have proclaimed themselves more intelligent, more wise, more sophisticated, and generally just more cool than the average Joe. This cadre of elitists look down upon Joe with great condescension, convinced that he doesn't have the intellectual acumen to run his own life, make his own investments, and even, in some cases, to wipe his own tush.
One of the most outspoken of these elitists is Canadian Naomi Klein. She has some new things to say about Global Warming. James Delingpole has some things to say right back at her!
Posted by Robert at 7:00 AM Comments (25)
For as long as I can remember SDA commenter 'ET' has eloquently and accurately described socialism and communism as 2-tier systems. Not two equal tiers though. More like a tall piece of cake with a thin layer of icing on it. In the political realm the icing constitutes the Leftist elitists who have proclaimed themselves more intelligent, more wise, more sophisticated, and generally just more cool than the average Joe. This cadre of elitists look down upon Joe with great condescension, convinced that he doesn't have the intellectual acumen to run his own life, make his own investments, and even, in some cases, to wipe his own tush.
One of the most outspoken of these elitists is Canadian Naomi Klein. She has some new things to say about Global Warming. James Delingpole has some things to say right back at her!
Posted by Robert at 7:00 AM Comments (25)
Different Strokes...
Hashtag of the Entitlement Generation
At first I thought that this was a joke. It's not. Here's the opening post:
Hi guys, I am a disillusioned traveller and even more disillusioned couchsurfer who is returning to Vancouver because of a complete lack of enthusiasm and lack of desire to be anywhere else, and have decided that after decades of paying taxes it is time for me to start collecting welfare. Anyone been on the dole? Know how to make a successful application?
It's now crystal clear why my hometown has become Loserville.
:-(
Update: A female Chinese-Canadian friend of mine moved to Vancouver from Singapore about 4 years ago. Publicly, she had something very interesting to say about the Occupy crowd:
Instead of camping out and protesting about the inequality and differences between the upper/middle/lower class income, protesters could spend those times looking for jobs. One job is not enough, do two jobs, three jobs, etc.. Do one full-time, and freelance at home, or do two part-times, and some freelance.. That's what I did during the one year I was looking for a full-time position. Economy's bad, is just an excuse. If one is willing to, there's all sorts of jobs around. When I first arrived in Vancouver, I would go to people's houses by myself and cleaned their houses for them as maids, and they would pay me in cash (while I was studying full-time). You would gradually work yourself up.. even if it means swallowing your pride or dignity, dirtying your hands, etc... Gradually, if you did a good job, people would recognise your efforts and help you out. It's all about the attitude.
Take a moment to envision the entitlement junkies in the Occupy tent cities and ask yourself what percentage of them would likely be willing to clean houses?
Posted by Robert at 1:06 PM Comments (8)
Ford And Blair Need To Get Some Balls...
Occupy gone 'very soon': Ford TORONTO - Mayor Rob Ford says the city will be asking Occupy Toronto to leave St. James Park very soon.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Leftists Bring Out Their Gobell Primer...
Anti-Mayor Ford agenda is clear
Del Grande: “If you cannot derail the message, derail the messenger.” That is the essence of the continuing harassment of Mayor Rob Ford by certain journalists and media outlets in this city. Look at what transpired last week. The CBC’s Mary Walsh, dressed up as a so-called “Warrior Princess,” showed up unannounced on the driveway of Mayor Ford’s home early Monday morning to harass...
Del Grande: “If you cannot derail the message, derail the messenger.” That is the essence of the continuing harassment of Mayor Rob Ford by certain journalists and media outlets in this city. Look at what transpired last week. The CBC’s Mary Walsh, dressed up as a so-called “Warrior Princess,” showed up unannounced on the driveway of Mayor Ford’s home early Monday morning to harass...
FINALLY...Something Logical From Squatters
Matt Gurney: Getting the Canada's youth educated in basic financial literacy would be a good start, even if it would mark a change from the current self-esteem based curricula
Another McGoonty Broken Campaign Promise..
Liberals can't explain election pledge to move gas plant
The governing Liberals were at a loss to explain Wednesday why construction is continuing at a gas plant in Mississauga they pledged to shut down during the Ontario election campaign.
The governing Liberals were at a loss to explain Wednesday why construction is continuing at a gas plant in Mississauga they pledged to shut down during the Ontario election campaign.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
No Surprises Here!
Chris Selley’s Full Pundit: The Toronto Star is the 99%!
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And now, the airing of grievances
“The Occupy Toronto demonstrators don’t have a coherent point? How risible,” the Toronto Star‘s Heather Mallick pronounces. As it happens, wouldn’t you know it, the Occupiers share every single one of Mallick’s complaints about modern Canada! Just ask her! They’re worried about how hard it is to get a history degree “without sinking into debt, or being told that your degree is worthless because it won’t get you hired, even though you know in your heart that a degree in anything, particularly history, will make you better able to understand, cope with, and vote against the life the 99-percenters are stuck with.” They’re upset that Canada isn’t spending taxpayer money to build a pavilion at Expo 2012 in Korea (because they’re such a worldly bunch). And, of course, they are furious that Stephen Harper “has an anti-sex social agenda to mirror his economic one, and it’s pure Tea Party,” whatever that means. (From previous Mallick columns, we’d gathered that the Prime Minister wanted all women barefoot and pregnant at all times, and then to kill themselves at menopause so as not to burden the health-care system further. The talking points seem to have changed.)
Go read and tell us if we’re wrong, but we think Mallick has set a bold new standard in nonsensical blathering. And we mean this honestly: Big kudos to the too-often-too-staid Star for printing something this random. (The Globe‘s often-catatonic comment pages could certainly take a lesson.) But this column is just a crazy, useless mess. A firm nudge in the direction of coherence is very much in order.
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And now, the airing of grievances
“The Occupy Toronto demonstrators don’t have a coherent point? How risible,” the Toronto Star‘s Heather Mallick pronounces. As it happens, wouldn’t you know it, the Occupiers share every single one of Mallick’s complaints about modern Canada! Just ask her! They’re worried about how hard it is to get a history degree “without sinking into debt, or being told that your degree is worthless because it won’t get you hired, even though you know in your heart that a degree in anything, particularly history, will make you better able to understand, cope with, and vote against the life the 99-percenters are stuck with.” They’re upset that Canada isn’t spending taxpayer money to build a pavilion at Expo 2012 in Korea (because they’re such a worldly bunch). And, of course, they are furious that Stephen Harper “has an anti-sex social agenda to mirror his economic one, and it’s pure Tea Party,” whatever that means. (From previous Mallick columns, we’d gathered that the Prime Minister wanted all women barefoot and pregnant at all times, and then to kill themselves at menopause so as not to burden the health-care system further. The talking points seem to have changed.)
Go read and tell us if we’re wrong, but we think Mallick has set a bold new standard in nonsensical blathering. And we mean this honestly: Big kudos to the too-often-too-staid Star for printing something this random. (The Globe‘s often-catatonic comment pages could certainly take a lesson.) But this column is just a crazy, useless mess. A firm nudge in the direction of coherence is very much in order.
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Not Welcome At Occupy Toronto...
Occupy Toronto gears up for winter
Occupy protesters in for the cold, long haul
...mom and dad can now supplement their income by renting out the basement apartment.
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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.