Saturday, December 31, 2011
Facing The Reality...
Canadians made the choice...LET'S PARTY AND LET THE OTHER GUY PAY THE TAB as opposed to...WE CAN'T AFFORD IT SO SHUTUP AND EAT YOUR GRUEL!Friday, December 30, 2011
Union Allies Or Union Stooges...
"Class War" coming to Toronto in January if the public service unions get their way
The Toronto Stop the Cuts network, an anti-austerity, union front group co-founded by the author of a notorious anti-Semitic OISE thesis, is planning a last-ditch stand against Toronto`s upcoming budget vote on January 17.Judging by the people committed to participating on the group`s facebook page, it looks like the protest will be a convention of the most undesirable characters Toronto has to offer.
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The Toronto Stop the Cuts network, an anti-austerity, union front group co-founded by the author of a notorious anti-Semitic OISE thesis, is planning a last-ditch stand against Toronto`s upcoming budget vote on January 17.Judging by the people committed to participating on the group`s facebook page, it looks like the protest will be a convention of the most undesirable characters Toronto has to offer.
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You Want To Garner The Fruits Of Canadian Citizenship...
...then be prepared to identify yourself and obey the laws of Canada not the edicts of the Muslim Brotherhood amd other so-called Muslim extremists.
Niqabs, burkas must be removed during citizenship ceremonies ...
12 Dec 2011 – Starting Monday, new Canadians swearing the oath of citizenship will be forced to show their faces. That means no niqabs or burkas can be ...
12 Dec 2011 – Starting Monday, new Canadians swearing the oath of citizenship will be forced to show their faces. That means no niqabs or burkas can be ...
Police Burka Stop Leads to Riot in Brussels
17:02 Posted by Cheradenine Zakalwe
17:02 Posted by Cheradenine Zakalwe
THE BROTHERHOOD Seems To Be Winning...
By Kathy Shaidle on Thursday, December 29th, 2011 No Comments
Observe!
According to Nasser, the very first demand of the Brotherhood leader was for the hijab to return to Egypt, “for every woman walking in the street to wear a headscarf.”
The audience erupted in laughter at this, then, ludicrous demand; one person hollered “Let him wear it!” eliciting more laughter and applause.
Nasser continued by saying he told the Brotherhood leader that if they enforced the hijab, people would say Egypt had returned to the dark ages (to more laughter), adding that Egyptians should uphold such matters in the privacy of their own homes.
But the Muslim Brotherhood leader informed him that, as Egypt’s president, Nasser himself must enforce the hijab, to which Nasser replied:
“Sir, I know you have a daughter in college—and she doesn’t wear a headscarf or anything! [laughter] Why don’t you make her wear the headscarf? [laughter] So you can’t make one girl, your own daughter, wear it, and yet you want me to go and make ten million women wear it?!” [burst of laughter and applause]
Nasser and wife Tahia, back in an era when the idea of institutionalizing the hijab provoked laughter and ridicule.
According to Nasser, the very first demand of the Brotherhood leader was for the hijab to return to Egypt, “for every woman walking in the street to wear a headscarf.”
The audience erupted in laughter at this, then, ludicrous demand; one person hollered “Let him wear it!” eliciting more laughter and applause.
Nasser continued by saying he told the Brotherhood leader that if they enforced the hijab, people would say Egypt had returned to the dark ages (to more laughter), adding that Egyptians should uphold such matters in the privacy of their own homes.
But the Muslim Brotherhood leader informed him that, as Egypt’s president, Nasser himself must enforce the hijab, to which Nasser replied:
“Sir, I know you have a daughter in college—and she doesn’t wear a headscarf or anything! [laughter] Why don’t you make her wear the headscarf? [laughter] So you can’t make one girl, your own daughter, wear it, and yet you want me to go and make ten million women wear it?!” [burst of laughter and applause]
Nasser and wife Tahia, back in an era when the idea of institutionalizing the hijab provoked laughter and ridicule.
When the State gives any group special status to ‘keep the peace,’ violence is always the result.
By Kathy Shaidle on Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 No Comments
ANY group. Always.
By Kathy Shaidle on Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 No Comments
ANY group. Always.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
But It Increases The Demand For Newspapers And Increases Advertising Revenue...
The Full Comment ‘Brain Half Full’ award of the year goes to…
Our nominees for this award represent the worst, lowest or most ridiculous “news” events to have tried the patience of sentient human beings this year
Our nominees for this award represent the worst, lowest or most ridiculous “news” events to have tried the patience of sentient human beings this year
...and that seems to be the motivation!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
I Can Relate...
...I was given an iPad as a gift from my niece and her family and the next morning I was up and running with the same apps I utilize continually on my home computer but she who must be obeyed decided we MUST have all the bells and whistles so she had a teenage genius "configure" my iPad and it was like a massive cave-in on the yellow brick road.
Marching, Chanting Marxist Slogans, Riding Bikes...
...does not a strong and effective opposition make!
Jesse Kline: Is Jack Layton responsible for the NDP’s poor performance?
Dec 27, 2011 – 10:00 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 27, 2011 12:54 PM ET
The NDP won a historic victory in last May’s federal election — becoming the official opposition and relegating the Liberals to third-party status for the first time in history. But one could be forgiven for not noticing.
The new era of Parliamentary civility we were promised in the spring quickly evaporated as the opposition came to realize they have very little power in a majority Parliament, other than trying to convince the public to oppose the government’s agenda. The Tories did pretty much exactly what they said they would — introducing bills to end the gun registry, kill the wheat board, institute copyright reform and make sweeping changes to the criminal justice system. And yet, any time the news media wanted to get the opposition’s view on these controversial issues, it seemed as though it was Bob Rae and the Liberals who were being quoted.
Perhaps us media types are partly to blame — reporters have gotten in the habit of looking to the Liberals for comment and there are fewer experienced MPs on the NDP bench. But most of the blame has to be placed on the inexperienced NDP leader, Nycole Turmel, and the man who put her there: Jack Layton. Read More »
Kelly McParland: The plight of the NDP — earnest, well-meaning and very unlucky
Jesse Kline: Is Jack Layton responsible for the NDP’s poor performance?
Dec 27, 2011 – 10:00 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 27, 2011 12:54 PM ET
The NDP won a historic victory in last May’s federal election — becoming the official opposition and relegating the Liberals to third-party status for the first time in history. But one could be forgiven for not noticing.
The new era of Parliamentary civility we were promised in the spring quickly evaporated as the opposition came to realize they have very little power in a majority Parliament, other than trying to convince the public to oppose the government’s agenda. The Tories did pretty much exactly what they said they would — introducing bills to end the gun registry, kill the wheat board, institute copyright reform and make sweeping changes to the criminal justice system. And yet, any time the news media wanted to get the opposition’s view on these controversial issues, it seemed as though it was Bob Rae and the Liberals who were being quoted.
Perhaps us media types are partly to blame — reporters have gotten in the habit of looking to the Liberals for comment and there are fewer experienced MPs on the NDP bench. But most of the blame has to be placed on the inexperienced NDP leader, Nycole Turmel, and the man who put her there: Jack Layton. Read More »
Kelly McParland: The plight of the NDP — earnest, well-meaning and very unlucky
Shame! Shame! Shame!
...where is the outcry from the bleeding heart, leftwing social in-activists? Obiously marching and cheering behind the banner of the storm troopers of those who benefit from a two tier anarchy. National Post editorial board: More injustice from Caledonia
National Post Editorial Board Dec 27, 2011 – 6:03 PM ET
The Liberal government of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has been rightly criticized for allowing race-based policing to prevail during the native occupation of a land development site near the town of Caledonia, Ont. After natives forced construction activity to stop in a new housing development adjacent to Six Nations land in 2006, native activists also set up blockades on both public and private property. The native protesters were able to act with impunity while the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) concerned themselves with “peacekeeping.” Non-native Ontarians, however, including local residents, still found themselves subject to the law as per normal.
It was a disgraceful period in Ontario’s history. Unfortunately, as a recent criminal case related to the occupation reveals, it is clear that race-based justice remains the norm — for proof, one need look no further than the absurdly light sentence meted out to the native man who beat Sam Gualtieri nearly to death. Read More »
National Post Editorial Board Dec 27, 2011 – 6:03 PM ET
The Liberal government of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has been rightly criticized for allowing race-based policing to prevail during the native occupation of a land development site near the town of Caledonia, Ont. After natives forced construction activity to stop in a new housing development adjacent to Six Nations land in 2006, native activists also set up blockades on both public and private property. The native protesters were able to act with impunity while the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) concerned themselves with “peacekeeping.” Non-native Ontarians, however, including local residents, still found themselves subject to the law as per normal.
It was a disgraceful period in Ontario’s history. Unfortunately, as a recent criminal case related to the occupation reveals, it is clear that race-based justice remains the norm — for proof, one need look no further than the absurdly light sentence meted out to the native man who beat Sam Gualtieri nearly to death. Read More »
When the State gives any group special status to ‘keep the peace,’ violence is always the result.
By Kathy Shaidle on Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
By Kathy Shaidle on Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
And They Have Support In Canada, US...
THE TRUE VISION OF CHRISTMAS
THE VISION THAT THE POLITICAL CORRECT WOULD WANT US TO BELIEVE
Congressmen told not to say 'Merry Christmas' to citizens
...and I am sure you could tell us about similar attitudes in your neighborhood, schools, public buildings, etc. but
Canadians still wish each other Merry Christmas
Poll: 'Merry Christmas' preferred greeting - UPI.com
Poll: Two-thirds in U.S. prefer 'Merry Christmas
...maybe there is hope for us.
...and I am sure you could tell us about similar attitudes in your neighborhood, schools, public buildings, etc. but
Canadians still wish each other Merry Christmas
Poll: 'Merry Christmas' preferred greeting - UPI.com
Poll: Two-thirds in U.S. prefer 'Merry Christmas
...maybe there is hope for us.
Canadian Justice System An Ass...
Family outraged by reduced sentence for aboriginal man in ‘vicious’ Caledonia assault
For beating a non-native builder to within an inch of his life during the fiery native occupation in nearby Caledonia, a young aboriginal man was sentenced to less than two years in jail, plus time served
As the Caledonian occupation comes to a close in court, its issues linger
Culture of racism behind beating of non-native builder by Caledonia activist: lawyer
For beating a non-native builder to within an inch of his life during the fiery native occupation in nearby Caledonia, a young aboriginal man was sentenced to less than two years in jail, plus time served
As the Caledonian occupation comes to a close in court, its issues linger
Culture of racism behind beating of non-native builder by Caledonia activist: lawyer
Friday, December 23, 2011
We Shouldn't Be Surprised...
...and my advice to the parents to rent out their basement with a 20 year lease!
People Are Dying On The Streets Of The Middle East...
...for freedoms we take for granted and this is how we abuse these freedoms
Asterisks run amok censor words unfit for Virgin ears
British telecom’s online TV listings feature the films of Alfred Hitchc**k, the football team A***nal and other naughty names Dec 22, 2011 9:21PM EST 1
Must not call blacks "colored"?
In that case the NAACP are seriously out of line
"BBC pundit Alan Hansen is the latest to come under fire in football's race row after making an embarrassing gaffe on Match of the Day. The commentator - who is paid a huge £40,000 per show - shocked viewers by twice describing black players as 'coloured' when discussing the John Terry and Luis Suarez cases.Fellow pundit Lee Dixon looked on in apparent discomfort as Hansen, 56, said: ‘I think there’s a lot of coloured players in all the major teams and there are lots of coloured players who are probably the best in the Premier League. ‘If you look at 25 or 30 years ago it was probably in a bad way - not as bad as some of the other nations on the Continent - but certainly there is always, always room for improvement.’The ex-footballer had been discussing the separate allegations that England captain Terry and Liverpool striker Suarez have hurled racist abuse at other players on the pitch.
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Asterisks run amok censor words unfit for Virgin ears
British telecom’s online TV listings feature the films of Alfred Hitchc**k, the football team A***nal and other naughty names Dec 22, 2011 9:21PM EST 1
Must not call blacks "colored"?
In that case the NAACP are seriously out of line
"BBC pundit Alan Hansen is the latest to come under fire in football's race row after making an embarrassing gaffe on Match of the Day. The commentator - who is paid a huge £40,000 per show - shocked viewers by twice describing black players as 'coloured' when discussing the John Terry and Luis Suarez cases.Fellow pundit Lee Dixon looked on in apparent discomfort as Hansen, 56, said: ‘I think there’s a lot of coloured players in all the major teams and there are lots of coloured players who are probably the best in the Premier League. ‘If you look at 25 or 30 years ago it was probably in a bad way - not as bad as some of the other nations on the Continent - but certainly there is always, always room for improvement.’The ex-footballer had been discussing the separate allegations that England captain Terry and Liverpool striker Suarez have hurled racist abuse at other players on the pitch.
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Fair Weather Champions Against Everything...
We’ll be back in the spring, Occupiers warn
In retrospect you would think they could make their championing of the rights of the needy a 12 month battle especially with the temperate weather in Vancouver but I guess many of them, especially those living in their parents basement, will join their parents in Florida, Arizone, etc.
In retrospect you would think they could make their championing of the rights of the needy a 12 month battle especially with the temperate weather in Vancouver but I guess many of them, especially those living in their parents basement, will join their parents in Florida, Arizone, etc.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
It IS Becoming Harder And Harder...
...for The Three Wise Men and many Christians to find the true meaning of Christmas and we can thank political correctness and diversity zealots!
What Is Next?
Remove IN GOD WE TRUST from currency, public buildings, etc and replace with ALLAH IS GREAT? I am being facetious but trying to illustrate how petty beauracrats add to the arsenal of racists, bigots, etc. of ALL faiths.
Feds' War on Religion
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
'No Merry Christmas,' U.S. House Members Told
Control of the USA has definitely fallen into alien hands:
Members of the House of Representatives are being told that no holiday greetings, including “Merry Christmas,” can be sent out in official mail.According to the Washington Examiner, members who submit official mailings for review by the congressional franking commission that reviews all congressional mail to determine if it can be "franked," or paid for with tax dollars, are being told that no holiday greetings, including "Merry Christmas," can be sent."I called the commission to ask for clarification and was told no 'Merry Christmas.' Also told cannot say 'Happy New Year' but can say 'have a happy new year' – referencing the time period of a new year, but not the holiday," a Hill staffer who requested anonymity told the paper.Another Hill staffer said that "we were given that advice after submitting" a draft mailing.
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Feds' War on Religion
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
'No Merry Christmas,' U.S. House Members Told
Control of the USA has definitely fallen into alien hands:
Members of the House of Representatives are being told that no holiday greetings, including “Merry Christmas,” can be sent out in official mail.According to the Washington Examiner, members who submit official mailings for review by the congressional franking commission that reviews all congressional mail to determine if it can be "franked," or paid for with tax dollars, are being told that no holiday greetings, including "Merry Christmas," can be sent."I called the commission to ask for clarification and was told no 'Merry Christmas.' Also told cannot say 'Happy New Year' but can say 'have a happy new year' – referencing the time period of a new year, but not the holiday," a Hill staffer who requested anonymity told the paper.Another Hill staffer said that "we were given that advice after submitting" a draft mailing.
Source
Will Probably Impact On Mammoliti's Plans For Toronto Islands...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Amsterdam: an end to the red light district?
It may not spell the immediate demise of the louche British stag weekend in Amsterdam, but the Dutch capital has decided to crack down on the brothels and cannabis shops of its infamous red light district.A ten-year scheme, known as Project 1012 for the city postcode containing the red light district, kicked off in 2008 with the aim of making substantial cuts to the number of window brothels and drugs shops. But it's only now that the city is beginning to see some tangible results.200 of a total of 480 window brothels are slated to go. The city has managed to close down half of these; a zoning and compulsory purchase plan will be drawn up to tackle the next 100. Of the 76 cannabis shops in the area (usually known as "coffeeshops"), 26 will close their doors.There is a feeling in Amsterdam that the City Council is finally determined to get to grips with a burgeoning sex, drugs and money laundering industry in the red light district increasingly controlled by eastern European mafias, particularly from Bulgaria and the Ukraine.With the encouragement of the authorities, in recent months reputable entrepreneurs have started to invest in the area. Warmoesstraat, traditionally a sleazy district, now boasts a deli, florist and baker.Meanwhile, ordinary Amsterdammers have been shocked by an upsurge in cases of human trafficking of girls for the sex industry. There is a strong sense in the city the exploitative reality of the red light district has little to do with traditional Dutch tolerance."There had been warning signs starting in the 1990s that organised crime was basically using the area as its living room," says Lodewijk Asscher, deputy mayor of Amsterdam and the head of Project 1012."Amsterdam has always been a free and tolerant city, but we want to place more emphasis on museums and culture. We want to attract more families and encourage visitors to spend an extra night here."The vast majority of tourists spend no more than two nights in the city. Many stag parties – known locally as "vertical" tourists – contribute little to the city's formal economy.In the very heart of medieval Amsterdam, the red light district also feels like a missed opportunity. Its canals, particularly the parallel Oudezijds Voorburgwal and Achterburgwal, are flanked by some beautiful seventeenth-century townhouses. And in spite of the sex and drugs industry, they have not suffered from rampant commercialism to the same degree as nearby Damrak which – with its amusement arcades, fast food joints and exchange booths – presents a poor first impression to a visitor stepping off a train at Centraal Station.A good example of change in the red light district is the square around the thirteenth-century Oude Kerk, the city's oldest church, which was the venue for The International Organ Festival that finished in September.The Oude Kerk is ringed by brothel windows and a cannabis shop and, since April, a new and surprising arrival: the 106-cover Anna restaurant (www.restaurantanna.nl/en), which serves dishes such as truffle risotto and sautéed monkfish in a sleek, minimalist setting.Its owner, local entrepreneur and former DJ Michiel Kleiss says that he likes the "edge" of the red light district but feels the area "could do with a better mix"."Gentrifying the red light district is not the intention," says Kleiss. "But things have got out of hand. The British should be welcome here in the neighbourhood to have a drink, but stag parties are not only tacky and sometimes overwhelming, they are also a waste of a great medieval city.
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Amsterdam: an end to the red light district?
It may not spell the immediate demise of the louche British stag weekend in Amsterdam, but the Dutch capital has decided to crack down on the brothels and cannabis shops of its infamous red light district.A ten-year scheme, known as Project 1012 for the city postcode containing the red light district, kicked off in 2008 with the aim of making substantial cuts to the number of window brothels and drugs shops. But it's only now that the city is beginning to see some tangible results.200 of a total of 480 window brothels are slated to go. The city has managed to close down half of these; a zoning and compulsory purchase plan will be drawn up to tackle the next 100. Of the 76 cannabis shops in the area (usually known as "coffeeshops"), 26 will close their doors.There is a feeling in Amsterdam that the City Council is finally determined to get to grips with a burgeoning sex, drugs and money laundering industry in the red light district increasingly controlled by eastern European mafias, particularly from Bulgaria and the Ukraine.With the encouragement of the authorities, in recent months reputable entrepreneurs have started to invest in the area. Warmoesstraat, traditionally a sleazy district, now boasts a deli, florist and baker.Meanwhile, ordinary Amsterdammers have been shocked by an upsurge in cases of human trafficking of girls for the sex industry. There is a strong sense in the city the exploitative reality of the red light district has little to do with traditional Dutch tolerance."There had been warning signs starting in the 1990s that organised crime was basically using the area as its living room," says Lodewijk Asscher, deputy mayor of Amsterdam and the head of Project 1012."Amsterdam has always been a free and tolerant city, but we want to place more emphasis on museums and culture. We want to attract more families and encourage visitors to spend an extra night here."The vast majority of tourists spend no more than two nights in the city. Many stag parties – known locally as "vertical" tourists – contribute little to the city's formal economy.In the very heart of medieval Amsterdam, the red light district also feels like a missed opportunity. Its canals, particularly the parallel Oudezijds Voorburgwal and Achterburgwal, are flanked by some beautiful seventeenth-century townhouses. And in spite of the sex and drugs industry, they have not suffered from rampant commercialism to the same degree as nearby Damrak which – with its amusement arcades, fast food joints and exchange booths – presents a poor first impression to a visitor stepping off a train at Centraal Station.A good example of change in the red light district is the square around the thirteenth-century Oude Kerk, the city's oldest church, which was the venue for The International Organ Festival that finished in September.The Oude Kerk is ringed by brothel windows and a cannabis shop and, since April, a new and surprising arrival: the 106-cover Anna restaurant (www.restaurantanna.nl/en), which serves dishes such as truffle risotto and sautéed monkfish in a sleek, minimalist setting.Its owner, local entrepreneur and former DJ Michiel Kleiss says that he likes the "edge" of the red light district but feels the area "could do with a better mix"."Gentrifying the red light district is not the intention," says Kleiss. "But things have got out of hand. The British should be welcome here in the neighbourhood to have a drink, but stag parties are not only tacky and sometimes overwhelming, they are also a waste of a great medieval city.
"SOURCE
Love Her Or Hate Her She Knows The Buttons To Push...
In Defense of Bullying: my latest at Taki’s
By Kathy Shaidle on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 No Comments
Bullying: is it all bad?
Decades ago, radical feminists broadened the definition of “rape,” fiddled with statistics, occasionally just made stuff up, and successfully invented the still-lucrative Harassment-Abuse Complex. The newly spawned bullying industry followed that blueprint.
It helps that the idea of the “bully-as-lonely-misunderstood-victim” (who is just a hug away from redemption) is already a familiar pop-culture trope. The next task is to mesmerize timid, conformist parents with statistical shell games and “studies” to give them a new cause to siphon off their abundant free-floating guilt.
Allergies, asthma, and ADD are so last year. On to the letter “B”!
***UPDATE: What was I telling you? Today’s gay bullying news (this is a guy, right?)
Know who really do kill themselves a lot?
Middle aged straight white men.
I blame gay bullies and their feminist handmaids, for making them feel “unsafe.”
UPDATE: thanks to the 5FF reader who sent this in…
Then Isabela raised her hand: “Sometimes my uncle wears black nail polish.” The students took a moment to think about this.
Hey, teachers: Instead of obsessing about imaginary “gender bullying,” teach yourself punctuation then teach it to kids.
By Kathy Shaidle on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 No Comments
Bullying: is it all bad?
Decades ago, radical feminists broadened the definition of “rape,” fiddled with statistics, occasionally just made stuff up, and successfully invented the still-lucrative Harassment-Abuse Complex. The newly spawned bullying industry followed that blueprint.
It helps that the idea of the “bully-as-lonely-misunderstood-victim” (who is just a hug away from redemption) is already a familiar pop-culture trope. The next task is to mesmerize timid, conformist parents with statistical shell games and “studies” to give them a new cause to siphon off their abundant free-floating guilt.
Allergies, asthma, and ADD are so last year. On to the letter “B”!
***UPDATE: What was I telling you? Today’s gay bullying news (this is a guy, right?)
Know who really do kill themselves a lot?
Middle aged straight white men.
I blame gay bullies and their feminist handmaids, for making them feel “unsafe.”
UPDATE: thanks to the 5FF reader who sent this in…
Then Isabela raised her hand: “Sometimes my uncle wears black nail polish.” The students took a moment to think about this.
Hey, teachers: Instead of obsessing about imaginary “gender bullying,” teach yourself punctuation then teach it to kids.
Possibly Illustrates The Shallowness Of The Judgement Of he Electorate?
Why Is There Always A Big Screen TV?
Attawapiskat and Atikokan: A tale of two northern towns Posted by Kate at 12:51 PM Comments (14)
Attawapiskat and Atikokan: A tale of two northern towns Posted by Kate at 12:51 PM Comments (14)
Main Target For Leftwing Media And Hair Stylists...
Affable Toronto mayor pulls few punches
He is the most sought-after politician in Toronto, yet he plops his elbows upon a rumpled, beverage-stained desk calendar that is still stuck on June. As he recapped a wild first year in office, the mayor talks to Elizabeth Church and Patrick White about shedding 7,000 jobs, changing his plans for the Sheppard subway, refusing to take a union lockout off the table and loving Tim Tebow.
He is the most sought-after politician in Toronto, yet he plops his elbows upon a rumpled, beverage-stained desk calendar that is still stuck on June. As he recapped a wild first year in office, the mayor talks to Elizabeth Church and Patrick White about shedding 7,000 jobs, changing his plans for the Sheppard subway, refusing to take a union lockout off the table and loving Tim Tebow.
A Clear Message To Obama From OUR Leader..
Kelly McParland: Harper delivers timely oil warning to Washington’s warring factions
Stephen Harper sent a none-too-subtle shot across the bow of our American friends and allies Monday when he indicated he’s dead keen on selling Canadian oil to buyers in Asia. He didn’t put it in so many words, but he was telling Washington this: “You don’t want our oil, no problem. We’ve got lots of markets across the Pacific where we don’t have to beg to get a sale.”
It was a timely message and a good one for the Prime Minister to send. There is no need to be rude to the U.S., which is and always will be Canada’s best market. But there’s also no need to sit around and wait for the political circus in Washington to pause long enough to recognize the attractiveness of the opportunity Canada is offering. Given the state of absurdity that has the U.S. capital in its grip, there’s no telling how long that could take. Read More »
Prime Minister v. President:
Harper appeared to marvel at just how tied an American president’s hands are, not just by constitutional checks and balances, but with bureaucrats, cabinet secretaries and senior advisors all weighing in to counter or contradict actions a president may wish to take. A Canadian prime minister with a majority and cabinet government has much more room to act, he said..."
Posted by Mark at 4:13 PM Comments (64)
Stephen Harper sent a none-too-subtle shot across the bow of our American friends and allies Monday when he indicated he’s dead keen on selling Canadian oil to buyers in Asia. He didn’t put it in so many words, but he was telling Washington this: “You don’t want our oil, no problem. We’ve got lots of markets across the Pacific where we don’t have to beg to get a sale.”
It was a timely message and a good one for the Prime Minister to send. There is no need to be rude to the U.S., which is and always will be Canada’s best market. But there’s also no need to sit around and wait for the political circus in Washington to pause long enough to recognize the attractiveness of the opportunity Canada is offering. Given the state of absurdity that has the U.S. capital in its grip, there’s no telling how long that could take. Read More »
Prime Minister v. President:
Harper appeared to marvel at just how tied an American president’s hands are, not just by constitutional checks and balances, but with bureaucrats, cabinet secretaries and senior advisors all weighing in to counter or contradict actions a president may wish to take. A Canadian prime minister with a majority and cabinet government has much more room to act, he said..."
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Hmm! Is That Our Dulltoon McGoonty In The Front Row...
Ottawa’s surprise health-care offer is a good one
Tim Harper: Time for painful provincial health-care decisions
Health funding limits COULD force reforms, says hospital group president
Ottawa's plan to scale back health transfers could help root out waste in the system, says the president of the Ontario Hospital Association.
...BUT WILL HEALTH CARE MANDARINS AND BEARUCRATS AT THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL LET THAT HAPPEN? I DOUBT IT...
Charest, McGuinty Canada’s least popular premiers: poll
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall harvested the highest approval rating among the country’s premiers in a recent cross-Canada poll, while the leaders of the country's most populous provinces finished last
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Nothing Is FREE...
Representatives of Canadian Jews oppose free speech
It sounds like Canadian Jews are just as Leftist as U.S. ones. Will Jews ever learn not to support authoritarianism in government? Was Hitler not a big enough lesson?
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association will be among a number of groups arguing this week that the Internet should be open to all kinds of speech, no matter how repugnant. Opposing that position is B'nai B'rith of Canada, which is adamant that hate speech must be kept off the Web.The two sides will argue their positions as interveners this week at a judicial review of a ruling that challenged the constitutionality of hate speech provisions of the Canadian Human Rights Act.The case arose after a human rights tribunal ruled that Marc Lemire, of Hamilton, Ont., had contravened the act by publishing an article on the Internet that was likely to expose homosexuals and blacks to hatred and contempt.But the tribunal didn't impose the hate speech provisions of the Canadian Human Rights Act, ruling they were unconstitutional.Richard Warman, an Ottawa lawyer, then complained, alleging Lemire had engaged in activities prohibited by the act, by communicating hate messages on several websites, and sought remedies. Those found to have engaged in the discriminatory practice "wilfully and recklessly" can be fined up to $20,000.Marvin Kurz, representing B'nai B'rith of Canada, said while his group would support some changes, such as removing the penalties, he believes the law is constitutional and the tribunal member misread it when determining Lemire's case."There are some forms of speech that are so bad that it's dangerous and harmful. It has to be the worst of the worst ... that we have to be protected from," Kurz said. "There's a real value in the way the law is now."
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Don Will Outlive The Majoirty Of His Detractors...
...and do it with a multitude of guffaws!
December 20, 2011
Free Don Cherry!
"Cavoukian better hope that censorship isn't expanded to talentless hacks who offend the musical sensibilities of anyone who has outlived kindergarten."
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December 20, 2011
Free Don Cherry!
"Cavoukian better hope that censorship isn't expanded to talentless hacks who offend the musical sensibilities of anyone who has outlived kindergarten."
Posted by Kate at 12:03 AM Comments (14)
Chickens Come Home To Roost...
Rae ignores history of neglect
Great Canadian explorer Bob Rae journeys up to the deep north of Ontario over the weekend and discovers a Native community called Attawapiskat living in squalor on the shores of a mammoth bay named James.
Mr. Rae Visits Attawapiskat
The "enlightened" Bob Rae has pressed the flesh up north. And what did he conclude? That more dependency and continued no accountability is what the people of Attawapiskat need. What a cynical, uncaring man he is.
Two quotes of Albert Einstein come to mind:
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
Posted by Robert at 2:26 PM Comments (53)
Tom Flanagan: How first nations can own their future
Gordon Gibson: The greatest moral challenge in Canadian politics
Opinion: The real shame of Attawapiskat
Great Canadian explorer Bob Rae journeys up to the deep north of Ontario over the weekend and discovers a Native community called Attawapiskat living in squalor on the shores of a mammoth bay named James.
Mr. Rae Visits Attawapiskat
The "enlightened" Bob Rae has pressed the flesh up north. And what did he conclude? That more dependency and continued no accountability is what the people of Attawapiskat need. What a cynical, uncaring man he is.
Two quotes of Albert Einstein come to mind:
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
Posted by Robert at 2:26 PM Comments (53)
Tom Flanagan: How first nations can own their future
Gordon Gibson: The greatest moral challenge in Canadian politics
Opinion: The real shame of Attawapiskat
Friday, December 16, 2011
Moving into a new millenium
I have just got an iPad as a gift and looking forward to communicating fro the world!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
McGoonty Failed To Replace A White CHRISTmas with Greenbut...
...but as usual he failed and it is going to show up on your VISA!
Xmas Gift Idea,,,,,,
The $600 penis pump: my latest at Taki’s
By Kathy Shaidle on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 No Comments
Talk about yer “big government”…
Here ya go:
I was blessedly unfamiliar with penis pumps until last year, when the (straight Jewish) client of my (gay Muslim) client turned out to be an inventor of penis hats. I don’t mean penis-shaped hats for your head. I mean miniature top hats and fezzes and Viking helmets that a guy can wear on his penis. For some reason. (The gay Muslim’s mom, an imam, even sewed the tiny bells on the jester’s caps. Just another day in multicultural Toronto.)
I decided to immerse myself in everything penile, the better to promote our product to adult-novelty distributors and Japanese penis-festival devotees—whose cult is looking better all the time.
By Kathy Shaidle on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 No Comments
Talk about yer “big government”…
Here ya go:
I was blessedly unfamiliar with penis pumps until last year, when the (straight Jewish) client of my (gay Muslim) client turned out to be an inventor of penis hats. I don’t mean penis-shaped hats for your head. I mean miniature top hats and fezzes and Viking helmets that a guy can wear on his penis. For some reason. (The gay Muslim’s mom, an imam, even sewed the tiny bells on the jester’s caps. Just another day in multicultural Toronto.)
I decided to immerse myself in everything penile, the better to promote our product to adult-novelty distributors and Japanese penis-festival devotees—whose cult is looking better all the time.
Racism Is Colour Blind And A Very Lucrative Cottage Industry...
You Can Find Racism Everywhere ... If You Insist Upon It
American radio talk show host, Dennis Prager, featured this column on his show this morning. Entitled "Black, Female and Single", it was written by a graduate student named Angela Stanley. It starts off quite harmlessly:
FEW things in life are more irritating than the unsolicited comments I get that black women, like me, are unlikely to marry. Family members ask, “Are you ever going to get married?” as if I am remaining single purposely to keep them from attending my wedding. Well-meaning married friends try to sell me on the idea that being single is liberating. And then there is my octogenarian aunt whom I love, but who also manages to unintentionally sucker punch me whenever I visit with the comment, “Maybe if you’d just straighten your hair you’d be able to find a man.”
Note that Ms. Stanley is mostly referring to the comments of her family members, especially her elderly aunt. One would naturally assume that these people are African-Americans.
A bit further down her column takes an insane left turn:
So why all of the negative attention on black women? It is part of a persistent historical and present-day attack on black people in America, with black men made into deviants and black women into problems.
Huh?!? How on earth did the comments of her Black relatives get transformed into a "persistent historical and present-day attack on black people in America" by Caucasians?!? The answer to this question may very well lie in Ms. Stanley's research interests: race, gender, American politics, and public policy.
This is Example #57,349 of how the brainwashing of the Religion of Leftism has replaced Logical Thinking throughout academia.
Posted by Robert at 5:20 PM Comments (18)
American radio talk show host, Dennis Prager, featured this column on his show this morning. Entitled "Black, Female and Single", it was written by a graduate student named Angela Stanley. It starts off quite harmlessly:
FEW things in life are more irritating than the unsolicited comments I get that black women, like me, are unlikely to marry. Family members ask, “Are you ever going to get married?” as if I am remaining single purposely to keep them from attending my wedding. Well-meaning married friends try to sell me on the idea that being single is liberating. And then there is my octogenarian aunt whom I love, but who also manages to unintentionally sucker punch me whenever I visit with the comment, “Maybe if you’d just straighten your hair you’d be able to find a man.”
Note that Ms. Stanley is mostly referring to the comments of her family members, especially her elderly aunt. One would naturally assume that these people are African-Americans.
A bit further down her column takes an insane left turn:
So why all of the negative attention on black women? It is part of a persistent historical and present-day attack on black people in America, with black men made into deviants and black women into problems.
Huh?!? How on earth did the comments of her Black relatives get transformed into a "persistent historical and present-day attack on black people in America" by Caucasians?!? The answer to this question may very well lie in Ms. Stanley's research interests: race, gender, American politics, and public policy.
This is Example #57,349 of how the brainwashing of the Religion of Leftism has replaced Logical Thinking throughout academia.
Posted by Robert at 5:20 PM Comments (18)
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Alleged? What Does The Star Need...
Alleged neo-Nazis arrested for series of violent attacks in Vancouver
2011/12/09 18:23:12
Two alleged neo-Nazis are facing assault charges following a series of violent attacks, including one in which a Filipino man was set on fire.
2011/12/09 18:23:12
Two alleged neo-Nazis are facing assault charges following a series of violent attacks, including one in which a Filipino man was set on fire.
I understand and agree with the concept of innocent until proven guilty but it would seem those who write the captions need to excercise a little common sense.
Take The Time To Read...
...it gives an insight into many of our problems!
Toronto, City of Sissies
Christie Blatchford
It was in Toronto recently, while temporarily resuming my semi-charmed kind of life there and briefly ditching the other semi-charmed half in Kingston, that I realized how much in need the modern male of the species is of some toughening up.
The bull terrier and I were on a long forced march on the toney part of Yonge Street, in Rosedale.
There were a couple of boys, maybe 10 years old, maybe 12, walking ahead of me. Coming towards them was another small knot of boys about the same age.
The two groups met, and immediately began hugging each another, one at a time. The trustees and ding-dongs at the Toronto District School Board would have been ecstatic; I was mortified and appalled.
This was about the time that Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was all over the airwaves, with his anti-bullying crackdown, and poor old Doug Ford, a Toronto councillor whose brother Rob just happens to be the city mayor, was caught out (by the Toronto Star, of course, the newspaper in such a permanent state of nervous Nellie-dom about the Fords, forever crying in front-page headlines “The world is ending! Again!”, that it renders the boy who cried wolf a reticent little beggar by comparison) shilling for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, which of course was made legal in the province only this year by, wait for it, the government of Premier McGuinty.
Mr. Ford’s sin, through an assistant, had been to ask the TSDB to consider circulating a little brochure about WFC community involvement. “A terrible idea,” one trustee immediately said, noting that “schools are all about peacemaking now.”
That’s quite true: In Toronto, actual education routinely takes a back seat to anti-bullying messages, gay-positive education, recognition assemblies and social justice.
In any case, it already has been a bad month for Doug Ford.
Just days later, while attending a meeting about possible cuts to school nutritional programs, he offered to kick in $1,000 to help a particular program. So shocked were his fellows and Toronto taxpayers at the sight of a local politician offering to reach into his own pocket to pay for anything, they rose up as one to protest that this too must be dead-wrong.
(It reminded me of the time, years ago, when his brother was just a councillor and also got in trouble for not spending enough on his expenses. The nerve of those Ford bastards, not sucking the municipal tit for every last drop! That’s just wrong! But I digress.)
‘I have no particular fondness for gratuitous roughness in games, no time for bullies at all, and as a downtowner, I live surrounded by gay men, who, like most women, I adore as a group’
I think that part of the reason it’s a bad time to be Doug or Rob Ford or anyone like them is that they are too big, too pink, too football-y, and therefore too potentially violent and too-old school manly for a lot of city folk.
Toronto likes its men delicate, slender and arch, not sportif unless le sport in question is maybe badminton, and if those little boys I saw on Yonge Street are any indication, Toronto is even now about to achieve perfection in this coming generation.
Do not mistake this as a plea for head-banging in sport, a defence of bullies, or a veiled anti-gay message. I have no particular fondness for gratuitous roughness in games, no time for bullies at all, and as a downtowner, I live surrounded by gay men, who, like most women, I adore as a group.
But holy smokes, I am wearying of the male as delicate creature. I am wearying of men who are so frequently in touch with their feminine side they, not to mention me, have lost sight of the masculine one. I’m just plain sick of hugs, giving and getting, from just about anyone, but particularly man-to-man hugs.
And the novelty of being the toughest guy in the room – and by this I mean me – is getting really old.
In aid of all that, let me offer a few reminders of the way it was once upon a time and really always should be.
I remain convinced that the best way to stop a bully is not to go mewling to the teacher, who will only call the victim’s mummy, or to your own mummy, who will only call the teacher. The best way is to take the bully out for a short pounding after school – and may I make it plain, please, that I don’t mean the victims should do this, but rather others. The onus for stopping bullies lies not with the people being bullied, but with those who see it happen.
This has been true for centuries, and it is still true, and it works equally well in the locker room, the office, a bar, and on the factory floor or street.
It is possible to be a gentle and kind man without speaking in a soft, sibilant voice that makes all sentences sound to my ear as though they were composed entirely of Ss.
Glasses should be worn only by people who can’t see, not as props.
Gay, as I’ve mentioned, is entirely fine. Fey is a pain in the arse.
I know men have feelings too. I just don’t need to know much more than that. On any list of The 25 Things Every Man And Boy Should Know How To Do, hugging is not one of them. Killing bugs is. Whacking bullies is. Kissing is. Farting on cue is. Making the sound of a train in a tunnel is. Shooting a puck is. Hugging is not.
Feel free to give this to your male children. You’re entirely welcome.
National Postcblatchford@postmedia.com
Thursday, December 08, 2011
The Pam McConnell, Adam Vaughan Effect...
We want more. We want it free. And we want to feel good about it. Park's turf makeover could be done by week's end
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
16.000 Versus 35 Million...
...it wouldn't be a fair fight if the 35M would show some balls!
Pleasing your enemies does not turn them into friends-SDA
Barbara Kay: Could Canada be facing a future native insurrection?
Dec 6, 2011 – 1:46 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 6, 2011 5:21 PM ET
ne of my most enduring political memories occurred during the 1995 referendum campaign. The 16,000 Cree Indians in and around James Bay illuminated their resistance to Quebec’s separation from Canada with a reminder that the fate of Quebec’s remote, undefended (and indefensible) hydro-electric facilities was theirs to command. Their not-so-veiled threat awoke me to the obvious fact that Canada’s great territorial mass, a bulwark against external menace, also makes it vulnerable to domestic insurgents.
Most of Canada’s energy and transportation hubs run through native lands. Revanchist natives sometimes taunt Canadians with merely inconvenient road and rail blockades; yet these also semaphore the real economic disaster they could inflict on us if they chose to wage a real, sustained campaign of violence and disruption. Covert, sometimes overt, intimations of an approaching crisis speckle the discourse. Recently, for example, Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, said, “Canadian society must heal the damage caused by the Indian residential school system or deal with the violence that will be undoubtedly unleashed against it.” Read More »
Dec 6, 2011 – 1:46 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 6, 2011 5:21 PM ET
ne of my most enduring political memories occurred during the 1995 referendum campaign. The 16,000 Cree Indians in and around James Bay illuminated their resistance to Quebec’s separation from Canada with a reminder that the fate of Quebec’s remote, undefended (and indefensible) hydro-electric facilities was theirs to command. Their not-so-veiled threat awoke me to the obvious fact that Canada’s great territorial mass, a bulwark against external menace, also makes it vulnerable to domestic insurgents.
Most of Canada’s energy and transportation hubs run through native lands. Revanchist natives sometimes taunt Canadians with merely inconvenient road and rail blockades; yet these also semaphore the real economic disaster they could inflict on us if they chose to wage a real, sustained campaign of violence and disruption. Covert, sometimes overt, intimations of an approaching crisis speckle the discourse. Recently, for example, Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, said, “Canadian society must heal the damage caused by the Indian residential school system or deal with the violence that will be undoubtedly unleashed against it.” Read More »
Message to Indians...
...in many, too many, cases your enemy is not the white man in Ottawa or your provincial capitals but in your own back yard and they use you as pawns to further their self interests whether it is politically of financialy. It is time those bands that are "successful" to step up to the plate and kick a little ass...
Lorne Gunter: The Indian Act sustains the problems on our reserves
Dec 6, 2011 – 2:49 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 6, 2011 3:08 PM ET
Last week, I wrote that political correctness was behind the mess at the troubles Ontario Cree community of Attawapiskat. Politicians and bureaucrats are worried about being labelled racist by aboriginal leaders, so they won’t call out the incompetence, nepotism, mismanagement and corruption that leads to the dysfunction that now paralyzes northern Ontario’s Cree reserves and more than 140 (of 630) other First Nations reserves across the country, which are under some form of direct or indirect management by Ottawa.
I stand by that assertion. There are simply too many examples of band politicians in communities of a few hundred people paying themselves more than the prime minister or their provincial premier, or new councils firing most of the employees on a reserve after an election and replacing them with friends and relatives (only to have the process reversed when the old councilors win re-election after the next vote and rehire their supporters), or incomplete records of payments made from band funds, or grants for firehalls or community centres that never get built (or get built but never get used). Read More »
Lorne Gunter: The Indian Act sustains the problems on our reserves
Dec 6, 2011 – 2:49 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 6, 2011 3:08 PM ET
Last week, I wrote that political correctness was behind the mess at the troubles Ontario Cree community of Attawapiskat. Politicians and bureaucrats are worried about being labelled racist by aboriginal leaders, so they won’t call out the incompetence, nepotism, mismanagement and corruption that leads to the dysfunction that now paralyzes northern Ontario’s Cree reserves and more than 140 (of 630) other First Nations reserves across the country, which are under some form of direct or indirect management by Ottawa.
I stand by that assertion. There are simply too many examples of band politicians in communities of a few hundred people paying themselves more than the prime minister or their provincial premier, or new councils firing most of the employees on a reserve after an election and replacing them with friends and relatives (only to have the process reversed when the old councilors win re-election after the next vote and rehire their supporters), or incomplete records of payments made from band funds, or grants for firehalls or community centres that never get built (or get built but never get used). Read More »
Dulltoon Figures You Have An Adequate Supply...
Dulltoon adding more tools to his gift to his supporters...Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Thank Those Who Voted For Change In The Previous Election...
...and the only saving grace is we can take some solace in the fact that own most of the swamp land in Florida!
Attawapiskat! They Didn't Learn Anything At Caledonia?
Walking While White
CALEDONIA -- The 8 suspects charged in a foiled plot to walk in a group on provincially owned land represent a "broad strata'' of Canadian society.
Posted by Kate at 12:58 AM Comments (46)
‘No Whites Allowed’: more on yesterday’s arrest at Caledonia
By Kathy Shaidle on Monday, December 5th, 2011 No Comments
A reader sends in this photo, with the following comments:
By Kathy Shaidle on Monday, December 5th, 2011 No Comments
A reader sends in this photo, with the following comments:
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“Here’s my photo of the eight arrested Saturday for trespassing on ‘Ontario government’ land in Caledonia.
“The smiles are because immediately prior to this photo-taking, Gary McHale had informed OPP brass that all 8 arrests had been illegal.
“He produced documentary evidence that 16 acres—including, by design, the very spot where he was arrested—of the 100 acres of what was formerly known as Douglas Creek Estates’ actually still belong to Haldimand County, not the provincial government.
(The McGuinty government’s solution to the land dispute was to buy all available lands with our money and then allow only natives on it).
“Government instructions to police were to arrest any non-natives ‘trespassing’ on the now provincially-owned lands, but neither the police or the government had actually taken the trouble, as Gary had, to research all the deeds to the properties.
“The larger issue of racially-based policing is what’s really at stake here, of course, and that issue has just got a lot more negative publicity.”***I hear one of the arrestees will be talking to Brian Lilley on Byline tonight at 9pm ET
How Much Funding Is Needed....
...to pickup the garbage on your front yard and take it to the local dump or in this case possibly use it to fuel the sacred bonfire?
Jonathan Kay: A tiny decrepit slice of Attawapiskat, right here in my Toronto backyard
Dec 5, 2011 – 12:29 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 5, 2011 2:05 PM ET
There are exactly three houses in my neighbourhood that are owned by the Toronto Community Housing Corporation. These also happen to be the same properties that, for the last decade at least, consistently have appeared to be falling apart, and have garbage strewn over their lawns. Coincidence? Not quite.
It’s famously said that, in the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car. The same principle applies to real estate. The people who live in public-assistance properties aren’t necessarily any lazier or messier than the rest of us. But they have no economic motivation to beautify or maintain properties in which they have no economic interest. So they tend to let their living spaces fall into ruin and filth.
The difference between these properties and resident-owned properties is remarkable. The three city-owned properties I refer to in the first paragraph carry the street numbers 6,8 and 10. The property immediately to the north, number 12, is a world apart — a beautiful, well-maintained house that the owner has tastefully set apart from his neighbours with a wooden fence. The contrast couldn’t be more telling.
Now imagine a whole community of homes that contains no 12 — just variations on 6, 8 and 10 — a place where real-estate ownership is not only discouraged, but actually outlawed. Read More »
Jonathan Kay: A tiny decrepit slice of Attawapiskat, right here in my Toronto backyard
Dec 5, 2011 – 12:29 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 5, 2011 2:05 PM ET
There are exactly three houses in my neighbourhood that are owned by the Toronto Community Housing Corporation. These also happen to be the same properties that, for the last decade at least, consistently have appeared to be falling apart, and have garbage strewn over their lawns. Coincidence? Not quite.
It’s famously said that, in the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car. The same principle applies to real estate. The people who live in public-assistance properties aren’t necessarily any lazier or messier than the rest of us. But they have no economic motivation to beautify or maintain properties in which they have no economic interest. So they tend to let their living spaces fall into ruin and filth.
The difference between these properties and resident-owned properties is remarkable. The three city-owned properties I refer to in the first paragraph carry the street numbers 6,8 and 10. The property immediately to the north, number 12, is a world apart — a beautiful, well-maintained house that the owner has tastefully set apart from his neighbours with a wooden fence. The contrast couldn’t be more telling.
Now imagine a whole community of homes that contains no 12 — just variations on 6, 8 and 10 — a place where real-estate ownership is not only discouraged, but actually outlawed. Read More »
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Entry Program For Leftists...
Free Degree Available to Devout Followers of the Church of Leftism
Unbeknownst to the OWS participants and supporters, a college-like degree in "Basic Life Lessons and Economic Realities" was available to them, free of charge, if only they paid attention to what actually happened over the past 2 months. In a brilliant column, that should be printed out and affixed above the bed of every entitlement junkie, Eric Duhaime outlines the valuable life lessons:
Down with public property
Banks fulfill an essential function
Law and order help when you’re being pushed around by criminals
You need to work before you eat
The leaders of the Left never practice what they preach
Folks on the Left constantly remind the rest of us of how incredibly open minded they are. Duhaime's 5 absolute truths provide a valuable opportunity to test this assertion. Observe the Leftists you encounter in 2012 and see which ones earned an "A" and which ones ended up with an "F" in Duhaime's course.
For extra credit towards an A+, direct them to this discussion between the author and Charles Adler.
Posted by Robert at 6:13 PM Comments (12)
Daniel Hannan's 10-Point Memo to Leftists
If SDA Trolls are any indication of the Leftist mindset, then they truly aren't remotely aware of how [small-c] conservatives think. Member of the European Parliament, Daniel Hannan, has penned a simple memo to help the comrades better understand.
Here's a snippet:
Those of us who believe in small government are not motivated by the desire to make the rich richer. We’re really not. We are, in most cases, nowhere near having to pay top rate tax ourselves; our most eloquent champions over the years have been modestly-paid academics. We believe that economic freedom will enrich the country as a whole. Yes, the wealthy might become wealthier still, but we don't see that as an argument against raising living standards for the majority.
Posted by Robert at 9:57 PM Comments (41)
He Is Trying So Let's Give Him Some Breathing Room...
Grading Rob Ford
With Rob Ford having served just more than one year in office, as of Dec. 1, Matt Gurney and Chris Selley offer a report card for the Mayor’s work so far
With Rob Ford having served just more than one year in office, as of Dec. 1, Matt Gurney and Chris Selley offer a report card for the Mayor’s work so far
Another Feather In McGoonty's Hat...
As the Caledonian occupation comes to a close in court, its issues linger
Years after the height of the fiery native occupation in Caledonia, tensions over the still-occupied site are set to flare again as non-native activists promised to march onto the site to raise a Canadian flag
Culture of racism behind beating of non-native builder by Caledonia activist: lawyer
Caledonia assault sentencing not a platform, judge warns
...all of the failures in Ontario get the media attention while the following is just a filler
B.C. First Nation buys ownership stake in Enbridge pipeline
Years after the height of the fiery native occupation in Caledonia, tensions over the still-occupied site are set to flare again as non-native activists promised to march onto the site to raise a Canadian flag
Culture of racism behind beating of non-native builder by Caledonia activist: lawyer
Caledonia assault sentencing not a platform, judge warns
...all of the failures in Ontario get the media attention while the following is just a filler
B.C. First Nation buys ownership stake in Enbridge pipeline
The Vagaries Of Special Status...
...it is verboten for the "white man" to be critical of the actions of his "red brothers" so their actions are overlooked when it comes to outright fraud and theft.
Follow the money to Attawapiskat
Despite gut-wrenching images of Native children in far-off Attawapiskat living in unheated sheds and tents with no electricity and no running water, the tragic situation is largely self-inflicted.
Follow the money to Attawapiskat
Despite gut-wrenching images of Native children in far-off Attawapiskat living in unheated sheds and tents with no electricity and no running water, the tragic situation is largely self-inflicted.
I hope they didn’t get used to the parade of media and politicians up there in poor old Attawapiskat, the remote native community on James Bay that has been so much in the news the last while
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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.