How ironic that as we seek this Remembrance Day to honour the men and women who die on behalf of our country, purportedly in “just” wars around the world, we wear poppies in their name.
Showing posts with label A Sign Of Our Times. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A Sign Of Our Times. Show all posts
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Friday, November 12, 2010
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Friday, June 04, 2010
A Sign Of Our Times...
Beaten 79-year-old lucky to be alive
A 79-year-old man is “fortunate to be alive” after taking a vicious beating during a robbery at a midtown laundry shop, police said Thursday.
Threatening rap video takes aim at G20 and T.O.
Last Updated: June 3, 2010 9:23pm
The lyrics in the song F--- the Law by Dead Prez pulsate as the soundtrack to a video posted on YouTube Thursday highlights some of Toronto’s most precious landmarks and treasures.
It’s already alarming, but when you see the skull and bones image on top of subway stations, the cloaked threat makes the hair on the back of one’s neck stand up.
“You wonder why we feel like f--- the law, you wonder why we write up on the wall, you wonder why we burn the cities down, cuz we don’t give a f---, the time is now.”
A harmless rap video or a wicked warning of what could be coming to the G20 summit?
“It’s an open question for interpretation,” said terrorism expert David Harris of Insignis Strategic Research.
But Toronto Police are not alarmed.
“They don’t like capitalism and they are entitled not to like capitalism,” said spokesman Mark Pugash. Maybe we can hit the video-makers with a parking ticket instead?
On www.clac2010.net, which is credited at the end of the video, you will find the Convergence Des Luttes Anticapitalistes site with the heading “ATTACK THE G20 — TORONTO, JUNE 25-26-27, 2010” and describing itself as “a new anti-capitalist alliance” calling “for mobilization against the Group of 20.”
They have not called me back but I always find these types of slugs braver in packs of more than 100 and hidden behind bandanas.
None of the government organizers of this ridiculous downtown takeover extended the courtesy of a return call, either, and for their sanguine approach toward this video I will insist they are held accountable should someone use it for nefarious purposes.
Some of the organizers seem more interested in shutting out every normal Torontonian than making life uncomfortable for the garbage responsible for all of this expense.
Apparently no laws were broken with this video. Remember that when you get your next parking ticket.
I wonder if this beyond-the-pale video is not its own form of terrorism that could garner the same kind of prompt response the rest of us would get for driving while talking on the cellphone? Or does political correctness extend to the protection of the lazy anti-establishment bully ahead of those who pay the freight?
Being alarmist? Hey, somebody is obviously concerned something could happen. The taxpayer is on the hook for at least $1 billion in security for this shindig.
The police Thursday showed off what it will be able to do with new security toys that cost hundreds of millions. With a $300 video camera the anti-capitalists showed what they can do.
The video is clever and gutless. Clever in that it uses our freedoms to disguise itself as either an intimidator or a tourist travel log and gutless in that whoever made is not courageous enough to put his name to it.
This thing is as slick as it is sick. It plays like a target list — showing a map of inside and outside the G20 wall. On the video are closeups of streets, banks, hotels, condo buildings, parks and landmarks.
Next to the skull and bones on the map it often says “Vous etes Ici” which translates to “You are Here.”
Writing he did not make the video but simply posted it anti-globalization activist Jaggi Singh tweeted “targeting the Hockey Hall of Fame? Montrealers want to visit the Hall to see all the Stanley Cups they’ve won.”
Smug, smart, effective. But also mean.
In a world where we have witnessed the 9/11 attack and in a city where we’ve had the Toronto 18 terrorist scare, it’s vicious to show where innocent are prey.
“It doesn’t rise to the level of incitement under the criminal code but it is a most disturbing signal,” said Harris, formerly of CSIS.
Councillor Adam Vaughan said “your heart sinks” when you see such innuendo, and this video shows “that one $1 billion earmarked for security has to go for more than just protecting the visiting leaders but to protect all of Toronto.”
And to protect us from the doom insinuated in the lyrics: “Break the handcuffs, invade the campus, smash the cameras, f--- the police, pimp the system, slip the banks up, bang for freedom, burn the prisons.”
joe.warmington@sunmedia.ca
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
When You Are Evaluating Your Life Look At The Other "Guy"...
- Larry King -- Honey, I'm Back Home!
- Angry fans pan Julie Andrews gig, want money back
- Ashton Kutcher to play Magnum?
- Samuel L Jackson's perks package reveals he has break from filming to play golf two days a week
- Playboy 'readers' get 3-D centerfold: report
- 'Charlie's Angels' Star Kate Jackson -- I'm in 'Financial Ruin'
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
No Problem...
...give cyclists the same privileges as drivers;
* take a cycling test and obtain a cycling license
* purchase annual license plates for their bikes
* pay the new city fee for licensing their bikes
*obtain insurance
*mandatory helmet and seat belts
*using sidewalks is forbidden and is an offense similar to autos
*inclusion in Ride spot checks
Yikes, make way for the bikes!
Move over, drivers, the bicyclists are coming.
Mayoral candidates' thoughts on bike lanes
Here’s what mayoral hopefuls have to say about the proposed bike lanes:
Monday, April 05, 2010
Nothing About Tiger?
- Paul Russell: Burkas, the Pope & political correctness
- Who knew that a simple garment could become the focus of a heated national debate, implicating freedom of expression, along with the very question of what it means to be a citizen of this country? The niqab (also known as a burka) achieved this dubious distinction in the last few weeks, with scores of readers weighing in on its place in modern Canada. “Discussions about freedom of religion, and freedom of choice in personal dress, just distract people from the real issue,” wrote R. Petlock. “Why is Canada so politically correct and so afraid of being called racist that we let our immigrants define what it means to be Canadian? If you want to be embraced and accepted as a Canadian, learn to speak English and/or French -- and don’t wear a burka.” His letter was prompted by a Quebec law that would block the provision of government services, including education and non-emergency health care, to fully veiled Muslim women. That idea was opposed in a National Post editorial, which stated: “We are deeply suspicious of any government effort to ‘ban the burka.’ In the modern Western liberal tradition, a person’s dress falls into the sphere of individual autonomy.” This position did not sit well with many readers. “Why should people expect to be treated as ordinary when they walk around with their faces covered in the name of religious freedom?” asked Ted Scott. “The National Post is way out in left field on this issue. It should be illegal for anyone to conceal one’s identity or wear a disguise in public.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Let's Discuss This As Gentlemen Over Tea And Crumpets..
...I never gave it any thought before but this story makes me wonder if there are any women cricket teams?
King City cricket scandal shakes sport
March 26, 2010Robert Cribb
Storm clouds of scandal have blown in over the prestigious Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City amid allegations that more than $100,000 can’t be accounted for in its books. York Region police have been asked to investigate.
JIM ROSS/TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTOThe 56-year-old Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City filed a complaint with police March 19 claiming the funds are mysteriously absent from the balance sheet along with about 150 cheque stubs.
The former head of the club, who stepped down last year and was elected president of Cricket Canada last weekend as rumours swirled about the financial scandal, is calling the allegations a failed act of political sabotage.
Police spokesperson Sgt. Laurie Perks said the allegations will be investigated by the force's criminal investigations office.
...rest of the Story
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
I Don't Watch "Award" Shows...
...I would rather watch reruns of Corner Gas, Red Green Show, etc.
Howell: Why these were the worst Oscars ever
March 08, 2010Peter Howell
Oscars hosts Alec Baldwin, right, and Steve Martin ham it up Sunday night. Most of the show was a desperate attempt to look hip, says Peter Howell. (March 7, 2010)
Yes, I know I’ve said this before. But the Academy keeps coming up with new lows.
National Post editorial board: A fitting win for The Hurt Locker
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Life's Certainties, Death And Taxes, Down To One...Taxes
- Bio-cremation, the environmentally friendly way to meet your maker
- You shop at Whole Foods. You drive a hybrid car. You are as correct as they come. You are therefore a candidate for "bio-cremation," the eco-friendly way to meet your maker (who presumably made you without releasing any greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere). Bio-cremation, it says here, is properly known as alkaline hydrolysis, a process that "returns the body to its ashy state via a mixture of water, heat, pressure and potassium hydroxide, a compound often used to make liquid soaps."
Friday, February 12, 2010
Monday, February 08, 2010
I Remember Generation A...
So you thought Generation X was angry?
My generation and those younger than us have been robbed of our rightful inheritance
Published on Friday, Feb. 05, 2010 1:00PM EST Last updated on Sunday, Feb. 07, 2010 7:37PM EST
So you thought Generation X was angry?
More..much more
Monday, November 30, 2009
This Is Sad.......
Where 'nobody hears you'
In a recent series, the Sun found that Ontario is failing to address the needs of human-trafficking victims, many of whom are exploited through the sex trade. During a conference hosted by Light Patrol at the Yonge Street Mission on Friday, 130 people gathered to discuss the issues. Here are some of their stories.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Why Wait? Possibly Something To Do With Honoring A Committment...
...and this might be confusing to many on the left who go with the current trend espoused by their hero of the day,
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Not Hypocricy....Good Old Fashioned Politics
The provinces lure their prey
Children, let us play a game called Spot the Hypocrisy. The governments of British Columbia and Ontario are suing tobacco companies for selling cigarettes that gave people cancer. Yet those two provinces (along with Quebec, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Prince Edward Island) are also doing their utmost to lure gambling addicts to casinos with rewards-style programs - with more than $400-million in free meals, cruises and hotel rooms. One Ontario gambler alone received more than $133,000 in gifts. Have you spotted it yet?
No Harper Moment
I apologize for that shortcoming but at this point in time the MSM (Main Stream Media) seem to be concentrating on Iggy and Jack....akin to the schoolyard bully.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
You Want A Decent Meal-Get Off 401/400
Rest-stop shutdown stranding motorists on the 401
Let them eat (homemade) -- and bring their own gas and a pillow, too!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
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- Unhypentated Canadian
- 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.