Going to New York Take Note...

 

'Soup Nazi' reopening shop

Labelling To The Nth Degree

Menzoid says: Ladies, is it that time? Wear a ribbon!

David "The Menzoid" Menzies suggests that the Femazoids out there should wear a blue ribbon to identify to the men that it's... "that time of the month."

Gotcha!

Q&A: Urinate in his lobby at your peril

Posted: August 17, 2009, 4:39 PM by Rob Roberts

(Watch the video here.)

On Sunday, Aug. 9, around 12:20 a.m., a man walked into a brightly lit lobby on Queen Street West near Dufferin, unzipped his pants and urinated in full view of a closed-circuit camera. Alex Hess, the building manager, found the mess when he arrived home a few moments later. He wasted no time getting even. After pouring bleach on the urine, he marched upstairs to his apartment and reviewed the security footage. He marched back out with posters of the man with the title, “SMALL PENIS ALERT.” “This man has been peeing in our building for years,” the poster reads. “Do you recognize him, or his small penis?” Mr. Hess, 26, has also uploaded the footage to YouTube, where it has been viewed nearly 5,000 times in less than a week. He chatted with reporter Mary Vallis about his unique revenge:

Q: When did this man start urinating in your lobby?
A: I don’t know if it’s the same guy. Usually, it’s hard to see the faces. People have been peeing there for years. The reason this one deserves the poster is because they usually come up and pee in the corner and leave. It still sucks, because it’s there, and it smells. But this guy, he comes and he just pees facing the street, all over the place. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen anyone do that.

More Musing

19th century advice for today's Liberals

Thomas S. Axworthy

Aug. 02, 2009

Summer is a time to recharge intellectual batteries, reconnect with old friends...

Trying To Educate The Left Wing......

.....the problem is there is no place on their bycycles for bumper stickers

1 In 30.000

......a non-union municipal employee.

Money well spent By BRYN WEESE, SUN MEDIA It's not everyday a former municipal politician donates $30,000 of his own money to make his community better.

This Is NOY A Conservative ATTACK AD But A Warning.....

....jehovah witnesses not the only one hammering on your door today! Sunday's Something To Think About May 31 2009

Written by Krazy

Saturday, 30 May 2009 00:00

The other day I received an email from my Liberal friends signed by Michael himself (of course). I just scanned over it but instead of filing it in the trash I moved it to my "misc" file. Why I did that I don't know but today I gave it another read. Dear Frank, You and I have an opportunity to put Canada back on the right path. It's a big task but we Liberals have a great track record of accomplishing remarkable things, and the job is made easier with each new pair of hands. The first step is to have as many Liberals as possible ready to fight for their vision of Canada in the next election. Let's start by doubling our current membership - one new member at a time. Each of us knows at least one person who shares our Liberal values, but may not yet be a member of our Party. Please ask them to join us in the work we have ahead of us. If someone you refer joins the party on-line before Canada Day, your riding or theirs - or both - could become special stops being planned as part of my summer tour - visits that would include opportunities for us to sit down together in a private meeting to discuss your ideas for the future of our party and our country. The Liberal Party of Canada is more than just a collection of individuals with Liberal values. Our members are part of a proud tradition of public service that reaches beyond our differences towards what unites us. Together, we are moving toward a new kind of politics, where all Canadians can play a part in shaping our future. Help me build this movement and lead our party and our country. Visit the new membership section of the Liberal website and use the built-in referral tool to invite a new member today. Yours sincerely, Michael Ignatieff Now its the usual hype given out by political parties, except this email had something that caught my attention; "If someone you refer joins the party on-line before Canada Day, your riding or theirs - or both - could become special stops being planned as part of my summer tour - visits that would include opportunities for us to sit down together in a private meeting to discuss your ideas for the future of our party and our country." How many here on the broom would like to "sit down together in a private meeting to discuss your ideas" with Michael? I'm sure a few would like to do that - anyone think its worth a shot to have "Krazy" here sign you up as a member of the Liberal party for a chance to discuss our ideas with Michael? Maybe I'm just drinking too much of this tainted vodka from Igor's home still!

Guessing Not Required-UN Has Become Propoganda Arm Of "terrorists

The United Nations...

posted by GayandRight

"While Europe Slept" Warned Us.......

Nice review of Bruce Bawer's new book....
His new book, Surrender, is out later this month, and I urge everybody to buy a copy.... A couple of years ago Bawer published a book on a related topic, "While Europe Slept," a warning about the increasing Islamization of Europe (Bawer, a U.S. native, lives in Oslo, Norway). That book was roundly (though wrongly) vilified as being racist, and likely because of that perception the National Book
GayandRight |

An Informed Populace.....

The Truth Sleuths By THANE BURNETT

What exactly is swine flu anyway?

A friendly reminder: Clean up your act! By MIKE STROBEL

Just a friendly reminder

More Green Garbage To Be Recycled

Gore pleads for unity on climate, despite divide...

Dems Refuse to Allow Skeptic to Testify...

Key Dem: 'Nobody in this country realizes that cap and trade is a tax, and it's a great big one'...

Gingrich: Climate bill will punish Americans...

The Thrilla in Vanilla: Gore vs. Gingrich in Global Warming ‘Showdown’? April 24, 2009 11:03 AM by Doug Powers 95 Comments | 6 Trackbacks

Keep Abeast Of Possible Swine Flu

Possible Swine Flu Outbreak At NYC Prep School...
Most fatal flu victims aged between 25-45...
Swine flu could infect trade and travel...
Schwarzenegger has 'rigorous' plan...
WHO ready with antivirals...
The mysterious respiratory illness...
CDC says too late to contain...
60 DEAD: Mexico City launches huge vaccination campaign...
CLOSE TO 1,000 SUSPECTED CASES...
Heighten Risk of Pandemic...
Concerns in California, Texas...
Mutated from pigs, transmitted to humans...
Mexico has not suffered serious flu epidemic before...

Watch What You Say Jock!

Don't say 'blind as a bat', British diversity guide warns police
Offensive to bats??

"Thousands of police officers have been issued with a 140-page 'diversity handbook' containing tips such as 'Don't lean on a disabled person's wheelchair'. The guide points out that it is unhelpful for officers to cover their mouths when talking to somebody who is lip-reading, and suggests the phrase 'blind as a bat' may cause offence.The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland spent almost £5,000 on the project, consulting 75 different groups before handing out 7,000 copies of the booklet to all Scottish police forces. But frontline officers dismissed the book as patronising and pointless, claiming money was being wasted on stating the obvious in the name of political correctness. The book also points out that cheery traditional greetings such as 'hen', 'pet', 'love' and 'my dear' should never be addressed to a woman. And officers are reminded that a woman who is provocatively dressed and 'paying attention to passing vehicles' may not necessarily be a prostitute. Source

Most bats can actually see quite well, as it happens. Their eyes are primarily adapted to night vision, however.

Posted by jonjayray

Attention Seniors

Seniors get more time to qualify for tax refund
April 02, 2009 James Daw
Attention seniors: Hold on to your tax returns, or get ready to file an adjustment form. You still have until April 14 to qualify for an extra refund of some of your 2008 income taxes.
Some effort will be required, including a trip to your bank or other financial company. But you could save hundreds of dollars, at least temporarily.
This one-time opportunity was promised in November by Finance Minister James Flaherty, but it did not receive final assent until March 12.
So, as Toronto Star reader Cecil King of Ajax points out, there may be seniors who did not see reports on Flaherty's announcement, or get good advice from their financial institution.
Flaherty promised to let holders of registered retirement income funds (RRIFs), life income funds (LIFs) and locked-in retirement income accounts (LRIFs) draw 25 per cent less income in 2008 than the minimum specified for their age.
Flaherty made the offer so people would have extra time to recover from last year's investment losses or simply spread their remaining savings over more years.
He added another promise in January to let beneficiaries waiting for a distribution from a registered account treat investment losses as though they occurred before the account holder's death.
For many seniors, the opportunity to draw less income in 2008 meant nothing because they needed and spent every dollar as it came in. In fact, some would have withdrawn more from their locked-in accounts if they could.
For others, the announcement came too late to scale back their withdrawals partly or fully. But Jamie Golombek of CIBC Private Wealth Management points out that putting money back in this year instead of taking less last year is not a bad thing, despite the inconvenience.
Minimum withdrawals for 2009 will be based, as usual, on the account balance as of Jan. 1. Those who took the required withdrawals in 2008 and can afford to put money back in 2009 will be able to shelter more money from tax longer. (Eventually, everything in a registered account will be withdrawn and taxed.)
Someone who was required to withdraw $10,000 in 2008 could contribute $2,500 to the same registered account or another one, and claim a tax rebate of $500 to $1,150 depending on their other income.
"To the extent they want to keep as much money in as possible in a tax-sheltered vehicle, (seniors) should make a contribution," says Gena Katz of Ernst & Young.
Provincial regulations will not permit someone to return money to a LIF or LRIF, the type of account used to hold money transferred directly from a pension plan. But they could contribute to another an existing RRIF account, or a newly opened account. Someone 71 or younger this year could open a registered retirement savings plan, and convert to a RRIF later.
Some seniors have complained they encountered confusion or resistance at financial institutions when they asked about reducing withdrawals or returning money to a registered account.
But Katz says financial institutions should be up to speed by now and ready to deal with contributions. The delay in passing enabling legislation resulted in seniors being given until Tuesday, April 14, instead of March 2 to contribute the equivalent of a quarter of last year's minimum withdrawal.
If you have already filed your 2008 tax return, you could still make your RRIF or RRSP contribution and file a T1 adjustment form, either right away or when you receive your assessment statement, says Katz.
James Daw, CFP, appears Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. He can be reached at Business, 1 Yonge St., Toronto M5E 1E6; at 416-945-8633; 416-865-3630 by fax; or at jdaw@thestar.ca by email.

Not In Webster's Abridged Edition BUT......

The Liberal Lexicon
Community: That tightly-knit amalgamation of one or many gay, black, feminist, Hispanic, asian, native American, and other victimological groups who hate their position in the economic structure of the United States and intend to shame their oppressors at the top into giving them, free of charge, the kind of lives for which others have had to labor for decades to achieve.Greed:The immoral desire t
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Hitting the street

June 18, 2008 17:06

Rainbow Flag raising
June 23, 12:30pm
Join Mayor David Miller at the Toronto City Hall podium (100 Queen W.) for the annual raising of the Rainbow Flag, which signifies the launch of Pride Week.

AIDS candlelight vigil
June 26, 9pm
Light a candle to honour both those who have died from AIDS and those still fighting the disease. This annual community event is held at Cawthra Square Park, 519 Church. Go to www.the519.org for more information.
Street festival
June 27, 6pm-midnight; June 28, 11am-midnight; June 29 11am-11pm
On Pride Weekend, the Church-Wellesley Village hosts the biggest street party of the year, with 12 city blocks shut down to make room for beer tents, a marketplace and live performances ranging from the indie-pop of the Hidden Cameras (Bud Light South Stage, June 28, 10pm) to burlesque from Skin Tight Outta Sight (Via Rail Village Stage, June 28, 8pm). Check www.pridetoronto.com for full details.

Dyke March
June 28, 2pm
Women and trans folk take to the streets for a march with more political heft and less product placement than Sunday’s parade. (No vodka-sponsored floats here!) The Dyke March begins at Church and Hayden, heads north to Bloor, west to Yonge, south to Wood, then east back to Church. This year, honoured dyke and social justice activist Anna Willats leads the march, joined by honoured dyke group the Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club.

Pride Parade
June 29, 2pm
Wrap yourself in rainbow flags, fill up your Super Soaker and prepare to party. The Pride Parade starts at Bloor E. and Church, moves west to Yonge, south to Gerrard and east to Church. At the front, you’ve got international grand marshal Gareth Henry (the former co-chair and program director of JFLAG, the Jamaican Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays); grand marshal Enza “Supermodel” Anderson; and honoured group Friends for Life Bike Rally.

A USERS GUIDE TO THE COPYRIGHT BILL

Here’s how Bill C-61 will affect you—if it passes

Kate Kennedy and Chris Selley | Jun 16, 2008 | 9:28 am EST

According to Industry Minister Jim Prentice, Bill C-61 will bring Canada up to date with the rest of the digital world. Here’s how the fed's proposed amendment to the Copyright Act of Canada will affect you if it becomes law:

Music
You would still be able to copy unprotected music to your iPod and computer so long as you paid for it—but only one copy for each device you own. For downloading unprotected music or movies that you haven’t paid for, you risk a $500 fine. But if you can convince a judge that you did it unknowingly, your penalty will drop to as little as $200. And you won’t be allowed to copy anything (music or movies) that comes with a digital lock. That means you can’t transfer a song from a protected CD to your iPod—even if you own the CD. If you hack a lock, you could face up to $20,000 in fines.

Movies
You’d be allowed to make a copy of a movie you paid for (even on the Internet) but you’re not allowed to break any digital protection—which is on pretty much every DVD at your local video store. Doing so will cost you up to $20,000 in fines. Programs that help you burn protected DVD’s will be illegal to make, sell, rent or import.

Television
You would be allowed to record a TV or radio show, but no more than one copy. And if broadcasters started putting up locks to block your PVR, you could face fines for hacking it.

Cell Phones
You won't be allowed to unlock your cell phone to avoid roaming charges.

............

It's far from certain any of this will come to pass in the near future; the bill could very easily die on the order paper if and when Canadians go to the polls. But even if it does become law, neither its opponents nor its detractors are predicting a sea change in online habits—not when it comes to what would become "illegal" downloading music and movies, anyway.

C-61 is often criticized for too closely mimicking the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act—a restrictive framework under which the Recording Industry Association of America has sued, among other people, a single mother from Minnesota for US$3.9 million. But Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce at the University of Ottawa, notes that for all DMCA's terrible press, file sharing has flourished under its watchful eye and CD sales have tanked. The law "predates Napster," he says. "The entire peer-to-peer [downloading] phenomenon has existed with this kind of legislation in effect."

And unlike the RIAA, the Canadian record industry appears unwilling to bare its fangs against individual downloaders. Duncan McKie, president of the Canadian Independent Record Production Association, told Canwest News this week that he was more concerned with "the most egregious violators" than with casual listeners, and neither his organization nor the Canadian Record Industry Association advocates the sort of random lawsuits that generated much controversy in the U.S. As such, and with fines for garden-variety downloading topping out at $500—the cost of just 25 CDs, give or take—does C-61 have any bite to match its bark?

McKie, who believes digital sales will flourish under C-61 even if downloading doesn't abate, says it all comes down to whether "people look towards government for guidance with respect to how they behave." Demographic segments more concerned with staying within the letter of the law might be scared straight, but in general he acknowledges it's a tough question to answer. "Some might say they do, except when it comes to the Internet. Then they just do whatever the hell they want."

I Will Be At Work But You Might Want To Attend

No More Excuses

Sure, the McGuinty Libs are hosting forums on poverty, but remember, they’re the folks who delayed the $10 minimum wage till 2010 – one reason to head down to the NDP’s anti-poverty town hall, Monday (June 16), 6 to 9 pm. Free. Native Canadian Centre, 16 Spadina Road. 416-325-2741.

Useless Whining Blogs

Real Common Sense

More Support For Carbon Tax

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Carbon copy taxes

Liberal leader Stephane Dion will it seems announce plans to impose a "carbon tax" in the unlikely event he should ever become Prime Minister.

The media is spinning this as a bold move given that Canadians are already fed up with gasoline prices which are soaring faster than Michael Moore's cholesterol count.

But actually, for Dion it's a no-brainer.

A carbon tax, of some sort, is clearly in the works. Even some conservatives and libertarians support the idea.

In fact, I suspect the reason Dion spilled the beans for his carbon tax idea was to preempt the Conservatives who were probably planning something similar.

Does this make carbon taxes a good idea?

I don't think so. Once you set the precedent that raising taxes is a good way to save the planet you are guaranteed one thing -- more taxes.

I suspect that before long we will see such new measures as:

* Drive-Thru Tax
Everybody knows idling your car while waiting for you morning coffee in the Tim Horton's Drive thru adds to global warming, so why not tax it? To offset this tax, "roll-up the rim" prizes will include a one-time tax exemption.

* Toilet Paper Tax
The less said about this the better.

* David Suzuki Surcharge
This will be not so much of a tax per se, but more like tribute money paid to Canada's most famous environmentalist. He will use the money to dream up new environmental taxes.

We will be told, of course, that these taxes will be "revenue neutral", which is another way of saying, if you want to keep your revenue move to Switzerland.