Ball Breaker Would Be More Appropriate...Ask the lefties!

Illustrator David Parkins dances through Mayor Ford’s eventful first year in office.

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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.

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.

Is Anyone Surprised...

...that the bastion of the leftwing, THE STAR, is giving Sewell a platform .

John Sewell, cop hater: Grant

By Gary Grant

Former Toronto mayor and local crank John Sewell’s attack on the police isn’t constructive criticism or well meaning. It is just a long-time cop hater being a cop hater.

Questions for police over budget


The Toronto Police Services Board has put off making a decision on the force’s ever-expanding budget after Mayor Rob Ford’s allies questioned the cost of the second-most expensive agency in the city

...the police budget could be reduced if the Mayor tells the Toronto Police Services Board to get our of the social welfare business and concentrate on crime; ie: murders, attacks on citizens, Gangstas, drug dealers, etc.

Good News! Bad News!

Jonathan Kay: Canada's left loses another radical voice

Posted: April 21, 2010, 2:00 PM by Kelly McParland Filed under: Jonathan Kay

I doubt this will register as epic news outside of Toronto. But it has just come to my attention that Antonia Zerbisias is no longer writing a column for the Toronto Star. Her March 31 effort -- a not untypical Zerb rant against the evils of Canadian foreign policy -- informed readers that "This will be my last column for The Star's Living section. Thanks for reading, and for writing. Stay tuned for news of my next assignment for The Star." (Her subsequent piece, published in April, describe her as a "Feature Writer.") I have no inside knowledge of why Zerbisias lost her column. It may have something to do with the fact that in the last few years she has become frighteningly obsessed with two narrow issues: (1) the supposed horrors perpetrated against Palestinians by Israel, and (2) her conspiracy theory that male patriarchs everywhere are plotting to end abortion rights and cast Canadian women back to the stone age -- neither of which were a particularly good fit for the "Living" section. But it may also be that Zerbisias simply got tired of the columnist grind, and wanted the freedom to write features. (She still has the outlet of Twitter, on which she is inhumanly voluble.)

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Don't Over React...It Is THE TORONTO STAR...

...the paper that is backing Smitherman, backed McGuity, backed Miller, backed Martinand we are paying for these affliations.

Chris Selley: Useless debate of the day — What if Haitians were white?

Posted: January 14, 2010, 4:09 PM by NP Editor

A release from The Humanitarian Coalition today:

Canadian response to Haiti overwhelming

January 14, 2010 –THE HUMANITARIAN COALITION is thanking Canadians for their generosity, and is asking them to be patient if they are experiencing problems while trying to make a donation online or by phone. The sheer level of internet and phone donations is stretching the ability of computer servers and phone call centres, but the donations are still urgently needed for the relief effort.

“The generosity of Canadians in the first 24 hours of this disaster is one of the most moving things I have ever experienced. It is literally overwhelming our donation systems,” said David Morley, President and CEO of Save the Children Canada. “To those who are having difficulty getting through by internet or phone to make their donation to THE HUMANITARIAN COALITION, thank you and please be patient. We are working on our systems to adjust to the sheer magnitude of your response.”

And an article from the always-useful Toronto Star, today:

Subconscious racism infects how people respond to others in a crisis, which could influence the reaction to the catastrophe in Haiti, says the author of a new study.

“The response can be: ‘They brought it on themselves’ or ‘It’s not that bad,’ or someone may keep away from the media to avoid exposure to Haiti,” Dr. Donald Saucier, a psychology professor at Kansas State University, said in an interview with the Star on Thursday.

I wouldn't dispute a word of Dr. Saucier's assertions; they seem perfectly logical to me. My question is: What kind of editor conceives and assigns that story today, in response to this particular tragedy, to which the world's reaction seems to be commendably quick and compassionate? Where's the tension? Should Canada have responded to the earthquake before it happened?

National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com

Chris Selley: Useless debate of the day — What if Haitians were white?

Posted: January 14, 2010, 4:09 PM by NP Editor
Filed under: Canadian politics,Full Pundit,Chris Selley

A release from The Humanitarian Coalition today:

Canadian response to Haiti overwhelming

January 14, 2010 –THE HUMANITARIAN COALITION is thanking Canadians for their generosity, and is asking them to be patient if they are experiencing problems while trying to make a donation online or by phone. The sheer level of internet and phone donations is stretching the ability of computer servers and phone call centres, but the donations are still urgently needed for the relief effort.

“The generosity of Canadians in the first 24 hours of this disaster is one of the most moving things I have ever experienced. It is literally overwhelming our donation systems,” said David Morley, President and CEO of Save the Children Canada. “To those who are having difficulty getting through by internet or phone to make their donation to THE HUMANITARIAN COALITION, thank you and please be patient. We are working on our systems to adjust to the sheer magnitude of your response.”

And an article from the always-useful Toronto Star, today:

Subconscious racism infects how people respond to others in a crisis, which could influence the reaction to the catastrophe in Haiti, says the author of a new study.

“The response can be: ‘They brought it on themselves’ or ‘It’s not that bad,’ or someone may keep away from the media to avoid exposure to Haiti,” Dr. Donald Saucier, a psychology professor at Kansas State University, said in an interview with the Star on Thursday.

I wouldn't dispute a word of Dr. Saucier's assertions; they seem perfectly logical to me. My question is: What kind of editor conceives and assigns that story today, in response to this particular tragedy, to which the world's reaction seems to be commendably quick and compassionate? Where's the tension? Should Canada have responded to the earthquake before it happened?

National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com

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South Of Bloor, Waterfront Condo Owners, Island Sqatters, Social In-Activists, Et Al Ordering Their Election Latte...

Smitherman gets a boost

By Sue-Ann Levy, City Hall Columnist

The lawyer considered David Miller’s “kingmaker” in 2006 has decided to throw his fundraising weight behind mayoralty candidate George Smitherman, the Toronto Sun has confirmed.

Smitherman’s the Star ... for now

Thank heavens we have the Toronto Star to tell us the mayoralty race is all but over before it’s begun.