Stung by allegations of inflated pay, native chiefs to open their books
It is high time to change the strict policy against the adoption of native children by non-natives. Dec 10, 2010 6:
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Another Two Tier Example...
It is high time to change the strict policy against the adoption of native children by non-natives. Dec 10, 2010 6:
Student Suspended For Expressing Himself BUT,,,
...the leftwing has a protected environment and you and I pay for it.
Jonathan Kay: The Jenny Peto scandal shows that it’s time to clean house at OISE
By now, many people have heard of Jenny Peto — the 29-year-old anti-Israel fanatic who managed to get a Master’s Degree at OISE for a navel-gazing essay that claimed holocaust education was a tool of the Zionist war machine. Peto’s project was so offensive that she actually was rebuked in the Ontario legislature. We also know that the paper is littered with unsupported claims — thanks to this fine article by Robyn Urback.
But Peto is a small fish. The bigger problem here is OISE — the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, AKA UToronto’s teacher’s college — itself. For years, I’ve been hearing tales of political correctness gone amok at OISE, including radical anti-Israeli events. But it took the Peto case to really get me probing around to see what else is going on at OISE.
Someone else who’s been doing his homework is Werner Cohn, a former UBC sociology prof now living in New York. Below, reproduced with his permission, is his analysis of the 36 internet-available master’s theses that have been conducted under the auspices of OISE’s Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education department. They read like a satire of 1990s-era political correctness.
Surely, the higher-ups at UToronto know about this sort of thing. Will the Peto scandal give them the excuse they need to clean house? Read More »
Jonathan Kay: The Jenny Peto scandal shows that it’s time to clean house at OISE
By now, many people have heard of Jenny Peto — the 29-year-old anti-Israel fanatic who managed to get a Master’s Degree at OISE for a navel-gazing essay that claimed holocaust education was a tool of the Zionist war machine. Peto’s project was so offensive that she actually was rebuked in the Ontario legislature. We also know that the paper is littered with unsupported claims — thanks to this fine article by Robyn Urback.
But Peto is a small fish. The bigger problem here is OISE — the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, AKA UToronto’s teacher’s college — itself. For years, I’ve been hearing tales of political correctness gone amok at OISE, including radical anti-Israeli events. But it took the Peto case to really get me probing around to see what else is going on at OISE.
Someone else who’s been doing his homework is Werner Cohn, a former UBC sociology prof now living in New York. Below, reproduced with his permission, is his analysis of the 36 internet-available master’s theses that have been conducted under the auspices of OISE’s Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education department. They read like a satire of 1990s-era political correctness.
Surely, the higher-ups at UToronto know about this sort of thing. Will the Peto scandal give them the excuse they need to clean house? Read More »
Let The Facts Speak For Themselves...
Ford survives Week 1: Levy
By SUE-ANN LEVY, Toronto Sun
All in all it was a pretty good first week for Mayor Rob Ford.
By SUE-ANN LEVY, Toronto Sun
All in all it was a pretty good first week for Mayor Rob Ford.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
The Star Needs To Look At Reality...
A week that will live in hyperbole
Dec 10, 2010 8:11PM EST
Language surrounding Toronto’s G20 has reached a near-hysterical pitch
Dec 10, 2010 8:11PM EST
Language surrounding Toronto’s G20 has reached a near-hysterical pitch
The Black Community...
...have to stop providing a sanctuary for gangstas.
Gun violence is devastating black youth, group says
Put down guns, pastors plead
By TOM GODFREY, Toronto Sun
Pastors and other leaders of the black community are appealing to young men to put their weapons down and stop killing each other following gunplay in which two men were shot in Whitby.
Gun violence is devastating black youth, group says
Put down guns, pastors plead
By TOM GODFREY, Toronto Sun
Pastors and other leaders of the black community are appealing to young men to put their weapons down and stop killing each other following gunplay in which two men were shot in Whitby.
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Happy birthday, Ann Coulter
From Ann Coulter's new column:
"Today's military features 'victim advocates' and sensitivity training facilitators, the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services personnel and a million other goo-goo positions.
"How did we ever take the shores of Normandy without a phalanx of "sensitivity training" counselors? (...)
"Who cares if the Pentagon's sexual harassment task force supports gays in the military? The combat units don't, and they're the ones who do the job. The rest of us shouldn't get to vote on gays in the military any more than we get to vote on the choreography of 'Chicago.'
"Racial prejudice is not the same thing as sexual attraction, so please stop telling us this is just like integrating blacks in the military..."
(via)
# Kathy Shaidle :
...and just so Canadians aren't excluded from this issue:
Canada's Military Changes Uniform Rules For Transgendered Soldiers
Canada's transsexuality bill passes, goes to third reading
Transsexuals are neurotic castration fetishists who need a cure, not a cuddle.
But in the midst of a recession, they're a priority for the Canadian government.
# Kathy Shaidle
From Ann Coulter's new column:
"Today's military features 'victim advocates' and sensitivity training facilitators, the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services personnel and a million other goo-goo positions.
"How did we ever take the shores of Normandy without a phalanx of "sensitivity training" counselors? (...)
"Who cares if the Pentagon's sexual harassment task force supports gays in the military? The combat units don't, and they're the ones who do the job. The rest of us shouldn't get to vote on gays in the military any more than we get to vote on the choreography of 'Chicago.'
"Racial prejudice is not the same thing as sexual attraction, so please stop telling us this is just like integrating blacks in the military..."
(via)
# Kathy Shaidle :
...and just so Canadians aren't excluded from this issue:
Canada's Military Changes Uniform Rules For Transgendered Soldiers
Canada's transsexuality bill passes, goes to third reading
Transsexuals are neurotic castration fetishists who need a cure, not a cuddle.
But in the midst of a recession, they're a priority for the Canadian government.
# Kathy Shaidle
Kate Gives Credence To Bloggin...
Who's filling out the Community Advisory Panel survey?
Heh.
Related... March of the Imams.
Posted by Kate at 2:14 PM Comments (15)
Heh.
Related... March of the Imams.
Posted by Kate at 2:14 PM Comments (15)
The World Is Being Run By People With Heated Garages
Otherwise known as "overpaid bureaucrats".
Bob Klassen was issued the $60 ticket after temperatures took a dip. He says he’s a law-abiding citizen, but is forced to keep a car on the street because his driveway isn’t big enough. And when temperatures drop, he has to plug his car in or he has to jump it every day.
“The bylaw is written in such a way that there’s no actual way to run a cord to the street,” Klassen says. “I'm stuck, I'm at a loss. I have no idea where to go or what to do.”
There's a petition here, but Regina residents are more likely get action by yelling at their city councillors - and not about cords. If that's all they can find to do, then Regina has too many city employees.
Posted by Kate at 10:36 AM Comments (25)
Otherwise known as "overpaid bureaucrats".
Bob Klassen was issued the $60 ticket after temperatures took a dip. He says he’s a law-abiding citizen, but is forced to keep a car on the street because his driveway isn’t big enough. And when temperatures drop, he has to plug his car in or he has to jump it every day.
“The bylaw is written in such a way that there’s no actual way to run a cord to the street,” Klassen says. “I'm stuck, I'm at a loss. I have no idea where to go or what to do.”
There's a petition here, but Regina residents are more likely get action by yelling at their city councillors - and not about cords. If that's all they can find to do, then Regina has too many city employees.
Posted by Kate at 10:36 AM Comments (25)
Cynic...
Islamic convert tried to blow up Maryland military centre
Man posted jihad plans on Facebook
For Gawds Sake This Is Canada...
Needs Clarification...
...is The Star advocating multi-teired police; one for citizens, one for immigrants, one for visitors/tourists, etc.
G20 summit probe: A bad law that bred illegality
Wed Dec 8 2010
Protection of foreign dignitaries is not an excuse for ignoring the constitutionally entrenched rights of Canadians. (19)
G20 summit probe: A bad law that bred illegality
Wed Dec 8 2010
Protection of foreign dignitaries is not an excuse for ignoring the constitutionally entrenched rights of Canadians. (19)
Keep The Vehicle Tax...
...but pass legislation/bylaws that would mandate the licencing of cyclists and their vehicles plus extend the HTA items related to safety, insurance and consumption of alcohol to cyclists.
Killing tax will cost city $64 million
Marking the new year by axing the personal vehicle tax will leave Toronto taxpayers with a $64-million hangover.
Killing tax will cost city $64 million
Marking the new year by axing the personal vehicle tax will leave Toronto taxpayers with a $64-million hangover.
Define Full Inquiry,,,
...will it include the failure of organizers of "the march" to control the groups that marched under their banner, will it include the actions of the anarchists, will it include protests at other G20 summits and whether there is a common thread, will it include the actions of "gawkers" who by their presence created tension, will it include the absence of the mayor and city councilors on the streets, will it realize that video evidence seldom gives an accurate view of the circumstance, etc.
Credit where credit is due: The Toronto Star is changing the Toronto G20 narrative
I bash the Toronto Star a lot — such as I did here, here and here. But credit where credit is due: The Star is almost single-handedly re-opening the narrative on the G20 with their front-page reporting on the case of Adam Nobody.
A few weeks ago, I thought the police response to the G20 protests was yesterday’s news — and I never really re-considered the opinion I formed at the time of the event, based on what I saw with my own eyes. But no one journalist could have seen everything that happened during those protests. And it’s now clear that there was some thuggish police behavior that that went on.
The coup d’état that didn’t happen at the G20
The Ontario Ombudsman has wildly exaggerated the police abuses in Toronto last June, thus diminishing the worst civil-liberties violations in Canadian history Dec 08, 2010
I now believe that a full inquiry into the police actions at the G20 is warranted. And I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t because of the Star.
Why I’m on the fence over G20 violence
Credit where credit is due: The Toronto Star is changing the Toronto G20 narrative
I bash the Toronto Star a lot — such as I did here, here and here. But credit where credit is due: The Star is almost single-handedly re-opening the narrative on the G20 with their front-page reporting on the case of Adam Nobody.
A few weeks ago, I thought the police response to the G20 protests was yesterday’s news — and I never really re-considered the opinion I formed at the time of the event, based on what I saw with my own eyes. But no one journalist could have seen everything that happened during those protests. And it’s now clear that there was some thuggish police behavior that that went on.
The coup d’état that didn’t happen at the G20
The Ontario Ombudsman has wildly exaggerated the police abuses in Toronto last June, thus diminishing the worst civil-liberties violations in Canadian history Dec 08, 2010
I now believe that a full inquiry into the police actions at the G20 is warranted. And I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t because of the Star.
Why I’m on the fence over G20 violence
Symbolism Redundant...
Pink protest follows Don Cherry's 'pinko' rant
...their voting record, antics and being Comrade Miller's lap dogs speaks volumes.
Today’s letters: Cherry’s wake-up call for Hogtown’s leftists
Re: Mayor’s Pink-Clad Friend Rips ‘Pinko’ Media Foes, Dec. 8.
Don Cherry is the clown of masculine protest, and he’s very good at what he does. Unfortunately, incoming Toronto Mayor Rob Ford allowed Mr. Cherry to vent as a preface to his own, more conciliatory remarks. This serious error in judgment could be a warning of the Reign of Error to come. The city of Toronto’s ombudsman is on record as saying that the reimbursement of the “little old lady [Mr. Cherry’s words]” for her beloved, fallen tree was not the result of Rob Ford’s efforts; but hey, when it comes to clown shows, truth and propriety take a back seat.
Ron Charach, Toronto.
Re: No, I’m not angry at Don Cherry, Chris Selley, Dec. 8.
Chris Selley seems incensed that Don Cherry “proceeded to insult giant swaths of the population of a city he doesn’t even live in.” For Mr. Selley to complain about being insulted is a bit rich, given his condescending and denigrating tone towards Mr. Cherry and others who disagrees with him. Read More »
...their voting record, antics and being Comrade Miller's lap dogs speaks volumes.
Today’s letters: Cherry’s wake-up call for Hogtown’s leftists
Re: Mayor’s Pink-Clad Friend Rips ‘Pinko’ Media Foes, Dec. 8.
Don Cherry is the clown of masculine protest, and he’s very good at what he does. Unfortunately, incoming Toronto Mayor Rob Ford allowed Mr. Cherry to vent as a preface to his own, more conciliatory remarks. This serious error in judgment could be a warning of the Reign of Error to come. The city of Toronto’s ombudsman is on record as saying that the reimbursement of the “little old lady [Mr. Cherry’s words]” for her beloved, fallen tree was not the result of Rob Ford’s efforts; but hey, when it comes to clown shows, truth and propriety take a back seat.
Ron Charach, Toronto.
Re: No, I’m not angry at Don Cherry, Chris Selley, Dec. 8.
Chris Selley seems incensed that Don Cherry “proceeded to insult giant swaths of the population of a city he doesn’t even live in.” For Mr. Selley to complain about being insulted is a bit rich, given his condescending and denigrating tone towards Mr. Cherry and others who disagrees with him. Read More »
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Simpler Solution...
harper government's new citizenship test proves one more barrier to immigrants
...immigrate to the United States, join the volunteer military and desert and come to Canada and garner the benefits of refugees.
...immigrate to the United States, join the volunteer military and desert and come to Canada and garner the benefits of refugees.
If You Want To Protect The Chickens...
...talk to the wolf about the effectiveness of disguising themselves as sheep!
Who's guarding the hen house?
Muslim Brotherhood Front Group Trains Airport Screeners
Posted by jerry at 10:32 AM
Who's guarding the hen house?
Muslim Brotherhood Front Group Trains Airport Screeners
Posted by jerry at 10:32 AM
Homophobia...
...and it is irrelevant that the facts are correct and that this more about political correctness than medical priorities.
HIV/AIDS gets way too much money
Michael Fumento writes:
Nor is it even an epidemic. U.S. AIDS cases peaked 17 years ago...
Yet HIV/AIDS will receive over $3 billion in the 2011 federal research budget.
We spend 21 times more per AIDS death than cancer death. Pancreatic cancer will strike about 43,000 Americans this year and is essentially a quick death sentence. It gets one percent of the funding per death as AIDS.
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, are the nation's sixth and 14th-leading causes of death respectively, yet HIV/AIDS gets 34 times and 25 times more per fatality respectively.
# Kathy Shaidle : 2010-12-06 16:40:31 EST
HIV/AIDS gets way too much money
Michael Fumento writes:
Nor is it even an epidemic. U.S. AIDS cases peaked 17 years ago...
Yet HIV/AIDS will receive over $3 billion in the 2011 federal research budget.
We spend 21 times more per AIDS death than cancer death. Pancreatic cancer will strike about 43,000 Americans this year and is essentially a quick death sentence. It gets one percent of the funding per death as AIDS.
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, are the nation's sixth and 14th-leading causes of death respectively, yet HIV/AIDS gets 34 times and 25 times more per fatality respectively.
# Kathy Shaidle : 2010-12-06 16:40:31 EST
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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.