tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61164412011-04-21T21:30:39.962-04:00Subversive commentary from TrudeaupiaJaegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625880428849268877noreply@blogger.comBlogger5511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116441.post-1116471766055805282005-05-18T22:57:00.000-04:002005-05-18T23:03:02.313-04:00

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. -- P.J. O'RourkeThe democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. -- Thomas JeffersonPolitics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

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I am shocked and saddened by the news that Dr. Sean Egan died today during his attempt to climb Mount Everest. I knew him personally and was following his daily progress with great interest. He was a tremendously energetic, fun-loving man who was always a great pleasure to be around.He will be sadly missed by all of us who knew him. I send my prayers and condolences to his family.Update: See

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It is certainly odd to see a company position itself for untendered government contracts. It is also odd to see a company like Canada Communications Group get privatized and have the terms subject to a confidentiality agreement, which raises some questions about just why it would be in a privileged position to get untendered government contracts. See here:Printing services requirements between

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Sorry for the lack of content folks. I'm preparing for new employment opportuniities and don't have much time or inclination to continue lowering my loyal readers into the abyss of despair, as Mark Steyn so appropriately puts the role of conservative commentary in modern-day Trudeaupia.I'm afraid I'll be on hiatus for many weeks at least, spending time deep in secure network environments.If

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I guess no one should really be surprised any more. Quick on the heels of allowing homosexuals in the military it's natural that you'd follow it with an affirmative action recruiting program:The Royal Navy is to place advertisements for recruits in the Pink Paper as part of a new campaign to recruit homosexual sailors.The move follows its decision to sign up to the Diversity Champions programme

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Whenever a centrally planned bureacracy goes to work to end shortages, the results are fairly predictable:Quebec has been losing nearly half of its new general practitioners to other provinces since a government policy came into effect requiring them to start their careers in regions outside of Montreal.The province had expected to recruit 216 GPs last year, but only 145 stayed on to practise in

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I see John Robson is the latest columnist to join the 20th Century and create his own blog. This is excellent news, as John is one of my favourite columnists and I used to go buy an Ottawa Citizen on Fridays just to read his column.Now we can get the benefit of his wit and insight and save the buck. And unlike other columnists it looks like he's doing more than just putting his columns online.

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Now that all the great and the good are convinced of the virtues of the fight against obesity, I'm sure they'll be supportive of a private initiative that actually takes the condition seriously. After all, obesity is the hottest, politically correct public health concern of the day, so how could any right-thinking progressive object to any private measures that combat it?On that note, I'm sure

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From Right in Canada we find the new official flag of the Peoples Republic of Trudeaupia:I think I'll have to order one.

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On this day, the fortieth anniversary of day the Red Ensign was replaced by the Liberal Party Logo Maple Leaf, Striving Against Opposition has raised the Red Ensign Standard. Go check it out.

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In Orwell's 1984 there's a character (whose name escapes me at the moment) that very bluntly talks about how once they control the language they control what people can think. Winston figures the guy will sooner or later be disappeared because he spells out the plans too bluntly.I wonder if that may be Ken Dryden's fate, too. Any observer of the Liberal party knows they try to cultivate a

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So what does a former Chief of Staff in the Mulroney government do once the electorate sent that bunch of losers to their deserved oblivion? Well, after a stint as a tobacco lobbyist Norman Spector eventually descends to engaging in insulting, trolling behaviour that ought to embarrass and adolescent. The most immature, idiotic, desparate act of an adolescent troll is to throw around insults

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There are certainly few things more irritating than having an effete liberal throw a hissy fit, no one is really afraid of it. It's an annoying and rather distasteful sight, sure, but it's nothing anyone would actually be afraid of. So once Canada has unilaterly disarmed and decided that the only thing terrorist-supporting countries really need is a little hug, the reaction from

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Via Jason Hayes, we find this inspiring story of the downtrodden working class bravely fighting back against capitalist exploitation:THE union that pioneered extra time off work for women suffering painful periods yesterday argued it was time menstrual leave became common in Australian workplaces.The National Tertiary Education Union was the first to negotiate an extra 12 paid days off a year for

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Lightly reported in the English media, after being disgraced in France due to a corruption charge, former French Prime Minister Alain Juppé has been invited to teach in Quebec. At ENAP, the National School of Public Administration. You can't make this stuff up. So, I find it not very surprising that Chrétien treats an inquiry into corruption with utter contempt and stages a publicity stunt

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It's important for governments to set goals and measure them. Setting a goal for a balanced budget, for example, is good. Or setting a target debt-to-GDP ratio. But how do you like your government setting this as a target?the Liberals say they want "to increase by 20 per cent the number of British Columbians who eat the recommended daily level of fruit and vegetables."They will presumably be

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It's great to find another conservative in Quebec. Patrick at Tout le monde en parle is parleying the idea of privatizing the liquor stores in Quebec. I couldn't agree more. The strange thing is we can buy beer and wine in private stores, but not liquor. It is truly the most incomprehensible monopoly.

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And, strangely enough, this is news:“Satan’s horse” is not a myth. As narrated by an elderly Saudi, it is the name local residents of Buraidah, Al-Qasim, used to call a bicycle some 47 years ago at a time when new inventions were unacceptable to the majority of people there and ignorance prevailed.Ah, so this was back at time when ignorance prevailed. That explains it.“The commission for

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There is no other way to put this, but western environmentalists are deliberately and knowingly killing Africans to satisfy their chemophobic fantasies:The European Union on Wednesday warned Uganda that its exports to Europe may suffer if it goes ahead with plans to use the controversial pesticide DDT to fight malaria. [...] The chief of the EU mission in Uganda, Sigurd Illing, said there could

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Friends of democracy in Iraq are reporting protests going on in the district of Al Hamadaniyah and surrounding villages due to failure to get election supplies delivered in time, depriving an estimated 150 thousand people of their right to vote. While it's unfortunate that there were these sorts of glitches in the election, I find even this reaction a very hopeful sign. They didn't just shrug

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Here in Quebec we will soon be observing Mercredi des Cendres, known elsewhere as Ash Wednesday. I don't wish my blog to be a bible-thumping one, but this is one occasion where I thought a small reflection on faith in a modern age would be appropriate. But as I pondered it a little, I came across this wonderful post by Chris Taylor which expresses so many thoughts better I ever could. While

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Not long ago the Taliban were dragging people into soccer stadiums for public executions and blowing up Buddhist statues. And now, they're sending a medical relief team to Indonesia, with the team led by a woman in uniform, no less. Avary has some other great pictures, too.

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They just wrecked some computers. At least that's the official story from Saudi authorities:The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) yesterday denied an Al-Jazeera television report about French pilgrims going berserk at King Abdul Aziz International Airport here, but admitted they damaged some computers. Addressing a press conference here yesterday, Sami Magboul, director general of the airport,

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Anyone who has paid a little attention to the Global Warming Hype industry knows they torque their projections of doom and grotesquely hype their rhetoric. Well, Mark Bahner at Random Thoughts has developed his own projections and is challenging them to bet that theirs are more accurate than his. The IPCC has gazillions of dollars of government funding and a massive staff to produce their

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I am issuing a new award in honour of Chief Inspector Dreyfus. You will recall Dreyfus as the one who was driven slowly insane by Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies. He eventually ended up in a padded cell still attempting to scratch hate-filled messages on the wall with his feet. Well, in the comments section at the Shotgun we have a guy who clearly ought to be measured for a

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I think Salim Mansur is one of the most underrated columnists in the country, perhaps because he writes in a tabloid. He is usually excellent, and today says exactly what needs to be said on the Iraq elections:Yet what is remarkable in Canada and elsewhere -- places where the media are dominated by lib-left thinkers certain of their own moral and intellectual superiority -- is the doubt cast on

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When the Liberals say they'll defend religious freedom and that polygamy will remain illegal it's important to remember just how emphatic they were that they would protect traditional marriage just a few short years ago. Occam's carbuncle has a speech by Anne McLellan that everyone should go read in full:We on this side agree that the institution of marriage is a central and important

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For reasons I can never fathom, for some reason they work themselves into a rage over the idea of a private MRI clinic but then insist that private abortion clinics are not only tolerated, but must be publicly funded:New Brunswick could face financial penalties if the province continues to refuse to pay for abortions performed in private clinics, says Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh. [...]

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While Canada continues down the failed path of gun control, absurd, pointless registries and generally trying to socially ostracize firearm owners, Switzerland is taking a far more enlightened approach:The greatest shooting festival in the world for youngsters takes place every year in Zurich, Switzerland. Imagine thousands of boys and girls shooting military service rifle over three days amid an

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The CBC is going into full throttle to delegitimize the coming elections in Iraq. So if you're looking for an alternate source that actually has an interest in seeing the elections succeed check out Friends of Democracy, bringing you "Ground-level election news from the people of Iraq". Good luck to you all.

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This article on global warming puts a different spin on it:Humans may have unwittingly saved themselves from a looming ice age by interfering with the Earth’s climate, according to a new study. The findings from a team of American climate experts suggest that were it not for greenhouse gases produced by humans, the world would be well on the way to a frozen Armageddon. [...] At the peak of the

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This is certainly one aspect of France that seems more civilized than North America. Woman promotes right to go topless:As a Ventura County public defender, Liana Johnsson has handled many life-changing cases, but her biggest public crusade these days has been going topless. For months, Johnsson has been fighting to allow topless women at California beaches and parks, and now the issue has made

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Tired of getting ripped off when you have your sacrificial sheep slaughtered? Well, fear no more, the Saudis are cracking down on cheaters:Butchers in the Mina slaughterhouse will no longer be able to cheat pilgrims by tampering with the weight and number of sheep for which they buy coupons worth SR450 per head as part of the sacrificial meat utilization program managed by the Islamic

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For yet another appalling case of police defending criminals against the innocent read this unbelievable case brought to us by Pieter Dorsman at Peaktalk. This case happened in the Netherlands but I'm not so sure it would be handled much differently in Canada these days.

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Due to a minor injury I can't type much these days, and what typing I'm doing is for work. Blogging will be light or nonexistent for a while.

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With an excellent analysis on why he'll someday be the first blogger Prime Minister. Okay, that's not quite what he says but I, for one, would be delighted to vote for him.

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Via Tory Matt, we find this persuasive site denouncing capitalism, Queers United Against Kapitalism:We are queers united against kapitalism because kapitalism is an economic system based on exploitation and alienation. Kapitalism values power and profit before people and community. It is kapitalism that tries to convince us to constantly chase the false promise of happiness through an endless

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Kudos to Chris Landsea, author of the hurricane section of the IPCC climate change assessment, for taking a principled stand and withdrawing from the politicized IPCC rather than be used for their propaganda purposes. Here's his open letter:I am withdrawing because I have come to view the part of the IPCC to which my expertise is relevant as having become politicized. In addition, when I have

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Here's an interesting article about an insidious piece of junk science that has been the foundation of useless scare stories and ridiculous bans:Rodents are an insidious health threat -- but I am not talking about disease-carrying vermin. I am talking about rodents in our nation's most prestigious research laboratories. These animals, through no fault of their own, have been scaring us to death

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Rabble.ca is always an entertaining read, but I wonder if they got hoaxed in their own Sokal affair when they published this:Canada's role in Haiti is 'destructive' The overthrow of Haiti's elected government and the recent deterioration of living conditions are intertwined with deep-seated racism. Some in the international community want to deepen and extend this occupation. They call it

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As Judy informed us when she was immigration minister, the country was short on strippers. So after a little skills development at My Pole Dance School I have no doubt Judy will be gainfully employed in no time. After all, she has done some market research in the field:"They say that they have lots of customers and that they need the people to work in their establishments, it's a labour market

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If you enjoy poking fun at the fashionable nonsense that passes for serious thought in universities today you have no doubt heard of L'affaire Sokal, a delightful parody of postmodern bafflegab with an equally delightful title, Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity. The beauty of it was that the publishers of Social Text published the article that

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Hat tip to CharLeBois, my latest addition to the blogroll. He points out this great blog by a soldier reporting directly from a tank in Iraq, Armor Gedden. Since our media have decided to root for the defeat of any western army that has gone to war since World War 2, I think it's absolutely fantastic that soldiers have taken to writing their own coverage. There's lot's of great stuff,

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Here's another interesting article by someone who dared look behind the curtain and examine the "Data of Doom", as he refers to the global warming hysteria:But a funny thing happened on the way to climate Armageddon when these analytical, disease, economics, engineering, environmental, sea and weather experts took a close look at the Data of Doom. They found much of it, and many of the

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I won't express too much outrage at this little Armstrong Williams affair, regarding the acceptance of payments to write supporting opinions. I'd just point out to anyone running the Sponsorship program that for a quarter million I'll plaster all the logos you want on this site and write about the virtues of the firearms registry, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the fine job Heritage

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Just like many in Newfoundland, I was utterly shocked to find that the Globe and Mail published this column (found at Damian Penny's blog). By calling Newfoundland "probably the most vast and scenic welfare ghetto in the world" Margaret Wente is certainly guilty of writing an insightful, lively, provocative column on a topic of great importance. One wonders if her career at the Globe will

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Kate at Smalldeadanimals points us to this pathetic story about a Windsor woman waiting so long for the back surgery she needs that a Detroit hospital took pity on her and offered to do the surgery for free. After all, many of their employees are Canadians who abandoned the dysfunctional socialist system at home for better jobs in Detroit:Detroit Medical Center administrator Richard Cole said

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I don't have a link for this, but believe it or not this is my recollection of a scrum with Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew on the news. He flies to an island in Thailand for a photo op with Canadian forensic workers helping out identifying bodies and regurgitates the usual platitudes. Reporter asks: What other aid is being delivered by Canada in Thailand? Pettigrew: I don't know.

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Or get fired. Hard to believe this story is coming from America:A Sikh subway driver is being forced to wear a badge on his turban or face being demoted and sent to the stock yards, his lawyer said on Thursday. The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the subways, told motorman Kevin Harrington to wear the MTA badge or he cannot not work with customers. A subway

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While the number of moonbats trying to blame the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami on global warming have been mercifully few, it's useful to remember that the reverse is certainly possible. And, indeed, the very same area did trigger global climate change in 1815, as Philip Stott reminds us:To underline the geological power of the mighty subduction zone on which Indonesia rests, I thought it

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Bob points out an interesting piece on the younger generation in Quebec. I've written on this trend that is Quebec's version of South Park Republicanism earlier here. And in Quebec the closest thing we have to South Park is a show called Les Bougons which I wrote about here. The young generation in Quebec are just begging to be courted by a libertarian-inclined Conservative party that promises

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Jason Hayes rounds up the Red Ensign blogs with a fine preamble.

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Bruce at Flit has an excellent analysis of the state of the Canadian Forces' ability to rapidly deploy anywhere:The lack of airlift was a conscious decision, based on the little remarked-upon shift in the tail-end Chretien period, during John McCallum's time as defence minister. His predecessor Art Eggleton, seemingly influenced by the Liberal interventionist wing (Richard Gwyn, Janice Steyn,

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Check out Christopher for your 2005 horrorscope:Libra: Sorry about your prostate. Taurus: Your experiment in auto-erotic asphixiation go astray as you throttle yourself into unconsiousness and end up being discovered by a troop of girl guides. National humiliation follows.Check out what the planets have in mind for you in 2005.

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Chris and Dennis have started a new blog called Blue Tory, and as the name suggests they are overtly partisan. Nothing wrong with that in my book, though I haven't decided if I'll join the Blogs for the CPC myself. I've never been a party member myself and wouldn't want anyone to think I was speaking for them. Even thought they're a new blog, they are already getting a swat from the Amazon's

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That's the lesson you have to take from this 10 year-old:Quick-thinking 10-year-old Tilly Smith is being hailed as a hero after saving her parents and dozens of fellow vacationers from the deadly tsunami - thanks to a school geography lesson. Tilly warned the doubting adults at a resort that a massive tidal wave was about to strike - just minutes before the deadly tide rushed in and turned the

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Like many others I have been numbed by the scale of the tsunami disaster in Asia. I haven't posted on it as I can't really find words appropriate to the occasion. I also have enough respect for my readers that I'm sure they don't need me to nag them into contributing. If a disaster on this scale doesn't move you to donate I don't think words from me will prompt you. But let's keep things in

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For those who are still followers of the Jesus cult, may I wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. And for the rest of you, may your inclusive, multicultural, spiritually empty, crass and commercial time of gluttony and exchange of loot around the giving tree pass in agreeable peace without sparking too many family quarrels or drunken accidents. Happy December 25th, which is being

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by Newt Gingrich via Japnaam Singh:In government, you either have a system where you say 'Would you like to learn how to be rich, would you like to learn how to be successful?' Or you have a system where you say, 'Well, you really ought to feel envy and resentment, so let's see if we can mug them.Nicely put. Also, Japnaam comments on turbaned Sikhs in the military:I've known for a long time now

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The ever-reliable Naomi Klein. Here we see her exposing her true brilliance in this interview:The anti-war movement has been extremely remiss in not supporting and defending democratic resistance in Iraq. We’ve not been there supporting their demands and expressing outrage. We could have made a difference if we’d echoed calls for direct elections in January. Now it’s a total obscenity to support

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Normally those working in the socialist health care system have the necessary connections so that they are affected far less by its dysfunctional nature than the rest of us. But read this story about a poor nurse's discovery that she has cancer and her experience with our caring, compassionate health care system:I was to follow up on the biopsy findings within two weeks through my family

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Jonah Goldberg enlightens us on a wholly unexpected casualty of gay marriage - Mother's Day:I attended a Reform Jewish day school, and almost everyone I knew had a Christmas tree at home. I don’t remember anyone calling them “Holiday Trees,” but quite a few called them “Hanukkah bushes,” which always struck me as lameness on stilts — like calling a menorah a “Christmas candelabra.” And keep in

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Should lead one to be a Liberal. And being Liberal should lead one to like Christ, but not necessarily those icky Christians. Or so says this site, which may or not be a parody, it being so hard to tell these days.

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Another interesting and deliciously politically incorrect column by Fred on the media:But the greatest weakness of the American press is moral. Our media are relentlessly, grindingly, hermetically controlled or, as we say, politically correct. Everyone with the brains of an aspirin tablet is aware of it. Newspaper do not so much report the news as avoid it. The taboos are endless and rigid. What

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Damian Brooks rounds up the Red Ensign bloggers brigade.

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If you recall the movie set in an American nuclear missile sub you'll find this real-life land-based story rather unnerving:Petrov was in charge of the secret bunker where a team of 120 technicians and military officers monitored the Soviet Union's early-warning system. It was just after midnight when a new satellite array known as Oko, or The Eye, spotted five U.S. missiles heading toward Moscow

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And get sentenced to gay and lesbian sensitivity sessions:There are 7,260 members of the Toronto force and all members, including the chief of police, will have to take the training to appease the complainants who launched a human rights complaint. On Sept. 14, 2000, police raided a bathhouse where several hundred members of the lesbian community had gathered. Police entered some rooms where

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This Saudi Arabian bank is working on your behalf to keep costs down, but you know that's tough in these market conditions:The sacrificial sheep coupon, which is part of the Project for the Utilization of Sacrificial Animals During Haj managed by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), will cost SR75 more this year than last. This year’s coupon, available at Al-Rajhi Banking & Investment Corp., will

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Interesting that the Red Ensign would get a mention at the Diplomad:It seems that if you don't like how Canada, once one of the world's great countries, has been systematically run into the ground and emasculated over the past 40 years, well, you are a hater of Canada and "Brain-dead ignorant." The true "Brain-dead ignorant" haters of Canada are the cry-baby lunatics who now control the place

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Forty years ago today the Liberals took a major step in rebranding the country into an extension of their party. That's right, forty years ago today they voted in Parliament to lower the Red Ensign and adopt the red Maple Leaf as a national flag. Symbols matter. In a move more reminiscent of a banana republic than a respectable democracy, they used their parliamentary majority to impose

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Get your relationship advice from Hog on Ice:I grew up in the era of Norman Lear, which means I learned everything I know about men and women from watching preachy sitcoms written by liberals. I learned that women want to be our equals. I learned that women want to be independent. I learned that sensitivity turns women on. I learned a lot of crap that isn't even a little bit true. Here are the

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No? Perhaps I've forgotten to mention it. Personally, I'm prepared to take my chances with a few terrorists mano-a-mano if it means we can abolish the bureaucratic monstrosity that the TSA has become. We voluntarily take genuine risks when travelling by car just to enjoy the freedom to go where we want when we want. I think it's time to take back our airports. Once an organization becomes

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One of the annoying things about this country is that if you question any aspect of how immigration is dealt with you immediately get denounced as racist. A couple of times I have pointed out that when the Toronto police can't find anyone willing to talk to them after a shooting even if it's an 11 year old girl getting shot in a crowded bus this is a cultural import. Twenty years ago it would

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Those were words that were could once be used to describe our Dominion without irony, but these days they have to settle for being the title of Laurie Hawn's blog. Former CF-18 pilot and candidate in the last federal election, Laurie is now blogging from Edmonton after voters in his riding inexplicably chose to have a Liberal represent them. He may not have a voice in Parliament, but he has a

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Another terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, but the Arab news is quick to keep things in perspective:Yesterday was a black day with an attack on the US Consulate in Jeddah, exacting a terrible toll in human lives and suffering. Yet, as dreadful as these kinds of occurrences are — and nobody can deny that terrorists are, indeed, a global and worsening plague — one wonders whether the Bush

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Just in case anyone didn't pick up on it, the post below was a lame attempt at satirizing the paranoid fantasies I hear from my leftist friends. But satire and parody are hard these days, and I wasn't in the slightest surprised to find at least one commenter taking it seriously. I hereby issue a challenge to anyone who can satirize this, an analysis published in the Toronto Star by a

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This being my first trip to America since the consolidation of theocratic rule I made sure I was prepared for the interview with the Homeland Security guy. I made sure I packed my Bible and Rosary to display with my passport and customs form. It’s an important trip for me and I wouldn’t want to get turned back at the border due to forgetting such essentials as the New Testament. So I was

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I'm be in Dallas for the next week, blogging may be light. On the other hand, given that the regular Canadian media appears more familiar with Kalahari Bushmen than those strange inhabitants of Jesusland in Red America I may be able to post interesting travelogues. First risky experiment: I'll see what happens if you cut into a steak at the Texas Land and Cattle Company without saying grace

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Kerry supporters meet for group therapy:Twenty John Kerry supporters met for their first group therapy session in South Florida Thursday, screaming epithets at President Bush as they shared their emotions with licensed mental health counselors. The first of several free noontime therapy sessions at the American Health Association in Boca Raton was designed to treat what mental health

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Kate tackles the leftist bigotry of low expectations in our politically correct social approach to Indians. I have nothing to add to her fine rant on the topic.

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There is nothing more frustrating than to sit around at a dinner party listening to the self-righteous damning George Bush and America for not adhering to the Kyoto Protocol. Ah, yes, Canada is just so morally superior for signing that piece of paper while the U.S. decided the commitments were not achievable in any case and economically disadvantageous. For the record, Canada's commitments were

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Given that the Flea's Male Objectification Week may not be to everyone's taste, I offer this visual diversion. I just wanted to fly the American flag in a gesture of friendship in honour of the President's visit.

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I always wonder what it is about Bush that drives so many people to the edge of insanity and frequently beyond. He delivers a warm, frequently funny speech to a crowd together with the themes of spreading democracy and freedom and at key points gets a stony silence:With Paul Martin sharing the podium at Halifax’s Pier 21, the president couched his demand in the wartime rhetoric of former prime

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Another shocking shooting in Toronto:Toronto police have renewed their plea for help from TTC passengers to find the men responsible for shooting an 11-year-old girl and a man on a city bus Sunday. Although about 40 people were on the bus at Jane St. and Wilson Ave., only one of the six people who have so far contacted police was a passenger, Inspector Bernie Power told reporters this

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No doubt you will notice the hordes of barking moonbats making your arrival in Ottawa not particularly welcome. And then outside of official circles there are likely to be demonstrations, too. So allow me to welcome you to our capital region, and note that you have supporters here, too. While your arrival for dinner in Gatineau is likely to greatly snarl my commute, may I extend a warm welcome

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Curt comments on the first Advent at NorthWesternWinds which I should have noted yesterday.

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But the Saudi police are on the case:Police are searching for a man with a motorbike who took a woman for a ride in Taif, Al-Watan reported. People in the street were shocked to see the teenage man carrying a woman behind him on a motorbike, her abaya blowing in every direction. The police were so shocked that they failed to react quickly. When the police chased the man, he drove into narrow

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I am delighted to see a service like this start up in Canada to deal with the massive waiting lists that plague us. Now what I'd like to see is a private insurance plan that covers access to their services.

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I tend to be Libertarian-minded when it comes to getting the government involved in policing society's many vices. Taliban and Saudi governments create Orwellian police forces for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue which turn into cruel, totalitarian abominations. But one thing that can be said about them is that at least they don't actively promote vices in society, unlike Minister

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Personally, I'd prefer to see all the serious countries of the world just pull out of the UN and leave it to be a meaningless collection of thirld world kleptocracies and France. But since that isn't likely to happen and we'll have to put up with this anti-semitic den of corruption for a while, it's worth supporting Vaclav Havel for Secretary-General. With the experience of unwinding a

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Here's Paul Martin in Khartoum, demonstrating his commitment to diversity out personally recruiting the next generation of Liberal campaign workers/table dancers. Perhaps he had CIDA establish a pole dancing skills development centre to develop a pool of strongly qualified recruits. Now, we see the Liberal vision of Canada's place in the world. Providing a place where young attractive women of

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Well, even The Star is finally at a loss for words on aboriginal policy. Under an editorial titled Ottawa fumbling First Nations file they outline the usual litany of problems that underline the total failure of the paternalistic Trudeaupian catastrophe that they've been living under and then come up with this startling admission:The problem is not the classroom, nor is it drug controls. It is a

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From our ever-helpful friends in our favourite Kingdom: Locusts won't cure diabetesSaudi locust hunters who believe the insects hold a cure for diabetes were warned yesterday they could be crunching on a poisonous snack. The official Saudi Press Agency quoted Ghazi Hawari, head of the desert Kingdom’s anti-locust center, as saying any swarm which crossed its borders would be sprayed with

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And His Copybook. Allow me to introduce the latest edition to the blogroll, Gods of the CopyBook Headings:By focusing on the subjects of History, Politics, Economics and Philosophy, roughly in that order, we intend to promote the idea that man is an individual, quite capable of independent thought and action, and of using his rational faculty to understand himself and the world about him. [...]

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I'm sure everyone recalls the sensational case of the British au pair convicted for the death of an infant from shaken baby syndrome. Well, that conviction was probably legit because there were other signs of trauma but part of the conventional wisdom of Shaken Baby Syndrome was that a baby could suffer an internal brain injury purely from shaking, without impacting anything else. People were

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Hat tip to Peaktalk for this find, a group blog called The Diplomad of conservative diplomats who have experience in the hostile habitat of places like the UN. Check out this post on the UN:The UN as an institution is the purest of pure bureaucracy: it is the thirty-year single malt of bureaucracies. We refer you to the UN website for details on careers there, but suffice it to say that if you

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Some universities are now engaging in affirmative action for boys:Today, many colleges, particularly selective residential schools, face a dilemma unthinkable a generation ago. To place well in influential college rankings, those schools must enroll as many top high school students as they can — and most of those students are female. Administrators are watching closely for the "tipping point" at

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Sometimes I think Australia is less nannied than we are, then I read items like this:The sweat-stained felt hats worn by Australian cowboys, as much a part of the Outback as kangaroos and sun-baked soil, may be heading for the history books. They fail modern industrial safety standards. It all stems from the death of a cowboy, who suffered massive head injuries after being trampled in a fall

Jaegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625880428849268877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116441.post-1101167080714846012004-11-22T18:31:00.000-05:002004-11-22T22:15:52.413-05:00

The NCC is running a campaign to get Canadians to Support the Military. To which I say, please support the NCC in their efforts if you can. And speaking of the military, I must say I admire Catherine Bell in a uniform. Though I must say it's not just the uniform. I just know she would want you to support this campaign. So chip in your buck oh five for her. And if this post offends anal

Jaegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625880428849268877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116441.post-1101073628090093382004-11-21T16:41:00.000-05:002004-11-21T16:47:08.090-05:00

Now that governments are banning things like trans-fats in doughnuts and cookies just because they are not exactly health food, headlines like this surely must give one pause: Church air is 'threat to health'The researchers say that December, with churches lighting up candles for Christmas, could be an especially dangerous month for the lungs. It is now believed that respiratory health is

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