What's in a name?

Well, apparently... a mission statement..."Less education"... and a soupcon of explosives."Boko Haram, whose name means 'Western education is a sin' in the Hausa language, is trying to turn Nigeria into an Islamic state. It has killed more than 1,000 people since 2009."But don't you worry... the powers...

Ask a "Community Organiser"...

...you know... the job that PrezBam had before he got into politics...Jackson's co-presenter, Camille Williams of the Peace in the Hood movement, made several inflammatory statements about gun ownership and the National Rifle Association. She claimed the NRA is indifferent to gun violence. She also asserted she has received emails from the NRA and/or its members claiming she is "going to hell" for...

Don't look at me...

...I didn't vote for him... The Ontario government is in a deep financial hole, as the province’s economy struggles to shake off the economic downturn that has battered its vital manufacturing sector. The province’s rating could be knocked down further if it fails to stabilize its debt burden or if...

In other "crime is down" news

In 2011 at this point in the year there were 58 victims of shootings. In 2012 there have been 104 shooting victims in Toronto. That’s a 79.3% per cent increa...

Sorry, Peace Moonbeam...

...you wanna feed the starving millions... technology AND chemicals are still the obvious answer...Crop yields from organic farming are as much as 34% lower than those from comparable conventional farming practices, the analysis finds. Organic agriculture performs particularly poorly for vegetables and some cereal crops such as wheat, which make up the lion’s share of the food consumed around the...

Hundred million here...

...hundred million there... pretty soon you're talkin' serious change... I have a friend who is a member of what, these days, is fashionably known as the "working poor". He got downsized from a mid-level managerial position at a major American corporation, lost his house to the bank and had to flee back home to Canada... where he watched his marriage Hindenburg. How bad is it? Well, his call...

The wages of sin, er...

...I mean crazy... We (the taxpayer) are already gonna be supporting this guy until the day he dies... he gets a financial reward on top of th...

A Nation of Rifle... uh... Persons

Though women are technically barred from combat roles, they have fought and died alongside men in Iraq and Afghanistan, where American forces could come under attack almost anywhere. More than 140 women have been killed in the two conflicts. The Marine Corps is the most male-dominated of the armed services, with 13,800 women making up about 7 percent of its total force of 197,8...

Funny how he saved all his best stuff...

...for the BBC...Less than a year after he asked voters to make him prime minister, Michael Ignatieff is now warning that Quebec and Canada are almost two separate countries, drifting towards a possible breakup. Ignatieff says he's saddened to see how Canada and Quebec have become isolated, with the...

Oops... my bad...

...says leading light of environmental movement...James Lovelock, the maverick scientist who became a guru to the environmental movement with his “Gaia” theory of the Earth as a single organism, has admitted to being “alarmist” about climate change and says other environmental commentators, such as Al Gore, were too. He pointed to Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” and Tim Flannery’s “The Weather Makers”...

"Feelings... nothing more than feelings"

Are we living in a society governed by laws & due process... or are we back in the Age of Aquarius? • MIAMI (AP) • "Martin's parents have a 'heavy heart' now that Zimmerman has been released from jail, said Benjamin Crump, an attorney for the 17-year-old's parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton. "They hope his freedom is temporary because the pain he has caused this family is permanent,"...

Yes, I too, blame that evil, controlling...

...Stephen Harper...The last jobs report showing a 82,300 employment gain was the biggest bump since the onset of the recession and the fourth-largest increase ever. Most economists are skeptical about both the outsized gain and the job market’s weakness in previous months.********** RELATED: Bias... what media bias?Only 15% of Afghans wanted Canadian troops to leave immediately; the greater proportion...

Somebody remind me...

...why is it, we're so worried about these guys leavin' the part...

TEH CHILDRUN IS R FUTUR

Ever notice the startling incidence of folks... (on both sides of the smoking gun)... who have way cool street names? • TORONTO • A 17-year-old known as “Greezy” is sought for the slaying of another young man in the city’s west end a week ago. Toronto Police say Reco Stewart is wanted for second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of Jaivoan Cromwell, 19, and the courts have granted investigators...

Ask a Professional Journalist

That evil controlling Stephen Harper will be indiscriminately throwing up prisons all across the... wait a minute... Uh, geez... there's just one tiny, insignificant correction... The Harper government is shuttering the Kingston Penitentiary, a maximum security facility in eastern Ontario that has...

A bad day to be a lefty

The real reason George Zimmerman wasn't charged...With a single punch, Trayvon Martin decked the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who eventually shot and killed the unarmed 17-year-old, then Trayvon climbed on top of George Zimmerman and slammed his head into the sidewalk, leaving him bloody and battered, law-enforcement authorities told the Orlando Sentinel. That is the account Zimmerman gave police,...

A "made for CBC" dilemma

What happens when an unstoppable sacred cow collides with an immovable perennial grievance? ********** FROM THE COMMENTS:Coverage schedule: 1). Gay issues, gay issues, hate crimes and gay issues. 2). Turn victim into a saint. 3). Allow coverage to slowly morph into the issue at the heart of the...

That sound you hear, is Bob Rae...

...tap-dancing on his desk..."In an interview Monday, the former Liberal prime minister dismissed suggestions that a merger now – when the Liberals have been reduced to a third-party rump and New Democrats are on the rise – would amount to an NDP takeover of his once-mighty part...

The Bobcat Goldthwaite of Canuck politics

"Love is better than... wait a minute.....

You think their transit counterparts...

...in jolly ol' London, England would be on the same page? • TORONTO • “To refuse them would violate a person’s rights and freedoms,” TTC spokesman Brad Ross said.The posters, which adorn several TTC subway stations, are the first from the Walk In-Islam InfoCentre.********** UPDATE: Well, whaddaya...

In other "crime is down" news

A teenager shot to death in the city's west end Thursday night has been identified as Jaivoan Cromwell, 19. The shooting occurred at 251 Woolner Avenue, near Jane Street and St. Clair Avenue, at about 10:30 p.m.And the lead just won't stop flyin'...Toronto police are investigating after a man was shot in the back early today over a fight between two groups of people who wanted the same taxi. The...

Rights or wrongs?

"Roughly 75% of human trafficking in Canada takes place in Southwestern Ontario. In that sector, 62.5% of trafficking cases come from the Greater Toronto Area."I'm sorry... but your daughter ends up on the stripper pole... or worse... you ain't in the running for the parent of the year. Do judges have childr...

This lady makes Sheriff Joe...

...look like Mother Theresa..."Generally, it's arrest the guy with the gun and sort it out later,” Teresa Sopp, a veteran criminal defense lawyer, told Reuters. “That's always been the way it works in Angela Corey's circuit.” Corey’s tough approach has also drawn criticism for unnecessarily flooding...

FROM THE COMMENTS:

I feel for Thomas Mulcair, I truly do... because, sadly, no matter what he does or doesn't do, he will never be half as popular with dipper disciples as this guy..."Mr. Layton's 'POLE NUMBERS' (emphasis mine) are so good because Conservatives and the Liberal parties have underestimated the Canadian public as per usual."Yeah, underestimating... that's the problem he...

Making hay while the sun sh... er...

...river floods...That outside review Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development ordered in November was tasked with tracking what happened to $10.5 million in federal flood-compensation funding.Manitoba, Manitoba... that sounds so familiar... -- WINNIPEG -- A Manitoba native group misspent more than $6 million in federal health-care funds on exotic trips and unjustified payments to the organization's...

It's a start

"In the aftermath of an overall reduction of $115-million in federal funding, CBC’s English services’ executives also announced Tuesday they will no longer commission radio dramas, ending a tradition that included the Afghanada series, which ran for six season...

Not racism, huh?

Whew... that's a relief...In a TV interview, Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III urged Baltimore residents to "distinguish between criminality and racially motivated crime." Bealefeld, who is white, warned against "race-baiting" and "fear-mongering" in light of the Trayvon Martin shooting and other recent racially charged incidents. While on the ground, the man was set upon by about ten attackers,...

What's new about...

...the NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY?... Well, I guess they got over that whole wallflower thing. ********** UPDATE: Tonight's CTV Moonbat moment Sandi Rinaldo on the 11 o'clock news remarks on George Zimmerman's reported disappearance... notes that the Black Panther Party have a reward "for his capture." Read...

Never mind drugs... take a minute and...

...talk to your kids about that single shining moment of life-altering idiocy...“He’s still in critical condition right now,” said his sister when reached by phone. While that was all the family wanted to say, a police source told the Mississauga News that the teen’s injuries would likely leave him with brain damage should he survive. There are parallels to an incident in Ajax last month, when...

Don't need a Weatherman...

...to know which way the tax valuta is flowing...While the Kenneys — who represented themselves at the hearings — said both their health and property values were affected by the turbines and their noise, the review board rejected their pleas. MPAC told the review board that proximity to wind turbines is not built into the model the corporation uses to assess properties.You know that model, right......

Who needs judges, or grand juries...

...when you have professional journalists? -- SANDFORD, FLA. -- The year before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier by becoming the first African American to play major league baseball, he fled the racist threats of townspeople in Sanford, Florida, where Trayvon Martin was shot 66 years later.Now you're dragging Jackie Robinson into this? Seriously? Hmmm... funny how they're still using...

Ask the NDPQ

• OTTAWA (Reuters) • The new head of Canada's main opposition party says a simple majority should allow independence for French-speaking Quebec, a far lower bar than the one accepted by other pro-Canada parties and one that could make independence more likely. Thomas Mulcair, a Quebecker who took over as head of the left-leaning New Democrats last month, said Canada would have to negotiate independence...

Well, I guess the logic is...

...aboriginals are like little children and can't be held to the same standard as the rest of us... Wait a minute... who's the victim here?"'There’s nothing wrong with Del Louie’s face. He doesn’t have a plate with four screws in his face,' said Mr. Dixon, his voice cracking. 'He doesn’t have a concussion....

All Trayvon... all the time

C'mon now... let's not distract anyone from the 24 hour Trayvon channel.Orwell was right.**********UPDATE: But don't you worry......NBC says they're sorry... all fixed..."During our investigation it became evident that there was an error made in the production process that we deeply regret," NBC News...

All in the family

And not a word about deportation...All that argle-bargle from the opposition about Stephen Harper cracking down on crime... seems to me we've a ways tio go yet..."In the fall of 2009, Ferenc and Gyula Domotor moved into new houses, each worth nearly $500,000, down the street from each other in Ancaster....

Ask a Liberal Supporter

With friends like this... who needs eviden...

It's that simple, huh?

Dear CBC... so whaddaya think people say every time they see another bloody car bombing on the news?"So many people who were not Muslim said ‘hey there's a girl in my office who wears a hajib and now I understand that she takes it off when she goes home. And I understand all these things about women...

FROM THE COMMENTS:

Yeah... more like "hands of fruity pebbles"..."Actually, and this is according to the most recent update from Reuters, a bit of hair gel dropped into the cup and gave a false positive reading. The OPG Athletic Commission has announced that Trudeau's urine is officially clean and fragrant, with subtle...