30 June 2018

Canada Day long weekend...

...Day Two... the North Yorkening...
A 15-year-old boy is in hospital in serious condition after a shooting in North York on Saturday. Toronto police said around 4:30 p.m., the teen walked over to a fundraising carnival at a church near Jane Street and Wilson Avenue and then collapsed.
But wait... there's more...
Three people have been rushed to hospital after gunfire rang out in the city’s Entertainment District Saturday evening. Multiple shots were heard in the area of Queen Street West and Peter Street shortly before 8 p.m.

29 June 2018

A hero in her own mind

Like the movie "Sixth Sense"... apparently Hillary hasn't figured out that she's dead...dead and not gone
The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee then immediately claimed she wasn't actually comparing herself to Churchill, before going on to elaborate on the analogy. The Guardian report notes that Clinton made the Churchill reference 'a fraction too quickly for the line to sound spontaneous.'”

Canada Day long weekend...

...and bullets will be flying in Justin's post national state...
“The first officers on scene found two victims of an apparent shooting,” said York Regional Police Staff-Sgt. Dave Mitchell. “We’re not releasing any more information. We know who the people are involved, but the homicide investigators are here, and there’s an active plea for witnesses.”
They know who the victims are... but it's a big hairy ball secret.

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UPDATE: Commisso, Commisso... that sounds so familiar...
Investigators identified the victims as Cosimo Commisso, 33, of Vaughan and 26-year-old Chantelle Almeida of Toronto.
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RELATED: Because it's 2018
A male and a female required treatment in hospital after they were shot on a street corner in the city’s Moss Park neighbourhood overnight. Toronto police say that at about 1 a.m. Friday morning, a male and female were standing near Jarvis and Shuter streets when they were approached by a suspect in a car.

Police described the suspect as a woman.
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RELATED2: More bang-bang in Hogtown...
Police are investigating after multiple shots were fired at a home on Orpington Crescent near Kipling Avenue and Albion Road at around 4 a.m.
Oh Canada.

Who could have possibly...

...seen that coming.... says dead tree media...
Torstar Corp. will lay off 21 staff at its StarMetro office in Toronto. The cuts include nine full-time editors, two full-time reporter-photographers, and 10 part-time copy editors, who will have work at the paper until the end of August.

The layoffs come just days after media publishing rival Postmedia Network Inc. announced it would close six small-town newspapers and reduce print publication of four more.

28 June 2018

Diversity is our streng...

...sweet baby jebus...insert alt text here
"Mexico is experiencing one of the bloodiest electoral cycles in history with more than 120 candidates murdered since September 2017. The most recent accounting for assassinated political candidates as of June 25 is 130."
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MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH: Going clubbing...

...it doesn't always mean what you think...
Police say they have captured one suspect in a swarming assault where three men were surrounded and severely beaten with sticks earlier this month, but say the prime suspect has likely fled to India.

Ask the Experts

A psychological assessment of Bruce McArthur following a 2003 conviction for assault concluded that the risk of him committing more violent acts was “very minimal,” according to documents made public by a judge Wednesday.
Compare and contrast...
McArthur is now in custody awaiting trial on eight charges of first-degree murder in relation to deaths and disappearances in Toronto’s gay village.
Two words... catch & release.

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RELATED: Predator on the loose...
Police say that a 24-year-old man was mistakenly released from custody after a court appearance in Scarborough earlier this week.
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LAST WORD: Catch, release and repeat
Police investigated Capital Gazette shooting suspect Jarrod Ramos in 2013, but concluded he was no threat, while the newspaper didn’t want to pursue a legal case against him for fear of putting “a stick in a beehive," a police report released Friday said.

27 June 2018

Just something to think about...

...you're sitting down to do your taxes...insert alt text here
Buying Trans Mountain pipeline could add 36% to the federal deficit. The study by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis says buying the Kinder Morgan Canada assets, plus planning and construction costs, will put $6.5 billion in unplanned spending on the books for the 2018-19 fiscal year.
Remember... part of Justin's deal was to give million dollar bonuses to Trans Mountain executives. Because it's 2018.

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RELATED: FROM THE COMMENTS...
"Talked to one of my liberal sisters the other day. She hadn’t even heard of this. If it’s not in the Red Star or the CBC it didn’t happen."
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LAST WORD: A bit of good news to end the day...

...watch Hollywood lose it's shit completely.

Not that the professional political left is doing much better...
Tommy Vietor, former spokesperson for President Barack Obama’s National Security Council, and co-host of the influential left-wing podcast Pod Save America, spoke for many in his party: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

Community Housing, Community Housing...

...that sounds so familiar...welfare hellhole
A 41 year old man who was soon to be the father of 12 children was murdered in an apartment of a Toronto Community Housing complex.
If you hurry, you can help pay for Brent Young's funeral...
"Brent was a great father to his kids, as on the morning of, he was supposed to pick them up but never made it there."
It's true... that 2:30 am stopover at the Regent Park Fish & Game Club can be a killer...
Two men are facing a combined 38 charges after handguns, drugs, and cash were seized during a police investigation in the area of Sherbourne and Dundas streets at around 8 p.m. Tuesday.
But wait... there's more...
Toronto police are investigating after a body was found in Scarborough in the area of Midland and Lawrence avenues.
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RELATED: MEANWHILE, BACK IN LONDONISTAN...
"Earlier this year, it was revealed that thefts on mopeds and bikes have increased by 2,138 per cent in just two years in parts of central London, as the city experiences a violent crime wave under Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan."

Canada... where benefit of the doubt...

...always goes to the violent criminal recidivist...insert alt text here
"The jury wasn't told about criminal record of intruder killed by Ontario homeowner. They also didn't see a tearful statement Peter Khill gave to police after he killed Jon Styres. It would have shown how distraught Khill really was after the shooting."
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BREAKING: The jury saw through it...

Peter Khill has BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY in the shooting death of Jon Styres.
"Justice Stephen Glithero had told jurors they could rule in Khill’s favour if they decide he 'reasonably' believed he was under threat."
Here's a thought... you're not prowling around in the middle of the night, stealin' people's shit... no one gets so much as a papercut.

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LAST WORD: Remember, when seconds count...

...the police are just minutes away...
The number of police officers per capita is at a 13-year low in Canada, putting us behind our international allies, according to a memo drafted for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. "Canada has one of the lowest rates of police per capita among industrialized countries."

26 June 2018

Anyone else here read...

...Robert Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land?"...
A Catholic priest in Kenya has been suspended from leading public mass for a year because he rapped during sermons, his superior has told the BBC. Father Paul Ogallo, who was nicknamed "Sweet Paul", had to "choose between being a rapper and a priest".

25 June 2018

"Slaughter by the Water" continues apace

Another man dead following shooting downtown... but you're gonna need your decoder ring...toronto's most wanted
“The gunplay is for the most part people who have high-risk lifestyles,” Police Chief Mark Saunders said. “If you don’t have a high-risk lifestyle you are in good shape relatively speaking.”
Unless, of course, you get caught in the crossfire.

Remember, folks... these aren't merciless, homicidal thugs... they're simply individuals who enjoy a "high risk" lifestyle. You know... like these guys...
The victims of Homicide #45 & #46 have been identified as Patrick McKenna, 20 and Dalbert Allison, 40, both of Toronto.
And then, there's...
Police have identified the latest victim in the city’s recent gun violence spree as 41-year-old Brent Young.
Curiously... not a peep from Black Lives Matter Toronto.

PS... So far this year, Toronto has seen 48 homicides, compared to 23 during the same period last year.

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RELATED: Meanwhile... just down the road...
Peel Regional Police have laid charges against a 27-year-old man after a burning vehicle with a body inside was found in Mississauga over the weekend. The victim was 71 years old, according to court documents.

Mississauga-resident Ainar Gancthev was charged with second-degree murder and arson.

Or... bless my buttons, Mr Activist...

...they could simply be committing the lions share of the crime...dishonest injun
WINNIPEG — Nearly half of all youth who end up in custody across Canada are Indigenous, a statistic that a Manitoba activist says shows unacceptable and systemic racism.

Data released by Statistics Canada shows Aboriginal youth made up 46 per cent of admissions to correctional services in 2016-17 while making up only eight per cent of the youth population.
How about we talk about unacceptable and systemic child neglect?
"The rate of deaths from injuries is 3 to 4 times higher for Aboriginal children than for other children in Canada."

24 June 2018

SHUTUP... AND TAKE MY MONEY

"The Aviabike combines all of the deathly properties of the motorcycle with the terror of the open sky. None of the 16 turbines appear to have any sort of protective grate, making the Aviabike ripe for Incredibles-style cape misadventures and general maiming, however their relatively small size means you would be more likely to lose a finger or appendage than your life."

Toronto's storied "northwest" end...

...coughs up yet another corpse... or four...
A man rushed to hospital after he was involved in a fight at an Etobicoke plaza Saturday afternoon has now died. Paramedics say the victim was found at the scene with multiple stab wounds. Homicide detectives are investigating what is believed to be the city’s 44th murder of the year.
But wait... there's more...
3 dead after separate shootings in Toronto.
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RELATED: Why no "accessory to murder?"
Three of the people Erin Maranan searched were later killed, including Thanh Tien Ngo, who died outside a North York bowling alley in a March shooting that also killed an innocent bystander.
Catch & release... again.

23 June 2018

Justin and friends demonstrate...

...yet again... who the really dangerous people are...
A federal Liberal riding association chair is under fire for a vitriolic Facebook rant which calls for supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump to be separated from their children and exiled to detention camps.

22 June 2018

I'm from the government...

...I'm here to bamboozle you...castle doctrine
OKOTOKS, Alta. -- A courtroom erupted in cheers and applause Friday as all charges were dropped against a man accused of firing shots at suspected thieves on his rural property in southern Alberta.

"We've received information from a firearms expert and that information was compelling to say the least," said Crown prosecutor Jim Sawa, who wouldn't reveal what the evidence was.
This thing was a stinker right from the start...no disclosure
Apr 20, 2018 - Frustration permeated Okotoks provincial court as Edouard Maurice’s case was held over for the third time due to lack of disclosure.
And, it seems... the "lack of disclosure" continues.

The process, in this case, is indeed the punishment.

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RELATED: Local temperatures are rising...
Maurice’s lawyer, Tonii Roulston, said the forensics report showed Watson was injured by a ricochet, not a direct shot aimed at the alleged intruder. Watson has been charged with trespassing at night, mischief to property, theft, drug and probation charges.

The Un-Empire strikes back

justins post national state
The staff members in the meeting could argue they were expressing an opinion, and that they were not doing so maliciously, Mr. Zvulony said. “Saying he’s like Hitler is an opinion. Nobody believes he is the incarnation of Hitler.”
But, remember... using incorrect gender pronouns in Justin Trudeau's "post national state" is now a crime.

Perhaps WLU should order in copies of Peterson's book for their teaching staff...rule number six**********

RELATED: If it only saves one life...
If you have an opportunity to see Dr. Peterson live, DO IT, you guys. It’s not just a talk, not just a lecture, and not just a “performance.” It’s an experience. And for some folks, it’s life-saving.

21 June 2018

Bad Day in the Hood...

...for the naughty scofflaws of 5PG...5pg
"Hundreds of cops fanned out across the GTA Thursday to conduct a series of pre-dawn raids that led to the arrests of dozens of suspected members of the notorious street gang Five Point Generalz."
Stand by for cries of "racist police state" in three, two...

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UPDATE: Spokespeople from Black Lives Matter Toronto...

...were apparently unavailable for comment...toronto's most wanted
More than 1,000 charges were laid against 75 members and associates of a Toronto-based gang after police seized guns, drugs and thousands of dollars in cash during a series of early morning raids this week.

Police seized 60 brand new semi-automatic handguns from a 58-year-old Generalz associate as he drove them from Cornwall, Ont., to Toronto last month.
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RELATED: Smell the professional journalism...

What's worse than a "wounded male?"
Officers were called around 4:45 a.m. Thursday to a home on Martree Cres., in the Bovaird Dr. E. and Hwy. 410 area, about reports of a shooting. They found a wounded male dead at the scene of gunshot wounds.

It's a Clinton world...

...and that should scare you silly...
"The Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General is filled with people who fear the FBI. Think about that for a minute. What is the usual term for a government whose members live in fear of its police arm? The OIG report suggests that its demise may be only one election away."

Maybe America wasn't ready for...

...Coffee/ Social Justice Lecture Sites after all...insert alt text here
Starbucks CEO Mr. Johnson acknowledged that the decision to shut down 8,000 U.S. stores on May 29 for anti-bias training, driven by the high-profile arrests of two black men in Philadelphia, played a role in the company’s sluggish second-quarter performance.
Who could have possibly seen this com...
"Starbucks, in other words, has just announced its stores are now privately-funded shelters and bathroom facilities for the homeless."

20 June 2018

Tobacco = Evil

Washington (AFP) – Just 13.9 percent of the US population smokes cigarettes, according to a US government report Tuesday which said the American smoking rate has reached “the lowest level ever recorded.”
Marijuana = Miracle Cure...medicine
OTTAWA — Canadians will be able to legally purchase and consume recreational marijuana by mid-September at the latest after the Senate voted Tuesday to lift almost a century-old prohibition on cannabis.

Toronto the Good

Who's gonna catch a bullet today?slug
"A man believed to be in his 30s has suffered serious injuries after a shooting took place in Leslieville on Tuesday night. The incident occurred in the area of Gerrard Street East and Jones Avenue at around 9 p.m."
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RELATED: You can smell the CBC journalism...
Lawyer claims young Toronto black man beaten into coma by officers

Toronto lawyer and mayoral candidate Saron Ghebresellassi took to Twitter on Monday night claiming Musie Ghebremichael, was "beaten almost to death by 14 Division" along with a photo of her client in critical care unit at Toronto Western Hospital breathing through a tube.
There is, of course, the obligatory inflammatory picture of Mr Ghebremichael lying in a hospital bed, provided, no doubt, by Mayoral candidate and lawyer Saron Ghebresellassi.

Only much further on in the article do you get a response from the other side...
Musie Ghebremichael allegedly drove at the officers, "knocking their bicycles into traffic and striking other cars," according to police spokesperson Meaghan Gray. Witnesses say they saw the accused get out of the vehicle and ran into a crowd outside of a club in the area.

There, one witness claimed Ghebremichael appeared to have suffered some kind of medical episode and was making strange noises. "According to the medical evidence, the man did not sustain any serious injury deemed to be the result of any police action," said Special Investigations Unit spokesperson Monica Hudon.
You have to go to another source to get the goods on poor little Mr Ghebremichael...
Police believe this was a coordinated criminal operation...

$ 870,000 in stolen vehicles
$ 387,120 in damage to Commercial Businesses in the course of the criminal acts
$ 72,490 in cash stolen from ATMs
$ 114,300 in cash and property stolen during the break ins
Who are you gonna believe here?

And was justice actually served in any way, shape or form? You be the judge...
KITCHENER — A Kitchener man who was involved in a string of ATM robberies using stolen pickup trucks walked out of a courtroom a free man on Tuesday.

Musie Ghebremichael, who turns 23 next week, had been in jail since April 2016. Justice Gary Hearn suspended his sentence, which allowed the man to walk out of the prisoner's box.

"He should start his 23rd birthday in the community with the supports in place."
And a big, fat settlement from the Toronto Police Department?
(h/t reader byron)

19 June 2018

Trump... speaking simple truths...

...the slick, double-talking socialists won't...
The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was withdrawing the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council, with U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley calling the 47-member council “a protector of human rights abusers, and a cesspool of political bias.”
Need a little background...
These details and others blaming Syria for atrocities in eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, were uncovered by a United Nations commission investigating and documenting possible war crimes in the seven-year-old conflict. But when the commission issued a report on Wednesday, the details were omitted.

Ah, yes... the Charter of Rights...

...it stands on guard for thee...lies
VANCOUVER -- A British Columbia man's Facebook posts allegedly threatening violence in support of the Islamic State group provide enough evidence to suggest he poses a security risk to Canada and should be deported, an official for the Canada Border Services Agency says.

Othman Hamdan's lawyer has argued his client's online views amounted to freedom of expression as guaranteed by the charter.
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RELATED: In other "freedom of expression" news...
The Ottawa School of Business and Economics founder, Massoud Khazabi, said last week there are about 20 students enrolled. The little college took down much of its website Friday. It has no physical location — just a Dymon Storage mailbox.

Khazabi is also an economic advisor at Transport Canada. We reached out to Khazabi on Tuesday but hadn’t heard back.

The usual suspects

Apparently "Black Lives Matters", Toronto... was unavailable for comment...shooters
Tarrick Rhoden and T'Quan Robertson, both 23, are wanted for attempted murder, discharging a firearm with intent, and two counts each of aggravated assault.
I wonder if they got snitched out by their buddy, Sheldon Eriya.

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RELATED: Brampton... where going "clubbing"...

...doesn't always mean what you think...
According to police, the suspect vehicles surrounded the victims’ vehicle and a number of men attacked the three victims with baseball bats. Sgt. Duane Bilton said it’s believed the motive for the attack was “a money debt of sorts.”
Brampton, Brampton... that sounds so familiar.

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LAST WORD: All just "culturally relative?"
On Tuesday, a suspect identified by police as Anirudha Nayagam of Brampton turned himself in to authorities. He has been charged with sexual assault, assault and criminal harassment.

Those violent, gun-toting Swedes...

...wait a minute...diversity is our strength
COPENHAGEN – Swedish police say several people have been injured after shots were fired in Malmo, Sweden’s third-largest city Monday. Tabloid Aftonbladet quoted witnesses saying they heard what sounded like 15 to 20 shots. Witness Jonatan Burhoff told the newspaper he saw wounded people being carried to private cars that drove off “as fast as possible.”

Suburban feuds between criminal gangs fighting over territory have taken place in major Swedish cities in recent years. Aftonbladet said the shootings took place next to a police station so officers were on the scene immediately.
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UPDATE: The bodycount rises...
Three people have died and several more were wounded after a gunman fired at a crowd of people in one of the main shopping streets in central Malmö Monday evening.

With 43 per cent of its population estimated to have a migrant background, Malmö has suffered from increasing levels of violent crime linked to gang warfare.

18 June 2018

You mean, like... "attempted murder?"

One person was rushed to hospital via emergency run and another is being detained by police following some sort of incident on the eastbound platform at Bloor-Yonge Station on Monday morning.

Police say that it does not appear as though the injured party deliberately jumped onto the tracks.
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BREAKING: Dear Mayor Tory...

...say "safe city" one more time... I dare you...
"A homicide investigation is underway after an incident at Bloor-Yonge Station left a man believed to be in his early 20s dead on Monday morning."
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UPDATE: So much for "professional" journalism...
Toronto Police Det. Rob North said the unidentified victim was an “Asian man who is in his 50s or 60s” with “white hair and white eyebrows.” For “investigative purposes” police also did not name their accused, however, sources identified the accused as John Reszetnik.

A solid first step

TORONTO — Ontario’s incoming premier has put the public service under a hiring freeze as part of a series of measures meant to limit spending as he re-examines the province’s books.

A spokesman for Doug Ford says the Progressive Conservative leader has also directed government ministries to cancel “subscription-based services” and to restrict out-of-province travel.
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RELATED: Speaking of public servants & liability...
PORT HOPE — Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a 48-year-old man after officers administered naloxone to him.
I've been waiting for this to happen. Let me say this loud and clear... COPS AREN'T PARAMEDICS. Standby for a huge lawsuit.

Here at the CBC...

...we're not allowed to say "Jane and Finch"...
Toronto paramedics say a man in his 20s has suffered "serious, possibly life-altering injuries" after being shot at Yorkwoods Plaza Sunday night.
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RELATED: If you won't publish names...

...how is it news?

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LAST WORD: I blame the National Cutlery Association

17 June 2018

A long and storied history...

...of abject capitulation...surrender monkeys
"A thousand Muslims in the southern French city of Nice took to the street to pray on Friday following the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan, in defiance of the country’s laws."
If you are unable or unwilling to enforce the laws of the land... you are no longer a sovereign nation. And, realistically... at some point, you're gonna run out of bulletproof glass.

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RELATED: That's some "Religion of Peace"
"At least 18 people die in Jalalabad, a day after suicide bomber kills 36 at an Eid gathering in Nangarhar province."
But wait... there's more...
At least 31 people have been killed in a twin suicide bomb attack by suspected Boko Haram fighters on a town in northeast Nigeria, according to local sources.

16 June 2018

Who "allegedly" shoots little girls...

...in a playground?

Meet slack-jawed, shark-eyed Sheldon...big brave sheldon
Today, police announced Sheldon Eriya, 21, of Markham was picked up by investigators in Pickering. He has been charged with several offences including two counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault.
Meanwhile, back in Mayor John Tory's "safe" Toronto...
One man is dead and another has life-threatening injuries after a double stabbing at a bar in Scarborough’s Cliffcrest neighbourhood early Saturday morning.
But wait... there's more...
Police say they’ve located a man with life-threatening injuries after shots were fired Saturday night at the Polson Pier entertainment complex on Toronto’s waterfront.
And...
Toronto police say Jefferson Morgan, 29, is facing 10 charges after two shots were fired toward a large crowd of people in downtown Toronto early on Friday morning./

Liar, Liar...

lies
In 2015, President Obama told America he only learned that his secretary of state Hillary Clinton was illegally using a private email server to conduct public business after The New York Times published a story saying so. Today's release of a Department of Justice inspector general report shows that was a lie.

"FBI analysts and Prosecutor 2 told us that former President Barack Obama was one of the 13 individuals with whom Clinton had direct contact using her clintonemail.com account," the report says in a footnote on page 89.

"Obama, like other high level government officials, used a pseudonym for his username on his official government email account."
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RELATED: The cost of hero worship
Public works projects surrounding the proposed Obama Presidential Center will cost taxpayers nearly $200 million, according to a report published Saturday.

It's funny... because it's true

Let's bust out the good stuff, Willie...eco warriors
OTTAWA – With today’s announcement that his government would be purchasing the Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan, Prime Minister Trudeau has become just the latest committed climate change fighter to own and operate a massive oil pipeline.

15 June 2018

Four arrested in downtown Toronto...

...for guns and drugs... CBC feels public doesn't need to know names...suckass pc cowards
Three men and a 17-year-old boy have been jointly charged with 12 firearm and drug-related offences following an ongoing Toronto police sting operation to combat gun violence in the city's downtown core.
Fortunately, the Toronto Police Service seems to disagree...
"Lee Davis Rurimirije, 18; Haben Kebedom, 18; Robalee Balcha, 18; and a 17-year-old boy, all of Toronto, were arrested."
You can just smell the "professional" politically correct journalism.

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COMPARE AND CONTRAST: What? What double standard?
"If this was Fred Smith, avid deer hunter & target shooter... CBC would be planning a four part Marketplace "Tools of Satan" extravaganza. They'd
be following poor Freddie to the crapper."

Live and don't learn... and die...

...the capricious and unknowable "Will of Allah"...Mullah FazlullahGoodbye Yosemite Samir...
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan acknowledged that its leader had been killed and accused the Afghan intelligence service NDS, which has long been suspected by Pakistan of harbouring Mullah Fazlullah, of providing information for the drone attack.

In March, Fazlullah's son, Abdullah, was among 20 TTP armed fighters killed in a US drone attack.

Fazlullah became the leader of TTP in November 2013; following the death of Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone attack in North Waziristan.
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MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH:toronto's most wanted
"You will be caught, you will face the full weight of the justice system and you will not terrorize our city and our neighbourhoods."
Except, of course, that they just did.

More weasel words from your professional political overlords.

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RELATED: The Usual Suspect
Police arrested a suspect in Toronto Thursday, June 14. Jermaine Simmonds, 25, from Scarborough is charged with careless discharge of a firearm, failing to stop for police, dangerous driving and failing to remain at the scene of an accident.
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LAST WORD: I got nuthin'...
TORONTO — A 13-year-old boy is facing a murder charge after a cyclist was allegedly run down with an SUV and assaulted, er... stabbed to death, Toronto police said Friday.

Ask a part-time drama teacher

You, the consumer, pay through the nose to enable Quebec dairy producers to live large...
For decades, Canada has protected its dairy industry, erecting trade barriers that diminish foreign competition and result in higher prices for Canadian consumers. Fluid milk is 241 percent, cheese is 245.5 percent, ice cream is 277 percent, cream is 292.5 percent, and butter is 298.5 percent.

While this has prompted longstanding complaints by the United States and other exporters, the tariffs have survived, thanks in part to a strong dairy lobby that Canadian politicians have been loath to oppose.

Just another reason...

...to dump the Liberals here in Canada...
Germany's energy minister has admitted that it will fall some way short of its 2020 climate targets and that voters are weary of the renewable energy projects which in Germany alone cost taxpayers around €25 billion per year.
It's Y2Kyoto folks... admit it, you got scammed.

14 June 2018

Drunk driving not a "serious crime"...

...say Canadian lawmakers...
The Senate decided that the “serious criminality” designation for impaired driving should not apply to permanent residents and foreign nationals sentenced to less than six months in jail.
Once again... special laws for special people. With quotes from Senators Ratna Omidvar and Mobina Jaffer.

Meanwhile, in other increasingly ordinary news...
TORONTO - The death of 28-year-old Victoria Selby-Readman, found with obvious signs of trauma found inside a Queen St. W. apartment on Tuesday is now being investigated as a homicide. Investigators are not releasing the cause of death at the moment.
And...
Homicide detectives are investigating after a man died following an assault in Parkdale near Queen Street and Lansdowne Avenue at around 8:30 p.m.on Wednesday night.
But, wait... there's more...
"A five-year-old and a seven-year-old have been transported to Sick Kids Hospital after a shooting took place in Scarborough on Thursday evening. One patient was taken to hospital with serious injuries that are possibly life-threatening, while the second victim suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries."

All about the Aboriginal

If the jury accepts Peter Khill's self-defence argument... be prepared for Hamilton-Wentworth to go up in flames...
In it’s opening remarks, the Crown alleges Styres was trying to steal Khill’s 15 year old pickup truck. The lock had been punched in. Khill got out of bed, grabbed his shotgun, loaded it with two shells and left his house.
"Sundown, you better take care...
If i find you've been creepin' round
...my back stair"


Ethnicity should play no role in this case. Mr Styres untimely demise was precipitated by deliberate criminal trespass. You calls the tune... you pays the piper.

Which doesn't stop everyone from bringing up the media fairy tales surrounding the last such incident.

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RELATED: Sorry, Ava... not about "aboriginal safety"...
"Indigenous people will not feel safe until there is a justice system in place that values Indigenous lives," Six Nations Chief Ava Hill said.
Funny how all the aboriginal lives are uniformly being lost while committing criminal acts against the field of folk.

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LAST WORD: Hey, Chief... let's talk "safety"...
"The rate of deaths from injuries is 3 to 4 times higher for Aboriginal children than for other children in Canada."

Source: Government of Canada (2002) Healthy Canadians – A Federal Report on Comparable Health Indicators 2002. Ottawa: Health Canada.

13 June 2018

The inevitable consequences of...

...Justin's "post national" state...dvp & sheppard
"There will be four such refugee camps in Toronto — two somewhere in downtown Toronto, one in the west end and one in the east end."
Just something else to think about as you're writing out that fat cheque to MPAC.

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RELATED: As ye sow...
Canada's population has topped 37 million, according to new data released this morning by Statistics Canada, and is growing faster than it ever has before. It took just two years and two months to add one million more people to the national population, which stood at 37,067,011 as of April 1.

That's the shortest period on record for an increase of such magnitude.

Who says you can't...

...get away with murder...
"Since the beginning of 2008 there have been 658 murders in Toronto and 233 of those remain unsolved, meaning many killers freely roam city streets."
Need another example?
Justin Andrew Bokma, 42, and LeFrance Matthews, 41, were gunned down in the early morning hours of July 1, 2016 inside a second-floor after-hours club near College Street and Augusta Avenue.

Police say they believe the suspects had attended the club previously and the club’s owners knew who they were.

12 June 2018

A litmus test for Premier-elect Ford

Here's a chance for Doug Ford to show that he can rise above "same old, sleazy backroom" party politics...
"Leaked emails show Caroline Mulroney’s former boss shared concerns over the PC party criticizing a controversial casino deal, while Wynne’s war room strategist rode the revolving door between government and lobbying for the same deal."
Mr Ford should remember, courage is courage, wherever you may find it...
To call this a minor triviality of Canadian life is to ignore one of the country’s highest-profile policy debates of the past half-decade. In 2012, centrist Liberal politician Martha Hall Findlay provoked the conversation by running for her party’s leadership on what was a mostly one-issue campaign to abolish dairy tariffs.

11 June 2018

Come for the bike trails...

...stay for the neurosurgery...dvp & sheppard
Toronto Police have charged Hassan Hassan, 36, of Toronto and six teenage boys after an alleged robbery and beating that left a cyclist in a coma. Police are still searching for 18-year-old Nakhari Henry-Robinson and 19-year-old Tajon James.

A 19-year-old man was biking on May 25 when he was surrounded by 15 people, some of whom assaulted him while others cheered them on. Police say the cyclist suffered a “significant” head injury and spent several days in a coma.
Just another story you won't see on the CBC.

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RELATED: Some diversity tales are so public...

...even the CBC can't ignore them...
Two of the men at the centre of a wild police chase in downtown Toronto last month are up-and-coming rapper siblings with a large and loyal following of fans. Sharrieff Muhammad, 22, and his brother Kareemallah Muhammad, 18, were arrested along with two other men following the police pursuit in broad daylight on May 28. It's alleged that at one point someone fired into a group of pedestrians on Parliament Street near Dundas. No one was injured.

In March, Kareemallah Muhammad was charged with sexual assault and forcible confinement in relation to an alleged incident involving a 17 year-old fan. In 2017, he was also charged with drug trafficking. On May 28, the Muhammad brothers were arrested along with Shakiem Anderson, 21, of Mississauga and Harlem Baldwin, 20, of Toronto.

They're facing 97 charges in total including criminal negligence and reckless discharge of a firearm.
That's some Religion of Peace.

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LAST WORD: Ride the Rocket... I dare you

Actually... I double dare you.

Canada's 'Random' Immigration Lottery...

...uses Microsoft Excel, which isn't actually random...
“We stand by this randomized selection process as a sufficient means of equal opportunity for all who look to express an interest in sponsoring their parents and grandparents,” said a spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
So, what happened to the meritocracy?

We might as well let them play "rock, paper, scissors" to get in the door.

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RELATED: By the numbers...
The top twenty nations on the Fragile State Index (meaning least stable), in order, are as follows: South Sudan, Somalia, the Central African Republic, Yemen, Sudan, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, Guinea, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Burundi, Pakistan, Eritrea, and Niger.

The unbelievable, jaw-dropping hypocrisy...

...of a shrivelled-up, has-been political courtesan...insert alt text here
Kathleen Wynne, who stepped down as Liberal leader after the party’s dramatic downfall, said she hopes premier-designate Doug Ford will change the rules to grant the designation, which currently requires eight seats in the legislature. “I think it’s important,” she said. “I hope that Mr. Ford will agree.”

"It’s unlikely the NDP would support loosening the rules around party status considering they were denied a similar reprieve under the Liberals in 2003," said Jonathan Malloy, a political science professor at Carleton University.
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RELATED: My Canada includes every whining, snivelling...
"There is a retreat in the movement," said Rioux, 69, on Saturday afternoon. "We've suffered a series of defeats, and it's hard to attract people when you don't win."

10 June 2018

FROM THE COMMENTS:

Obviously, the New Democratic Party is all about...
"the children"...insert alt text here
"I feel like he shouldn’t be allowed to handle knives, or sharp objects of any kind for that matter."
#todaysNDP #NDP #LiberalismIsAMentalDisease
nb. - Andrea's poor little boy is 25 years old.

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RELATED: It's past time for "Ford Tough"...insert alt text here
In a clear sign that the incoming PC government in Ontario will stand up for Canadian principles, Premier-Designate Doug Ford says that the anti-Semitic Al Quds Day will not be allowed.

"In the past, Al Quds Day has featured calls for genocide against Israel, horrendous anti-Semitic statements, and direct calls for violence. It’s a radical extremist event that has no place in a civilized nation."
Straight talk from the guy who didn't give Omar Khadr 10 million taxpayer dollars.

Yet another unfortunate incident...

...at the Jane-Finch Fish & Game Club...toronto's most wanted
Toronto police say a man is in life-threatening condition after a shooting in Toronto’s Jane-Driftwood neighbourhood early Sunday morning. There is currently no information on suspects.
Meanwhile, in other Hogtown homicide news...Aaron Rankine-Wright
A cyclist, 19-year-old Aaron Rankine-Wright was killed in Little Portugal on Saturday evening near Dundas and Dufferin streets at around 5:30 p.m..

Police say the cyclist was hit by a vehicle and subsequently stabbed to death by an unknown group of suspects.

They'll do it with you...

...they'll do it to you...
We know Anthony was shooting his show in France this week -- he'd been there for at least 4 days.

However, Asia, 42, was back in Rome, strolling around with 28 year old French reporter Hugo Clément. There were photos of them holding hands and hugging, but the Italian photographer who shot the pics pulled them off the market on the heels of Anthony's death.
And there was this...
Argento’s recent Instagram story, posted around three hours before Bourdain’s death was first reported, was a photo of herself wearing a ripped t-shirt that read: “FUCK EVERYONE.”

You know who you are,” she captioned the post.

Argento’s Instagram story has since been deleted.
Everyone is characterising Bourdain's suicide as a complete mystery. Could it be as simple as a broken heart?

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RELATED: By the numbers...
Whenever a notable person commits suicide, calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline spike, said Director John Draper.
Darwin would have called this "thinning the herd."

09 June 2018

"We don' need no steenkin' signs"

You're at the helm of the wheeled equivalent of a battleship... who needs English...diversity is our strength
Const. Zafar Kazmi asked Saini [in Hindi] if he was aware he’d entered a construction zone and traffic had stopped. “No, no,” he replied. “There was no signs at all.”
Or... to be a bit more precise... none that unilingual septuagenarian big-rig driver Mohinder Singh Saini could actually read.
"... slammed his tractor trailer full-speed into dozens of vehicles that had stopped for lane closures in a heavily-marked construction zone, between Brock St. and Salem Rd."
PS, Mo... you snatch up four innocent lives, I'm not sure "totally oblivious" is your best defence strategy.

08 June 2018

Another story you won't see...

...on Canada's "national broadcaster"...liar,liar
As the editorial rightly asked all those 18 years ago, "shouldn’t the son of a former prime minister be aware of the rights and wrongs that go along with public socializing?"

“Didn’t he learn through his vast experiences in public life, that groping a strange young woman isn’t in the handbook of proper etiquette regardless of who she is, what her business is, or where they are.”
Or how about this other hopey-dopey hero of the social justice movement?obummer
"When it comes to the Iran nuclear deal, the Obama administration increasingly appears to have been a bottomless pit of deception."

Then, we learned that the Obama administration had secretly sent a plane to Tehran loaded with $400 million in Swiss francs, euros and other currencies on the same day Iran released four American hostages, which was followed by two more secret flights carrying another $1.3 billion in cash.

Ontarians finally realised that...

...they can't afford all that "free stuff" the Liberals and Dippers keep foisting on us. Meanwhile, over at the Toronto "Red Star"... Ford Derangement Syndrome is spreading like wildfire...
It also sets the new premier on a potential collision course with the voters of Ontario, who appear more divided than ever. Despite Ford’s incessant claims to speak for the “people,” the people are polarized, and the electorate is not one.

The majority of people who voted against his vision of disruption, destruction and dysfunction in a province that is a bulwark of progressive government."
You mean the people who just elected a majority Conservative government... right?

Just heard Andrea Horwath talk about how she's gonna hold Doug Ford's feet to the fire. Just another lie that shows how professional politicians disrespect the people. What part of "majority government" does Horwath not get?

07 June 2018

One CBC reporter's "civilian"...

...is another man's "cop killer"...toronto's most wanted
The Special Investigations Unit has been called in to probe a police-involved shooting in Toronto's east end that left one person dead.
Hmmm... let's get a second opinion about this poor dead "civilian"...
Police exchanged fire with the man, hitting him several times, while an officer was hit once in the chest. The officer survived the shooting because he was wearing a bullet proof vest, Toronto police chief Mark Saunders said.
Your CBC... you can almost smell the journalism.

06 June 2018

I'm so old, I can remember when...

...bodies weren't hittin' the ground every couple of days...
Toronto police say a man has died after a shooting northwest of Islington Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard West late Tuesday.
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UPDATE: Murdered man identified...
"Police said 45-year-old Rodney Rizun of no fixed address has been identified as the victim of the fatal shooting."
I'm not even gonna bother about the dead guy in Oshawa, or the four wounded teens at the Pickering Ribfest or the dead woman by the hiking trail in Whitby.

But, wait... there's more...
Police are searching for 31-year-old Toronto resident Andy Metatawabin who stabbed a 62-year-old man in the emergency department at an East York hospital on Tuesday at around 2 p.m.
I blame the National Cutlery Association.

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RELATED: Welcome to Brampton...

...where "going out clubbing" has an entirely different meaning...
Peel police charged 24-year-old Harminder Bassi, of Brampton, with first degree murder on Wednesday. Three other men — 22-year-old Karanvir Singh Bassi, 23-year-old Guryodh Singh Khattra, and 20-year-old Gurraj Bassi — were charged with first degree murder in March.

05 June 2018

In other "calls 'em as I sees 'em" news...

“In 1962 she became pregnant by her husband’s brother Lyle Dehmlow and moved to California. She abandoned her children, Gina and Jay who were raised by her parents in Clements, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schunk,” the obituary reads.

“She passed away on May 31, 2018, in Springfield and will now face judgment. She will not be missed by Gina and Jay, and they understand that this world is a better place without her.”

04 June 2018

Diversity is our streng...

...sweet baby jebus...
There is still no sign of a missing 25-year-old man who police say was abducted outside a Rexdale restaurant on Friday night. According to investigators, 25-year-old Jammar Allison was forced into a black Dodge Caravan outside a restaurant in the area of Humberwood and Rexdale boulevards at around 10 p.m. on Friday and has not been heard from since.
Meanwhile, in other confirmed murdery news...
Carbone identified the deceased as Rhoderie Estrada, 41. Yostin Murillo, 22, of no fixed address, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Murillo will appear in court on June 4.
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MEANWHILE BACK IN MERRY OLD LONDONISTAN:
A suspected knifeman being hunted by police after his estranged wife and their one-year-old baby were stabbed was facing deportation for domestic violence, a friend has said.

Detectives are searching for 25-year-old Rehan Khan following the attack at a house on the Oriel housing estate in Feltham, south-west London last night.
And Winston Churchill wept...
Under Labour’s Mayor Sadiq Khan, London has been in the grips of a crime wave with knife and gun crime surging by 30 and 16 per cent respectively. More than 60 people have been killed in the nation’s capital this year.

03 June 2018

Make Italy Great Again?

ROME (AP) — Italy’s new populist leaders commemorated the founding of the Italian republic by attending a pomp-filled military parade Saturday — and then promised to get to work creating jobs and expelling migrants.

The free ride is over,” League leader Matteo Salvini, Italy’s new interior minister, warned migrants at a rally in northern Italy. “It’s time to pack your bags.”

02 June 2018

01 June 2018

I'm judging Andrea Horwath...

...by the company she keeps...war is peace
“When I was out of the country my Facebook page was hacked,” NDP candidate Tasleem Riaz insisted. “Honestly, honestly, I’m the person who’s spreading love and peace in the community,” she said dramatically. She said when people heard about the meme, they told her she didn’t “deserve this” because she’s done so much for the community.

When I first approached Riaz for comment Thursday, she was shuffled out the door by NDP handlers. She then subsequently claimed to other media “she was very busy” — too busy to comment as she sat schmoozing with assorted NDP staffers.

PC candidate Gila Martow first brought the meme to the media’s attention a week ago, countered that “openly Nazi messages” are not pushed on social media by mistake — a message that was “liked” by at least seven of Riaz’s friends at the time.
Note that Tasleem isn't addressing allegations that she called Canadian soldiers "war criminals." Is that a real vote-magnet in her riding?

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RELATED: Two Words... Bob... Rae...insert alt text here
The NDP hand-picked a slate of activists and social justice candidates specifically because they support the party’s hard-left activist agenda. They, in fact, represent the divisive, dysfunctional, progressive culture the NDP embraces.

These are the candidates Horwath wants!

We hope voters will keep that in mind on June 7.

Make no mistake, Cheech...

...those TrueDope chickens WILL be coming home to roost...or, more likely, "rest in pieces"...dave's not here man
Some 22.3 percent of fatally injured motorists who were tested for drugs tested positive for marijuana in 2016, a figure that researchers say has "increased substantially" in recent years as states have legalized the drug for recreational or medicinal use, according to a new report.
This ain't your hippie parents ditchweed.

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RELATED: "Mama told me not to go"
"Margaret Trudeau, who suffers from bipolar disorder, spoke openly with reporters about her experience with depression and the effect of her long-term marijuana use.

"Marijuana can trigger sychosis," said Trudeau. "Every time I was hospitalized it was preceded by heavy use of marijuana."