"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," Crump said Monday.

Yup... "we don' need no steenkin' evidence"... not when we have professional journalists...

"A fight broke out — investigators say it is unknown who started it."

Well, not exactly...

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, and much of it has been corroborated by witnesses, authorities say.

Why do you imagine... despite the MSM and even the Whitehouse calling for Zimmerman's head... it took 6 weeks to find a prosecutor who was willing to lay a charge? Face it folks... you've been duped yet again.

Try googling the words "Tawana Brawley."

I dare you.

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RELATED: Remember... to a news organisation...

...you're not a person... you're simply market share...

Correcting a broadcast news report presents other challenges. Any correction would have to come out of the mouths of personalities whom networks lavishly promote as trusted sources of information.

The omniscient anchor, the dashing correspondent — most of them are just the spigot for a news product manufactured by many others.

“Television is an industrial process,” Mr. Bergman said, pointing to the fact that there are many hands on each story even as only one tells it. “It is built on a fiction, and they don’t want to get into the business of deconstructing how news comes together.”

(via SDA)

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LAST WORD: Okay, let's talk "justice"...

"Let us talk sense, like adults. Nothing that is done to George Zimmerman — justly or unjustly — will unlynch a single black man who was tortured and killed in the Jim Crow South for a crime he didn’t commit."

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.

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RELATED: Bias... what media bias?

Only 15% of Afghans wanted Canadian troops to leave immediately; the greater proportion of 80% wanted them to remain until the Taliban was crushed.

Somebody remind me...

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

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 permission to release the suspect’s photo.

Steve Martin was right... "Stay away from the cans!!!"

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 housed some of Canada's most notorious criminals.

It’s also closing down the medium-security Leclerc Institution in Laval, Que.

The budget contained a line that said: “The government has not built a single new prison since 2006 and has no intention of building any new prisons.”

If anything, it's the Liberals who are driving the need for more prison beds.

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RELATED: Your CBC in action

Dateline TORONTO: Organised "death squads" in your streets...

Poor Peter Lumanglas... thank goodness CBC was there to speak for him... this unfortunate victim was...

"pulled over by Const. Jeff Blair on Sunday evening, leading to an interaction".

I mean, the nerve of those traffic cops... pulling people over... no wonder folks get, you know... a little stabby.

And it gets worse... the clear implication here is that this was simply another police frame job...

His girlfriend, Krystle Magallanes, told CBC News that Lumanglas had kicked a drug addiction and had been trying to turn his life around for herself and their four-month-old son.

Magallanes said her boyfriend “has a big heart” and said he “would never, ever stab a cop."

There you have it... right from the horse's ass.

And you just have to love that headline... "Man shot after Toronto traffic stop was ex-con"... clearly implying that he was shot simply for being "in the system."

What was wrong with... "Man shot after Toronto police officer stabbed in neck?"

Funny how the CBC didn't manage to get word one from the family of Constable Jeff Blair.

Nope... no agenda here.

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UPDATE: Live by the stupid...

...well, you know...

• TORONTO • "Peter Lumanglas, 38, the man who stabbed police Toronto Const. Jeff Blair in the neck before being shot during a routine traffic stop has died."

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, and much of it has been corroborated by witnesses, authorities say.

And one last little item...

And of course, almost no one knows that on the night he took Trayvon Martin’s life, George Zimmerman willingly consented to take a voice stress analyzer test, a kind of lie detector test used by the Sanford police. He passed it.

Apparently President McDreamy & company... (ie. the New Black Panther Party)... jumped the, uh... gun... yet again.

THANK YOU COMMENT MODERATION:

"Dead niggers. What's not to like, eh neo?"

Once again, the voice of the compassionate, intellectual, anonymous left.

Oh c'mon, Libby... you can do better than that.

In fact you already have.

You ever notice how... in blogospheric circles, anyway... it's invariably the lickspittle left who resort to tossing out the emotionally charged innuendo, threats & accusations?

I wish I had a dime for every time "Liberal Supporter" & his ilk dropped in here to accuse me of racial murder, or rampant nazi-ism. It's just all so predictable and boring.

No wonder actual writers like Kathy Shaidle have such a huge following...

"Now look: words are my profession. Set Hustler’s in-house style guide in front of me and I’m like a cat with an empty box – or, come to think of it, a boy with a copy of Hustler."

So pardon me for being so direct, Libby... but answer me this... if George Zimmerman, as the actual evidence suggests, is the victim here... will you be issuing a public apology for all your Sharptonesque vitriol?

UPDATE: Who needs courts or trials?

Doesn't George Zimmerman deserve at least as much due process as any other accused?

Trayvon Martin’s parents, who divorced in 1999, left the court stone-faced and with arms locked, declining to answer questions from reporters.

“They are devastated” by the bail, family attorney Benjamin Crump told reporters, adding that Tracy Martin had tears in his eyes throughout the hearing.

Not according to some folks, I guess.

Notice the reporter here refers to the "racially charged case."

Hmmm... could that have something to do with the MSM continually harping on details like... "son of a white father and a Peruvian mother?"

If this guy's name had been George Lopez instead of George Zimmerman... would this even have made the local paper?

A "made for CBC" dilemma

What happens when an unstoppable sacred cow collides with an immovable perennial grievance?
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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 problem: the larger intolerant society.

4). Somehow blame Tories. Find old clips from the gay-marriage debate.

5). Somehow blame religious groups.

6). Flip coverage to contributing factors from the long-standing neglect of our First Nations, and blame Tories for this as well.

7. Factor in all the 'over representation' of First Nations in prisons.

8. Blame Tories.

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 party."

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.

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UPDATE: Well, whaddaya know...

• TORONTO • A downtown Islamic centre responsible for placing religiously-charged posters in TTC stations has removed links from its website that led to Islamic speakers that preach intolerance and terrorism.

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 shooting happened at an after-hours party near Keele Street and Finch Avenue West.

And again...

A drive-by shooting in northwest Toronto has left a 16-year-old boy with serious injuries.

The boy was shot late Sunday afternoon on Bernice Crescent, near the intersection of Scarlett Road and St. Clair Avenue West.

And let's not discount the edged weapons enthusiasts...

Police were notified of an incident that occurred behind the building at 1651 Victoria Park Ave. where they found a man with apparent knife wounds.

Det. Sgt. Joel Kulmatycki told CBC News that the man underwent surgery, but succumbed to his injuries.

If only there was a law... wait a minute...

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 children?

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 Florida’s prison system with inmates.

What happens when you have the Black Panthers, the MSM... and the Prosecutor's office... all on the same page?

A study this year by two University of North Florida criminologists found that Corey’s Duval County “had the highest incarceration rate of any jurisdiction over 500,000 in Florida” in 2010.

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UPDATE: Tried and convicted...

...in the court of public opinion...

"The neighbourhood watch volunteer’s lawyer, Mark O’Mara, also said he wanted Zimmerman to be released on bond, but not until he could secure a safe place for him to stay while he faces murder charges."

Funny how, suddenly... folks are willing to condemn this guy without a trial.

That "safe place" Zimmerman's lawyer refers to... where exactly would that be? With the Panthers putting a "dead or alive" target on his back... is pre-trial custody even an alternative?

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UPDATE: A cynical political ploy?

Let's ask a Harvard Law Professor...

"Maybe her plan is to use the judge here as a get-out-of-tough-cases card? She probably knows she can’t get Zimmerman on murder two, but she also doesn’t want to be the one to have to break that to the public."

The thing to take note of here, folks... is that Alan Dershowitz, the man who helped defend O.J. Simpson, a man with radioactive lefty credentials... now feels George Zimmerman is being railroaded.

(via BCF)

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LAST WORD: Hey, wait a minute...

I took the media’s claims at face value and erroneously labeled George Zimmerman a murderer based upon false information that was designed to arrange a lynching.

The narrative has changed in the wake of new details, eyewitnesses, and embarrassing retreats. The actual story may in fact have been a textbook example of the proper use of deadly force.

New information... like what?

And of course, almost no one knows that on the night he took Trayvon Martin’s life, George Zimmerman willingly consented to take a voice stress analyzer test, a kind of lie detector test used by the Sanford police. He passed it.

Oh, yeah... like that.

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 here.

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 CEO, a federal audit has revealed.

Heck, that's just what the wiley white man is saying... let's ask CTV's perennial spokes-native...

"One, either you pick up a gun, or you stand between the white man and his money," (Chief) Terry Nelson of the Roseau River First Nation told CTV Newsnet's Mike Duffy Live on Tuesday.

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FROM THE COMMENTS: Read the Auditors Report

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 seasons."

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, who stole his Tag Heuer watch, money, iPhone, and keys to his Audi, according to police. The dazed and defenseless victim is also punched, kicked, and even hit with a shoe by several assailants.

In a final indignity, the man is “teabagged” by a male attacker.

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UPDATE: I'll bet you didn't...

...'cos look what happened to the guy who went after the Duke lacrosse players...

“I can tell you we did not come to this decision lightly,” Corey told reporters. “We do not prosecute by public pressure.”

Oh my gawd... she actually said it.

What's new about...

...the NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY?...
Well, I guess they got over that whole wallflower thing.

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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 slower, Sandi... the Panthers have actually offered to take him "Dead or Alive."

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LAST WORD: Putting the "pro"...

...in professional journalism.

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 a 19-year-old was rushed to hospital after falling off the hood of a Toyota.

Remember... it's all fun and games... until somebody loses a... well... frontal lobe.

Police said the teen climbed onto the moving car and, when it braked, flew onto the pavement and fractured his skull.

Have I had that talk with Neophyte?

You bet your sweet ass I did. Or, more to the point... his brain. Or his anything.

Have that talk. And remember, it ain't about smart or stupid, or good or evil... the kids here sounded like they were... overall... fairly intelligent & headed for happy, productive lives.

It's about making the right choices... something teenage boys are not particularly celebrated for.

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... the one that says (never mind Dalton channeling Al Gore) the government never loses?

The sides had informal talks about a possible settlement during the hearings, Ed Kenney said, but MPAC had insisted that any settlement agreement should have no mention of wind turbines. In the end, no agreement was reached and the case was decided by a two-member review board panel.

Yup... there's a shocker.

John Andrew, real estate professor at Queen’s University’s School of Business, said the decision by the review board isn’t surprising. Putting a value on external factors like wind turbines, a nearby airport, or concentrations of student housing can be tricky, he said in an interview.

"People could run to MPAC and say: ‘Hey, I’ve got a whole bunch of student houses on my street and they’re partying ’til one in the morning and my property value should reflect that.'"

Hey, Dalton... when we gonna see that Rosedale Wind Turbine Farm?

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 that old picture whenever they talk about this thing.

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LIVE & DON'T LEARN:

"During our investigation it became evident that there was an error made in the production process that we deeply regret," NBC News said in a statement.

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RELATED: Other stories you'll never see...

...on CBC's 'The National'...

"Gang Of Obama's Sons Attack White Dude In The Name Of 'Trayvon'"

Or, hey... how about the Alabama police department who 'don't mess' with the local black outlaw motorcycle gang?

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LAST WORD: Zimmerman speaks up...

"On Sunday February 26th, I was involved in a life altering event which led me to become the subject of intense media coverage. As a result of the incident and subsequent media coverage, I have been forced to leave my home, my school, my employer, my family and ultimately, my entire life."

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 for Quebec if a majority of voters opted for that.

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TROLL OF THE DAY:

"Quebec will vote to remain Canada, and they'll tell the Refascists to fuck off and split off as Harperland."

"All because of the criminal Conservatives."
Posted by Anonymous to halls of macadamia at 12:42 AM, April 05, 2012

More childish bluster & threats... the perennial mating call of the lunatic left.

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. He doesn’t have neck injuries and back injuries, and cognitive issues that will be with me the rest of my life.'"

Hey, it gets better... this guy was no cherry...

"In addition to his attack against Mr. Dixon on a late-night bus in Burnaby last year, Mr. Louie assaulted the driver’s son, Aaron, who tried to restrain him; regularly broke his bail conditions by drinking excessively; and spat at a paramedic during an altercation with police. He also had a previous conviction for ASSAULTING A BUS DRIVER (my emphasis)."

Yet another triumph for the lunatic left and their... "soft bigotry of low expectations."

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FROM THE GLOBE COMMENTS:

All Trayvon... all the time

C'mon now... let's not distract anyone from the 24 hour Trayvon channel.
Orwell was right.

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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 representative Lauren Kapp said in a statement on Tuesday, in response to a query by Reuters. "We will be taking the necessary steps to prevent this from happening in the future and apologize to our viewers."

What about an apology to George Zimmerman?

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UPDATE2: ABC backtracks, er... scoops itself

"Now ABC News has reversed itself, and somehow it’s an 'exclusive.' Not a correction. Not a retraction. An 'exclusive.'"

"Their big scoop is that their previous big scoop was wrong."

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RELATED: Who needs courts & evidence...

...when you have the mainstream media?
That's right, the town of Sanford was founded in 1800s by cranky racist... ergo Zimmerman obviously guilty...

The Florida town where Trayvon Martin met his death bears the name of its founder, a failed orange grower turned lobbyist who, in the 19th century, abetted a Belgian king’s bloody colonial adventure in the Congo that left millions of Africans dead.

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COMPASSIONATE, INTELLECTUAL LEFT WEIGHS IN:
Yup... that's the kind of wisdom I get from my biggest fan "Liberal Supporter"... well, in between all the "Heil Harpers."

I guess that's what you do when logic & reason are nowhere to be found.

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. The younger Mr. Domotor drove a black Mercedes and paid for a family cruise with cash. On bank documents, Ferenc Domotor’s oldest son – then aged 19 – listed his gross annual income as $142,000."

Canada... land of endless opportunity.

Ask a Liberal Supporter

With friends like this... who needs evidence?

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 in hajibs'."

So, tell us Big Mother... was it a sadly simplistic sitcom... or unapologetic social engineering?

More to the point, why should all Canadians be paying for it.

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 undertones of saddle-leather, hibiscus, and plum."

Toronto Council, uh...members...

...look into stiffening regulations...

• TORONTO • Hogtown’s licensing AND STANDARDS (my emphasis) committee got a front row seat for a pole dance Thursday.

That’s when the dance, set to an opera-techno music mix started, complete with pylons marking off a safety area around the portable, pole-dancing stage.

“I think overall the presentation was A GRACIOUS APPEAL (AGAIN, my emphasis) to the committee,” Licensing Chairman Councillor Cesar Palacio said.

Well, Cesar... I sure hope you stuffed a few bills into somebody's g-string.

Just something else to think about, Toronto... while you're writing out that whopping municipal tax cheque.

THE POWER OF THE PRESS

Given the sleight of hand we've all seen the mainstream media deploy in recent days, one has to wonder what the term "professional journalist" really means. I had always thought... naively as it turns out... the word "professional" referred to a higher standard... someone who had served an apprenticeship and was capable of performing at peak proficiency. Well... silly me. 

The Trayvon Martin shooting is a case in point. Apparently pumping up the emotional quotient of the story trumps any & all facts. 

Let me explain. The accused shooter, George Zimmerman, is constantly referred to as a "white hispanic"... which, I'm assuming refers to mixed race parentage. Using this sort of classification... one would have to refer to President Obama as a "black caucasian." The only possible use of this term is to exacerbate racial tension. In addition, much of the reportage has centered on Mr Zimmerman carrying a licensed, legal firearm... the implication being that he's one of those crazy, right-wing gun nuts. Turns out, Zimmerman is actually a registered Democrat, but hey... let's not get too wrapped up in details. 

In stark contrast, Trayvon, an (albeit thrice suspended) high-school senior, was only armed with bag of candy and a can of soda. But ask yourself... was it really that black & white? Evidence & eyewitness testimony... glossed over by the majority of news outlets, suggest otherwise. 

Most significantly, Trayvon is less the Cosby kid than is being portrayed. The thing I find most objectionable, apart from the superficiality of the coverage is the use of pictures to reinforce the media's initial premise that this was a one-sided hate crime. 

Witness how the two parties are being portrayed... George Zimmerman by a booking photo from 2005 and Trayvon Martin as a smiling tween from a photo of similar vintage. In the photos above, you get a better idea of who both of these men are today. Heck, don't take my word for it... get it straight from the Tweeter's mouth... Go on, click on the Twitpic... I dare you. Oh, yeah... one more thing. Ask yourself which picture the almighty Globe & Mail uses in their most recent article, which incredibly, is citing photographic evidence to make their point. Go to the big picture at the top of the post to find out.

UPDATE: From Cosby Kid to Tupac ...second Trayvon twitter feed found...   

"Plzz shoot da #mf dat lied 2 u!"

 LAST WORD:   Speaking of victims...

No Tommy, you dumb bunny...

...there's this thing called "majority government"...Anybody else getting tired of the media highlighting the same old nonsensical, partisan rhetoric?

Today's papers are full of "pronouncements" by the Opposition parties predicting utter chaos & disaster as a result of the upcoming Conservative budget.

The fact is, not having read a single word of this document, these idiots are, as per usual, doing nothing useful... instead merely screaming blindly into the hyper-partisan wind.

And why do they do it?

I guess because it works.

Wake up, sheeple. Demand more from your elected representatives... AND the media.

The ongoing pussification of Al Sharpton

Who says there's never a "community organiser" around when you really need one?

• Meet Mikhail Muhammad & friends •

"We're here to make them do their job," organizer Mikhail Muhammad said on Monday. "We will support Trayvon's family, but we are military."

"According to the street people's law, (George Zimmerman) has been charged with murder -- according to street law, according to God's law."

Turns out Mr Muhammad was a little hazy on whose law he was referring to.

Muhammad said the U.S. Constitution grants people the right to make a citizen's arrest, although he also said, a short time later, that he "doesn't obey the white man's law, I don't follow the American law."

Which raises the suddenly awkward question of what happens to Mr Zimmerman after his "citizens military arrest."

Well, Mikhail... best wishes on your latest campaign to straighten out all those misperceptions North American society may have about threats & violence in the black community.

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UPDATE: Airbrushing the Politburo...

...remember how the MSM always used that picture of a 13 year-old Omar Khadr?

"Suspended THREE times for drugs, truancy and graffiti and 'caught carrying a burglary tool'."

And, hey... maybe Twitter is useful for something after all...

Among many Tweets, the Wagist claims, is a message from his cousin implying that Trayvon attacked a bus driver.

'Yu ain't tell me yu swung on a bus driver,' a user Tweeted to Travyon's alleged account five days before he was killed.

Click on before/after pictures for more.

Wait a minute... I seem to remember...

...what happened the last time the Dippers were yankin' on the levers of political power...Two words, campers... RAE DAYS.

Your CBC in action... "We don' need..."

"...no steenkin' witness..."

George Zimmerman, 28, fatally shot the black 17-year-old on Feb. 26 while on a neighbourhood watch shift in Sanford, Fla. Trayvon Martin was returning to his father's house from a convenience store with a bag of Skittles candy and a can of iced tea when the shooting took place. Martin was not armed.

There have been suggestions the killing was racially motivated.

Oh, wow... big bad racist shoots unarmed black kid holding a bag of candy. Pretty powerful imagery. All that's missing here are mounted Klansmen and a flaming crucifix.

In addition, a large component of the story here is the allegedly racist Florida police department not charging Zimmerman with murder. The chief of the department has been forced to step down. But, is it possible... just possible... that not charging Zimmerman had something to do with their investigation... or evidence?

"The Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer who killed Trayvon Martin told police that the teenager punched him to the ground and began pounding his head into the pavement, it has emerged."

Of course, you don't wanna simply take the word of the shooter... I mean, what else is he gonna say?

But how about testimony (a decidedly non-CBC account) from an eyewitness?

One man's testimony could be key for the police.

"The guy on the bottom who had a red sweater on was yelling to me: 'help, help'... I told him to stop and I was calling 911."

Trayvon Martin was in a hoodie; Zimmerman was in red.

The witness only wanted to be identified as "John," and didn't not want to be shown on camera. His statements to police were instrumental, because they backed up Zimmerman's claims, saying those screams on the 911 call are those of Zimmerman.

"When I got upstairs and looked down, the guy who was on top beating up the other guy, was the one laying in the grass, and I believe he was dead at that point," John said.

Apparently, prior to being shot, poor defenseless little Trayvon was the aggressor in this conflict.

Just another little factoid you aren't gonna see highlighted on Canada's national broadcaster.

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RELATED: Tried & convicted by CBC Radio

"If Trayvon Martin really did attack George Zimmerman, he did it armed with an iced tea and a bag of Skittles."

Well... not exactly....

George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch crime captain who shot dead 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, originally told police in a written statement that Martin knocked him down with a punch to the nose, repeatedly slammed his head on the ground and tried to take his gun, a police source told ABC News.

Which, not to tweak anyone's liberal sensibilities too hard... is supported by the physical evidence AND an eyewitness.

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LAST WORD: The 8th stage of grief

And, hey... how about that "healing" community support? Here's another story you aren't gonna see on CBC...



I guess it's just "unfortunate", because... as we all know, racism is a one-way street... even if you're Latino.

(via BCF)

Dear Barack... I'm sure the...

...Brotherhood appreciates the helping hand...

U.S. officials and lawmakers said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has determined that it was in the U.S. national interest to allow $1.3 billion in military assistance to flow. She also certified that Egypt is meeting its obligations to the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, which frees up an additional $200 million in economic aid, they said.

Separate AND not Equal...

...the new face of Canadian justice...

“When sentencing an aboriginal offender, courts must take judicial notice of such matters as the history of colonialism, displacement, and residential schools and how that history continues to translate into lower educational attainment, lower incomes, higher unemployment, higher rates of substance abuse and suicide, and, of course, higher levels of incarceration for aboriginal peoples.”

Orwell was right.

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RELATED: In other "cultural relativism" news...

...and yes, that'd be in Toronto...

In terms of physical punishment, the book advises that a husband may scold her, “beat by hand or stick,” withhold money from her or “pull (her) by the ears,” but should “refrain from beating her excessively.”

The store’s manager, who didn’t give his name, said the book had been sold out for some time, and the store’s owner, whom the manager identified as Shamim Ahmad, refused to comment for the story.

Well... he's a "national" something

Just ask the compasssionate, intellectual left...

“To just kind of have this drive-by smear of charities with whom the government doesn’t agree is just a dangerous, dangerous way to go,” Jim Cowan, the Liberal leader in the Senate said.

Yup... why can't we all be more like Doctor David & Mr C?

"David Suzuki has called for political leaders to be thrown in jail for ignoring the science behind climate change.

Apparently the good doctor is, yet again, confusing the government of Canada with the Junta in Myanmar.

Have your say...

Po-tay-toe, po-tah-toe...

...the over-hyped, faux dramatic world of professional journalism..."Wrong"... wrong how, Oliver?

"Talks began. The substance of several of the exchanges was relayed to the media and the suspect seems to have been 'keen' to explain his motives."

Hmmm, lemme see... serial murder... public confession... and an expeditious sentencing...

"Mr. Merah died moments later after tumbling from the bathroom window, still firing."

Yes, Oliver... "keen" is a very good word. I'm sure Mr. Merah was enthusiastic about his, uh... work. Especially the murdering children part of it.

Funny, though... not a single mention of the word "justice."

I'm thinkin' this one worked out just fine.

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UPDATE: They had to dust this guy...

...to cover up their unbelievable incompetence.

Just something to think about, Toronto...

...while you're writing that whopper municipal tax cheque...

"The former chief financial officer of Toronto’s embattled public housing agency could be forced to pay back nearly $60,000 for the free “executive model” vehicle he drove while allegedly pocketing a car allowance of up to $600 per month."

Apparently, the housing isn't the only thing that's "affordable."

Pay attention, mere mortals...

...here's how the "pros" do it...

You say to-may-toe...

...I say to-mah... er, well... bullshit...

“Liberals are committed to co-operating with this investigation,” Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae said. “We are setting the standard for openness and transparency, and we expect that all other political parties will follow suit.”

Of course, there's "openness and transparency" AND THEN there's "Liberal openness and transparency"...

Speaking to reporters later, Mr. Rae acknowledged the bounty of materials provided to Elections Canada did not include information on a Liberal robo-call in Guelph that attacked Conservative candidate Marty Burke for his stand on abortion.

Hmmm... didn't the Liberal Party also not acknowledge that they were behind this attack... in contravention of Election Canada laws?

Stand by for opposition mouthpiece Ted Betts to jump to Mr Rae's defense in three, two...

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RELATED: Dirty tricks... it's a Liberal thing

“Mr. Carroll remains willing to voluntarily appear and respect the invitation that was originally extended to him on March 8, 2012,” the letter said. “Ultimatums and threats without legal foundation are unnecessary, undignified and abusive.”

You know... unlike splashing someone's messy divorce all over the internet.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh

The sound of mind-boggling butchery...

"At some point the slaughter of birds and bats by taxpayer-subsidized wind turbines is going to trigger serious legal action. ... If the full force of the Migratory Bird Treaty and the Endangered Species Act were brought to bear on these unsightly killing machines, investors would turn their backs on this artificial industry in a heartbeat."

(via sda)

And Grannie... what big eyes, er, teeth...

...oh, never mind...

The per capita rate of new syphilis cases across Canada has soared almost 10-fold since 2000, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. Chlamydia rates, after falling through most of the 1990s, have jumped 66% since 2000, with more than 87,000 total new cases in 2009.

The phenomenon seems particularly relevant to middle-aged and older people, who appear to be flooding to dating websites, and are generally less apt to practise safe sex, suggest some analysts.

It's a brave new world.

Coyne of the realm... a short thesis

Compare this to the inarticulate, hyper-partisan argle-bargle spewing out the piehole of your average "Honourable Member"...

"What I believe in are a set of principles having to do with the freedom of the individual, the usefulness but not infallibility of markets, and the legitimate but limited role of the state."

"So before you ask, where is conservatism going, perhaps it would be better to ask: where has it gone?"

Lucid, coherent, principled.

We, as Canadians, desperately need more of this.

(via sda)

Looks like the Poutine's about to...

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ASK A LIBERAL LAWYER: We don' need...

...no steekin' proof...

"So yes, electoral fraud occurred. Obviously. Who did it? Seems pretty obviously a few Conservatives."

Yes, of course... I blame Stephen Harper. Somebody get a rope.

Hey, Ted... have you passed on your "insider knowledge" to Elections Canada yet?

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UPDATE: The plot thickens...

A fake video confession was posted on YouTube in which someone falsely claiming to be former Conservative staffer Michael Sona took the fall for the infractions to the Elections Act.

Sources who know Mr. Sona told The Globe it was not him on the video and the person making the false confession is obviously not the same Mr. Sona whose pictures adorn the Internet in the company of a number of senior Conservative ministers.

Bright lights, big city...

...don't piss off the neighbours...

-- TORONTO -- A woman murdered in her North York apartment was behaving erratically and hanging around with strangers recently, a homicide detective said. He said her “erratic behaviour” included “screaming at people, unprovoked.”

An autopsy revealed that blunt force trauma on the body of Linda Thomas, 60, “is consistent with a significant beating to various parts of her body,” Browne told The Toronto Sun.

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RELATED: Register this, copper!!!

-- TORONTO -- Two men are facing a total of 36 weapon and drug-related charges after sharp-eyed Toronto Police officers became suspicious of a parked vehicle.

Abdiweli Abdullahi, 23, of Toronto, faces 18 charges, including possessing pot, unauthorized possession of a restricted firearm with its serial number altered, two counts of having a gun contrary to a prohibition order, possession of ammo, carrying a concealed weapon and six counts of breaching court release orders.

Co-accused Siyadin Abdi, 27, of Toronto, was charged with possessing pot, unauthorized possession of a firearm, having a gun with an altered serial number, possessing ammunition contrary to a prohibition order and carrying a concealed weapon.

"If it only saves one life"

Liberal Party of Canada calls for "Winter Sports Registry"...

"On its website in describing skicross, Alpine Canada says, 'It's been called NASCAR on skis.'"

"And winter sport's answer to a roller derby. However you describe it, you can't claim ski cross — or skier-X, as it's also known — is boring."

"Zoricic is the second Canadian freestyle team member to die in a skiing accident this year."

As I grabbed my coffee and my laptop...

...I happened to look over at the floor of the passenger side and saw this...

"Jesus. I think the only thing missing was a bottle of chloroform and a rag."

Oh Canada

That was then...

A judge sentenced Mr. Tobin to three years in prison and a seven-year driving ban last year for his role in the death of a close friend on Christmas Eve 2010.

...this is now...

The son of former Newfoundland premier Brian Tobin has been granted day parole after serving six months in jail for a drunk-driving stunt that killed his friend.

Frank Valeriotte, Liberal MP for Guelph...

...has responded...

“This was an issue based call, not a voter suppression call. It was paid for by our campaign.”

So, apparently... there's good robocalling too.

I look forward to seeing Peter Mansbridge devote a full episode of the National... to Liberal hypocrisy.

Mating calls of the lunatic left...

...a continuing series... "oh, oh... oh my gawd!!!"
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FROM THE COMMENTS:

"The appropriate term is .....community organizer......"

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UPDATE: Where's there's smoke...

Late today we found out that Ms. Fluke is now being repped by the progressive PR agency SKDKnickerbocker where Anita Dunn, the former Obama communications director is the managing editor.

Have your say

STOP... or I'll yell stop again!!!

Remember, the next time you run across a knife-wielding lunatic... forget 911... just call an aging flower child...

Sewell will ask that the primary goals in any policy should be to de-escalate and defuse situations instead of exercising policies of control.

Sewell is asking that use of force protocols should be suspended when dealing with individuals in a mental crisis.

Ex-Mayor McPeace then cites two recent incidents as an indictment of Toronto police... unfortunately leaving out a few pertinent details.

So let's fill in the blanks, shall we?

Meet Michael Eligon...

"After leaving the hospital, the 5-foot-11, 160-pound man is believed to have injured someone (the Globe & Mail has a witness saying Eligon stabbed a shopper and injured a police officer) inside a nearby convenience store before trying to hijack a car."

And Sylvia Klibingaitis...

SIU director Ian Scott said Sylvia Klibingaitis made a 911 call saying she was armed with a knife and was going to commit a crime.

“She went directly toward the subject officer holding the knife in a threatening manner,” he stated. The officer pulled out his service pistol and pointed it at Klibingaitis while stepping backward toward the street.

Sorry, folks... you're out in public with a deadly weapon and moving towards an armed copper with speed & intent... all bets are off.

Except, of course, if you're one of John Sewell's merry band of Yoko-channeling anarchists.

Live and don't learn

Looks like the Socialist-in-Chief is giving government by Rubiks Cube another couple of violent twists...

In a move reminiscent of a process that led to the housing crisis in 2008, the Federal Housing Administration will insure refinanced mortgages for an estimated 2 million to 3 million borrowers who won't have to submit to the usual validation process.

And what does that mean exactly? I guess it's one of those hopey-changey deals...

Departing from the normal underwriting process, the FHA will insure the mortgages without verifying whether the borrowers hold jobs or receive income.

Ah, yes... trust... AND don't verify.

The mating call of the lunatic left.

New Democratic Party set to announce...

...new Junkie Apprenticeship Programme...

That makes it hard for even experienced drug addicts to estimate what kind of a dose they're getting, Shahin said. Guess wrong and a drug user could wind up overdosing or dead.

Apparently there's a right way and a wrong way to scrape & inject the goo off bootleg fentanyl patches.

Darwin was right.

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RELATED: Yeah, catering to addicts...

...that should be our number 1 priority...

The most recent and urgent warning has come from B.C. Finance Minister Carole Taylor whose analysts estimated that public health spending could consume 71 per cent of the provincial budget by 2017.

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COMPASSIONATE, INTELLECTUAL LEFT REPLIES:

"Typical fascist, destroy our social support system, revert to dog eat dog and command anyone who disagrees to personally take responsibility for everyone that the fascists are destroying."

Unlike your merry band of society-enriching junkies, whores & thugs, huh nonny?

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LAST WORD: Party of love & forgiveness...

...finds it's inner Nixon...

"NDP sources said Thomas Linner wasn't doing anything untoward when he signed out Toews' divorce file on his lunch hour Feb. 17."

Just a little light reading, huh Thomas?

But isn't that a blatant violation of "Dear Leader's" deathbed declaration?

Court of Queen's Bench Justice Rick Saull also said there needs to be some level of accountability for those who tamper or "make mischief" with the contents of court files.

Hmmm... forget about a Judge's ruling... let's ask a dipper loyalist...

NDP MP Pat Martin said he thinks the judge was wrong to grant Toews access to the information.

It's Animal Farm all over again.

A hack named Gilles

The award is going “to the recipient of a $2.9-million parliamentary pension, the gift of a grateful nation for a lifetime of devoted service towards breaking it up,” Mr. Thomas told a news conference Wednesday.

Instead of... you know...

...government by CBC...

Surely Elections Canada keeps a record of such things, and would be happy to release the number – heck, you'd think they have a duty to release the number.

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UPDATE: The nonsense behind the numbers

Leadnow.ca is run by NDPers like Ian Capstick and Judy Rebick. Their "non-partisan" website has generated thousands of clicks on the Elections Canada website ­- just like clicking "like" on Facebook. It's enough for the NSM to scream that thousands of robot "complaints" are flooding in.

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COMPASSIONATE, INTELLECTUAL LEFT REPLIES:

"moron"
Posted by Anonymous to halls of macadamia at 11:53 AM, March 07, 2012

Well... it's a refreshing change from "heil harper."

A magical, egalitarean land...

...where, apparently... your first murdered woman is totally deductible...

- TORONTO - When potentially violent George May vanished in January, he showed up at Sunnybrook hospital on his own. But staff didn't tell Toronto Police he was there until the following day, hours after the 51-year-old man sat unattended for about eight hours before leaving.

Police later found him in a coffee shop.

Potentially violent? Potentially!!!?

We know this guy's a killer... but he gets to roam Toronto streets at will?

On Monday, the psychiatric patient who was found not guilty because of diminished capacity for the 2001 murder of a woman, vanished again, this time from CAMH in the Queen St. W.-Lansdowne Ave. area.

Yeah... let's just wait for him to kill again... so CBC can do endless rounds of interviews with people who "never saw this coming."

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RELATED: Poster boy for noose...

...continuing to make demands...

• TORONTO • A killer who’s serving life in prison for shooting a Napean cop has lost a fight for parole and deportation to his native England where he could live unsupervised by authorities.

Frankly... I'm surprised he wants to leave...

A Canadian Human Rights Tribunal last year ordered the Correctional Service of Canada to pay Collins $9,500 for making him stand up for a daily head count even though he suffers from severe chronic pain.

He was also presented the 2008 Canadian Award for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights.

That omnibus crime bill can't pass soon enough for me.

Risky Business

When's the last time you really put it all out there?

What is 10 micromorts equivalent to in regular life?

Well, it is about the risk of death, from any cause at all, of an average 30-year-old man in 4 days of their normal life, or about 1 day for a 50-year-old.

It is also roughly equivalent to the risk in the UK of a 60-mile (96km) motorbike ride, or 2,500 miles (4,000km) in a car, or having a general anaesthetic.

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RELATED: Meet Alex Honnold

There is no climber alive whom Honnold admires more. Yet Caldwell echoes Anker's conservatism. "I've never tried to free-solo anything really grand," he says. "I've fallen completely unexpectedly lots of times - maybe a dozen - on relatively easy terrain, when a hold broke off or the rubber peeled off the sole of my shoe or something."

"If I'd been soloing, I'd have died."

Uh, Your Honour...

...I think the phrase you're looking for here is..."crazy as a shithouse mouse"...

But Judge Paget added: "The belief in witchcraft, however genuine, cannot excuse an assault to another person, let alone the killing of another human being."