19 October 2015

The mere fact that...

...Canada's answer to Paris Hilton is even on the ballot makes me fear for my country...

toronto sun endorses harper
Harper successfully led Canada through the worst recession since the Great Depression, emerging in better shape than almost any other developed country.

Since then, he has successfully balanced the federal budget and positioned Canada for modest surpluses for the next four years.
ottawa citizen endorses harper
There are two serious issues facing Canada right now: Ongoing economic uncertainty, and an increasingly unstable situation in the Middle East. In the face of the worst economic downturn in a generation, Harper has made sure that Canada remains on secure economic footing, something both his opponents’ plans put at risk.

When it comes to confronting ISIL and the threat of global terror more generally, only the Conservatives are prepared to treat the matter with the strength of conviction it deserves.
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RELATED: The millionaire trust fund baby
Today’s busy voter deserves to know just how much their potential future prime minister is lacking in credentials.

In terms of career experience, all the 43-year-old’s chalked up is a couple years as a teacher in British Columbia. After that, he entered an engineering program but soon dropped out, then started another MA program but dropped that too. He became an MP shortly after, in 2008.

In other words, Justin Trudeau spent the years before entering politics dabbling in this and that, drifting about without any commitment to work or school.

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LAST WORD: Justin's pals throw elbows

The return of Chretien-style politics.

17 October 2015

Self defense...

...is the only real and credible defense...

Remember, your local police force... (excuse me, police service)... aren't the guys who pump out your septic tank and prevent all that shit from backing up into your home.

That, my friend, is on you.

Contemporary "Peace Officers" are the bored functionaries who show up after you're knee deep in liquified turds, tear up your sodden, stinking backyard and leave you struggling with the bill.

You want peace of mind & safety of person, it's all up to you, Van Damme. Too many cops these days are box ticking bureaucrats or obvious affirmative-action lottery winners (encoutered a largish female officer recently who would've had trouble with a flight of stairs, nevr mind a drunk, dusted up biker). For the moment, they still get to tote guns, (although Gawd & CBC forbid they should actually use them) but that may change under Justin "From the Heart Outward" Trudeau.

Unlike all those popular television shows, the police do not anticipate, calculate, isolate and otherwise prevent crimes. There is no magical carp breeding database a la CSI Miami that utilises electron microscopy & fish mites to take down aspiring Unabombers.

Let's look at just one particularly egregious example.
"An Ohio man had a 14-year-old girl dropped off at his home, held her captive for months, raped her and impregnated her."
Well, bad (even horrific) things happen in this screwed up world, right? It's not like anybody could have seen that com... wait a minute...
Sheriff’s spokesman Michael Robison Thursday confirmed that Jackson wore the electronic monitoring device from Jan. 22 to July 31 of this year. "We conducted our typical unscheduled and unannounced home visits," Robison said."
Hang on a second... can we assume the electronic bracelet wasn't simply an offbeat fashion statement?
"Jackson contacted the teenager through Facebook in February after pleading not guilty an abduction case involving two females who said he held them against their will at a hotel in Blue Ash, Ohio in 2014."
So this freak had a history of abducting women and still no alarm bells?

Seems no one was able to see what was going on despite all the clues. Electronic monitoring, unscheduled visits and Jackson still pulls this off. The only thing the cops didn't do was bring this guy beer and pizza. It was even total happenstance that this guy was even caught.
"Jackson was arrested in Utah last week when he tried to run away from drug task force officers conducting a routine stop at a bus station."
Moral of the story? Like I said, it's all on you. Just something to consider at 3am and you wake up to the sound of breaking glass.

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RELATED: Don't be black, don't be black...

...sunuvabitch...

But wait, it ain't over 'til it's over. Just a typical GTA weekend.

Yet again, farmers, hunters and sport shooters are off the hook... but that won't stop the lefties from going after legitimate firearms owners... as opposed to organised criminal enterprises.

Golden Age of Millionaire Celeb-u-tards

Why would this take anyone by surprise?celeb-u-tards uniteIt's already happening right here in staid, boring Canada.

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COUNTERPOINT:
The reason we voted for Harper, despite his shortcomings, was because this election does indeed come down to values, and the value we cherish is responsibility. Responsibility is the opposite of entitlement.

Anyone can promise unicorns and rainbows if they max out the credit card. New infrastructure, bigger family benefits, fatter CPP cheques, the list of Liberal goodies is endless. But just because interest rates are low, doesn’t mean you borrow to buy more house than you can afford.
And...
Harper has outshone his predecessors on the environment, the economy, clean government and native empowerment.
Bravo.

16 October 2015

Don't you fret, they'll find the real killer

Three days before the federal election, Canada's national broadcaster goes full O.J.harper derangement syndromeCBC twitter feed reveals that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is behind online threats that have locked down Wilfred Laurier University.

Hasn't anyone told them, you never go full O.J.?

Just imagine what they could do with that extra 150 million dollars in funding that the Liberals have promised.

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UPDATE: Not PM Harper after all
Wilfred Laurier president Dr. Max Blouw said that the university was alerted overnight when it received a call from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sissiboo... keep up the good work.

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IN OTHER CANADIAN JOURNALISM NEWS:info-tainmentAnd, please, please, please... tell me you've run out of Justin "selfies."

15 October 2015

Complicated, many layered cultural issue?

How about... "it's a chastity belt for your face?"

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RELATED: Killer fashion sense
DAKAR, SENEGAL—Chad’s police spokesman says police have arrested 62 women for wearing full veils in public as the country steps up security against extremism following a multiple suicide bombing attack.
Those racist cops.

14 October 2015

Liberal Scumbaggery surfaces even before...

...they crown their new Emperor...
In the email, a copy of which was obtained by The Canadian Press, Justin Trudeau's national campaign co-chair Dan Gagnier advises five TransCanada Corp. officials to target the right people in a new government as quickly as possible so they can help shape either Liberal or NDP decisions on a national energy strategy.
So Justin's national campaign co-chair is out on his ass for the political equivalent of insider trading and, of course, the Liberal Party issues a statement blaming the controversy on the Conservatives and their "negative and mean-spirited politics."

Seems to me it's a little simpler than that...
Conservative campaign spokesman Stephen Lecce dismissed Trudeau and the Liberals as "a party run by elite insiders who sell their influence to the highest bidder to the detriment of taxpayers."
Funny isn't it... Justin's always characterising the Prime Minister as a lackey of the big corporations.

WHO IS JUSTIN'S CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR?
The co-chair of the Liberal election campaign started working for TransCanada Corp. last spring, providing advice to the firm on its controversial Energy East pipeline project at the same time as he was trying to help Justin Trudeau win the next election.
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RELATED: It's what they do...

...look you right in the face and lie their asses off.

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LAST WORD: From the Liberal websitefiberals
You took risks, made sacrifices and worked hard to become a Canadian citizen. Don’t let Harper take that away. Changes made by the Harper Conservatives will create two classes of citizenship and give a politician the right to revoke your citizenship without a trial.

Only Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party will protect you, your family and all Canadians by repealing the unfair sections of Bill C-24.
Fact: C24 applies only to people who choose not to renounce their former alliegance and become exclusively Canadian citizens.

Fact: Only people convicted of serious crimes who choose dual citizenship are affected.

Fact: Fear mongering like this is beneath contempt.

Well, that's a shame, Ken...

I was looking forward to seeing the self-proclaimed "country's finest national news and comment," but I won't be strong-armed into suffering through your advertising...resistance is futileI guess I'll just google "Tilt Cove, Newfoundland" and go see one of the other 102,000 results.

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RELATED: If you're tired of...

...being bombarded by unwanted advertising, switch to Firefox with the AdBlock Plus extension.

Mohammad Shafia's New Caliphate

Convicted honour killer continues his reign of terror as Corrections Canada looks on helplessly...halls of macadamia/Ask psychologist Robert Groves, who worked in Kingston Penitentiary. Here's his testimony on security threats facing Canada.
Shafia was "self-appointed" in his role in the prison, and said about 25 men gathered for prayers. "They were not all Muslims but believed that they dare not refuse to attend Friday prayers," he told the hearing. "This form of intimidation is what one finds routinely with zealot extremists."

Groves's testimony focused on the potential for radicalization of the prison population.
Yup, sounds like Mohammed is full of remorse for those four cowardly murders.

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RELATED: The Root Causes Club

Let's ask Mohammad Shafia's three daughters and "spare" wife if they agree with Justin & Tommy Trotsky about the niqab... oh, wait... they're all dead.

Shafia appeal to be heard by the same people who ordered Omar Khadr back into Canada.

13 October 2015

All downHillary from here

American voters start to come around, realise celeb-u-tard vote will irreparably harm nation...coming to their senses
In hypothetical 2016 matchups with top-tier Republicans, Clinton trails all the Republicans tested. She trails Ben Carson by 11 points and Donald Trump by 5 points. Jeb Bush has a 4-point edge over Clinton, while Carly Fiorina is up by 3 points.
Okay, Canada... it's your turn. Would you really elect Canada's answer to Paris Hilton? A man who puts Communist China at the top of his "most admired" governments list?

Do you really want to find out what it means to "grow the economy from the heart outwards?"

12 October 2015

Let's elect her...

...the wife of the guy who put his genitals before his country.slick willie
“And a mutual friend said, ‘Call Matt Drudge. He’ll put it on his website. He doesn’t care about offending the Clintons.’ So I did, and he did, and the world exploded.”
And, you know if he gets a chance, he'll just do it again.

Just ask Gennifer.

10 October 2015

Millionaire socialist Justin...

...might not be a math whiz, but look how deeply he feels your middle class financial pain...
It doesn’t take much analysis to demonstrate the party couldn’t possibly keep all the promises it’s made, unless it was willing to borrow far beyond the $10-billion annual limit it set itself.
Justin is ready to smash Canada's national piggy bank and spend money we don't actually have... THAT'S HOW MUCH he cares.

Try telling Mastercard you're just spending your way back to prosperity for the next four years and see how quickly they yank your plastic.

And remember... the sainted "Son of Pierre" is all about defending the underdog...oh baby**********

RELATED: Speaking of underdogs

If we can accommodate fairly recent cultural affectations like the niqab, what's wrong with the thousands of years old tradition of Oriental gambling dens?
Illegal gaming houses are popping up all over north Scarborough and some are using drugs to lure gamblers from the area’s Asian community, police say.

Two establishments — one on Sheppard Ave E. and another on Pharmacy Ave. — were raided last month. Two others on Montezuma Trail were also shut down — one in August and the other on Wednesday.

Alexander Ly, 34, Bao Li, 50, and Mei Huang, 43, have been charged with keeping a common gaming house.

If we're going to recognise one society's cultural traditions, how can we, in good conscience, reject those of any other?

Justin's all for the niqab and he's promised to get cracking on legalising drugs. If he comes out for homebrew casinos he'll be hitting the cultural relativity trifecta.

09 October 2015

My guess is, if Mike Harris...

...had set aside $70,000,000 a year to give golf club memberships to one-armed Ontario men, he would have been tarred & feathered.oh baby
"Ontario will add $50 million a year to the $20 million it already spends on 'assisted reproduction.'"
Kathleen Wynne, despite running horrific deficits and apparently unconcerned about the possible appearance of a conflict of interest, will now use additional tens of millions of taxpayer dollars annually to subsidise in-vitro fertilisation.

Obviously, one of the significant demographics interested in IVF will be women suffering from so-called “social infertility” - that is, women who reject the increasingly obsolete and icky idea of male-female procreation... (which would've absolutely, positively in no way influenced Ontario's first gay Premier).

But, hey... let's look at the numbers.

IVF currently accounts for about 2% of live births in Ontario. With only a 30% success rate and an estimated 4000 women taking advantage of the Premier's largesse, this would result in 1200 births annually at a additional cost of $58,000 per Corningware baby.

For the religious and ethically sensitive among us, note that multiple eggs are removed for each procedure and extra fertilised embryos are routinely destroyed if not used.

Now, call me a middle aged, non-disabled, caucasian, Christian male... but surely there are better ways to serve the greater good?

How about 70 million dollars a year to find families for the 47,885 Canadian children in foster care, 62 per cent of whom were aged 14 and under. (source 2011 Census)

That's 12 choices apiece for each of those 4000 Ontario women. Of course, that'll never happen.

Sorry kids, Kathleen Wynne has 1200 hypothetical babies per year who are apparently more important than you.

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POSTSCRIPT: If you build it...

...they will come, er... suck you dry...

Note that the province of Quebec which pioneered IVF in Canada, is shutting down after demand and costs soared much higher than expected.

Surprise, surprise.

08 October 2015

Only that horrible Stephen Harp...

...wait a minute...ooh lala
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Tuesday told lawmakers that he had requested five French citizens be stripped of their nationalities over the 2003 Casablanca bombings that left dozens dead.
Perhaps the PM isn't the only person who's worried about these guys.

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RELATED: Don't be fooled...

...these guys are coming for us...
"In one case, a middleman said it was essential the smuggled bomb-grade uranium go to Arabs," said Constantin Malic, one of the Moldovan investigators.

"He said: 'I really want an Islamic buyer because they will bomb the Americans.'"
And if America turns out to be a hard target, why not Ottawa, Montreal or Toronto?

The Great Ontario Snow Job

Just something to think about while you're sitting stalled in traffic this winter...
The provincial auditor reported in April that the Liberal government did save money on winter road maintenance over the last five years, but at a cost that included taking twice as long to clear highways of snow or ice than it did previously.

Prior to the contract changes in 2009, Ontario’s most travelled highways were cleared about 2.1 hours after a storm, but auditor general Bonnie Lysyk said that increased to an average of 4.7 hours by 2013-14.
But wait, it gets better.fooled againKathleen Wynne decided to hand back the monies that these companies had forfeited for non-performance and then buy them new equipment.
The auditor reported that the Wynne government waived $4.8 million of $13.3 million in fines levied against contractors in the winter of 2013/14, while another $5.2 million was being reassessed, reducing the fines by up to 76 per cent.
It's like Dalton McGuinty paying a huge corporation a billion dollars not to build a gas plant. The malfeasance never ends.
Carillion has eight contracts with the province - worth $87 million a year - to maintain highways around Chatham, London, Peel and Halton regions, Simcoe, Huntsville, Thunder Bay, Bancroft and the Kingston area.
Who owns Carillion and how much do they contribute to the Liberal Party of Ontario?

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RELATED: Everyone a Wynner
This past winter, the service cuts hit home. The explanation given was a reduction in the number of plows and the closure of three salt yards in Northumberland County.

The current contractor, Carillion Canada Inc., is only allowed nine plows compared to the 17 run the previous company, Cruickshank Construction. Basically, the service was cut in half to save money.
Despite measures such as this the provincial Liberals are still running a horrendous deficit. Where is all that money going?

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RELATED2: Dalton's Green Plan goes awry...

What else are Kathleen Wynn's corporate friends at Carillion up to?
Sundridge, ON – On November 12, 2013, the Ontario Court of Justice ordered Carillion Canada Inc. to pay a total penalty of $250,000 for violating two counts of the Fisheries Act for “the harmful alteration, disruption, or destruction of fish habitat”, and one count of violating Section 36(3) for “depositing or permitting the deposit of a deleterious substance into waters frequented by fish.”

The violations stem from repeated sediment spills, and the subsequent destruction of fish habitat in Stirling Creek, which is part of the the Magnetawan River watershed near Parry Sound.
Not surprisingly, the government itself was mixed up in this incident.
The sentencing decision for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation took place on September 24, 2013, when it was also ordered to pay a total penalty of $250,000.
Anybody else seeing a pattern here?

07 October 2015

06 October 2015

Hey Toronto, there's a lesson here

The next time some banger tries to light you up... try calling a social worker...
"I don't think police officers are going to engage potential gang members the way they did before Gray," said Michael Greenberger, a law professor at the University of Maryland.
This is Canada and you are free to identify with the good guys or the bad guys.

But remember... there are consequences.

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RELATED: If the cops would just...

...leave us alone...
"Rape and other forms of assault and exploitation greeted young women who ventured into the neighborhood. Some of them were as young as 14. 'Rape is as common as bullshit on Haight Street.' They were accurate on both counts. Venereal disease and vaginitis were epidemic."
There is no such thing as Utopia. Wake up and smell the human race.

Of course, it may already be too late.

FROM THE COMMENTS

"ah, yes... i understand the phrase "perfect, unaccented English" is the secret conservative code words for the military to begin rounding up all "non-old stock canadians", tattooing barcodes on their foreheads and sending them to the secret cia prison on baffin island where they will be turned into "soylent green""

"you caught us, global news."
AND...
On one hand, Harper’s done a great job with the economy.

"On the other hand, Jason Kenney complimented an 11-year-old on his English."

#Benjaminsmattermore

Hey Dan, just a thought... you know what might be even better than that...obama's home townNot to put poison in your veins several times a day...
"The best thing would be to have Narcan," said Dan Bigg, the group's director.
That's like saying the answer to rampant alcoholism is having a fridge full of donor livers. And where is Obama's buddy Rahm Emmanuel? I thought he was gonna save Chicago... from thugs like this...
"The men are members of the Unknown Vice Lords street gang, according to court records."
where's rahm?Maybe #Blacklivesmatter needs to beef up their Chicago chapter.

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MEANWHILE BACK IN TORONTO:

You best be checkin yo privilege, dawg...

CHRISTOPHER SKINNERYou could be forgiven for thinking that Christopher Skinner's killer was a blond blue-eyed denizen of Rosedale because virtually no media outlet is showing pictures of his killer, Agustin Alexander Caruso, who just plead out to manslaughter.Agustin Alexander Caruso
Cops were finally able to track down the man they believe drove the SUV that ran over Skinner, 27, and left him for dead on Adelaide St. — after a group viciously attacked him.
They beat Chris Skinner senseless and then ran over him... twice.

Manslaughter or murder, you tell me.

05 October 2015

When David Suzuki...

...in his magnum opus, "A Matter of Survival" warned the nation...
"There are too many of us; we consume too much; we pollute too much..."
I guess he wasn't thinking about his own five children.

Similarly, when Professor SaintZuki lectures the hoi-polloi about their egregious carbon footprint, he likewise exempts his own extensive real estate portfolio.
Suzuki, who's made a name for himself fighting for the environment and against development, owns four homes, including one property he co-owns with a fossil fuels company.

His primary abode is a sprawling mansion in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver, worth approximately $8.2 million.
But, hey... it gets better...
Saint Suzuki despises lobbyists, and says they have a disproportionate control of political power in Ottawa. But Secret Suzuki himself has nine paid lobbyists registered in Ottawa’s lobbyist registry. Not one. Nine.
If you can herd the notoriously complacent Canucki sheeple, thar's gold in them there eco-hills.

On building the inevitable wall

If you vacation in Mexico... you're part of the problem...
"It’s clear as glass by the end that Mexico is no more prepared to emerge from its quagmire of crookedness, crime, armed conflict and poverty than it was when I was a kid. Yet somehow, despite it all, the enormous tourism industry is still flourishing."
Who cares, huh? As long as the cerveza flows and the sun keeps shining.
You can still go down there on holiday if you want, but don’t watch Cartel Land on the plane, and don’t take the kids.
Still think Trump is a racist?

UPDATE:

I was no fan of the largely fictional "Zero Dark Thirty", but watched the documentary "Cartel Land" the other night and it's a tour de force.

The inescapable conclusion is that, once you rise above the ranks of ordinary Jose Citizen, there are no good guys left.

Horrifying & informative.

03 October 2015

02 October 2015

Pencils write poetry...

...chainsaws clearcut forests.

Remember... it's only what's in your hand... not what's in your heart or head...news cycle
"Good, because you’re a Christian, you are going to see God in just about one second."

And then he shot and killed them.
But this isn't actually about facts, is it...
"All he ever did was put everybody before himself. He wanted everyone to be happy. No matter if he was sad or mad, he would always try to cheer up everybody," she said of her stepbrother – though she'd only met him a few times and had not spoken with him in about a year.
Thank you, fourth estate.

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RELATED: If you take legal guns away...

...from law-abiding American citizens, there will be no more crazy people, no more criminals...

The media is really bearing down on this "teetotaling Nazi" meme, trying to paint the shooter as a racist, tea-partying neo-conservative.

Sadly for our brothers in journalism, it turns out this nutbar was born in England, went to a special needs school, was afraid of insects but worshipped Satan. Despite his Nazi/Lucifer leanings, he also says on a dating profile that he's "mixed race" which adds yet another layer of nutso to the crazy Nazi cake. Not exactly your typical NRA member.

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LAST WORD: It's Hammer, er... Barack Time

But enough about that, let's talk about me.
During today’s 12-minute address, President Obama referred to himself 28 times.
Not a single word about Chris Mintz.
Barack Obama came out immediately Thursday to condemn the Second Amendment for the mass murder of 9 people and the wounding of at least 7 more. What he didn’t mention was the heroism of one student who tried to stop the killer.
And, of course, no invite to the Whitehouse... that's reserved for children of Islamic activists who bring fake bombs to school.

Bacon makes everything better

"So what can you do to help? Use the hashtag #FreeTheBacon and tweet out a picture of your genitals immediately... What? What, we can't...?" Bacon continued before being cut off and discouraged by a voice offscreen.

"I'm being told that you should not do that. Really? Really? See, this is the problem, this is the problem right here!"

This is an issue of gender equality. Let me be on the show, come on! I'll play a naked wizard or something."

01 October 2015

Racist, knuckle-draggin' Conservatives...

...like that xenophobic Stephen Harp...wait a minute...
Can Canada be anti-immigrant while setting new records in immigration? Last year Canada led the G7 in population growth, and 60% of it was from immigration.
Hmmm... what we need here is an expensive, complicated solution to a non-existent problem...trudopeYet another Justin brainwave.

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BREAKING: Euro-Pop Quiz

Who was it that said, "let me in, or I'll blow your house down?"
"Eurotunnel services were suspended on Saturday after more than 200 migrants broke into its French terminal in a 'massive and organised' assault."
They don't recognise your borders, they couldn't care less about your laws.

They find your religion and cultural norms disgusting.

This isn't about charity & human kindness anymore.

It's an invasion.

I'm with Chuck Darwin...

...inevitably, some less capable members of the herd are gonna fall by the wayside.

Or, as CTV would have you believe... "Merciless Calgary killer stalking weak-willed, ill spoken dumbasses"...

crack the ripper
"At first, I didn't like it; I'd get sick," he told CTV Calgary. "I kind of just did it because it was always around. Eventually, I got over the sickness of it, and that's when it started to become enjoyable."
Oh my goodness, yes... a crafty, elusive serial killer...
"Fentanyl kills. Fentanyl could be hiding in any drug you're taking."
Good Gawd... you turn the corner and fentanyl bashes you over the head and jumps down your throat.

I have to say, in my many decades on this gawd-forsaken rock I am no stranger to pharmaceuticals, (both legal & other) but I have yet to meet this elusive, merciless killer. What have I been doing right?

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UPDATE: Speaking of drugs

For Justin, it's Job #1
"An elected Liberal government would begin working to legalize and regulate marijuana 'right away,'" Justin Trudeau says."
(h/t reader rich)

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RELATED: Of course, some of us...

...have other priorities...
"Dear Justin Trudeau and Thomas Mulcair,"
(via SDA)

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LAST WORD: Why should Caitlyn Jenner...

...get all the fame?
The psychologist put in numbing eyedrops - acquired by Jewel during a special visit to Canada - and then a couple of drops of drain cleaner in each eye.

Jewel said: "It hurt, let me tell you. My eyes were screaming and I had some drain cleaner going down my cheek burning my skin.

"But all I could think was 'I am going blind, it is going to be okay.'"
Anybody got an extra award of courage hanging around?

I have to say, I'm loving this

A multi-national corporation (quite possibly run by alien reptiles from an alternative universe) tries to strongarm a Canadian family into taking their new credit card by cancelling the old ones while they are on an out-of-province vacation. Coincidentally, another blog post by this woman, totally unrelated to the cards, blows up and goes viral... we're talking over 17,000 hits in one day.use your wordsObviously, people are gonna read whatever else they see on the page... and I predict Green Scaly Heads are gonna roll at Reptile Corp.. I mean, we're talking behavior that would make a Gorn blush... and suddenly, it's being blasted out to the world.
The new card information indicated a annual fee of $99.00 plus $15.00 annual fee for an additional card and we were beyond uninterested in paying more fees for a card that we personally would receive no more benefit from.

We were also still quite unimpressed by the high pressure tactics used by the BMO telemarketer. My husband phoned BMO MasterCard, told them we were keeping the old cards and not using the new ones. We NEVER validated the cards they sent us. They are still glued to the paperwork.
READ THE WHOLE SHAMEFUL EPISODE HERE.

30 September 2015

29 September 2015

I've said it before...

...the Conservatives should lease a bus and send Justin on a cross-country tour...
“And I’ll give you the quote so that you guys can jot it down and put it in an attack ad somewhere that the Liberal party believes that terrorists should get to keep their Canadian citizenship. Because I do. And I’m willing to take on anyone who disagrees with that.”
Frankly, I'm a little surprised that the Liberals haven't asked Omar Khadr to be a candidate in next months election.

Justin Trudeau... the gift that keeps on giving.

JUST FOR GIGGLES:

Mrs Neo thinks that I am being prophetic here... that young Omar will most certainly be following in Justin Trudeau's featherweight footsteps. I guess we'll see.

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RELATED: Like paying taxes?

Then you should vote NDP...
The NDP will release its plans Tuesday to build a “stronger” (translation "bigger") federal bureaucracy, including the promise of no further spending reviews or job cuts for Canada’s public servants.
Of course, the civil service unions already have higher wages and a gold plated pension plan that is seven times better than the average workers pension.
Treating public employees better than other workers is what Canada is all about.
No matter, Tommy Trotsky has their backs.

Another story you won't see on CBC...

...or any other Canadian news outlet...
"And now for today’s least shocking statistic: Just four in 10 Americans say they have a 'great deal' or a 'fair amount' of trust in the media to report the news fairly and accurately, according to new data from Gallup. That matches historic lows the media also “achieved” in 2012 and 2014."
I stopped watching the so-called television "news" a year ago and I'm a happier person for it.

Todays news is simply dumbed down push-propaganda and "info-tainment" that spotlights socialist cant while devaluing the meritocracy... that whole no "crazy, junkie, fundamentalist (unless they're Christian or Jewish), gender conflicted, low information, wannabe hippy arsonist" left behind POV.

And it'll keep on polluting our lives until we all hit the off button. There are plenty of other places to keep tabs on current events. Try it for a week and see if you can go back to CBC or CTV pablum.

28 September 2015

Tommy Hijabfiger moves any further left...

...he'll be living in a cave in Tora-Bora...
“This is a political game being played on the backs of all Canadians who have different origins than old-stock Canadians and I am going to stand up against it.”
Sorry, Tommy... this isn't about "origins" at all. There are plenty of law-abiding immigrants in this country. Far from affecting groups of people, Bill C24 might apply to 30 of Canada's 32 million people.

This is about treason. It's about terrorism. It's about wholesale slaughter of innocents. This is actually about direct action against would be murderers of Canadian citizens.

As it stands, under Canada's existing laws, Zakaria Amara is eligible for parole in 2016. If this convicted terrorist is going to be walking around free next year, I'd rather he be living the dream in Amman, Jordan than in Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver.

Let's ask a Conservative Minister...
“If somebody is found guilty of violent disloyalty to Canada, in this instance planning to murder hundreds or potentially thousands of Canadians for ideological reasons, that they are in so doing forfeiting their Canadian citizenship,” Defence Minister Jason Kenney said.
I'm good with that.

I suspect a majority of my fellow Canadians are as well. I guess we'll find out next month.

27 September 2015

Hillary 30,000 - Bill 2

You lie this much... you think you'd be better at it...
"She used a personal email server, she said, because her husband, former President Bill Clinton, had set it up in their house after leaving office."
So what does Monica Lewinsky's old boyfriend have to say?
The former president, who does regularly use Twitter, has sent a grand total of two emails during his entire life, both as president, says Matt McKenna, his spokesman.
If Hillary has sent tens of thousands of emails and Bill has sent only two... who was this server set up for?

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RELATED: Go big, or go home

Remember how Mrs Bubba's last excuse for using a private email server blew up in her face?
"Associated Press has confirmed Clinton did in fact use multiple devices to conduct her official State Department business, not the one phone she previously claimed."
The truth is, Hillary learned from the master.
"Clinton shared Epstein's plane with Kellen and Maxwell on at least 11 flights in 2002 and 2003—before any of the allegations against them became public—according to the pilots' logbooks, which have surfaced in civil litigation surrounding Epstein's crimes."
What would the Clintons have to do before the media sits up and takes notice?

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BREAKING: A terrible, terrible liar
"Hillary Clinton says she turned over all work-related emails to the State Department, even certifying that under penalty of perjury to a federal judge in August. Now the AP reports that Obama administration officials have found emails exchanged between Clinton and David Petraeus that she did not turn over."
Will this be the one?

26 September 2015

Back in the seventies...

...the Bell Manufacturing Company used to say... "If you've got a ten dollar head, wear a ten dollar helmet." You don't actually have to kiss asphalt at highway speed to appreciate the wisdom of that slogan.

Similarly, you can vote for Justin Trudeau... if you want Zakaria Amara to remain in Canada. The Liberal Party is the ten dollar helmet of Canadian politics. And that's just one more reason why I'm voting Conservative next month.halls of macadamia/
"The federal government has revoked the citizenship of an Islamic extremist who masterminded a plot to bomb downtown Toronto in an effort to terrorize Canadians and cripple the economy."
The Conservatives are the only political party who have the will to act against terrorism.

In contrast, Canadians should remember how Justin and Tommy Hijabfiger championed the cause of poor little Omar Khadr, admitted terrorist & murderer. Will they have Zakaria's back too?

I wonder how many voters are aware of Justin's intention to do away with the very act of Parliament that permits Canada to send Zakaria "Boom-Boom" Amara back to wherever he came from.
"Trudeau said a Liberal government would also repeal the elements of Bill C-24 that give the government the right to strip citizenship from dual nationals accused of serious crimes such as terrorism."
So, what's it gonna be?

Is your head, not to mention the heads of your friends & loved ones, worth protecting?

25 September 2015

The wisdom of Justin Trudeau

Because what Canada really needs right now is more elderly, non-English speaking immigrants.trudopeThis fits in perfectly with Justin's five year plan to spend his way out of recession. And it doesn't end here. In yet another sop to immigrant communities...
Trudeau said a Liberal government would also repeal the elements of Bill C-24 that give the government the right to strip citizenship from dual nationals accused of serious crimes such as terrorism.
Yup... you can never have too many terrorists... or too many grandparents.

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RELATED: Angela Merkel's migrant messstand by for shariah lawHow many of these refugees will be swanning about Justin's mansion in Rockcliffe?

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LAST WORD: It's just money, right?

24 September 2015

Of course, his name's not Duffy...

...and he's not a Conservative... so look for this story to disappear after today's news cycle...
Olivier recorded his telephone conversations with Lougheed, whom he describes as "a Liberal king maker" and with Wynne's deputy chief of staff, Pat Sorbara, in which he said he was asked if he wanted a job or an appointment.

Gerry Lougheed, a prominent Sudbury Liberal, has been charged with one count of counselling an offence not committed and one count of unlawfully influencing or negotiating appointments.
Yet another Liberal scandal. That's what you voted for, Ontario.

Now you have to live with it.

In the Silence of the Lambs...

...Hannibal Lector collected "church collapses."
The crush happened at Mina, which is the location for a key ritual - symbolically stoning the devil by throwing pebbles against three pillars.
Apparently, the Devil decided to fight back.unknowable will of allah
"People were chanting Allah's name while others were crying, including children and infants. People fell on the ground seeking help but there was no-one to give them a helping hand. Everybody seemed to be on their own."

"Dead bodies stretch as far as my eyes can see," said Bashir Sa'ad Abdullahi, the BBC's Abuja editor, who is in Mina.
The Saudis are quick to make promises about the future...
“And we will make sure that we will learn from this and we will make sure that it doesn’t happen again,” Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir added, urging Iranian leaders to wait for the investigation results.
Unfortunately, they're talking out their arse, yet again.

Much like Ted Kennedy's car, the Hajj has killed way more (as in thousands of) people than my guns and will likely continue to do so in the future.
Hajj: Previous tragedies

2006: 364 pilgrims die in a crush at foot of Jamarat Bridge in Mina

1997: 340 pilgrims are killed when fire fuelled by high winds sweeps through Mina's tent city

1994: 270 pilgrims die in a stampede during the stoning ritual

1990: 1,426 pilgrims, mainly Asian, die in a stampede in an overcrowded tunnel leading to holy sites

1987: 402 people die when security forces break up an anti-US demonstration by Iranian pilgrims
If this had happened in Canada, Justin's Liberals would, no doubt, be calling for a "Pilgrim Registry."

I suppose if you are a religious person and your family were crushed and killed, you could console yourself with, "Gawd is just testing my faith," which, to be honest, seems like pretty thin gruel to me.

I truly do not "get" religion. Each to his own, I suppose.

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LAST WORD: It's not just squashing people
"This raises to 483 the number of deaths out of 1,118 MERS infections in Saudi Arabia, where the virus first appeared in 2012, according to the ministry."
They can be martyrs, right?

23 September 2015

When that first nail bomb explodes...

...on the subway platform at Yonge & Bloor, remember which federal party leaders were in favour of unrestricted mass immigration of demonstrably false "refugees"...a flood of criminalsHint: it's the same two guys who lobbied for the return of Omar Khadr.
"The refugees report that a forged Syrian passport can be bought on the Turkish border for as little as $200. A reporter for the Daily Mail bought a Syrian passport, ID card and driving license for $2,000 in Turkey under the name of a real man who was killed in the conflict."
You think I'm an alarmist?

Where were you 14 years ago this month?

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RELATED: Europe will be Eurabia
"It’s hardly surprising that the vacuum left by Europeans in fecundity as well as in religiosity was filled by the Muslim immigrants within four to five decades. In another 50 years, mosques may outnumber churches in what by then will be Eurabia — and, more importantly, believers may outnumber unbelievers."
Will North America follow the same path?

Upscale restaurant, downtown Toronto...

...obviously, I blame Mike Harris.

Not your typical Jane & Finch "spray & pray"... in editorial suites across Toronto, you can hear the hopeful whispers... "don't be black, don't be black"...

CP24:
"Detailed information on potential suspects has not yet been released but investigators say they are working on releasing surveillance camera images captured from inside the restaurant."
Toronto Red Star:
"Two masked men..."
The Mother Corpse:
"Two men opened fire inside the restaurant, then fled on foot."
Of course, there's always one pesky fly in the multicultural ointment...

Toronto Sun:
Det. Paul Ward, who said the restaurant was “packed” at the time of the shooting, has heard from witnesses that the assailants were “black” or “brown.”
While farmers, hunters and target shooters across the GTA let out a collective sigh of relief, I suspect that Detective Ward, after he completes a couple of weeks of mandatory "cultural sensitivity training" is likely looking at extended reassignment to crossing guard duties in the furthest reaches of Etobicoke.

Don't mess with the dream, Paul.

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RELATED: Crime is down... right?
The number of shootings in Toronto has spiked compared to last year, and is up 77% from 2014.

The stats were released by Toronto Police and show there have been 286 victims of gun violence in this city as of September 21st.

That's a rise from the 162 people shot during the same time period last year.
Oh, the huge manatee.

22 September 2015

Do you believe in Magic?

How about Bigorexia?

Bruce Jenner used surgery and chemicals to turn himself into a facsimile of a woman. He based his decision not on any measurable scientific metric... but a (and let's give him the benefit of the doubt) sincere belief that he is not actually a man. He has since been lauded by some as "courageous" and held up as a heroic figure.

It is THIS PERCEPTION, THIS BELIEF, that drives Jenner, indeed all transsexuals to what some of us consider the edge of the behavioral envelope.

In contrast to this, Bigorexics are unanimously considered to be suffering from a mental illness.
"Whereas anorexics think they are too fat when they are actually too thin, bigorexics think they look puny when, in fact, they are muscular."
The fact that Bigorexics base their behavior on AN IDENTICAL PERCEPTION, A SINCERE BELIEF that their appearance belies their true self seems not to matter.

What's going on here? Isn't this all about what you believe?

What exactly is it that makes the beliefs of one group of people so "courageous" but the beliefs of the other a "mental illness?"

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RELATED: Who's "transphobic" now?

Kendall Jenner has said publicly that she still calls her biological father, gasp... "Dad."

Similarly, Kendall's mother Kris refers to her ex-husband as "Jenner." Not a Caitlyn from either of them.

Yet another "thought crime" that will no doubt be referred to a Human Rights Commission in the near future.

21 September 2015

I guess it's just a cultural thing...

...like wearing special clothing or whacking off hands for petty thievery...
Rampant sexual abuse of children has long been a problem in Afghanistan, particularly among armed commanders who dominate much of the rural landscape and can bully the population. The practice is called bacha bazi, literally “boy play,” and American soldiers and Marines have been instructed not to intervene — in some cases, not even when their Afghan allies have abused boys on military bases, according to interviews and court records.
The Obama Whitehouse did take action eventually... against American soldiers who tried to stop these atrocities.

Hey Barack, what's up with that?

19 September 2015

18 September 2015

Brave New World

Come for the history... stay for the drippy, burning genitals...

it burns, it burns
"There were almost 35,000 cases of gonorrhoea reported in England last year - it is the second most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the UK after chlamydia. The majority of cases affect people under the age of 25."
From Stonehenge to 'stoned binge'... the all too predictable consequences of throwing out all the rules.

When, for the love of all the gawds, will Her Majesty's government set up those "safe-shagging sites?"

17 September 2015

I don't know how she missed...

...the roundup, barcoding and forced exile of homo & transsexual individuals to that gulag on Baffin Island...
In the October issue of Harper's Magazine Heather Mallick​ ​examines the career of Stephen Harper, who some have called, “a replicant of the Blade Runner variety.” The evidence is certainly convincing: “he speaks in a monotone, he’s impossibly rigid, and he seems unable to understand the emotions of others.”

Since he took office in 2006, Mallick writes, Harper has imported some of the worst American policy ideas—slashing the federal budget, introducing mandatory prison sentences, attacking climate scientists, expanding the war on drugs—in an attempt to turn Canada into “a nastier version of Texas.”

If he wins reelection on October 19, Mallick concludes, “Americans might want to consider a wall.”
I'm not even sure how that makes sense as one of Mallicks accusations is that, "Harper has imported some of the worst American policy ideas..."

Mallick's crowning journalistic flourish is asking if Stephen Harper's hair is "damp to the touch." She stops just shy of calling him "a silly poopyhead."

In this one article, Miz Mallick sums up all the vitriol & hysteria of the lunatic left. Here is "Harper Derangement Syndrome" at its finest.

Yet another drive-by hit-piece by your professional and intellectual superiors.

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RELATED: The story Ms. Malice missedjustin going downIs Shiny Pony being put out to pasture?

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LAST WORD: I wonder if Justin's good with...

...female genital mutilation, too?
OTTAWA, CANADA: A Canadian Liberal government would allow new citizens to wear a veil at citizenship ceremonies, its leader said Friday, bucking popular opinion just a month away from elections.
I remember how he lobbied to bring Omar Khadr home.

Just something else to remember on October 19th.

16 September 2015

15 September 2015

You pull the handle on October 19th...

...you're choosing what sort of society you want to live in...canuckistanI myself, look forward to hordes of kilted, blue painted, half naked wannabe Celts rediscovering their heritage at the next round of Canadian citizenship ceremonies.

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CULTURAL ENLIGHTENMENT BONUS:

It's not me, honey... it's God.

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CULTURAL ENLIGHTENMENT BONUS2:

I can't wait to see where politically correct lefty academia will come down on this one...
A student at Memorial University with a hearing disability is upset that one of his professors refused to wear an assistive hearing device last week because of what she claims are religious reasons.
Do we support the disabled student or the (oh-oh, non Christian) religious beliefs of the professor?

14 September 2015

"From the heart outwards"

Remember how Justin was gonna deal with that horrible budget deficit by ramping up spending? Well, here's some good news...
Ottawa posted a $1.9-billion surplus, bringing the books back into the black a year earlier than expected. A shortfall of $2 billion had been forecast.
Well, no matter... turns out Justin has exactly the same plan for a budget surplus. I guess that explains his belief that "the budget will balance itself."
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is sticking with his three-year deficit spending plan DESPITE FIGURES RELEASED MONDAY that show the federal government registered a surprise surplus in the last fiscal year.
So, whatever the numbers are, a Liberal government is gonna SPEND, SPEND, SPEND. Well... there's a surprise.

Justin told us he was gonna "expand the economy from the heart outward."

If he only had a brain.

11 September 2015

10 September 2015

Would Tommy Trotsky forgive & forget...

...if his Director of Communications had told the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia to go f#ck himself?

I suspect not.

shawn dearnApparently crapping on Catholicism is no biggie at Dipper HQ.

Said Mr Mulcair...
"He's made a mistake and he has apologized for it. For me, that's enough."
would prime minister mulcair visit the vatican?Here's a thought... if Tommy actually got himself elected PM, would he bring pottymouth Shawn Dearn on a visit to the Vatican?

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UPDATE: Compare and contrast
Pissed in customer’s cup” versus "Pissed on whole religion."
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RELATED: Speaking of Top Aides...

...she learned from the master...
Ms. Abedin, who served as a deputy chief of staff to Mrs. Clinton from 2009 to late 2012, told investigators she hadn’t noticed she had received a $33,000 lump sum payment — about a third of which investigators determined was improper — when she left the State Department.
When the left does it... it's not a problem.

09 September 2015

Well, he should know...

multi-millionaire trudeau
“A large percentage of small businesses are actually just ways for wealthier Canadians to save on their taxes,” he said. “We want to reward the people who are actually creating jobs, and contributing in concrete ways. So there’s a little tweaking to do around that.”
Was it some other Justin Trudeau who leveraged his position as an MP to gouge huge speaking fees from Canadian charities?
Trudeau himself was involved in at least three small business that were federally incorporated, one of which he used to receive income for paid speaking events he did between 2006 and 2011.
Another hypocritical stance from Mr "Do as I say, not as I do."

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UPDATE: We are not wealthy scammers
"The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says their data show almost half of Canadian incorporated employers earn less than $50,000 a year."
Isn't that about what Justin was charging charities for a couple of his speeches?

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LAST WORD: So much for public service
"A large chunk of Trudeau’s $277,000 speaking earnings came from publicly-funded institutions, including charities and school boards."
He's a millionaire from an inheritence from his father, he collects an MP salary & perks and he still has the nerve to double-dip via public institutions.

Who's the wealthy scammer here?

Journalism 101

Let's just call it "enhancing the coverage"...

pants on fire
In videos and images posted online by multiple videographers and photojournalists, Laszlo can be seen making sideways karate-style kicks into the knees of two people • a young man and a pony-tailed teenage girl • as they ran past her. Both stumbled but neither fell as Laszlo continued filming.
It gets better...
She also was seen filming a running man carrying a young boy in his arms — then sticking out her leg to trip him as he passed. The man and boy tumbled to the ground, the man falling on top of the child. The boy can be seen crying in apparent pain as the man leaps up to curse at the camerawoman, who continues to film him.
You think this sort of willful manipulation doesn't happen here?

Wake up and smell the propaganda.

It worked for Teddy Kennedy...

...and cigar-wielding Slick Willy...more liesShe's been denying culpability for six months. Hillary yet again insists on national TV she did nothing wrong... THEN offers up regrets in the same breath.

You've got to love the timing on this not quite an apology...
"Clinton Senate Leadership PAC staffer Brian Pagliano must respond to the request by Thursday September 10. Will he remain loyal to Clinton? Or cooperate in exchange for immunity?"
Will she get away with it?

07 September 2015

#spawnofpierre

When the lapdog media says ANYTHING unflattering about its favourite MILLIONAIRE MANCHILD, you know he's really crossed a line -
“There’s obviously a need for Canada to do more,” said Trudeau, adding he wants to find a way “to not make this as political as it has become.”
...okay, wait for it...
"His plea for nonpartisanship didn’t prevent him, however, from accusing the Conservative government of bungling the refugee file."
As for not making this political...
"The Liberals have promised to 'take immediate action' to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada through government-sponsored applications, a plan they estimate would cost $100 million."
The hypocrisy, to say nothing of the magnitude of the bribe, is simply breathtaking.

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RELATED: The part-time ex-Drama teacher...

...with the $17,000 watch thinks Canada isn't doing enough...
"Canada’s ISIS mission will cost us 528 million over the course of the coming year. We aren’t there because of Rogue Mormons. Canada’s humanitarian relief efforts for Islam’s current civil war are expected to top the 700 million already allocated for Syria alone."
Maybe all that back of napkin economic policy is why Justin thinks the budget will balance itself. Where's he gonna get that extra hundred mil'.

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LAST WORD: The Religion of Peace, er...

...wait a sandblasted minute...where's waldo, er... allah
As Amnesty International recently pointed out, the “six Gulf countries — Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain — have offered zero resettlement places to Syrian refugees.”

That’s a shocking figure, given these countries’ relative proximity to Syria, as well as the incredible resources at their disposal.
Perhaps Justin wants to rethink his plan?

04 September 2015

Canuckistan Journalism 101

Like everybody else, I'm sick and tired of the blatantly false propaganda that gets passed off these days as "news."

Lie #1 - Syrian citizens, Turkish beach, dangerous illegal infiltration... let's blame Stephen Harper.
The aunt of the Syrian boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach and caused worldwide outrage said Thursday that while she had desperately tried to bring his family to Canada, no formal application to sponsor them as refugees was made on their behalf as had been previously reported.
So, hang on... you "desperately tried" to do this without actually applying for refugee status? You, what... called a "Snakehead?"

Here in Canada we call that "breaking the law."

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UPDATE: Yup... they called a Snakehead
The grieving father said he paid smugglers 4,000 euros for the deadly voyage — the money his sister sent to him from Canada.
Which brings us to yet another lie...
Abdullah Kurdi told Die Welt that he does not understand why Canada rejected his application for asylum, although Citizenship and Immigration Canada received no such application from the man.
Abdullah Kurdi isn't even a good liar. Would you want him living next door to you?

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Lie #2 - Stephen Harper offered me a bribe.
Reuters reported early Thursday that Kurdi had said Canadian officials offered him citizenship after seeing what happened, but he declined.

But Citizenship and Immigration Canada released a statement Thursday afternoon saying "Canada did not offer citizenship to Mr. Abdullah Kurdi."
So Big Journo yet again slagged the federal government without actually checking the facts. I guess I get it... you've got a picture of a dead kid, you've got to milk it for all its worth.

And guess who just had to pile on?
"Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau has responded to the death of a three-year-old Syrian boy by suggesting the child should have been living in Vancouver and on his way to school this week with his cousins."
Except, of course, that there was no actual application to come to Canada. But heck, that's Justin... he's always saying stupid stuff. Let's ask elder statesman Mulcair...
New Democrats leader Thomas Mulcair was asked similar questions at a separate campaign appearance.

"As a dad and a grandfather, it is just unbearable that we are doing nothing."
Of course, without an actual application, there was nothing to do.

I can't decide who is more reprehensible, the people telling the lies or the people propagating them.

Nope, it's easy... it's the journos who peddle this nonsense.

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UPDATE2: We gotta get outta this place
"So in the middle of a war & desperate refuge situation he travels hundreds of Kms, with 2 caskets, to Kobani, no problem."
How soon do you imagine the Canadian media & Tommy Trotsky & Shiny Pony will be apologising to Prime Minister Harper, Minister Alexander and the folks at Foreign Affairs?

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LAST WORD: Just when you thought...

...the Liberals couldn't sink any lower...how justin does itDoes Liberal Mark Holland countenance this shameful behaviour?

ps... Butts, Butts... that sounds so familiar.

03 September 2015

Like a fish needs a bicycle...

...or maybe a psychiatrist and a satchel full of lithium...

smell the crazyDworkin Revolutionary Army declares readiness to to die on Muppet Mountain.
"We thought realistic Barbie was a victory, but now we have skinny Pam on Archer & Denise the younger hotter pig on the Muppets."
— Scamille (@scamille_crosby) September 1, 2015
Speaking of slimy, swamp-dwelling privilege...

01 September 2015

Donald Trump's not so secret weapon

It's obvious, isn't it? Trump isn't that slick, slimy relentlessly rehearsed "Machine Politics," or that selective, uber-socialist "Big Journo".

What it boils down to is this...
"You lie to us every day and we hate you for it."
Donald Trump says politically incorrect things we're all afraid to talk about these days.

It's not carefully calculated sound bites run past multiple focus groups and filtered of any actual meaning. Trump simply calls things by their proper names, and apparently, on some level, agree or disagree, a significant part of the electorate is drawn to that.