"Have a Holly-Jolly..."

...wait a minute...

"A whole corridor of the mall was cordoned off with police tape. Tristan Cox and Francis Koroma face charges, including robbery while armed with a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm and aggravated assault."

Oh, man... if only there was some sort of giant magical database.

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RELATED: David Miller's legacy

Regent Park is reeling after a string of shootings left three dead in as many weeks. Parents say they are afraid to let their children out after dark, even for the area’s free tutoring programs.

Police in the area started noticing an uptick in calls over the past year, but won’t say what might be driving it. “Radio calls, for sure,” are up, said Constable Joe Jaksa. “For everything.”

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LAST WORD: Oops, there goes another...

A shooting at an apartment complex at 135 Neptune Drive has reportedly claimed the life of a young man.

The victim, believed to be a teen male, was pronounced dead at the scene near Bathurst and Wilson.

You can almost smell the rainbows...

...and candied unicorns...

-- OTTAWA -- He led two rebellions against the government of Canada, set up a provisional government for Manitoba and took part in the execution of Thomas Scott, but the NDP's Pat Martin says Louis Riel has been wronged by the history books and it's time to set things right.

“Louis Riel is a hero, not a traitor,” Martin told a news conference in Ottawa Tuesday.

Apparently, in Canada, there's no such thing as a bad boy anymore.

Remember... friends don't let friends vote NDP.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here...

...and guess that's more money than we spend on "victim services" for a whole year...

B.C. spent more than $102-million dollars to put serial killer Robert Pickton behind bars for life.

Seventy-million dollars was spent on the RCMP investigation, including the meticulous sifting of dirt and debris on Mr. Pickton's farm – where the DNA of 26 victims was found.

Yeah... here's the thing... you had me, back at... "severed head in a bucket."

Say... how's that "Hopey-changey" thing...

...workin' for ya...

Thirteen demonstrators organized by the GetEQUAL campaign for gay rights -- including nine veterans, a Catholic priest and other advocates -- were arrested after shouting they were "proud to serve" and vowing: "We will not disappear."

Oh, Barry.

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RELATED: That racist Stephen Harp...

...wait a minute...

Once again, does anyone know what Mr. Ignatieff is talking about? Is he really suggesting that the Conservatives should have fielded a non-Filipino candidate to make it a fair fight for the Liberal contender?

From the very same Liberal Eco-crats...

...who brought you... "We're gonna shut down all those nasty coal-fired generating plants... in 2007...

Environment Minister John Wilkinson says he won’t even consider banning TV and computer trash from landfills until the province’s electronic waste diversion program is in stronger shape.

Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES) is improving but it would be premature to expect that all provincial residents have access to its diversion programs, he said.

OES, which levied $45 million in Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) fees in its first year, missed its collection and recycling targets by as much as 59%, its annual performance report revealed.

Yeah... let's have three cheers for Dalton McSlippery's bright, shining socialist paradise.

How ya likin' it so far?

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RELATED: Back at the Mother Corpse

Mrs Neo is listening to a CBC interview of Australian "activist" Helen Caldicott... who, apparently wants to tear down the entire town of Port Hope... and rebuild it somewhere else.

And you can just smell the science...

"This town sort of represents the world nuclear problem. I've heard remarkable stories of animals being born with congenital defects."

Hey Dalton... are you listening? Helen's heard some spooky stories.

You wanna get your eco-crazy on... Helen's at the Best Western in Oshawa tonight.

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LAST WORD: Advocating for sorcery

Good grief... the Ceeb is now exploring the role of witchcraft in our lives... according to the host...

"We don't allow enough room for the inexplicable in our lives."

Holy crap... it appears as though the CBC switchboard has lit up.

Good grief. We pay for this nonsense?

In other Eco-Fraud news...

The Climate Exchange was created by a professor named Richard Sandor. In 2002, Time magazine called him a “Hero of the Planet” for that act.

But as the exchange’s own website suggests, companies bought and sold carbon as a public-relations exercise — to greenwash their operations in the eyes of the gullible media.

Don’t worry about poor Prof. Sandor, though. The Investors Business Daily reports he managed to sell his stake in the exchange for $98.5 million.

Coming soon... to a neighbourhood...

...near you...

-- TORONTO -- A newly released intelligence report says hardline Islamist groups want to build a “parallel society” in Canada, which could undermine the country’s social cohesion and foster violence.

The de-classified Intelligence Assessment obtained by the National Post says extremists have been encouraging Muslims in the West to reject Western society and to live in “self-imposed isolation.”

The report was written by the Integrated Threat Assessment Centre, which monitors threats to Canada’s national security and is composed of representatives of CSIS, the RCMP, Foreign Affairs, National Defence and other agencies.

It was circulated internally last year after Hizb-ut-Tahrir invited Muslims to a conference in Mississauga, Ont., to discuss the establishment of an Islamic caliphate.

Brave new world

"By buying your ticket you gave up a lot of rights," countered the TSA supervisor.

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RELATED: It gets better...

-- HARTFORD, Conn. -- A driver who's serving a manslaughter sentence for striking and killing a 14-year-old boy is suing the victim's parents, blaming them for their son's death because they allowed him to ride his bike in the street without a helmet.

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LAST WORD: From the comments

"Christie writes a book about a police force paralyzed by gutlessness and political correctness and her speech is hijacked by protesters who are allowed to disrupt it because of the university's gutlessness and political correctness."

Live and don't learn...

...the enduring legacy of Mark "The Mouth" Holland.

-- OTTAWA -- A Liberal MP is continuing a lawsuit against former OPP commissioner turned federal Conservative candidate Julian Fantino even though a good part of this lawsuit is based on another lawsuit and criminal trial now long over.

Mark Holland, the Liberal MP for Ajax-Pickering, launched his suit against Fantino in August 2008 seeking $350,000 in damages plus legal expenses.

That lawsuit ended in October with an out of court settlement and Holland apologizing.

Who is Mark Holland?

Well... he's at least as classy as... Marlene Jennings.

Just another tiny bit of fallout...

...from the McDreamy administration's "War on Islamophobia"...

“The Christian people should leave their beloved land of our ancestors and escape the premeditated ethnic cleansing,” he said in a statement to CNN. “This is better than having them killed one by one.”

Many Christians have already left Iraq; almost 150 were recently granted asylum by the French government. Those who cannot afford to do so have found some measure of refuge in the Kurdish north.

Bright lights, big city...

...maybe "priority" isn't really the word you're looking for...

“The victim has not co-operated with police at this point, but we’re hoping that will change,” said a police spokesman.

Lawrence Heights has been deemed a “priority neighbourhood” by the City of Toronto for projects including affordable housing.

"Affordable housing", huh?

Isn't that what Toronto gives to the whole Khadr klan?

Hang on a second... Libya?

Seriously... the folks who brought us the Lockerbie bombing... that Libya?

Antiques Roadshow, my ass

Christies believe the machine will sell for between £100,000 and £150,000.

It cost $666.66 when it was bought in 1976.

Homicide cops have been crazy busy...

...chasing after local farmers, deer hunters & skeet shooters...

[...]

"Help me if you can, I've got to get back..."

"...to the House At Pooh Corner by one..."

Prof. Carasco, a one-time NDP candidate who teaches family and immigration law at Windsor, has asked the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to stop the search for a new Dean, appoint her to the position and award her compensation for “injury to dignity” of $60,000 from the school, and $15,000 from her colleague, hate-speech expert Richard Moon.

Oh my gawd... all those poor creatures...

...being driven into extinc... wait a minute...

-- KENORA, Ont. -- Rose Allin has had enough. It's one thing for the deer to scrounge around in her yard, eating all her flowers.

It's quite another for them to come up to the front step and ring her doorbell.

“I just wish they'd stop," she said, looking very cross.

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FROM THE COMMENTS:

"She should build them a basketball court."

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LAST WORD: "Paging Timothy Treadwell..."

I'm gonna go out on a limb here...

...and guess that Bob and Iggy are... despite the pretty words... gonna have a hard time settling for a "yes"...

“Look, I do note that the Liberal party, Mr. Ignatieff, Mr. Rae have indicated for the past several months that they favour a training mission,” he said. “If they have any specific ideas they want to share, I’m not resistant to having debates on that matter in the House of Commons."

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UPDATE: It doesn't matter what you say...

...we're the NDP... we have to scream and stamp our feet...

A deal between the Conservatives and Liberals allows Stephen Harper to break his promise and extend the mission in Afghanistan without approval from Parliament, New Democrats charged Friday.

“That’s really deplorable,” NDP foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar said.

Hang on a sec... what do the Dippers actually want?

The NDP supports the option of supporting transitional justice, aid, development and governance, which Mr. Dewar says would cost about $500-million over three years.

Geez, I'm just not seein' the big hairy-ball problem here.

Maybe Stephen Harper IS a diabolical chess-master.

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LAST WORD: Or... using Occam's political razor...

Michael Ignatieff has proven to be the Wile E. Coyote of political strategy when it comes to boxing in Stephen Harper – forever being burnt to a crisp atop his own pile of Acme Corporation dynamite.

Less Powerpoint... more hollow-point

Looks like, yet again... we're dealing with the not-so-invisible hand of the market...

“What I can say is that in the organized crime division, for several months, there have been several multidisciplinary teams on the ground in different locations.”

Sure thing, Clouseau... how's that working out for you? Better than for the Rizzuto gang, I guess.

And despite CTV's efforts to pump up the story... the fact is... this is simply the end of a savage thug.

Ottawa's Million Dollar Babies

Hmmm... I'm thinking that's roughly the combined salaries of about 20 auto workers... and, bear in mind, that doesn't include "their excellencies" regular paycheques...

Last year, Chow claimed $530,000 in expenses, Layton claimed $629,000.

Chow's sensitive, caring-for-the-average-working-stiff response when asked about her above-average expenses? "It's within the law," she told the Toronto Star curtly.

So, Olivia... what you're telling us is... you're "entitled to your entitlements?"

That sounds so familiar.

Parliamentarians -- especially those such as Chow and Layton who make such a big deal about being the voice of ordinary working Canadians -- should not be shielding their expenses behind the letter of the law. They should be leading by example by offering full disclosure of their expense records.

The Layton-Chows act more like the Duke and Duchess of Downtown Toronto.

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RELATED: I'm sorry, I've just gotta ask...

...why exactly do we call them "Honourable Members"?

Not only did Liberal MPs Raymonde Folco, Carolyn Bennet, Rob Oliphant, Andrew Telegdi and Tom Wappel meet with the designated terrorist group Mojahedin e Khalq, their travel costs to France was included.

Friends don't let friends vote Liberal.

Lest We Forget

Do you know someone who enlisted in World War I in Canada?

-- Search the WWI CEF database --

Do you know a Canadian killed while serving his country?

-- Search the Commonwealth War Graves database --

My wife's grandfather, a member of the Canadian Cyclist Battalion, (pictured, in the kilt) was wounded by German shelling and carried around shrapnel from WWI for the rest of his life.

And he was one of the lucky ones... who got to come back and have a family and live out a long, productive and rewarding life.

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