They stab it with their steely knives...

...but they just can't kill the beast...nb: livestream is still active as of February 8.

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UPDATE: Ghomeshi testimony goes nuclear...It seems the prosecution may just have been blindsided.Follow the entire proceedings by clicking on the first (red) link above.

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UPDATE2: Wheels coming off Crown bus?I guess we'll find out more on Thursday.

If you build it, they will come

Free rent & not-so-free drugs...

Welcome to Wakunda Place, a small rundown complex of 199 TCHC apartments and 46 maisonettes in the O’Connor and Victoria Park area.

Tenants say it’s overrun with crack dealers, plagued by loud noise, fighting, gun and other physical violence.

The complex is particularly bad at the end of the month when the disability and welfare cheques come in and the drug dealers swarm.

Wait a minute... what day was Saturday? Well, crap on a freakin' cracker...

Toronto Police homicide investigators are trying to figure out the circumstances of 31-year-old Sylvia Consuelo who was found dead in a Weston public housing apartment around 4:45 a.m. Saturday morning.

Police received a sudden death call from acquaintances who went to the unit to “socialize” with the woman.

I guess that's why it's called "social housing."

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RELATED: They shoot babies... don't they?

A home in Toronto’s Lawrence Manor neighbourhood was targeted for the third time this year, this time sending a bullet into a three-year-old’s bedroom as the child slept. The tenant, a mother with three children, ages 3, 8 and 16, told CP24 that her home was also shot at on Jan. 6.

At the time, she said she contacted Toronto Community Housing to say that she felt her life was in danger, asking to move away.

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RELATED2: Oops, there goes another...

Police are investigating the second shooting in four days outside of a Toronto Community Housing building. Officers were called to a Toronto Community Housing building on Neptune Drive, near Bathurst Street and Highway 401, at approximately 2 a.m. on Tuesday.

Remember... your taxes pay for all this mayhem.

"And as the women’s movement arose..."

...as feminism dissolved, quickly, into the culture at large • Barbie came to symbolize a tension between empowerment and subjugation..."

And while we're on feminism...

When allegations of sexual misconduct emerged during Bill’s 1992 presidential run, she’s reported to have said “Who is going to find out? These women are trash. Nobody’s going to believe them.” Multiple people also report that she called the women “sluts” and “whores” — you know, for daring to be raped.

Will American women step up and do the right thing tonight?

Because... Tiger Penis...

Everybody knows you have to purge the evil spirits from your body...

The issue is indeed sensitive in Metro Vancouver, because many of the spitters are recent immigrants from China, where spitting does not carry the same cultural taboo as in Canada.

In China and several other Asian cultures, spitting is seen as normal and even healthy.

It's like feng shui... you don't wanna end up living on the dragon's eyeball, do ya?

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RELATED: Speaking of Chinatown...

Two males are dead and three others were shot after gunfire erupted outside a restaurant in Chinatown overnight. Details are limited and investigators have not yet released a suspect description.

This morning's incident bring the total number of shooting occurences in 2016 to 34 and the number of shooting victims to 49. 'This is not a blip,' Mike McCormack, president of the Toronto Police Association says of spike in gun violence.

"There is a big increase in gun violence, in shootings. We are up over 100 per cent from last year."

If only Justin would take all those guns away from farmers, hunters and target shooters... I'm sure the problem would be solved.

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RELATED2: Unlike the above incident...

...it seems police are sometimes able to provide physical descriptions...

The first suspect is described as white, late-30s-to-40s, medium build, wearing grey pants, a grey Adidas hoodie, a dark toque and carrying a dark backpack. The second suspect is described as white, late-30s-to-40s, medium build, wearing a dark-blue hooded jacket and a red toque.

Funny how that works.

Ask somebody who should know

Democrats aren’t laughing about Donald Trump anymore. He has them all but admitting defeat. In a stunning admission, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, predicts in an email that Donald Trump will become president if he wins the Republican nomination.

“If Donald Trump takes the Republican nomination, our party will lose more than the presidency.”

This should be interesting.

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UPDATE: Latest Clinton crisis

The intelligence community has deemed some of Hillary Clinton’s emails “too damaging" to national security to release under any circumstances, according to a U.S. government official close to the ongoing review. A second source, who was not authorized to speak on the record, backed up the finding.

Stay tuned.

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LAST WORD: The corridors of power & privilege

The State Department announced that 18 emails exchanged between Mrs. Clinton and President Obama would also be withheld... Friday was supposed to be the deadline for releasing all of the 33,000 emails from the server, but officials have appealed for an extension.

Uh-huh.

The only people in the world...

..who've surrendered more times than the French...**********

RELATED: Don't kid yourself...

...the war has already begun...

Though these two threats seem similar, they couldn’t be more different. One is an unpreventable freak occurrence and the other is part of a general trend to wipe out the West. The terrorists are not a freak occurrence. They are all following the same handbook.

We can pretend only a tiny fraction of Muslims have any malice toward us, but the numbers range from 25 percent to way past 75 percent. That’s at least 3 million potential terrorists in America who think “violence is acceptable against infidels.”

The New World Order is gonna be a little different from what the beknighted left has been screaming about.

It's not like it's costing us...

...twelve billion dollars annual... wait a minute...

Reserve schools are failing Canada’s aboriginal students and there is no quick-and-easy fix, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. A study released Thursday by the research group found that only four of 10 young adults living on reserves across the country have finished high school.

Those figures contrast sharply with graduation rates of seven out of 10 for off-reserve aboriginals and nine out of 10 for non-aboriginals.

It's time to abolish the reserve system and bring these people into the 21st century.

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RELATED: Who's zoomin' who?

Letter from John Ferguson to William Claus, Deputy Superintendent General, Indian Affairs, 5 March 1819, concerning threats made by Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte to passers-by; the influence of white lumbermen over the Mohawks; lineage (in relation to a General Order on 2 November 1818 that presents should not be given to the descendants of Europeans):

“Will not a difficulty arise, as to who these people are? In the Mohawk village here, a large proportion are the immediate (perhaps the second generation) descendants of Germans; there is also a family of immediate descendants of Africans: Are they to be considered as Indians? There are also some descendants of Americans, whose ancestors were Europeans. Will they come within the intention of the Order? In fact there are but few real Indians amongst them.”

It's a scam, folks. And for two centuries we've all (including the supposed aboriginals) been paying for it.

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LAST WORD: "Prime Minister Selfie"

Wanna meet the new PM? It's easy... just jump an immigration waiting line, or commit serial murder and he'll be there with bells on... whether he's wanted or not...

On Wednesday, acting mayor Kevin Janvier said the town was in mourning, and asked reporters to keep their distance. "As we continue to grieve, we ask the media to please respect our privacy.”

Yup... that could happen.

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LASTER WORD: Just kidding, right Kevin?

Practically the whole town came out to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after he landed in La Loche, Sask., on Friday afternoon.

Yup.

Just shutup and ...

...take my money!!!

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RELATED: Green Magic, my arse......but it's the perfect solution for when the SHTF and monsters start to roam the streets.

Hillary Clinton has to be...

...the most venal and schizophrenic feminist I've ever seen... is that what America wants in a President?

Her subsequent fashion and hair transformations, extending through both Clinton presidencies, were astonishing. It was as if Hillary oscillated between her core identity as a gender-neutral social-activist warrior and a florid female persona so foreign to her nature that it sometimes seemed like drag.

Hillary’s most drastic metamorphosis was when she went blonde and acquired blue contact lenses (her eyes are naturally brown). The model for this change may ironically have been Gennifer Flowers, a Little Rock singer who claimed to have been Bill Clinton’s mistress for twelve years.

Hillary facilitated unapologetic liar and serial philanderer Bill in order to continue to inhabit the corridors of power. What does that say about her judgement, never mind her personal value system?

Benghazi and her disregard for security measures (personal email server) all spring from her unquestioned willingness to preserve and expand her personal sphere of influence.

Trump isn't the alpha megalomaniac here.

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UPDATE:

Six months after it began, the federal investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server shows no signs of slowing down.

Former FBI officials said the length of the probe is not unusual, and speculated that a decision on whether to file charges against Clinton or her top aides could come later this year, during the heat of the general election campaign.

She deserves no less.

Well geez, Heather...

...let me clear that up for you... HE MURDERED FOUR PEOPLE IN COLD BLOOD...The media narrative is all about the bullying the shooter allegedly suffered at the hands of classmates at the local school.

Perhaps a more pertinent point is... what exactly, isn't the media and law enforcement allowed to talk about?

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RELATED: The first thing we do...

...is hang all the lawyers...

The Crown said that Niran’s blood was on the knife, and the accused’s DNA was on the handle of the weapon.

Earlier in the day, Hafizi, represented by Oliver Abergel and Howard Krongold, formally pleaded not guilty.

Unbelievable.

It's like the X-Files...

...people just want to believe...

Sunny Ways... first principles

Let's face it, Canada... even terrorists need to feel loved.

Repealing the Conservative's Bill C-24, which allows the government to strip Canadian citizenship from dual citizens who are convicted of terrorism-related offences.

And, of course, there's this...

"The Conservatives had imposed changes to bureaucrats sick-leave policies that saved hundreds of millions a year, money that will now be added to the deficit."

Got too much money in your pocket? Don't worry... Justin Trudeau is gonna fix that too.

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LAST WORD: Government by "procrastination"

"The CF-18s are due to end their Syrian mission in a few weeks anyway. A bit more stalling and the Liberals won't have to keep their pledge to end the mission early."

Can a Nobel "Peace Prize" be far behind?

FROM THE COMMENTS:

"Next they'll make them change their name to Blacklivesmatterboro."

"How about Whiteguiltboro?"

"I'm offended that Obama is in the White House. Can I get my feelings addressed?"

So much for the "will of the people."

So Teddy... you mean, like...

...every time there's an outbreak of mass murder?

• La Loche, SK • “The community usually pulls together really strong in times like this,” said Clearwater River Dene Nation Chief Teddy Clark on Friday.

Thanks for the clarification.

Note: CBC Radio is reporting this as an incident at a remote community.

Not a single use of the word "aboriginal." Likewise CBC news website is using an obviously heavily edited "rainbows & unicorn farts" comment thread to steer the conversation...

Hi there. This is CBC Forum, our new attempt to encourage a different kind of conversation on our website.
by Haydn Watters 1/23/2016 4:36:56 PM

Yes Haydn... we see that. From what I can see... you're also obviously discouraging any commentary that doesn't heed the party line...

Such a beautiful place with beautiful people...you don't deserve this sadness
by draybb 1/23/2016 7:10:13 PM 2:10 PM

Such beautiful shining stars taken from us too soon. Canada mourns with you, Laloche.
by tweetybird 1/23/2016 6:44:14 PM 1:44 PM

Schools need to address the issue of bullying.
by C King 1:26 PM

So sad...It can happen anywhere...But why?
by Boardwalk02 12:42 PM

Well, Boardwalk... I'm not so sure this happens anywhere... or that it's some sort of mystery...

"Sapers pointed to statistics that show the total number of people incarcerated in federal institutions went down by 12 per cent between 1996 and 2004. But the number of native inmates increased 21 per cent in the same period."

"The figures were even more dramatic for native women, whose numbers rose by a startling 74 per cent."

The Globe & Mail has followed suit... it's a geographical, rather than a cultural issue...Those damn shitkicker cowboy Saskatooners... wait a minute...

If you can go totally apesh!t...

...about teenage "child soldiers" such as Omar Khadr, but never give a thought to 9 year old "child brides"... you might be a Liberal.

Pakistani lawmakers had to withdraw a bill aimed at curbing the practice of child marriage after a prominent religious body declared the legislation un-Islamic.

Clerics on the council object to minimum age requirements, arguing instead that an individual can marry once reaching puberty, which can be as early as the age of 9.

Remember, this is a body of Muslim clerics shutting down government legislation aimed at preventing sexual abuse of children. Where are all those moderate Muslims the Liberals are constantly telling us about?

And, it gets better...

The council has garnered opprobrium in the past. In 2013, reports AFP, "it suggested making DNA inadmissible evidence in rape cases, instead calling for the revival of an Islamic law that makes it mandatory for a survivor to provide four witnesses to back their claims."

Justin Trudeau has a 7 year-old daughter... you think he'd be willing to walk her down the aisle in two years?

FROM THE COMMENTS:

"Not enough white people in basketball - goddamn those racist basketball team managers."

Is it time to bring "affirmative action" to the NBA?

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ASK A MEMBER OF THE CLUB:

“We have to make up our minds,” she said in a segment for Fox and Friends. “Either we want to have segregation or integration, and if we don’t want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET (Black Entertainment Television) and the BET Awards and the Image Awards where you’re only awarded if you’re black.”

Someone actually said it... on a national television network, no less.

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RELATED: Spoiled Hollywood brats

Molen added that he doesn't know the racial make-up of the more than 6,000-member Academy, but it's a "stupid assumption" to presume a good number of white members aren't voting for black actors due to their skin color.

"In a liberal town like Hollywood, that makes about as much sense as saying all members of the Academy vote Republican."

Bravo.

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LAST WORD: Academy caves... goes with quota system

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled on Friday several dramatic changes in its structure and voting regulations in an effort to promote diversity. Its goal, the Academy said, is to double the number of women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020...

But of course.

Thin edge of the wedge

Kathleen Wynne's Liberals shelling out for colleges that she, the Premier of Ontario, wouldn't be allowed to attend...

TORONTO -- Two publicly funded Ontario colleges have opened campuses in Saudi Arabia that don't allow women, and the province's minister of post-secondary education says it's up to schools to decide which students to admit.

Colleges and Universities Minister Reza Moridi said decisions on the operation of a campus, including student composition, are up to each college's board of governors.

Good use of taxpayer monies?

Jack Wilson of OPSEU local 415 at Algonquin said the college's board of governors fell into an awkward silence after one member asked how comfortable they were establishing a Saudi campus that would teach only men.

"You could see that people didn't think this question was going to be asked," Wilson said in an interview.

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UPDATE: Wynne shocked, shocked I say...

Colleges and Universities Minister Reza Moridi, who had earlier said it was up to colleges to determine the student makeup on their campuses, said Thursday he was concerned that women were excluded from the Ontario-run campuses.

Wynne says she told Moridi to meet with the two colleges as soon as she found out about the situation, which she says has “got to change.”

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RELATED: Meanwhile, Kathleen Wynne's soulmate...

...is busy looting the Treasury...

OTTAWA -- The federal budget watchdog says the Liberals' tax-bracket changes will drain on average about $100 million more per year from the public treasury than the government expects.

The Liberals had initially projected the adjustments -- which include the creation of a new, upper bracket -- to be revenue-neutral. But last month they acknowledged the plan will actually lower government revenues by more than $8.2 billion over six years.

The parliamentary budget office now says that figure will be $8.9 billion.

Sit back and relax, Canada

The Liberal Party will do all your thinking for you...

Federal immigration minister John McCallum noted there were parts of the country that were "crying out for more refugees."

Hmmm... McCallum, McCallum... that sounds so familiar...

"I don't plan any treatment. I said I didn't have a drinking problem. I think it's the sixth day I've had nothing to drink, and I'm doing this exercise. I'm on a bit of a health kick. I'm feeling great."

Uh-huh.

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RELATED: Islamophobia Alert!!!

It seems not everybody supports Justin's impassioned defence of the hijab...

"Police in the central Asian state of Tajikistan have forcibly shaved nearly 13,000 men and ‘convinced’ 1,700 women to remove their headscarves in a bid to eradicate radical Islam in the country."

And...

Singapore on Wednesday said it had arrested and deported 26 Bangladeshi construction workers for forming a religious study group that spread the ideology of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group. The announcement of the arrests came after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack in Jakarta last Thursday that left four civilians and four attackers dead.

Oh, wait...

Egyptian authorities have intensified a crackdown on dissent ahead of next week's anniversary of the country's 2011 Arab Spring uprising, with police checking social media accounts and raiding apartments seeking any sign of plans for organized protests. Late Thursday, a bomb went off during a raid on a home in Cairo's twin city of Giza where militants were preparing explosives, killing six people including at least three policemen and one civilian, and wounding 13 people, police said in a statement.

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LAST WORD: Bad hair day for PM Selfie?

MONTREAL — The husband of one of the Quebecers killed in the Burkina Faso terrorist attack says he hung up on Justin Trudeau when the prime minister called him earlier this week. Yves Richard tells Montreal radio station 98.5 FM he was frustrated about what he called Trudeau's platitudes during their conversation Monday.

Richard says he told Trudeau to hug his wife and children and that he then put down the phone on the prime minister.

But wait, it gets worse...

After failed efforts to get information from Ottawa, he received the news he dreaded from a nun with the religious order hosting Carrier and other family members during their volunteer mission.

He said he reached the nun on her cell phone, and she was hysterical. “She was at the morgue, and she told me they were all gone.”

Your government in action.

Marketplace... the lost episodes

Yes, Virginia, it's knuckle-dragging neo-conservative magic...

"They're so easy to use that an untrained CBC reporter was able to hit a bullseye at the range, something he couldn't do with the standard pistol and shotgun."

So, what you're saying is... "'restricted' so-called 'assault rifles' are actually safer than plain old everyday shotguns?"

And while we're on changes to the Toronto Police Force, er... Service...

The head of the union representing the city’s front-line cops is fighting back after Deputy Chief Peter Sloly told a community forum that Toronto could probably make do with several hundred “fewer officers.”

Sloly also reportedly told the forum that the TPS is “wasting money on infrastructure” and could probably eliminate several hundred officers just by leveraging “big data.”

Who needs big guns when you can get big data?

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RELATED: BIG DATA this, Deputy...

A male is dead following a shooting in Etobicoke, Toronto police have confirmed. It happened in the Kipling Avenue and The Kingsway area a short time ago.

The victim – whose age was not immediately provided – was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

And again...

One man is dead and another has been injured following a double shooting in Scarborough late Wednesday night. It happened at around 11:30 p.m. near Morecambe Gate, located in the area of Victoria Park Avenue and Finch Avenue.

Yup, fewer cops.... just what the doctor ordered.

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LAST WORD: She's deeply committed to... Hillary

Broadcast TV viewers in New Hampshire should recognize Hillary Clinton's stance on gun control by now. One in four political ads she's aired in the state over the past month has been about tougher gun laws.

But in Iowa, only one in seventeen of Clinton's spots has featured her stance on gun control.

Uh-huh.

I hear Koko the Gorilla...

...made Justin's short list...

One of the panelists named by the Liberal government to a board that will select new senators tries to recover the past lives of people she treats using a largely debunked psychological technique.

Manitoba folk singer and hypnotherapist Heather Bishop is one of nine “eminent Canadians” who will help choose candidates to fill the 22 vacancies in the Senate, Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef announced Tuesday.

But for a government that prides itself on evidence-based policy, her addition to the Senate advisory board may raise a few brows.

Only the best and brightest, eh?

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FROM THE COMMENTS:

"I'm sure This Hour has 22 minutes will be all over this with spoofs of her and JT. No?"

Yup.