A 25-year-old Pickering, Ont., man is facing charges after a pedestrian pulled a sword from his pants and threatened a driver he'd accused of blocking a crosswalk.**********
Mudasser Sheikh is charged with weapons dangerous, two counts of assault with a weapon and obstructing a peace officer.The good ol' GTA.
Let's, just for the moment, put aside the fact that Ms Jeantel has already admitted committing perjury...A teenage friend of Trayvon Martin was forced to admit today in the George Zimmerman murder trial that she did not write a letter that was sent to Martin's mother describing what she allegedly heard on a phone call with Martin moments before he was shot.So, in addition to lying under oath, this compassionate, intellectual charmer also got someone to forge a letter in her name that was sent to Trayvons mother. What's next... a message from Trayvon from the other side?
Jeantel, 19, was unable to read any of the letter save for her name.
She is seen as a critical witness to the prosecution because she is the only person able to say that Martin claimed that he noticed a strange man following him and that he was scared. Jeantel said Martin described the stranger as a "creepy ass cracker."The fact that the prosecution was willing to put this person on the witness stand is a measure of how desperate they are.
**********The witness also used the “N” word three times, testifying it was the word Martin used to describe Zimmerman, who’d been following him.(via ffof)
If this is the state's "big gun", then they're in worse shape than has been previously reported."Before even taking the stand, Jeantel has caused problems for prosecutors. Earlier this year, government lawyers had to acknowledge that Jeantel lied under oath when she claimed that the reason she did not attend Martin’s funeral was due to a hospitalization."Any halfway competent defence lawyer should be able to play this woman like a violin.
Yesterday afternoon, after TSG sought to contact several of Jeantel’s Twitter followers and Facebook friends, 14 tweets--and 13 linked Twitpic photos--were deleted from her Twitter account .It ain't the crime that'll get you... it's the coverup.
The scrubbing of Jeantel’s Twitter account, however, did not end there. After 10 PM (Eastern) last night, 43 other tweets were deleted.
Stepping Up: A Strategic Framework to Help Ontario’s Youth Succeed, released Tuesday, provides a list of concrete outcomes that will aid policy development for 18 government ministries that serve youth."Concrete outcomes", huh? That sounds great. Where can we get a peek at these allegedly solid solutions?
"It boils down to supporting a young person so that the drive to take risks is channeled into things like falling off a skateboard or moving to South Korea — not picking up a gun."Say what? Our new policy is to offer "support" for skateboarding?
“I’ve called mothers, and supported mothers, to bury their children. That stuff is not OK.”Wait a minute. You've supported mothers... to bury their children? What does that even mean?
According to York South-Weston MPP Laura Albanese, the 2013 Ontario budget is proposing that $295 million over two years be used to push entrepreneurship and innovation and to link about 30,000 youth to jobs and mentorship opportunities, like those offered at FYI.Amazing.
"My boyfriend's back and there's gonna be trouble... hey la, hey la..."
**********"Yet we see very little of that in our media. Journalists who waste weeks covering a non-existent video of the Mayor of Toronto don’t have the time to cover those horrible events, which threaten not only the Iranians, but also our country."Try imagine the uproar if Stephen Harper, or any other Conservative for that matter, was kozying up to the Kanadian Khomeinists.
"Now, thanks to the American Medical Association, the diagnosis would be you have a disease called obesity (not FAT — that is the modern equivalent of a four-letter obscenity)."I really, really miss the meritocracy.
"It’s all part of the increasing medicalization of problems that used to require self-help and discipline to surmount."
"Oh yeah – I almost forgot about 'Mad Sunday.' One day every year at the TT, they open up the mountain course to the public. That means anyone on a motorcycle can try his or her luck along with the professionals."Wow.
Hmmm... Broten, Broten, that sounds so familiar."Education Minister Liz Sandals says Ontarians shouldn’t mind the extra $112 million the deal will cost — despite the government’s pledge to reject wage increases and bring down the $12 billion deficit."That's weird... 'cos I mind a whole lot.
"The University asserts, for instance, that the diversity obtained through its discriminatory admissions program prepares its students to become leaders in a diverse society."Buying the world a coke... that's what's important.
The original government estimate of 16,000 new jobs springing from the Samsung deal has dropped to 900 jobs, or about $6.7 million per position.Of course, that's only if the 900 jobs materialise.
Ontarians will continue to fork over above market rates for their Samsung electricity.Just another episode of the slimey legacy of Premier Dalton McSlippery.
After 2,000 years, a long-lost secret behind the creation of one of the world’s most durable man-made creations ever—Roman concrete—has finally been discovered by an international team of scientists, and it may have a significant impact on how we build cities of the future.
"It has become clear to me that the full scope of the negotiator’s job is no longer compatible with my also serving as a member of Parliament."Of course, those former employers still get to foot all the bills.
“First Nations have a relationship with our territories that is rooted in our spirituality as a gift from the Creator. Fee simple title will lead ultimately to the individual privatization of indigenous collective lands and resources and impose the colonizer’s model on our Peoples.”Yup... a return to the simple aboriginal life is best.
"Earlier this week, Det. Scott Purches said, 'There seemed to be a bit of a charged environment' in the background when the 911 call was made."Anonymous 911 call, bullet in the body... whoa, hold up buddy... don't get ahead of yourself...
"Toronto Police initially would only say the fatal shooting at 35 Empress Ave. was 'suspicious' after Byron Linares lifeless body was found in a ninth-floor apartment."Toronto the good.
TORONTO -- Toronto police say three men suspected in the death of a 38-year-old father who was gunned down in his backyard drove by the man's house to make sure he was there in the moments before the killing.Police go out of their way to talk about how "sloppy" the killers were. Even homicide investigations are starting to resemble an episode of "Survivor."
Surendra Vaithilingam was pronounced dead at the scene at his east-end home on May 29.
“My name is Barack Obama, of the Moneygall Obamas, and I've come home to find the apostrophe we lost somewhere along the way.”I've often wondered what went through Barack Obamas mothers mind every time she heard that "first black president" thing. It's like she, as an individual, simply didn't exist.
TORONTO - Dalton McGuinty takes 18 months severance — about $313,500 — with him as he walks out the door.They get you coming & going.
McGuinty resigned his seat this week after months of poor attendance at Queen’s Park, and as the gas plant scandal reached his most senior staff.
Ontario MPPs are eligible for severance whether they retire, quit or are defeated at the polls.
The Washington Post estimates that Obama's Africa trip could cost $60 million to $100 million, citing a person familiar with the details who cited previous presidential missions to Africa.And why shouldn't the Celebrity-in-Chief do Africa... it's not like he has any other pressing matters on his... wait a minute...
ROMULUS, Mich. - Detroit's emergency manager says the city is defaulting on about $2.5 billion of debt. Kevyn Orr said Friday that Detroit is asking creditors to take about 10 cents on the dollar of what they're owed. Underfunded pension claims will get less.Isn't California also going down the shitter?
He has instituted a moratorium on all of Detroit's payments on unsecured debt, seeking forgiveness of millions of dollars owed by the city.
After looking at the officer’s badge, Mulcair also allegedly said: “You’re going to be in a lot of trouble.”Sure, it's a little arrogant, but at least this guy had his pants on.
Who gave Horwath control of the budget anyway?Nonetheless, it's happening.
She’s a co-conspirator, along with Premier Kathleen Wynne, in putting forward a budget that will add $40 billion to the debt over the next two years.
That’s unacceptable.
Within a decade, the United States will be spending more of the federal budget on its interest payments than on its military. You read that right: more on debt service than on the armed services.Spend, spend, spend... the cry of the unapologetic socialist.
Just to clarify: we’re not talking about paying down the federal debt, just keeping up with the annual interest charges on it.
•• TORONTO, Ont. •• The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing after a fatal shooting in Scarborough.Ah, yes... they're "probing" a "confrontation." Almost sounds like a medical procedure.
The incident involved a man being shot during a confrontation with Toronto police. It happened on Adanac [Canada spelled backwards, btw] Drive, near Eglinton Avenue and Bellamy Road, just before 6 p.m. Saturday.
Residents of the Toronto Community Housing Corp. building said they heard multiple shots.
"Danzig Street is home to hundreds of people who live in community housing and were taking part in a street party.""Street party?" More like a full-on firefight.
"Miller said the money will be enough to cover the work required for 25% of the community housing repair backlog. Toronto Community Housing has an estimated repair backlog of $300 million to $350 million."Remember, that's your tax dollars that are building and maintaining this hotbed of civil unrest & outright criminality.
"The president's comments signaled that he firmly embraces intelligence techniques he once viewed with skepticism."Don't you dare imagine that the Celebrity-in-Chief is a liar... he's just more highly-evolved than the rest of us...
Mr. Obama suggested that his own thinking on the subject had EVOLVED since his days as a presidential candidate in 2008, when he criticized various steps taken by the George W. Bush administration to prevent terrorist attacks.Good grief.
The five-member Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was authorized by Congress in 2007 to monitor privacy and civil liberties throughout the U.S. government. But after lengthy delays by President Obama in nominating members -- and disputes over its membership -- the panel only officially came into existence last week when Medine was sworn in.Uh-huh.
It has no website, has yet to move into its office in downtown Washington and has a staff of only two members assigned from other agencies, Medine said.
"Police have charged Scaduto and his brother, Salvatore, with their murders, alleging that, on this occasion at least, he was not afraid to pull the trigger."
"The newspaper said the document, a copy of which it had obtained, shows for the first time that under the Obama administration the communication records of millions of U.S. citizens were being collected indiscriminately and in bulk, regardless of whether they were suspected of any wrongdoing."Hope, change and... you hear that clicking on the line?
"The Toronto media, where a cop says the leader of a federal party visited a whorehouse, and you get crickets. But a drug dealer says Rob Ford used crack, and the media whips to a frenzy."
An Eritrean woman was dismembered, stuffed into suitcases and carted around the city. Her partial remains were found May 24 in a piece of luggage dumped along Alliance Ave., southeast of Jane St. and Eglinton Ave. W.It's nice to know somebody gets the benefit of the doubt.
Adonay Zekarias, 41, also from Eritrea, was arrested two days after the grisly discovery and charged with indignity to a dead body.
Ask a union leader...“I don’t know if Sousa is happy or sad or pissed off and frankly I don’t really care.” It serves the union’s interest to have members know the government’s tough talk is just that — talk — and that gains are there to be had.Don't blame me, I didn't vote for them.
The NDP made the same discovery when they extracted serial concessions from Wynne in return for support for the budget.
"Here’s a simple test that doesn’t involve market research or complicated board meetings. If you are an NBC exec and have kids, sit down with them and watch the Times documentary on Tawana Brawley. And when your kids ask why your colleague Al Sharpton is working for NBC, you can explain to them why everything you’ve tried to teach them about honesty, fair play, and decency is wrong and Al Sharpton is right."Just another way the left is reshaping politics in North America.
The Da’naxda’xw (pronounced Da-NUK-dah) have been ruled for a generation by Bill Glendale, who is described as a “hereditary chief” in a 1987 band resolution signed by 21 members, and his wife, Anne. Both are 83.You divvy up the governmental largesse, that amounts to $535,000.00 for each family member since 2001. Just a little something to consider while you ponder what diverse & wonderful things the government does with 50 percent of your wages.
They and their late son, Fred, have been the only council members since the resolution was passed [26 years ago]. The only other residents on the reserve are the Glendales’ children and grandchildren, numbering 17 in total.
TORONTO - Premier Kathleen Wynne beat a hasty retreat yesterday from her threat to “take action” against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Wynne added she was not prepared to “pass judgment” on whether Ford was able to do his job.Little? You mean nothing, right?
Wynne continued Friday to duck specifics on what action she could take against Ford. Under existing provincial legislation, there is little the premier can do to remove a sitting politician.
Let's face it... unless somebody sits you down and teaches you not to beat bejesus outta your dearly beloved... shit's just gonna happen.CHICAGO (CBS) – The head of a publicly funded anti-violence group is now facing charges after allegedly attacking his wife inside their suburban home.Seems there's never a "community organiser" around when you really need one. Hopefully, this poor fellow will get all the taxpayer funded assistance that he requires.
The level of gun violence in Chicago, which has caused shock waves nationally, is continuing with eight people having been shot in the nation’s third largest city in a 24-hour period that ended Friday morning, including one that ended with the death of a 15-year-old boy.Five years of the Celebrity-in-Chief and this still goes on in his hometown?
Chicago’s murder rate is widely considered to be fueled by the drug wars that are fought between the city’s network of gangs.
The homicide rate has been largely confined to the city’s south and west areas, African-American bastions of Chicago.
"It's a city with no laws," admits Detroit veteran firefighter Ted Roney. "Nobody cares about anything."Don't get me started on N'awlins.
