Federal government breathes sigh of relief...

...as native peoples offer to contribute corporate expertise...

The head of the Assembly of First Nations signalled a renewed willingness to work with the feds on major resource development projects.

I'm just happy that Canada's aboriginal communities have solved all those other pesky little problems that were stopping their communities from assuming these larger responsibilities.

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FROM THE COMMENTS: Aboriginal corruption...

...it's pretty much a cliche...

"It is alleged the grand chief used $10,000 of the group’s money on a Minnesota gambling excursion and a trip to an amusement park in August and September. That scandal tainted the lobby group and the more it spread, the worse it got."

Yup... I'm shocked...

-- WINNIPEG -- A Manitoba native group misspent more than $6 million in federal health-care funds on exotic trips and unjustified payments to the organization's CEO, a federal audit has revealed.

Of course, if you audit aboriginal peoples... it just means you're a racist.

Murder, she wrote

In other "broad strata of society" news...

Aiman “Bigz” Khiar, 24, Jerome “Germz” Bent, 22, Dellan “Young” McMorris,” 23, Shakeil Wheatle, 19; Dwayne “Mafia” Willis, 20; Amanda “White Millie” Rumbolt, 29, Jathursan “Yadi” Rajarubakumar, 22, Bershon “Bread” Roach-Ferguson, 20.

Here's a parenting tip... if your kid has a way cool street name, maybe you're not gonna need that RESP.

NOTE:

Just noticed the original article mentioned three of the names twice... so I've erased the dupes. Not sure why ol' Shakeil doesn't have a nickname... maybe he helped an old lady cross the street and had his cool name rescinded.

A cautionary tale from the guy...

...who brought you My Lai & Abu Ghraib... let's face it, this guy is a liberal's wet dream come true...

It doesn't take much to fire up Hersh, the investigative journalist who has been the nemesis of US presidents since the 1960s and who was once described by the Republican party as "the closest thing American journalism has to a terrorist".

Of course, he's less celebrated when he turns his critical eye a little to the left...

"The Obama administration lies systematically," he claims, "Yet none of the leviathans of American media, the TV networks or big print titles, challenge him."

"It's pathetic, they are more than obsequious, they are afraid to pick on this guy [Obama]," he declares in an interview with the Guardian.

He's not afraid to get into specifics...

On the subject of the Navy Seal raid that supposedly resulted in the death of the Al-Qaeda terror leader, Hersh remarked, “Nothing’s been done about that story, it’s one big lie, not one word of it is true.”

Hersh added that the Obama administration habitually lies but they continue to do so because the press allows them to get away with it.

I miss real journalism.

Hang on... does this mean you don't...

...get to cook and eat it?

Actually, scrub that... my first question is, "What sort of new-age hippie throwback would... oh, wait..."

Umbilical cord non-severance, popular with early western European settlers in America, was revived in the 1980s by yoga practitioners exploring natural birth.

Ah, yes... the wisdom of the east. Another progressive practice from the poster-continent for appalling rates of infant mortality.

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FROM THE COMMENTS:

"I would suggest keeping the child attached through the teen years. Parents would have no problem knowing where their kids are. It would also stem the tide of rising teen pregnancy. This in turn would save the tax paying public a great deal of money supporting unwed mothers on the dole."

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RELATED: Speaking of yoga...

Forget about lying on the resume...

...I just wanna hear him belt out a little ditty about Mohammed...

Until recently, Rolf Dinsdale was a member of the punk rock band Shit From Hell, along with longtime Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella. The band's songs include “Horny Single Mom” and “Jesus Got Wood.” The video for the latter features a writhing woman and the lyrics, “Baby you're going to get impaled.”

Now, don't you read anything scurrilous into this, folks... ol' Rolf has an explanation for all that as well...

Dinsdale says the songs show his sense of humour and he considers his material pro-Christian. Jesus Got Wood is a Christian anthem."

Rolf, Rolf, settle down... this is Canada, you can piss all over Christianity til the cows come home. The question you should be asking is... "Honey, does this hat make my head look stupid?"

I look forward to seeing Justin Trudeau signing your nomination papers. Maybe JT can join you in a few verses of Jesus Got Wood.
(via BCF)

Go ahead... release Omar Khadr...

...I double-dawg dare you...

A member of the Toronto 18 terror group that planned attacks on Canadian targets nearly a decade ago has died while fighting in Syria, CTV News has confirmed.

Ali Mohamed Dirie served two years in prison for his role in the plot to blow up the Parliament buildings and other landmarks, assassinate the prime minister and kidnap politicians.

What... 2 whole years and he was out there beheading again?

C'mon Ali... you promised.

When he appeared before a parole hearing in 2010, Dirie said he was a changed man, and no longer advocated violence to achieve political goals.

Well, heck... maybe he was just on vacation.

Or maybe the National Parole Board needs a kick in the ass.

OK, America... your turn in the barrel

First, he organised Chicago...
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LAST WORD: Promises, promises

In the 2008 campaign, Mr. Obama often told voters that he would lower premiums by $2,500 a year per family “by the end of my first term as president.”

That has not happened, although the White House says the law has slowed the growth of premiums.

Hmmm... try clicking on the picture above for an actual case of "slow growth."

Something tells me the guest list...

...for his Great Greenie Gitmo just got a little longer...

So You Think You Can Think

No wonder Al-Shabaab thinks we're ripe for the picking...

In a body-popping bid for wider understanding, scientists from Australia to the Netherlands are making interpretive dance videos based on their Ph.D. dissertations. To make an esoteric thesis come alive, they leap, swoon, spin and krump.

The performances -- all captured on video and posted online -- belong to an annual international competition called "Dance Your Ph.D," which for five years has been turning scientific obsessions into performance art. To qualify, the author of the Ph.D. dissertation must perform in the dance. Typically, the scientists submit the videos after being awarded their Ph.D.s.

And like any contemporary kindergarten class... everybody is a winner.

"It makes you think in a different way," said Matt Kent who is among the contest judges. "Even if I hate the performance, I love the idea that they are trying."

Of course it's a fake...

...everybody knows that Obama rides sidesaddle...

You know what they say... worth a thousand words...
He prayed at a mosque... now he's schmoozing the military.

The Liberal Party of Canada... as flexible as they need to be.

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LAST WORD: Speaking of Justin's pals

The Redistribution (for some) Cometh

Isn't a man who will have 24/7 bodyguards for the rest of his life, a man who will be taken directly to the front of every conceivable waiting line... isn't such a man the very definition of the despicable 1 percent?

$621 billion is a pretty eye-glazing number. Most readers will find it easier to think about how this number translates to a typical American family—the very family candidate Obama promised would see $2,500 in annual savings as far as the eye could see.

Between 2014 and 2022, the increase in national health spending (which the Medicare actuaries specifically attribute to the law) amounts to $7,450 per family of 4.

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RELATED: Obamanomics... the tally

The Federal Reserve also released its latest weekly accounting sheet indicating that it had already accumulated more Treasuries and MBSs than the total value of the publicly held U.S. government debt amassed by all U.S. presidents from George Washington though Bill Clinton.

Since the beginning of September 2008, in fact, the Fed's ownership of Treasury securities and MBSs has increased seven fold.

Because that's what socialists do...

"In 1968, when Trudeau went from rich, socialist professor who had never held a real job in his life to prime minister, Canada’s national debt was a modest $11.3 billion; the federal deficit was zero."

"When Trudeau left office in 1984, the debt had mushroomed to $128 billion; the deficit to $25 billion annually."

Are you ready for the second coming?

Nairobi ain't the only place where...

...Canadians can get shot at...
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RELATED: Oops, there goes another...

Toronto police are investigating after two people were wounded in a shooting early Monday morning.

The shooting occurred near Lawrence and Morningside avenues in Scarborough, and officers are working to narrow down the exact location, police said.

And again...

A man in his 30s has died of his injuries after being shot in the chest in the Queen and Parliament streets area Monday evening, Toronto police say.

Police say the 31-year-old man was ambushed as he waited for an elevator on the fourth floor of an apartment complex at 285 Shuter Street.

Det. Sgt. Dean Burks said the victim – whom he wouldn’t immediately identify – was known to police.

No pithy commentary from Premier Wynne and no announcement of when OCAP will be parading for this man's unfortunate death.

Move along folks, nothing to see here.

C'mon now... how hard can it be...

...to wow a former part-time Summer Camp Counsellor?

Watching Freeland talk, it’s easy to see why Trudeau finds her impressive. She has all the latest buzzwords and jargon. In a 60-second interview last week, she used the phrase “tipping point” four times. She loves talking about “millennials.”

She’s not a policy adviser. She’s a pundit. She doesn’t know a lot about economics, or about Canada.

But to Trudeau, she’s got something more important: The unwavering loyalty of her former Media Party colleagues.

Rumour has it, there is already fierce jockeying among Trudeau disciples for the coveted post of "Minister of Marijuana."
(via BCF)

The compassionate, intellectual left...

...reaches for a new low...Man, I thought conservatives were supposed to be the angry, foaming at the mouth knuckle draggers...
I guess I was wrong.

FROM THE COMMENTS:

"Well, I see nothing wrong here that couldn't be fixed with a few drums of tar and a half ton of feathers."

In other "crime is down" news...

Looks like Hogtown has their own "Son of Sam" wannabe...

Homicide detectives have been called in to investigate the shooting this week of a 25-year-old man who remains in "critical and grave condition" in hospital.

A police report said the victim was shot through the closed front passenger window. The man was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

And never mind robbing banks and going toe to toe with the holdup squad... you gotta use your head and not your gun...

Toronto-area police have responded to three late-night, smash-and-grab thefts at retail stores in a 24-hour period, with vehicles used as a battering ram in two of the thefts.

Move along folks... nothing to see here.

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RELATED: The Obama Effect

Never a community organiser around when you really need one...

The city of Chicago registered more homicides than any city in the nation in 2012, surpassing even New York — despite the fact that the Second City has only one third as many residents as the Big Apple.

Hope, change and... oh, never mind.

PC Party of Ontario officially dead

And, of course, no more astrophysics, as the term "black hole" has now been officially erased from the lexicon...

-- TORONTO -- Ontario Progressive Conservatives have issued an apology for calling the Liberal Scarborough subway plan a “train wreck” on the same day that at least six people died in a bus-train crash in Ottawa.

It's official... when you start to fall over yourselves about politically correct silliness like this, it's time to disband the whole effete organisation.

I just about threw up when I heard Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson sombrely announcing that the whole city was in mourning for these people... even before bodies had been pulled from the wreckage. It ranks right up there with politicians pulling on various articles of religious apparel to suck up to whatever religious institution they are visiting that day.

It doesn't actually fool anyone, does it?

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UPDATE: It can't actually be grief...

...I guess it's just a way to advertise your moral superiority...

Lining both sides of the tracks, the derailed Via train serving as a backdrop, supporters lit candles, hugged each other and prayed for the six killed and more than 30 injured when the double-decker OC Transpo bus struck the train.

Most of those in attendance didn't know anyone on the ill-fated bus, but were in shock that something so tragic could happen so close to home.

And you get to see yourself on TV.

He's clarified his position on drugs...

...is this Justin Trudeau's next policy triumph?

The Södertörn District Court has now acquitted the 65-year old in a judgement which stated that it "may be proven that the man exposed himself and masturbated on this occasion".

However, the court added that no offence had been committed as the masturbating man was not pleasuring himself towards a specific person.

When asked if it was now acceptable to masturbate in public if you don't direct it towards a specific individual the prosecutor said it was "okay."

You think I'm kidding here? Think again.

Meanwhile, the workshops where Liberals were meant to hammer out 135 or so policy resolutions were all but deserted. The 18 resolutions before the international affairs workshop were summarily dealt with in 30 minutes, with minimal debate. Along the corridor in the social justice workshop, delegates voted to lower the age of consent for anal sex and legalize marijuana.

As one pundit put it...

"Umm . . . is discussing allowing teenagers to bugger each other really the business of the Liberal Party?"

You'd be surprised what those frisky Liberals do behind closed doors.

Apparently, Justin Trudeau thinks mummy...

...is full of prunes...

-- OTTAWA -- Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau declined to make a connection between his marijuana policy and his mother's relationship with the drug, heavy use of which she has said contributed to her own experiences with mental illness.

"Marijuana can trigger psychosis," she said. "Every time I was hospitalized it was preceded by heavy use of marijuana."

Every time, Maggie?

Live and don't learn... the Liberal mantra.

Sammy Yatim... Nabil Huruy...

...what a difference one cop makes...

-- TORONTO -- A Markham firefighter has died after he was viciously stabbed in the head at a Toronto cafe over the weekend.

Dominic Parker, 45, was stabbed several times while he was at the Rotana Cafe in the Danforth-Coxwell Aves. area around 2 a.m. Saturday.

Nabil Huruy was initially charged with attempted murder, two counts of carrying a concealed weapon and one count of carrying a dangerous weapon. Charges were upgraded on Monday to first-degree murder.

Funnily enough, I haven't posted the last couple of days because I had to be down in the Devil's Armpit, er... Toronto.

Thank goodness I didn't hit the Danforth for a cup of tea.

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RELATED: Toronto the Good... my arse

Just to recap -- the incident took place July 30, just before 10 p.m. @community housing building w/ tenants with history of mental illness.

No need to worry... it's just an "incident."

Conservative government in Australia...

...sends academics madly fleeing for emergency shelters...

In Dr Shachar’s mind, these budgetary changes are an “attack” on Australia’s higher brain functions, of which the arts and humanities are its highest measure and most glittering jewel.

Such as... you might ask...

The boldly titled research project Queering Disasters in the Antipodes, which hopes to probe the “experiences of LGBTI people in natural disasters” and ultimately provide “improved disaster response” to gay people, whose needs in such circumstances are apparently quite different from those of everyone else. The princely sum of $325,183 has been spent on this endeavour.

And why should anyone listen to Dr Shachar?

Unlike you, Dr Shachar holds a PhD in English and Cultural Studies. Her contribution to intellectual life and the “business of thinking” is to occasionally teach classes in Popular Culture and of course Gender Studies, two subjects long admired for their profundity and intellectual rigour.

Airbrushing the Politburo

All that carefully crafted spin... surely you don't think any part of that is a happy accident...

Why would anyone enamored enough with an Obama administration they want to go work for do anything that might make a potential employer uncomfortable -- you know, like actually report on ObamaCare and the economy honestly, or dig into Benghazi and the IRS?

The media is left-wing and crusading enough without the potential of a cushy government job being held out as a carrot.

And don't think the Obama administration isn't doling out these jobs for a reason. What a wonderful message to send to the world of media: Don't go too far, don't burn a bridge, don't upset us too much and there just might be a lifeline off the sinking MSM ship.

Despite employing all the "media guerillas" to shape the message... Americans are starting to wise up...

"Americans' trust and confidence in the federal government's ability to solve problems internationally as well as domestically has fallen to historic lows this year."

Unfortunately, it's too late to do anything about the horrendous economic damage the Obamacrats have already wreaked on the land. You can only move forward... hopefully in a more responsible manner.

There is a message in here for Canadians. Will short memories and a craving for celebrity allow us to elect the son of the man who, over the course of his reign, increased the deficit by a factor of ten?

Sex, Lies and alleged Videotape

Okay, so there's no sex. You'll have to settle for a murder.

-- TORONTO -- A 62-year-old man was found slain in front of a home in a middle class North York neighbourhood Thursday [excerpting twaddle about locking down local high school].

Officers responded to 37 Francine Dr., near Leslie St. and McNicoll Ave., around 9 a.m. and located the mortally wounded victim on the front porch.

“He appeared to be suffering from stab wounds,” Const. Wendy Drummond said. Police immediately suspected the man had been murdered [striking more yip-yap about the school lockdown, including a hastily dispatched rent-a-cop].

Homicide detectives stopped by the scene for a brief look around and soon after officially deemed the man’s death a murder, the city’s 41st killing of the year.

The victim’s name was not released.

You want useful information, maybe he had a Facebook page. Alright, alright, there's a process here... we need to protect people's privacy.

Unless, of course, it's notorious drug lord Pablo Ford.

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UPDATE: Traffic court is for pussies

Police say an accident is what led to the murder of 62-year-old Anthony Koko Chang. 24-year-old Kimnarine Keshan Maharaj has been charged with second-degree-murder.

Det Kate Beveridge says the two got into an accident on Mount Pleasant Rd, near Roehampton Ave, last Tuesday.

Just another example of third world jurisprudence.

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ORWELL WAS RIGHT: CBC is a special animal

So says the CBC. Let me paraphrase...

"It is certainly not ideal to have been speculating about a drug empire that no one had actually seen," she wrote. "But given the high profile of the people involved, and how the rumours went viral, the decision to pound away on this speculative & destructive path for weeks on end made perfect business sense."

Sure, he's big and loud and nobody's idea of a leading man... a perfect reason to suspend due process and simple decency.

P.S. -- If you have any complaints about anything you read here at the Halls... let me know and I will forward that concern to the HoM Ombudsman and I... I mean he... will get back to you as soon as possible.

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RELATED: Oops, there goes another...

-- TORONTO -- A teenager is fighting for his life after an overnight shooting in Lawrence Heights.

Toronto Police say the victim was shot in the area of Ranee Ave. and Allan Rd., north of Lawrence Ave. W., around 12:30 a.m. Friday.

What is it the residents call this little patch of heaven? Oh yeah... The Jungle.

What's a little racial profiling among friends?

Hmmm, unless I'm sadly mistaken, this headline very precisely describes the Board of Directors of the Toronto Star...
Somebody get me my guillotine.

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RELATED: Don't you worry...

...the party of Justin is all over this one.

A Liberal senator wants to use the power of Parliament to force women into the boardrooms of the nation.

The bill would require all publicly traded companies, banks, insurance companies and trust companies to have 50% of their board of directors made up of women.

I'm just waiting to hear about mandatory marijuana breaks... you know... to mellow out the stresses of the workplace.

Fumbling towards ecstasy

Who needs smarts or coherent policy when you have a slavishly compliant media willing to regurgitate whatever storyline you toss out there? Remember when Margaret Trudeau got popped for DUI? Who among us cynical conservatives was truly surprised when... not only did Canada's once-favourite flower child beat the rap... she ended up an uber-celebrated spokespatient for the burgeoning mental health industry?

I can't decide whether this latest media circus is a tiny car-o-clowns, or simply a doddering old billionairess' boy toy on a flying trapeze...

Maybe Kerry's actual role in all this is to make Hillary look good for 2016.

"So we have it from Kerry himself, from a State spokesman by email, from Deputy National Security Adviser Blinken, from State's spokeswoman and from CNN's unnamed source that this was not a proposal. Kerry was making a rhetorical point, i.e. an off-the-cuff remark, about something which could not happen."

The professional leftosphere... they're flexible... when it suits their purpose.

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RELATED: Hope, change and...

...they look you right in the face and lie...

"The Syria researcher whose Wall Street Journal op-ed piece was cited by Secretary of State John Kerry and Sen. John McCain during congressional hearings about the use of force has been fired from the Institute for the Study of War for lying about having a Ph.D."

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LAST WORD: Wake up and smell...

...the professional journalism. Much like the "wanna grow breasts and cut off my penis" syndrome raging through the general population...

And why is it, that only liberals are prepared to confront the larger issues in society today...
Yikes.

ASK A PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST

You can almost hear them start to salivate...
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UPDATE: Not kidnapped after all

On Wednesday, Peloso’s parents Reno and Mary Ann told the Star their son "had some stresses in his life in the past, but we thought things had settled down."

"The first thing I thought was he needed a break, he needed to get away for a bit," said Peloso’s mother, Mary Ann.

Funny how these stories always have some dark undercurrent that only comes out after some sort of tragic event.

Remember how the media celebrated Furious George and his spouse at the time...

A Toronto Life profile published before the 2010 municipal election described Peloso as calm and affable, and "not much given to drama."

Not at all like that alleged substance abusing crack lord Pablo Ford.

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FROM THE COMMENTS:

"I find it interesting he was found very close to 1011 Lansdowne Avenue. If it was Ford, this would be all over the news. Media is tiptoeing all around this."

Whether or not there is any connect here... you're right... if Ford even took a walk in this neighbourhood, it'd be front page news with all sorts of insinuations.

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UPDATE2: Let's hold all the details...

...but, hey... gimme an extra helping of rainbows and unicorns...

Smitherman told reporters that "the path forward isn’t firmly clear, except that we know that it’s long and that it will be hard, and that he and me, and our family, and our kids especially, will be surrounded by an outpouring of love that would restore anybody’s faith and confidence."

Does that mean the news crew from the Star won't be camping out in Smitherman's front yard?

All those shameful, masculine, anglo images...

...like, you know... the Stanley Cup...

And what would little MS Malice pull out of her multicultural bag-o-tricks?

"Oh, we have so many images that sing out “Canada:” the Toronto skyline, the ROM, Sarah Polley in Avonlea, Alice Munro, Louis Riel, a Lawren Harris iceberg, a Joyce Wieland, the CBC logo, Vancouver’s harbour lights, Mount Royal, a Canada Goose parka, Banting, Gretzky, Roots boots, a backyard ice rink/perfectly shovelled driveway, a flock of glass condo towers, a wild snowboarder, Alligator Pie, a traffic jam, a Bloody Caesar, a lacerated refugee getting a flu shot."

It's a cliche Canada, like the Disney-fication of the RCMP... or the huge, inflateable cartoon beavers at the Vancouver Olympics.

It must be done, she says... because mad dictator Stephen Harper is apparently the reincarnation of Pol Pot...

"Shameful things like Ottawa trying to avoid taking in refugees who have been tortured, because they require extra medical care. Foreigners who wake up weeping, with bone chips floating around their spinal cords, I hear you, Stephen Harper, these people are costly."

A dash of Margaret Atwood, a spoonful of uber sweet Justin T... and, "bone chips floating around spinal cords" notwithstanding, all our beastly problems will be solved.

You've gotta love a dreamer.
(via BCF)

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RELATED: I guess Heather Mallick's Canada...

...would be the second happiest place in the world...

Now, if President Obama had a...

...wait... scratch that...

"Analyses of Google News, LexisNexis, and closed-caption transcripts found absolutely no national reporting of Jeffrey Babbitt, the 62-year-old retired train conductor now in a coma at Bellevue Hospital."

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UPDATE: Mr Babbitt died Monday...

...never waking from the beating induced coma.

I can't wait to see if Babbitt's assailant pleads self-defense...

62-year-old Jeffrey Babbitt reportedly lived with his 94-year-old mother Lucille, and was described by those who knew him as being ‘obsessed’ with trains and comic books.

Lashawn Marten, a man half Babbitt's age, remains in custody while police try to determine if this was a hate crime.

If Ontario Liberal government holds course...

...it will expropriate the land, erect a permanent building and hand it over to squatters...

An illegal hamburger stand squatting at a rural intersection south of Hamilton, Ont., is refusing to close. And the area’s health unit is in a pickle over what to do next.

The burger hut has no running water, no permanent source of electricity, and no freezers or refrigerators for meat and condiments.

Oh, c'mon... what's the holdup here? They're the government for gawds... oh, I get it...

Stevens said the health unit is discussing the situation with its legal team, but there are also political complications — it’s run by Natives squatting on contentious provincial government land.

Orwell was right... some folks are more special than others.

Really Big Game

Forget about those Wascally Wabbits...

Exhaustive report by national broadcaster...

...leaves no stoner unturned... "When Farmers Break Bad"...
I caution you, dear reader, the CBC pulls no punches, laying out every gristly detail...

"Clandestine drug labs can be found anywhere, both urban and rural areas are not immune,” said Chief Supt. Mike Armstrong of the OPP’s organized crime enforcement bureau.

Five people face multiple charges, including drug trafficking and possession of a controlled substance. The five accused are due to appear in court in Oshawa, Ont., on Monday.

Wait a minute, that's it? No names?

Well, no matter, who needs names? No doubt these rural scoundrels are being shunned by fellow members of the small agricultural community as we speak.

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UPDATE: In a surprising development...

...the Globe & Mail has managed to uncover the details that your CBC couldn't seem to find...

Jimmy Sut Jhing Ng, 55, and Sui Yuan Zhao, 39, both of Campbellford, Kok King Chao, 49, and Joey Sui Hung Mo, 45, both of Aurora, and Chun Kit Wong, 28, of Markham, all face charges related to drug production and trafficking.

Professional journalism... it's for sensitive souls.

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LAST WORD: The crime AND the perp...

...that kinda covers it...
A hint for so-called professional journalists... more news, less social engineering.

Say... who was the education minister...

...under Premier Dalton McSlippery?

If the latest dismal math test results for Grades 3 and 6 Ontario students prove anything, it is indeed that throwing more money at education has not added up to student success.

Doretta Wilson, executive director of the Society for Quality Education, says the latest math results were achieved, or should I say not achieved, even as students are allowed to use calculators in class and during the standardized tests.

It can't be that the education system is being financially deprived...

Under the watch of the former so-called education premier — Dalton McGuinty — funding for the education portfolio increased by a whopping $5.1 billion over the last five years.

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RELATED: Remember Dalton's other initiatives?

"Within days, if not hours, Liberal MPPs had constituents calling their offices to complain that the province wanted to explain anal sex to eight-year-olds."

It was also the Libs who put the seal of approval on race-based schools... prompting yet more anger...

"I just never thought I would see the day when the KKK and the Left would agree on segregation."

And...

"Why stop at race-based schools? Perhaps we should have separate buses, water fountains, washrooms and restaurants for blacks?"

And remember this doozy?

-- Wednesday November 17 -- Education Minister Leona Dombrowsky is steering clear of the debate and repeatedly refused Wednesday to say what she thought about the proposal.

It's up to the board to make a decision about whether it wants to pay kids for good grades, she said.

Your Liberal Party in action. No wonder the cupboard is bare.

I just wanna know where you keep it...

...in between uses...

"The invention came in the wake of a new law known as the Shenzhen City Public Toilet Management Act, which allows sanitation managers and other officials to slap a $15 fine on those caught making a mess of municipal toilets while relieving themselves."

FROM THE COMMENTS:

Hit me with your journo-stick!!!

"I can imagine that some genes make it harder for me to resist doing something harmful, and some make it easier. So what? I still don't get to torture kittens, no matter what my genetic makeup is. Maybe the problem is the idea that we should never be expected to do anything that isn't easy? Because that would explain a lot."

Just something to consider the next time some bloviating media moron trots out St Al Gore and the Church of Global Warming.

Mile Wide, Inch Deep

Apparently, the heir-transparent is not much of a student of history...

In the 1993 election, Kim Campbell was that year’s Justin Trudeau, just 46 years old (Trudeau will be 44 in the next election). Campbell was a lawyer, a former justice minister, a woman of some accomplishment. But she pulled a Trudeau. “An election is no time to discuss serious issues,” she said. It was a turning point for the campaign. She was mocked as a lightweight. She lost.

If only Campbell was more like Trudeau — just a touch prettier, just a touch richer, with a father just a touch more famous — she might have won.

Of course, you're not going to discourage a true believer... witness a couple of the love letters, I've been receiving on an almost hourly basis...

Squirm CPC squirm Shiny Pony is going to kick your donkey with the unhealthy gut and sweater vest.
Posted by Anonymous to halls of macadamia at 4:13 pm, September 03, 2013

Ketchup little CPC tomato's the electorate is coming the electorate is coming! Justin in 2015 (the important poll day)
Posted by Anonymous to halls of macadamia at 3:18 pm, September 03, 2013

There's always an insult in these missives (Nonny invariably refers to me as Neo-Cunt)... as if my anonymous fanboy thinks I'm gonna roll over and cry. He simply misses the fact that his commentary reveals much more about his own personality than anything else.

If legalising pot is the extent of Justin's policy depths... he may be in for a rougher ride than he thinks.

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RELATED: The political genius of JT

Yup... some murders are way more...

...important than others...

•• TORONTO •• A 16-year-old boy is dead after he was shot in the neck in an apartment on Weston Road near Lawrence Avenue West late Sunday.

The shooting is the latest in a spate of recent gun violence. In the last six months, at least six teens have been shot and five have died from their injuries.

Wait a minute, where's Alok Mukherjee? Where's Andre Marin?

Where's the garish, manipulative OCAP death parade? Why isn't this shooting dominating the nationwide news cycle?

Oh, right... no cops... no vultures.

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"It’s all eerily familiar to the last big protest he led when he helped co-opt the Sammy Yatim march. Is Hussan simply on auto-pilot, or is this an intentional provocation?"

Orwell was right.

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All those dead teenagers... I think I better write a poem.

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UPDATE: Murder victim id'd

In a release issued Monday afternoon, police identified the victim as Yusuf Tifow.

Senseless.

FLIP... wait, I mean FLOP

Following in Hillary Clinton's illustrious footsteps...

“President Assad has been very generous with me in terms of the discussions we have had,” Mr. Kerry, as a senator from Massachusetts, told an audience at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in March 2011. He predicted that Mr. Assad would change for the better.

That was then.

This is now...

Today, Mr. Kerry is a leading advocate for attacking Mr. Assad’s regime. On Friday, he called the man he once befriended a “thug and murderer.”

That's how the hopey-changey lunatic left does it.

Little less pot... little more paperwork?

So what's up with the party of... "Dave's not here, man"...

"Justin Trudeau's successful and popular visit last week there indicates that there is a lot of support to work with and we look forward to waging a strong campaign there as we will across the country," Andree-Lyne Halle told QMI Agency.

Hey, full speed ahead, huh? Nuthin' gonna stop this political juggernau... wait a minute...

It turns out the Federal Liberal Association for Central Nova - the riding in which Antigonish is located - had been put on notice only a week before, the result of failing to comply with various financial submissions requirements of the Canada Elections Act.

Oh, oh... might be a "non-voluntary deregistration" comin' down the pike.

Hey, Justin... maybe scope out the office for the giggley dude with the cheezie dust paws. Victimless crime, my sweet patootie.

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RELATED: Sins of the father...

...it almost bankrupted the country...

"In other words, the only reason there was a large deficit, was because of the huge interest payments (33 cents on every tax dollar) Canada had to pay to service the enormous debt Trudeau built up."

His father's charisma... his mother's intellect.

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