Does Dion really want...

To get up on the porch... and play with the big dogs?

-- OTTAWA -- The Conservative minority government will move Thursday to unveil a new motion on extending the mission in Afghanistan in a bid to close a compromise deal with the opposition Liberals that would allow Canadian soldiers to stay another two years, sources say.

The new motion is expected to spell out more clearly that the government intends to end the mission in Kandahar in 2011, and include some efforts to bridge Liberal demands – but the details may be key to a deal.

And, make no mistake, the clock is ticking here...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to outline the new proposal in a speech Thursday to the Conference of Defence Associations in Ottawa.

The government has set two days for debate on Afghanistan starting Monday, and the motion must be issued by Thursday.

C'mon Steffi... go big, or go home.

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Feed your head

And if you go chasing rabbits...
And you know you're going to fall...
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar...
Has given you the call

-- OTTAWA -- CTV's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife said that Liberal Leader Stephane Dion was pushing for an election Tuesday, and was considering voting down the federal budget in March.

"He happens to believe that if Canadians see him in an election campaign, they'll like him and elect him as prime minister," said Fife.

"Of course, Liberal MPs have a different view of that. They believe that the party will get slaughtered in an election campaign, so they're telling him to please hold off and wait until it looks advantageous for the Liberal party to actually win."

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Horsemen of the Allahpocalypse

Who says Islam is a severe, uncompromising, inflexible religion?

-- KABUL -- U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops detained 22 suspected insurgents and discovered nearly a half-tonne of heroin during separate operations in southern Afghanistan, the coalition said.

The joint forces detained 11 suspected insurgents Wednesday and discovered 450 kilograms of heroin north of the town Musa Qala in Helmand province, the coalition said in a statement. A large weapons cache and a heroin-processing lab were destroyed during the operation, it said.

You've got to hand it to these guys... poisoning the infidels and scoring megabucks off it... at the same time.

Officials estimate up to 40 per cent of the proceeds from the drug trade are used to fund the insurgency.

Sheer genius.

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And there's a flag on the play...

That'll be 15 yards, er... death... for unnecessary kindness...

BALAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Video provided to CNN shows an al Qaeda in Iraq firing squad executing one-time allies -- fellow Sunni extremists -- who were not loyal enough to the terror organization, coalition military analysts said.

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The road to wholesale slaughter...

Is apparently paved with good intentions too...

Baty said the psychiatrist prescribed the medications, a fact that made her so “nervous” that she tried to persuade him to stop taking one of the drugs.

She said he had stopped taking the antidepressant three weeks before the Valentine’s Day rampage on NIU’s campus, which left five students dead and 16 wounded.

He then fatally turned a gun on himself.

No word... strangely enough... on where Ms. Baty acquired her own vast "medical expertise".

Anyway... didn't we just do this one?

You have to start flagging people with mental illness... and make sure someone is personally responsible for ensuring they take their meds... or turning them in to the authorities for refusing to do so.

It truly is that simple.

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Hey, Yasser...

Not that I want to harsh your mellow, dude... but if you do this... where exactly are you gonna get all your food, fuel and electricity?

"A senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinians should follow the example of Kosovo and unilaterally declare independence."

I know, I know... I'm such a downer.

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RELATED: Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Say, that wouldn't be the same Canadian Arab Federation that, at the last Liberal leadership convention, smeared Bob Rae because his wife was Jewish?

Or the same Canadian Arab Federation that denounced Gerard Kennedy when he criticized the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah?

The same Canadian Arab Federation that supports boycotts against Jewish businesses in Canada?

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Alright... it's Fidel-a-thon!

I mean... who can really ever get enough obsequious, left-licking tripe?

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Apparently 12 to 17 year-olds...

Don't want to have anything to do with... the Fiberal's Farmer Bob Rifle Registry...

The rate of young people aged 12 to 17 accused of a firearm-related offence rose 32 per cent between 2002 and 2006, the Statscan study said. In 2006, 1,287 youths were accused of a violent offence involving a gun.

Released Wednesday, the report also found Vancouver had the highest rate of violent crimes involving guns on a per capita basis in 2006 among all cities, followed by Winnipeg and Toronto.

Does this mean we get our 2 billion dollars back?

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RELATED: Speaking of Fiberal smoke & mirrors

Hey, Dalton... for a second there, you had me goin'...

Drunk drivers in Ontario could lose their cars, trucks, motorcycles or snowmobiles under a new provincial law that takes effect today.

It allows the courts to impound a vehicle involved in a drinking and driving offence if it was also owned or driven by someone whose licence was suspended for drinking and driving at least twice in the last 10 years.

The vehicle can then be sold, and any victims of the drunk driving incident can apply for compensation from the proceeds.

But, of course, they don't really mean it...

The courts can also release the car if the owner agrees to install an ignition lock that forces the driver to pass a breath test, or agrees the people convicted of drunk driving will not have access to the vehicle.

Thus spake the dumbass, fuzzy-bunny left... the party of "live and don't learn."

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Worth the work

If citizenship in a democratic country is a precious commodity... why shouldn't prospective immigrants be prepared to show... that they really appreciate the prize?

You know... like my parents did.

Unveiling the proposals, Ms Smith said reforming how people become citizens was the unfinished business of the UK's migration system. She said that future migrants would need to "earn" citizenship.

This scraps the current system which allows people to apply for naturalisation on the basis of how long they have lived in the UK.

In the future, she said, they would be encouraged to "move on" through a system that leads to citizenship - or choose ultimately to leave the country.

This package also includes provisions to get rid of criminals who choose to leech off the largesse of society... something we desperately need to implement here in Canada... unless our unwitting goal is to create and subsidise a significant permanent underclass on the fringes of society.

"This is a country of liberty and tolerance, opportunity and diversity. These values are reinforced by the expectation that all who live here should learn our language, play by the rules, obey the law and contribute to the economy."

Sounds like a plan to me.

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RELATED: Need an example?

See, here in Canada... we don't dance around dead bodies... and WE DO co-operate with the police...

It appears Tristan Wright was assassinated in front of dozens of people outside a weekend house party in northeast Scarborough.

But Toronto Police investigators are having a tough time convincing witnesses to come forward to help them catch the 23-year-old's killer, possibly because of the "Stop Snitchin' " campaign that is so prevalent in hip-hop culture these days.

He said the all-night party was still "active" and there were lots of cars on the street Sunday morning when police arrived at 8 Dunsfold Dr. -- near Neilson and Finch Aves. -- and found Wright shot to death outside.

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Curiosity, Big Brain, Insatiable Hunger...

I'd say that more than qualifies us as top predator...

"In the absence of any concrete action by the shipping industry, I would like to make a modest proposal."

Hey, fishbreath... it's clobberin' time.

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The Leftbot Dictionary

See... I'd call this less of "a protest"... than an act of war...

-- KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo -- Serbs set off sporadic explosions and torched checkpoints between Serbia and Kosovo on Tuesday to protest Kosovo's declaration of independence and international recognition of the new nation.

And please, Jacko, Steffi... no more airy-fairy argle-bargle about underarmed, blue helmeted peacekeepers.

Two border crossings in northern Kosovo, staffed by UN and Kosovo's multiethnic police and customs service, were set ablaze by Kosovo Serbs who want them removed as a symbol of their desire to rejoin Serbia.

So go in there and kick ass and take names... like Afghanistan...or send these boys home to their families. They need soldiers here, not overwhelmed and out-gunned babysitters.

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SURPRISE: Yet another link from Canadian Cynic...

Hey, CC... not tossing in the "N Word" today... what's up with that?

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FROM THE COMMENTS:

tell us again, crabby... "why are you on board with cc's disgusting rant attacking the mother of a dead canadian soldier?"

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LAST WORD: Kabul or Kosovo

I know which one I'd choose.

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A penny saved...

Once again, the freaky, capricious "Will of Allah"...

Dulmatin is accused of being a member of the Indonesian Islamist group Jemaah Islamiyah. He is wanted for the 2002 bombings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali that killed more than 200 people - Asia's worst terrorist attack.

The United States has offered a $10 million reward for his capture.

Well... let's just chuck that into the Bin-Laden pot.

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RELATED: Pay me now, or pay me later

“I prefer these small and morally ambiguous wars to the big morally black-and-white wars,” he said to me later. “It would be nice if we had more support back home like we did during World War II."

"If a bunch of unpopular small wars prevent another popular big war, I'll take ’em.”

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Why waste money...

On attack ads... I say we just let silly Steffi... do all the heavy lifting...

During a stop in Quebec City Monday, he acknowledged he won't get what he wants in the budget and appeared to lower the bar for what he'd accept, saying he might let it pass if it's “not too harmful” for the economy.

“It won't be a Liberal budget. Unfortunately, the ideas I have put forward won't be in the budget,” Mr. Dion said of the looming fiscal plan.

Does this guy ever listen to himself?

Iggy must be lickin' his chops.

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That outraged, screechy disturbance...

In the background... is the fuzzy-bunny lunatic left... losing what's left of its over-poached collective mind...

"Grocery chain tries to tackle $1-billion problem of disappearing goods with criminal background checks on prospective employees."

The horror.

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NOTE: The real "good stuff" is in the comments.

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Q: Why was Jane Creba's murder...

Such a standout event?

-- A: -- She didn't have a criminal record...

He beat a murder rap nearly five years ago but Andre Harrisingh's time ran out early yesterday morning when a gunman ended his life outside a Brampton nightclub.

Ever notice how many GTA area homicides involve "victims" who just happen to have been previously involved in murder and other extremely violent crimes?

Peel police are revealing little about what appears to have been a targeted killing – or whether the death was gang-related.

Oops, I forgot... we're not allowed to talk about that.

And while we're at it... speaking of the "Cone of Silence".

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It was horrifying...

"At first to see that wound. Now that it’s healing, it’s merely disgusting."

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Speaking of...

More social workers...

A curious thing happened to one of my psychiatric residents not long ago. One of his patients caught him off guard with a challenging question: “Have you ever been in psychotherapy yourself?”

It was an interesting question, and it made me wonder whether one could be a good therapist without having been in psychotherapy.

If the answer was no, it would appear to be at odds with what we do in the rest of medical practice.

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RELATED: Speaking of therapy...

I hear there's an outbreak of "Obama Comedown Syndrome"

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Musharraf tanks...

And the real wheeling and dealing begins in earnest...

As the result becomes clear Tuesday, negotiations over the formation of a coalition government will begin in earnest. The Peoples Party and Mr. Sharif's party had, in the past, been bitter enemies and even now, their agendas do not mesh well.

The Peoples Party has not been so strident on reinstating the judges and impeaching the President. They would also need to agree on a candidate for the role of prime minister, who runs the government under Pakistan's constitution.

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Reader Sigmund Crabgrass...

Was asking... who is "Canadian Cecilia"?

Well Siggy, here's your answer... puerile, profane and an unashamed racist to boot.

His friends... must be so proud.

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RELATED: CC linked to me twice last night...

Check out the comments last night where someone spoofs Ezra Levant's identity, and curiously, uses "the exact words" CC uses in the post above...

"So it's ironic, in a dead nigger way."

Posted by E. Levant to halls of macadamia at 9:20 PM, February 18, 2008

The caring, compassionate left... what a bunch of busy little beavers.

Today's CC opus is titled... "Another slow Jews day".

Despite this, much like "Lucy" Warman... CC tells us he's actually a hero.

I'm not sure how that works though... under CC's leftbot rules... I guess we're not supposed to talk about this either...

"The estranged parents of a tiny baby were facing charges late last night after the child was found abandoned on a snowbank in a North York parking lot."

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LAST WORD: Because it's what they do...

"When you’ve got profitable hate-speech cases to prosecute, why wait for some unemployed conspiracy theorist to start raving against immigrants when you can just manufacture the evidence yourself?"

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Infamous Queen Shirlene

Noted HRC Sockpuppet...goes down for the count...

"The human rights commission advised my lawyer that McGovern quit because of the public backlash against the commission -- and against her in particular. In other words, she didn't like being called a censor in the blogosphere."

This bit here, though... is what they call the "money shot"...

"As I wrote in the Globe last month, at my interrogation, McGovern wanted to make small talk and shake my hand."

"I upset her by not being complicit in my own prosecution."

"I'm not sympathetic. I believe that any government bureaucrat who makes a living interrogating citizens about their political beliefs ought to be held in public contempt."

Hey, baby... you're not paranoid -- the whole world -- IS watching...

What we see here is a petty bureaucratic tyrant who knows that the accusation alone is enough to find the defendant guilty, and that the whole procedure, as she understands it, is a waste of breath.

She knows she’s not obligated to listen to a word the defendant says. It’s all she can do to restrain herself from cutting out paper dolls while Levant speaks.

And the big karmic wheel continues to turn.

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