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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Lemon: Released Murderer is a "A Good Kid"
I live two blocks from Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto where an innocent walker was murdered by some of Miller's Sidewalk Soldiers.
Likely half of the bums in Toronto are kids who are pissed off at their parents and want to prove how independent and special they are.
Undoubtedly I've walked by these young adult delinquents and refused to give them money - I was lucky my number wasn't up.
But of course this murder was done by a good kid. No. Not all (if any) of these street kid bums are poor and abused.
Scarfe said his client comes from a supportive and loving family who will be there for her every step of the way through the process and believes the evidence at an upcoming trial will paint a different picture of the woman.
"She's a good kid," he said.
Good kid my arse. She killed a guy.
Likely half of the bums in Toronto are kids who are pissed off at their parents and want to prove how independent and special they are.
Undoubtedly I've walked by these young adult delinquents and refused to give them money - I was lucky my number wasn't up.
But of course this murder was done by a good kid. No. Not all (if any) of these street kid bums are poor and abused.
Scarfe said his client comes from a supportive and loving family who will be there for her every step of the way through the process and believes the evidence at an upcoming trial will paint a different picture of the woman.
"She's a good kid," he said.
Good kid my arse. She killed a guy.
MaryT: Long Winter Weekend
Both the cbc and ctv national news had stories on this tonight. However, ctv took a low road by talking about this wkend in Alberta. They had to get a slur in on Don Getty, and his son's arrest, as the reason this holiday was instituted. Never hear the media mention the problems Chretains son had with the law.
Back to topic. Before jumping on the bandwagon, check out some facts. In Alberta, businesses have made a choice, they either pay the stat pay for the Feb holiday or the Aug holiday. NOT BOTH.
For years our school year was broken up almost every week in Feb. -Reading week, teachers convention, and Family day. Finally, common sense prevailed and now these are mostly held at the same time, so the kids have a week holiday. Of course many teachers forget to go to the convention, on a thurs & fri, and take off for 5 days, usually a skiing trip.
As for getting an extra day off, forget it, unless you are a bank, professional office, post office, or govt employee.
When it was started in AB, it was just announced. Why didn't dalton do this without an election.
Many cities and small towns put on a mini July 1 celebration in Feb and many families do get out to spend the day together.
There would nothing stopping Tory from giving you this holiday if you elect his government.
Back to topic. Before jumping on the bandwagon, check out some facts. In Alberta, businesses have made a choice, they either pay the stat pay for the Feb holiday or the Aug holiday. NOT BOTH.
For years our school year was broken up almost every week in Feb. -Reading week, teachers convention, and Family day. Finally, common sense prevailed and now these are mostly held at the same time, so the kids have a week holiday. Of course many teachers forget to go to the convention, on a thurs & fri, and take off for 5 days, usually a skiing trip.
As for getting an extra day off, forget it, unless you are a bank, professional office, post office, or govt employee.
When it was started in AB, it was just announced. Why didn't dalton do this without an election.
Many cities and small towns put on a mini July 1 celebration in Feb and many families do get out to spend the day together.
There would nothing stopping Tory from giving you this holiday if you elect his government.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Evening Blue Lemons Report - Newman - September 4
He's Baaaaaack with the Brawdcast!!
Newman looks like he fed well over the summer but didn't go outside.
Harper postpones return of Parliament and possible non-confidence vote on Afstan. Julie Van Dusen from The Hill - Opening moved back a month til after Ontario Election - this to support John Tory says Julie. Throne Speech threatens stability of minority Tories.
PMSH says he's met his agenda and time for a new one. Arctic Sovereignty & The Economy. Harper leadership over Dion gives CPC an edge. Postponement will give new Cabmins a chance to get caught up.
Afstan withdrawal in 2009. Tom Parry on briefing by Military and Foreign Affairs people - so much for all comms controlled by the PM. Reports that not going well says Newman - poppies up, towns lost to Taliban, Cdn officials says not so - security improving - says always bad news reported. Parry reports that a change coming - new focus for Canadians.
Travers and Peter Harder - "is PM rolling dice, Jim??" "Yes" - says his pompous know-it-all self, not gentled by the summer break. Anyone notice how much he looks like WC Fields. Not nearly as funny, though. But absolutely as cynical. Does anyone reading this even know who WC Fields was?
Harder says what happens if we leave battlefield? Harder says NATO will have to step up. Would this mean the end of the great alliance? How about removal of all Canadian and US military presence in Europe just as Russia is ramping up its talk and flight testing its bombers. Sounds like pretty good leverage to me.
Newman on the hollowing out of Canada. Doesn't mention the hollowing out of other economies by Canadians. Jim Prentice, MinInd, on same. Tries to explain global economy to Newman. Speaks verrrryyyy slowwwly. Newman still doesn't get it. Blablabla. Prentice explains that Canadians far more acquisitive than the reverse - we're wolves not sheep. Newman quotes Burney on Inco take over, boy is this boring. Am gonna get a cold drink... Oh - what about the wealth that these takeovers create for Canadians. Can't go there - people getting rich - it just ain't Canadian. Newman quotes Dom D'alessandro - CEO of Manulife that bought Hancock?? Okay for him to go into the USA, not for others to come here.
Ontario Political Panel with Ecker, Churley and Bountrogianni on extra day off. In February. In Ontario. For families. I guess a day for families to shovel snow together. Churley has a better idea - 356 extra statutory holidays!!!!
Catholic schools - Ecker says education fantastic. I wonder if she spells potato with an e on the end (Dan Quayle reference here). I have written on this before - no need to now. Churley says if the Tories like education, than obviously it's divisive and bad. Bountro...etc says Mike Harris made all Ontarians stupid and John Tory wants to make them more stupider.
PMSH at APEC in OZ for Summit. Climate change at centre stage and trade talks. Giving speech to Parliament. Newman - what's up with India & China and GWBs alternative to the dog called Kyoto?
Leadership Panel - Rick Anderson, Robin Sears and Bubbles Ledrew. Anderson looks like he was very well fed but didn't go to a barber. Ledrew wishes he had to go to a barber. Dion, "No way that we will support the throne speech, no way unless I get to have my own psychic personal valet to cut my hairs and what not."
Anderson says Dion making a mistake - Liberals don't want and can't afford an election. If he's so smart why is he acting so dumb?
Robin says that if CPC gets defeated great - Dion very close to dividing the country over conscription - Harper can't lose on Afstan.
Weakass opener to the Pundit and Puffin season. 3/10
Newman looks like he fed well over the summer but didn't go outside.
Harper postpones return of Parliament and possible non-confidence vote on Afstan. Julie Van Dusen from The Hill - Opening moved back a month til after Ontario Election - this to support John Tory says Julie. Throne Speech threatens stability of minority Tories.
PMSH says he's met his agenda and time for a new one. Arctic Sovereignty & The Economy. Harper leadership over Dion gives CPC an edge. Postponement will give new Cabmins a chance to get caught up.
Afstan withdrawal in 2009. Tom Parry on briefing by Military and Foreign Affairs people - so much for all comms controlled by the PM. Reports that not going well says Newman - poppies up, towns lost to Taliban, Cdn officials says not so - security improving - says always bad news reported. Parry reports that a change coming - new focus for Canadians.
Travers and Peter Harder - "is PM rolling dice, Jim??" "Yes" - says his pompous know-it-all self, not gentled by the summer break. Anyone notice how much he looks like WC Fields. Not nearly as funny, though. But absolutely as cynical. Does anyone reading this even know who WC Fields was?
Harder says what happens if we leave battlefield? Harder says NATO will have to step up. Would this mean the end of the great alliance? How about removal of all Canadian and US military presence in Europe just as Russia is ramping up its talk and flight testing its bombers. Sounds like pretty good leverage to me.
Newman on the hollowing out of Canada. Doesn't mention the hollowing out of other economies by Canadians. Jim Prentice, MinInd, on same. Tries to explain global economy to Newman. Speaks verrrryyyy slowwwly. Newman still doesn't get it. Blablabla. Prentice explains that Canadians far more acquisitive than the reverse - we're wolves not sheep. Newman quotes Burney on Inco take over, boy is this boring. Am gonna get a cold drink... Oh - what about the wealth that these takeovers create for Canadians. Can't go there - people getting rich - it just ain't Canadian. Newman quotes Dom D'alessandro - CEO of Manulife that bought Hancock?? Okay for him to go into the USA, not for others to come here.
Ontario Political Panel with Ecker, Churley and Bountrogianni on extra day off. In February. In Ontario. For families. I guess a day for families to shovel snow together. Churley has a better idea - 356 extra statutory holidays!!!!
Catholic schools - Ecker says education fantastic. I wonder if she spells potato with an e on the end (Dan Quayle reference here). I have written on this before - no need to now. Churley says if the Tories like education, than obviously it's divisive and bad. Bountro...etc says Mike Harris made all Ontarians stupid and John Tory wants to make them more stupider.
PMSH at APEC in OZ for Summit. Climate change at centre stage and trade talks. Giving speech to Parliament. Newman - what's up with India & China and GWBs alternative to the dog called Kyoto?
Leadership Panel - Rick Anderson, Robin Sears and Bubbles Ledrew. Anderson looks like he was very well fed but didn't go to a barber. Ledrew wishes he had to go to a barber. Dion, "No way that we will support the throne speech, no way unless I get to have my own psychic personal valet to cut my hairs and what not."
Anderson says Dion making a mistake - Liberals don't want and can't afford an election. If he's so smart why is he acting so dumb?
Robin says that if CPC gets defeated great - Dion very close to dividing the country over conscription - Harper can't lose on Afstan.
Weakass opener to the Pundit and Puffin season. 3/10
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Lemon: Humans Are Like Cats
I have too formerly male cats - they're brothers and one was the biggest in the litter and the other the runt.
A few days ago they got a scare from a neighbourhood pitbull (yes one of those docile creatures) and the big guy came up lame.
No wounds - I think he just fell off a fence while trying to get away. He's still running, just limping a little, so I don't think that an MRI (which I can get for a cat but not for me) is needed. In a cat-like way, he's laying low, hiding out and waiting to heal.
Where the cat / human observation comes in is how the little guy has been trying to take control - he sniffs weakness in his dominating brother and is exerting control over first to food dish and belly rubs.
Just like humans do.
A few days ago they got a scare from a neighbourhood pitbull (yes one of those docile creatures) and the big guy came up lame.
No wounds - I think he just fell off a fence while trying to get away. He's still running, just limping a little, so I don't think that an MRI (which I can get for a cat but not for me) is needed. In a cat-like way, he's laying low, hiding out and waiting to heal.
Where the cat / human observation comes in is how the little guy has been trying to take control - he sniffs weakness in his dominating brother and is exerting control over first to food dish and belly rubs.
Just like humans do.
Lemon: Toronto Island Residents Harrass Airport Patrons
The Toronto Island Airport is one of the greatest pieces of infrastructure in the city as is the new Porter Air service to Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax and soon NYC and Chicago.
It offers the following benefits to travellers to and from Toronto.
-- a 10 minute trip to the airport instead of 40
-- a $10 cabfare instead of $55
-- arrival time before flight of 20 minutes instead of 120 minutes
-- 10 minutes to get from your seat to the baggage carrel instead of 30 or more
-- Gross time to Montreal of 80 minutes instead of 150
-- Less impact on the environment both in air and ground travel
-- Lower fares
Why, the service is so great that I was told that its biggest critics (two downtown MPs) have used it.
But Toronto Islanders - squatters and their successors who received a sweet deal from fellow socialist Bob Rae when he was Premier, who killed easier access to the Islands by a bridge, who ignore laws and go out of their way to eliminate any one but themselves from using the Island, who receive the benefit of millions of dollars spent in a year round ferry service, who have their own school, and who lodge noise complaints against Harbourfront bars on days when they're not even open...
routinely harrass passengers to the airport.
They have a democratic right to protest - but no right to bother people using public roadways. A couple of weeks ago returning to town, these self-righteous squatters were out in force. At the stop light there was one fearsome well-fed thug who was slowing traffic. He came up to our window and stared in. Of course I told him that he should get his face out of our window. That of course provoked a tirade...
When we look at all the things wrong with Toronto - looking at the way these squatters are feather-bedded is a good place to start.
Did I mention that the Islanders were David Miller's first legal clients?
It offers the following benefits to travellers to and from Toronto.
-- a 10 minute trip to the airport instead of 40
-- a $10 cabfare instead of $55
-- arrival time before flight of 20 minutes instead of 120 minutes
-- 10 minutes to get from your seat to the baggage carrel instead of 30 or more
-- Gross time to Montreal of 80 minutes instead of 150
-- Less impact on the environment both in air and ground travel
-- Lower fares
Why, the service is so great that I was told that its biggest critics (two downtown MPs) have used it.
But Toronto Islanders - squatters and their successors who received a sweet deal from fellow socialist Bob Rae when he was Premier, who killed easier access to the Islands by a bridge, who ignore laws and go out of their way to eliminate any one but themselves from using the Island, who receive the benefit of millions of dollars spent in a year round ferry service, who have their own school, and who lodge noise complaints against Harbourfront bars on days when they're not even open...
routinely harrass passengers to the airport.
They have a democratic right to protest - but no right to bother people using public roadways. A couple of weeks ago returning to town, these self-righteous squatters were out in force. At the stop light there was one fearsome well-fed thug who was slowing traffic. He came up to our window and stared in. Of course I told him that he should get his face out of our window. That of course provoked a tirade...
When we look at all the things wrong with Toronto - looking at the way these squatters are feather-bedded is a good place to start.
Did I mention that the Islanders were David Miller's first legal clients?
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Lemon: Academic / Veteran Battle over War Museum Issue
The Theatre of Battle: CBC - The Current, today at 0840
The Topic: Whether rewording of a panel at the CWM was appropriate
The Combatants: Cliff Chadderton, Hero of Canadian Veterans and academic Margaret MacMillan
The Context: A display in the Canadian War Museum (that includes pictures of dead Germans) which describes the WW2 bombing of civilians as follows:
"The value and morality of the strategic bomber offensive against Germany remains bitterly contested. Bomber Command's aim was to crush civilian morale and force Germany to surrender by destroying its cities and industrial installations. Although Bomber Command and American attacks left 600,000 Germans dead and more than five million homeless, the raids resulted in only small reductions in German war production until late in the war."
The Ultimate Outcome: Millions die. German butts handed to them. Freedom in Europe restored. French get back to eating baguettes, Brits to sipping tea and Germans to plotting global domination, but this time economically.
MacMillan's Thesis: That history can only be determined by historians and that as it's recorded it must be dispassionate. That the bombing of civilians of Germany was wrong and the War Museum should not have decided to change the panel because it hurt veteran's feelings.
Chadderton's Thesis: That the event cannot be judged in isolation - that the bombing was a key and successful strategy needed to defeat a terrible enemy.
Irritant Commentary: By some unknown "Magma" photographer who explained how photographers in Afghanistan were reliant on protection from military so were biased in their coverage toward the military. (With an impression left that if they ever dared photograph anything negative that they would be used as human shields).
Treatment of Guests: Chadderton - respectfully; MacMillan - fawningly
Loser of Battle: MacMillan when she described that the view on Dresden was undoubtedly effected by "the dubious and ambiguous current war in Afghanistan for which there has still been no serious national debate." She revealed her bias.
The Topic: Whether rewording of a panel at the CWM was appropriate
The Combatants: Cliff Chadderton, Hero of Canadian Veterans and academic Margaret MacMillan
The Context: A display in the Canadian War Museum (that includes pictures of dead Germans) which describes the WW2 bombing of civilians as follows:
"The value and morality of the strategic bomber offensive against Germany remains bitterly contested. Bomber Command's aim was to crush civilian morale and force Germany to surrender by destroying its cities and industrial installations. Although Bomber Command and American attacks left 600,000 Germans dead and more than five million homeless, the raids resulted in only small reductions in German war production until late in the war."
The Ultimate Outcome: Millions die. German butts handed to them. Freedom in Europe restored. French get back to eating baguettes, Brits to sipping tea and Germans to plotting global domination, but this time economically.
MacMillan's Thesis: That history can only be determined by historians and that as it's recorded it must be dispassionate. That the bombing of civilians of Germany was wrong and the War Museum should not have decided to change the panel because it hurt veteran's feelings.
Chadderton's Thesis: That the event cannot be judged in isolation - that the bombing was a key and successful strategy needed to defeat a terrible enemy.
Irritant Commentary: By some unknown "Magma" photographer who explained how photographers in Afghanistan were reliant on protection from military so were biased in their coverage toward the military. (With an impression left that if they ever dared photograph anything negative that they would be used as human shields).
Treatment of Guests: Chadderton - respectfully; MacMillan - fawningly
Loser of Battle: MacMillan when she described that the view on Dresden was undoubtedly effected by "the dubious and ambiguous current war in Afghanistan for which there has still been no serious national debate." She revealed her bias.
Lemon: Just Another Day in Our Unbiased Media
The Usual:
$1.2M went to Quebec Tories for ads
Conservatives cut back applicants in lawsuit
Tories backtrack from candidate as 'representative'
Stockbroker's rage at Flaherty fuelled by losses and a margarita
Alta. newcomers told to accept conservatism or leave
And, of course, another unattributed Liberal financial error
Millions wasted on Airbus upkeep, audit finds
And the normal puff pieces for the Grits from their PR department
Liberals eye economy as election issue
Liberals to come out swinging
Taken from National Newswatch
$1.2M went to Quebec Tories for ads
Conservatives cut back applicants in lawsuit
Tories backtrack from candidate as 'representative'
Stockbroker's rage at Flaherty fuelled by losses and a margarita
Alta. newcomers told to accept conservatism or leave
And, of course, another unattributed Liberal financial error
Millions wasted on Airbus upkeep, audit finds
And the normal puff pieces for the Grits from their PR department
Liberals eye economy as election issue
Liberals to come out swinging
Taken from National Newswatch
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Lemon: My Daily Drive Through Parkdale Paradise
Every morning I drive the stretch of Parkdale from Dufferin to the Queensway.
When I'm not avoiding streetcars and dodging cyclists who are dodging potholes, I notce the city in which I live.
I take note of the dollar stores, leftist Councillor Gord Perk's constitutency office (located in a community centre of all places), and the people.
On every street corner there are generally a few panhandlers, about the same number of people living in socio-economic fall out and one prostitute.
It disturbs me greatly to see the human devastation that exists not far from my home; it is horrid that with the quarter billion dollars our city spends on housing, homeless and poverty that somehow so many of our residents don't fall through the cracks, but into crack.
The addicted women, reducing their human existence to the lowest possible level, offering their intimacy and dignity for a few dollars, make me wonder about our society.
Their physical and emotional condition cannot be attractive to anyone. I wondered this morning, what type of man would have sexual relations with these women?
I suspect only those that are not looking for a sensation or satisfaction but are looking to dominate and degrade another human being. Criminals acting out sociopathically.
Stress?? We know nothing about stress.
Article on Sex Workers
When I'm not avoiding streetcars and dodging cyclists who are dodging potholes, I notce the city in which I live.
I take note of the dollar stores, leftist Councillor Gord Perk's constitutency office (located in a community centre of all places), and the people.
On every street corner there are generally a few panhandlers, about the same number of people living in socio-economic fall out and one prostitute.
It disturbs me greatly to see the human devastation that exists not far from my home; it is horrid that with the quarter billion dollars our city spends on housing, homeless and poverty that somehow so many of our residents don't fall through the cracks, but into crack.
The addicted women, reducing their human existence to the lowest possible level, offering their intimacy and dignity for a few dollars, make me wonder about our society.
Their physical and emotional condition cannot be attractive to anyone. I wondered this morning, what type of man would have sexual relations with these women?
I suspect only those that are not looking for a sensation or satisfaction but are looking to dominate and degrade another human being. Criminals acting out sociopathically.
Stress?? We know nothing about stress.
Article on Sex Workers
Lemon: Of Brave Canadians and Lily-Livered Champagne Socialists
Lily-Livered Rosedale (and Outremont) Champagne Socialists want to deny the right of young Canadians to do as they wish, often as their parents and grandparents did, by serving in a foreign war. Risking their lives but doing so for the purest of causes, to save the lives of others and the futures of their children.
The ultimate commentary on Layton / Dion / Duceppe and their ilk came well before their time; from Teddy Roosevelt some 130 years ago:
The ultimate commentary on Layton / Dion / Duceppe and their ilk came well before their time; from Teddy Roosevelt some 130 years ago:
It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or when the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worth cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.The Laytonites (and Dionistas and Doofceppes) cannot accept the fact that there are Canadians who have fortitude and act otherwise than in self-interest. With their complete pursuit for personal comfort, they fail to appreciate that there ARE families who have members who are willing to die for their beliefs, for their causes or to put bread on their families' tables.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Lemon: Public Funding of Religious Schools
There has been a lot of rhetoric tossed to and fro since John Tory announced he would allow any parochial school to be funded publicly.
Certainly, Catholics make up the largest contiguous denomination of people of faith in Ontario. But this just means that way more money goes to Catholic school boards than would go to, say, private Baptist schools.
There was a time, when we had a competent government (under Mike Harris) that a minuscule tax cut ($500) was allowed for any child who attended private schools. So our Montessori kid provided the family with a tax cut barely adequate to pay for pizza days.
Meanwhile, every day a greater number of Ontarians pull their kids out of the "heavy on social justice and frequently on strike" school system in favour of the "I'll pay whatever it takes to not have my kids' minds twisted by socialists" preference.
The glorious and always enforceable Charter does allow for education by any citizen in either official language, but where does it say that this relates to religion? Not in the Charter.
We do have a Toronto District French School Board that operates alongside the Toronto District School Board and a Toronto Catholic District School Board. This is fine - there is a Charter responsibility for the French portion.
New Brunswick - the only bilingual province in Canada - abandoned the idea of a Catholic board a generation ago - perhaps recognizing that being Catholic and being French in NB basically amounts to the same thing. Now English schools have portables while French schools are empty, but this provision for separate boards based upon language is enshrined in the Holy Charter so exists in NB.
Why Ontario?
John Tory's mentor, Bill Davis, in 1987, put in place Bill 30 which provided full funding for Catholic Schools.
I won't comment on the politics that might have been involved in at the time (what with Bob Rae and David Peterson ganging up on him and all).
This legislation was reviewed by the Supreme Court who judged that the Province could prejudicially provide funding to Catholic as such rights were included in the 1867 Constitution Act.
So, Bill 30 results in inequity in Ontario. If you're a Catholic, your religious education is covered off. If you're of any other faith forget it. The only way to solve the problem is to make it worse - offering funding to all.
Sort of reason ignored for the sake of sanity...
Certainly, Catholics make up the largest contiguous denomination of people of faith in Ontario. But this just means that way more money goes to Catholic school boards than would go to, say, private Baptist schools.
There was a time, when we had a competent government (under Mike Harris) that a minuscule tax cut ($500) was allowed for any child who attended private schools. So our Montessori kid provided the family with a tax cut barely adequate to pay for pizza days.
Meanwhile, every day a greater number of Ontarians pull their kids out of the "heavy on social justice and frequently on strike" school system in favour of the "I'll pay whatever it takes to not have my kids' minds twisted by socialists" preference.
The glorious and always enforceable Charter does allow for education by any citizen in either official language, but where does it say that this relates to religion? Not in the Charter.
We do have a Toronto District French School Board that operates alongside the Toronto District School Board and a Toronto Catholic District School Board. This is fine - there is a Charter responsibility for the French portion.
New Brunswick - the only bilingual province in Canada - abandoned the idea of a Catholic board a generation ago - perhaps recognizing that being Catholic and being French in NB basically amounts to the same thing. Now English schools have portables while French schools are empty, but this provision for separate boards based upon language is enshrined in the Holy Charter so exists in NB.
Why Ontario?
John Tory's mentor, Bill Davis, in 1987, put in place Bill 30 which provided full funding for Catholic Schools.
I won't comment on the politics that might have been involved in at the time (what with Bob Rae and David Peterson ganging up on him and all).
This legislation was reviewed by the Supreme Court who judged that the Province could prejudicially provide funding to Catholic as such rights were included in the 1867 Constitution Act.
So, Bill 30 results in inequity in Ontario. If you're a Catholic, your religious education is covered off. If you're of any other faith forget it. The only way to solve the problem is to make it worse - offering funding to all.
Sort of reason ignored for the sake of sanity...
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Lemon: Radical Tory - Golden Lemon Award Winner - August 2007
Out of the blue (so to speak) from a comment on a post - I came across a miraculous blog. Radical Tory...
Bruce has perspective, opinion and the ability to express it very well.
I encourage all the Blogging Tories to visit Radical Tory often.
Congratulations, Bruce - you got the Golden Lemon for the month.
You have my permission to post the graphic above on your site to acknowledge publicly that at least one avid poli-blogger believes you do great work.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Lemon: Pope Benedict AGAIN Shocks the World
Is there no end to the controversy he will cause??
hat tip to my Kate
hat tip to my Kate
Lemon: Campaign Causes New Fall Schedule on NBC
Ibbitson
Campaign laws would allow the other candidates to demand equal time on NBC if Law & Order episodes including Mr. Thompson were aired while he was an official candidate. The campaign launch is now expected in the first week of September.
Rudy Giuliani as a brave, crime fighting mayor facing down terrorists in "Mission: 911";
John McCain raising escape attempts at a Commie prison in southeast Asia in "Mission: Liberty";
Mitt Romney raising a family in the middle of nowhere on "Mission: Little House".
Hilary in "Adam's Rib", Obama in "Barack X", John Edwards as a personal injury attorney in "I Stoop to Help the Poor".
What...
They've already been done??
Campaign laws would allow the other candidates to demand equal time on NBC if Law & Order episodes including Mr. Thompson were aired while he was an official candidate. The campaign launch is now expected in the first week of September.
Rudy Giuliani as a brave, crime fighting mayor facing down terrorists in "Mission: 911";
John McCain raising escape attempts at a Commie prison in southeast Asia in "Mission: Liberty";
Mitt Romney raising a family in the middle of nowhere on "Mission: Little House".
Hilary in "Adam's Rib", Obama in "Barack X", John Edwards as a personal injury attorney in "I Stoop to Help the Poor".
What...
They've already been done??
Monday, August 20, 2007
Lemon: Hurricane Dean Devastates Climate Doomsters
Despite wishes and hopes of Global Warming denial deniers, it appears that Hurricane Dean will turn out to be a tempest in the Caribbean teapot.
Narrowly missing Jamaica, although three deaths resulted (many fewer than are usually murdered in drug deals gone bad in Montego Bay during the same time period), it appears that the hurricane also has missed the Caymans. The denial deniers, however, are still hoping that Dean will do the lambada in Cancun.
Global Warming Denial Denier, Mo Bay (no relation) said that this was one more sign that the world has a fever blister. But he also commented that the protest actions to date by Global Warming Denial Deniers surely reduced the harm that would have been caused if they had remained silent.
He gave Al Gore credit for saving thousands of lives by staging a series of concerts to show the earth that we really care for it.
Global Warming Denial Deniers are still hoping that hurricanes this year will kill at least 2,000 people and cause more than $5 Billion in damage during this tropical storm season. They are currently 1,997 deaths and $4.99 billion in damages short of their plan year to date.
Narrowly missing Jamaica, although three deaths resulted (many fewer than are usually murdered in drug deals gone bad in Montego Bay during the same time period), it appears that the hurricane also has missed the Caymans. The denial deniers, however, are still hoping that Dean will do the lambada in Cancun.
Global Warming Denial Denier, Mo Bay (no relation) said that this was one more sign that the world has a fever blister. But he also commented that the protest actions to date by Global Warming Denial Deniers surely reduced the harm that would have been caused if they had remained silent.
He gave Al Gore credit for saving thousands of lives by staging a series of concerts to show the earth that we really care for it.
Global Warming Denial Deniers are still hoping that hurricanes this year will kill at least 2,000 people and cause more than $5 Billion in damage during this tropical storm season. They are currently 1,997 deaths and $4.99 billion in damages short of their plan year to date.
Lemon: The Canadian Heritage Myth of the Inukshuk
Darcy at Dust My Broom revealed today an ignorant piece in the Globe & Mail about the blight Inukshuks cause on the tundra -- how they were a form of frozen graffiti.
But the Ministry of Heritage and Nonsense had an even more insulting piece that we paid for them to air regularly a few years back. They represented these stone scarecrows as something mystical and spiritual for the Inuit people - that they were like physical manifestations of their connection to the land and eternal memorials to their existence on it.
But as Darcy rightly reveals in his embedded link, the stone monuments were really used for survival, for more effectively killing caribou and pointing to water sources and the like.
For the Inuit about as spiritual as a sign pointing to a McDonalds is to us.
But the Ministry of Heritage and Nonsense had an even more insulting piece that we paid for them to air regularly a few years back. They represented these stone scarecrows as something mystical and spiritual for the Inuit people - that they were like physical manifestations of their connection to the land and eternal memorials to their existence on it.
But as Darcy rightly reveals in his embedded link, the stone monuments were really used for survival, for more effectively killing caribou and pointing to water sources and the like.
For the Inuit about as spiritual as a sign pointing to a McDonalds is to us.
Lemon: Star Continues Poisoning Facts With Spin
Today:
But facts don't matter, so long as there's a partisan political point to be made.
The documents show officials downplayed comparisons between Khadr's case and that of child soldiers and, at times, blindly accepted assurances detention conditions at Guantanamo were humane.Of course, Khadr is anything but an innocent little boy and Gitmo detainees have expressed how they lived better lives in the Cuban detainee centre than they did at home.
But facts don't matter, so long as there's a partisan political point to be made.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Lemon: Michael Byers, Leftist Commentator du Jour
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The Leftie media are always anxious to find a commentator who has credentials or at least a fancy title (i.e. Stephen Staples of the nebulous marxist leaning Rideau Institute) that they can use to push their agenda.
The latest is a western professor.
First off, "Stephen Harper's War"? How about Paul Martin and Bill Graham's War... They sent us in and then promoted us to a combat role.
Second, he thinks that our troops would be better off dying in Darfur and Lebanon. Why would this do "the world a lot more good"?
Third, are we really "pulling our punches" when we're in the vanguard in Afstan?
Fourth, "Canada has ceased to exist as an independent country".
Really.
According to Byers, these changes have "occurred slowly"...
I guess since January 26, 2006.
The Leftie media are always anxious to find a commentator who has credentials or at least a fancy title (i.e. Stephen Staples of the nebulous marxist leaning Rideau Institute) that they can use to push their agenda.
The latest is a western professor.
First off, "Stephen Harper's War"? How about Paul Martin and Bill Graham's War... They sent us in and then promoted us to a combat role.
Second, he thinks that our troops would be better off dying in Darfur and Lebanon. Why would this do "the world a lot more good"?
Third, are we really "pulling our punches" when we're in the vanguard in Afstan?
Fourth, "Canada has ceased to exist as an independent country".
Really.
According to Byers, these changes have "occurred slowly"...
I guess since January 26, 2006.
Friday, August 10, 2007
Lemon: Miller & Monty & Money
Saw this 'separated at birth' last year and for a change intelligently saved it.
Story here.
I wanna know who's playing Homer in this movie...
HT forget.
Story here.
I wanna know who's playing Homer in this movie...
HT forget.
Lemon: Judges Continue to Make Canada A Haven for Murderers
Whose side are these Left-Winged Turkeys on??
A typical follow up scenario is...
Murdering drug dealer in USA escapes police and comes to Canada.
He hears it's the best place to go - that the courts will protect him.
First thing he does in Canada is get a gun.
In a gunfight two Canadian police are killed before murderer is disarmed.
He stays in jail in Canada and never faces a death penalty that he would surely be convicted of in the USA.
A typical follow up scenario is...
Murdering drug dealer in USA escapes police and comes to Canada.
He hears it's the best place to go - that the courts will protect him.
First thing he does in Canada is get a gun.
In a gunfight two Canadian police are killed before murderer is disarmed.
He stays in jail in Canada and never faces a death penalty that he would surely be convicted of in the USA.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Lemon: China and an Olympic Boycott
Watching Michael Coren last night the issue of a boycott of the Beijing Games was brought up as a potential strategy to improve human rights in China.
Mark Warner, who's running against Bob Rae for a Toronto seat, came through perfectly in his response - basically that it would have little effect and that China isn't going anywhere, and that we have to deal with them. And he should know, his bio (www.markwarner.ca) reveals that he spent many years working for the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation. So he knows his stuff as far as global economic issues go.
I remember back in the early 80's when the USA and Canada (among others) boycotted the Moscow Games. I even had several friends who were shut out of their Olympic participation by this. I've also worked on a couple of global scale sport bids so have certain sympathy for the real victims of a boycott - the athletes.
One thing stands out - Berry's World - a political comic strip - showed two Russians (with Sable hats and the Kremlin in the background) chatting. One said, "The way I heard it is that the American imperialists threatened to boycott the Olympics so we had to invade Afghanistan."
In any case, what was the outcome of this boycott of a games on the human rights violating nation?
Within ten years they lost their grip on Eastern Europe and the commies were given the boot.
Mark Warner, who's running against Bob Rae for a Toronto seat, came through perfectly in his response - basically that it would have little effect and that China isn't going anywhere, and that we have to deal with them. And he should know, his bio (www.markwarner.ca) reveals that he spent many years working for the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation. So he knows his stuff as far as global economic issues go.
I remember back in the early 80's when the USA and Canada (among others) boycotted the Moscow Games. I even had several friends who were shut out of their Olympic participation by this. I've also worked on a couple of global scale sport bids so have certain sympathy for the real victims of a boycott - the athletes.
One thing stands out - Berry's World - a political comic strip - showed two Russians (with Sable hats and the Kremlin in the background) chatting. One said, "The way I heard it is that the American imperialists threatened to boycott the Olympics so we had to invade Afghanistan."
In any case, what was the outcome of this boycott of a games on the human rights violating nation?
Within ten years they lost their grip on Eastern Europe and the commies were given the boot.
Lemon: Of Obama and Hilary
Lots of folks have asked for my opinion on who the next POTUS will be, and as all know, everyone is entitled to my opinion.
First off, I don't think that the Democrats have it locked up at all. It's a long time til E-Day down south, the GOP are fierce and successful campaigners, the economy is in great shape and the situation in Iraq is improving.
And they have some pretty good candidates - notably Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson, both of whom might not be much on content, but are great on TV.
Meanwhile, the best that the Democratic Party can up up with are Hilary and Obama.
Obama is too slick by half and lets his mouth work faster than his mind ("invade Pakistan", "President of Canada").
Hilary is an icicle with a complete inability to connect individually or to mass audiences.
Also, I know the US pretty well, and I recall a story told by Richard Pryor a generation ago, that is the elephant in the parlor:
"I asked God, 'Lord, will there ever be a female President?"
"God said, 'Not in your lifetime, Richard.'"
"Well, then, Lord, will there ever be a black President?"
"God said, 'Not in my lifetime, Richard.'"
First off, I don't think that the Democrats have it locked up at all. It's a long time til E-Day down south, the GOP are fierce and successful campaigners, the economy is in great shape and the situation in Iraq is improving.
And they have some pretty good candidates - notably Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson, both of whom might not be much on content, but are great on TV.
Meanwhile, the best that the Democratic Party can up up with are Hilary and Obama.
Obama is too slick by half and lets his mouth work faster than his mind ("invade Pakistan", "President of Canada").
Hilary is an icicle with a complete inability to connect individually or to mass audiences.
Also, I know the US pretty well, and I recall a story told by Richard Pryor a generation ago, that is the elephant in the parlor:
"I asked God, 'Lord, will there ever be a female President?"
"God said, 'Not in your lifetime, Richard.'"
"Well, then, Lord, will there ever be a black President?"
"God said, 'Not in my lifetime, Richard.'"
Lemon: Colle & Cricket - Liberalism at It's Most Typical
Mike Colle, is a decent guy washed in the blood of the Liberal Party, which means finding ways of giving public money to their friends.
He's now on the back benches after his un-uniquely Ontarian version of Adscam.
You all know that Colle directed a fund that provided millions of cultural organization without application or accountability.
One beneficiary, the Ontario Cricket Association received a million bucks and only asked for $150 k.
Now the OCA won't give it back.
And why should they?
But if they got it without asking one needs to ask why.
It's not as if there is a huge demand - there are only 12,000 cricket players in all of Canada compared to 920,000 basketball players in Ontario, alone.
Could it be because the greatest numbers of the cricketeers are from South Asia?
Maybe. Wouldn't surprise.
He's now on the back benches after his un-uniquely Ontarian version of Adscam.
You all know that Colle directed a fund that provided millions of cultural organization without application or accountability.
One beneficiary, the Ontario Cricket Association received a million bucks and only asked for $150 k.
Now the OCA won't give it back.
And why should they?
But if they got it without asking one needs to ask why.
It's not as if there is a huge demand - there are only 12,000 cricket players in all of Canada compared to 920,000 basketball players in Ontario, alone.
Could it be because the greatest numbers of the cricketeers are from South Asia?
Maybe. Wouldn't surprise.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Lemon: Afghanada on CBC
I haven't seen this picked up on BTs, probably because most of us eschew anything CBCish. Certainly I am most often a strong critic of the Ceeb (but occasionally credit the Radio division for producing world class content in a way that CBC-TV never would).
Coming back from the lake on Monday I listened to the first episode of Afghanada - a serial of the lives of four Canucknuckleheads in Canada's democracy building exercise in Afstan.
You must try and catch this series.
Meanwhile, perhaps best of all, it really pisses off the lefties. Check this.
Now, even THEY hate the CBC...
Note the way they ban the sole critic on the site. Marxists are like that.
Coming back from the lake on Monday I listened to the first episode of Afghanada - a serial of the lives of four Canucknuckleheads in Canada's democracy building exercise in Afstan.
You must try and catch this series.
Meanwhile, perhaps best of all, it really pisses off the lefties. Check this.
Now, even THEY hate the CBC...
Note the way they ban the sole critic on the site. Marxists are like that.
Lemon: Another Day At The Unbiased News Office
PM plots overhaul of cabinet
Income trust move still dogs the Tories
Natives skeptical of PM's plan
Tories name top aide as head of environment advisory group
Cabinet needs more than a shuffle
Jack Layton challenges Conservative leadership
Oda's ouster would not be mourned
Harper 'not above the law' on CWB: Liberals
And that's just until 7 am
Income trust move still dogs the Tories
Natives skeptical of PM's plan
Tories name top aide as head of environment advisory group
Cabinet needs more than a shuffle
Jack Layton challenges Conservative leadership
Oda's ouster would not be mourned
Harper 'not above the law' on CWB: Liberals
And that's just until 7 am
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Lemon: Now THIS Would Make Economic Sense
Here
$700 million divided by 950 people works out to $736,000 per person
Lets say that each of these 950 people make one return trip per year for 20 years = $19,400/trip
Why not just buy them a fleet of Gulfstreams?
$700 million divided by 950 people works out to $736,000 per person
Lets say that each of these 950 people make one return trip per year for 20 years = $19,400/trip
Why not just buy them a fleet of Gulfstreams?
Monday, August 06, 2007
Lemon: Pricewaterhousecoopers Ad for the Birds
They stole the "Herding Cats" idea for one, now they look totally stupid trying to do the birds.
Sunday, August 05, 2007
BATB: Toxic Multiculturalism
“Ah, the joys of mass immigration and multiculturalism,” notes a commenter at Angry in the Great White North, concerning the death of Constable Robert Plunkett, apparently at the hands of Nadeem Jiwa and Baseer Mohammed Yousafzai, both out on bail for prior infractions of the law—and Jiwa now out on bail again. (http://stevejanke.com/archives/235825.php)
What a fools’ game when we allow our culture of law and order to be compromised by misplaced altruism in the form of “multiculturalism.” To think that we can make our society more “open, tolerant, and diverse” by ignoring the rule of law when a growing number of immigrants, seemingly with impunity, consistently break our laws can come to no good end. In three recent cases, involving Nadeem Jiwa, Baseer Mohammed Yousafzai, Naumin Nusrat, Prabhjit Multani, Alexander Ryazanov, and Wang-Piao Dumani Ross, the lives of three innocent victims have been taken: Constable Robert Plunkett, David Virgoe, and Tahir Khan.
When law-abiding citizens are treated with contempt by a legal system that is lenient on the sentencing of immigrants who break the law, in order to make them feel--what?--more welcome?, in order that they not call us “racist”?; when a limp-wristed judiciary turns a blind eye to gross infractions of our laws and consistently grants bail to inveterate law-breakers; when lawyers, judges, members of the media, and educators are cowed and crippled by political correctness, which leads them to observe a discreet silence when it comes to the growing problem of criminal behaviour in a number of immigrant groups, we are, ironically, creating a Canada of arbitrary measures from which most immigrants left their homelands to escape.
What a fools’ game when we allow our culture of law and order to be compromised by misplaced altruism in the form of “multiculturalism.” To think that we can make our society more “open, tolerant, and diverse” by ignoring the rule of law when a growing number of immigrants, seemingly with impunity, consistently break our laws can come to no good end. In three recent cases, involving Nadeem Jiwa, Baseer Mohammed Yousafzai, Naumin Nusrat, Prabhjit Multani, Alexander Ryazanov, and Wang-Piao Dumani Ross, the lives of three innocent victims have been taken: Constable Robert Plunkett, David Virgoe, and Tahir Khan.
When law-abiding citizens are treated with contempt by a legal system that is lenient on the sentencing of immigrants who break the law, in order to make them feel--what?--more welcome?, in order that they not call us “racist”?; when a limp-wristed judiciary turns a blind eye to gross infractions of our laws and consistently grants bail to inveterate law-breakers; when lawyers, judges, members of the media, and educators are cowed and crippled by political correctness, which leads them to observe a discreet silence when it comes to the growing problem of criminal behaviour in a number of immigrant groups, we are, ironically, creating a Canada of arbitrary measures from which most immigrants left their homelands to escape.
Friday, August 03, 2007
Lemon: Coren on Ali / Lewis Rumble in the Studio - Round 4
Buy a PVR and always save The Coren Show - it's the best public affairs program anywhere anytime.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Lemon: The Voice of Reason on Global Warming
“This is normal life and weather in Central Canada, but it still is tough to deal with... from both a health and from a comfort point of view. It’s not climate change, it’s something that we’ve always had to deal with.”
Dave Phillips in The Star
Dave is wise. I remember playing golf on January 10 and seeing the weather when I got home and Dave saying, "I think we can expect in a week or so things will be back to normal. And three days later we had a blizzard from hell.
Dave Phillips in The Star
Dave is wise. I remember playing golf on January 10 and seeing the weather when I got home and Dave saying, "I think we can expect in a week or so things will be back to normal. And three days later we had a blizzard from hell.
Lemon: Just Another Day in Unbiased Media Reportage
Tories lack consistent message
The Harper government rejected opposition calls yesterday to give Elections Canada new tools to detect multiple donations to a political party's riding associations
Despite controlling the government benches for the past 18 months, Stephen Harper's Conservatives are still failing to improve their support among the electorate
It seems strange that Ontario and Quebec have managed to quickly reach a deal with Ottawa to develop a central Canadian gateway, while Nova Scotia has been struggling without success
Suspicions that the Foreign Affairs Minister can't handle his portfolio rise as Peter MacKay skips out on an important multilateral meeting, sending his deputy in his place.
Mr. Mulroney, if there's nothing to hide, why hide it?
Stephen Harper has all but exhausted his policy agenda and his government is adrift.
Tory charms may come up short in Atlantic region
The Harper government rejected opposition calls yesterday to give Elections Canada new tools to detect multiple donations to a political party's riding associations
Despite controlling the government benches for the past 18 months, Stephen Harper's Conservatives are still failing to improve their support among the electorate
It seems strange that Ontario and Quebec have managed to quickly reach a deal with Ottawa to develop a central Canadian gateway, while Nova Scotia has been struggling without success
Suspicions that the Foreign Affairs Minister can't handle his portfolio rise as Peter MacKay skips out on an important multilateral meeting, sending his deputy in his place.
Mr. Mulroney, if there's nothing to hide, why hide it?
Stephen Harper has all but exhausted his policy agenda and his government is adrift.
Tory charms may come up short in Atlantic region
Lemon: Of Cave Dwellers & Bankers
A little while ago I had an interesting chat with an artist friend of mine about the state of the world. I find as often as not we who wear ties and they who wear black clothing can get along fine in discussions, providing we understand that our glasses are often different colours.
In this case we were in a trendy bar surrounded by bright young enormously wealthy kids (say under 30) wearing TD Securities name badges (as if being stuck in black suits on a hot patio isn't irritating enough).
I revealed what I knew about these kids. First off, they come in two forms. One form is a first generation kid from away (typically China and India) who pressed their academic performance to levels beyond the interest of poor white multi-generational Canadians. The second form are the often befuddled sons of other bankers. Banking bred in the bone as the legacy of having a father securities trader. Nepotism is huge in banking as it is in law and medicine.
The second thing I revealed is that these kids make immense amounts of money. I had a hoop friend (from India) who got a BMW as a signing bonus. Starting out they make hundreds of k a year and once they're settled in, seven figures.
And, boy, are they treated well. Their escapes are not in the Caledon Hills, they're in places like Pebble Beach.
For what?? Doing a little math, running some financial models, and passing around pieces of paper.
I compared these scions to artists and got an admission from my friend that those of the paint smeared dungarees know what they're getting into (and not) when they choose their vocation. They don't do it for the money.
The discussion progressed into how much turmoil there is in the world, at least partly because of money and what can be done with it. I mentioned how McLuhan had prospected that the Global Village would be a terrible thing as technologically advanced economically dominant cultures began spreading into relatively primitive societies. And how there would be a push back from cultural traditionalists in those poorer states.
She brought forward the point that agrarian, simple societies are sustainable in perpetuity.
I thought for a sec and responded that I don't think that these "primitive" societies are sustainable at all. Because my belief is that mankind (especially young male members of mankind) thirst for change. That left alone to think for a while, they would dream up a way of making water come to them, of having light inside a tent when it's dark outside, of finding a way to meet girls outside the village.
And the end result is what we have now - the most safe, peaceful, well-fed, educated and housed global population in history.
But this 'progress' has not come without cost. I've read that cave dwellers only hunted and gathered about 20 hours a week compared to the forty or sixty that these bankers work.
I wonder though, what did they do with their spare time when they didn't have golf to spend it on?
Lemon: What if Barry Bonds Quit?
Or for that matter, was injured, just one home run behind Hank Aaron?
Would anyone care, because they sure seem to care now.
I have written before about my love of baseball as a legacy from my Dad, and how this legacy had been defiled by Bud Selig and his gang of bad-smelling moneyans.
Since I was a Jays season ticket holder in 1994, I have attended a few games but have not paid for a single ticket.
Because, you see, Bud had made sure that the Expos never won their world series and were starved to death afterward so his buddy Jeff Loria could sell them to MLB for about $200 million and use this to buy the Florida team and move the Expos to DC.
Now that Bonds is on the fringe of matching Hank Aaron's home run record he is going through what Roger Maris and Hammerin Hank did. He is despised by almost all observers. Even though he did nothing illegal. Maybe unethical, but not illegal.
But I suspect that Bud and his buds would love to see Bonds drop out of the race, whatever the cause.
Would anyone care, because they sure seem to care now.
I have written before about my love of baseball as a legacy from my Dad, and how this legacy had been defiled by Bud Selig and his gang of bad-smelling moneyans.
Since I was a Jays season ticket holder in 1994, I have attended a few games but have not paid for a single ticket.
Because, you see, Bud had made sure that the Expos never won their world series and were starved to death afterward so his buddy Jeff Loria could sell them to MLB for about $200 million and use this to buy the Florida team and move the Expos to DC.
Now that Bonds is on the fringe of matching Hank Aaron's home run record he is going through what Roger Maris and Hammerin Hank did. He is despised by almost all observers. Even though he did nothing illegal. Maybe unethical, but not illegal.
But I suspect that Bud and his buds would love to see Bonds drop out of the race, whatever the cause.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Lemon: July 2007 Golden Lemon Award
July, for yours truly, was a desolate month for blogging.
Without Grit tomfoolery, antics, hi jinks and dirty tricks (because no one was paying attention) there was little to scribe about - by anyone.
But there was one very special perspective discovered - Patrick Ross of Nexus of Assholery (Patty - you need to work on that - there is nothing assholey about your blog) writes original opinion and has still not pandered to the need for readership that most of us almost psychotically have.
He doesn't post links to get clicks, nor does he add his blog to blogrolls to get Technorati and other credits.
For depth and breadth of thought and expression, for clearness in perspective, Canadian Blue Lemons is proud to appoint Patrick Ross as our Golden Lemon Award winner for July 2007.
He joins the ranks of stellar others such as Ranting Stan, Dr. Roger Pielke, Bloody Scot and Snake.
He is allowed and encouraged to post this award somewhere discretely or not, somewhere on his blog.
Congratulations, Patrick. Keep up the great work.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Lemon: It's all because of Global Warming
Today a kitty fancier from the Toronto Humane Society was on Ontario Today in Toronto.
You might remember them for being taken over by nutbars and raiding research labs a few years ago and subsequently being discredited and losing their deal to deal with strays from the city.
Their speaker today seemed sincere and nice but he blamed the growth in number of found strays to, yes, GLOBAL WARMING!!!!
The time period he pointed to was March 2007 and how kittys thought this was May and canoodled like crazy.
If you don't remember the weather of March 2007, click here. Overall the weather was judged normal but I recall it, as well as Feb and 2/3 of Jan as being among the fiercest winters in my memory. The facts bare my memory out.
Maybe it's all about the exponential math of letting animals run wild in the city or having more people collect the strays.
But NOOOOOO, it's all about and because of Global Warming.
Bull feathers.
You might remember them for being taken over by nutbars and raiding research labs a few years ago and subsequently being discredited and losing their deal to deal with strays from the city.
Their speaker today seemed sincere and nice but he blamed the growth in number of found strays to, yes, GLOBAL WARMING!!!!
The time period he pointed to was March 2007 and how kittys thought this was May and canoodled like crazy.
If you don't remember the weather of March 2007, click here. Overall the weather was judged normal but I recall it, as well as Feb and 2/3 of Jan as being among the fiercest winters in my memory. The facts bare my memory out.
Maybe it's all about the exponential math of letting animals run wild in the city or having more people collect the strays.
But NOOOOOO, it's all about and because of Global Warming.
Bull feathers.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Lemon: Where's all the McCain Visit to Baghdad Critics Now??
I got a whole lotta criticsm over the Mike Ware giggle thing. Turns out that John McCain was right.
HT
In Baghdad’s Ghazaliya neighborhood, which has seen some of the worst sectarian combat, we walked a street slowly coming back to life with stores and shoppers.
Source New York Times
HT
In Baghdad’s Ghazaliya neighborhood, which has seen some of the worst sectarian combat, we walked a street slowly coming back to life with stores and shoppers.
Source New York Times
Lemon: On Gunter On Liberal Patronage in Judgeships
Lorne Gunter reports today on how the Liberals almost exclusively appointed their friends to judicial positions when they were in power. He also revealed that these judges were often big contributors to Liberal Party coffers.
But there's an even darker side to all this commingling between elected officials (a large number of whom are lawyers), their fundraisers (who are very often lawyers) and, well, lawyers...
At one time this author worked for a Canadian Crown Corporation. One of my chums worked for a large law firm in the city that happened to also do our legal work.
Over a beer, my chum revealed that they had been ordered, by a Liberal appointed GOVERNOR GENERAL, to donate to the Liberal party, or lose our Crown Corp business.
Patronage in the legal community in favour of the LPOC is nothing new. It's the way they've always done their business.
But there's an even darker side to all this commingling between elected officials (a large number of whom are lawyers), their fundraisers (who are very often lawyers) and, well, lawyers...
At one time this author worked for a Canadian Crown Corporation. One of my chums worked for a large law firm in the city that happened to also do our legal work.
Over a beer, my chum revealed that they had been ordered, by a Liberal appointed GOVERNOR GENERAL, to donate to the Liberal party, or lose our Crown Corp business.
Patronage in the legal community in favour of the LPOC is nothing new. It's the way they've always done their business.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Lemon: Toronto Star Hates Humans
Toronto without humans is a glorious place, as it was before humans arrived.
I guess the voles built the Eiffel Tower shown in the picture...
I guess the voles built the Eiffel Tower shown in the picture...
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Lemon: Grits Is Their Name, Mischief is Their Game
The Post
"Once again, Stephane Dion's leadership is so inspiring that members of his caucus are dropping like flies," he said. "They are either resigning or quitting (the) Liberal party. The real question is why are the Liberals and the Bloc resigning their seats only 18 months after the last general election? Have they lost confidence in their party's leadership?"
Think for a sec...
The only statement that the PM has ever made about a general election is that it will be in 2009.
Not once has he ever hinted at anything different (although the mostly Grit pundits have beat him up for not pulling a Chretien and beating the opponents when they're down).
The mass, lemming-like, Grit group parachute jump can only be attributed to mischief - like all of their parliamentary acts since January 2006.
They have no interest but their own. To elect their acolytes, re-elect their toadies and regain power.
"Once again, Stephane Dion's leadership is so inspiring that members of his caucus are dropping like flies," he said. "They are either resigning or quitting (the) Liberal party. The real question is why are the Liberals and the Bloc resigning their seats only 18 months after the last general election? Have they lost confidence in their party's leadership?"
Think for a sec...
The only statement that the PM has ever made about a general election is that it will be in 2009.
Not once has he ever hinted at anything different (although the mostly Grit pundits have beat him up for not pulling a Chretien and beating the opponents when they're down).
The mass, lemming-like, Grit group parachute jump can only be attributed to mischief - like all of their parliamentary acts since January 2006.
They have no interest but their own. To elect their acolytes, re-elect their toadies and regain power.
Lemon: Baseball is a Conservative Game
I have watched 45 World Series (1994 wasn't played because of unions). I played baseball for 17 years competitively.
Love of Baseball was a gift to me from my father.
I was taught how to dress, because you see, a baseball uniform was designed as it was for a reason.
Starting at the bottom, sanitary socks are worn up to the knee, pure white (unless you played for Charlie Finlay).
Then stirrup socks up over those knobs on your knees.
Pants pulled up and then folded back up over those knobs on your knees. This along with your socks provides a sliding pad and reduces the onset of "strawberries".
But big leaguers now pull their pants down to their ankles and may or may not wear stirrups or for that matter ever think about sliding.
It's the end of North American civilization, I tell you. The end.
Love of Baseball was a gift to me from my father.
I was taught how to dress, because you see, a baseball uniform was designed as it was for a reason.
Starting at the bottom, sanitary socks are worn up to the knee, pure white (unless you played for Charlie Finlay).
Then stirrup socks up over those knobs on your knees.
Pants pulled up and then folded back up over those knobs on your knees. This along with your socks provides a sliding pad and reduces the onset of "strawberries".
But big leaguers now pull their pants down to their ankles and may or may not wear stirrups or for that matter ever think about sliding.
It's the end of North American civilization, I tell you. The end.
Lemon: The New "Lone Gunmen" of Climate Change Debate
I suspect readers from all political subsets enjoyed X-Files and many even tuned into the "Lone Gunmen" spinoff.
These sorry souls, sorta looking like they oughta be in a Wayne's World episode, were convinced that there are global conspiracies at work, and huddled in basements lit only by monitor screens searched incessantly for evidence of wrong doing.
Many of you have likely enjoyed "Battlefield Earth" (the Hubbard Book not the Travolta movie) in which straggly humans from Colorado successfully battled heavy scientific aliens for survival. (If you haven't read B.E. I encourage you to do so - it may be the best read of the 20th Century).
I hope this isn't seen as diminishing, but Colorado climate scientists seem to elevate the standard of the Lone Gunmen and Jonny Goodboy.
In January I began reading Dr. Pielke's blog at Univ of Colorado and subsequently established it as a Golden Lemon award winner. Today I came across Fred's hurricane link to a report from researchers at Colorado State that establishes (again) that human climate change terrorists are afloat on dinghies.
Go You Buffalo. Go You Rams.
These sorry souls, sorta looking like they oughta be in a Wayne's World episode, were convinced that there are global conspiracies at work, and huddled in basements lit only by monitor screens searched incessantly for evidence of wrong doing.
Many of you have likely enjoyed "Battlefield Earth" (the Hubbard Book not the Travolta movie) in which straggly humans from Colorado successfully battled heavy scientific aliens for survival. (If you haven't read B.E. I encourage you to do so - it may be the best read of the 20th Century).
I hope this isn't seen as diminishing, but Colorado climate scientists seem to elevate the standard of the Lone Gunmen and Jonny Goodboy.
In January I began reading Dr. Pielke's blog at Univ of Colorado and subsequently established it as a Golden Lemon award winner. Today I came across Fred's hurricane link to a report from researchers at Colorado State that establishes (again) that human climate change terrorists are afloat on dinghies.
Go You Buffalo. Go You Rams.
Lemon: The Last Cookie
We (BATB) had a point of view on cookies first that was supported by our other distaff contributor, MaryT, which was linked to far and wide. Read here.
Today The Star agrees with BATB's excellent point of view.
But this is after Tory poster boy Adam D. points at the Cookie Monster (Warren) and the way he operates - and according to the Adam, Warren would rip a Tory a new alimentary canal for saying something like he did.
I'm a foot soldier in the political warscape - try and help worthy (usually Tory but on one occasion even an NDP candidate) to move themselves forward. Not unlike Warren - I generally get paid to do it too.
And with all due and collegial respect for BATB and MaryT, I agree with Adam.
Politics is played for keeps. There is always only one winner and many losers.
I can remember my first campaign not quite a generation ago. Our advisor told us that if you have your foot on their throat you push down and hold.
I still ascribe to this theory (and repeat it to people I help out) and I suspect that Adam does as well and am fully convinced that Warren can also be a fairly efficient assassin.
Call me a wolf. Grrrr.
Warren (one of Dalton McGuinty's chief advisors) has said that in the coming campaign they will position John Tory as the illegitimate son of Mike Harris, fully committed to destroying western liberal society as we know it. But he has proven that it is Provincial Liberals who are misogynist women haters who indeed kill and eat kittens.
Today The Star agrees with BATB's excellent point of view.
But this is after Tory poster boy Adam D. points at the Cookie Monster (Warren) and the way he operates - and according to the Adam, Warren would rip a Tory a new alimentary canal for saying something like he did.
I'm a foot soldier in the political warscape - try and help worthy (usually Tory but on one occasion even an NDP candidate) to move themselves forward. Not unlike Warren - I generally get paid to do it too.
And with all due and collegial respect for BATB and MaryT, I agree with Adam.
Politics is played for keeps. There is always only one winner and many losers.
I can remember my first campaign not quite a generation ago. Our advisor told us that if you have your foot on their throat you push down and hold.
I still ascribe to this theory (and repeat it to people I help out) and I suspect that Adam does as well and am fully convinced that Warren can also be a fairly efficient assassin.
Call me a wolf. Grrrr.
Warren (one of Dalton McGuinty's chief advisors) has said that in the coming campaign they will position John Tory as the illegitimate son of Mike Harris, fully committed to destroying western liberal society as we know it. But he has proven that it is Provincial Liberals who are misogynist women haters who indeed kill and eat kittens.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Lemon: Cherniak Not Official Spokesperson for Dion
In a previous post we reported that on Cherniak's blog he indicated that he has an official role as a co-chair of the Opposition Leader's blog campaign.
Today in Sing Tao, ht Janke, it was revealed that Cherniak has no official role in Dion's Liberal party.
Today in Sing Tao, ht Janke, it was revealed that Cherniak has no official role in Dion's Liberal party.
Cherniak says on his blog that he is Dion's blog campaign co-chair and president of Richmond Hill Federal Liberal Riding Association. Dion's press secretary said that Cherniak is an independent blogger and does not speak for the Liberal Party.We apologize for repeating his self-absorbed delusion of grandeur.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Lemon: PMSH Political Compass
Very close to the point that the website placed him.
I basically responded to the extreme in positions where he has defined his positions through statements and policies. I shaded one way or the other according to my impressions.
Anyone care to plot out Jack Layton? Steffi Dion?
Thanks again to Stage Left
Lemon: I Betcha THIS will surprise some of our critics
I didnt scroll down the page all the way - revision results in me getting nudged a little diagonally.
Take the test yourself
ht StageLeft
Friday, July 20, 2007
Rocket Launcher found in N.J.
via Drudge: A woman going to work this a.m. saw something on her front lawn. It was a rocket launcher.
I saw this report - the item was an empty cartridge that can be purchased at any war surplus store. There was no evidence that it was ever used. The location did not seem to be one that would be valuable as a launching pad for an attract on an aircraft. so I didn't bother posting anything.
B
Lemon: David Miller- Narcissist
Globe
Mr. Miller, who has the power to call a special council meeting, told reporters yesterday that councillors should have known what the stakes were on Monday when they put off his proposal.
Acting like a child, petulent, angry stamping his feet.
Sun
"The choices we face now are fairly serious ones, that's why the new revenue tools were needed," he said, sounding more like a spoiled child than the mayor of a $7.79-billion city.
"It's not a complicated thing ... this is not a game, it's the reality of the situation Toronto is in," he added, hinting that cuts to the police budget are next.
All understand that Miller (who is going to decide on the cuts himself) will make those that seem to hurt the most. He will not touch his pampered union workforce to whom he gave jobs for life and an annual 3% wage increase after he was elected in 2003.
Also understand that David Miller (and Howard Moscoe and almost half of the current Council) are in the pockets of the city unions.
Mr. Miller, who has the power to call a special council meeting, told reporters yesterday that councillors should have known what the stakes were on Monday when they put off his proposal.
Acting like a child, petulent, angry stamping his feet.
Sun
"The choices we face now are fairly serious ones, that's why the new revenue tools were needed," he said, sounding more like a spoiled child than the mayor of a $7.79-billion city.
"It's not a complicated thing ... this is not a game, it's the reality of the situation Toronto is in," he added, hinting that cuts to the police budget are next.
All understand that Miller (who is going to decide on the cuts himself) will make those that seem to hurt the most. He will not touch his pampered union workforce to whom he gave jobs for life and an annual 3% wage increase after he was elected in 2003.
Also understand that David Miller (and Howard Moscoe and almost half of the current Council) are in the pockets of the city unions.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Lemon: A World of Neo-Narcissists
The debate on these and other pages related to an incredibly disgusting post on a so-called "progressive" website led me to a thought. Nasty little narcissist creep I thought.
Where does someone come up with such negative and hateful thoughts and self-conviction of correctness?
So I wondered a little more about how society could spawn such a creep.
Our society has changed dramatically in the last 40 years. I won't argue whether for better or worse, but I will postulate on a few of the reasons for some of this.
We prolonged the me generation into it's third iteration, expanded it with an economy created on want and ended up with a large, maybe even dominant, group within our society that is childlike in their narcissism.
Narcissism is the pattern of characteristics and behaviors which involve infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one's gratification, dominance and ambition.
Think... Madonna, Britney, Al Gore, Suzuki, Lohan and almost every mug that has ever had their picture on TV. Or some of our favorite bloggers.
As well as Cindy Sheehan - Damian posted on this today.
Where does this excessive approach to self interest come from?
Ask Freud. He's dead.
Okay Goggle it. I'll save you the trouble.
Narcissism is caused by parenting - over or under indulgence of a child from the moment it starts noticing that it is part of a larger group.
Think for a moment of how parenting has changed; ease of divorce, both parents working and children raised by strangers. Is there any wonder why everyone wants to be on a reality show, save the world/dolphins/polar bears, force everybody to march for peace or reduce their carbon footprint?
Don't blame them. They were raised this way.
Where does someone come up with such negative and hateful thoughts and self-conviction of correctness?
So I wondered a little more about how society could spawn such a creep.
Our society has changed dramatically in the last 40 years. I won't argue whether for better or worse, but I will postulate on a few of the reasons for some of this.
We prolonged the me generation into it's third iteration, expanded it with an economy created on want and ended up with a large, maybe even dominant, group within our society that is childlike in their narcissism.
Narcissism is the pattern of characteristics and behaviors which involve infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one's gratification, dominance and ambition.
Think... Madonna, Britney, Al Gore, Suzuki, Lohan and almost every mug that has ever had their picture on TV. Or some of our favorite bloggers.
As well as Cindy Sheehan - Damian posted on this today.
Where does this excessive approach to self interest come from?
Ask Freud. He's dead.
Okay Goggle it. I'll save you the trouble.
Narcissism is caused by parenting - over or under indulgence of a child from the moment it starts noticing that it is part of a larger group.
Think for a moment of how parenting has changed; ease of divorce, both parents working and children raised by strangers. Is there any wonder why everyone wants to be on a reality show, save the world/dolphins/polar bears, force everybody to march for peace or reduce their carbon footprint?
Don't blame them. They were raised this way.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Lemon: Stop Smoking as a Health Solution?? Nah
The CBC on Respiratory Illness Among Inuit Children
On Havard Gould's report he sais the solution will cost $2 Billion.
How about Mom and Dad not smoking around kids?
On Havard Gould's report he sais the solution will cost $2 Billion.
How about Mom and Dad not smoking around kids?
Monday, July 16, 2007
Lemon: IPCC Admits That Global Warming Prospects are Bogus
Thanks to the IPCC Itself...
This passage will not be widely enough distributed until every person in the western world has read it.
Chapter 6; section 6-42:
This passage will not be widely enough distributed until every person in the western world has read it.
Chapter 6; section 6-42:
"In general, the certainty with which this chapter presents our understanding of abrupt climate change is overstated. There is confusion between hypothesis and evidence throughout the chapter, and a great deal of confusion on the differences between an abrupt "climate change" and possible, hypothetical causes of such climate changes."Credit for find to Gay and Right
Lemon: Miller and Rose Coloured Glasses
The city needs new taxes to compete with big cities around the world, Miller said during the debate.
What colour is the sky in the City that David Miller lives in?
Who in their right mind thinks that Toronto competes in the ranks of even the top THIRTY cities in the world? Miller and his commie minions have driven Toronto down to the ranks of the Clevelands and Portlands. (Sorry Clevelanders and Portlandians)
In what way could Toronto ever be compared to a great city?
This Council can't even figure out how to balance a budget (think NYC think David Dinkins or send out invoices in the right amount for ice rental.
Thankfully, after the NDP gets thumped in the provincial election Miller will leave to take Howie Hampton's job. Bad news is we'll get Shelley Carroll as interim Mayor.
Buffoons, I tell you, Buffoons!!!
What colour is the sky in the City that David Miller lives in?
Who in their right mind thinks that Toronto competes in the ranks of even the top THIRTY cities in the world? Miller and his commie minions have driven Toronto down to the ranks of the Clevelands and Portlands. (Sorry Clevelanders and Portlandians)
In what way could Toronto ever be compared to a great city?
This Council can't even figure out how to balance a budget (think NYC think David Dinkins or send out invoices in the right amount for ice rental.
Thankfully, after the NDP gets thumped in the provincial election Miller will leave to take Howie Hampton's job. Bad news is we'll get Shelley Carroll as interim Mayor.
Buffoons, I tell you, Buffoons!!!
Friday, July 13, 2007
Lemon: No Conflict Here. Nahhh
From Kate at SDA
One
Marlo – You are so full of crap. You have been proven wrong. The entire world has proven you wrong. You are the last guy on Earth to get it. Take this warning from me, Marlo. It is my intention to destroy your career as a liar. If you produce one more editorial against climate change, I will launch a campaign against your professional integrity. I will call you a liar and charlatan to the Harvard community of which you and I are members. I will call you out as a man who has been bought by Corporate America. Go ahead, guy. Take me on.
Mike
Michael T. Eckhart
President
American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE)
Two
Michael Eckhart is President of the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), co-chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), and a member of the Steering Committee of the REN 21 global policy network. Since its formation in 2001, ACORE has grown to have over 400 organizational members; producing three major national conferences per year on renewable energy business, finance and policy; and participating in international renewable energy policy affairs. Mr. Eckhart is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. He also works through Solar International Management, Inc. on the financing of solar energy (SolarBank), and on the development of a new international debt security called Global Development Bonds (GDB) for the financing of sustainable development in the developing countries. He has over 25 years of experience in renewable energy, power generation, high technology, and finance. Previously, he was CEO of the IPP development firm United Power Systems, Inc.; Vice President of the venture capital firm Areté Ventures, Inc.; Manager of Strategic Planning for the Power Systems Sector of General Electric Company; and a Principal of Booz, Allen & Hamilton’s energy practice. He served in the US Navy Submarine Service. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Lemon Editorial Comment
Michael - the climate changed today. It was sunny, rained somewhere, was warm, cool, and even got dark tonight. Ooooo. Scary.
One
Marlo – You are so full of crap. You have been proven wrong. The entire world has proven you wrong. You are the last guy on Earth to get it. Take this warning from me, Marlo. It is my intention to destroy your career as a liar. If you produce one more editorial against climate change, I will launch a campaign against your professional integrity. I will call you a liar and charlatan to the Harvard community of which you and I are members. I will call you out as a man who has been bought by Corporate America. Go ahead, guy. Take me on.
Mike
Michael T. Eckhart
President
American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE)
Two
Michael Eckhart is President of the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), co-chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), and a member of the Steering Committee of the REN 21 global policy network. Since its formation in 2001, ACORE has grown to have over 400 organizational members; producing three major national conferences per year on renewable energy business, finance and policy; and participating in international renewable energy policy affairs. Mr. Eckhart is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. He also works through Solar International Management, Inc. on the financing of solar energy (SolarBank), and on the development of a new international debt security called Global Development Bonds (GDB) for the financing of sustainable development in the developing countries. He has over 25 years of experience in renewable energy, power generation, high technology, and finance. Previously, he was CEO of the IPP development firm United Power Systems, Inc.; Vice President of the venture capital firm Areté Ventures, Inc.; Manager of Strategic Planning for the Power Systems Sector of General Electric Company; and a Principal of Booz, Allen & Hamilton’s energy practice. He served in the US Navy Submarine Service. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Lemon Editorial Comment
Michael - the climate changed today. It was sunny, rained somewhere, was warm, cool, and even got dark tonight. Ooooo. Scary.
Lemon Rambles for No Good Reason
"Dave" is on the tube opposite Forbidden Planet. Dave is about a mean and nasty President who has a stroke while en flagrante delecto. A mime that looks a lot like the ex-POTUS and is brought in to replace him and is universally loved, even though he's an idiot who knows nothing and no one. But, even given these rather substantial flaws, he is able to rouse incredible feelings of patriotism among Americans.
Only in Hollywood.
Meanwhile, The Jays are playing in Beantown. Is it just me (who played competitive base(hard) ball for 17 years) but is Fenway Park more like a pinball machine than a ball park?
Had corn, imported from the USA, for dinner. Was delish. Even though I was supporting an imperial nation, but not the Empire in Europe.
I have been boycotting Starbucks since I learned that they charged FDNY for water on 911. I haven't forgiven them, but bought an oat bar tonight.
I want a cigarette - it's been five days.
I miss my girl.
Only in Hollywood.
Meanwhile, The Jays are playing in Beantown. Is it just me (who played competitive base(hard) ball for 17 years) but is Fenway Park more like a pinball machine than a ball park?
Had corn, imported from the USA, for dinner. Was delish. Even though I was supporting an imperial nation, but not the Empire in Europe.
I have been boycotting Starbucks since I learned that they charged FDNY for water on 911. I haven't forgiven them, but bought an oat bar tonight.
I want a cigarette - it's been five days.
I miss my girl.
Lemon: The Star, Driving Agendas? Nahhh
I expect that MSM should at least appear to report news, not promote causes.
Disclaimer: The undersigned has two cats from Annex Cat Rescue to whom I am their servant and for whom I am totally unworthy to be in their presence for they who rule do not get their bellies scratched nearly often enough.
But, look at the the finishing comments of this piece.
And I'm a self-confessed cat fancier.
I just don't think that the media should ever do more than report the facts and be careful to not be shills for anyone or any cause.
Even the protection of innocent animals (who generally eat better and live in more safety than about 2 billion humans).
Meanwhile, Why Cats are Better Than Ants.
Disclaimer: The undersigned has two cats from Annex Cat Rescue to whom I am their servant and for whom I am totally unworthy to be in their presence for they who rule do not get their bellies scratched nearly often enough.
But, look at the the finishing comments of this piece.
And I'm a self-confessed cat fancier.
I just don't think that the media should ever do more than report the facts and be careful to not be shills for anyone or any cause.
Even the protection of innocent animals (who generally eat better and live in more safety than about 2 billion humans).
Meanwhile, Why Cats are Better Than Ants.
Lemon: Bad Golf Played Poorly (tm)
Leslie Nielsen, great Canadian , born in Regina and raised in Whitehorse, once wrote a book called "Bad Golf My Way". I always remembered the title as that above and gave him credit, though googling same, I see it doesn't exist and thus, I take full credit.
I am certainly very qualified to write such a piece. If I could only write.
His brother was Mulroney's Finance Minister at one time. Erik was known as old velcro lips. But I digress. Which I do a lot.
On Turner Classic Movies, at this very moment, Leslie, Dr. Numack or Det. Frank Drebin if you prefer, is appearing in "Forbidden Planet".
I can't wait for OJ Simpson to make an appearance or Leslie to take a pratful.
Klatu call home!!
I am certainly very qualified to write such a piece. If I could only write.
His brother was Mulroney's Finance Minister at one time. Erik was known as old velcro lips. But I digress. Which I do a lot.
On Turner Classic Movies, at this very moment, Leslie, Dr. Numack or Det. Frank Drebin if you prefer, is appearing in "Forbidden Planet".
I can't wait for OJ Simpson to make an appearance or Leslie to take a pratful.
Klatu call home!!
Lemon: Protest Suzuki Below Update
I decided to repost this to spread the word wider - Feel free to repost, copy or send to your friends.
I really resent Kooky treating us taxpayers as beer swilling, pot bellied gonads. (even when the shoe fits).
Canadianna has a great piece on this.
Protest this travesty.
Click here and leave a comment on your opinion of the David Suzuki Ads.
Obviously they moderate the posts.
The interesting thing is that we have provided more clicks to the site (over 40 and counting) than there have been suggestions by do gooding readers. (note I'm not against energy conservation - Im for itand practice same - I just don't like Suzuki's supercilious face on my TV telling peers that they're fat and stoopid).
We're making our point . . .
I really resent Kooky treating us taxpayers as beer swilling, pot bellied gonads. (even when the shoe fits).
Canadianna has a great piece on this.
Protest this travesty.
Click here and leave a comment on your opinion of the David Suzuki Ads.
Obviously they moderate the posts.
The interesting thing is that we have provided more clicks to the site (over 40 and counting) than there have been suggestions by do gooding readers. (note I'm not against energy conservation - Im for itand practice same - I just don't like Suzuki's supercilious face on my TV telling peers that they're fat and stoopid).
We're making our point . . .
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Lemon: The Star Needs a Dictionary
An epithet is a descriptive word or phrase that has become a fixed formula. It has various shades of meaning when applied to real or fictitious people, divinities, objects and biological nomenclature. It also means a derogatory word or phrase used to insult someone.
One should never use a word that has any possible negative connotation in providing a tribute to a great man such as Honest Ed.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Lemon: We didn't see Sheryl Crow passing out single-sheet allotments of toilet paper to Live Earth concert-goers.
Here
Is it real, Memorex, or Holographic?
Lemon: When Wingnut Bloggers Go Bad
THIS is as bad as it gets.
I feel effin fortunate to only have to deal with Reddie, Cynic and Jeff Davidson.
I love you Zorph and Stage Left. I mean it.
HT to Golden Lemon Award Winner Bloody Scott.
I feel effin fortunate to only have to deal with Reddie, Cynic and Jeff Davidson.
I love you Zorph and Stage Left. I mean it.
HT to Golden Lemon Award Winner Bloody Scott.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Lemon: City of Toronto Incompetent??
Beyond the ability of human beings to comprehend
Record numbers of riders and a higher than expected demand for weekly and monthly passes mean the Toronto Transit Commission will need $6.7 million more from the city next year, says chief general manager Gary Webster.
Remember when Toronto Hydro offered a rebate program for people who reduced energy consumption and then had to raise rates to make up for a shortfall in revenues?
Larry, Mo and Curly Miller
Record numbers of riders and a higher than expected demand for weekly and monthly passes mean the Toronto Transit Commission will need $6.7 million more from the city next year, says chief general manager Gary Webster.
Remember when Toronto Hydro offered a rebate program for people who reduced energy consumption and then had to raise rates to make up for a shortfall in revenues?
Larry, Mo and Curly Miller
Lemon: Big Stone in Meadville
From SDA - Life Imitates Hanna-Barbera
The real neat thing about this??
Meadville, PA is the home of Sharon Stone!!!
The real neat thing about this??
Meadville, PA is the home of Sharon Stone!!!
Lemon: Brilliant Spin Dictionary by Stage Left
I can only wish I thought of it.
I hope he won't mind me being a borrower of its content.
I hope he won't mind me being a borrower of its content.
Monday, July 09, 2007
Lemon: Snake Oil Baron on Islamism and World Safety
No Snake Oil Here...
I can answer with a list of examples like Darfur, or Rwanda or the Congo or many others but the simple answer is that democracies need to do this because no one else will. There is no international policeman and the body that is supposed to represent international law is made up mostly of nations that have no interest in stability, liberty or accountability.
I can answer with a list of examples like Darfur, or Rwanda or the Congo or many others but the simple answer is that democracies need to do this because no one else will. There is no international policeman and the body that is supposed to represent international law is made up mostly of nations that have no interest in stability, liberty or accountability.
Lemon: Pielke on IPCC Report Overselling of Fear
From the Ultimate Source of Truth on Human Caused Climate Change
There are new admissions on the limitations of the models that were used in the preparation of the 2007 IPCC WG1 Report (also see). This new information clearly documents that the confidence in the predictions of the multi-decadal global climate models has been oversold, which is a theme that is emphasized in our book.
There are new admissions on the limitations of the models that were used in the preparation of the 2007 IPCC WG1 Report (also see). This new information clearly documents that the confidence in the predictions of the multi-decadal global climate models has been oversold, which is a theme that is emphasized in our book.
Lemon: More Gore Lore
From Bloody Scott
I can’t take it any more, Mr Gore.
You’re a bigger liar than ‘Fatso’ Michael Moore.
When you’re on my TV screen,
I get spasms in my spleen.
You’re a clapped-out, high-class whore, Mr Gore.
I can’t take it any more, Mr Gore.
You’re a bigger liar than ‘Fatso’ Michael Moore.
When you’re on my TV screen,
I get spasms in my spleen.
You’re a clapped-out, high-class whore, Mr Gore.
Friday, July 06, 2007
Lemon: British Dhmmis in Control
Melanie Phillips is one of a kind and her post yesterday must be read:
If Butt is not rebutted with other evidence (sorry had to do this) there may be a day when fanatical Islamist will be broken. A very small number of Muslims follow their course of thought.
I encourage you to stay current with The Current to listen if you did not. Kudos to The Current.
I wonder if this change in content has anything to do with a change at the top of News division on June 19th.
And no, I don't necessarily believe that this post by BATB on June 6, 2007 that suggested he resign had anything to do with it.
Yet while former Islamist extremists such as Hassan Butt and Ed Husain are urgently telling us the truth, Gordon Brown’s new administration is shutting its ears and embarking on a suicidally stupid and cowardly strategy.And for the first time in memory, CBC's The Current this morning actually presented a viewpoint not congruent to the Ceeb's normally pro-Islam stance. (not yet posted here). Their guest was the above noted Hassan Butt, previously extreme Jihadist who now reveals that Islamism is indeed a religious fanatical movement and has little (if anything) to do with poverty or the war fought against them.
If Butt is not rebutted with other evidence (sorry had to do this) there may be a day when fanatical Islamist will be broken. A very small number of Muslims follow their course of thought.
I encourage you to stay current with The Current to listen if you did not. Kudos to The Current.
I wonder if this change in content has anything to do with a change at the top of News division on June 19th.
And no, I don't necessarily believe that this post by BATB on June 6, 2007 that suggested he resign had anything to do with it.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
More trouble for Live Earth
The free concert in Rio has been cancelled due to security reasons.
Organizers are trying to overturn the governments decision to ban the concert.
Poor algore, tickets not moving, sites changed, concerts cancelled, and his son out of
jail on bail.
Organizers are trying to overturn the governments decision to ban the concert.
Poor algore, tickets not moving, sites changed, concerts cancelled, and his son out of
jail on bail.
Lemon: This Should Finish PMSH "Born Again Fanatic" Debate
From Lawrence Martin of the Globe:
Our own Stephen Harper, no stranger to ideology, is a man who takes his religion (Presbyterianism) seriously. But, while much has been said about his comfort level with the religious right, there is nothing to suggest he feels that J. C. is co-authoring his playbook.
Recently, in a chat with friends, a comment was made that PMSH was a fanatical 'born-again Christian' who wanted to criminalize abortion and ban same sex marriage.
I corrected her and explained that he wasn't - that this was a strategy by his opponents to tie him to the evil US President, to make him seem scary and ideological, and to connect him to the US fundamentalist right. I explained that yes, he was a practicing Christian (like almost every Prime Minister in history) but that he never let his faith affect his politics.
This has been proven in his actions and policies.
People's faith is between two, not everyone's business. It is fair to look to a political leader's faith as it might affect his/her decisions and actions. It is not fair to invent and attribute a fictional faith practice, and slander said leader and his faith for political purposes.
Our own Stephen Harper, no stranger to ideology, is a man who takes his religion (Presbyterianism) seriously. But, while much has been said about his comfort level with the religious right, there is nothing to suggest he feels that J. C. is co-authoring his playbook.
Recently, in a chat with friends, a comment was made that PMSH was a fanatical 'born-again Christian' who wanted to criminalize abortion and ban same sex marriage.
I corrected her and explained that he wasn't - that this was a strategy by his opponents to tie him to the evil US President, to make him seem scary and ideological, and to connect him to the US fundamentalist right. I explained that yes, he was a practicing Christian (like almost every Prime Minister in history) but that he never let his faith affect his politics.
This has been proven in his actions and policies.
People's faith is between two, not everyone's business. It is fair to look to a political leader's faith as it might affect his/her decisions and actions. It is not fair to invent and attribute a fictional faith practice, and slander said leader and his faith for political purposes.
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Lemon: Global Warming Cause of Al Gore III Drug Issues?
"Al Gore III, 24, was driving a blue Toyota Prius about 160 kilometres an hour on the San Diego Freeway when he was pulled over by sheriff's deputies who said they smelled marijuana, said Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino.
The deputies searched the car and found less than an ounce (28 grams) of marijuana along with Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall, which is used for attention deficit disorder, Amormino said.
The deputies searched the car and found less than an ounce (28 grams) of marijuana along with Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall, which is used for attention deficit disorder, Amormino said.
Lemon: More Facts for Miller to Ignore - Tory Needs to Step In
The Star: ..."the number of cars leaving Toronto's core in the morning rush hour has grown 38 per cent since 1985 while the amount of inbound traffic is virtually unchanged."
Meanwhile, Miller is committed to building dedicated streetcar row's along the city's main thoroughfares, and has never attended a Greater Toronto Transportation Authority meeting.
McGuinty has pledged to spend several gazillion dollars over the next 1000 years or so to boost transit in the GTA.
I got a better idea... (is the PC campaign team reading?)
The Province should step in and take ownership and management of all the GTA transit systems and merge same with GO. A GTA wide transportation study should be undertaken and executed that integrates transit, roads and cycling.
The Milleristas of course will scream bloody murder at losing ownership of this powerful service, but they have proven incompetent in it's management.
The other benefit is that the City of Toronto taxpayers will no longer be on the hook for covering the deficit incurred by the system. Also, one transit agency means 4 fewer transit CEOs and 4 fewer senior management teams.
Meanwhile, Miller is committed to building dedicated streetcar row's along the city's main thoroughfares, and has never attended a Greater Toronto Transportation Authority meeting.
McGuinty has pledged to spend several gazillion dollars over the next 1000 years or so to boost transit in the GTA.
I got a better idea... (is the PC campaign team reading?)
The Province should step in and take ownership and management of all the GTA transit systems and merge same with GO. A GTA wide transportation study should be undertaken and executed that integrates transit, roads and cycling.
The Milleristas of course will scream bloody murder at losing ownership of this powerful service, but they have proven incompetent in it's management.
The other benefit is that the City of Toronto taxpayers will no longer be on the hook for covering the deficit incurred by the system. Also, one transit agency means 4 fewer transit CEOs and 4 fewer senior management teams.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Why do liberals have such hate?
Some of you may have clicked a link in a post a few days ago from a frequent commenter on Blogging Tories blogs from a guy named Jeff Davidson. Lemon, as CBL editor, has been always polite with Mr. Davidson in Davidson's sometimes trollish comments.
Ever since I read the post and comments on Jeff Davidson's blog, I have reviewed of other lefty blogs. Never posted or commented on any of them, but read what was there. I can not believe the hate and vitrol from commentators, directed towards PMSH or conservative bloggers in general. Who are these people? What do they do? Why are they so angry?
Ever since I read the post and comments on Jeff Davidson's blog, I have reviewed of other lefty blogs. Never posted or commented on any of them, but read what was there. I can not believe the hate and vitrol from commentators, directed towards PMSH or conservative bloggers in general. Who are these people? What do they do? Why are they so angry?
I have never come across a conservative blogger who has decided to spend their time going thru these non-Tory blogs and posting links and then ridiculing them for their values, beliefs, thoughts or likes and dislikes. They condemn anything and everything conservative, and ignore the broken promises, corruption, lies, lack of action on kyoto, trusts, and all the deficiencies of liberal govts or liberal mps. These libs continually mention, or brag, that over 60% of cdns did not vote for the conservatives, but conveniently forget that more than that didn't vote liberal either, in both elections with Paul Martin as leader. They seem to think that everything bad that has happened in Canada has happened since PMSH was elected. Of course they also blame Bush for all teh trouble in the world also.
How do they get away with it, must be because we don't visit their rubbish, but they sure visit the Blogging Tories. Maybe we have to start exposing them, one at a time. Go thru the comments and recognize the names. When they post on BT sites I am sure most of them are anonymous. Sort of like all the hooded terrorists out there, afraid to come out in the open, proving they are ashamed of themselves. The really scary thing about them is that they have the right to vote. Guess we should be thankful for small favors as they have no access to the PM's bathroom or they would complain on whether he does or doesn't put the seat down.
Best of CBL: US Should Pull Out of Memphis Feb 28/06
Originally Posted February 28, 2006If the logic of Dems in the USA (and other America Haters around the world) were followed through with, then the US should pull out of at least 9 US cities. A Tabular Perspective of "violent" death rates in Iraq, the USA and Canada.
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