Politisite: January 2009

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Brad Pitt still 'lusts' for Aniston

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Well judging by the non hits for real News Stories, here is something for the Vaccous!

Brad Pitt still 'lusts' for Aniston

Brad Pitt's friends suspect he still lusts after his ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston, it has been claimed.

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Brad Pitt's friends suspect he still has feelings for ex-wife Jennifer Aniston.

'The Curious case of Benjamin Button' star is reportedly feeling increasingly unhappy in his relationship with Angelina Jolie, and often reminisces about his relationship with Jennifer.

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Canadian expats risk becoming 'second-class' citizens: study

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Mr. Kenny Zhang, must think we are Niave Canadians who just fell off the goddamn Lettuce truck in his plea to the Prime Minister to stop the government bill which comes into Law in April 2009 in which prevents children born to or adopted by Canadians outside of Canada from passing citizenship on to their children if they are also born abroad.

Bottom line is children born to naturalized Canadians would not have the same citizenship rights as children of those born in Canada.

Seems fair, because the few who are rich and successful will have no problem getting their kids into Canada, while many will try and scam as is always the case in order to suckle of the teats of the Canadian Taxpayer for generations to come.

Ottawa must do more to build ties with Canadians living abroad or risk losing the economic benefit of the country's large, educated, and sometimes influential, overseas population, according to a report from a think-tank on Canada's relations with Asia.

"As we have come to accept that overseas affiliates of Canadian corporations are net overseas assets that can generate long-term benefits for the country, now we need to consider the Canadian diaspora as a long-term asset to be cultivated, not spurned," said Kenny Zhang, of the Vancouver-based Asia-Pacific Foundation.

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'Struggling' octuplets mom looks to (Welfare) I mean God for help

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Aw yes the old tried and true way to scam cash from religious taxpayers in order to raise your Brood, go on national TV, plead your case of Idiocy, and then pull the God Scam, many Evangelists use this scam, so why not HER! Yes Jaysus, Oh Hep me Lawd (read Gullible Public).

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The California mother of newborn octuplets said on Monday she was counting on God to help provide for her family but acknowledged that she already was "struggling" financially to raise her first six children.

Nadya Suleman, 33, widely criticized for undergoing fertility treatments when she already had six children, expressed confidence in her ability to care for her brood during a nationally televised interview on NBC's "Today" show.

In addition to the six boys and two girls she gave birth to on January 26, Suleman is the mother of four older boys and two girls, including one set of twins, ranging in age from 2 to 7.

Divorced and living with her mother in suburban Los Angeles, she said all 14 were conceived with in vitro fertilization from a single sperm donor, identified only as a friend.

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PETA uses KKK to protest dog show

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

If it were me, It would be Taserin Time~ both on PETA and the KLAN!

YEEHAA!! GOOD TIMES!!

NEW YORK - An animal rights group has accused the American Kennel Club of trying to create a doggie "master race."

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals set up a protest Monday outside Madison Square Garden at the start of the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club show.

Crowds gawked at a table set up by the group that included signs comparing the American Kennel Club to the Ku Klux Klan.

Tags: New York | Crime | PETA | World | kkk race war

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Monday, February 09, 2009

The Decline of the English-Speaking World

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Well since I speak more than one language, I have something to fall back on!

Certainly this story will raise more than a few eyebrows.

I will defend all Western countries but I feel especially close to Britain, which makes it all the more sad to see how humiliated this once-great nation currently is. The English language once conquered the world. Now the rest of the world is conquering the English-speaking countries. If current trends continue, people in Singapore will know English while the nation that created the English language will cease to exist.

At the same time as sharia law has gained official recognition as a part of the British legal system and Muslims proudly talk about conquering the Western world, a British woman was arrested because of a supposedly "racist" doll she kept in her window. In al-Britannia a Muslim man can claim benefits for children with multiple wives and brag about subduing the country and reducing its traditional inhabitants to second-rate citizens or worse, but you cannot have a "racially insensitive" doll in your own home, at least not if you're white.

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Experts say bogging down border would be a mistake

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

If Manley says it, I would take it to the bank. Border crossings and delays sucks, but planes flying into skyscrapers suck even more!

In the directive, Napolitano said she wanted to determine "the vulnerabilities" of the U.S.-Canada border and how they can be improved.

The secretary is to receive an oral report on the matter on Tuesday, with a final report to follow a week later.

One of Napolitano's predecessors, as well as a former deputy prime minister of Canada, tell CTV's Power Play that any move to tighten border restrictions would be a mistake -- especially when more than $1 million worth of trade crosses the border every minute.

Former Liberal deputy prime minister John Manley says that the suggestion that the Canadian border poses a threat is nothing new in the world of bilateral politics between the U.S. and Canada.

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What makes more since, Cash in your pocket or the Stimulus Bill?

By Wendy Herman, TCOT Project Servant Leader

Michael Patrick Leahy, co-founder of Top Conservatives on Twitter, has put forth an amazing alternative to the pork laden stimulus bill that the Senate is currently negotiating. At this date, we have not seen the "compromise bill" that turncoat Republican Senators Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, and Arlen Specter have colluded on with their Democratic floor mates. However, we at TCOT are very certain that at almost $800 billion dollars it is still crammed with too much spending that will do nothing to stimulate the sluggish economy and put Americans back to work.

Mr. Leahy's entire plan can be seen here:

http://michaelpatrickleahy.blogspot.com/...d.html

This plan has one (single, lonely, effective) plank. IMMEDIATELY CUT ALL PERSONAL AND CORPORATE INCOME TAXES IN HALF FOR ALL TWELVE MONTHS OF 2009.

No new government offices. No frisbee parks. No swimming pools.

The "lost revenue" to the government would amount to about $800 billion, equal to what congress is recommending. However, that lost revenue would remain with you, the person who earned it. So we at TCOT got to thinking:

How would cutting our withholding in half effect our daily lives?

Thus, the TCOT CHALLENGE was born.

Below we'd like you to tell us what an extra 200, 300, 400 or more dollars a week would change in your world. What would you purchase? Where would you go? How would you invest it? If the government says that spending money drives this economy, what better way to reverse a down turn that pumping and immediate $60 billion into the economy every month. Hey, you earned it, why shouldn't you decide how it should be spent. We want to know specifically, how would PORKULUS (the current stimulus plan) benefit you personally in 2009? And would TCOT Plan or PORKULUS benefit you more?

Here is an example of how one family would use their hard earned cash:

http://michaelpatrickleahy.blogspot.com/...x.html

Please read the wider story at the source link

Female suicide bomber kills 28 in Sri Lanka

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

One wonders what possess those to mass kill civilians when carrying out killings of their intended victim. Cowardice of course enters into it, when Mano O Mano is lost on those who are too chickenshit to face down an enemy, perferring to do it subvertly.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A suspected rebel suicide bomber killed 20 soldiers and eight civilians when she blew herself up Monday at a facility where government forces were processing Sri Lankans fleeing the northern war zone, the military said.

The bombing was the first major suicide attack in Sri Lanka in more than a month and led to fears the Tamil Tiger separatists -- boxed in by the military and on the verge of defeat -- will increasingly turn to guerrilla warfare in their battle against government forces.

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Leaving the West: Tough times bring gangsters back East to Ottawa

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Seems even Criminals and Drug Dealers have "Nancy Boy Gangsters" who don't like the Prairie Gangsters shooting at them, and opted for a more gentler city to ply their terror and drug dealing. Guess West Coast and Prairie Gangsters are made of stronger stuff! Run Away, Run Away!

OTTAWA — Ottawa street gang members who had moved out West to chase a dream of dealing drugs and getting rich are heading home, police say, forced back by tough times in their cutthroat trade.

There had been a steady flow of these street-level entrepreneurs, from Ottawa and elsewhere, who left their hometowns to deal drugs in Alberta when the economy there was red-hot.

But as the overall economy has worsened, so, too, have gang members’ fortunes: Now there is less money to be made and increased competition for the business that remains.

Additionally, gangs have seen the murders of their members by presumed rivals and have come under increased police scrutiny since moving to the Prairie province.

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Downtown Eastside charity gets help from The Boss

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Guess we know why he is called the Boss!

Legendary American rocker Bruce Springsteen has contributed a song to a CD compilation by the Odd Squad, a documentary production team made up of Vancouver police officers.

Springsteen’s song “Point Blank,” originally released in the 1980 album The River, fronts the non-profit group’s second CD release titled On the Beat Volume II, thanks to Chris Graham, the team’s “music guy” and long-time fan of the Boss.

“He has a big social conscience,” said Graham of their decision to appeal to Springsteen. “So when I wrote to him initially I said his endorsement would allow us to get other people involved, which is exactly what happened.”

Tags: Culture | Music | Vancouver | springsteenvancouver

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Welcome to British Columbia's Third-World ghetto

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Canada and Canadians should be "Bursting with Pride" the way they are treating our Countries founding peoples. Again, not to "Flog a Dead Horse" does it make sense that our Governments objective is to increase Immigration to 300,000 every year, when it can ill afford to care for it's own peoples?

Virtually every successive government and opposition parties from the past to to the ruling governments today have paved the way since our arrival to these shores to ensure aboriginal people stay in abject poverty and subsistence until they are no more.

What Fine Immigrants We Canadians turned out to be! We voted for these Government entities, so we are also part and parcel of the problem.

Many state, we have done enough already, giving 10 billion dollars annually to be distributed amongst 1.3 Million First Nations People, when you do the math, that equates to less than $6,000.00 each, out of that comes healthcare, housing, food, education and government administration fees.

Now how many Canadians do you know can survive on that "Princely Sum" every year?

Nice Chump Change in exchange for an entire Country!

(Photo Inset) Denise Titian walks up the dock on her way to visit her daughter in Ahousaht, a small, isolated reserve surrounded by the ocean and mountains. Photograph by: Debra Brash, Times Colonist, Times Colonist

The water taxi slices through the thin veneer of ocean ice, past the islands rising out of the morning mist, into the inlet, where forested mountains sweep down to the rocks.

Approaching isolated Flores Island, in the heart of the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the water is dotted with abandoned, half sunken boats, a legacy of the vanished First Nations fishery.

The sign overlooking the dock, which should say Welcome to Ahousaht, is missing two letters, telling its own story of the troubled community where up to 800 members of the Ahousaht First Nation, out of a registered population of 1,876, live in a village of mouldy houses and rotting buildings.

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Sunday, February 08, 2009

Is Canada Immigration Swayed on Ethnic Votes? It Seems So!

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Makes one wonder WTF our Government is up to when Ethnic Criminals facing deportation have our Canadian Government fight tooth and nail to keep Criminals in this country, yet a family from Russia face Deportation. The families only disgrace was the father was coerced to work for the KGB and spy on Japanese Businessmen. Anyone who has half a brain knows, if you refuse to join the KGB and do their Bidding, you may as well put a gun to your head, cause you will be classed a traitor and sent to Siberia. All in all this Russian family were open about their past to Canada Immigration when they came to this great, if not politically flawed country we call Canada!

Guess not a lot of Russian immigrants vote Conservative or have tons of money, because if this Family came from China, Afghanistan or other parts of the world, Dollars to Tim Hortons Donuts our Politicians from every politicial party would be falling all over themselves trying to prevent their deportation, including issuing a work permit. Criminals get into our county almost every day, and our Government officials seem non plussed about it, including the Terrorist Khadr family, whose son is currently in Gitmo.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1081815958961_11/?hub=TopStories

Anyone who knows how to Google can verify my charges against Canada Immigration and MultiCulturalism Minister Jason Kenney's Ministry and Politicians it seems prostitute themselves to stay in office.

Case in Point- Lai Changxing, also known as Lai Cheong Sing, is wanted in China for allegedly heading a multibillion-dollar smuggling ring, as well as bribing officials and evading taxes. He fled to Canada in 1999, but Canadian authorities have been trying to deport him back to China.

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney confirmed Thursday that Lai has been granted a temporary work permit while he awaits the latest decision in his marathon legal battle with the Canadian government.

http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/bc/story.html?id=1257695

Family faces deportation deadline

By Wanda Chow - Burnaby NewsLeader Published: February 04, 2009 3:00 PM Updated: February 04, 2009 4:34 PM

Dmitri Lennikov cringes at the thought of the school project he has due in a couple of weeks.

The 17 year old has to outline what his plans are for the future.

“What is the point in doing this?” says the Grade 12 Byrne Creek secondary student.

Talking about his future is difficult when he doesn’t even know where he’ll be in three weeks.

After nine years of trying to gain permission to stay in Canada, a deadline is looming—his family may be sent back to Russia at the end of the month.

Anyone who wishes to voice their displeasure can contact Jason Kenney at the following address or email.

Ottawa Office:
325 East Block
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

P. 613-992-2235
F. 613-992-1920
Email: kennej@parl.gc.ca

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Economy Hits Russians and Hits them HARD!

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Russians in a about face when countries around the world are looking at Protectionist measures, Russians are protesting Higher Tariffs for imported vehicles, a lifeblood for Russians where a Russian Made Car breaks down in the middle of winter in the middle of nowhere, could mean a Death Knell for the occupants. Anyone who has experienced ownership of a Russian Made Vehicle or Riding, or Pushing one will certainly see why Imports are superior to Russian Auto Technology. I have lived in Moscow, and used Gypsy Cabs, as most were Japanese Reliable Cars or German Cars. With Russian Taxis, they use Ladas, in which a few times when I was stuck to take a cab, one time I pushed and rode a Lada taxi once from the Puskin Museum almost to Moscow University, the Cab Driver and I were cursing all the way as cars whizzed by us. A tow truck you say? Funny, I do not think Moscow own any!

Angered over mounting economic problems, thousands of people took to the streets in Moscow and other cities around Russia over the weekend to denounce President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the largest display of public discontentment in years.

United Russia, the party that dominates Russian politics and is led by Putin, brought thousands of people to Manezh Square near the Kremlin to rally in support of Putin and Medvedev.

The largest anti-government rally took place Saturday in Vladivostok, where the Communist Party led some 2,500 people in a march against the government and a recent decision to increase tariffs on imported cars. The livelihood of many local residents depends on imported cars.

Vladivostok protesters carried banners reading, "Kremlin, we are against you," and some shouted slogans for Putin to resign, news agencies reported.

To give credit, where credit is due in the photos posted, I have included the scenarios taken by the following photographers. as the Now Public Descriptions is still not working. Photo 1 Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP OMON riot police detaining an opposition demonstrator during an anti-government protest in Moscow on Saturday. Photo 2 Handing out Food Thomas Peter / Reuters OMON riot police detaining an opposition demonstrator during an anti-government protest in Moscow on Saturday. Photo 3 mass Protest in the streets Yury Maltsev / Reuters Some 2,500 people marching during a Communist-led protest against the government in Vladivostok on Saturday. Photo 4 Fisticuffs among Protestors Thomas Peter / Reuters An unidentified man attacking an opposition protester Saturday in Moscow.

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British workers warn of more unrest

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Yeah, we all know how this will turn out, will Politicians listen? Well perhaps I can direct readers to my previous discussion on this topic affecting Canada and the US.

Go to my link for an informative earful and comments from Now Public Readers.

http://my.nowpublic.com/world/canadian-prime-minister-refuses-get-blown-job-stats

NORTH KILLINGHOLME, England —LUKE BAKER, Reuters: One row over the use of foreign workers at a British construction project may have ended, but if Stewart Roe has anything to do with it, it won't be long before there's another.

A pipe fitter at the French-owned Lindsey oil refinery in eastern England, Mr. Roe was unhappy about the deal struck on Thursday to end an eight-day dispute over the use of Italian and Portuguese contractors at the Total SA plant.

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Bill Clinton warns of the danger of partisanship

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Advice US President Obama should take to the bank! Why? Because if anyone knows more about Cultural Diversity, especially if large breasts are thrown into the mix, Its Bill Clinton, and equal opportunity philanderer. Cause we all know Bill Clinton is a strong advocate of Cultural Diversity and Free Baloney Pony Rides for the Ladies, as Monica Lewinsky and other Ladies can attest as she swallowed whatever wisps of wisdom the Former President had to offer. Along with a slew of other Ladies who gagged at the thought of being in the media spotlight when it was uncovered they too were shown Diversity (e.g some Married, Some Not!) and accepting Differences (Positions) As for President Obama, Obama should just say to Bill, You know Bill! Sometimes you should just keep your Opinions to yourself! Thanks, but No Thanks! Whats next Marital Advice?

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is seen with her husband, former President Bill Clinton before the inaugural prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. (AP / Jae C. Hong)

Bill Clinton warns of the danger of partisanship Updated Sat. Feb. 7 2009 9:30 PM ET The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. -- Former President Bill Clinton has told Virginia Democrats that the party has won America's long-running culture war but has to make sure not to squander it with partisanship.

Clinton told more than 3,000 people at a party fundraiser that the nation's natural political base has shifted back to Democrats for the first time since 1968.

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Expert backs B.C. city's effort to shun gangsters

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Of course this plan will work, cause all Criminals are going to get a "Big Friggin Tattoo" on their Foreheads with "Criminal Gangster" across it. What a ludicrous idea to stop crime, much like Banning Handguns, Storeowners are not Physic, how can they tell if a criminal is a criminal. Though BC is pretty much Ground Central for Criminals. Criminals will just go to the next town to buy their stuff or get a family member or associate to do it for them.

VANCOUVER -- Maybe the sight of a Mercedes racing down a busy street under a hail of bullets was the last straw for the citizens of Abbotsford.

The B.C. city of 135,000 in the Fraser Valley, about 60 kilometres east of Vancouver, prefers to be known more for its bucolic ambience than as a small-scale replica of the big, gang-infested city to the west.

But Abbotsford does have a gang problem -- police identify at least three -- so it's trying an old-time tactic to send a message to gangsters: Shunning.

Don't serve them in restaurants, bars or clubs. Don't sell them cars or electronics. In short, don't normalize their lifestyle and their place in the community.

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Delta father who decapitated daughter gets life sentence

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Yeah, 12-13 year sentence for gutting your 10 year old child like a fish seems fair in British Columbia, where a human life much like this guy is worthless!

A Delta, B.C., man who pleaded guilty to killing and decapitating his 2½-year-old daughter in January 2008 will have to spend 11 years behind bars before becoming eligible for parole.

Lakhvinder Kahlon, 48, sat quietly beside a Punjabi translator in a New Westminster courtroom on Friday as B.C. Supreme Court Justice Arne Silverman read the sentence.

Kahlon was on trial for first-degree murder, but on Monday he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of second-degree murder, for which he received an automatic life sentence.

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Drug dealer guilty of sex assault on girl, 10

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

I am thinking Deportation to his Native Country, but we all know that aint ever gonna happen, cause this is Nancy Canada!

OTTAWA — A man who claimed he was too busy dealing crack cocaine to have raped a 10-year-old girl was found guilty of several sexual offences Friday. Ontario Superior Court Justice Timothy Ray said he did not believe Samuel Nana-Effah’s testimony that the girl’s allegations were lies and found him guilty of sexual assault, invitation to sexual touching and sexual interference.

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Takedown in East Vancouver

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Yeah, but the Public should be rest assured the criminal element is back on the streets by the time you read this. We Do live in the Mostest Bestest Place in the World!

Vancouver police took down three men at gunpoint in East Vancouver
Saturday. Photograph by: No Credit, Special to The Province

Takedown in East Vancouver Langley shooting victim still in critical condition
By Katie Mercer, The Province February 8, 2009

It took more than 20 officers to take down three men at gunpoint Saturday afternoon in East Vancouver after what police say began as a routine traffic violation.

An eyewitness told The Province the men were taken out of two SUV-style vehicles one-by-one, frisked and loaded into a police van at East 5th and Main Street at 2:30 p.m.

The witness said he counted 15 uniformed officers, about six in plainclothes, two police dogs and 15 marked and unmarked cars lining the road from Quebec to Main streets.

Tags: Vancouver | Crime | World

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Police dispatched as 2.1 magnitude earthquake hits Langley

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

If any Now Public Readers live in Langley, it would be interesting to know your experiences, though 2.1 is pretty small, it is a slow News Day around here!

LANGLEY, B.C. — A small earthquake shook the Vancouver suburb of Langley Saturday night.

According to the Natural Resources Canada's Earthquakes Canada section, the 2.1-magnitude earthquake struck at 9:23 p.m. local time. The quake hit approximately 4 km NNW of Langley, it said.

Sgt. Tom James, watch commander of the Langley RCMP, said it received a number of reports from residents in the Walnut Grove area, near 210 Street and 92 Avenue.

Tags: Environment | British Columbia | Earthquake | LANGLEY

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Canadians paying high price of crime

Barry Artiste, Op/Ed

Of course no one can point an accusing finger at Vangroovy for adding to this horrendous Crime Bill, because as anyone knows it is rare the British Columbia Justice System ever sends anyone to jail!

Canadians paying high price of crime
Bill for keeping inmates comfy behind bars dings taxpayers $2.2B annually
By PETER ZIMONJIC, NATIONAL BUREAU

Canada's prison service is spending millions of taxpayer dollars on everything from dentures to prosthetic limbs.

Documents obtained through Access to Information reveal how Corrections Service Canada manages its annual budget of $2.2 billion to care for its 14,500 inmates.

In the 2007-08 financial year, the department spent more than $322,000 on dentures, $162,000 on prosthetic limbs, $256,000 on eyeglasses and almost $82,000 on hearing aids. The numbers do not include Atlantic Canada.

A partial picture of the cost of prison dentistry reveals that, excluding B.C. and Atlantic Canada, taxpayers spend $2.2 million just filling cavities and cleaning prisoner's teeth.

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Saturday, February 07, 2009

Government won't get 'blown off track' by job stats: PM

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

In my Opinion, and a valid Opinion at that!

It is refreshing Harper won't get "Blown" by Job stats, but we certainly know when Canada is in Dire Straits financially, Politicians of every stripe can always find Billions of dollars in Taxpayer Money to bring in 300,000 Immigrants every year into this country, and when they hit our shores, our government, feeds, houses. clothes, free healthcare, education and ESL courses etc.

Not to mention the 2 billion dollars annually of taxpayers money to feed, house, clothe, healthcare and legal costs etc just for the Illegal immigrants who are in Canada unlawfully, and the Canadian Government continues to support them financially cause the Canadian Government doesn't know what to do with them? Why is that insanity allowed to continue, while Canadians who are also taxpayers are out of work, some homeless?

Surely the Ethnic vote doesn't sway Harper's decision as well as the Liberals and NDP before him?

So when Harper states in the Media he is not "Blown", I beg to differ! Cause I am sure there is a little Spooning and Pillow Talk after as well!

Barry Artiste Pissed Off Canadian

Methinks an immediate Royal Commission on Immigration should be implemented as soon as possible, while we still have our jobs and homes. We need to halt immigration, till this country has zero unemployment and a healthy health care system and the Homeless and Seniors are take care of. Cause if we do not act Now, we may be next without a job or a home or country to come home to.

The federal government must "stick to the course" outlined in its massive economic stimulus plan despite the "bad news" of Canada shedding 129,000 jobs in January, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.

The prime minister made the comment in New Brunswick when asked about Statistics Canada's report on Friday, which said the country's unemployment rate shot up by 0.6 percentage points in January to 7.2 per cent. Almost all of the job losses were in full-time work.

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Can you Read the Text of the Stimulus Compromise? NO!

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com, Iron Mill Interactive Media, Inc.

Many Americans heard that a bipartition compromise on the stimulus bill had been reached today. Well the word Bipartition is a bit of a stretch. There were originally six Republican senators working on a compromise deal. One by one each walked away from the process as they became aware that there was little the new, spirit of bipartition Obama Administration was willing to negotiate. In the end three Republican Senators, two from Maine Senator Collins, and Senator Snowe Remained along with Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. The compromise package was touted as a massive reduction in spending down to 780 Billion dollars. By the time the press release were all out to the major news networks that number had risen to 805 Billion, then by the late evening the number had risen to 840 billion. When it would all be said an done. The number of the compromise and spending cuts would rise above the number they were working with.

Political commentators, pundits, and everyday politicos began asking about the compromise bills text. Inquiring when it wold be available for reading. Like the false campaign promises about being a bipartition and transparent presidency there is no text for anyone to read. In fact, the bill is probably not even to be found in writing on the Hill.

Today, Senator Collins was very close to walking away from the process giving the GOP the potential to filibuster the bill as no one is sure what it contains. Since the vote for cloture would be close, talk is going around that Senator Ted Kennedy is going to be wheeled in to cast his vote to make the potential for filibuster to fade with one vote needed by Republicans.

So If you would like to read the new bill, you can't. Nor can anyone. The only folks who know what it contains is President Obama and Rob Emmanuel, Olympia Snow, and Arlin Specter. Welcome to the age of Openness, Transparency, and Bipartisanship.

A side note, 65 thousand petitions arrived on the Hill with Senator Jim De Mint who is admittedly against the stimulus package. The petitions that arrived are against the stimulus plan. The Phones at the Capital have been overflowing with most Senators mailboxes full. The Bill has only 37% support by the American people. But for Democrats, they have made it clear that they have won and they are writing the Bill. That they have done which brought no Republican voting for the House Bill and potentially only 3 republicans in the Senate.

Now that there is news of a compromise reached between the Senate Democrats plus GOP Senators Susan Collins and Arlen Specter, the obvious question is: can we read the compromise bill text?

Short answer: no! As of now, no text has been released, and it is highly likely that as of Friday evening, it doesn't even exist. Our sources on the Hill indicate that "it is probably just a bunch of numbers scratched on a napkin right now."

We are of course eagerly awaiting the post-napkin version of the compromise, and will get it posted here as soon as it becomes available.

NowPublic

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Thursday, February 05, 2009

Kyrgyzstan Moves to Close U.S. Base

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
I guess some countries are not waiting for US President Obama to move his US Troops out of Dodge, as the Kyrgyzstan Government has decided to force the US hand and do it for them in giving the US Government 180 days to pack up and get out of this backwater (desert) country.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- The Kyrgyz government took the first steps Wednesday to close a U.S. military air base that is vital for supplying U.S.-led troops fighting in Afghanistan.

The Kyrgyz government sent parliament a decree on closing the Manas base on Wednesday.

Adakhan Madumarov, secretary of the Kyrgyz Security Council, said in Moscow that the U.S. military would be given 180 days to close its operations and leave once the two sides had exchanged formal diplomatic notes outlining the intention.

"The government has made its decision," he told reporters without saying when the exchange was likely to happen.

Parliament sources said it could start debating the decree as soon as Thursday. Parliamentary approval is seen as a formality since the chamber is dominated by the pro-presidential Ak Zhol party.

U.S. military personnel will be given 180 days to close operations and leave once the final decision is made.

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Fines won't keep N.L. man from riding snowblower

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
You know Police have way too much time on their hands, when they are cruising the snow covered streets of Corner Brook Newfoundland looking for people to arrest or fine. Even the Simpsons Chief Wiggum had better common sense it seems.

Corner Brook, N.L. municipal police recently charged Pat Hickey after they observed him perched atop his John Deere snowblower crossing the roadway from his own home to his neighbour's property just a few metres away.

Hickey purchased his riding snowblower earlier this winter and has been voluntarily clearing snow from many of his neighbours' driveways, most of whom are seniors.

"I thought it would be nice to help them out but the city didn't see it that way," Hickey told Canada AM via telephone from Corner Brook on Thursday.

Last week, the city Hickey slapped with a ticket, charging him of operating a recreational vehicle on a city street which is in violation of a municipal by-law. The city claimed Hickey was causing traffic disruptions.

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Tarek Fatah: Veil of ignorance

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
As much as I would like to add my 2 cents, as I always love to do, my friend Tarek pretty much says it all.

Tarek Fatah: Veil of ignorance
Posted: February 04, 2009, 4:43 PM
by NP Editor Tarek Fatah

Barely a week goes by in which my Islamic faith does not face a fresh round of scrutiny. If it is not a suicide bomber blowing himself up in an Iraqi mosque screaming “Allahu Akbar” it is news that an imam in Malaysia has declared the practice of Yoga sinful. If it is not a Toronto Imam defending suicide bombing on a TVO talk show, it is a Muslim woman writing a column in a Canadian daily, advocating the introduction of shariah law in Canada.

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3,500 Chickens in Fenway Park Cannot find 1st Base :Madoff Scam!

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Guess it is too late to have a SEC Chicken Cull.

He blew the whistle – and no one listened By PAUL WALDIE, Globe and Mail Update Harry Markopolos spent 17 years in the U.S. Army Reserve and managed troops overseas, but he has never been so scared as when he began investigating Bernard Madoff.

“I thought I was a dead man,” Mr. Markopolos told a congressional committee Wednesday. “I didn't think I was long for this world.”

Mr. Markopolos, a former fund manager, has been hailed as a whistleblower in the Madoff case, having spent eight years probing Mr. Madoff's New York-based investment firm and trying to persuade the Securities and Exchange Commission to get involved. During his testimony Wednesday, which included discussions about complex financial products and his fears about the Russian mob, Mr. Markopolos railed against regulators, The Wall Street Journal and some accountants for failing to pick up on the alleged $50-billion (U.S.) Ponzi scheme.

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Ancient, gargantuan snakes ate crocs for breakfast

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

My 20 year old son tells me when he goes to clubs, there are Ancient Cougars who eat young men as a nightcap.

The remains of the world's biggest snakes were discovered near the equator and scientists say the finding will shed new light on how ecosystems respond to climate change.

In total, 28 individual snakes were found in northeastern Colombia's Cerrejon open-pit mine. The largest eight of the 28 snakes would have weighed about 2,500 pounds and were between 12 to 15 metres in length.

In comparison, the largest snakes alive today are the green anacondas, which measure about 7.5 metres long and the reticulated pythons, which measure about nine metres long.

Paleontologists have named the snake Titanoboa cerrejonensis, which means titanic boa from Cerrejon -- one of the world's largest open-pit coal mines.

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Scientists Discover a Planet,just like Earth!

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Scientists say they have found a planet just like Earth, except without all the "Political infighting, Wars, and Bitching"!

Newest planetary discovery is small, fast and hot
A European space telescope has found a unique planet 390 light years away with a diameter less than twice that of the Earth, making it the slimmest planet yet detected outside our solar system.

03/02/2009 2:38:30 PM
CBC News

The planet also lies very close to its parent star - about 2.5 million kilometres - and so completes an orbit in a speedy 20 hours. By comparison, the closest planet to our sun, Mercury, orbits at an average distance of 58 million kilometres and completes a circuit of the sun once every 88 days.

European astronomers, who announced the finding Tuesday at a symposium in Paris, also believe the planet may be the fastest yet discovered.

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Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Support for Stimulus Plan Falls to 37%, Full of Political Payoffs

With each passing day, as the American people get wind of what the stimulus plan actually contains, Support continues to dwindle. Why? The Bill is loaded with pork. Pork is measures added to a bill to make it more tasty for a Senator who is a bit iffy about voting for the measure and gets a 'payoff' if you will by adding something that Senators constituents want. Today, while on the Senate floor, Missouri's Republican Kit Bond said, “This bill is a stimulus bill, as it will stimulate debt for our grandchildren”.

Here are some of the examples of the Pork or payoffs that are being added to the Bill that could not be called, by a stretch of anyones imagination, stimulating to the economy which is what HR1 and SB1 is supposed to be about. Something that is being called by Illinois Senator and majority whip Dick Durbin as President Obama's most important priority.

Support for the economic recovery plan working its way through Congress has fallen again this week. For the first time, a plurality of voters nationwide oppose the $800-billion-plus plan.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 37% favor the legislation, 43% are opposed, and 20% are not sure.

Two weeks ago, 45% supported the plan. Last week, 42% supported it.

Opposition has grown from 34% two weeks ago to 39% last week and 43% today.

Sixty-four percent (64%) of Democrats still support the plan. That figure is down from 74% a week ago. Just 13% of Republicans and 27% of those not affiliated with either major party agree.

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Canada a desired location for Guantanamo Bay detainees

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

This story is certainly a hotbed topic, with the majority of Canadian polls stating Canada doesn't want any detainees from Gitmo on Canadian Soil according to the CBC News Broadcast being delivered today.

Many state if they are innocent, as the US state, why isn't Obama allowing them to immigrate to the good old USA?

Many Guantanamo Bay detainees cleared of terrorist charges and slated for release have expressed a desire to live in Canada, and refugee organizations are calling for sponsors.

The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR), a non-profit umbrella group representing several non-governmental organizations and churches, is leading the plea, which goes out to groups and private individuals alike. The ability for citizens to sponsor refugees is unique to Canada, according to CCR executive director Janet Dench, noting refugees to every other country must be government-sponsored.

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North Korea may test-fire missile toward Japan: Media

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

So North Koreas answer to Tatu from fantasy Island is looking to launch a test missile toward Japan, certainly The US in it's role a World Police will have something to say about it.

SEOUL - North Korea may be preparing to use the site of its previous ballistic missile launches on the east coast to fire its longest range missile, possibly toward Japan, news reports said on Wednesday.

The missile reports follow threats directed at Seoul and Washington, which analysts said are meant to intimidate conservative South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and grab the attention of new U.S. President Barack Obama.

Tags: North Korea | opinion | World | Obama

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RCMP investigate altercation between Israeli, Palestinian support

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Looks like the Israeli/Gaza issue is beginning in our Universities with differences of opinion.
Perhaps if they feel so strongly about the issue, they should immediately pack up, call a Cab and head to the nearest airport where their own brand of protests will do much better in their homeland, while they dodge bullets waving their protest signs?

And the what the hell is a BC HATE CRIME TEAM? I Mean give me a break! Is this the only Tofu Eatin Province that has special Task Forces for every name under the sun?

Someone needs a Good Slap unside the Head here! I imagine there is a roundtable of Politicians sitting around making up names for individual Task Forces, what next ? Homeless use Stolen Shopping Carts, Let's form a "BC Stolen Shopping Cart Crime Team" , Oh wait some of those homeless may be of Colour, Better make an even better team, we'll call it "BC Intergrated Non White Homeless Stolen Shopping Cart Team"!!! But wait are not some of these Homeless Drug Addicted? Good Point Gregor, Okay Everybody, Name Change, the New Task force will be called the "BC Intergrated Drug Addicted Non White Homeless Stolen Shopping Cart Team"!!
There, that'll look good on Two business Cards, I am sure glad we are earning our Paycheques! Okay, everyone Lunch Break, Give yourself a round of applause!!!

Excuse me Sir., I have a question! Oh sure and what is your Question? What if the Homeless person is a Disabled Gay Vegetarian with a Stolen Shopping Cart! Okay, everyone, get back here, it's back to the drawing board!
Shirley call the printer and tell em to cancel that last Task Force name Business Card order.........

Bottom Line, Nothing ever gets done around here, no matter what name you call your special Fruity Task Force.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/RCMP+investigate+altercation+between+Israeli+Palestinian+supporters/1249289/story.html

VANCOUVER -The RCMP are investigating a series of altercations over the weekend at the University of B.C. between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian supporters. According to a police news release, around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, a student was studying in his residence room when he heard a commotion outside his door. He looked outside to see four students, one of which was holding a video camera. The four men fled and the student noticed that posters on his door supporting Hamas and the Palestinian Liberation Organization had been torn down.

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And It Begins: 3 Gangland slayings in 24 hours in Metro Vancouver

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Anyone following the Crime Beat. Like who really didn't see this one coming?

It'll be getting worse before it gets any better as a rash of killings in 24 hours seem to be related.

Three slayings in 24 hours for Metro Vancouver
Victim in second fatal shooting rented Surrey penthouse where six were murdered in 2007

By Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun
February 4, 2009 1:00 AM

METRO VANCOUVER — A man gunned down in the parking lot of Guildford Town Centre Tuesday was the same person who rented the Surrey penthouse where six people were brutally murdered in October 2007, The Vancouver Sun has learned.

Raphael Baldini had appeared in Vancouver Provincial Court earlier Tuesday on assault and uttering threats charges laid in October 2008.

He was also facing a series of gun charges filed against him in November 2007, just weeks after six people — including innocent bystanders Chris Mohan and Ed Schellenberg — were shot execution-style in suite 1505 of the Balmoral Tower, which Baldini had been renting.

The 21-year-old Baldini was sprayed with gunfire in the parking lot of the busy Surrey mall about 5:20 p.m. Tuesday — the second of three targeted hits in Metro Vancouver in less than 24 hours.

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13-year-old has had 75 run-ins in 1 year with police in Vancouver

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

For some, one wonders WTF! For many, some time in rehabilitation in a federal setting may cure what ails this child allowed to roam the streets unsupervised to one day grow up to graduate to taking lives.

13-year-old has had 75 run-ins with police in Metro Vancouver By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver SunFebruary 3, 2009Comments (28)
METRO VANCOUVER — A 13-year-old boy who slashed a man with a knife because he wouldn’t give him a cigarette has been in court and involved with police 75 times in the past year.

The youth, who has been in and out of foster care, was on probation when the latest attack occurred aboard SkyTrain near Columbia Station, according to the Transit Police Service.

He was charged Tuesday with assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon in connection with the attack, which left a 23-year-old Ontario man with severe cuts to his left hand. The man was heading home after watching a Canucks game at a Vancouver restaurant when he refused to give the boy a cigarette and was slashed.

Tags: Vancouver | drugs | World | police chase | Canadian Politics

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Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Tom Daschle's Letter to Committee on Tax Issues

February 1, 2009

Dear Chairman Baucus and Senator Grassley:

Thank you for the work you and the Committee are doing to move forward on my nomination by President Obama to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. I know that despite the heavy workload from both the Economic Recovery Act and SCHIP, as well as all the nominees the Committee is handling, your staff has worked diligently on my nomination. I also appreciate the strong commitment to fairness you both have expressed.

As you can well imagine, I am deeply embarrassed and disappointed by the errors that required me to amend my tax returns. I apologize for the errors and profoundly regret that you have had to devote time to them. I will be happy to answer any Committee members’ questions about these issues. In the meantime, as a follow-up to our conversations, I would like to briefly review three issues discussed at my meeting with your staff and mentioned in our meeting on Thursday.

Last fall, when I was being considered for this position, the Presidential Transition Team’s vetters reviewed my records. During the course of those reviews, the vetting team flagged charitable contributions they felt were deducted in error. When my accountant realized I would need to file amended returns, he suggested addressing another matter I had raised with him earlier in the year: whether the use of a car service offered to me by a close friend might be a tax issue. In December, my accountant advised me that it should be reported as imputed income in the amended returns.

At about the same time, the friend’s company, a consulting client, informed my accountant of a clerical error it had made on the Form 1099 it provided to me and reported to the IRS for 2007. In an effort to ensure full compliance and the most complete disclosure possible of my personal finances, we remedied these issues by filing amended tax returns with full payments, including interest. We provided all this information to the Committee in addition to the completed Committee questionnaire and my responses to your staff’s questions. I disclosed this information to the Committee voluntarily, and paid the taxes and any interest owed promptly. My mistakes were unintentional.

I am available to answer any further questions you might have and look forward to coming before the Committee in the very near future to discuss the critical health and human services issues facing our country. Should I be approved by your Committee and confirmed by the Senate, I look forward to working in partnership with you both to pass meaningful legislation that will help Americans get the health reform they need and deserve and to ensure that all HHS programs and activities reflect a commitment to responding to the needs of our citizens in a manner that is compassionate, cost-effective, and transparent.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Tom Daschle

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Monday, February 02, 2009

White House: Daschle's Tax Failure Was a 'Serious Mistake'

Back tax issues doesn't seem to bother President Obama when picking cabinet positions. President Obama and other top Democrats are calling failure to pay taxes a serious but forgivable mistake. When Linda Chavez was up for Labor Secretary in 2001 under President Bush, she was ousted quickly due to tax issues. In 1993 Zoe Baird withdrew as Attorney General nominee after failing to pay taxes. The right is wondering if this is change Americans can be deceived in? Paying ones taxes was toughed as being Patriotic by the now Vice-President Biden. Based on Bidens criteria, are Obama's nominees un-patriotic?

The White House today called Tom Daschle's failure to pay more than $100,000 in back taxes a "serious mistake," but the president still "absolutely" supports his nomination to be secretary of Health and Human Services.

In this Dec. 11, 2008 file photo, President-elect Barack Obama, right, stands with Health and Human... In this Dec. 11, 2008 file photo, President-elect Barack Obama, right, stands with Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, former Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle, during a news conference in Chicago. Daschle recently filed amended tax returns to report $128,203 in unpaid taxes and $11,964 in interest, according to a Senate document obtained by The Associated Press. (Charles Dharapak/AP Photo )

The White House backing came on a day when the beleaguered nominee apologized and said he was "deeply embarrassed" over the tax flap.

In an effort to end the controversy over Daschle's nomination as HHS secretary, a key Democrat also voiced his support and Daschle agreed to be grilled about his tax issues today by the 23 members of the Senate Finance Committee.

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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Tamil Protest Briefly Paralyzes Downtown Toronto,Canada

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Certainly tensions run hot to bring out hundreds of Tamil protestors to brave freezing temperatures. Both sides claim the other is to blame. Bottom line Dead Children are being used by both sides in who is blaming who!

Tamil protest briefly paralyzes downtown Posted: January 30, 2009, 6:45 PM by Rob Roberts

National Post, Agence France-Presse

Tamil protesters formed a human chain in downtown Toronto today to protest a Sri Lankan military push against Tamil rebels.

As rush hour hit this afternoon, hundreds of people massed in front of Union Station, shutting down Front Street, as Toronto police kept close watch.

"We don't care about how cold it is," one man said. "When you think about what is happening back home it doesn't matter. That's why we came out. Even the little children came out."

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Tamil protest briefly paralyzes downtown

Tamil protest briefly paralyzes downtown Posted: January 30, 2009, 6:45 PM by Rob Roberts
National Post, Agence France-Presse

Tamil protesters formed a human chain in downtown Toronto today to protest a Sri Lankan military push against Tamil rebels.

As rush hour hit this afternoon, hundreds of people massed in front of Union Station, shutting down Front Street, as Toronto police kept close watch.

"We don't care about how cold it is," one man said. "When you think about what is happening back home it doesn't matter. That's why we came out. Even the little children came out."

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Tamil protest briefly paralyzes downtown

Tamil protest briefly paralyzes downtown Posted: January 30, 2009, 6:45 PM by Rob Roberts
National Post, Agence France-Presse

Tamil protesters formed a human chain in downtown Toronto today to protest a Sri Lankan military push against Tamil rebels.

As rush hour hit this afternoon, hundreds of people massed in front of Union Station, shutting down Front Street, as Toronto police kept close watch.

"We don't care about how cold it is," one man said. "When you think about what is happening back home it doesn't matter. That's why we came out. Even the little children came out."

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Feds back down on push to declare chewing gum chemical "toxic ...

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Canadians and Americans who chew gum, especially those who use it as a substitute for cigarettes have been dealt a blow to their health when it is discovered that sugary gum flavour after taste may kill with Cancer you down the road anyways. Course the cancer may just become oral cancer and not lung cancer, who knows, it is the luck of the draw I suppose!

Feds back down on push to declare chewing gum chemical "toxic to human health" By Sarah Schmidt, Canwest News ServiceJanuary 31, 2009
OTTAWA — The federal government has backed down on plans to declare two chemicals found in some chewing gum and cosmetics as toxic.

But the health and environment departments on Friday also moved ahead with plans to declare three other chemicals used in everyday products as toxic to the environment.

These include two types of siloxanes known as D4 and D5, commonly found in shampoos, skin care products, deodorants and household cleaning products. Siloxanes are also found in silicone breast implants.

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Feds back down on push to declare chewing gum chemical "toxic ...

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Feds back down on push to declare chewing gum chemical "toxic to human health" By Sarah Schmidt, Canwest News ServiceJanuary 31, 2009
OTTAWA — The federal government has backed down on plans to declare two chemicals found in some chewing gum and cosmetics as toxic.

But the health and environment departments on Friday also moved ahead with plans to declare three other chemicals used in everyday products as toxic to the environment.

These include two types of siloxanes known as D4 and D5, commonly found in shampoos, skin care products, deodorants and household cleaning products. Siloxanes are also found in silicone breast implants.

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Canadian Woman in Saudi cannot Leave: Saudi Law She's Property

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Isn't Multiculturalism and Diversity, just the Cat's Meow? It's not like the Canadian Government has not told Canadians for decades in the media and on their websites, that when in another country, Beware! You are under their Laws, Culture and Customs and so are any children you may have.

Many Clueless Canadians believe that because they are Canadian, Canadian Law and Multiculture and Diversity Wholesomeness travels with them. Yep, Stunned People, are Clueless People. But try telling that to all the Lefty McTards, who vouch that Canada should embrace other Cultures and their customary Laws insisting they should be integrated into Canadian Society, even if many Cultures believe woman are no more than Breeding Stock like so many Cattle and treated as such!

These Leftards though scream racism if Canadians try to circumvent other Cultures who try to impose their cultural beliefs, laws and traditions on Canadian culture. Though remain supportive and silent of other countries whose Cultures and laws leave a lot to be desired, never insisting their Countries follow Canadas example of Lefty Ideology! Now, How Apre Peu is that?

Certainly many Canadians think since Canada is so damn Hunky Dory as a Showcase of Group Cultural Hugs and Kisses, that the World should follow Canada's Example of Down Home Gosh Darn live and let live Lefty Philosphy. I guess these World Cultures didn't get that Lefty Email! Hence why many rely on our Government and Tax Dollars to bail their sorry asses out!

MMMMM I'm in Cultural Flavour Country! But then I have visited many of these countries in my profession and know of their laws and cultures and know which ones to avoid.

Canada intervenes in Saudi marital dispute Canwest News ServiceJanuary 30, 2009
MONTREAL — A high-level representative of the federal government has met with Nathalie Morin, a 24-year-old Quebec woman who claims she is being held against her will in Saudi Arabia.

Deepak Obhrai, parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon, met with Morin and her Saudi husband, Abdallah Ramthi Al-Bishi, in Saudi Arabia on Dec. 22 to mediate in the couple’s dispute, a Foreign Affairs spokesperson told Canwest News Service last night.

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Canadian Woman in Saudi cannot Leave: Saudi Law She's Property

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

MMMMM I'm in Cultural Flavour Country! But then I have visited many of these countries in my profession and know of their laws and cultures and know which ones to avoid.

Canada intervenes in Saudi marital dispute Canwest News ServiceJanuary 30, 2009
MONTREAL — A high-level representative of the federal government has met with Nathalie Morin, a 24-year-old Quebec woman who claims she is being held against her will in Saudi Arabia.

Deepak Obhrai, parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon, met with Morin and her Saudi husband, Abdallah Ramthi Al-Bishi, in Saudi Arabia on Dec. 22 to mediate in the couple’s dispute, a Foreign Affairs spokesperson told Canwest News Service last night.

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British Columbia Shows the World we are Ready for 2010 Olympics

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

British Columbia, the Wild, Wild West of Canada, certainly Showcases the World with it's "The Bestest Place in the World to Live"! Judging by the rash of gangland shootings, killings and rapes this past week and month, one wonders if the World may rethink its desire to get the bestest seat in the house, for some if they are not careful on our city streets, the best seat may be at the Coroners Table.
Yay, Vancouver politicians and lawmakers, you surely show your true colours to the world, Blood Red!

More mid-day shots fired at a busy intersection... By Kim Bolan 01-31-2009 COMMENTS(2) The Real Scoop

This time, the shooting took place in Surrey, at King George Highway and 100 Avenue, about 1:30 Friday afternoon. No one appears to have been hit and police aren't saying who was targeted, if in fact, they know.

Like the attempt on the life of Jamie Bacon in Abbotsford last week, this shooting took place in a busy commercial area surrounded by stores, restaurants, bus stops and a Skytrain station.

It really seems like just a matter of time before someone is going to get caught in the crossfire.

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4 RCMP Killer's Helpers jailed-1.5 years for each Mountie killed

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Justice in Canada has deemed a Human Life is now worth 1.5 years.

This is the sentence given to two complicit in the murder of 4 RCMP officers murdered in cold blood, not in a gunfight mind you, just 4 officers walking along a property investigating a Marijuana Grow Operation in a rural farm in Mayerthorpe, Alberta, while a gunman lay in wait in the field waiting to pick them off one by one.

Many wonder why Canada is called Nancy Canada when it comes to Justice, 2 men convicted were complicit in the shooting deaths of 4 RCMP officers from Mayerthorpe, Alberta who were unaware they were soon to breath their last breath as they walked around a property as they investigated a Grow op owned by James Roszko who was hiding in the distance hunting rifle at the ready to kill the 4 unsuspecting officers in cold blood in the winter of 2005. Roszko later killed himself soon after. The Seven year prision sentence handed to each accomplice equates to about 1.5 years for each RCMP Mountie murdered, as Canada has a 2/3 sentencing in which Murderers can be released after serving 2/3 of their sentence.

This also brings to mind many in Canada who say Marijuana and Grow Op are harmless pastimes, certainly should have a lengthy discussion with the RCMPs family on the subject.

Any many wonder why Officers everywhere, sometimes lose it, when injustices like this are commonplace, when day after day they place themselves in harms way to protect an uncaring and thankless public.

Conservative Prime Minister Stephen has been tirelessly trying to end the Nancyisms in the Canadian Justice System by passing strong anti crime bills, which are stonewalled by a Liberal dominated Senate. Certainly Canadians should ask themselves who the Liberals represent, because clearly it does not seem to be for Law Abiding Canadians.

Many in Canada say Justice is Unfair, My Opinion in this case is Justice is Non existent!

EDMONTON - Short of drawing up the plan and pulling the trigger, Shawn Hennessey couldn't have been more help to Mountie-murderer James Roszko, and for that he must serve more than 10 years in jail, a judge ruled Friday.