Politisite: January 2009

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Quebec separatist army claims victory

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Considering the terrible state of the Economy, a few Crotch Monkeys, threw a Wrench into a Re-enactment of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, a historic battle which helped in part form the United States and Canada, as well as make Quebec what some say is a "Country within a Country. Being from Quebec City myself and being a Quebecer, a victory may have been won by these Idiots, but at the Expense and a Huge Loss to the People of Quebec in terms of Quebec Pride and Fortitude against all Odds in the Battle, not to mention Tourist Dollars and showcasing to the World that Nonsensical Babblings from a small group of Separatistes armed with an Internet Petition did what the British could no do! Stop History in the Making!

The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was not just French against the British, but the Quebecers who fought against the British were Irish, Scottish, English, French, German, First Nations, etc, and yes hundreds of Colonial Americans, including Benedict Arnold who were tired of English Oppression.

Granted, we lost the Battle, but won the War, but the bigger picture many fail to realise, is today we are here and British Army is not.

So in reality, who really won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham? We did! Making our two countries one of the most desirable places to live while other countries look on with envy.

As for the Separatistes, their Tunnel Vision certainly shows how moronic they really are!

A ragtag army of Quebec separatists, armed only with Internet petitions and menacing e-mails, appears to have triumphed where the French army failed 250 years ago, preventing another British victory on the Plains of Abraham.

Following weeks of mounting controversy that last week reached Parliament, the National Battlefields Commission is to announce today a revised plan to commemorate the anniversary of the historic 1759 battle.

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Study raises hopes of Anthrax vaccine pill

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

If this vaccine comes to fruition, this will one less Terrorism Weapon for those who wish mass extinction of people.

LONDON — An oral vaccine packed into bacteria found in dairy products like milk and cheese protected mice from the anthrax bacteria, suggesting a pill could replace injections for humans, researchers said on Monday.

"Normally, you can't eat vaccines because the digestive process in the stomach destroys them, so vaccines are administered by needle," Todd Klaenhammer, a researcher at North Carolina State University in the United States who co-led the study, said in a statement.

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Top jurists say 'war on terror' has seriously damaged human right

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Course this Group of Wonks are quite Mum on the Subject of Human Shields, Suicide Bombers killing innocents, beheading of non combatants, not to mention IEDs etc.

The Rules of War applies to Armies, and as far as I am concerned when it comes to Terrorists, the Gloves are Off!

If these Twits were ever caught by a Terrorists, I am sure their valiant protests would be cut short at the end of a sword!

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/War_Terror/2009/02/16/8409086-ap.html

Top jurists say 'war on terror' has seriously damaged human rights
By Eliane Engeler, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA -

The United States and other countries that used torture in the so-called war on terror seriously damaged respect for basic human rights, an international panel of legal experts said Monday. The eight-member panel, led by former Irish president Mary Robinson, said the three-year investigation found that the damage to human rights law was more severe than they had expected.

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Canadian "Charter of Rights" Can't help Accused Terrorists!

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Using Canada as a Country of Convienience, certainly proves futile for Terrorists, accused or convicted that Canada for the most part aint Nobodys Fool! But one can be sure if the Liberal Party were in Power, Documents by the Truckload would be couriered to GITMO, posthaste.

Thank God, Canadians voted to keep our Conservative "No Nonsense" Government to run this country, otherwise we would be hooped!

Charter can't help accused terrorists
By THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO --

Two former residents of Montreal detained in Guantanamo Bay for alleged terrorist links lost their bid yesterday to gain access to Canadian intelligence documents because the men don't have a strong connection to Canada.

In turning down their request for the material, a Federal Court judge ruled the Charter of Rights and Freedoms doesn't apply to Ahcene Zemiri and Mohamedou Slahi.

"The charter, an integral part of Canada's supreme law, is a Canadian instrument enacted to enshrine and protect the fundamental rights of Canadians and those finding themselves within Canada's territory," Judge Edmond Blanchard wrote in his decision. "Its extraterritorial reach is exceptional and limited."

Zemiri and Slahi are fighting civil actions in the U.S. to be released from Guantanamo Bay, where they have been held since 2002.

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Canadian Minister called 'professional whore' and Anti Muslim!

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

I know Jason from our Reform Days, and I can assure you Jason will just say "Sticks and Stones will break my Bones, but your Words will Never hurt me" On the other hand, that ah annual $447,297.00 for your organization?
If I am a Professional Whore as you state, then here is a History Lesson for ya! "Whores Don't Pay!" Sooooooooooooooooo.....Guess you're SOL!

Boy, Who didn't see that one coming?

Funds lost over hatred. Minister called 'professional whore'

By ELIZABETH THOMPSON, NATIONAL BUREAU

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is poised to slash federal funding to Canada's largest Arabic group after its president called him a "professional whore" for supporting Israel.

In an exclusive interview with Sun Media from London, England, where he is to speak today at an international conference on anti-Semitism, Kenney said groups are free within legal bounds to say what they like. But groups whose leaders say intolerant or hateful things shouldn't get taxpayer funding.

"We should not be rewarding those who express views that are contrary to Canada's best liberal values of tolerance and mutual respect."

One of those groups, said Kenney, is the Canadian Arab Federation whose president Khaled Mouammar called him a "professional whore" after Kenney criticized the presence of Hezbollah and Hamas flags at anti-Israel rallies in Toronto.

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Woman gunned down in Surrey shooting, child escapes death!

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

News of a woman gunned down with her 4 year old boy have many safely assume the dead woman to be the mother. Outrage among citizens call for action against what many say is rhetoric by an inactive justice system. Many are calling for the Attorney General Wally Oppals Resignation and a revamp of our lacklustre justice system.

One should be reminded though, tragic as it is, the current state of affairs has been going on for close to a decade, A decade of voters who time and time again votes for testicular deficient politicians, whose only goal it seems is collecting a hefty paycheque for little work. A society where complacency seems to be the norm, until it personally affects those directly.

This society has been given to uprising and protests when governments talk of getting tough on crime, resulting in politicians listening to the masses, despite their convictions and better judgement.

If citizens of BC want change, then you have to put your signature where your mouth is, as it seems lives speak louder than your vocal protests which go unheard.

There will be an election in the spring, so canvass your political candidate to publicly state serious time for serious crimes, and no bartering for jail sentences. Failure to do so will have us revisit this scenario for the next decade to come.

The victim was caught in a hail of bullets in the 96th Street and 148th area of Surrey, which left the 4-year-old boy apparently traumatized, but otherwise unharmed.

Just after 11:00 a.m. Monday, CTV Chopper 9 captured video of a white Cadillac sedan covered in a yellow tarpaulin, and parked on the sidewalk.

Police have confirmed the victim is a woman and a four-year-old boy was sitting in the back of the car at the time of the shooting.

RCMP Cpl. Dale Carr of the Integrated Homicide Team (IHIT) said he was "amazed" that the boy was unharmed. "He seems to be doing just fine," he said.

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Monday, February 16, 2009

The TERMINATOR Schwarzengger to send out 20,000 pink slips

He really is The TERMINATOR! Schwarzengger to send out 20,000 pink slips. California as well as 3 other states are having severe revenue problems that include holding back tax refunds and delaying government paychecks.

In addition to shutting down public-works projects, Schwarzenegger administration moves toward massive state layoffs as legislators continue to seek the one GOP vote needed to pass a budget. By Michael Rothfeld and Jordan Rau
4:49 PM PST, February 16, 2009 Reporting from Sacramento -- In an apparent effort to increase pressure on lawmakers negotiating an end to California's fiscal crisis, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is preparing to send pink slips to 20,000 state workers.

The governor had delayed sending the layoff notices since Friday, hoping lawmakers would soon approve a package to close a nearly $41-billion budget gap. But despite intense negotiations since Saturday, Schwarzenegger and the Senate Democratic majority have been unable to secure a third Republican vote for a plan that includes more than $14 billion in new taxes.

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Zakaria: The Canadian Solution

Barry Artiste Op/EdAgree or not, the man has a point, a point Obamarama could well be advised to follow. America has always been a "Can Do" Society, While Canada has always been a "Wait and See" Society, much to our detriment in the past.

Now in the Global Economic Meltdown the World over, one can say Canada Trumps for once on the World Economic Stage with it's "Wait and See" philosophy!

The legendary editor of The New Republic, Michael Kinsley, once held a "Boring Headline Contest" and decided that the winner was "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative." Twenty-two years later, the magazine was rescued from its economic troubles by a Canadian media company, which should have taught us Americans to be a bit more humble. Now there is even more striking evidence of Canada's virtues. Guess which country, alone in the industrialized world, has not faced a single bank failure, calls for bailouts or government intervention in the financial or mortgage sectors. Yup, it's Canada. In 2008, the World Economic Forum ranked Canada's banking system the healthiest in the world. America's ranked 40th, Britain's 44th.

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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Prominent Orchard Park man charged with beheading his wife

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Well if accused murderer in the Gruesome Beheading of his wife Muzzammil Hassan's goal was to portray Muslims in a "Positive Light" he has certainly used a " Friggin Spotlight"!!

Prominent Orchard Park man charged with beheading his wife
By Gene Warner News Staff Reporter

Orchard Park police are investigating a particularly gruesome killing, the beheading of a woman, after her husband — an influential member of the local Muslim community — reported her death to police Thursday.

Police identified the victim as Aasiya Z. Hassan, 37. Detectives have charged her husband, Muzzammil Hassan, 44, with second-degree murder.

"He came to the police station at 6:20 p.m. [Thursday] and told us that she was dead," Orchard Park Police Chief Andrew Benz said late this morning.

Muzzammil Hassan told police that his wife was at his business, Bridges TV, on Thorn Avenue in the village. Officers went to that location and discovered her body.

Muzzammil Hassan is the founder and chief executive officer of Bridges TV, which he launched in 2004, amid hopes that it would help portray Muslims in a more positive light.

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Friday, February 13, 2009

Two Time Convicted Repeat rapist jailed 13 years

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

The problem I have with this story is Two Time Convicted Rapist! This means it is not his first or 2nd offence, and we wonder why Canadians have lost virtually all confidence in our Courts system. Nancy Canada at its Finest.

Would any Jury convict the victim or victims family or friends for taking the law in their own hands, when the courts fail to do what is right?

CALGARY -- The brutal and degrading rape of a city woman at the hands of a twice-convicted sex offender has landed him a 13-year prison term.

Justice Marsha Erb yesterday said a lengthy punishment was needed for James Dee Lemmon, in part to keep him behind bars and away from the public.

As a result, Erb also ordered Lemmon must serve at least half his sentence before the National Parole Board can consider him for release.

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Crown calls for 'ultimate penalty' for Canada's 1st Terrorist!

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Crown appeals to the Judge for a harsher prison sentence for Canada's 1st High Profile Terrorist may fall on the deaf ears. You see, Momin Khawaja was a high profile Canadian Government Employee who used his Canadian Government Identification and High Level Security clearance to mastermind his Terrorist Bent, but using his Government Security Clearance, he went under both countries Terrorist Radar when flying to Britian for his Al Qaeda meetings, this "false sense of security" by Customs and Immigration Officers resulted in one of Englands worst Terrorist Bus Bombing, gets a relatively light prison sentence compared to the death and carnage he caused. It looks he may be out in 10 years and back into Canadian Society.

Accusations from Islamic Groups against the Government of Picking on an Innocent Muslim and a few Political types looking for that Groovy Ethnic Vote were also thrown into the mix. Virtually all professed his innocence as a Government Witchhunt.

As the trial progressed and video and email evidence was presented, supporters of Momin Khawaja started to Gag on their Tofu Lattes and began to Soil their Depends as evidence portraying this convicted Terrorist as Hell on Earth, looking to kill as many as possible for Jihad. Certainly justice for a government reviled by his Moronic Supporters, in if given a chance Momin would not think twice of slitting all their throats for his terrorist cause!

I have been covering his trial and arrest since day one and have provided links at the end of this story for those who wish to read the entire story of Canada's 1st Terrorist.

Crown calls for 'ultimate penalty'
Fri, February 13, 2009
Says Khawaja was 'trigger man and linchpin' for U.K. terror cell
By DONNA CASEY, SUN MEDIA

Convicted terrorist Momin Khawaja should serve two life terms, plus a minimum of 44 additional years in prison, a Crown prosecutor told a judge yesterday.

In a blistering rebuttal to defence arguments presented last week, federal prosecutor David McKercher said Khawaja "has shown no remorse and has chose a murderous way of life." "It's possible that his offered view may be changed, but at present, he remains a grave and palpable threat to society,

" McKercher told Judge Douglas Rutherford during Khawaja's sentencing hearing.

The 29-year-old Orleans man was convicted in October of seven terrorism offences connected to financing, facilitating and participating in a U.K.-based terror cell.

McKercher called on Rutherford to hand two life sentences and between 44 and 58 additional years for five other offences.

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Study further unscrambles egg-cholesterol myth

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
I am anxiously awaiting the next study, which States "All you can Eat Bacon Cures Baldness"! MMM Bacon!

Study further unscrambles egg-cholesterol myth
New research has taken another crack at the myths surrounding eggs. The study found that not only will eggs not raise cholesterol levels, eating two a day while on a calorie-restricted diet could actually help you lose weight, thereby lowering cholesterol.

13/02/2009 1:53:16 AM
CTV.ca News Staff

A research team from the University of Surrey led by professor of nutritional metabolism Bruce Griffin fed two eggs per day to overweight but otherwise healthy volunteers for 12 weeks while they followed a reduced-calorie diet prescribed by the British Heart Foundation. A second group followed the BHF diet also but cut out eggs altogether.

Both groups lost between 3 to 4 kg (7- 9 lbs) and saw a fall in the average level of blood cholesterol, the research, to be published in the European Journal of Nutrition, found.

When blood cholesterol was measured at both six weeks and 12 weeks, both groups showed either no change or a reduction, particularly in their LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. That was despite the fact that the egg group had increased their dietary cholesterol intake to around four times that of the non-egg group.

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Breaking A Continental plane has crashed into a house in Buffalo

A Continental plane has crashed into a house in Buffalo, New York

Breaking MTF

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Senator withdraws as Commerce Nominee over Differnces on Stimulus

President Obama's pick for Commerce Sectratary has withdrown due to inrreconciable differnce over Stimulus

Barack Obama's choice for commerce secretary has withdrawn his nomination because of policy differences with the US President.

Republican Senator Judd Gregg says he has decided he cannot serve as commerce secretary because of what he calls "irresolvable conflicts" with the President over the economic stimulus package and other issues.

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Omar Khadr's return in country's best interest, say opposition MP

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Opposition Political opportunists grandstanding for the Media are demanding our Prime Minister Stephen Harper tell Obama in no uncertain terms to release Accused Terrorist Omar Khadr to Canada, because in their Word (Drivel) it is in Canada's Interest that Khadr come back to Canada for Rehabilitation and a most likely a Heros Welcome by Anti American advoctates! I for one would like to know the reasoning in their "Statement of Idiocy" how bringing Taliban Khadr back to Canada will serve in our Best Interests?????? Are these three Stooges on Crack?? Again I bring up the subject of Politicians looking for that almighty ethnic vote, as there are Canadians serving prision time in other countries who profess innocence, yet these Three Wonks of Stupidity remain Silent for their cause, as a woman spent 2 years rotting in a Mexican Jail and it was Prime Minister Harpers Government who finally got her home, not these three Drivel Donkeys, why? Well she was Canadian and of no particular ethinicity, hence not a Vote Getter for these Three Insipid Rump Rangers! It seems if you are Ethnic, and the potential Votes are plentiful, then you can count on these three Lefty Morons to have your back! http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/11/khadr-appeal.html Omar Khadr's return in country's best interest, say opposition MPs PMO dismisses plea as 'PR campaign' With Washington poised to shut down the Guantanamo Bay military prison, it's in Canada's best interest to bring terrorism suspect Omar Khadr back home to monitor his situation, a trio of opposition MPs said Wednesday. The opposition call came shortly before one of Khadr's lawyers and a group of Muslim leaders outlined a proposed reintegration plan for Khadr if he is returned to Canada. Despite the plea, a spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper reaffirmed there will be no change in policy regarding Khadr unless the U.S. changes its position and dismissed the plan as a "PR stunt and nothing more."

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Al-Jazeera English to Canada !!

Barry Artiste Op/Ed/Satire Al-Jazeera, much like CNN almost two decades ago covering the US-Iraq war will broadcast news, normally not available on mainstream stations in Canada. What would the CRTC think of all this? Well one can be certain CBC and other Canadian News Media will not be too fond of another slice of the "News Media Pie" being "Eaten" by this "News Interloper of Beheadings and Grit" avoided by mainstream News. I bet the CRTC will want Al-Jazeera to clean up it's News, and provide some Canadian Content as well, such as show "Wholesome Folksy Crotch Grabbingly MultiCulutural Diversity Drivel Shows such as: "Little Mosque on the Prairie" Rita McNeil's "All you can Eat" Christmas Specials Full Contact Major League Curling, with swords instead of brooms. "Where are them 70 Virgins Hiding" sort of like a 3's Company remake! "Burqa, Burqa, Dirka, Dirka, Where's My Burqa" sort of like "Sex in the City", except NO Sex, and a Bombed out City. "Welcome Back Khadr" Course some new non Canadian International shows may make it in Canada, such as: Paris is Burning, "Car Fire Riot Olympic Championships" "War what is it Good For" Absolutely Everything! Of course we may be entertained by such Kissy Face Culture Nature shows such: "Israel and Iran" the Original Odd Couple! Oh the Hilarity of it all, I can just picture, Neat Freak Momar, hides 4 pounds of C-4 inside his roomate Mort's Pillowcase! While roomate Mort mixes Ham innards in Momars Falafel. Not to be outdone, special Guest Appearances by Lefty Jack Layton and BC Liberal (Anything for a vote) Premier Gordo Campbell competing for one upmanship of Polticial Correctness in who can outdo each other in "Multicultural Diversity Jeaporady" Here is an excerpt how I see it! Lefty Layton: "I'll take a Vowel for 6 Drachmas" the word is............ Right as Rain Gordo: " I would just like to say some of my best friends are non white"! Lefty Layton: Hey! No fair, thats what I was about to say! In ending, this will be Must See TV! http://www.vancouversun.com/Entertainment/Jazeera+English+could+broadcasting+Canada+later+this+year/1275001/story.html Photo Inset: Tony Burman is the Canadian managing director of Al-Jazeera English. Photograph by: Ward Perrin, Vancouver Sun Al-Jazeera English could be broadcasting in Canada later this year By Doug Ward, Vancouver SunFebruary 10, 2009 The only international television network broadcasting graphic images of death and destruction during the recent Gaza hostilities was a network unavailable on all but a few North American TV screens: Al-Jazeera. Israel’s decision to prohibit foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip left the field open to Al-Jazeera, and just might have given the Qatari-funded network’s English-language news service the credibility it needs to break into the 600-channel universe found in most Canadian and American homes. This is the hope of Tony Burman, the Canadian managing director of Al-Jazeera English, who said Tuesday his network could be broadcasting in Canada later this year.

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30 mummies found in newly discovered tomb in Egypt

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

One wonders if some were forced alive when entombed as servants.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAIRO - Egyptian archaeologists say they have discovered 30 mummies inside a 4,600-year-old tomb, in the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara 20 kilometres south of Cairo.

Egypt's chief archeologist, Zahi Hawas, says the new tomb was found Sunday at the bottom of an 11 metre deep well. Eight of the mummies were in sarcophagi and the rest had been placed in niches in the wall.

Hawas has described the new site as a "storeroom for mummies."

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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.

(BANG) -

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.

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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

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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

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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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.

Justice Eric Macklin also found that while Dennis Cheeseman was a virtual tag-a-long, he knew he was placing Mounties in mortal danger and therefore must serve more than seven years behind bars.

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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.

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.

Justice Eric Macklin also found that while Dennis Cheeseman was a virtual tag-a-long, he knew he was placing Mounties in mortal danger and therefore must serve more than seven years behind bars.

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

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

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.

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.

Justice Eric Macklin also found that while Dennis Cheeseman was a virtual tag-a-long, he knew he was placing Mounties in mortal danger and therefore must serve more than seven years behind bars.

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

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

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.

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.

Justice Eric Macklin also found that while Dennis Cheeseman was a virtual tag-a-long, he knew he was placing Mounties in mortal danger and therefore must serve more than seven years behind bars.

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

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

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 while they investigated a Grow op owned by James Roszko in 2005 who later killed himself. 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.

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.

Justice Eric Macklin also found that while Dennis Cheeseman was a virtual tag-a-long, he knew he was placing Mounties in mortal danger and therefore must serve more than seven years behind bars.

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South Park's Kenny Stars in Murder Trial: Canada

Barry Artiste OP/Ed
One wonders If a Lesson can be learned in all this when Prosecutor "TimMAY"!! makes his legendary closing arguments on the fate of this Kenny Imposter and his accomplices, while Judge Butters, gives the accused a good Grounding, the Defence Lawyer Cartman demands the accused "Respect Mah Authouriton"!

Kenny's legal guardians Mr.Slave and Mr. Garrision (sans Mr. Hat) will certainly point an accusing finger at Kenny's accomplice, "Towelie" and "Sexual Harrassment Panda" as the prime suspects in the untimely Death of Mr. Hanky "The Christmas Poo"!

Jury Foreman Counsellor Mackey verdict "Don't Do Drugs, Drugs are Bad" certainly seem lost on the accused, who under Bad Drugs mistook Mr. Hanky for a large Chocolate Ice Cream Cone when they were arrested by Officer Barbrady!

Stay tuned, as I am sure a "Lesson will be Learned" as this lengthy trial continues at World Police Headquarters!

"America Hell Yeah!"

A cartoon character was entered as Exhibit No. 9 yesterday during a second-degree murder trial because a defence lawyer wanted to illustrate how an accused was apparently wearing a coat.

Lawyer Vince Clifford filed a printout of the character Kenny from South Park after telling jurors he searched Google for the image to understand how a witness was describing Emmanuel Chretien, one of two men charged in the death of Michael Lee Hibsman.

Clifford is the lawyer for co-accused Mathieu Goyette.

Nancy Villeneuve, Chretien's former girlfriend, had told jurors that she saw Chretien near a Burger King on Montreal Rd. wearing his hood partially over his face after they went to check out police activity on Emond St. on Nov. 11, 2006. She described him as looking like Kenny.

COVERS FACE

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South Park's Kenny stars in murder trial

Barry Artiste OP/Ed
One wonders If a Lesson can be learned in all this when Prosecutor "TimMAY"!! makes his legendary closing arguments on the fate of this Kenny Imposter and his accomplices, while Judge Butters, gives the accused a good Grounding, the Defence Lawyer Cartman demands the accused "Respect Mah Authouriton"!

Kenny's legal guardians Mr.Slave and Mr. Garrision (sans Mr. Hat) will certainly point an accusing finger at Kenny's accomplice, "Towelie" and "Sexual Harrassment Panda" as the prime suspects in the untimely Death of Mr. Hanky "The Christmas Poo"!

Jury Foreman Counsellor Mackey verdict "Don't Do Drugs, Drugs are Bad" certainly seem lost on the accused, who under Bad Drugs mistook Mr. Hanky for a large Chocolate Ice Cream Cone when they were arrested by Officer Barbrady!

Stay tuned, as I am sure a "Lesson will be Learned" as this lengthy trial continues at World Police Headquarters!

"America Hell Yeah!"

A cartoon character was entered as Exhibit No. 9 yesterday during a second-degree murder trial because a defence lawyer wanted to illustrate how an accused was apparently wearing a coat.

Lawyer Vince Clifford filed a printout of the character Kenny from South Park after telling jurors he searched Google for the image to understand how a witness was describing Emmanuel Chretien, one of two men charged in the death of Michael Lee Hibsman.

Clifford is the lawyer for co-accused Mathieu Goyette.

Nancy Villeneuve, Chretien's former girlfriend, had told jurors that she saw Chretien near a Burger King on Montreal Rd. wearing his hood partially over his face after they went to check out police activity on Emond St. on Nov. 11, 2006. She described him as looking like Kenny.

COVERS FACE

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South Park's Kenny stars in murder trial

Barry Artiste OP/Ed
One wonders when TimMAY!! will make the closing arguments on the fate of this Kenny Imposter and his accomplice, while Judge Butters, gives the accused a good Grounding, the Defence Lawyer Cartman demands the accused "Respect Mah Authouriton"!

Kenny's legal guardians Mr.Slave and Mr. Garrision (sans Mr. Hat) will certainly point an accusing finger at Kenny's accomplice, "Mr. Hat" and "Sexual Harrassment Panda" as the prime suspects in the untimely Death of Mr. Hanky "The Christmas Poo"!

Jury Foreman Counsellor Mackey verdict "Don't Do Drugs, Drugs are Bad" certainly seem lost on the accused, who prefer to taste the Steaming Bowls of Chef's "Salty Chocolate Balls", instead of enjoying the Rich Creamery Justice of Ice Cream served Cold by Ms. ChokesonDik under the watchful eyes of that uncaring arresting Officer Barbrady!

Stay tuned, as I am sure a "Lesson will be Learned" as this lengthy trial continues at World Police Headquarters!

"Hell Yeah!"

A cartoon character was entered as Exhibit No. 9 yesterday during a second-degree murder trial because a defence lawyer wanted to illustrate how an accused was apparently wearing a coat.

Lawyer Vince Clifford filed a printout of the character Kenny from South Park after telling jurors he searched Google for the image to understand how a witness was describing Emmanuel Chretien, one of two men charged in the death of Michael Lee Hibsman.

Clifford is the lawyer for co-accused Mathieu Goyette.

Nancy Villeneuve, Chretien's former girlfriend, had told jurors that she saw Chretien near a Burger King on Montreal Rd. wearing his hood partially over his face after they went to check out police activity on Emond St. on Nov. 11, 2006. She described him as looking like Kenny.

COVERS FACE

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Friday, January 30, 2009

A Diplomat Shuts His Eyes to the Israeli Gaza Solution.

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Guess it is easy to see which side this Diplomats Pita is buttered on!

Dear Ms. Trine Lilleng,

You were an unknown Norwegian diplomat till this month.

No longer.

As first secretary in the Norwegian Embassy in Saudi Arabia, you recently sent out an email on your office account in which you declared: "The grandchildren of Holocaust survivors from World War II are doing to the Palestinians exactly what was done to them by Nazi Germany."

Accompanying your text were photos, with an emphasis on children, seeking to juxtapose the Holocaust with the recent Israeli military operation in Gaza.

Clearly, you are miscast in your role as a diplomat, all the more so of a nation that has sought to play a mediating role in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

In fact, you're desperately in need of some education.

Let's begin with your current posting. You've been in Riyadh since 2007.

If you're so anguished by human rights violations, perhaps you could have begun by devoting some of your attention - and email blasts - to what surrounds you.

Or were your eyes diplomatically shut?

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RNC Elects First Black Republican Party Chairman

Today, January 30, 2009, during the 2009 Republican National Committee's (RNC) annual winter meeting, being held in Washington, D.C., from January 28 through January 31, 2009, the RNC is voting to elect a new chairman for the Republican Party.

168 members and proxies are eligible to vote during this election. 85 votes are required to represent a majority.

The candidates for Republican Party Chairman are: Mike Duncan, Ken Blackwell, Katon Dawson, Michael Steele and Saul Anuzis.

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Canada pays the price of immigration on the cheap

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

This National Post story by Rudyard Griffiths has certainly picked at the scabs of multiculturalism and diversity with Pro and Con going back and forth in the "Must Read Comments section of this story". Certainly inflaming Readers on both sides, Who is right and who is wrong is certainly a debate which may soon come to loggerheads with Canadians as the Canadian and American economy falters in the coming years.

Like I said, it is a good story, but a far greater story is the comments from the minds of Canadians posted in this National Post story.

Certainly of interest would be comments from Now Public readers in this Op.Ed column as well.

One of the enjoyable things about writing for the National Post is the feedback you get from readers. My last column (“Change the things you can,” Jan. 14) — suggesting a temporary reduction in immigration levels to retain, during these recessionary times, skilled workers who have emigrated to Canada — was no exception.

Some readers challenged me to explain how Canada could not but welcome 250,000 or more newcomers each year given its fast ageing workforce and flaccid birth rate. Others posited that the country’s commitment to sustained high immigration is a source of national pride and a policy that sets Canada apart from its peer nations.

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The war on America's Starbucks

The war on America's Starbucks
With the latte giant reeling from overexpansion and a softening U.S. economy, doughnut maker Dunkin' Donuts took aim at its upscale rival. Now McDonald's has joined the coffee fray as well. Can Starbucks pull through?

By Joseph V. Tirella
In late 2007, Dunkin' Donuts made a surprising announcement: In a taste test in 10 major U.S. cities, the chain had put its most popular brew up against Starbucks' -- and clobbered the coffee conglomerate, 58% to 42%.

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Lefty Canadian Principal Bans Singing O Canada Anthem in School

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Perhaps it is high time to enforce a few rules in Canada, especially when the individual beliefs of one are festered on young minds. Many Canadians, including me believe teachers whose political and socialist leanings (read Left) and beliefs has no place in our schools, a course curriculum is laid out for students to follow period. The Canadian Anthem has always been a part of the school system and though may be separate from a cirrculum, it should still be mandatory as this is Canada, and we are all Canadians.

Speaking of deviating from course curriculum, I remember in the a couple of decades ago our professor reliving his "Hippie Days in Toronto and Vangroovy" was talking about his beliefs of a NEW LEFTY WORLD ORDER, to us students. Some "Sheep" class mates took the bait, and some like me questioned his "Eye Glazer" beliefs. Of course he was not to fond of my questioning his personal motives. In ending, our teacher Mr. Tofu as I liked to call him, suffered the slings of arrows later from the academic community when it was revealed he married one of our classmates soon after her graduation a couple of years later. Seems he was carrying on with at her tender age of 19 versus his 42 year. Certainly raised a lot of questions about his Svengali ways and methods over his flock. But then the media is full of stories like this.

I put it this way, teach only from the school laws and leave your political personal crap at home next to your Taliban Manual and Mao's Red Book. Canada is Canada and our Anthem is sacred, get used to it, or leave!

Schools should have to play O Canada: N.B. education minister Last Updated: Thursday, January 29, 2009 | 7:06 PM AT Comments188 Recommend78 CBC News

The New Brunswick government will be examining rules that allow schools to independently decide whether they will play the national anthem on a daily basis, says Education Minister Kelly Lamrock.

Lamrock made the announcement on Thursday after it was revealed on Wednesday that an elementary school in southern New Brunswick had stopped playing O Canada at the start of each school day about a year ago.

Belleisle Elementary School principal Erik Millet said the decision was made to accommodate some parents, who indicated they didn't want their children taking part in the daily singing of the anthem.

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Court restores rule that denied passport to terrorist

Court restores rule that denied passport to terrorist
Updated Fri. Jan. 30 2009 7:47 AM ET

The Canadian Press

OTTAWA -- The government was justified in breaching a convicted terrorist's rights by denying him a passport, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled.

The decision made public Thursday appears to bolster Passport Canada's ability to keep the valuable travel document out of the hands of people considered a national security threat.

The three-member appeal court panel unanimously decided that the decision to refuse Fateh Kamel of Montreal a passport was a justifiable violation of his constitutional rights.

The judgment sets aside an earlier court decision that effectively struck down a rule allowing the foreign affairs minister to deny or revoke a passport on national security grounds.

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Canada to lobby over "Buy American" Protectionist Bill

Harper to lobby U.S. over protectionist bill
Updated Thu. Jan. 29 2009 9:54 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

Prime Minister Stephen Harper plans to lobby the U.S. over protectionist legislation which calls for a "Buy America" policy as the country prepares for a series of sweeping infrastructure projects.

The U.S. bill, which Congress appended Wednesday onto President Barack Obama's US$819 billion stimulus plan, has sparked fears that Canada's steel exports could be shut out of the U.S. recovery plan.

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

No doubt, Alaska's Redoubt Volcano may Blow any Minute

Alaska finds itself in a waitng game as Mount Redoubt according to the United States Geologicla Survey.

Alaska's Redoubt Volcano, 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, is expected to erupt within days or weeks, authorities at the Alaska Volcano Observatory say.

"The level of seismic activity" has "increased markedly" in recent days at Mount Redoubt, according to the Observatory.

From the Alaska Volcano Observatory:

Summary of Current Unrest

Since last fall, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) has detected increasing volcanic unrest at Redoubt Volcano. Starting on Friday, January 23, the level of seismic activity increased markedly, and on Sunday AVO raised the Aviation Color Code to ORANGE and the Volcano Alert Level to WATCH. On the basis of all available monitoring data AVO regards that an eruption similar to or smaller than the one that occurred in 1989-90 is the most probable outcome. We expect such an eruption to occur within days to weeks.

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Divorce - North American Style

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

We have all read about a Montreal Woman suing her Billionaire Ex Husband for Millions, though she is relatively well off with close to a 100K a year, home and a few million to boot for her and her children. Yet when it comes to Childless couples, many do see the big picture affecting Joe Six Pack, and Jane Punch Clock.

Here is reality in what many feel Divorce Laws should change and be fair to both parties. Certainly this guy got Blued, Screwed and Tatooed with Alimony for the rest of his life.

I put it this way, no kids, well both parties better get jobs and support themselves. Many use imaginary illnesses to get out of working. To me that doesn't wash, when even the disabled are working and wish to be treated no different than able bodied people, but on the other side of the coin, it is certainly convienient when they wish to monopolize on the fact they are disabled in order to get Cash for Life in the Divorce Lottery.

What ever happened to equality between the sexes? Or is that a convienent ploy that always works for a lawyer and plaintiffs advantage?

What do Now Public Readers think?

Am I out to Lunch in what seems like a Lottery Cash Grab for Life in the Childless Couple Divorce Lottery?

You tell me!

Wayne Tippett has just two things of any real value left in his life: a 10-year-old car and a granite tombstone.

At 51, Tippett is broken, bankrupt and bunking in the guest room of his parents' Burlington home after a divorce settlement that's left him $75,000 in debt and racking up $1,000 more each month.

Today, he'll appear in court at a default hearing to try to explain why he can't afford to pay his ex-wife (the couple had no children) $3,300 a month, $16,000 in retroactive alimony and $42,000 of her court costs out of a complex case he himself still doesn't understand.

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FedEx cargo aircraft crashes in Texas: spokeswoman

Breaking Now- a cargo Jet opperated by Fed