Thousands expected to light up outside Vancouver library for Pot

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Well this is sure to be an event, during this election, one wonders which or how many politicians will show, looking too suck up some votes from the potheads, not that any would remember which Politician they met through their Smoke filled Glasses.  And we wonder about all the Marijuana related shootings and killings our Politicians spout about when stating we have a handle on Crime and we are doing our best to stop it.  Yep, I can see that! Can you? 

Wonder what would have happen during this POT FEST, of a lone cigarette smoker happen to pass by too close to a public building in contravention of our City Bylaws?  I tell you what would happen, Swat would be upon him and charge him $100.00 for endangering the Public Health, all within rock throwing distance of thousands of Pot Smokers the Public Library, funny they wont suffer a similar fate, all because they are not smoking a cigarette.

Last year the smoke was so thick it could be seen a block away and the acrid smoke could be smelled blocks away, one would think with the unemployment rampant in the city, they would be out looking for a job cause they are outraged they cannot find a job, but then when I watched them Prancing and Singing last year, who would hire them? 

In ending, it is nice to Hypocrisy Rules in a city of Politicians who clearly have no clue in how to lay down the law, except for the lone cigarette smoker watching all this . 


(Photo Inset) Minna Mah of Nanaimo held a marijuana-leaf Canadian flag above the crowd at last year's event. Photograph by: Peter Battistoni, Vancouver Sun

 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Thousands+expected+light+outside+Vancouver+library/1513101/story.html

VANCOUVER — A cloud of marijuana smoke will be hovering over the Vancouver Public Library on Monday as thousands spark up for National Pot Smokers Day. Vancouver police will be attending the annual '420' event, which attracted some 6,000 people last year, to ensure it remains peaceful. Despite open drug use last year, no arrests were made. The festivities begin at 4:20 p.m.
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Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL) Calls Parties "Despicable' and "Shameful"

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com

Seems like the working Talking point to diminish the impact of the nearly 500,000 who participated in the Tax Day Tea Parties is to call the movement an Astro-Turf (Fake Grassroots) event. Nancy Pelosi related this to reporters. She stated the tea party events are being funded by BIG Business and New Corp. Anyone who has been close to the city Planners is well aware that there was no funding form outside sources and gathering permits, obtaining insurance, and providing equipment were left up to the volunteers at the local level. There has been no evidence presented that large corporations have funded any of the Tea Party Events.

The other talking point appears to be to call the participants uneducated and misinformed by those who would benefit by big business legislation. In addition some congressman are saying that these tax day parties are a direct attack on the Obama administration. Most of the tea party footage that is available shows that the participants are upset with congress as a whole and how government is involved in the free market system.

While Protesters in left wing groups get dismissed for violent acts because they're ideology is in agreement with the left leaning Main Stream Media, The Tea parties are being called, "despicable and Shameful". Interestingly enough out of the 304 tea parties that data is available for there was one arrest. Despicable and Shameful indeed.

Schakowsky Statement on 'Tax Day Tea Parties'

CHICAGO, IL (April 15, 2009) – Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement in response to “tea parties” being held on Tax Day. “The ‘tea parties’ being held today by groups of right-wing activists, and fueled by FOX News Channel, are an effort to mislead the public about the Obama economic plan that cuts taxes for 95 percent of Americans and creates 3.5 million jobs.

It’s despicable that right-wing Republicans would attempt to cheapen a significant, honorable moment of American history with a shameful political stunt. Not a single American household or business will be taxed at a higher rate this year. Made to look like a grassroots uprising, this is an Obama bashing party promoted by corporate interests, as well as Republican lobbyists and politicians.”

Source: house.gov

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Michael Patrick Leahy has invited you to the event 'Tell Jan Schakowsky it's not Tea Parties that are Despicable' on TCOT Action Projects!
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky ( A Democrat who represents the north suburbs of Chicago) publicly called the Tea Parties on April 15 "despicable and shameful."

She will be speaking at the Lariat Rest


Time: May 3, 2009 from 5pm to 6pm
Location: Lariat Steakhouse
Organized By: Michael Patrick Leahy


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Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (Democrat from north suburbs of Chicago) publically called the April 15 Tea Party Protests "despicable and shameful".


She will be speaking at the Lariat Restaurant in Peoria at 5 pm cdt on Sunday May 3. Please stop by and let her know what you think of her comments about the Tea Party Movement.


Call Lynn Scott, her speech coordinator, and let her know you want to reserve a seat at the restaurant to hear the speech, and then comment on it. Lynn can be reached at 309-673-3853


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James Wolcott: Beclowned

James Wolcott: Beclowned By Michelle Malkin  •  April 16, 2009 12:09 PM

Watch this. Liberal toady James Wolcott argues that since he didn’t see big Tea Party crowds on his favorite left-wing tv stations and didn’t read front-page stories about the protests in his favorite left-wing newspapers, they weren’t newsworthy and no one really turned out except at the ones Fox News covered. C-SPAN host Susan Swain then displays front page after front page of local news coverage showing thousands of Tea Party participants:

“Does that change your view?”

Wolcott: Er, no.

A classic beclowning:

By the way, the unofficial estimate of yesterday’s nationwide turnout has now surpassed 240,000.

And here’s another estimate based on newspaper accounts: At least 250,000.

I’m continuing to update the mother of all Tea Party photo collections here.

Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.

Source: michellemalkin.com

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Premier Campbell unveils new promises: Political Ransom for Votes

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

As the photo caption states:

To fight crime, Mr. Campbell said he will introduce "new legislation to require those arrested with outstanding warrants from other provinces to be immediately returned to those jurisdictions."

Well in my Opinion if Premier Campbell was serious about crime, why wait until after the election? 

We have a serious issue in this Province, and enticing votes in order to safeguard our lives against the criminal element Reeks of Political Ransom! In other words Vote for "Premier "Vito Don" Campbell or I'll let the criminals rule the Roost! 

Well "Mr. Premier Snot Nosed Scammer" I wasn't born Yesterday, and neither were the voters of BC!

VANCOUVER -- Under a new B.C. Liberal government, criminals with arrest warrants from outside British Columbia will be denied income assistance and other provincial benefits until they deal with their problems from back home.

This promise is contained in the B.C. Liberal Party election platform released in Vancouver Wednesday morning by Premier Gordon Campbell.

Focusing heavily on his party's approach to the economy -- but also addressing issues such as crime and seniors' care -- the platform outlines what Mr. Campbell calls "six pillars for a strong B.C."

Source: nationalpost.com

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Bring back private pirate hunters: U.S. lawmaker

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Ohh and Arms Race between Privateers and Pirates.  Imagine if you will a cargo ship armed with surface to surface missles and indiscriminaltely blowing up any boat within 5 miles of it reach.

Though a great idea in concept, cargo carriers are not Military and the Military are not Babysitters and Security Guards. One solution is the charge shippers a fee for a military escort into dangerous waters.  Designate certain days and shipping lanes like a convoy of cargo containers through the straits under military escort, and the Military charge
all ships a fee for safe passage.

Now there is an idea!

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. lawmaker says Somali piracy has an age-old solution: "Letters of marque" empowering private citizens to chase the seaborne scoundrels from the oceans.

Republican Representative Ron Paul and a handful of conservative theorists say it's time that the U.S. Congress used the technique, pioneered by European powers in the 18th century as a way to wage naval warfare on the cheap.

Source: nationalpost.com

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The life and death of Betty "the Loan Shark"

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Betty the Loan Shark, was a common fixture at Casino Parking lots, where it is said would dispense cash to fellow Asians whose luck ran out, guess Bettys gamble finally resulted in Craps!  Betty it seems had a different story for every occasion when arrested, from International Spy to Mother who would use her young children as human shield to ward of Hit Contracts when it was revealed she named names, any names in order to stave off deportation back to Asia.  Certainly shows why many in British Columbia blamed politicians for selling BC er's to Asian Crime Gangs, where past Governments Immigration Agencies effectiveness at background checks of immigrants was as a loose as Immigration Canada on Olestra.

All who knew her came to the same conclusion.

“It was only a matter of time,” said Asian organized-crime investigators who spoke to The Province about the woman found shot dead inside a Mercedes-Benz at a Richmond industrial complex Wednesday morning.

Her name was Betty Yan, a.k.a. Betty “the Loan Shark” Yan, a.k.a. “Big Sister” Betty, a.k.a. Betty Tung Sze Yan.

Source: theprovince.com

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Senator DeMint not on the Sidelines at Tea Party Rallies

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DeMint and other well-known conservatives, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, are lined up to speak at some of the demonstrations.  DeMint will address protesters in Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston, S.C., according to his spokesman, Wesley Denton. Culberson will attend a Houston demonstration, but he is not scheduled to speak.

DeMint said he's "encouraged" about the protests because "so many are ready to stand up and fight for freedom." 

"These are moms and dads, teachers and students, businessmen and women who are concerned for their country," DeMint told FOXNews.com. "They are worried that our nation is quickly being taken in the wrong direction by politicians who are more concerned about the next election instead of the next generation."

"This cuts across party lines and demographic divides. It's not about Republican or Democrat, its about citizens who believe America can only survive if we protect the principles of liberty from a federal government that is out of control and must be reformed now. And that's a real message of hope," he said.

"The Tea Party grassroots movement understands and is sending the message to Washington that we cannot tax, borrow, and spend our way to prosperity," Culberson said.

Source: foxnews.com

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Tea Parties; Some Congressman not sitting on the Sidelines

If members of Congress are planning to attend the Tax Day Tea Party protests on April 15, they're keeping awfully quiet about it. 

The tea party movement has garnered nationwide attention since its launch on Feb. 27, and scores if not hundreds of tea parties are expected to be held across the country on Wednesday.

But so far, FOXNews.com has found only two members of Congress -- both Republicans -- who have  committed to attending the demonstrations on the day income taxes are due.

Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina and Texas Rep. John Culberson, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, say they will attend the protests to show their opposition to the government's massive spending bill. That leaves roughly 530 senators and congressmen who haven't been heard from.

Whether the tea party movement is large enough yet to elicit a response from the White House or effect change in the halls of Congress is "hard to say," said Mike Leahy, co-founder of Top Conservatives on Twitter, one of three conservative groups behind the grassroots effort.  

Source: foxnews.com

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Gang crime security crackdown on port and airport workers may aff

Barry Artiste Op/Ed It's about time the Conservative Government decided to kick ass and taking names in what is belived for decades our ports are rife with organized crime, everything from drugs to illegal immigration. It will be interesting to see which Politicians and Unions oppose this crime fighting move, of course it may give insight on those opponents on which side their bread is buttered on! http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Gang+crime+security+crackdown+port+airport+workers+affect+people/1486168/story.html Gang crime security crackdown on port and airport workers may affect 100,000 people By Mike De Souza, Canwest News Service Tens of thousands of workers at B.C. airports and ports are among 100,000 people nationwide who may be affected by a security crackdown announced by the Conservative government. The initiative comes through a new deal signed this week by the federal Transport Department and the RCMP to weed out organized-crime operatives from restricted areas, Canwest News Service has learned. The agreement would improve information-sharing between the two agencies and allow the RCMP to conduct detailed background checks on employees applying for new security passes or renewals. The deal is intended to improve the security of both passengers and cargo. Sgt. Shinder Kirk, of B.C.’s Integrated Gang Task Force, said Friday he wasn’t aware of the initiative but applauded any moves to tighten security to prevent illegal cargo from entering or leaving the city. He noted that Metro Vancouver, as a major port city, is extremely vulnerable because of its connections to Asia, its proximity to the U.S. border and its growing international airport.

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What to go to the American Idol Finalle? Pay Clinton's Debt

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By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com. Iron Mill News

Remember the good Ole days when big donors got the opportunity to stay a night or two in the Lincoln Bedroom. Why old news today, I thought it would be fitting to revisit the issue and compare and contrast a new Clinton attempt to retire her Campaign debt.

With Hilliary Clinton attacking her news Job with the Obama Administration, James Carville, the Inventor of the war Room has taken the reins to retire all of the left over debt from Hillary's failed Presidential campaign.  As of today, there are vender's and creditors still waiting  to be paid for the service provided to the Clinton campaign.  Even though the Clinton's did very well financially during the Bush years, they think it not important to pay the hard working Americans who provided guidance and services while she was running.

James Carville came up with a plan form the old play book.  Since the Lincoln Bedroom is no longer available for sale.  Carville has written a letter to former Clinton supporters asking them to retire the campaign debt that still is nearly 8 million dollars.  The Offer?  How about a day with Bill Clinton as a prize, Better yet an all expense paid trip to the American Idol Set's Grand Finale?  If that doesn't suit you, James himself has offered to pimp himself for a day of political discourse.  Wow a day with the Man who said,

"I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one." or "The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party." and still another tid bit of insight you would receive, When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil."

Source: brainyquote.com

Back to the Lincoln Bedroom.  This proved very profitable for the Democrats, a property that is owned and maintained by the American people, Carville devised a scam to give the Lincohn Bedroom saty as a perk for major donors .

Why bring this ancient history up again?  Today James Carville sent out a letter (See Below)  That offers those who restore Hillary Clinton's Debt a chance to Have a Lincoln bedroom Experience.

Before it was to receive contributions now it is to retire debt from a political campaign.  Does the Campaign have any idea that there is a recession on?  With the White House rhetoric that this economic crisis could lead to catastrophe, Carville is asking you to pay Clinton's debt while hard working Americans are in financial crisis.  What steal from he to retire the debt of the rich?  Isn't that just what James Carville said the Republicans did?

I would say this is beyond the political pail, even for James Carville.  Here is a suggestion, How about the Clinton's retire their own debt and not bother the hard working Americans to pay for yet another  financial bailout called the CCD?

Here is the transcript from the Carville Letter under Hillary Clinton's Logo

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 2:54 PM
From: "James Carville" <info@hillaryclinton.com>

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From Hillary Clinton

Dear John Doe,

I knew it was going to take an extraordinary effort to help pay off Hillary Clinton's campaign debt. But now, I think we can do it and have some fun at the same time!

I won't spend a lot of time trying to convince you to help Hillary. I know what she means to you, and I'm sure you know how important it is for her to have her campaign pay off all its obligations.

So let's get to the fun part -- enter today to win one of three truly once in a lifetime opportunities and you will also be doing something great to help finish off Hillary's debt.

With a contribution today, one of these exclusive prizes could be yours:

• Spend a day with President Clinton. Head to New York City to attend several interesting events with President Clinton followed by your own special New York City weekend.


• * Attend the American Idol season finale. You and a guest will watch live as the American Idol judges make their final comments and decisions on this year's most anticipated season finale!


• * Want to talk politics with me? How about a spending a weekend in DC. You will have lunch with me and my great friend Paul Begala. We will talk about politics, you will get to tour all the amazing sites DC has to offer and who knows what else could happen!


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Make a $5 contribution today, and you could be on your way to one of these once in a lifetime opportunities!

Your contribution today not only gives you the chance at winning one of these fantastic prizes - it'll also help our dear friend, Hillary Clinton, pay off the very last of her campaign debt.

This means a whole lot to Hillary, and I know she appreciates everything you do for her.

These amazing prizes are only being offered online and are available only for a limited time - so please don't delay in acting today.

Sincerely,

James Carville

Source: my.nowpublic.com

May be it is time to let James Carville know that Bill Clinton signed the Bill that deregulated the banks and signed legislation that forced banks to lend to unworthy home buyers who could not possible pay for their mortgages..

How about ask th Clinton's for a contribution to help bail out your debt due to the recession that they helped to bring to fruition.  I know that it is in vogue to Blame Bush for the inheritance fo the debt and finacial problems, one only look at legislative history to see that Bush inherited a recession as well.  Has terrorist Attacks, major disasters to contended with and two wars.

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A Smart Girl's Take on America' move from Capitalism to Socialism

Here is a concerned citizens t ake on America's  move from Capitalism to Socialism. 

By Kathryn Milliron, Staff Writer, Politisite.com and Iron Mill News

I’ve heard a great deal of talk in the conservative realm about the liberals of the country trying very hard to push the US from being a capitalist country into being a socialist country. Many have been saying that our current president is himself a “socialist”.

Being your average Jane, I did not have a firm understanding of the differences between the two and the type of impact that change would have on the lives of the average citizens of our fair country. So I began to research. The more I researched, the angrier I became.

I began with a simple search for the terms capitalism and socialism.

According to Merriam-Webster.com, the definition of capitalism is:

: an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.

On Merriam-Webster. com, the definition of socialism is:

1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods 2 a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state 3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.

Okay, so I now know the definitions. And so far I do not like what the definition of socialism has to offer. Where is the freedom that this country is so accustomed to?

Well, since  I clearly I did not know about the implications of this “change” I decided to go back and see what our founding Fathers had to say in the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. They did form this country after all, so they know what the US was intended to be.

The Declaration of Independence says:

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Source: kmilliron.wordpress.com

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The Associated Press to fight web news piracy

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Opps, guess we should not post any AP News, or we could find ourselves in court.

SAN DIEGO - The Associated Press and the newspaper industry plan an aggressive effort to track down copyright violators on the Internet and try to divert traffic from Websites that do not licence news content

Source: cnews.canoe.ca

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Stolen Canadian plane lands in Missouri

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Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Lucky for the pilot, F-16s didnt shoot him down, and two, this guy is lucky Gitmo is closing, otherwise someone would be eatin **** sandwiches, courtesty of the guards,

The Cessna 172 was taken around 2:55 p.m. ET and soon crossed into the United States, passing over Wisconsin and Illinois as it was tracked by two F-16 fighter jets.

Nearly eight hours later, the pilot landed on a dirt road in the southern Missouri town of Ellsinore and fled on foot.

Authorities allege 31-year-old Adam Dylan Leon, a native of Turkey who became a Canadian citizen last year, flew the stolen plane. He was arrested just outside Ellsinore late Monday night.

Lt.-Cmdr. Gary Ross, a spokesperson for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, said the pilot did not respond to radio calls from the jets or the FAA during the entire pursuit.

He also said the pilot refused to acknowledge the nonverbal communications from the F-16 jets to follow them. It appears the plane only landed as it came close to running out of fuel.

Source: news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca

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Political gain leaves Afghan women behind

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Boy, it is pretty scary when the Taliban look to Canada for ideas, such as polygamy, religious freedoms, and Yes, a Liberal Province of Ontario were seriously considering Sharia Law in Canada.  Certainly when Ethnic Votes can ensure either Political dominance or a few years of opulence for Politicians looking to make a living on the Taxpayers dime, it shows so called professed Liberal Politicians, whether in Afghanistan or Canada would sell their own daughters , mothers and aunts, sisters and grandmothers to the Taliban if it meant 4 more years in power.

Something to think about next election time, when politicians are grandstanding for that much needed ethnic or religious vote!  So much for the time honoured belief we are all equal in the eyes of God, cause Politicians never have subscribed to that belief ever!

Question: Where did the Taliban in Afghanistan get the idea they could do a deal with President Hamid Karzai to bring in Shariah law?

Choose the best answer from the following:

1. The Taliban was encouraged by the fact that in February, the Pakistani government let it legally administer Shariah law in the country's Swat Valley If you chose this answer, you're right. Note that the Taliban in Pakistan offered a 10-day ceasefire in good will and agreed to give up their weapons. Pictures smuggled out of the Swat area and aired on national TV show the Taliban terrorizing inhabitants with all kinds of weapons. In their leisure time, they're shown flogging women. They also burn girl's schools and insist that women stay home - unless, of course they have their husband's permission to go out.

2. The Afghani Taliban looked to Saudi Arabia and Nigeria, where Shariah law has been firmly entrenched for years, and said if they can do it, so can we.

If you chose this answer, you are right. After all, the West - aside from momentary outrage over high profile cases such as Mohamed Kohail, a 23-year-old Montrealer who may yet have his head lopped off - shows no inclination to invade Saudi Arabia. The Canadian government has yet to effectively intervene.

3. The Taliban read up on Canada where, for months in 2004-05, the province of Ontario debated whether or not it should allow Shariah law. We nearly made it, they said, when the idiotic proposition was finally rejected.

If you chose this answer, you are right. It is jaw dropping that a Canadian province could seriously entertain the possibility of a law that puts the rights of women somewhere below those of the family pet. "They don't like women," said an Afghani doctor, when I was helping with her English a few years ago. She explained in her halting yet eloquent English, that she was referring to all things Taliban and all things Shariah. She also told me about her hazardous journey over the mountains and into Pakistan to escape.

Source: edmontonsun.com

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No room for special status in Canadian mainstream: Multiculturism

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Again, another story, which I have always espoused as decades of Liberal Ethnic Pandering for Votes.

Thank god we now have a Conservative Government who state to ethic communities "You are not to be treated any different than Canadians, if you want to be Canadian, then Suck it Up and start acting Canadian.  Nothing like fostering Racial Strife by treating on Culture better than another. Or kowtowing to the Liberal Drivel of Multiculturalism and Diversity in making those new to Canada "Special"!  You are Canadian as soon as your Ass hits Canadian Soil as far as I am concerned we are all equal!  Get used it!

Canada's ethno-cultural communities no longer need special status, says the minister in charge of multiculturalism.

Jason Kenney said Canada's minorities are strong and rich enough to support themselves and should compete with "old-stock" Canadians and other ethnic groups for cultural funding.

"We don't need to force the issue of diversity, it's there," he said in an interview with Sun Media. "The challenges of today aren't turning Canada into a diverse society. It already is."

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Kenney said the federal Liberals' multiculturalism policies of the 1970s, which funded particular communities and "their food and folklore," are outdated. He struck a nerve, in a recent speech, when he doubted the necessity of diversity programs.

"Our ethno-cultural communities are sufficiently large and robust with their own resources that they don't need government contributions or subsidies in order to maintain diversity," he said.

After that speech, Kenney was quickly asked if the popular Ukrainian Shumka Dancers would no longer qualify for government funding.

"No," he said. "They don't qualify under multiculturalism because they are the new mainstream. They do qualify for funding under the various arts programs that exist in Canadian Heritage."

The same goes for ethnic newspapers. "They would get the same consideration as non-ethnic newspapers, but they won't get different consideration because their readers happen to be from a different part of the world originally."

Source: ottawasun.com

Here is a related story I posted today on the futility of Multiculturalism and Diversity
 http://my.nowpublic.com/world/canada-isnt-hotel-cdn-immigration-minister-says

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'Canada isn't a hotel': CDN Immigration Minister says

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Wow, a Politician who says whats on Canadians Minds! Who knew? What Canadian Conservative Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says rings true for the majority of Canadians, when we Canadians are forced to abide by Liberal Dogma for years in accepting the drivel called Multiculturalism and Diversity, yet there are those who come to our Country obviously do not subscibe to this decades of Liberal Drivel.  I have provided countless stories on the futility of Multiculturalism and Diversity, Liberal Cliche Catchphrases spewed by Liberals at every election. It is nice to see a Minister of the Conservative party under Prime Minister Stephen Harper showing Canadians  there seems to be rules for some and not for others when it comes to those who treat Canada as a hotel of cultural ghettos, when our open expanse in this country affords others who come to this country to assimilate and feel Canadian, instead of pockets of some communities resembling countries in which Canadians do not recognise!  If immigrants to this country, wish to be cloistered in ethic communities, never venturing outside them to learn of Canada and Canadians or for that matter refuse or not bother to know and understand other cultures and peoples which make up Canada, then why should Canadians be forced to learn and understand them?  Like I say, when in Rome....................... Get it, got it, good!

Canada needs to better integrate its ethnic minorities in order to combat the potential for extremism, says Canada's immigration and multiculturalism minister.

In an interview with Sun Media, Jason Kenney said Canada's high level of immigration runs the risk of creating "ethnic silos" that could do here what they have done in Europe.

"We shouldn't be naive about the very real dangers of radicalization, of extremism. We shouldn't over-exaggerate it and nor should we just pretend it doesn't exist," he said.

Kenney is concerned some communities are not actively integrating with mainstream society. While he won't point fingers, he said "there are people who come to Canada or are born in Canada that have very illiberal views, who believe that their religious dogma or their ethnic grievance justifies violence."

"Now, that may be a tiny minority of people, but that's all it takes to cause real problems," he said.

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PUSHING AN AGENDA

Kenney said it's unhealthy for immigrants to isolate themselves and he's pushing an "integration" agenda.

Giving the example of a teenager in Richmond, B.C., who arrives from mainland China and spends most of his time fraternizing with other Mandarin speakers -- at school, at home, on social networking websites -- Kenney asked how much someone like that would have contact with people of different backgrounds. He believes modern communication -- Internet, satellite television -- slows down the process of integration.

"We don't just want a country that is a bunch of different silos where people don't associate with each other," he said. "Canada isn't a hotel."

Source: ottawasun.com

Tags: Ottawa | Internet | Richmond | World | CANADIAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE BOARD | economicimpactofimmigrants | MULTICULTURALISM | Canadian Politics

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Democrats Breaking Rank on Global Warming

Democrats Breaking Rank on Global Warming

By William Warren

Boldly standing up in direct defiance to the Big Government “Global Warming” zealots of the left, a startling 26 Democratic Senators broke rank on Wednesday and helped defeat a provision that would have hastened the way to costly cap-and-trade climate change legislation.

Such action sends a loud, clear message: there is a growing bipartisan resistance to the much-ballyhooed pseudo-“consensus” on anthropogenic global warming and the necessity of sweeping environmentalist policies to counteract this “dire emergency.”

As reported by The Hill, 41 Republicans and the 26 Democrats voted in favor of a critical budget amendment that will prohibit liberal lawmakers from slipping cap-and-trade legislation “under the radar” through a method known as the “reconciliation process.” Had it not been resoundingly thwarted, the “reconciliation process” would have lowered the number of Senate votes needed to pass the crippling environmentalist legislation from 60 to 51.

Source: blog.getliberty.org

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11% of Americans believe Obama is a Muslim

Barry Artite Op/Ed

Again, religion rears its ugly head with the practice by many unclued to the concept of including Religious based performance of a President.  For one Muslim is not a religion, funny how this is brought up in a nonsensical poll, and then a side by side poll of Lutherans, Christians, Catholics.  WTF?  Media Misinformation, just feeds the ignorant.
Not all Muslims are of the Islamic faith, but all Islamics are Muslim.  And in the end, does it really matter if Obama was or is a Muslim?   Though I am conservative by choice, I think Americans should count their lucky stars, they have President Barack Obama as President, he is articulate, intelligent, and seems to be his own man, versus the other choices. As for having a Muslim President if he were, who cares, as long as his loyalties lie with America and the people he wishes to lead to better times.    I wonder if there is a poll out there where it is asked if Americans believe Obama is Black or Hawaiian? Again, does it really matter.  Now back to Jerry Springer!

11% of Americans believe Obama is a Muslim

A poll conducted by Pew Research in March shows that over one in 10 Americans still believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim. That number is only slightly lower than the results of a poll conducted by Pew last October.

White evangelical Protestants (19%) and Republicans (17%) are among the most likely to view Obama as a Muslim, according to the poll.

In spite of Obama being on record about his Christian faith and his well known association with a Chicago United church, opponents raised questions about Obama's religion during the contentious 2008 U.S. Presidential campaign.

Conservapedia, which bills itself as the conservative alternative to Wikipedia, has a subsection called 'Obama is likely the first Muslim President' in its entry on Obama. The section lists what it sees as evidence of Obama's Muslim faith.

In June 2008, Fox News commentator E.D. Hill took issue with a fist bump (pictured above) between Obama and his wife Michelle, suggesting it was a "terrorist fist jab." Hill's program was soon cancelled and her Fox News contract not renewed.

The debate over Obama's religion soon took to the Internet where Obama's campaign started its own website to address the religion issue and other 'smears.'

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Source: network.nationalpost.com

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McGuinty rules out use of sharia law in Ontario

Barry Artiste Op.Ed

Here is a story, on how close the vote was to pass Sharia Law in Ontario, Canada.  In light of the recent laws being considered in Afghanistan regarding taking away Afghani Womens rights, Sharia Law is also a law written by men for men, with little regard for women.  Yes, many will counter and say, but Barry, that is not true, this would never happen in Canada? Yeah, England thought it wouldn't happen there either!

As far as I am concerned the separation of church and state must be enforced, as we all know, there is no equality in Religious circles when women are concerned.

McGuinty rules out use of sharia law in Ontario http://my.nowpublic.com/world/u-n-says-a...

Updated Mon. Sep. 12 2005 11:31 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says there will be no sharia law in his province and that he will move to ban all faith-based arbitrations.

Seeking to end months of debate, McGuinty said he would not let his province become the first Western government to allow the use of Islamic law to settle family disputes and that the boundaries between church and state would become clearer by banning religious arbitration completely.

"There will be no Shariah law in Ontario. There will be no religious arbitration in Ontario. There will be one law for all Ontarians," McGuinty told The Canadian Press.

The proposal to let Ontario residents use Islamic law for settling family disputes drew protests Thursday in Canada and at some of its diplomatic sites across Europe.

Ontario, the most populous province in Canada, has allowed Catholic and Jewish faith-based tribunals to settle family law matters such as divorce on a voluntary basis since 1991.

The practice got little attention until Muslim leaders demanded the same rights.

Source: ctv.ca

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SC Governor Mark Sanford will Speak at Columbia Tax Day Tea Party

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Politisite and Iron Mill News has learned that South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has agreed to speak at the Columbia National Tax Day Tea Party on April 15, 2009 at 1 p.m. ET.

For addtional information please see the National Tax Day Tea Party Website

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U.N. Says Afghan President Signs Law Legalizing Rape in Marriage

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has backed a law that the United Nations Development Fund for Women claims legalizes rape within marriage and forbids women from leaving the house without permission, The Telegraph reported Tuesday.

According to the U.N. the law, which has not been released publicly, says women cannot seek work, education or doctor's appointments unless their husband approves.

The law also allegedly gives sole custody of children to fathers and grandfathers. Opponents of the law accuse Karzai of pandering to the Shia minority whose swing vote is crucial.

While the Afghanistan constitution guarantees equal rights for women, it says the Shia population can settle cases based on Shia law.

Afghanistan would not let the U.N. see a copy of the bill, and a Karzai spokesperson would not comment.

Source: foxnews.com

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Canada Airports Staffed byTerrorists, Drug Dealers Criminal Gangs

Barry Artiste Op. Ed

Well Canadians certainly knew out Seaports were staffed by Criminal Gangs, as reported by Government and Police agencies allowing all manner of illicit goods and illegal immigrants into our country.  Unions for these Port workers have consistently refused to allow their dock workers to undergo criminal background checks, even though the Ports fall under Federal Jurisdiction under Ports Canada! 

Now we find a No Sh*t Sherlock expose from our Federal Auditor General that our Canadian Airports rival Dock workers in being staffed by the Criminal Underworld. Airports also fall under the Federal auspices of Transport Canada. 

There have also been cases in Surrey, British Columbia where Customs Officers, under the control of the Federal Customs Canada have been found to be engaged in criminal drug smuggling activity.

What will be done with criminal background checks at our International Airports? Well if Ports Canada is unable to get Criminal Background checks on its Dock Workers, I surmise much the same opposition will be faced at our International Airports.  God Help Us All!

Perhaps a Big sign should be displayed at all our Canadian Ports of Entry warning "Welcome to Nancyville"!

Funny, when you hear the United States worried about Terrorism, Drug smuggling, Illegal Aliens crossing their border through Canada and call our Porous Border the most easiest border to get in and out of, many Canadian state anti Canadian rhetoric from Americans.  Well, I guess our Southern Cousins can smugly state, We told ya so!

So now Canadians can bask in the knowlegde why it can take two hours sitting in your car waiting to cross into the US, cause it appears US Customs and Immigration are doing what we should have been doing all along, Securing our Canadian Borders and Soverienty for us.

Let's hope Prime Minister Harper and his Conservatives will give RCMP and Police agencies some leeway in stopping all this National Nancyism and get down to the business in eliminating criminals from ruling the Federal roost.

Baird promises quick action on AG report

Updated Tue. Mar. 31 2009 10:06 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

Transport Minister John Baird has vowed to strengthen information sharing between his ministry and the RCMP, after the auditor general said people with criminal backgrounds are working at Canada's airports.

"We've got to do a much better job," Baird told reporters Tuesday.

"We're in advanced discussions with the RCMP on a ... stronger information-sharing agreement. Frankly, if we don't have one within 10 days I'm going to get our two teams together in my boardroom and not going to let them go out until it's successfully concluded."

In a report issued Tuesday afternoon, Sheila Fraser warned that Transport Canada and the RCMP are both withholding information from one another, which compromises the security of Canada's airports.

"Transport Canada issues these clearances to people to work in restricted areas of airports, and is mainly concerned about security to planes and passengers, to threats to planes and passengers," Fraser told CTV's Power Play.

"It's not as concerned or preoccupied by criminal activity that may go on in airports. I think we all know there have been a number of reports issued, even by the RCMP, that there are criminal gangs in airports."

Source: ctv.ca

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Natasha Richardson's death saves Ohio girl

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Perhaps this story will bring some comfort to Natasha's family, following her demise and the media reports. For if just anyone would have died under the same circumstances skiing, who knows if this child would be the next casualty?

Natasha Richardson's death saves Ohio girl

Updated Wed. Apr. 1 2009 8:33 AM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

The sudden death of actress Natasha Richardson last month may have helped save the life of a seven-year-old Ohio girl.

Two days after Morgan McCracken was hit in the head by a baseball in her family's Mentor, Ohio, front yard, her parents watched news reports about how Richardson, 45, died following a skiing accident.

When Morgan began complaining of a crippling headache, her parents took her to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with the very same injury that eventually killed Rishardson.

Like the late actress, Morgan didn't show any symptoms immediately after her injury, her father, Donald McCracken, told Canada AM Wednesday.

Source: ctv.ca

Tags: TV | Family | Baseball | Ohio | Health | Celebrity | Women's Health | MONT-TREMBLANT | Human Behaviour

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Gibsons' cops shoot "weird" woman after man gunned down in nursin

Barry Artiste Op.Ed

What I would like to know is, are Nursing Home Residents allowed to pack Heat?  If not, it is pretty hard not to Notice a Rifle toting resident you would think?  Residents and Staff not noticing a wheelchair bound Nursing home resident tooling around the Nursing Home with a rifle leaves me to believe were Staff sampling their patients Meds? 

Cops arrived on the scene shot the women, Guess their first clue who to shoot, was the obvious GUN RACK on the back of this deranged womans wheelchair.

This province just gets wierder and wierder!

http://www.theprovince.com/Gibsons+cops+shoot+weird+woman+after+gunned+down+nursing+home/1449305/story.html

Gibsons' cops shoot "weird" woman after man gunned down in nursing home
 Woman shot after she shot man inside nursing home
 By Katie Mercer, The Province

Mounties shot a woman in a wheelchair Tuesday after she shot a person inside a Gibsons nursing home. The incident occurred at about 4:30 p.m. at the Good Samaritan Christenson Village nursing home after a facility manager and a male nurse approached the wheelchair-bound resident to evict her.

 The woman allegedly shot the manager with a rifle, while the nurse escaped. Residents identified the woman to The Province as Linda. They said she had been acting erratically after being served an eviction notice.

“She was being evicted because she was just weird,” said a resident, who asked not to be named. “She should have never been here.” Residents told The Province that Linda, 40, had recently shaved her head and was asking fellow residents to write recommendation letters on her behalf.

When they declined, she told them “you’re next.”

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Victoria man gets 10 years in prison in HIV sex-assault case

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

So many obvious questions, with the first question being, did these women ever hear of protected sex?

The next question, when immigrating to Canada, potential immigrants must undergo Health Examinations in their native country, by Doctors selected by Immigration Canada. Was this man admitted to Canada, by authourities who knew he was infected with HIV?

Lastly, the man has been in this country since 2001, one can be sure he had unprotected sex with more than 4 women!  So will it be a matter of time before unsuspecting women find out when they go the doctors to discover they too are infected?

Blame can be laid on Immigration Canada's lax rules for admission under the then Federal Liberal Governments watch, the women who had unprotected sex with a stranger, and lastly the man who knowingly duped these women to a death sentence, whose only closure may one day come with the closing of a coffin lid.

 

A member of a popular Victoria marimba band has been sentenced to 10 years less three days for having unprotected sex with four Greater Victoria women without telling them he was HIV positive.

On March 2, Charles Kokanai Mzite, 37, was convicted of four counts of aggravated sexual assault between May 2001 and November 2005. Today, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Robert Johnston told Mzite he had committed offences that could only be described as “profoundly selfish.”

“You infected one woman and exposed three others to very serious risk to satisfy your own needs for intimacy and sexual gratification,” said Johnston.

“Each of the complaints would have refused to have sexual intercourse with Mr. Mzite if she’d known he was HIV positive. Each of the cases occurred in the context of a relationship. ... Each of the victims felt safe because he denied he was HIV positive.”

Source: timescolonist.com

Tags: Victoria | Crime | Health | Zimbabwe | Disease | World | Women's Health | Sexuality | AIDS/HIV | aids africa

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Teen girls trading sex for favours

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

I wish this story was an April Fools Joke, sadly it isn't.

EDMONTON -- Somewhere in the city, children as young as 11 and 12 are gathering in basements and playing intricate, graphic sex games.

I first heard about these parties a few years ago from my 12-year-old daughter, who said kids at her school played games where each girl had to perform oral sex on several boys.

Naively, I dismissed the story as another urban myth, like Pop Rocks causing heart attacks and maggots in milk-shake machines.

Turns out, these parties are very real and frighteningly commonplace.

Edmonton is featured in a new book and documentary DVD called Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss by Sharlene Azam, where she explores "the growing phenomenon of middle-class girls trading sex for money, drugs and luxury goods."

Source: cnews.canoe.ca

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SC Congressman Barrett Introduces 'TEA Act' to cut 500 Billion

Barrett Introduces TEA Act

Today, Congressman Gresham Barrett introduced the Taxpayer Empowerment and Advocacy Act – or the TEA Act for short. 

The TEA Act will:

• Save taxpayers $520 billion over the next five years by reducing government


• Limit the growth rate of government to inflation


• Strenghten the definition of emergency spending to prevent abuse and


• Require PAYGO for all new mandatory spending programs.

I believe the TEA Act will set Congress on a new, more accountable course while protecting the taxpayers’ best interests. I encourage you to let your friends and family know about this common sense bill that will save us more than half a trillion dollars over the next five years.

 

I would love to hear your thoughts about this legislation. Logon to my blog by clicking here and let me know what you think.

 

Click here to read more about the TEA Act.

Source: barrett.house.gov

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Enough of multiculturalism – bring on the melting pot

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Barry Artiste Op/Ed

It is about time one States what is so plainly on many Canadians mind, When in Rome...............You are Roman period! Otherwise, why are you here?

Time to end decades of Liberal Trudeaumania who was the Father of "Canadian Nancyism" , be rid of it, and tell it like it is and should be!

Enough of multiculturalism – bring on the melting pot
LAWRENCE MARTIN
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail March 31, 2009 at 12:00 AM EDT

Issues don't get much hotter than immigration. It's where political correctness abounds, where allegations of intolerance and racism are but a breath away, where ministers had best show finesse with their pronouncements.

Not so Jason Kenney. Our man at the immigration turnstiles has been in a bull-in-a-china shop mode lately. He's told newcomers they have to speak our official languages better, he's barred British MP George Galloway from admittance, he's accused refugees of systematic abuse of the system, he's called for more integration of immigrants, and he's gone to war with the Canadian Arab Federation, a group that accuses him of being a shill for the Jewish community.

It's serious stuff. The purport is that immigrants must do more to conform to Canadian standards. The minister wants to tighten the definition of what it means to be Canadian. The pitch - when in Rome, do as the Romans do - is for less multiculturalism and more melting pot. "We want to avoid the kind of ethnic conclaves or parallel communities that exist in some European communities," says Mr. Kenney. New Canadians have "a duty to integrate. ... We don't need the state to promote diversity."

Monte Solberg, the previous Conservative immigration minister, favours the move to the melting pot, saying the Liberal concept of the multicultural mosaic is dated. Immigrant communities are more self-assured now. Ottawa, Mr. Solberg says, shouldn't be in the business of preserving their cultures.

Source: theglobeandmail.com

Tags: Canada | Ottawa | World | immigration | fiscal conservatives | Jason Kenney | Minister of Multiculturalism | Canadian Politics | trudeaumania | anti-Liberal | Prime Minister Stephen Harper

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Chicago Sun-Times parent files for bankruptcy

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

One can only guess why Bankruptcy hit the staid Chicago Sun Times, with internet replacing paper, it may be only a matter of time before other paper based media follow in these bad economic times.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Chicago Sun-Times parent files for bankruptcy Chicago becomes the first U.S. city served by two insolvent newspapers. The Sun-Times Media Group, parent of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper, filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, earning Chicago the distinction of being the first U.S. city served by two insolvent newspapers.

The Sun-Times also said it hired Rothschild Inc. to try to sell some of its assets, which include 59 newspapers and their Web sites. It filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.

It plans to operate its newspapers and Web sites while improving its cost structure and stabilizing operations. It said it has financial resources to continue daily operations.

Source: money.cnn.com

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B.C.'s Shame: The highest child poverty rate in Canada

Barry Artiste Op.Ed

Truly a shame in a country of vast wealth such as Canada, who is to blame?  Well successive Provincial governments all gave a resounding grandstanding performance every election time, yet when in power, nothing more was given except a furrowed brow, perhaps a cursory glance at the stats, and possibly even a harumph, tsk, tsk, followed by a pensive finger under chin moment and finally a solution and media blitz proclaiming "We live in the Bestest Place on Earth", There that should do it, and cure the ills of the hungry, nothing like provincial  Pride on an Empty Stomach.  NDP get all up in Arms and say Elect us, we will do something about this serious issue!! Yeah, Right!
 

B.C.'s Shame: The highest child poverty rate in Canada
Updated: Mon Mar. 30 2009 19:04:41 ctvbc.ca

Josephine Watson is a single mom who brings in about $2,000 a month -- and half of that goes to feed her three teenage boys.

There's not much left for other essentials. Even though the boys try to pull their weight with a paper route, it's nearly impossible to make ends meet.

"We notice when our mom is stressed and everything affects us," said Josehpine's son Matt. "We are living through a hard time."

Her children are part of a troubling statistic for the province: B.C. has the highest child poverty rate in Canada.

Sixteen per cent of children in this province live beneath the poverty line. That's despite success in other provinces that have brought their rates down.

In Alberta in 1997, the child poverty rate was 15 per cent -- and now it's been cut in half. In 2006, the rate was 7 per cent. But B.C.'s child poverty rate has stayed stubbornly high.

Source: ctvbc.ctv.ca

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Starbucks announces first-ever Canadian closing in Richmond, B.C.

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Starbucks closing a Richmoned, BC location doesm't surprise many, as Richmonds majority of citizens are Asian, and are historically Tea drinkers.  If not for British Taxation inflaming Colonists 200 or so years ago and the infamous Boston Tea Party, there may not have been a Starbucks or even a Tim Hortons in both our countries, as Canada and the US were Tea drinkers as well.

Starbucks announces first-ever Canadian closing in Richmond, B.C. Last Updated: Monday, March 30, 2009 | 6:54 PM PT Starbucks Corp. will shut down its Aberdeen Centre location in Richmond, B.C., on Wednesday, the company's first-ever closing in Canada.

The coffee retailer said the decision to close was caused by current economic conditions and because the location itself was under-performing.

Source: cbc.ca

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Democratic Operatives Attack 'Tea Party' Web Site.

An international effort to shut down the TaxDayTeaParty.com website has been detected by our technical staff. Internet experts commonly call this type of attack a Denial of Service (DOS) attack. Corrective measures are being implemented, and the site should be fully accessible again within 48 hours.
Unfortunately, these DOS attacks are very difficult to trace. In this case, the attacks have come from both domestic and international sources.  All we know for certain at this point is that a group of people want to stop this movement. We will not allow this to happen.  This citizens' movement will not be stopped.

Remember this the next time a liberal tells you he's all in favor of an open, honest, debate about the issues. They're totalitarian thugs.

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Source: spectator.org

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Life after Google: What's the next hot search engine?

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Though this story is more of a Jordan thing, it was too good to pass up. As for me, my vast knowledge in computer abilities extend to on/off, cut and paste.

Life after Google: What's the next hot search engine? Updated Sun. Mar. 29 2009 7:23 AM ET Taylor Buley, Forbes.com BURLINGAME, Calif. -- There is life after Google -- though the increasing number of search alternatives popping up around the U.S. are careful not to take the search giant head-on.

With three-quarters of all search traffic, Google might seem unassailable. But potential competitors are busy developing new ways of finding information and hunting down the investors they need to support them. Last year, more than 50 new search companies raised $330 million in venture financing, according to MoneyTree.

Source: ctv.ca

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Sudan's wanted president arrives at Arab summit

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

And what does this tell the World, in particular the West who are fighting the War on Terror, when supposed allies welcome with open arms a Genocidal Madman. Yep, just call the West "All Day Suckers!"  Newflash! What will the West do in talks with these supposed allies of ours, will they chastise them and say WTF?  Nope, the West will do  ......................abso...................lute...........................ly.............................nothing!

Sudan's wanted president arrives at Arab summit

Updated Sun. Mar. 29 2009 10:13 AM ET

The Associated Press

DOHA, Qatar -- Sudan's president, who is sought by an international court on charges of war crimes in Darfur, received a warm welcome Sunday in Qatar, where he will attend this week's Arab League summit.

President Omar al-Bashir was greeted with hugs and kisses by Qatar's emir in a red-carpet welcome at Doha's airport on Sunday. He later had coffee with the emir and the head of the Arab League. The summit begins Monday.

Source: ctv.ca

Tags: Crime | Sudan | World | United Arab Emirates | conflict sudan

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Is my food still safe after the 'best before' date?

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Barry Artiste Op.Ed

Well this has certainly solved the question many of us wanted to know about the unidentifiable wrapped parcel of food in the back of the fridge for months, called "Mystery Cake" (Meatloaf)!

Is my food still safe after the 'best before' date? Last Updated: Friday, March 27, 2009 | 3:54 PM ET CBC News Got something nasty brewing at the back of your refrigerator? Maybe a half-empty yogurt container that you haven't opened since — well, you're not exactly sure when. But with the recession biting your budget, you're hesitant to put any more pressure on your bottom line by throwing out something that might have some value.

Still, you know better than to open it and eat it. It is — after all — well past the "best before date." And once that date is history, your product cannot be consumed safely, right?

Well, not exactly.

"Best before" is one of three types of date codes referred to officially in the Food and Drugs Act as "durable-life dates." These dates are defined by the act as "the amount of time, starting on the day a food is packaged, that the unopened food will retain its normal wholesomeness, palatability and nutritional value when stored under appropriate conditions."

Source: cbc.ca

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ShamWow Guy arrested for punching prostitute

Barry Artiste Op.Ed

I think he should have been arrested just for his inane commercials, but then there is no law against that!

Television pitchman Vince Shlomi, better known as the ShamWow Guy who has been phenomenally successful peddling absorbent towels and food choppers, was arrested at a swank Miami hotel last month after a violent confrontation with a prostitute, according to a post yesterday on the website The Smoking Gun.

Shlomi, 44, and Sasha Harris, 26, were arrested, according to police reports.

Source: montrealgazette.com

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Vancouver Drug trafficker sues his kidnappers: Karma's a Bitch!

Barry Artiste Op.Ed

Does anyone care? Since he is in jail serving a 13 year sentence, one wonders if he successfully sues, will he get any money? If so, one can be sure Revenue Canada will get it!  One more thing, what about deportation back to Vietnam after he serves his sentence? So many unanswered questions aren't there?
 

VANCOUVER — Drug trafficker Peter Sum Li, who according to prosecutors paid out the largest ransom ever in a kidnapping in Canada, is suing his six alleged kidnappers for restitution, general and special damages.

The criminal trial of the six accused began in September and continues before B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barry Davies in Vancouver.

In February 2006, Li, his wife, Jennifer Pan, and his business associate, Xiao Chun Chen, were snatched from a Burnaby apartment by a group of men and held for a month.

Li — who since the kidnapping has been sentenced to 13 years in jail for drug trafficking — and Chen were beaten and tortured with a Taser. All three victims were tied up, had their mouths taped and were wrapped in plastic for 24 hours without food, water or access to bathroom facilities.

During the abduction, more than $1.3 million in cash was paid out. A suitcase containing $495,000 was handed over to a man in a vehicle in Toronto, $400,000 was dropped off in Vancouver and another $450,000 paid out in China. None of the money was ever recovered.

Source: theprovince.com

Tags: Vancouver | Crime | World

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Canadian healthcare killed Natasha Richardson: NEW YORK POST!

Barry Artiste Op.Ed

Well isn't this a Kick in the Slats for Canada, when those in the US who are anti Canadian Healthcare publish Fear Mongering to the Masses.  Point being, Ms. Richardson refuses medical treatment, plain and simple.  If she has listened to those who tries to help her, we would not be having this conversation, because Ms. Richardson would have been alive.

MONTREAL — Some Montreal doctors added a dose of realism Saturday to the fiery debate south of the border that asked if Canada’s “socialized medicine” killed actress Natasha Richardson after she hit her head skiing on Mont Tremblant March 16.

“Canadacare may have killed Natasha,” screamed a headline in the New York Post. “Was Canada’s healthcare the problem?”asked another in the Chicago Tribune.

The implication “is totally unjustified,” said Paul Saba, an emergency room doctor at Lachine Hospital and co-president of the Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice.

He flatly rejected the notion that a lack of funding for overall public health care contributes to fatal head injuries like the one that claimed the life of Richardson, the wife of actor Liam Neeson and the daughter of legendary actress Vanessa Redgrave.

Source: timescolonist.com

Tags: Canada | New York | Health | World | Women's Health | MONT-TREMBLANT | US Politics | New York Post | Human Behaviour | Canadian Healthcare

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Canadian researchers uncover Chinese Espionage network: Malware

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Barry Artiste Op/Ed
A Global Chinese Government Espionage Network? Holy James Bond!!! And what will be done about it by our Governments?  Nothing! Of course there will be Humble Chinese, we so sorry apologies, rumour and innuendo, perhaps even a gunshot to the back of the head of some government chinese wonk as a show of complacency.

Bottom Line, they are a World Trading Power! They own the USA Treasury Bills, Bonds etc.  Why? Because We allowed it! Why again? Because we are not allowed Manufacturers here in our country to export all their labour to Asia cause we do not have Slave Labour in the West nor do we exact Human Rights abuses against our People. It is called Laws people, something the Nancy West allowed China to become it's No. 1 trading partner in the Pacific Rim to flout laws and our health and safety codes time and time again, all so we as consumers can scramble like Monkeys for those low, low prices and Big Yellow Smiley Faces we all scramble to on weekends for our consumer products.  Think about it! You reap what you sow! And with our Global Economic Meltdown, we obviously Sow (ed) Big Time!

A 10-month investigation by a team of researchers at the University of Toronto uncovered a broad Chinese espionage scheme that reached into foreign embassies, news services and even the office of the Dalai Lama.

The researchers says the system — called GhostNet — sent e-mails that introduced malware into host computers, which in turn fed information back to servers located on the Chinese mainland.

"The GhostNet system directs infected computers to download a Trojan (horse) known as ghOst RAT that allows attackers to gain complete, real-time control," the authors write in Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network.

"Our investigation reveals that GhostNet is capable of taking full control of infected computers, including searching and downloading specific files, and covertly operating attached devices, including microphones and web cameras."

Source: timescolonist.com

Tags: Canada | China | Markets | Washington | Ottawa | Crime | Internet | Disease | Layoffs | Farming | World | Climate Change | US Economy | Food Safety | Tech & Biz | Human Behaviour

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Alleged gang member wins freedom: Nancyism Alive and Well

Barry Artiste Op.Ed

It is nice to see Immigration & Refugee Board Canada is living up to its Name "Nancy Canada"!  Lets hope Prime Minister Harper acts fast to close "Nancyism" in this country.

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Reputed gang member Jackie Tran -- who represented himself against a government lawyer--has won his release from custody.

Immigration and Refugee Board member Geoff Rempel ordered Tran's release Friday afternoon, saying he didn't break conditions imposed on him by federal authorities seeking his deportation to Vietnam.

The decision sparked outrage from authorities, who on Wednesday arrested Tran for allegedly breaching a condition requiring him to live with his mother.

"The Calgary Police Service is extremely disappointed with today's Immigration and Refugee Board's decision to release Jackie Tran.

"Tran is a well-known gang member and the police service believes Tran does pose a risk to the community,"said Acting Staff Sgt. Gord Renke of the targeted enforcement unit, which investigated and arrested Tran.

Source: vancouversun.com

Tags: Ottawa | Calgary | Crime | World | Canadian Politics

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Vancouver testing measure to force repairs by Slum landlords

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

I think that is a step in the right direction, as long as the City has the balls to allow Landlords to immediately evict those tenants who deal drugs, and damage the landlords property.  Previously Landlords had no help from the city to evict those tenants who continually destroyed the landlords property. 

Granted there are slum lords, but many are not, so you have to see both sides of the issue, which many in the DTES protest group rarely do.

Slumlords, beware.

City of Vancouver staff are looking for the worst of the worst Downtown Eastside landlords in an attempt to crack down on those who let their buildings fall into disrepair.

For years, the problem of landlords ignoring city inspector's orders to fix their dilapidated buildings has frustrated city hall, said Coun. Tim Stevenson.

On Thursday, Stevenson put forward a motion to test "a brand new tool" in the city's enforcement repertoire: a court injunction ordering repairs.

"It's only, obviously, relatively few who continue to avoid doing repairs or upgrading their buildings. And we have our inspectors go in and they just rip up the letters that they get," he said.

Now, Stevenson said, the city wants to ask the courts to add some clout to that request. Over the next three months, city staff will identify one landlord on whom to pilot the new approach.

One Downtown Eastside advocate called the motion a "mini-victory", but wishes the city had gone further. "There's skepticism in the community that [an injunction] will work and people would prefer that the city just go in and do the repairs," said the Wendy Pedersen of the Carnegie Community Action Project.

Source: vancouversun.com

Tags: Vancouver | Crime | Health | World | Human Behaviour

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Dad charged for assaulting bully: Internet Assaults at Daughter

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Barry Artiste Op.Ed

You know after multiple meetings with police, school officials, parents, and still the assaults continue, what Dad would not go "Bezerker" on a group of Male teens? This Father did what any Father did, to protect his child, possibibly fearing if this continued his child would commit suicide over being constantly bullying, and now all of the sudden Police act! Against the Father., There is no Justice!

BOWMANVILLE -- Dave Clarke lost it Monday night. But the angry family man now charged with assaulting a 15-year-old pleads guilty with an explanation.

And under the circumstances, what would you have done?

The 45-year-old father of two has been closely following our recent series of stories on bullying. Like hundreds of other readers, these tales have struck a chord because his daughter Heather has been going through months of harassment by a group of kids at Bowmanville High School.

Clarke has been in and out of meetings with the school's administration and even had a sit-down with the police to address his concerns. One of the teens involved has been suspended twice, once for lying in wait for his daughter and whipping a handful of coins at her head.

Source: cnews.canoe.ca

Tags: Canada | Family | Ottawa | Crime | Health | World | Human Behaviour

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Do condoms really work?

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Different condoms, for different purposes, bottom line, you get what you pay for!

Pick the wrong condom, and you'll contract something that you'll regret longer than luggage or worse.
 

A lack of labelling on condoms is giving sexually active Canadians a false sense of security, experts warn.

They want the federal government to require warnings on packages about how often condoms break and leak, leaving people at greater risk of pregnancy and disease.

"There is a huge variation across brands and types of condoms. They report anywhere from 0% failure rate all the way up as high as 30%," says Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, Canada's research chair in social justice and sexual health.

She said the failure rates of different condoms should be written on their packages.

"So I can pick up the condom and say this one is 5%, this one is 2%," she said.

Source: ottawasun.com

Tags: Ottawa | Health | Disease | Sexuality

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Not so Brilliant: Chinese sedan awarded zero-star crash rating

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Barry Artiste Op.Ed

One wonders why this is News? Is there anything China makes that lasts or is even worth buying? The Chinese masters at counterfieting anything and everything from Lead Toothpaste to Asbestos Toys, shows they can copy it, but that is as far as it goes. Quality is an issue China cannot copy!

Granted the Great Wall of China and some Monuments, but you cannot raise the dead to get quality workmanship now can you?  They say you get what you pay for, and this is yet another millionth example.

Two years ago, Chinese automaker Brilliance made headlines around the world when its BS6 sedan - one of the first Chinese-designed and built cars to be sold in Western Europe - was crash tested according to the EuroNCAP procedures (64 km/h into an offset barrier). The car performed miserably, receiving a one-star rating. The grisly footage of the sedan hitting the barriers has become a landmark on popular video websites.

After the dust settled, Brilliance revamped the BS6 to include a sturdier frame, stronger pillars and seat belts with pretensioners. While that helped improve its crashworthiness to passable levels - three stars - the damage to the automaker's image was done. Or, so one might think.

Source: blogs.carpoint.ca

Tags: China | Automakers | Tech & Biz | Ancient Chinese

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The five-hour scramble to save Natasha Richardson

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Certainly this new revelation brings a whole new perspective to light in the untimely death of a celeb.

INGRID PERITZ

From Saturday's Globe and Mail

March 27, 2009 at 9:33 PM EDT

MONT TREMBLANT, QUE. — The crackling message over the 911 scanner is delivered with cold precision: The female patient in the ambulance is dazed and concussed, clinging to consciousness.

Natasha Richardson lay on a stretcher inside the speeding vehicle, her mind confused, her breathing aided by oxygen. A fall taken on a ski hill earlier was already, silently, killing her.

"I'm arriving with a female in her 40s … [she's] disoriented …" the medic radioed to hospital staff. "It's following … a ski fall that happened at noon. Soon afterward she presents signs of confusion, a concussion."

Source: theglobeandmail.com

Tags: Culture | Celebrity | MONT-TREMBLANT | natasha richardson ski accident

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Canada will ‘not be bullied’ by Russia: Cannon

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Barry Artiste Op/Ed

First of all, the only people who have claim to the arctic are the ones who have lived there for thousands of years, the Inuit and Aboriginal peoples of both countries.  For nations to lay claim to land not theirs is out and out theft! Period! No debate, No legalise! Possession has always been claimed as 9/10th of the law and the Inuit and Aboriginal First Nations who live there own it!  So whats the problem that all of a sudden in the last decade countries want to take it away from these peoples?  Natural Resources!!  I put it this way, if Canada and Russia want it, then they should try and live like the Inuit in the frozen tundra for a year or two with nothing but a spear and rifle and the same clothes and conditions as the Inuit, the survivors after the end of a year living in a igloo, with no help from their respective countries or the Inuit. Then and only then can these governments work out a financial agreement with the true owners to work their land for resources.  As one who knows the Arctic, I guarantee you if these countries send their representatives to live in the arctic, there will be nary a survivor in a week.  As Polar bears say, Ohhh Chewy on the Outside, Crunchy on the Inside!

MONTREAL -- Canada will not be bullied by the Russians in the Arctic, a tough-talking Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Friday.

Responding to news reports the Kremlin is planning to create a dedicated military force to help protect its interests in the disputed Arctic region, Mr. Cannon said Canada will not back down from asserting its own sovereignty in the North.

Source: nationalpost.com

Tags: Ottawa | World | Polar Bears | Arctic Circle | Inuit | Russian Federation | Canadian Politics

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Call in the riot police, the bankers are coming

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Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Boy, I bet Lawyers and Used Car Salesman and Politicians are breathing a big sigh of relief the world over, now that Bankers are the New Black (plague) when it comes to reviling those who done us wrong! High Fives all around I am sure are happening at Law offices everywhere.

London is girding for the arrival this weekend of a pestillence so reviled authorities feel the need to take special precautions. The British capital survived Viking raids, the Black Plague and nighttime Nazi bombings, but this is different. These are bankers.

Thanks to the economic crisis, bankers are dirt. Bankers are despised. If a banker was rushing his pregnant wife to the hospital, we wouldn't give him our cab. If Stalin were alive his jails would be stuffed with them. Even Barack Obama, who is careful to be nice to everyone, says bad things about them.

Source: nationalpost.com

Tags: Canada | Washington | Ottawa | Crime | brasilia | World | Obama | Westminster | Russian Federation | abolish lawyers | criminal bankers | bankruptcy lawyers | car salesmen

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This man wants to reinvent Canadian multiculturalism

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Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is fast becoming a rising star in Harper's Cabinet, common sense seems to be his forte, versus Liberal Trudeauittes who like stands of wheat in the field bend which ever way the ethnic vote blows.  Certainly a man to watch for in a career that has had its ups and downs, but the man always gets back up, brushes aside accusations of racism by liberals who fear the dismantling of the Multicultural and Diversity ideals could be set aside for When in Rome..................you are Roman, regardless where you hail from!

Photo inset: In the past days, Immigration minister Jason Kenney has criticized Canada's refugee system, called for language requirements for immigrants. He's just getting started.

Caught in a rare moment inside his Parliament Hill office, Immigration and Multiculturalism minister Jason Kenney is finished his interview with Fox News to talk about American military deserters seeking refuge in Canada. And an interview with a B.C. television station to discuss the case of a Chinese grandmother needing a special permit to visit Canada to tend to an injured grandson. And a TV reporter wanting to talk about Croatian visa policy. At the same time, his communications staff was fielding calls from reporters about the government's decision to ban British MP George Galloway from visiting Canada, as well as the latest turn in a public battle with the Canadian Arab Federation, and reports on abuses in Canada's refugee system - after finally managing to put aside, for now, the media and political fallout from the minister's comments days earlier about strengthening language proficiency requirements for new citizens.

Source: nationalpost.com

Tags: Ottawa | diversity | World | CANADIAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE BOARD | fiscal conservatives | MULTICULTURALISM | Jason Kenney | Minister of Multiculturalism | Canadian Politics | federal liberals | Prime Minister Stephen Harper

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Obama not interested in emulating Canada's health system

Barry Artiste Op.Ed

Of course the Canadian Health Care system wouldn't work in the United States, as Obama stated. Why? Cause Private Health Care Insurance and HMOs make more money than GOD!  And we all know what an "Avid Church Goer" Obama and previous Politicians, Senators and Presidents are!  There is a reason why they call their Money, IN GOD WE TRUST!

Obama not interested in emulating Canada's health system

Updated Fri. Mar. 27 2009 7:38 AM ET

The Canadian Press

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama is intent on providing affordable health care to every American, he said Thursday, but emulating Canada's system isn't necessarily the route he wants to take.

Universal health care is the aim of his administration, Obama said during an unprecedented online town hall meeting that featured 100 invited guests to the White House and about 67,000 watching online.

But the Canadian system is merely one way to go, he said, and likely wouldn't work in the United States.

Source: ctv.ca

Tags: Washington | Ottawa | World | Obama | US Politics | Affordable Family Healthcare Plans | Canadian Health care | These tags are fuckin useless

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Tobacco Underground: Global Trade in Smuggled Smokes

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Forget the poppy fields of Afghanistan, or drug smuggling across our borders, there is and always has been a new Kid in town, smuggling legal cigarettes the world over. 

Governments accuse Tobacco Companies of collusion with organized crime in getting thier smokes to market by hook or by crook.  Criminal gangs, kill and threaten anyone with violence who get in their way!

Which brings me to another topic, the lower mainland of BC has been a cauldron of death and violence with Gangs and their Shoot em ups over the marijuana trade and smuggling.  Many state Marijuana is a victimless crime and should be legalised and taxed by the government in order to stop criminal gangs shows these People who advocate legalization are so totally unclear on the concept of reality.  Nothing would change, criminal organizations and gangs would still be around, they would just sell marijuana cheaper to consumers, or move onto some other criminal activity.

Governments cheated out of taxes, have for the last couple of decades have been fighting the war on cigarette smuggling. Why? Governments know  the Billions of dollars in Sin Tax they get from Smokes is a great way to boost their Government coffers at a moments notice.   Governments do not like to be cheated out of those Taxes, smuggling avoids paying.

So, in ending, legalising and taxing marijuana would just exacerbate the problem, as criminal gangs would still be in operation regardless if marijuana is legal.

As they say Taxes are the Root of all Evil, especially if the Government doesn't get their cut.
 

The illicit trafficking of tobacco is a multibillion-dollar business today, fueling organized crime and corruption, robbing governments of needed tax money, and spurring addiction to a deadly product. So profitable is the trade that tobacco is the world’s most widely smuggled legal substance. This booming business now stretches from counterfeiters in China and renegade factories in Russia to Indian reservations in New York and warlords in Pakistan and North Africa. Read more...

Source: publicintegrity.org

Tags: China | Europe | Washington | Ottawa | Crime | India | tobacco | World | Turkey | Russian Federation | big tobacco | Alcohol Tobacco Firearms

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Treat addiction as a disease, MDs tell Victoria BC Government.

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

So Doctors seem to be so unclear on the concept of the meaning of disease.  I have so many problems with this Crap!  The term "Disease" is either Infectious or Non Infectious.  That is the medical term for Disease and no other.
No where is addiction, which is behavioural a disease.  MDs trying to change the term Disease to encompass every little ailment will open up a legal can of worms in the courts, resulting in everyone and their dog, pleading in front of a judge that their criminal actions was caused by a disease!  Of course MDs want lots and lots of taxpayers money to further this new Catchword of the Millenia, guaranting lots and lots of Research Grants and Pharmaceutical companies making oodles of money for themselves!

Can you imagine Rapists and Child Molesters pleading they have "Uncontrollable Urges and Addicted to Little Girls and Horny Disease"!

Murderers pleading they have an "Addiction to Blood Lust" disease in that they need to kill people!

Can you imagine Criminals pleading they have "Money Disease" and "We want your Stuff  Addictions"!

I say leave disease terminology in it's present form.  Gambling is not a Disease nor is Drug Addiction, it never came naturally or all of a sudden on people.  They chose it! They knew the Risks! To think they didn't know the difference otherwise leads me to believe perhaps they are Brain dead!

There is mental illness and behavioural issues brought on by accidents, disease or genetics. But when Normal healthy people with even a semblance of intelligence of a insect willingly put poison into their arms or body, or insaitable Greed drives them to gamble, after all Gamblers would not gamble if it were not for Paper Money!  I know of no Gamblers who would risk their life savings or kneecaps for a chance to score some Charmin Toilet Paper!

I say screw em, leave Disease as a term in its intention Infectious and Non Infectious, otherwise we open ourselves up to a legal mess of excuses our Nancy Courts and Laws are ill prepared to deal with!

One can be sure if this Disease Excuse was used in courts, Al qaeda's addiction to Box Cutters and Flying planes into Office towers killing thousands would be an attributed to being driven to have "Sex addiction" and "Martyr Syndrome" in order to get to some of them Virgins in Paradise.

Time to stop all this Fu*king "World Nancyism" and call a "Spade a Spade"!   

 

Treat Addiction as a Disease. MDs tell Victoria
B.C. doctors are calling for the provincial government to formally recognize addiction as a chronic disease — and provide public funding to deal with it.

The call comes in a report being released today by the B.C. Medical Association that says more than 400,000 British Columbians suffer from some form of addiction.

These people are struggling to get help when they need it, the report says, because of a lack of resources or the high cost of treatment. This in turn puts strains on emergency departments, workplaces and families.

“For many years, addiction was seen as a personal failure rather than an illness,” said Dr. Shao-Hua Lu, an addictions psychiatrist. “One tends to focus on the terrible losses in the Downtown Eastside, but in terms of overall cost, alcohol, gambling and tobacco probably costs society much more.”

The BCMA says alcohol, gambling and drug addictions, which are often linked to some form of mental illness, are akin to heart disease and diabetes and the province should treat them the same way. While treating a gambling addict the same as a cancer patient would add new costs to the system, the BCMA argues it would ultimately save money by preventing the costly results of untreated addictions.

In 2002, the estimated cost of treating substance abuse in B.C. was more than $6 billion, or $1,500 per person per year, with alcohol, gambling and tobacco taking the biggest toll on society, said Lu, who is clinical practice director for the new Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addiction.

According to the report, one in 10 visits to Vancouver General Hospital’s emergency room is for substance abuse, while B.C. uses enough hospital beds for substance abuse care to fill Kelowna General Hospital every day for a year.

The report suggests 120,000 British Columbians have a high probability of alcohol dependence, with 33,000 addicted to illicit drugs and 31,000 with a severe gambling problem.

Source: vancouversun.com

Tags: Canada | Europe | British Columbia | Vancouver | Victoria | Crime | Disease | United States | World | addiction | loopholes

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Alta. Rancher Rounds up posse to catch thief: Country Justice

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Nothing like Country Justice to catch a thief the old fashioned way. Of course it conflicts with modern courts who arrested the leader of the posse for shooting the thief after his second attempt after being shot to steal a truck.
Ah, the good ole days, when Men were Men, with Hangin Judges, instead of Starbuck Slurpin Nancy Boy Judges who read GQ and get facials.  John Wayne would be proud of that Cowboy and his Posse.

EDMONTON — You don’t get much call for a posse these days. Not much use really.

But just outside the farming town of Bashaw, Alta., it seems the old ways are alive and well.

A farmer is facing charges after a thief was driven off the road, shot in the back and then tracked down with a posse.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Darrel Bruno said the farmer and his wife were sleeping Wednesday when they heard three men outside their home.

When the farmer dashed out to confront the men, two of them took off in a truck.

The third man spotted an all-terrain vehicle by the house, jumped on it and fled.

The farmer got into his own car and sped off after him. The farmer caught up to the ATV-thief about two kilometres down the road and allegedly bashed his car into the vehicle, sending both vehicles off into the ditch, Bruno said.

“As the male culprit fled on foot, the 38-year-old farmer jumped out of his car and fired two rounds from a shotgun toward the culprit and struck him,” Bruno said.

Source: vancouversun.com

Tags: Edmonton | Crime | Farming | World | cowboy country | vigilante justice

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Times are Tough: "Prostitute breaks down door, demands sex"

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

One has visions of Supermodel Type Hookers roving the streets practising their Kittenish Saleswomanship on Men, by kicking down their doors, demanding Sex while dressed as Wonder Women like.  You know, this is what Dear Penthouse Letters are made of!

But alas, One must wake up from ones dreamy, dreams and know most likely this lady of the glittery evening was more Rosanne Barr (ish) in a rubber thong and thigh high "FM boots and a golf shirt.  $10.00, to handle your Nibbly Bits? No thanks, I have better uses for my Wedding Tackle! 

A prostitute in North Carolina broke into an apartment and demanded sex from three men.

Nicole Scarpone forced her way into the house and ordered the men pay her $10 for sex.

Source: cnews.canoe.ca

Tags: Crime | United States | World | PROSTITUTES | Strange | Roseanne Barr | wonder woman

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View of the World Through Christian Conservative Lenses

American Idol and the Cricket

It’s another American Idol night. As I raced home to view my favorite show, I was anticipating seeing which contestants were going to make it to sing another week, and who would go home. I love this show! I have since the very first season. As the show progressed, it was announced that next up was a great Motown Medley from Stevie Wonder. Cool. He’s a living legend. I enjoy his music.

And I was enjoying his music right up to the part where he felt the need to shout “I love you, Barack Obama.” Now, I can’t say that I was offended. I believe that everyone has the right to believe in the political beliefs of their choosing. Isn’t it great that we live in a country that allows us to do that? What stunned me is the unfiltered way the left has of sharing their beliefs in the midst of “entertainment”. And the frequency with which they do it.

Liberal entertainers are more than comfortable sharing their “opinions” with the nearest available camera crew for public consumption. And they thrive on it. Well, frankly, I’m tired of it! If I’m choosing to view something for entertainment, then entertain me! Don’t share your political views because I don’t want to hear them.

We’ve seen it a lot. Kanye West declaring “George Bush hates black people” during a televised charity fundraiser for Katrina victims. Natale Maines from the Dixie Chicks and her comment about “being ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas” at a concert in London in 2006. Stevie Wonder on American Idol tonight. And scores of other television, movie and music celebrities that are way too long to even begin listing.

Source: kmilliron.wordpress.com

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Tags: Music | Los Angeles | Bush | Love | Columbia | World | liberal | Cricket | Conservative | Obama | CHRISTIAN | black | CHICKS | lenses | Burbank | Dixie | US Politics | Stevie Wonder | Barack

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If seeing is believing, I believe Obama has Changed

Candidate Obama vs President Obama

If seeing is believing I believe Obama has Changed




Have you changed your Mind?

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TV Red Eye Andy Levy says Twitter is now for Breaking News

Where David Gregory’s Hair and Dan Abrams’ Bus Ride is Breaking News

Fox News’ late night news/comedy hybrid “Red Eye” debuted a new segment this week from ombudsman Andy Levy (@AndyLevy), called “Twitter News.” Why the need to know the “latest going-ons” on Twitter? “Twitter is now considered by many to be the most important source of news in the history of humankind,” said Levy.

Featured tweets include Rachel Maddow’s cowering, David Gregory’s hair and Dan Abrams’ bus ride:

Source - TVNewser -Follow WebNewser on Twitter

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SC Senator Jim DeMint Opposes the GIVE Act - Video

Jim DeMint called the GIVE Act “a huge, well-intentioned mistake” on the floor of the Senate yesterday. In a speech lasting almost 15 minutes, the conservative firebrand spoke judiciously about the motives of the bill’s backers, but points out that charity and volunteerism belong in the heart, and not as a federal program subsidized by massive infusions of taxpayer money. After all, the revenue GIVE uses won’t exactly be voluntarily given:



I’ve included the full text of DeMint’s speech below, for those who’d rather read it than watch the video. I think the best part comes near the end, when DeMint offers this observation:

These are not Government decisions. We need to focus on what we were set up to do and do it much better than we are doing, instead of every week coming in here, bringing our good intentions and our compassion and every problem we see across the country we say something needs to be done. Then we say: The Government needs to do it.

That is the fatal flaw of the Congress today, is we forget that sacred oath of office that says: We will protect and defend the Constitution which says this Federal Government has a very limited function. And those functions that are not prescribed in the Constitution are left to individuals and to the States.

Source - Hot Air

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Diary of a Mad Black Conservative -Uncle Tom, House Negro

Diary of a Mad Black ConservativeBy Darvio Morrow
March 23, 2009

"Token." "Sell-out." "Uncle Tom." "House Negro." If you are an African-American conservative, you know these phrases all too well. If you are black and conservative (or even moderate), people question your "blackness." For those who do not know what "blackness" means, it is essentially the Afro-centric, "say it loud, I`m black and I`m proud" philosophy that many in the African American community embrace.

The Left and the media have told us that being an African-American conservative is a repudiation and “sell out” of our race, and many people have concluded that authentically conservative and authentically black are incompatible. The attacks are often vicious, from caricatures of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dressed as a "mammy" to pictures of RNC Chairman Michael Steele superimposed with big, red lips and white gloves with the phrase "Sambo Goes to the Big House" written above his head.  Members of the crowd at the Maryland senate debate in 2006 even allegedly threw Oreo cookies at Steele. The gesture was meant to convey that Steele is black on the outside but white on the inside.

As damaging as the attacks on black conservatives are from the Left, however, they can be even worse from the Right.

Source: parcbench.com

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Not in My Desert- Feinstein seeks to Block Solar Farm

Increasing the nation's use of wind and solar power has been seen as an ideal way to protect the environment against pollution, oil spills, and nuclear waste. Now, however, fears are rising that the pressure to quickly ramp up large-scale production of alternative energy may in itself become a threat to fragile ecosystems.

That is the concern of Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA, who announced last week that she intends to introduce legislation to declare part of the Mojave Desert a national monument, closed to further development.

The area in question is a 500,000 acre parcel, once owned by the railroads and known as the former Catellus lands, which conservationists acquired between 1999 and 2004 and handed over to the federal government.

The Bureau of Land Management has made the land available for any purpose except mining. Fourteen solar energy projects and five wind energy projects have now submitted applications to build there, though all the applications are years away from being approved.

"This is unacceptable," Feinstein wrote in a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. "I urge you to direct the BLM to suspend any further consideration of leases to develop former railroad lands for renewable energy or for any other purpose."

Source: rawstory.com

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Tickets for the 2009 White House Easter Egg Hunt Online!

2009 White House Easter Egg Roll Welcome President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are pleased to announce the 131st White House Easter Egg Roll. Talented performers, special guests and thousands of visitors from all over the country are expected to attend this year. For the first time, tickets for the Easter Egg Roll will be distributed online so that more children and families from across the United States have the opportunity to experience this event. There will be no ticket distribution on the Ellipse the weekend before the event. More details about the ticketing process are below.

Theme The White House Easter Egg Roll dates back to 1878 and is an event designed to encourage children and their families to come outdoors and celebrate the start of the spring season. This year’s theme, ‘Let’s go play’, encourages America’s youth to lead healthy and active lives. The White House will open the South Lawn to children age ten and under, along with their families, to enjoy sports, cooking classes, live musical performances, storytelling and, of course, the traditional Easter egg roll. Please come dressed to be active and participate in all of the events.

Ticketing For the first time, public tickets for the 2009 White House Easter Egg Roll will be distributed online.  Ticketing will be available here beginning Thursday, March 26th.

The tickets, which are timed for entrance and exit to the South Lawn, will be emailed to each confirmed guest and the original must be printed and presented to gain entry to the South Lawn.  A maximum of six tickets will be issued per order.  Children age ten and under, along with their families are invited to attend.  There must be at least one child ten years old or under and no more than two adults per group.  Tickets are required for every attendee, including small children and infants,  to enter the South Lawn of the White House.

Souvenir White House Eggs

Visit the National Park Foundation online to purchase your 2009 White House Easter Egg Roll souvenir eggs.  Do not miss a historic opportunity to purchase this commemorative item.  Each wooden egg is expertly crafted, painted, and includes the signatures of the President and First Lady.  Order your souvenir White House Easter Eggs at www.nationalparks.org/WhiteHouseEasterEgg.

Source: whitehouse.gov

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