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Weekly Archive: July 24, 2005 - July 30, 2005



July 30, 2005

Liberal Party to Carolyn Parrish: DENIED!
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Carolyn Parrish will not be re-joining the Liberal Party caucus....


Traditional Chinese medicine to be regulated in Ontario
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The CBC is reporting that the Ontario government is going to bring traditional Chinese medicine under regulation, to promote quality care from TCM. Am I the only one who thinks this is, at best, a silly idea, and at worst,...



July 29, 2005

In Canada courts can't change laws?
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An Edmonton man, Rene Hamilton, was acquitted by the Supreme Court of Canada on charges of counseling others to commit a crime, in particular to build and detonate a bomb. He had purchased 200 files on the Internet and was...


Poland vs Belarus -- Lessons in history
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Poland's history has always revolved around freedom. But unlike some nations, Poland is showing herself to be an avid student of history and is working hard to avoid repeating mistakes.


Environmentalists on Mars?
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What if there are Martians, for real?




July 28, 2005

Police misconduct in the Jama Jama case
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A case of police misconduct puts the larger problem of the self-image of the police in the spotlight....


Afrocentric Science?
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In my pieces on Afrocentrism, I raised the concern of whether the racist extreme end of this field of study would come to Canadian schools if an Afrocentric curriculum was adopted. Some might think me alarmist -- surely there would...


Paul Martin's women -- Stronach and Parrish
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First, there was Belinda Stronach. To cross the floor, she demanded a cabinet post (we assume). Upon completing the deal, Prime Minister Paul Martin was subject to laughter from the Ottawa press corps during the press conference when he asserted...


Carolyn Parrish undermining military discipline?
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It's one thing to criticize government policy, but it's another to be undermining the top commanding officer of the armed forces who has the full confidence of the government....


Bloggers in the Media
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The National Post is running a piece I've written on the question of Afrocentrism in Canadian schools. It appears in the print edition for July 28, 2005, on page A19, the "Issues & Ideas" spread. It also appears in the...


Canada vs Denmark -- A carefully delivered insult?
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More on the Hans Island affair from the National Post:The Danish government has offered to reopen formal negotiations with Canada in an effort to resolve the decades-old tug of war over a tiny Arctic island. [A visit to the island...



July 27, 2005

Do I stoop down to make a cheap French joke?
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Hell yeah! AP and UPI reported that the French Government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "run" to "hide." The only two higher levels in France are "surrender" and "collaborate." The increased alert was precipitated...


Canada and Denmark and the Pig War
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What do the Danes think of all this? And could we really go to war over something as silly as an icy rock? Actually, it's happened before....



July 26, 2005

"The return of the Vikings is only the beginning."
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I posted recently about the dispute between Canada and Denmark about Hans Island. I purposely made it light in tone, a lark, a minor tiff between two mature nations that don't resort to violence. Guess what? I was yanking you....


Bishop Henry writes. Where's the hate?
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Bishop Henry was excoriated for defending the traditional model of marriage and criticizing the forces that undermine it:Last weekend, Henry continued his toxic and prejudiced preaching through a letter that said, "Since homosexuality, adultery, prostitution and pornography undermine the foundations...


San Diego is taking a stand on Gay Pride "activities"
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In Canada, the whole city council would have been hauled in front of a Human Rights Tribunal -- how dare they not endorse a gay parade involving pedophiles?A resolution endorsing Gay Pride Week in San Diego was abruptly pulled from...


Surprise choice for the next Governor-General
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From the National Post:Prime Minister Paul Martin will soon unveil his new Governor-General -- and it won't be anyone currently touted for the job, the CBC reported last night. The report from Ottawa said Adrienne Clarkson won't be replaced by...


Movie tag
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Wonkitties got me on this one. It's movie tag! My favourite movies at different times of my life, hmmmmm. Teenager: Star Wars First non-Disney movie I had ever seen in a theatre, believe it or not. University years: Goodfellas You...


Catholic Carnival XXXX is up
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Check out this diverse collection of Catholic thought....


Carolyn Parrish might be coming back -- and she's as ignorant as ever
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Carolyn Parrish is an irredeemably ignorant woman, unworthy of the position of Member of Parliament, and undeserving of the freedoms she enjoys only because of the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers in the wars she dismisses.


Dictating grannies
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This one-liner from the Toronto Raging Grannies, a left-wing peace activist group, answering the hypothetical question about what they would do if they were given a million dollars:We would also give money to branches of government if they accepted our...



July 25, 2005

NBC boss can't connect the dots
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From the NY Daily News:NBC officials, having watched the network slip to fourth place last season after two decades of relative dominance in prime time, tried something new yesterday when assessing its status with the nation's TV reporters - blunt,...


We could take 'em
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From the Globe and Mail:Denmark says it will send a protest letter to Canada over a cabinet minister's visit to an Arctic island off northwestern Greenland, which is claimed by both countries. Canadian Defence Minister Bill Graham set foot on...


The march against smoking continues
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Your car comes to stop at the checkpoint. The policeman walks over to the car, slowly, sizing you up, glancing at the plate registration, the condition of the lights, anything that might give him reason to ask you to consent...



July 24, 2005

In case you've lost your secret decoder ring...
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When reading a post some liberal / leftist / progressive blogs or message boards, you would do well to keep in mind the following translation table:right winger = right whinger Free Dominion = Freak Dominion George W Bush = Bushitler...


The path along which Afrocentrism leads
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If we allow Afrocentrism to take hold in our schools, as seems to be taking place in Nova Scotia, and has been called for in Ontario, the innocuous "feel good" curriculum with its odd twist to world history is just...