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Weekly Archive: August 28, 2005 - September 03, 2005



September 03, 2005

FBI: In need of some intellectual honesty
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When you're wrong, you're wrong. It takes a big man to admit that. Obviously, they are lacking at the FBI. FBI, forensics, bullet-lead matching, NRC, National Research Council...


Oil-for-Food: A second arrest
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Another UN official is arrested in connection with the oil-for-food scandal. This one isn't some low-level functionary either.


Islam in the UK: A law unto itself
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A Muslim girl has entered a beauty contest in Britain. Some Muslim leaders are not happy, but I find their choice of language revealing, even disturbing. Islam, Britain, sharia...


Katrina: Hastert vs Rhodes
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Randi Rhodes provides looting tips.


Kanye West and a Telethon Bond
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Performers invited on telethons should put up a big chunk of cash as a bond against good behaviour. If they decide to hijack the charitable event to deliver a political screed, the charity keeps the money. Just a thought.



September 02, 2005

Katrina: Everyone's got a job to do
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This lawmaker wants to suspend Congress and have the federal government supply him with a jeep so he can get in front of the cameras and be seen "helping".


Katrina: Spotted in Tennessee
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From the Chattanoogan:Saw a convoy of five tree trimming trucks on I-75 southbound all waving Canadian flags. Brought a tear to my eye. Katrina...


Katrina: Looters might have Buck Rogers to deal with
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High-tech sonic devices are on the way to the disaster zone to replace destroyed communications infrastructure, and if necessary, zap looters with the equivalent of a sonic laser.



September 01, 2005

Blogging for Katrina Aid
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Three black colleges were heavily damaged by Katrina. Tougaloo in Mississippi, for example, graduates three-quarters of the state's black doctors. The United Negro College Fund is raising money to help minimize the long-term affects the hurricane will have.


Katrina: Oil rigs missing
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More bad news. Katrina, oil rigs, Strategic Petroleum Reserves, refineries, economy...


Katrina: Hospital horror story
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It beggars the imagination. Katrina, New Orleans...


A patron saint of handgunners?
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Yup. Roman Catholic Church, saints, trivia...


Cindy Sheehan: Not a good sign
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Cindy Sheehan has packed up and left Crawford. And there was much rejoicing. But she hasn't stopped talking. And there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. But curiously, her language has gotten more strident and raw, back to the...



August 31, 2005

Katrina: Hugo Chavez offers aid and insults
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Hugo Chavez offers the United States aid with a side of derisive scorn. I guess he figures he can score some cheap political points in some quarters at home and abroad.


Katrina: German Minister of the Environment doesn't understand why people are upset
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German Environment Minister Jurgen Tritten of the Green Party can't understand why people are upset that he said Katrina was America's fault. I mean, who's fault is it? Everything bad is America's fault.


Katrina: Move the refugees out to sea?
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The Federal government is looking at using Carnival Cruise ocean liners to house those who have lost their homes because of Katrina.


Katrina: Canada steps up to provide help
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The Canadian government offers official help, including stockpiled supplies from the National Emergency Stockpile System.


Katrina: German minister blames George W Bush
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A German minister lays the blame for the damage from Katrina at George W Bush's feet. Funny thing is, in Europe, people buy this nonsense.


small dead animals
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Kate at small dead animals informs me that because of server problems, her blog is down....



August 30, 2005

Katrina: Some lessons that shouldn't be learned
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The events in New Orleans might be instructive to emergency planners and city engineers. But there might be lessons that we would hope that some people won't learn.


Cindy Sheehan: Martin Sheen's tenuous grasp of Irish history
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Looking at Martin Sheen's tenuous grasp of Irish history.


Cindy Sheehan: Waning interest
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THe media interest in Cindy Sheehan continues to deteriorate, both in volume and in sympathy.


Khaled Mouammar: Palestinian Activism and the Immigration Board
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The NYFD hires a radical Muslim as a chaplain. That's nothing! In Canada, we'll put a radical Palestinians in charge of reviewing refugee claims. We're just stuck on stupid, eh?


Al Sharpton: Driver is arrrested -- repercussions
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Al Sharpton's driver, Jarrett Maupin, who was arrested in Texas, is the father of "Mini-me", Al Sharpton's heir apparent, Jarrett Maupin Jr. Maupin Sr has a temper, and will need to be careful lest he wreck his son's career before he comes into his own as a politician like Sharpton.



August 29, 2005

Katrina: Prayers
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A prayer for Mary and her little charges. Katrina, New Orleans...


Katrina: Spending too much time on it
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One Canadian blogger takes his fellows to task for "wasting so much time covering a bloody storm in the US". I guess we should be talking about the CBC lockout instead. How much longer before we get our fill of boring domestic programnming that we ignore anyway?


Cindy Sheehan: Theology lesson from Martin Sheen
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Looking at Martin Sheen's tenuous grasp of Catholic tradition.


Cindy Sheehan: Martin Sheen's Irish traditions
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Martin Sheen, who plays President Josiah Bartlett in the NBC drama "The West Wing", came to Camp Casey and regaled the crowd with a speech invoking a centuries-old Irish tradition. Problem is, I'm not sure what tradition he's talking about....


Katrina: Idiocy on the left
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Idiots on the left are finding ways to blame George W Bush for the hurricane. Like King Canute, the President can do only so much.


Katrina: The damage to the Louisiana Superdome
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Pictures of the Louisiana Superdome, where 9000 people are taking shelter.


Gay priests to be rooted out and removed
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Word is that the Pope is about to sign off on a document that will ban homosexuals from the priesthood, and identify homosexuals already serving and removing them. How long before a homosexual priest in Canada decides to sue for...


Katrina: Foreign help and remembering Gordon Sinclair
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Many wonder if foreign countries are likely to offer much in the way of help to the United States. Thirty-two years ago, the great Canadian Gordon Sinclair ranted about that point exactly.


Katrina vs Cindy Sheehan: The moth picks the wrong flame
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Al Sharpton, who usually has good instincts for picking media events guaranteed to get his picture taken, picked the wrong place to be seen lending giving a helping hand.


Katrina: An opportunity for environmentalists using Kelo
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One potential aftermath of Hurricane Katrina might be an attempt to remove private homeowners from shorelines, a long-time goal of many environmentalists, using the Kelo decision as legal cover. Katrina, New Orleans, Kelo, environmentalism...


Cindy Sheehan: Losing fans
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I wonder if for every hard-left moonbat Cindy Sheehan recruits, whether she looses five moderate main-stream centrists.


Dick Cheney: "A sick man"
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New York State Representative Charles Rangel, who said the war in Iraq was "as bad as the Holocaust" and tried to re-introduce the draft, has added medical doctor to his résumé, along with professor of comparative history and military recruitment...


Katrina: The USCG rescues idiots
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As much as you might seriously think idiots like these deserve to become fish food, the men and women of the US Coast Guard step in and do their jobs, giving these fools another chance to endanger themselves and others...



August 28, 2005

Katrina: What stands to be lost
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New Orleans is home to many important museums. I wonder if they had time to get their exhibits and archives secured against wind and flooding. There could be terrible cultural losses tomorrow.


Katrina: National Weather Service Warning
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The official warning from the National Weather Service about Hurricane Katrina. Honestly, it reads like the description of a 70s disaster movie.


Katrina: Remembering Hazel
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Canada does not normally suffer from hurricanes, but that we've had encounters. In 1954, Toronto was unexpectedly smashed by Hurricane Hazel.


Katrina: Apocalyptic predictions
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That word, "apocalyptic", gets tossed around a lot, but this time it makes sense:When Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans on Monday, it could turn one of America's most charming cities into a vast cesspool tainted with toxic chemicals, human waste...


Katrina: Just how low is New Orleans?
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While we wait, I checked an elevations chart. Only Death Valley in California is lower in elevation than New Orleans. Katrina, New Orleans...


Katrina: Live ongoing coverage from WDSU
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Live ongoing coverage from WDSU TV in New Orleans. It's 4:52pm Eastern, and the news is not good. The uncertainty in the storm's future track is shrinking, and Katrina is still making a bee-line for the city. "If you are...


Feeling special...not!
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Shelia Copps has some less than glowing comments about Paul Martin and how he handled the Michaelle Jean affair. Read the whole thing in the Montreal Gazette. But I found this bit, concerning how badly Paul Martin is polling in...


Terrorism: Another training camp in the US -- targeting grade school kids
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Michelle Malkin reminds us of a school targeted by Muslim terrorists -- Beslan. In California, there are allegations of another school being targeted -- to be used as a recruiting centre.


Katrina: A quick primer on the geography of New Orleans
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Like most Canadians, I only have a passing sense of the geography of New Orleans. I decided to do a quick bit of research, just to understand better what is happening as Hurricane Katrina approaches. Here is a map of...


Katrina: Evacuation Question
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A question for readers who have ever been in an evacuation, or better yet, those who work for emergency services and have ever had to help with an evacuation. Here is a picture from CNN from yesterday. New Orleans is...


London Bombings: Ken Livingstone blames the USA and supports suicide bombers
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Ken Livingstone's friend al-Qaradawi is now speaking in support of Iraqi suicide bombers who are killing Americans. Do this cross the line, even for Red Ken?