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Weekly Archive: October 02, 2005 - October 08, 2005



October 08, 2005

Canada's JTF2 -- Gets a lot of favours, which is worrying
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Joint Task Force 2, the ultra-secret commando unit based in Ottawa, is getting all sorts of shiny new toys. Not the regular troops though, serving in Afghanistan, who continue to make-do and borrow from allies in the theatre. The Opposition...



October 07, 2005

Cindy Sheehan to receive $238,000 any day now
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Cindy Sheehan who is so hard up for cash that she has no choice but become a professional speaker, should be getting her $238,000 check from the Defense Department any day now.


Lucien Bouchard -- Making excuses?
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From the CBC:Former Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard says he arrived late and wasn't ready for the 1995 Quebec sovereignty campaign in which in played a key leadership role, and which his side nearly won. In an interview with the Montreal...


Belinda Stronach: Eager for the rest of us to get studying
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When Belinda Stronach goes on about post-secondary education, I just want to retch:Human Resources Minister Belinda Stronach confirmed yesterday that the government is looking at various ways it can bolster spending for advanced education, including cash grants for low-income Canadians....


Ramadan Watch 2005 -- New York
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Baby strollers hiding bombs? Given the track record of Islamic terrorists, let's hope the cops realize that just checking to see if there's a baby in the stroller doesn't mean that there isn't a bomb as well.



October 06, 2005

The post that got yanked
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I don't know if anyone noticed, but I posted a story about Cindy Sheehan's visit home, and now it's gone. It was in draft mode when I realized I had gotten the key fact backwards and then deleted the draft....


Are Canadian bloggers pussies?
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This article looks at the Canadian experience of bloggers being ignored, or worse, having stories stolen, by the main stream media north of the 49th.


Al Gore's "Marketplace of Ideas"
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Al Gore says that television has rendered the marketplace of ideas powerless against big money. He looks to the Internet to one day deliver America from the grip of wealthy Republicans. But it seems to me that the Internet so far has been helping Republicans, and will probably continue to do so in the future.


Gas price relief in sight -- if you're an MP
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Is it fair for MPs to be expected to pay for the increase in gas prices, given that travel is part of the job? Hell yeah!...



October 05, 2005

Teen jihadists and polygamy
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From the World Tribune:The U.S. military has encountered a new type of Sunni insurgent — a largely untrained teenage foreigner. Many such insurgents come from Saudi Arabia and Yemen as well as from such North African states as Algeria and...


Simple advice for celebrities
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From the Sun:BRITNEY Spears and Kevin Federline reportedly fear a steamy home video is about to be made public. A member of the singer’s entourage is believed to have copied one of the couple’s personal video tapes – allegedly recorded...


Suddenly in Canada traditional marriage is important again
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Well, important for non-Canadians. If you are already in the country, marriage means whatever you want it to mean thanks to Svend Robinson and the Liberal government in Ottawa. But beware if you are trying to enter the country. Then...


For Sale: Two tickets for the Rapture
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The Roman Catholic Church continues to set the record straight on what constitutes Catholic teaching. In this case, the obvious statement that you can't take everything in the Bible at face value. You'd think this would be obvious, but apparently...


Rick Mercer vs Atomic Betty
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Rick Mercer is fearful of going up against this girl without the CBC and our tax dollars to prop him up. Help me CBC! Boo!...


Cindy Sheehan provides a long overdue correction, but it's another lie
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Apparently when Cindy Sheehan said "this country was not worth dying for", she was talking about Iraq. She made that remark on April 27. This "correction" is being provided on October 4. A span of 5 months. Why so long?...



October 04, 2005

Is Cindy Sheehan lying about the insurance money and her "no taxes" pledge?
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An example of a story the MSM ignores, because even though it seems that Cindy Sheehan is lying about hundreds of thousands of dollars, it doesn't fit the image of the "grieving mother".



October 03, 2005

Donald Sutherland, George W Bush, Adolf Hitler, and stupid things to say
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Donald Sutherland blubbers:Choking back tears, "Commander-in-Chief" star Donald Sutherland warned this week: President Bush "will destroy our lives!" The star of the new ABC drama, which follows the first woman President of the United States, lashed out at the real...


The Church hammer is coming down
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The Roman Catholic Church is moving to make consistent her treatment of Catholic politicians. Fireworks might be in the future....


Good news from New Orleans
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Looks like the dire predictions of doomsayers and environtmental alarmists are not coming true:Pumps set up by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been working 24/7 for weeks to remove the flood waters from New Orleans' streets left in...


Ramadan Watch 2005
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Tomorrow, October 4, marks the start of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic year, and a period of fasting for practicing Muslims. It will run until November 2 (one lunar month), ending with the holiday of Eid ul-Fitr. The...



October 02, 2005

John Roberts and Anna Nicole Smith
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From the Independent: It's not every day the Supreme Court of the United States takes an interest in ageing pin-up models with artificially enhanced breasts and a claim to hundreds of millions of dollars from one of Texas's most extensive...


The tale of Svend Robinson:On
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The tale of Svend Robinson:On April 15, 2004, Robinson admitted to the theft of a piece of jewelry valued by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at $Cdn 21,500. He claimed the theft was stress-related. He announced that he was going...