Levee: Lake Pontchartrain, BC Teacher-Drugs-Death Penalty? DND & CBC Smokey Smith Funeral, Terrorism, Oil Costs, Gun Crime

A levee in Lake Pontchartrain has broken -- a two block length. There has been another report that some buildings are under 25 ft. of water. New Orleans is uninhabitable. Check, as I just caught it and may have mis-heard.



B.C. teacher may be facing death penalty -- Mathieu Forand, 28, arrested on trafficking, smuggling counts

A teacher from B.C. is facing the death penalty in Taiwan after being arrested for allegedly smuggling and trafficking cocaine. [. . . . ]

Fool! Our young adults have had such an easy life and our whole system is designed to lull them into thinking they can get away with just about anything. People will always "understand". This may not be the case; nevertheless, anyone who knows Southeast Asia knows it is unwise to get involved in drugs and knows enough to avoid even seeming to be on the periphery. While the individual might get away with it, if caught, the penalties are severe -- especially if the authorities decide to make an example of the one caught. Puff ball sentencing is purely Canadian.

Actually, I have met two people who took a chance . . . and they did get away with importing hash in their toothpaste tubes. It seems that the idea of getting away with it was a lark to them. . . and they were young adults. Can you imagine taking a chance on your future for that? Utter fools for taking the chance.



This is sad -- politicizing the funeral of a hero.

Was someone trying to help out the CBC with this? Canada is truly a Liberal fiefdom; the only concern is advantage, in this case to its favourite propaganda organ.

CTV, Global slam DND for giving CBC exclusive rights to Smokey Smith funeral... via Nealenews

So far Ottawa has refused to intervene, saying the CBC is an arm's-length agency.

Do you believe that CBC is at arm's length? I don't. Neale News' headline for this piece is:

"Liberal and NDP voters bothered the most by CBC lockout: poll..."

It is the Lieberals and the NDP who care; the rest of us are delighted not to hear the left-wing / Liberal / NDP slant on everything.




Minister of Transport Jean Lapierre: Ottawa worries terrorists will use Canada to stage attacks on US Aug. 29, 05


Katrina paralyzes oil industry in Gulf of Mexico -- Damage to offshore platforms, pipelines may trigger supply crunch

The hurricane . . . shut nearly all the region’s oil production, more than 80 percent of gas operations and forced eight refineries along the coast to shut -- sending crude oil prices to record highs above $70 per barrel.

"Lots of hunters in Toronto"

A couple:

wagccan , 8/29/2005 18:24:58 , "DRUG GANGS" and scroll down for his second post, "Robber blows off own arm with shotgun"

CanadianGypsy , 8/29/2005 18:43:34 , "Canada needs to act to combat crime, not study it further

Our justice system's soft-headed attitude towards crime has virtually turned it into a career option for lazy people."




MIPT Terrorism- incident analysis wizard

There are several graphic displays that you can choose. All you have to do is check boxes indicating what you want to include. Just try it.




I think the following title is misleading for I suspect police want to do something but the leftists have tied their hands behind their backs. When 20 people see a shooting and no-one will talk to police, what are the police to do? What are the rest of us to think? The gun toters and their communities as "victims" is ridiculous. If the communities don't help themselves, what are police to do? Our whole system is based on a society in which there is a body of shared values against crime and most people are law abiding. Obviously, in some communities, this is not the case. Is it a hate crime to mention which neighbourhoods support crime by their silence? Another perspective, of course, is that the sentencing is ridiculous (house arrest for having a gun, for example -- just heard on CFRB); it tells the communitymembers not to get involved or they could be in danger of retaliation. NJC

Toronto police can battle gun crime--if they really want to Arthur Weinreb, Associate Editor, August 26, 2005

[. . . . ] Bill Blair became Toronto’s current chief of police after being chosen by the left leaning Toronto Police Services Board, headed by extreme left winger and professional limousine passenger, Pam McConnell. The former Toronto police chief, Julian Fantino, a real cop, was highly regarded and admired by the vast majority of law abiding Torontonians. But he was seen as being too much of a crime fighter and not into the politically correct gang members are victims theory that is so popular with the Kumbaya-singing crowd at City Hall and on the Police Services Board. Despite his overwhelming popularity among the citizenry, Fantino’s contract was not renewed.[. . . . ]

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