Bud Talkinghorn: UK Muslim Terrorists, CBC's Bias, Pro-Commie T-Shirts

Let Britain be a lesson to us

BBC revealed that four British-Muslims have been arrested in connection with the london bombings. In a further examination of what has been transpiring in England over the last few years, it did not come as a surprise. From the shoe bomber Richard Reid to the leader of the group that beheaded Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, there have been a scary number of British al-Qaeda terrorists. The latter was no loser, but rather a graduate of the prestigious London School of Economics.

As one moderate English imam stated, "The British have blinded themselves to the fanaticism that has developed in the mosques over the years." For his attempts at integration he was assaulted in his own mosque and has been threatened with death. He might also have mentioned the frequent hate-fuelled 'protests' by these radicals, openly staged in London's squares and parks. While Bobbies calmly looked on, they have called for assassinations of British politicians and the forced Islamification of their infidel countrymen. It is impossible to say if Blair's Labour party, with its pro-immigrant / refugee stance, has aided this open rebellion. However, I think that Margaret Thatcher's government would have reacted more forcefully to quash this open treason. The moderate imam also mentioned that the fundamentalists have invaded most mosques across Britain and the moderate Muslim voices have been sidelined. He feels that something has to be done, and soon, or a large fifth column of extremists will be feel emboldened to wage jihad within Britain.

That no concessions will placate these fanatics can be seen in today's terrorist attacks in Israel. Here Sharon is putting his career on the line by uprooting the Jewish settlements in Gaza. This was one of the key demands that Hamas and Islamic Jihad have repeatedly made. As another appeasement, the Israelis have called a moratorium on 'targeted killings' of top extremists. Still, there was a double-barrelled suicide attack on Israel. Abbas, aka Abu Mazen, has done nothing about reigning in these terrorists. In reality, he cannot even control the al-Asqa faction in his own Fatah movement, let alone the other extremist groups. This is in part due to the endless hate propaganda that flows out of the Palestinian schools and mosques. To let this similar cancer spread into the birthplace of democracy is totally unacceptable. Drastic action is called for. Tony Blair talks about new laws to fight terrorism. He would be wise to start with crushing his homegrown nihilists.

We still have time in Canada to forstall a scenario akin to Britain's. Does our mushy Liberal government have the backbone to confront this looming threat, or will their failure mark their ultimate democratic deficit?

© Bud Talkinghorn




CBC and its biased viewer imput

Mark Bernier, in a letter to the editor of the National Post (July 14) exposes what I always expected. He mentions how all the caller responses to Cross Canada Checkup are screened for their position on the question of the day. If the question on Kathleen Petty's TV call-in is too 'sensitive', then she allows some selected caller to hog the show and keep the ideologically pure response uppermost. If by chance, some caller gets through with an overly negative attitude to, say our woeful 'refugee' acceptance, then she has no compunction about cutting him off. Equally suspicious are the man-on-the-street interviews. CBC either records a dozen and then winnows out what they don't want aired, or they select people who look as though they hold leftist viewpoints, i.e, some old boho with a beard and earrings, who is riding a mountain bike, or Ms. Mao, who just happens to be a sociology prof. Any way you cut it, the result is a skewed representation of the average Canadian attitude. Add to this distortion the relentless American-bashing, along with their Victimology 191 documentaries, and you have a broadcaster that is anything but their vaunted motto, "Trusted, connected, Canadian".

© Bud Talkinghorn

The latest today was an interview with the editor of the New Left, who had a predictable slant (His name, out of the Middle East, but I cannot remember). Who will rid Canadians of CBC's political coverage? Of its pro-Muslim, pro-Arab stance in the face of the worst Islamist atrocities? Or would that affront those from the province so tuned in to France, the EU and the Arab world, to say nothing of our Liberal government?

We are treated to more and more sympathetic coverage of Palestinians but not to the results upon Israelis of the emphasis in Palestinian education on learning hatred and training for jihad against the Israelis, that is death, death, and more death. Let's suppose I missed that one program, still, there is an overwhelming preponderance of pro-Palestinian coverage on CBC.

Why? Why should Canadians have to pay for this? NJC



By your t-shirts, ye shall be known

Why is it that left-wing mass murderers like Mao, Che and Castro can get their faces on t-shirts without a murmur of protest; yet Hitler and Franco can't? Mao has been given the top of the honour role of the 20th century's most prolific executioners. His 30 million victims surpass those of Stalin and Hitler; while his Great Leap Forward campaign set China back twenty years. Great stumble backwards would be more like it. Can the Pol Pot shirt be far behind, with his slogan: "Back to Year Zero"? On the other hand, I suppose one could say that Osama bin Laden is right in that he hates Communism though I would term him bat-wing; he gets great t-shirt exposure in various Islamic countries. However, he is the exception to the rule. Perhaps the entire question should be the basis for a university course, since our uni students seem to be the biggest buyers of these commie thug t-shirts.

© Bud Talkinghorn

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Emergency Preparedness, SCO, David Warren, Doug Fisher: SSM 'Inside job' & Stephen Harper

US: Global Emergency Management System

Canada: PSEPC

Compare the US site with Canada's site which exhorts, "Emergency Preparedness Starts With You?" -- Note: Earthquakes, evacuating, floods, psychosocial planning for disasters, severe lightning storms, tornadoes and the like are mentioned, but there is no use of the word "terrorism".

We wouldn't want to upset a voting bloc, I suppose.




Stephen Fletcher, MP, on Stephen Harper: "Fletcher speaks almost reverently of his leader, whom he calls "one of the smartest guys on the Hill." "He's there by ability," Fletcher says. "He doesn't come from money. He doesn't come from fame or power. He's there because of what's happening from the neck up." And suddenly he pauses, as if struck by having finally identified just what it is he finds so alluring about Harper's leadership." Joan Bryden, July 13, 2005, Macleans


Cutting out the US By Michael A Weinstein, July 13, 05

Published with permission of the Power and Interest News Report, an analysis-based publication that seeks to provide insight into various conflicts, regions and points of interest around the globe. All comments should be directed to content@pinr.com

[. . . . ] the six members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) . . .

Created with its present membership of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in 2001, the origins of the SCO date to 1996 when Beijing initiated the Shanghai Five, which included all the current SCO members except for Uzbekistan.

[. . . . ] The overall strategic aim of the alliance for Beijing and Moscow is curbing Washington's influence in Central Asia to establish a joint sphere of influence there. For Beijing, the most important goal is to get a lock on the considerable energy resources of the region, but it also seeks markets for its goods, outlets for investment and collaboration against Islamist movements. Moscow has leagued with Beijing to restore some of its influence over its "near abroad". The regimes of the Central Asian states want support for their survival against opposition movements, economic development assistance and increased trade and investment. [. . . . ]

David Warren: Re-awaking July 13, 05

[The] transcript of remarks by Dr. Hani Al-Sibai, director of London's Al-Maqreze Centre for Historical Studies. This was from an interview with Al Jazeera TV, after the London bombings (available in translation with clips of the original broadcast in the MEMRI website).

“Doctor” Sibai says there are no “civilians” in Islamic law; that the London bombings were a great victory. “It rubbed the noses of the world's eight most powerful countries in the mud.” He tells his viewers there is nothing wrong with slaughter; and reminds them that the Prophet Mohammad slaughtered many.

This was not an anti-Islamic rant. It was the considered view of someone claiming Islamic scholarly authority, broadcast respectfully into every Arabic-speaking home. And this man continues to enjoy the safety of London, and the protection of British police. [. . . . ]

Committee: US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Title: Money Laundering and Terror Financing Issues in the Middle East Date: 7/13/05 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building Agenda: The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on "Money Laundering and Terror Financing Issues in the Middle East."

PDF available for download.


Same-sex law 'inside job' -- United effort ensured courts were prepped for decision Doug Fisher, Ottawa Sun, July 11, 05

Two questions disturb me in my midsummer lull. First how was the coup of legalized same-sex marriage achieved? Who shaped it, who co-ordinated it from a long-shot prospect a few years ago to a clinched deal last month?

[. . . . My] theory is that to a remarkable degree, same-sex marriage was an "inside job" carried out within the federal Department of Justice, among the law clerks of Canada's courts, and lawyers (largely women) in tune with the aims of gay organizations such as EGALE Canada. When the time came for crucial decisions supporting same-sex marriage, the senior courts were ready. [. . . . ]

Fisher's take on SSM is good but I disagree totally on CPC leadership in that he's joining the media attempt to get Conservatives to toss aside their leader, the best man for Prime Minister, perhaps in favour of someone with more BS and bafflegab.

Is anyone else tired of the talk of and calls for charisma, the talk in the MSM of ephemera instead of the crying need in Canada for one noted for his honesty and competence?

Remember the charismatic Trudeau and what he brought us? We're still stuck with the result of his gerrymandering and interfering with what worked and now does not work as well. He talked federalism while devolving power and throwing money to . . . fill in the rest for yourself.

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UN Security Council Expansion, Van Gogh's Killer: No Remorse, Kyoto, Alberta: Time to Exit?

U.N. can't agree on expanding Security Council

NEW YORK -- The United States said Tuesday that U.N. members are still too divided to vote on reforming the Security Council, dealing a serious blow to a bid by four nations to gain permanent seats on the powerful U.N. decision-making body.

Suggestions for future consideration: Mugabe for Secretary General? Control of the Internet for China? Saudi Arabia? Nigeria? Human Rights by Somalia? Those countries implicated in the UN oil-for-food scandal promoted to the International Court at the Hague? Kyoto implementation by France aided by the only Canadian province allowed to have international stature in asymmetrical Canada, PQ? Quebec to have its own representative on the Security Council? All expenses to be paid by Alberta or TROC? Sorry, I get carried away.

Albertans have had enough.


Time for Alberta to exit, stage right? July 9, 05, Link Byfield, Alberta Senator elect

[. . . . ] Leon Craig, professor emeritus of political science, lays out a case for Alberta to declare unilateral independence. . . . .

Canada, says Craig, has been so badly governed since the Trudeau era, it has doomed itself to a Third World, banana republic fate.

Political corruption gets rewarded instead of punished, productivity slides, and the opportunistic politics of envy becomes the basis of our whole system of national government. [. . . . ]

Update on Allan Cotler, whistleblower "Allan Cutler moves on" Monday, 11 July 2005



Netherlands: Bouyeri, killer of Van Gogh -- "'I don't feel your pain,' suspect tells victim's mom" July 13, 2005, Chicago Sun Times

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- The Muslim extremist on trial in the slaying of filmmaker Theo van Gogh confessed Tuesday, saying he was driven by religious conviction. "I don't feel your pain," he told the victim's mother.

Mohammed Bouyeri . . . . he addressed the victim's mother, Anneke, who was sitting in the public gallery. "I have to admit I don't have any sympathy for you," he said. "I can't feel for you because I think you're a nonbeliever.''

The killing is believed to have been an act of retribution for Van Gogh's film "Submission," which criticized the treatment of women under Islam.

How soon before this happens in Canada? Think of what this woman has said, Irshad Manji (muslimrefusenik.com). Islam's treatment of women is dreadful.



Kyoto floundering in the wake of G8 summit Paul Kelly, July 13, 2005, The Australian

[. . . . ] But Blair then declared that regardless of how many targets the EU reached, that "if we don't have America, China, India taking the action necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, then we won't solve climate change".

[. . . . ] The European world view is in decline and Kyoto is a monument to Europe's magnificent cleverness, its use of soft power and its blind faith in regulation and controls.

[. . . . ] It is agreed that the post-2012 system must be global and not just confined to the rich nations. That gives the big energy users such as the US, China and India great leverage over the methodology.

[. . . . ] The future solution will be different from Kyoto. It will be universal. It will involve less "top-down" prescription and more "bottom-up" practical applications. There will be a greater emphasis on innovation, cleaner technologies and lower emitting energy sources. There may well be timetables but they are going to be voluntary, not binding and yes, the new global consensus is a long way off.

Wow! Control from the top doesn't work? Wait for Canada's government to announce the same idea. . . . . . . . . Oh, listen to some music, have a cool one . . . or a few . Might as well be comfortable. It's going to be a loooooooooong wait.

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Islam, Jihad, Terror & Pakistan's Jamaatis

Islam = Jihad = Terror

TerrorAnother Episode in the War between Christendom and Islam
by Bruce Thornton
Private Papers
July 9, 2005

[. . . . ] Given this explanation, so the story goes, we must be careful not to demonize all Muslims and assure them that we respect their religion and culture. The tale is then wrapped up with fierce threats against the terrorists and protestations of admiration for Islam.

Believing this delusion requires that one ignores fourteen centuries of Islamic jihad against the West, a war of conquest and colonization ratified by centuries of Islamic theology and jurisprudence. Indeed, what we call Islamic radicals are in fact Islamic traditionalists; it is the so-called "moderates" those wanting to compromise Islam so it can coexist with Western ideas such as secular government, separation of church and state, and human rights who are the radicals and innovators. The terrorists are simply fulfilling the traditional and orthodox command of their religion to battle the infidels who resist the revelation of Mohammed and the global socio-political order mandated by Islam.

Listen to one of the most respected and influential of Muslim clerics [. . . . ]

In Reply to: Islam = Jihad = Terror posted by Bruce Thornton July 14, 05, Posted by Mark on 07:32:28 2005/07/14

London: The Pakistani Connection

Those paying attention to Britain's Jamaati culture shouldn't be surprised by London's home-grown terrorists.

by Stephen Schwartz
07/13/2005 3:45:00 PM

[. . . . ] Known as Jamaatis, the followers of Mawdudi have attained exceptional influence in the Pakistani army and intelligence services, and were a key element in the Pakistani-Saudi alliance to support the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

Western academics and journalists are often at pains to distinguish between the Jamaatis and Wahhabism, which is the state religion in Saudi Arabia. But differences in theological details, although they do exist, are secondary; mainly, the Saudi Wahhabis hold to a deceptive alliance with the Western powers, while the Jamaatis were always frontally anti-Western. The Jamaatis study in Saudi Arabia and share with the Wahhabis a murderous hatred of Muslims who do not conform to their ideology, considering those who reject their teachings to be apostates from Islam. They regularly massacre Shia Muslims, in particular, in Pakistani cities. They also completely reject participation by Muslim immigrants in the political and social institutions of Western countries in which they live, and they consider suicide terror legitimate. Pakistan has very few energy resources, and the Saudis have used cheap oil to support Wahhabi infiltration. In the system of radical Islam, if Saudi Arabia may be compared with the former Soviet state, Pakistan could be a parallel to the former East Germany. [. . . . ]

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Why Terrorism Works, International Banking & More

Standing Committee on Finance
Related Document: Information on the Pre-Budget Consultations 2005



Standing Committee on Public Accounts
Related Document: In camera testimony of Pierre Tremblay, July 9, 2002



Why Terrorism Works By Alan M. Dershowitz, FrontPageMagazine.com, July 8, 2005

Within a day of the horrific multiple bombings in London, the G8 announced a $3B grant to the Palestinian Authority. The symbolism of this connection may be lost on some Westerners, but it clearly sent a powerful message to terrorists and potential terrorists: namely, that terrorism works. [. . . . ]

Senior Liberal aide speaks at rally organized by terrorist group Posted by CPC Press Release on 16:14:25 2005/07/13

OTTAWA Liberal candidate and Martin organizer Bill Cunningham spoke at a rally this weekend in Vancouver. The event was organized by former members of the International Sikh Youth Federation, a terrorist group banned in Canada. Cunningham is presently a ministerial staffer for Industry Minister David Emerson and Leader of the Government in the Senate, Jack Austin.

[. . . . ] o Cunningham admitted the original request for a government representative was sent to the regional office for Emerson and Austin, where he works as a senior staffer. He says a similar request probably went to the Prime Minister's Office and other BC Ministers before it was sent to him. (Public Eye Online, July 12, 2005)

Who authorized Mr. Cunningham to speak at this rally? The Minister's office or the PMO?

In Reply to: Liberal aide speaks at rally organized by terrorist group posted by CPC Press Release "Despite London bombings, Liberals still don't get it - Liberals still pandering to banned terror groups" Stockwell Day

Day went on to say that he was not surprised at the Liberals continuing to attend events sponsored by terrorist groups since Paul Martin himself has attended fundraising events for certain groups despite being warned by CSIS not to do so.

What is the point of having CSIS warn if our own PM won't listen? Their job is to investigate, to know.




Goldman, Allianz seek stake in Chinese bank -- Report: Firms to invest more than $1 billion in lender July 11, 05

State banks are looking for foreign partners to help them modernize operations and become more competitive as China prepares to open the industry to foreign competition by 2007 under commitments to the World Trade Organization.

Bank of America . . . China Construction Bank — another of China's "big four" state commercial banks.

Foreign investors in Chinese banks include HSBC Plc. of Britain, Singapore's Temasek Holdings and American financial firm Newbridge Capital. Citigroup and Dutch lender ING Groep NV say they are looking for Chinese partners.

Goldman Sachs . . . Gao Hua Securities Co. [. . . . ]

Search: Li Ka-shing or Li Ka Shing, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HKSB) -- here

China-Taiwan topics and links

The Outdated HSI [Hang Seng Index] 19th October 1999

[. . . . ] A look at the composition of the HSI will tell you what's wrong. Its largest component is a company registered in England with about half of its business outside Hong Kong. HSBC Holdings plc is now a global firm which happens to own The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, our largest bank. Many of HSBC's shareholders are in the UK, where the shares were issued in the early 1990s in exchange for Midland Bank plc. That deal put HSBC into the FTSE-100 index, which puts the firm in the unique position of being in two flagship indices at the same time. Since then, HSBC has gone on to expand all over the world. It's time to face the fact that it is no longer a "Hong Kong" company. Perhaps that's why they are rushing around rebranding everything with initials. The MSCI and FT/S&P Hong Kong indices exclude HSBC for similar reasons.

HSBC also owns some 62% of Hang Seng Bank, which owns and publishes the Hang Seng Index.

Here's our estimate of the composition of the HSI, based on closing prices on Friday 15-Oct-99: [You may download the table . . . . ]

Search: Some diversification! , All in the family

Under "All in the family",

In another example, Cheung Kong (35% controlled by Mr. Li Ka Shing) owns about 50% of Hutchison Whampoa, which owns about 85% of Cheung Kong Infrastructure, which owns about 36% of Hong Kong Electric. All 4 companies are in the HSI. This is bizarre. Cheung Kong's market value of $138bn is almost the same as the value of its 50% stake in Hutchison. So you see that Hutchison gets an effective 150% weighting (100% directly and 50% through Cheung Kong), while CKI gets a 228% weighting (100% direct, 85% thought Hutchison and 42.5% through Cheung Kong).

There is more.

Check this from a Google search; I have not read it, but it may have something interesting.

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
... Vancouver, Sydney or Hong Kong you will see the HSBC and hexagon brand. ... For example, HSBC Plc in the UK is the house bank for Tesco in Britain, ...
www.scottmurray.com/hongkong_ and_shanghai_banking_co.htm

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EU: Intel vs AMD Antitrust, Listing Oil Rig--Gulf of Mexico, Listing Freedom--Internet CONTROL!

EU antitrust regulators raid Intel offices

European antitrust regulators raided Intel Corp. offices Tuesday, two weeks after rival U.S. chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices filed a lawsuit claiming Intel used its market dominance to bully computer makers away from using AMD chips. [. . . . ]

BP works to right huge U.S. drilling platform -- Thunder Horse facility listing in deepwater Gulf after Hurricane Dennis

Thunder Horse, the largest platform in the Gulf of Mexico, is the center of the Thunder Horse field, located about 150 miles southeast of New Orleans in about 6,000 feet of water. Until the accident, BP expected it to begin producing oil — as much as 240,000 barrels per day — in late 2005. Exxon Mobil Corp. is a partner in the project.

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Will the U.N. run the Internet? -- An international political spat is brewing over whether the United Nations will seize control of the heart of the Internet July 11, 2005, Declan McCullagh, MSN News

U.N. bureaucrats and telecommunications ministers from many less-developed nations claim the U.S. government has undue influence over how things run online. Now they want to be the ones in charge.

While the formal proposal from a U.N. working group will be released July 18, it's already clear what it will contain. A preliminary summary of governmental views claims there's a "convergence of views" supporting a new organization to oversee crucial Internet functions, most likely under the aegis of the United Nations or the International Telecommunications Union [. . . . ]

Digression: The U.N. thinks about tomorrow's cyberspace

The ITU, a United Nations agency, would like to change that. "The whole world is looking for a better solution for Internet governance, unwilling to maintain the current situation," Houlin Zhao, director of the ITU's Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, said last year. Zhao, a former government official in China's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, has been in his current job since 1999.

[. . . . ] CNET News.com recently spoke with Zhao about the ITU's increased interest in the Internet and its involvement in a series of meetings that will conclude in November with a U.N. World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia. [. . . . ]

People talk about whether we should have a new agency rather than give it to an existing agency. But if ICANN, ITU, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) see each other as complementary and try to work together, we don't need to have a special (Internet regulatory) agency to be established.

[. . . . ] The nuclear option could create a Balkanized Internet where two computers find different Web sites at the same address.

Beyond the usual levers of diplomatic pressure and public kvetching, Brazil and China could choose what amounts to the nuclear option: a fragmented root. That means [. . . . ]

Now, look at what countries the government and Canada Trade Missions have been courting. (Scroll down for more today on the Industry Department and Team Canada Missions abroad) Is there any connection between Brazil, China and the fact that our leaders--those with the most influence in most areas--in Canada are from the one province that is psychologically and philosophically, IMHO, more connected to France than to the English speaking world and the US? Mais, non! How could you suggest . . . ?

How many trade missions have there been to the English speaking areas of the world? How many English speaking immigrants are coming to Canada? Strangely, I have heard complaints that those wishing to immigrate to Canada cannot because the quota is too small; it must be, compared to that allotted other non-Anglo nation quotas.

Any monkey business going on . . . or is my cynicism working overtime? Perish the thought. There would be no connection between this and the movement of Canada's government ever closer to the European--actually, Paris style management and central control--in several areas. Think of those who tend to group themselves together in the UN for various votes against the US. No connection.



Hackers:

These %$^&#&!!! love control but transparency and disclosure--who they are and what their purpose is, is deeply hidden.

High rated hacks from hackers within these IP blocks, all within a few hours:

inetnum: 222.184.0.0 - 222.191.255.255
netname: CHINANET-JS
descr: CHINANET jiangsu province network
descr: China Telecom
country: CHINA


inetnum: 220.88.0.0 - 220.95.255.255
netname: KORNET
descr: KOREA TELECOM
country: KOREA


203.150.*.*
Thailand (high) [City: Bangkok, Krung Thep Mahanakhon]


66-160-*.*.
OrgName: Maryland Jockey Club
(Maybe they were interested in my gambling--sorry, gaming--posts?)
OrgID: MJC-1
Address: 3600 Fort Meade Road
City: Laurel
StateProv: MARYLAND
PostalCode: 20725
Country: US


210.109.*.*
Korea-KR [City: Seoul, Kyonggi-Do]
Normally, every IP must have a reverse DNS entry; however . . .
Reverse DNS "Reports that no PTR records exist" -- Response from the authoritative name server: ns2.epidc.co.kr.


How would you like to trust the Internet to a group under the aegis of the UN and currently led by China, whose businessmen / government principals are, apparently, interchangeable -- a group and spurred on by some of the world's most controlling regimes?

Can world government be far behind?

Think of free speech, the free-wheeling exchange of opinion and everything else, the innovation spurred on by collaboration and the spread of information. We may not like it all but I'll take that over the alternative. It will all be done "for the good of the children" and to end the spam ads touting dates, porn and that appendage which I lack. Well I can press "delete" faster than I can get rid of overweaning government, the corrupt and corruptible UN and Far Eastern / Third World control -- "for the good of us all". In a pigs eye!

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The "T" Word & The Reality, "Muscle"=Subsidy, "Investments"=?, Team Canada Trade Missions, Border-Security

BBC edits out the word terrorist


Terence Corcoran: Ontario Job Killer -- "muscle" = $1.25-million -- excellent

Corcoran references: "States Pay Steep Subsidy to Attract Business" . . . "Local Taxpayers, Small Businesses Bear the Burden Say a Growing Chorus of Critics "

Search: suits (as in lawsuits) , "aura of backroom deals, with taxpayer money flowing"

Do your eyes roll when you hear of government "investing" again and again and again? "Investment" has come to mean "subsidy".

Scroll down for "Trade and Industry--Team Canada Missions: What business deals were concluded?"



Raids, arrests in U.K. -- Suspects British citizens of Pakistani origin; all believed to have died

John Steele, Ben Fenton and Paul Stokes, Daily Telegraph, July 13, 05

However, Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman of Scotland Yard called for calm. "No one should be in any doubt the work last Thursday is that of extremists and criminals. So, that being the case, no one should smear or stigmatize any community with these acts."

Prime Minister Tony Blair has stated that Islamic extremists -- possibly with links to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network -- are believed to have carried out the bombings.

The attack was claimed by two groups in the name of al-Qaeda.

Some of us are a little tired of turning the other cheek. We can read, listen, think for ourselves and no, I'm not recommending destroying mosques. Is it hate crime to even think of it? (Andrew Coyne, National Post, July 13, 05 has a good article on hate crime, hate thought in relation to Ahenakew today.)

Perhaps it is time for Muslims, themselves, to clear out the rot?




Terasen in $210M expansion of Trans Mountain system

[. . . . ] Terasen is locked in a heated battle with rival Enbridge Inc. to build new pipeline capacity to the Pacific, opening the door for Alberta oil to go to China and other Asian markets. Mr. Reicher said the pump stations lay the foundation for Terasen to build a $356-million "anchor loop" running 179 km between Hinton and Valemount, B.C.[. . . . ]

Border a terror target -- Beatty: Address U.S. Senate committee Peter Morton, July 13, Financial Post

Search: a NEXUS card




Report on new evidence of collaboration betw Iraq & Al Qaeda -- link to A special report on the new evidence of collaboration between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and al Qaeda.




Muslim response to economic progress - Slaughter! July 12, 05, posted by Ron Banerjee a director with the non-profit Hindu Conference of Canada. (www.hccanada.com) a copy of "India's star state" in the Financial Post, page FP19, by Ron Banerjee

Poor leadership and the adoption of policies that sacrifice merit in favour of quota fulfillment, minority appeasement and discrimination against the majority Hindu community are a clear recipe for disaster. The entrepreneurial savvy, high education levels and strong work ethic of the Indian people can only be unleashed through merit-based leadership . . .

Maybe someone in government should read that paragraph?




If you have wondered about how partial birth abortion is achieved . . .


London bombings a suicide attack Thomas Wagner, July 12, 05, Toronto Sun

On its website, the Times newspaper named Tanweer, as well as Leeds residents Hasib Hussain, 19, and Mohammed Sidique Khan, the 30-year-old father of an eight-month old baby. The newspaper said police were still trying to identify the fourth bomber.

Apparently, some, if not all, were UK born and raised, whose parents emigrated from Pakistan.

Our government might want to think its multicultural emphasis, its welcome, its tossing of taxpayers' hard earned $$$ at every identifiable ethnic group, encouraging each to maintain its cultural identity in the West--in Canada vote Liberal; unfortunately, along with lamb curry comes militant Islam, also part of the culture for an unknown number.




In Reply to: Leaked Report on Young Muslims and Extremism posted by Toba



PIA Chairman's Right Hand Man Fired For Corruption as Unraveling Begins M A Siddiqui -- Search: Bombardier


I have posted on this before but this one might have more information.

Chinese labor for oil drilling eyed in Colo. Andrea R. Mihailescu, UPI, July 11, 2005



Frontier Centre for Public Policy: Rural Renaissance Project--"Evidence is underwhelming: Don't give in to global alarmists, whose intents are questionable" Source: James M. Inhofe, USA Today, June 15, 2005

[. . . . ] Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Richard Lindzen sums up the current state of affairs best: "Science, in the public arena, is commonly used as a source of authority with which to bludgeon political opponents and propagandize uninformed citizens. . . A fairer view of the science will show that there is still a vast amount of uncertainty -- far more than advocates of Kyoto would like to acknowledge." Based on that uncertainty, our constituents hardly need "global governance," but they do deserve responsible governance at home, says Inhofe.

Canada?




What we should expect from Muslims? David Frum, National Post, Tuesday, July 12, 2005


Re: What we should expect from Muslims? Get Real! Posted by Bill Narvey on 17:39:44 2005/07/12

[. . . . ] The problem lies also with our Liberal government's multicultural perspectives and policies that Trudeau initiated as a beachhead against Quebec separatism. Since then our politicians have enshrined multiculturalism as the nature of the fabric of Canadian society. Little does it matter that this patchwork quilt has been stitched together without regard to the idea of harmony, compatibility and a strong sense of unity and pride in being Canadian. The fabric of our Canadian society is becoming torn and tattered as each patch in the Canadian quilt vies for special status. [. . . . ]

Link for the whole.




Trade and Industry--Team Canada Missions: What business deals were concluded?

What follow are excerpts, any having to do with business conducted or completed -- or what groups were addressed and the topic. Note successes . . . and the term, "investment". Does it mean what I think it means -- OPM?

Team Canada Missions

Minister of Industry, Jim Peterson

April 2005: Canada Trade Mission to India

05.04.07 BUSINESSES AND PARLIAMENTARIANS DEVELOPING NEW TRADE AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA
05.04.06 CANADA-INDIA TRADE RELATIONS TO INTENSIFY
05.02.08 MINISTER PETERSON ANNOUNCES TRADE MISSION TO INDIA AND RESULTS OF EMERGING MARKETS ROUND TABLES

January 2005: Canada Trade Mission to Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong

05.01.21 BEIJING - ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE JIM PETERSON
05.01.19 SHANGHAI - ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE JIM PETERSON

November 2004: Canada Trade Mission to Brazil

04.11.22 SAO PAULO - ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE JIM PETERSON, MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE, AT THE CANADA-BRAZIL BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP PLENARY SESSION


Hon. Pierre Pettigrew, ex-Minister of Industry

December 2003: Canada Trade Mission to Chile

November 2002 : Canada Trade Mission to Africa

02.11.25 DAKAR - ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE PIERRE PETTIGREW . . .
02.11.19 JOHANNESBURG - ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE PIERRE PETTIGREW, . . . ON "THE CANADIAN COMMITMENT TO AFRICA: BUILDING STRONGER TIES"
02.11.18 JOHANNESBURG - ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE PIERRE PETTIGREW

June 2002: Canada Trade Mission to Mexico

April 2002: Canada Trade Mission to India

02.04.26 MINISTER PETTIGREW DEEPENS COMMERCIAL RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIA
02.04.26 NEW DELHI - ADDRESS . . . TO A PANEL ON CHALLENGES BEFORE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AT THE CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL SESSION
02.04.25 NEW DELHI - ADDRESS . . . TO THE CANADA-INDIA BUSINESS FORUM ON INDIA AND CANADA: PARTNERS IN TRADE AND INVESTMENT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
02.04.22 MUMBAI - ADDRESS . . . INDIA AND CANADA: PARTNERS IN TRADE AND INVESTMENT FOR THE 21st CENTURY
02.03.27 PETTIGREW INVITES CANADIAN COMPANIES TO INDIA

October 2000 : Canada Trade Mission to the Maghreb and Iberian Peninsula

00.10.16 PETTIGREW-LED TRADE MISSION: SNC-LAVALIN SIGNS $600 MILLION MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IN ALGERIA

September 2000: Canada Trade Mission to Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Slovenia

00.09.15 CANADA, SLOVENIA SIGN DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENT DURING PETTIGREW TRADE MISSION
00.09.13 PETTIGREW ANNOUNCES DEALS WORTH $7.7 MILLION IN CZECH REPUBLIC
00.09.12 PETTIGREW OPENS DOORS . . . THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
00.09.11 PETTIGREW, . . . TIES IN HUNGARY
00.09.07 TO CENTRAL EUROPE

June 2000 : Canada Trade Mission to Russia

00.12.18 . . . SNC-LAVALIN SIGNS DEAL WITH NEW RUSSIAN PARTNER
00.06.29 PETTIGREW WITNESSES OVER $800 MILLION IN DEALS SIGNED DURING TRADE MISSION TO RUSSIA

May 2000: Canada Trade Mission to Australia


Hon. Sergio Marchi, ex-Minister of Industry

June 1999 : Canada Trade Mission to Ireland

April 1999: Young Entrepreneurs Mission to Northern California

February 1999: Business Development Mission to the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Gaza and the West Bank)

January 1999: Business Development Mission to Poland and UkraineMay 1998: Business Development Mission to Italy

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Thanks, JK in California, for the diversion. I have posted one or two of these from someone else before.

The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse? You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians! It creates a hostile work environment!

They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years and we're not using it anymore.

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington. And they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give them all a cow.

"Boy, I feel a lot safer now that she's behind bars. O.J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant are still walking around; Osama Bin Laden too, but they take the one woman in America willing to cook, clean, and work in the yard, and haul her off to jail." (George Carlin on Martha Stewart)

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Brits murdered by terrorists, Jews by militants

Note: The following is from the Canadian Coalition for Democracies website. It needs wide circulation. Thanks, Al for your response. NJC



Brits murdered by terrorists, Jews by militants


Posted by Angela on 19:36:24 2005/07/12

From: angela
To: UN Secretary General ; news@bskyb.com ; presbytel@pcusa.org ; PresbyTel@ctr.pcusa.org ; mayor@london.gov.uk ; letters@the-sun.co.uk ; info@bbc.co.uk ; FM Jack Straw ; EU Parliament ; Rt Hon Tony Blair - PM ; BBC Israel Bureau Chief ; info@christian-aid.org
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 6:39 PM

Subject: Tea and Sympathy

The attack in Israel on 12th July 2005 was TERRORISM.

The people that carried out the attack in Israel were TERRORISTS.

The people that died from the attack in Israel were killed by TERRORISTS.

The Paramedics that would have treated the victims were treating victims of TERRORISM.

The people that are now fighting for their lives are doing so because of TERRORISM.

The people, who witnessed the attack, watched an act of TERRORISM.

The people that survived the attack, especially the children will need years of counseling because of TERRORISM.

The people that are now gathering torn limbs and scraping body parts of the streets in Israel are doing so because of TERRORISM.

A Suicide bomber in Israel is a pathetic euphemism for a TERRORIST.

A Suicide attack in Israel is a gentle, non-descript non effective word to describe TERRORISM.

People that will now attend funerals in Israel are doing so because of TERRORISM.

Netanya has never been the target of an attack, but it has been of TERRORISM

People that claim responsibility for these attacks in Israel are TERRORISTS.

Islamic Jihad and Hamas are organizations that perpetrate TERRORISM.

The Islamic Jihad didn't kill 5 Israelis in February outside a night club in Tel Aviv; they carried out an act of TERRORISM.

There has been no truce the last 5 months; they simply haven't succeeded in carrying out an act of TERRORISM.

Mahmoud Abbas has never reigned in the TERRORISTS.

Palestinian Media, Mosques and Schools still encourage TERRORISM.

The Palestinians have to date perpetrated over 20,000 acts of TERRORISM.

TERRORISM against Israel assures you the world's undivided attention and sympathy.

TERRORISM against Israel rewards you, with everyone from the G8, EU, Russia, The U.S.A. and the U.N. falling over themselves to give you your own state.

Terrorism against Israel turns perpetrators into heroes and victims into aggressors.

Terrorism against Israel assures you will never be at the receiving end of a U.N. Resolution.

Terrorism against Israel means that by wanting to protect your citizen's you have to suffer the wrath of ignorant University Teachers in England, the Presbyterian Church, Christian Aid, and Amnesty International to name a few.

Terrorism against Israel assures stars like Angelina Joli, Vanessa Redgrave and Richard Gere will cheer for you.

Terrorism against Israel assures it is the one vilified it as a pariah state with Apartheid type laws. It opens up the floodgates for terrorism apologists in the guise of Anglican churches, universities and biased bigots like George Galloway calling for boycotts.

Terrorism against Israel means five minutes of sympathy from the world's media before they all start falling over themselves to justify, glorify and glamourize these acts as measures of sheer hopelessness taken by sad and desperately plighted people.

Terrorism against Israel means having extraordinary abilities. It enables you turn blind eyes, deaf ears and sealed lips towards anything remotely resembling a historical fact. It means never having to make any distinction between fact and fiction, especially if the facts mean challenging or disputing Palestinian fiction.

Terrorism in London allowed its tragic victims dignity. None of them were described as illegal occupiers of the London Underground. None of the victims were killed by militants. The BBC almost burnt through their keyboards in the speed their fingers were typing out the word TERRORISM. There was no end of condemnation and what fate awaits the perpetrators from Jack Straw.

For years Israel has been the victim of shoddy and shameful hypocrisy with the whole world gently tiptoeing around words like TERRORISM. Who will ever forget journalist's finest moment; Barbara Plett's tear stained face outside Yasser Arafat's compound weeping like some foolish heroine in a B rated movie.

The attack in London was tragic. What is even more tragic is that a country that has been at the receiving end and the training arena for these types of attacks for nearly five years is still treated with contempt.

Some people expressed the sad hope that maybe now the world will understand what Israel has been through.

Sadly they did, but only for about 10 minutes or as long as it took Tony Blair to cluck sympathetically, make a cup of tea and together with his G8 partners donate three billion dollars to the Palestinians.

TERRORISM it seems pays huge dividends, especially if you do it against Israel!

Angela Bertz Israel

Updated: Dear Anne, I am a minority of one & I don't give a rat's *** . . . -- Emergency Preparedness

Update: There are new posts on terrorism et cetera below this section.

Scroll down or search: David Harris, "Former CSIS honcho calls for limits on immigrants"




Canada a terrorist target -- Deputy PM MacMillan discovers

[. . . . ] The [ Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP) ] conference, which got underway Sunday, runs through Wednesday and boasts more than 1,500 delegates from more than 40 countries around the world - a sure sign that disaster management has become a growth industry.

Indeed, the sector has flourished since the recent end of the last century, when one calamity seemed to follow another on an almost constant basis, said Adrian Gordon, executive director of the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (Scroll down for links.).

McLellan also announced Monday that Ottawa wants to come up with ways to ensure border security officials treat Canadians and other travellers entering the country fairly by gauging feedback from ethnic communities on dealings with border security officials.

What? "feedback from ethnic communities" !!!


Dear Minister McLellan,

As a citizen, I would like to ask you why you have just discovered--or at least, reacted to--this news ("Canadians need to abandon the notion that their country is invulnerable to terrorism ")?There have been reports prepared by committees for your own government over several years about the lack of security and you avoided answering several questions in Question Period on the laxity both specific and general. What prompted you to discover this now? Were you too busy canvassing "stakeholders" to do anything else? Or am I being too hard on you?

More importantly, I don't give a rat's *** what "ethnic communities" feel about anything that affects my security. Do you not get it, yet?

I am an ethnic minority of one--at least--the one whose security you've been ignoring while your government courts the votes of ethnic minorities.

Well, you haven't asked me yet. I just happen to be white and born here. Does that not mean anything? I can't crawl into an ethnic ghetto to be canvassed, cajoled, jollied along nor paid to maintain my cultural ties, including its home country hatreds. I cannot be paid taxpayer $$$ because I happen to belong to an ethnic voting bloc, even a recent one, so you will notice my concerns.

D*** it, woman, use your common sense! Get your priorities straight! Any ethnic minority member worth listening to is already a Canadian who wants you to take care of security for all of us and doesn't want to be classified as part of a voting bloc to be canvassed about anything simply for his vote. Is that too simple to get?

If anyone is offended, well, I don't give a hoot. No-one worries about what I think. I don't really care any more. I just want some common sense to be applied.




It isn't as if Anne McLellan hasn't been told before.

Sheila Fraser, Auditor General's Opening Statement: April 2005 Report Press Conference - 5 April 2005

Security and intelligence activities account for more than $1 billion in federal expenditures each year. By their very nature, many aspects of these activities must remain secret. But how can Parliament scrutinize the spending and performance of security and intelligence activities if key information is classified?

An example of this arose in preparing the Report being tabled today. Information related to the effectiveness of air passenger security systems was classified as secret. [. . . . ]

Our latest audit found that marine security programs have improved, but there are serious weaknesses in emergency preparedness and in some aspects of air transport security.

In emergency preparedness, funds were not allocated based on an assessment of risks. Equipment purchased for first responders in different cities was not required to be interoperable, thus missing an opportunity to create a national pool of compatible equipment. Training for first responders is progressing very slowly—fewer than 200 of the needed 6,000 intermediate-level first responders have been trained.

[. . . . ] We also found that the Passport Office is not meeting current security expectations for issuing passports. There are many weak points in the process. [How many have been picked up or incidentally found with false Canadian or other false documents?]

For example, watch lists should include the names of individuals on parole or charged with a serious crime. But the watch lists are not complete, because the Passport Office has not found ways to obtain data automatically from other government sources. Without up-to-date watch lists, examiners cannot always determine when an applicant should be refused a passport. {Was the computer contract / HP / Champagne(s) supposed to address that? From the Turks and Caicos? What is the latest on that little contracting fiasco? }

[. . . . ] And while the Act permits the Minister to establish water standards for resource development in the Mackenzie Valley, the Minister has yet to take such action.

The discovery of diamonds and the potential for natural gas development have created significant opportunities in the Northwest Territories. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada should contribute to managing these opportunities in an appropriate way. [The latest deals involving land claims deal with this by ceding to natives the mineral rights. Time for looking at these little deals and happy chiefs again, I suspect. More later, subject to time constraints.]

And finally, I continue to be disappointed in the quality of performance reports provided to Parliament by government departments.

2005 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada -- pdf



2001

National Security in Canada—The 2001 Anti-Terrorism Initiative: Air Transportation Security, Marine Security, and Emergency Preparedness


Reports to Parliament by Federal Institution


2003

World Conference on Disaster Management, 2003 -- Emergency Management and Business Continuity Community -- Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 22-25, 2003


2005

The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP) -- Annual World Conference on Disaster Management (www.wcdm.org) -- for the current conference

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Commencement Address, Immigration, Trade & Aid, China, Socialists / Leftists, Gaming Etc.

Update: I should have added this to yesterday's entry, "Commencement Address"

The Neal Boortz Commencement Speech

No, this speech has never been delivered at a college or a university. It was written to protest the fact that such an invitation has never been offered! It has only been delivered on my radio show, printed in my book "The Terrible Truth About Liberals" and produced on a limited edition CD.

Brilliant Commencement Address

You're also going to get a lifelong work partner. . . . Your new partner is an agent for every . . . . That about sums it up, really: Liberals feel. Liberals care. . . . group dynamics. . . . group identification . . . . your own personal one ton gorilla . . . favorite buzz word . . . . diversity . . . . every vestige of individuality . . . . a right to . . . . less fortunate . . . . income redistribution schemes . . . . power of choice . . . . the rich . . . . government's definition of "poor" . . . . instrument of plunder

This was posted by Al Gordon, written by Neal Boortz -- "I still have my Ph.D. in Insensitivity from the Neal Boortz Institute for Insensitivity Training."

I love it.




Former CSIS honcho calls for limits on immigrants -- A terrorism expert says Canada is at risk for terrorist attacks and must restrict immigrants and refugees for its own protection. Andrea Sands, Edmonton Sun, July 8, 05

"We have absolutely got to radically revamp our entire immigration and refugee system, including the numbers of people brought in," said Dave Harris, former chief of strategic planning for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the director of the international terrorist intelligence program for Ottawa-based Insignis Strategic Research Inc.

It's an "untouchable" subject, said Harris. But there has been astounding growth in refugee numbers, "from 500 people in 1977 as refugee claimants to 2,900 this year," he said.

That's on top of roughly 230,000 immigrants annually, Harris said. "We don't really know where many of these people come from or what they're about, and that represents a real and present danger."

Outrage in Turkey July 11, 2005

[. . . . ] In other words, as Communist China continues to give aid and comfort to our enemies in the War on Terror, the Muslim country they have brutally occupied for over half a century has been struggling to make its pro-American voice heard. Instead, its leader, democratically elected from among the diaspora, gets this outrageous treatment.

The Chinese are very active in Africa -- e.g. Zimbabwe and Somalia

PMO news release July 11, 2005

Prime Minister Martin announces the appointment of his personal representative for La Francophonie

Prime Minister Paul Martin is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Collette, Canada's Chief of Protocol, as his personal representative for La Francophonie. . . .

Search: Canadian International Development Agency , Department of External Affairs and International Trade , "Head of Trade, Africa Program" , "Director, Investment and Science and Technology for Canada"

Connect the African aid dots for yourself.




Canada Trade Missions Team Canada Missions -- Copy of material distributed by the Prime Minister's Office in 1994 -- Team Canada Participants



Team Canada Missions 2005 and more -- interesting




China: From one threat to another -- "Be careful what you wish for." David Morris, March 27, 2005



The Next London Bombing Daniel Pipes, FrontPageMagazine.com, July 11, 2005 -- Parts 1-4 pdf

If one accepts the report's estimate (pdf 2, p. 5) that the Muslim population of Great Britain numbers 1.6 million, then up to 16,000 "British Muslims actively engaged in terrorist activity."

"Extremely small"? Excuse me, but that number strikes me as extremely large.

That the British authorities do not recognize that they should worry about thousands of terrorists in their midst is reason to worry what planet they inhabit. Their waffling, myopia, and general incompetence make one despair for their country.

Michael Moriarty, now living in BC, "The black sun of "society": The socialist United Nations" July 11, 2005



In Reply to: World Must Unite to Fight Terrorists posted by Morley S. Wolfe Q.C Naresh Raghubeer 2005/07/09

Here are 5 [things] our Canadian government can do, starting NOW.

In Reply to: Re: World Must Unite to Fight Terrorists posted by Naresh Posted by Bill Narvey on 20:17:43 2005/07/09

Naresh, your 5 suggestions to fight terrorism in Canada flow from basic good common sense.

Our government is not long on common sense when it comes to its foreign policies vis a vis the Middle East and dealing with Muslim extremists that threaten to come to Canada one way or another and commit acts of terrorism or vis a vis radical immigrant Jew hating Muslims that threaten Jews in the main, but have enough hate for Western ways that they also threaten our entire society from within.

When it comes to terrorism, our government is terrorized by the thought that if they should seek out Muslim terrorists in the Canadian Muslim communities, Canadian Muslims will accuse Paul Martin of racism for having focused only on Muslim Islamic terrorists.

Well dah??? Are there any other kinds of terrorists that Canada has to worry about? [. . . . ]

Terrorism takes many forms though not with the same degree of violence. We could mention Tamil Tigers and Chinese who are terrorizing their own communities, Sikhs, armed and violent drug gangs encompassing several ethnicities who are terrorizing all of us . . . and on and on. Still, these posts are excellent.




Complacency: Terror's Pal -- THE TARGETS HERE July 11, 05. Peter Brookes, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense, is a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation and a New York Post columnist.

July 11, 2005 -- WITH more than 50 killed and 700-plus wounded, last week's horrific terrorist attacks in London serve as a stark reminder that we have two enemies in the War on Terror: al Qaeda — and complacency.

[. . . . ] For example, the terrorists aren't using intercept-vulnerable phones to communicate, but instead rely on couriers and the Internet to coordinate attacks - once again highlighting the importance of human intelligence. [. . . . ]

Will Britain go back to sleep? Mark Steyn, July 12, 05

9/11 and the mob Judi McLeod and David Hawkins, July 11, 05

Now get this. The eSpeed new, New Jersey office provided electronic trading services in derivatives and commodities using a software package called TreasuryConnect, which had been bought from an Enron subsidiary and licenced on August 1, 2001 to a subsidiary of Saddam’s favourite bank, the infamous Global Custodian and UN oil-for-food broker, BNP Paribas.

By September 11, 2001, BNP Paribas had a network of about 70 global trade centers operating 24/7 around the world. The only real competition to BNP Paribas’s global ambitions a leader of the UN’s Global Compact was the computer network and the expert staff of Canton [sic] Fitzgerald and eSpeed in One world Trade Center. [. . . .]

Search: Kyoto Mo’s dream , the Osama bin Laden of gambling , the murder trial in Canada of Vito Rizzuto of Montreal , the first hand-held device that allows for wireless gambling in , Aegis , drafted for the Nevada state legislature , The Senate of the U.S.A. Minority leader , "An expert on gaming issues, Professor William Thompson of UNLV" , money-laundering haven of Alderney , implies GPS and targeting

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Bud: Muslims -- A Lightbulb Goes Off -- Terrorists in Canada! -- Raskolnikov: the Left & Aboriginals

What we expect from our Muslim-Canadians

Having been given sanctuary from the economic and political backwaters from whence you came, we expect loyalty to the democratic principles of your new homeland. You know better than the police who are the radicals amongst your communities. To preserve the freedom and financial advantage you have obtained here, your duty is to expose these individuals. And you must abandon such absurd conspiracy statements as "the terrorist attacks are all part of a Mossad/CIA plot to discredit us." In the face of open admissions by al-Qaeda for these acts, it makes you sound insanely illogical--and very dangerous to boot. Furthermore, there are enough of you here to find Canadian-born imams, without resorting to importing fanatical foreign Wahhabi imams who preach an intolerant, puritanical message. If you really aspire to their world view, then emigrate to Saudi Arabia or Sudan. If you are Shi'ites, then Iran beckons. You have probably noticed that none of your fellow Canadians would consider such a move. You have chosen to came here, so accept that it is you that must make the most accomodations. Even a liberal society has its limitations.

When Canadians see these changes in attitude, then they will welcome you in our midst. If you really believe that the extremists are trying to destroy the very world you chose to adopt, then you must help us protect it from these barbarians. Akin to other immigrants, you are free to disagree with some governmental policies--I certainly do--however, you may not countenance violent overthrow of these polices, the laws, nor the government. Unlike most of the countries you came from, there is a democratic method to achieve change. You don't like same-sex marriage, then vote the Liberal/NDP government out. To facilitate change, it is that easy.

© Bud Talkinghorn



"First" or "what number?" -- Mystery of the Kennewick Man -- July 12, 05

SEATTLE (AP) — Cloistered around padded tables, scientists from around the country have been peering through microscopes and measuring bone fragments trying to unearth the history of an ancient skeleton found along the Columbia River.

[. . . . ] “There appears to be some European-type facial features.” That, he said, could suggest there were other migrations of people other than those strictly out of Asia.

[. . . . ] tribes wanted the bones reburied without scientific study. They claimed they were entitled to the bones under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

The study might put paid to the "First nations" bit; they would be simply another group conquered in the course of world history . . . Gosh, that would upset the apple cart for the guilt geld, wouldn't it? If not, I want in on it; somewhere my ancestors were conquered . . . Ah, probably only kicked out of some of the best--or most notoriously rambunctious--bars of the world . . . or they were shanghaied from same and landed here.



Brilliant: "victimhood, projection, blamelessness"
Ahenakew & Nelson April 11th, 2005

Raskolnikov

It looks like the radical left’s investment in the Aboriginal community is finally paying off. While aboriginal students across the country study the evil ways of Europeans, imbibing lefty saints like Foucault and Said, the Big Pimp Indians are laying the foundation of absurd logic and hatred that the left needs in place to perpetuate future generations of dissent. For anyone who has studied history, this should ring an ominous bell.

When the Soviet Empire was expanding across Africa and Latin America, their biggest targets were postcolonial countries. [. . . . ]

Now, with people like David Ahenakew and Terry Nelson, who, despite being an illiterate criminal is still a ‘role model’ in the sense that he shows how horribly easy it is to become chief when you don’t let things like a lack of spelling skills and morals handcuff you, spurting their racist bile, the radical left sowing has produced its first sprout peeking out of the dirt.

Ahenakew is the most obvious product of such indoctrination: [. . . . ]

A must read!



"McLellan says terrorists are already on our soil"--National Post July 12

But of course they are. They have been, are now, and will continue to be re-enforced, all thanks to Liberal policy. Because of the criminally lax IRB policies and the equally lax court system, our country has become a favourite haven for Islamic terrorists. In fact, there is hardly a terrorist group that hasn't gained a foothold here. The litany of mistakes made by the IRB--either through gross ignorance, or by design--is too lengthy to enumerate here.

However there are certain cases that should shock us all. None more so than the Ressam debacle. Here was a man who came in under false pretences, convicted of credit card fraud-- to finance his terrorist aims-- and belonged to the Algerian GIA cell; yet was free to plot schemes like blowing up the Montreal subway system. Only an assignment to blow up the LA airport instead, stopped that massacre. Similarly, there was the case of the Iranian assassin, who also came in under false documents, and ten years later was still here, mounting appeal after appeal against deportation. His case alone has cost the government--that's Canadians--over a million dollars to litigate. Then there is a recent case of an Algerian al-Qaeda member, who lost his appeal for residency, yet remained loose in the country for years. Finally, he and his Canadian wife went to 'vacation' in Afganistan, where he was picked up in the Tora Bora round-up of terrorists. Lastly, there are the 36,000 escaped deportees hiding in our cities' ghettoes. Even 150-odd war criminals are on the loose, while our law agencies admit they can only tackle a small handful of these cases, because of low funding. Lots of tax money to prop up Bombardier, and Quebec ad agencies, but not enough to safeguard Canadians. Rather twisted priorities, I think.

Despite aiding and abetting terrorists and foreign criminals to gain acceptance into Canada, McLellan now wants citizens to be on extra alert for any harm they might cause. This sudden conversion to anti-terrorism is solely the result of the London attacks. "We have been increasing our efforts to counter domestic terrorism", she maintains. Still, there has not been a single word about the sieve approach that our refugee board has practiced, propped up by the appointed courts. Since 9/11, they have admitted thousands of undocumented Muslim 'refugees' from terrorist supporting countries. Mustn't offend some potential Liberal voter base by rejecting them is the unspoken message.

The media that should be exposing this traitorous policy, has not, but mainstream media is too imbued with political correctness to do so--The National Post excepted. Better to invoke the Gitmo charge when the authorities do act on well-founded suspicions and arrest some Islamic activist.

Finally, we have a so-called "hate crime" legislation, which has not once been used to charge the Islamic hate-mongers that populate our universities and mosques. Even when blatant criminal actions occur, such as the storming of Concordia University by Muslim radicals, in a (shamefully) sucessful effort to close down free speech, no serious repercussions ensued.

Nevertheless, the Human Right's Commissions and courts are activated should a nasty comment be made against homosexuals. McLellan and her Liberal cohorts had better get their priorites straight before the inevitable terrorist attack comes here. Otherwise, the CBC-tinged Canadians who always look for the 'root causes' of Islamic outrages might just find their government was the real 'root cause'.

© Bud Talkinghorn




TAKE BACK THE MEMORIAL - MEDIA ADVISORY -- Major September 11 Family Organizations Challenge America and Its Leaders to Keep the Promise to Never Forget 9/11

July 11, 2005 New York, N.Y. At a press conference today on the steps of City Hall, family members of relatives lost in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 representing fourteen major September 11 organizations challenged the International Freedom Center's latest ploy to hijack the memorial at ground zero and called on America and its leaders to act now to Take Back the Memorial.

The event was opened with a moment of silence in memory of the victims and survivors of last week s bombing of London transport. The family organizations, which represent civilians, firefighters, police and emergency personnel, restated their objections to a massive cultural complex intended to house institutions that have no relevance to September 11, 2001 that infringes on and will overshadow the memorial. [. . . . ]

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CBC, Terrorists & Heroin, PQ & Nfld-Lab & 'Development', 'Helping' Foundation & UN, Adscam-Fraser Inst., ACOA-Pop. 'Deals' & 'Plans'

Playlist for Washington Classical 103.5

Just once, if someone read this and listens, comment, please.



CBC mocks Tony Blair's reaction to terrorist attacks and minimizes casualties by Arthur Weinreb, Associate Editor, Canada Free Press, July 12, 2005

In a CBC Radio commentary that aired the day after the horrific terrorist attacks in London, journalist Gwynne Dyer described British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s reaction by saying: . . . .

[. . . . ]

Canadian taxpayers shell out approximately $1 billion a year to fund the CBC. We could find a better use for that money than to have it fund nonsense like this. One billion could sure feed a lot of starving Africans.

I would add: if it doesn't have to go through the Africans' governments or the oil-for-food United Nations -- and I'm sceptical about CIDA. Check their perqs and pay scales.





Is your community being transformed? -- when a private, not-for-profit foundation appears Henry Lamb, Monday, July 11, 2005

The blueprint for the Pacific Ring can be found in Agenda 21, a U.N. policy document [. . . . ]

The end result is a society designed by professionals, managed by unelected bureaucrats, imposed upon the people who are governed.

Would you like to live there? I remember visiting someone where the owners of the house and property could not hang their laundry out -- a local rule/ordinance/regulation--I'm never sure what to call these dicta--not even on a drying rack in the relatively unseen area next to the swimming pool. Spare me the managed community. I like the uncertainty, the humanity, of a bit of human chaos -- but that would be freedom and some people don't like other people's freedom.


Search: Pacific Ring project , private property rights , "committees on Education and Research; Economic Growth; and Alternative Energy" (As an aside, it sounds like something that would be promoted by the CBC.) Agenda 21 document , Local Agenda 21 , sustainable community , the Magi Foundation , National Defence , Canada’s resource industries


Henry Lamb is the executive vice president of the Environmental Conservation Organization (ECO), and chairman of Sovereignty International -- U.N. Agenda 21 and Sustainable Medicine -- In part one of a three-part series, Dr. Madeleine Pelner Cosman, Ph.D., ESQ, compares Sustainable Development to Sustainable Medicine.

Eco-logic Powerhouse


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Weak Brits, Tough French by Daniel Pipes, New York Sun, July 12, 2005

[. . . . ] Counterterrorism specialists disdain the British. Roger Cressey calls London "easily the most important jihadist hub in Western Europe." Steven Simon dismisses the British capital as "the Star Wars bar scene" of Islamic radicals. More brutally, an intelligence official said of last week's attacks: "The terrorists have come home. It is payback time for … an irresponsible policy."

While London hosts terrorists, Paris hosts a top-secret counterterrorism center, code-named Alliance Base, the existence of which was recently reported by the Washington Post. At Alliance Base, six major Western governments have since 2002 shared intelligence and run counterterrorism operations - the latter makes the operation unique. [. . . . ]

Search: Prime Minister Blair's wife, Cherie Booth, was Ms. Begum's lawyer

There is much more.




AdScam even worse: report -- but you have already figured this out, haven't you? July 7, 05, Stephanie Rubec

Report author Mark Mullins said more than 565 groups and individuals were implicated in AdScam and 98% of their donations went directly to the Liberal Party.

Search: Fraser Institute.



Accounting for Gomery: The Money Links Between the Federal Government, Political Parties, and Private Interests Sponsorship and advertising money ties players to party... Released: July 6, 2005




ACOA -- Investment -- ACOA trade missions -- Population

Our feds doing for--or is it to--the Maritimes what it has been doing for years, but they're getting more effective at what they do Figure out for yourself what interpretation you will put on that comment.

To the Feds: Leave the Maritimes alone, you $#&^%$ -- blood suckers!

Atlantic investment plan renewed -- ACOA -- "The five-year, $708-million Atlantic Investment Partnership is aimed at helping hi-tech firms get started and existing ones expand."



Warning issued about Atlantic population July 11, 05, Kevin Bissett

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. (CP) - The federal government issued a warning Monday about Atlantic Canada's dwindling population as it announced the renewal of a $700-million fund aimed at promoting economic development in the region.

Joe McGuire, the minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, said the second phase of the Atlantic Investment Partnership will include new money for attracting and retaining skilled workers over the next five years.

Here come the immigrants from China, the ones who have not already arrived illegally. It isn't that they're from China that is the problem; it is that some have other ties that I find suspect -- business and vote buying, perhaps a little tie or two to triads and/or gaming -- but I am a cynic.

Also, a goodly number have arrived already. Check their daddies' connections to the Chinese government. I happen to know of one who has failed English several times, but his father is a computer programmer with the Chinese government; he'll be staying and . . . well, guess what? Can Daddy be far behind? This kid has been in more than one language school in Canada (Were these set up with taxpayer money?) but there is enough money for him to move around to other schools and try, try again.




Search: announced in June 2000 , Jean Chretien , a more developed high-tech sector , Conservative Leader Stephen Harper , companies that have participated in ACOA trade missions , externally funded research at UPEI



Economic Freedom of North America: 2005 Annual Report Report measures the relative amount of economic freedom among the Canadian provinces and U.S. states... Released: June 29, 2005




The Quebec connection to Newfoundland/Labrador "Development" and Innu Treaty deal

Labrador - 600 Kilometer Pipline to be Constructed from Drinking Straw

Myles is freelance columnist originally from the central region of Newfoundland.
Myles' interest in Newfoundland and Labrador political and social issues is obvious in his writing for several publications and on his own web site, Web Talk - Newfoundland and Labrador. A site where Myles dedicates his time to providing an open commentary and discussion forum on newsworthy items of the day.

The mine site in question sits inside Labrador Innu Nation Territory, yet it appears they were not even aware of the company’s intentions. Rather, the company has struck a partnership arrangement with an Innu group in Quebec. [. . . . ]

This has no connection to the recent deal closed by Minister Andy Scott with the Labrador Innu, has it?




Grewal's election expenses under scrutiny -- Is Tim Murphy or anyone else connected to vote buying / giving preferment for a vote to keep the Liberals in power in May, 05--or is Ms Stronach's new Ministerial position not a quid pro quo? And how would one tell? 11 Jul 2005, CBC News

Is this a "political assassination campaign"? I do not trust this government not to engage in such. Do you? They have tried to get him on immigration. Now . . .




Al-Qaida nukes already in U.S. -- Terrorists, bombs smuggled across Mexico border by MS-13 gangsters via Jack's Newswatch, July 11, 2005

M-13=Mara Salvatrucha

According to captured al-Qaida leaders and documents, the plan is called the "American Hiroshima" and involves the multiple detonation of nuclear weapons already smuggled into the U.S. over the Mexican border with the help of the MS-13 street gang and other organized crime groups.

[. . . . ] Al-Qaida has obtained at least 40 nuclear weapons from the former Soviet Union

Search: in control of the Afghanistan-produced heroin industry , used to pay off , Minuteman Civil Defense Corps

There are several links at the bottom. Also, check GLOBAL JIHAD

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Muslim scholar: Killing civilians OK -- Head of Islamic center in London responds to attack

UK police raid 5 homes linked to bombings 'Intelligence-led operation' takes place in northern city of Leeds -- The latest update: One arrested in Leeds

Might I suggest that employers be required to prove each worker's right to work in the US or is the practice of using undocumented illegal aliens to be allowed to continue? Is buying more junk and making more money more important? I jest; of course; these are prime considerations. Think about Canada's security.




The following are some how to podcast links.

http://www.apple.com/ca/
This is the Apple site although podcasting is also done on PC's

http://www.engadget.com/entry/5843952395227141

http://www.brentcolbert.com/blog/index.php/
2005/06/13/great_new_podcast_blogging_tories_hit_th [Place on one line.]

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10166_7-6213170.html

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9/11 and the mob Judi McLeod, journalist and David Hawkins, forensic accountant, July 11, 05

Some familiar names in this. Incredible!

Skip the rest and read this one, if nothing else, today.

When the world is too much with us . . .

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, Chapter 1, 1859.

At times, I cannot stand any more of thoughts of motiveless malignancy, malevolence, death and terror -- and our government's callous diregard for Canadians' security in its quest for votes, despite myriad warnings of the terrorist groups active, even fundraising, in Canada, along with its allowing undocumented illegal aliens loose amongst us. A government heedless of warnings, even from Liberals such as Senator Colin Kenny.

(On terror's trail -- Senator pushes relentlessly to upgrade Canada's lagging security standards by Paul Jackson, Calgary Sun, July 10, 05 -- and Parliament Buildings are 'good targets': Sen. Kenny by Christopher Guly, The Hill Times, July 11, 05)

Senator Kenny is head of a Parliamentary committee tasked with studying security. There are so many articles (See newsbeat1 as a starting point and Little Green Footballs) and bloggers who write more eloquently than I; check and get your fill of information.

It is up to Islam to force Islam to change, to root out the extremism. I don't think I can stand reading another politician's claim that "Islam is peace" when the evidence belies that, as Islam is practiced and Islamist fanaticism is enabled throughout the Muslim world. Going along in silence does not signify a desire for peace. To tell us otherwise is to treat us as fools.

Previously, I have posted excerpts from Hansard and studies by Parliamentary committees and think tanks. What good has it done? I suspect many Canadians just go to the lake . . . or buy another lottery ticket.

When I despair at all of this, I listen to music and consider some of my personal choices for man's most wondrous achievements, what touch me personally. Highlights? Machu Picchu in Peru, Borobodur in Java, Pagan along the Irawaddy in Burma, so many areas of India; there are more, but this is a starting point -- balm for the troubled soul. Not all of these are the best photographs, but they might be point of entry to your own search. The art and architecture of India site is excellent. Do not miss it. India is one of those places one could visit time and time again -- and I haven't even mentioned Cochin with its Kathakali Dancers and, amazingly, a Jewish temple, Goa's Calangute Beach or Trivandrum's Kovalum Beach.

Machu Picchu , high in the mountains of Peru along the Urubamba River. Select each to enlarge -- here , here , here, and The Inca Trail Map

Borobodur and here . This is not in Bali, actually. It is a few kilometres from Djogjakarta in Java.

Prambanan, Java and the Golden Buddha, Ananda, Pagan, Burma Both are on the same page. The rest of the photos I checked were too washed out to capture how affecting the temples and stupas of Pagan are, how they cause one to put things in perspective. The whole area is made for contemplation.


Monuments of India Site Key -- a wonderful resource

Scroll down this page for a table categorizing and linking to photos.

One of the most rewarding areas seldom heard of in comparison to others like the Taj Mahal is Khajuraho What mere humans have accomplished is simply phenomenol, carvings that range over all, encompassing all aspects of life.

The ones I recommend, though I have not checked all the photos of the rest yet, include: Elephanta Caves (Bombay Harbour), Taj Mahal, Mahabalipuram (south of what used to be named Madras -- The siting of the Shore Temple beside the ocean, if viewed late in the day framed against a deep blue sky, is magnificent), Udaipur Amber Palace (Rajasthan), Hawa Mahal (Jaipur), Diwan-i-Khas (City Palace, Jaipur), Fatehpur Sikri (Uttar Pradesh), Ajanta and Ellora, Udaipur Lake Palace (Rajasthan; it may not be on this page but it is worth searching for elsewhere -- magical.)

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