Worth Checking

There are several new posts this morning below this list, but I have commitments today so shall post little more. Do not miss John Thompson's article. Almost every day I check the following so I hope you will do the same.

Newsbeat1 -- Do not miss this post:

* Confession of an Iraqi terrorist-and to think there are those in the media and elsewhere that criticize President Bush while emboldening these swine

Barbarism personified. How can a man rape a woman because she worked for the Americans or she was a Kurd? Baffling! What is wrong with these men and their perverted ideas of sex anyway? Can you imagine giving up this life and becoming a jihadi for the idea of bedding a succession of virgins? Where's the proof there are any or that they would cotton on to a killer in Islamic paradise, anyway? Of course, even in their heaven, women probably have no choice. These guys need psychological help with their sexuality . . . or better yet, killing. Does any feeling for any woman enter into their minds or are women simply vessels for seed? Sick!

There are other good links on that site, as well as on Jack's Newswatch, Aug. 20, 05 -- examples

* Canadian diamonds lure mob

* Solberg: Alberta bound? Aug. 20, 05

Jack's Newswatch, Aug. 19, 05

* Russia Moved Iraqi WMDs

* Immigration: The Numbers Don't Lie

* Well Naturally It's A Swindle, But Of Whom?

Western Standard -- journalists, as opposed to MSM / Librano$ Propaganda Organ

The Shotgun -- some of the best bloggers around

Small Dead Animals -- the pithy Kate

Canada Free Press -- journalists who dig and write what the MSM journalists do not.

CNEWS and Toronto Sun -- perform a public service by making available so much content for unsubscribed readers across the country -- with some journalists who have been trying to alert Canadians to what they should realize has been happening.

Canadian Coalition for Democracies Forum -- Just check and you will find people who are on top of what is happening and who post really good articles and serious, thoughtful commentary.

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Guns, Drugs and Crime: Canada's Violent Crime Rate a Shock!

Canada Blames Us -- Gun-control folly here, up north, across the pond... John R. Lott Jr. Aug. 19, 05.

John Lott, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is the author of More Guns, Less Crime (University of Chicago Press, 2000) and The Bias Against Guns" (Regnery 2003).

If you have a problem, it's often easier to blame someone else rather than deal with it. And with Canada's murder rate rising 12 percent last year and a recent rash of murders by gangs in Toronto and other cities, it's understandable that Canadian politicians want a scapegoat. [. . . . ]

Many things affect crime: The rise of drug-gang violence in Canada and Britain is an important part of the story, just as it has long been important in explaining the U.S.'s rates. (Few Canadians appreciate that 70 percent of American murders take place in just 3.5 percent of our counties, and that a large percentage of those are drug-gang related.) Just as these gangs can smuggle drugs into the country, they can smuggle in weapons to defend their turf.

With Canada's reported violent-crime rate of 963 per 100,000 in 2003, a rate about twice the U.S.'s (which is 475), Canada's politicians are understandably nervous.

While it is always easier to blame another for your problems, the solution to crime is often homegrown.

Jamaica struggling to cut its alarming murder rate -- New head of national security faces a raging crime wave The Miami Herald, and that was October 31, 2001

Surpassing 900 murders this year, Jamaica's chronic cycle of crime and civil disorder won't be broken until the people finally become sick of it, a top police official says.

Jamaicans ``must decide not to tolerate it any longer . . . .

[. . . .] In addition, the government is placing more police officers, along with soldiers, on the streets to patrol the areas of Kingston where many of the killings have taken place.

[. . . . ] According to the police, drug and gang violence accounted for nearly 200 of the 900 killings, many of them in Seaga's West Kingston; Domestic murders are put at 273, and reprisal killings at 287. Although only eight killings were directly tied to politics, police say political tension, which includes reprisals, may be the source of hundreds of deaths.

Search: deploying 700 troops from the national reserve on the streets to improve security

So our government for years has allowed Jamaicans to freely enter Canada and many brought their violence here. This violence was known about years ago. Some have been turfed out of Canada, I understand, for criminal activity but they return. How? False documents? Why, then, allow more, particularly Jamaican men, into Canada before they are thoroughly checked out? Buying votes?




Crystal meth pushers will face life sentences -- Crackdown comes as meth use rises: New law also targets chemicals used to make 'poor man's heroin' Peter O'Neil, Vancouver Sun, Aug. 11, 05


The menace of crystal meth -- Do not miss the before and after photos -- Show them to your teenager.

Below, there are 24 articles on the subject.

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The Terror Trail

Be Aware

There is internet noise concerning a pending nuclear attack(s) for Sept.-Oct. in the US. Pay attention to what the Islamists say. I do not have the link where I read this but search, for your own good, and read John Thompson's article; check the menu at left.



It's time for Palestinians to do the right thing Charles Krauthammer

[. . . . ] The Gaza withdrawal is not the beginning but the end. Apart from perhaps some evacuations of outlying settlements on the West Bank, it is the end of the concession road for Israel. And it is the beginning of the new era of self-sufficiency and separation in which Israel ensures its security not by concessions, but by fortification, barrier creation, realism and patient waiting.

Waiting for the first-ever genuine Palestinian concessions. Waiting for the Palestinians to honor the promises - to recognize Israel and renounce terrorism - they solemnly made at Oslo and brazenly betrayed. That's the next step. Without it, nothing happens.

Comparison of the size of Israel vs. the Arab World -- If size is not important, is it jealousy over their capability? Their freedom and democracy? What would account for the vows to destroy the people on this speck of land?



The End of Treason --"the notion of loyalty has fundamentally changed . . . . replaced by a loyalty to one's political community – socialism, liberalism, conservatism, or Islamism, to name some options" Daniel Pipes, New York Sun, August 16, 2005

[. . . . ] Indeed, Britain has seen no application of the Treason Act - originally passed in 1351 - since 1966, except for two minor instances.

This absence points to a deeper reality: the crime of treason is now as defunct as blue laws, prohibition of alcohol, or laws banning miscegenation. I predict that, short of radical changes, no Western state will again prosecute its citizens for treason.

Very interesting essay.



Fighting Terror with Your Hands Tied Behind Your Back

Why the FBI didn't Stop 9/11 -- "In August 2001, mere weeks before the greatest mass murder of civilians in U.S. history, the Justice Department squelched two prescient efforts to avert the attacks." Heather MacDonald, City Journal | November 3, 2002

The greatest obstacle to domestic security in the war on terror is the worldview of the liberal elites. No sooner had the Twin Towers fallen than the press and an army of advocacy groups were on the hunt for victims—not of Muslim fanaticism but of American bigotry. The liberal commentariat has denounced every commonsensical measure to protect the country the Bush administration has proposed as an eruption of racism or tyranny.

But the elite ideology began its corrosive work long before 9/11. [. . . . ]

Search: Attorney General Janet Reno in 1995 , Reno guidelines , without needing permission from a judge , "In the 1970s, however, the courts and Congress" , Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) , Catch-22 situation , Let’s say—and this is a purely hypothetical example , Under the Wall , so charged and distorted has the debate about policing and race become

The more I read, the more flabbergasted I am -- the situation defies common sense. Just read it. Is this what is going on in Canada now?




The Enemy Within Frank J. Gaffney Jr., FrontPageMagazine.com, August 19, 2005

The frightening thing is that the would-be assailants were not terrorist adherents to the political ideology of Islamofascism when they went to jail. They became Islamists while in prison – thanks to the sort of recruitment opportunities afforded clerics usually selected by Saudi-backed Muslim-American organizations. Today, they are reportedly members of a prison gang called Jamat Ul-Islam Is Saheeh.

One year ago, prisoners at the New Folsom State Prison – a maximum-security facility outside Sacramento, California – reportedly began plotting terrorist attacks against three National Guard facilities, the Israeli consulate and several synagogues in the Los Angeles area. The attacks are believed to have been planned for the fourth anniversary of September 11th or the Jewish holidays. [. . . . ]

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Stephen Harper's Summer Tour -- a Rousing Success

A rousing success in Fredericton, NB. Fresh corn, hotdogs and great hamburgers barbequed by two men ably assisted by a bevy of volunteers and a crowd so large that many stood to eat and to listen to Stephen, Pat Lynch, the Fredericton candidate, and others. The little people are receptive and I think PM and Co. will be surprised.




The Sorry Centrist: re Harper's summer tour -- with comments

I also commented on that site and I've posted the comments below.

Please concentrate on the positive. The media love it when we concentrate on any negatives, no matter how slight. Get out and support the leader we have, a decent man who is the antithesis of the bafflegab and BS emanating from the one who runs Canada as a fiefdom.

One of the big positives for the Librano$ is convincing Conservatives of the idea that we must purge ourselves of any blue Tory ideas, i.e. family/church/even a God/social conservatism/traditional marriage, et cetera. Actually, we must let the electorate hear all ideas whether from the blue or the red end of the spectrum and let the people decide. I do not think we should be second guessing what will "work" based on what the Liberals and MSM tell us.

Let all ideas come forth and see what democracy brings. What a refreshing idea, democracy, instead of being told what to think.

As for Gurmant Grewel, why are people not questioning the fact that he has taken the flak but the PM, Ujjal Dosanj and Tim Murphy have been spared, in comparison. Also, why, based on what we hear on the tape, have the RCMP decided to end any investigation? It certainly sounded like buying votes to "the great unwashed"--me, for example. Question the force and see if they are able to explain how this was not a political decision. Make available to all of us their answers and the actual transcript. Let people judge for themselves for the election. I remember some lines that would be great election fodder. We should stop apologizing for Grewel's actions. If the PMO phoned me and I had a tape recorder, I would use it simply because, based on experience, I do not trust anyone in the PMO. I do not believe much I read in the mainstream media about Grewel's actions either.

Why aren't we questioning the MSM on why they haven't been investigating thoroughly the details surrounding the rise in violent/gun crime and criminal gangs (e.g. Hells, Asian/Vietnamese gangs etc, involved in drugs) -- why we are undermanned, underfunded and under secure. Support Stephen in publicizing what we would do about this situation.

Let's support the leader we have and stop niggling. Disabuse me of the idea that it is impossible for a decent, conservative family man possessed of so many excellent qualities to become PM -- especially when compared to Paul Martin, the PM of the BS, bafflegab and endless "priorities".

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Ivison: PM & a Vision of Canada, PMO's Helene Scherrer & Micaelle Jean, Contact Queen, Comments, JC & Bhupinder Liddar

John Ivison: Mr. Martin and a vision of Canada Aug. 19, 05 -- behind a subscriber firewall -- excellent

We find out that Helene Scherrer, former Heritage Minister and the Prime Minister's advisor who failed to win re-election in Quebec but who was given a powerful position in the PMO got to pick our GG for PM. Her peaen to Michaelle Jean?

"I liked the fact that she [Jean] was a very nationalist Quebecer. She loved Quebec and she never missed a chance to put Quebec on the map" she said.

The former Heritage minister, who lost her seat at the last election, said she was impressed that when Jean gave a speech in the West, she spoke mostly in French.

The highest of accolades? That must have gone over well in the West but the West doesn't matter. Nor does the East except when the Liberals need votes, nor does the North except for exploitation of the oil and mineral wealth for business and friends.

According to Ivison, Scherrer "sounded as though de Gaulle might have been on to something in his prescriprion for Quebec politics." [Vive le Quebec libre!]

Ivison's last paragraph is devastating, "the appointment of a GG whose first allegiance is not the jurisdiction which she represents" and he faults the PM for lack of vision which "threatens to dissolve the country into a patchwork of struggling fiefdoms run by minor league politicians."

The Sponsorship scandal gave some idea of how some [many?] Quebec politicians and their friends view the rest of Canada -- simply as a source of tax money to be siphoned to Quebec and Quebeckers.

IMHO, the Quebec Liberals have been moving toward separation inexorably for years and the ROC have been gulled into accommodating it at every turn. We have allowed Quebec to determine Canada. Quebec politicians have tended not to have a vision of Canada but, rather, a vision of Quebec as superior, separate--special--and leaning toward France. How many hundred years has it taken since the last Governor of New France to turn the tables so that Canadians again have a French Governor in the person of the GG designate?



Contact the Queen Link

[Micaelle] Jean storm still building -- Legion miffed, Queen's e-mail brimming Maria McClintock, Ottawa Bureau, Aug. 18, 05

OTTAWA -- The Royal Canadian Legion has launched an unprecedented review into separatist allegations surrounding Governor General-designate Michaelle Jean as a Tory MP says his website directing people to complain to the Queen has received thousands of hits.

Ottawa Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre has had more than 5,000 hits over three days on his website, which urges people to "Contact the Queen" about Jean's appointment and links to the monarch's official site, where they can send her an e-mail.

Now, there is democracy for you. If you want to comment, here is your chance.




RE: New G-G Was Investigated -- sample comments

quebec1 "Look at these" [examples of comments]

[. . . . ] First French Head of State since 1759!

8/10/2005 19:51:56

Message:

An interesting story from the Ottawa Citizen on Michaelle Jean. Forgotten amongst all the hoopla about her being the first black woman to be GG is that she's also the first French Governor since the 1759 conquest. Montcalm (who had slave owning relatives in Haiti) must be rolling in his grave! [. . . . ]

segnosaur

[. . . . ] Actually, whether she supported separatists in the past IS our business, for a couple of reasons:

- Her recent statement claims she and her husband was never a member of the separatist "movement", yet her husband made a statement about "applauding separatist quebec". Without knowing how she felt about separatism in the past, we don't know if A) she's being honest, in which case past ties to separatists were mearly mistakes (and do you really want a GG who is going to be prone to such mistakes?) or B) She really DID support separatism, and she is lying (which is NOT a trait I'd like in any GG, or any political figure for that matter.)

- And if its shown that she did have separatist ties in the past, do you REALLY trust her now? [. . . . ]

Jean Chretien and Bhupinder Liddar

Topic: Just another lawsuit ..lol CanadianGypsy

It seems to be one thing after another when it comes to Paul Martin's minority government. Another lawsuit is looming, from one of their own no less.

Jean Chretien named Bhupinder Liddar as consul general two years back, but due to security concerns CSIS had about him [. . . . ]

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Outsourcing & Implications for Canadians with Few Job Skills

Canadian, eh? Trying to buy made-in-Canada souvenir items . . . and guess what? Read how many jobs have disappeared in the last year alone. Kerry Diotte, Aug. 19, 05

This reminds me of the Copps flag flap -- Canadian flags made in China.

What will those who have minimal education do in future when the factory or other jobs requiring few skills/education are gone? Service jobs aren't worth much as jobs leave and people can afford less.

Poverty used to be a tremendous spur to the individual's desire to better him/herself through education and/or working diligently. Today, minimal welfare payments, along with the added benefits for those who know what to ask for /demand, IMHO curb that ambition to rise above one's situation. Please tell me what is wrong with workfare to get the young into the work force and to develop work skills? Oh, yes, and at the same time, let's preserve some of those factory jobs by which many gained self-respect, an income, and a legitimate place in society -- the ones who bear children and will want better for them than what the parents had -- the ones who will trumpet education and hard work as a means of rising from poverty.

For those in knowledge industries who may be able to rationalize that the grunt work has gone offshore, remember that those left behind as the business goes beyond our borders have to live somehow. We might as well encourage their employment and discourage the dole and/or crime.

Who is it who buys the costly cocaine, anyway? I would guess that the group hovering in or near unemployment see crystal meth as more affordable.

When we render the most ill-prepared for work unable to work at anything which would contribute to their dignity because there are no jobs--even low-end ones, in that the jobs require few skills, we also render ourselves vulnerable to the crimes they may feel justified in committing in despair or in envy. Of course, that is not the only nor a sufficient reason, but I think it is worth considering. Perhaps we should pay a little more for goods made or food grown here to support all of our society by promoting a healthy society. Then make them work! An able-bodied person should be forced to work, not paid to do nothing. Pay me to write and I'll write, for example.

I am not a bleeding heart, obviously. I just do not think the present situation is contributing to a healthy society. NJC




Trend toward contracts over full-time jobs Sandra Cordon, Aug. 18, 05

OTTAWA (CP) - The labour dispute at the CBC is focusing attention on the use of contract workers, a concept becoming more popular with business - to the horror of organized labour and many workers.

Short-term contract workers save firms millions of dollars on salaries and health care and pension benefits - normal employee perks that are rarely extended to contract staff. [. . . . ]

This is an area that needs plenty of open debate. Contract workers cannot feel the comfort level that full-time employees have. Still, unions are not always positive for workers. The contractor knows the joy of being free to do a good--even great--job and be rewarded for it with a good reputation and another contract. Governments and union leadership intervene in this process, not always to the advantage of the employee.

Example: The worker who does not fit what government wants is going to be eased out anyway. Once government enters the equation, as it does with education and business, then control is exerted. Think what is acceptable to express, charter schools, regulations for day care. Can parental regulation be far behind? Of course, with social services and the ability to remove a child from the home, to a degree, it is here now. Think of how much clout the government exercises through grants and "loans" where they can apply pressure upon the recipient to comply with the government's wishes, or else . . . use your imagination. Think the push to fund Kyoto projects and the concomitant pressure to not allow scientists who disagree to be heard. So much for funding for them! The whole process is tainted when government and unions are involved.

The alternative is worker uncertainty, of course, but the self-employed businessman faces that all the time and many survive. A plumber or a high-pressure welder works for more per hour than several professionals who come to mind. NJC




CBC is being lauded by those who love the music and hate the politics, deservedly so! Continue that strike.

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Divorce and $$$ -- Maybe We Should Work on Marriage?

Topic: When Is A Deal Not A Deal -- re: "Top court to hear kid-support appeal"

One of the divorced fathers involved in the appeal has never earned more than $23,000 a year, and yet he faces a retroactive child-support payment of $10,000, while another faces a payment of $100,000, which is more than half his annual income, Smith said.

[. . . . ] I'm all for people to pay their fair share in child maintenance, but when do you draw the line?

There is no answer that satisfies; I think both parents must sit down with a mediator who does not support either party, but who simply supports a fair process--no nastiness--and who tries to get a reasonable solution for both and the child. Parents shouldn't be on the hook for ridiculous support claims from adult children; neither should society step in and support children because a man is allowed to walk away from responsibilities.

By the way, where did our society ever get the idea that free love is sex free of responsibility? The chickens do come home to roost. Children occur as a result and deserve that the parents at least made a conscious decision to have them and to provide a two-parent home for them. How sad to find out one is the product of a one-night stand or the child of a "baby momma". Nor should society use courts to bleed men for vindictive women making outrageous demands, either.

Come to think of it; the idea of two divorcing adults sitting down to dispassionately discuss money sounds impossible and idealistic in the face of two people warring. It might be better to protect marriage until the kids are grown and there are just two people to fight it out and divide the spoils. By then, they may change their minds about a split. For example, when she knows what he likes and offers it--coffee and no talk over the morning paper or encourages his going out golfing with his buddies in preference to taking her out dancing, when he knows what she likes to read or watch and brings it home, even though he might have preferred something entirely different, then there is something to work with and it is worth trying to maintain it. Think about this; if we're realistic about what new partnerships will entail--as opposed to remaining starry-eyed naive or even stupid--then why trade in for a newer and untrained model?

Sometimes it comes down to little things like that, IMHO, something as simple as trying to please another in little ways. None of us offers perfection so why would we expect any real improvement with a trade-up or a trade-in? The particulars might change but the total package won't be perfect, no matter what. Parents might as well work to develop a civilized relationship in the marriage that exists, for the sake of the children at least. Likely, so much will be built up in trust and actions--small kindnesses one after another--that a change would be wrenching. We should all be so lucky as to grow old with someone who considers us and will check whether we breathe in the morning -- a person who is a habit in one's life, one whom it would be devastating to be without after so many years. It would help if we taught teens that the bloom may--and probably will--go off the romantic love rose (i.e. sex) after very few years but it will be replaced by something deeper if they work at it, something entirely more enduring. There is no free lunch; it all takes effort. NJC

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Politics & Teachers, Canada's War Crimes Program, Pot Kids, Divorce, $$$ & Kids

This is not good. Teachers had better not mention God but . . .

Teachers can bring politics to class -- court: B.C. Court of Appeal rules teachers may post their views, criticize government to parents Darah Hansen, Vancouver Sun, Aug. 4, 05

Teachers have the right to post politically charged notices in schools and criticize the provincial government over school funding during parent-teacher interviews, the B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled.

[. . . . ] Hugh Finlayson, chief executive officer of the B.C. Public School Employers' Association, the government body that launched the appeal, said teachers' rights as individual citizens were never in dispute. Rather, he said, the question was, did that right extend to the public school classroom?

The employers believed that answer was no, Finlayson said.

"We're saying that teachers hold a special trust and that school meetings, school events, school grounds ought not to be places for political discussion when we're really dealing with education matters.

I'm with Finlayson. There's enough "shaping" of young minds as it is. Spare us the next Librano$ vote indoctrination scheme.




Vancouver cops seize pot-kids -- I had no idea that this was so prevalent even five years ago. -- "Over 40 Vietnamese children taken from their pot-growing parents", Denny Launders (26 Jun, 2000)




CANADA'S WAR CRIMES PROGRAM -- Seventh Annual Report

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
ACTIVITIES 2003 - 2004
CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY CANADA
ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPENDIX 1 - CASE SAMPLES
APPENDIX 2 - SUMMARY OF WORLD WAR II PROGRAM
APPENDIX 3 - SUMMARY OF CBSA's PROGRAM
APPENDIX 4 - DESIGNATED REGIMES

[. . . . ] The 2002-2003 Annual Report is available at the following site .

Previous Annual Reports are available at the following site .

Check the tables. e. g. Appendix 3 for "Interventions in Refugee Protection Department hearings: Cases in which the CBSA/CIC Minister intervened at hearings of the Refugee Protection Division of the IRB". Check APPENDIX 4.

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Updated: If You Read Nothing Else, Read John Thompson "Waiting for the Kaboom: Precursors of an Attack"

There are so many posts I consider important today; however, the one that deals with your and all Canadians' security which you should not miss is the last in the list.

New post just added

* Bud Talkinghorn: The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza--What will it mean to the Palestinians? CAFTA-China, Nuclear Power Hopes? Rieu -&- Tiger

* UN Bankrolled Latest Anti-Israel Propaganda -- & Details

* Update 2 re: Whistleblowers, Sidewinder and Muzzling Whistleblowers

* Updated: MacKay Says Fix the Watch Lists Now, Liberal Party Owes Cdns Scammed $$$, Response: Lifetime Muzzle On Security Info., Crosbie, & Books

* Andrew Coyne: "Not a separatist -- just unqualified" & Dalrymple: "Multiculturalism Starts Losing Its Luster"

* John Thompson, Pres. Mackenzie Institute: "Waiting for the Kaboom: Precursors of an Attack"

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Bud Talkinghorn: The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza--What will it mean to the Palestinians? CAFTA-China, Nuclear Power Hopes? Rieu -&- Tiger

Heads up and purely personal

Still, someone might enjoy this as much as I did.

I know a few great cooks. Last weekend I was invited for a deep fried turkey. I would never in my wildest dreams have deep fried a turkey because it made me think of deep fried chicken of the breaded variety and about that, enough said.

It was the best turkey meal I have ever eaten. The wife is a superb cook whose roasted turkey dinners with all the trimmings are simply outstanding. Still, this is a man's job and it was excellently prepared by the husband out on the deck . . . aided by a glass of wine to ease the pain of jumping up to take the temperature of the bird. It turned out brown even on the inside. The temperature gauge is stuck into the meat and the whole thing takes less than an hour. The deep cooker is approximately $50 and available with temperature gauge and a rack into which you place the turkey -- available at places like your local co-op store. The salads and all the rest were heavenly. Great job folks!

PS: Another invitation??? I'll do more preserves for another deep fried turkey dinner . . . just let me have those bones for soup.

Happy weekend to all. I know; tomorrow is Friday but I feel an early start coming on. NJC




CAFTA's Covert Opponent: China by John J. Tkacik, Jr., WebMemo #778, June 28, 2005

In the Multi Fiber Arrangement world of quota-free trade in yarns, fabrics, and finished textiles, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) represents a direct threat to China’s growing power—indeed, its near-monopoly—in world textile production. If passed, CAFTA would enhance the competitiveness of Central American factories that pay higher wages than China and predominantly use U.S. cotton. But if CAFTA fails, U.S. cotton exports to Central America will come to an end, while U.S. imports of Chinese textiles—with little or no U.S. content—soar. [. . . . ]

Nuclear power rallies Deirdre Gregg, Aug. 14, 05

Engineer Jim Miller hasn't worked on siting a nuclear power plant in decades. But today the CEO of engineering-and-earth-sciences firm GeoEngineers Inc. sees a bright future for the nuclear industry. [. . . . ]

Lengthy and perhaps worth checking.

Caution: Miller should just make sure that none of those lads seeking the elusive virgins work on the nuclear projects. To save humanity, would some virgin please offer herself up? Calm down girl, only jesting.




Men, Women love Andre Rieu -- Check here or here . Thanks to RK who told me that women simply swoon over Rieu in concerts, classical but of the popular variety, and in the Netherlands. What would I know? Nada.




The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza--What will it mean to the Palestinians?

The fabric of Israel is being torn by the forced evacuation of Israeli settlers from their enclaves in Gaza. If this move would appease their Palestinian enemies, it might be worth it; however there is little chance of that happening. Rather, Hamas and the other terrorist factions have trumpeted the removal as a sign of weakness. Mahmoud Abbas has done nothing to discourage this idea. Actually, that doesn't make much difference because Abbas is a lame duck leader, who has almost no control of events in Gaza. If it were simply Hamas and its bandit brethern, there might be some hope of the Palestinian Authority coming to some compromise position with them. The monkey wrench in the works is the numerous well-armed clan militias.

Over the years there are media reports of these powerful clans flexing their muscles. A while back there was a clan invasion of a PA police station and the freeing of their members. Other reports told of their smuggling rings and extortions; nevertheless, they were seen as bit players. However, according to a senior Middle east analyst, Jim Lederman, the clans are a major force. They receive funding from Iran and the Hezbollah; while some are obstensibly members of the PA, their allegiance is always to their tribal leaders. These clans have set up virtual fiefdoms and are in constant conflict with each other. The PA rarely dares to confront them. These groups also have designs on the Israeli settlements. The Abu Samhadana clan for instance has announced an ancestoral claim over most of the land that the Israelis are evacuating. Fatah also has said it will set up a "popular army" to contest the PA police in these areas. All this is a recipe for anarchy in Gaza. The Israeli decision to demolish the settlers' houses was probably made to eliminate a crazed land grab by all these factions. What happens in Gaza after the withdrawal will probably determine anymore evacuations from the West Bank. The future of Gaza looks very bleak indeed.

© Bud Talkinghorn



The Thames by Jonathan Schmeer

I am reading (and enjoying immensely) The Thames, by Jonathan Schmeer who uses the Thames to showcase various epochs of London. Example: Ann Boleyn came to meet Henry V111 in a small flotilla so Henry thought it appropriate to have her end her days that way. He convinced her that he had set up a huge waterborne gala for her. She set off in spendid pageantry only to see herself conveyed to The Tower of London, where the executioner was already sharpening his ax. She asked for and got one more day before death. She used that time to practice arranging her head on a make-shift chopping block in her cell. You don't want to look awkward at the end. That is the sort of engaging detail the author employs. He has a whole chapter on Turner and his paintings of the Thames to illustrate the rapidly changing historical periods. Note to self: If I complain too much about my lot, I should just read this book again--because it was sheer Hell during most of these eras past. In 1816 the Thames was so polluted with raw sewage--dead animals, dust, rotting vegetation, and chemical run-off from the thousand tanneries--that ships couldn't navigate through it. And it was the main drinking and bathing water source for London. I don't remember when I stopped reading fiction and moved on to non-fiction but Serpentine by Tom Thompson [Check Amazon books NJC] certainly showed that no work of fiction could match the real exploits human beings such as Charles Sobhraj.

© Bud Talkinghorn



Watching TSN's coverage of the PGA tournament is a giant Tiger-fest.

Of course, watching Tiger dominate with superb play is exciting. Some of his famous shots--that trip over the water in the Canadian Open is indelibly etched in my mind. There are over a hundred other golfers who are producing magnificent shots; however, we don't get to see them. Woods might be way over par, but the camera is always on him. They even had footage of his past PGA wins. This is being written during the endless ads, and now they are reviewing Tiger's entire last six horrible or great holes. Then the commentators spend four minutes talking about what is going through Tiger's head. He is having a meltdown, OK? Give me a break!

I know America loves a winner, but the coverage should respect Wood's competitors. More complaints: Why don't they show on the crawl more often, the scores of all the players? Everybody has their favourites, (mine was Greg Norman) so we want to know how they are doing. This deification of Tiger is getting tedious. Surely, when he is not leading or even close, they can highlight some more deserving golfer(s).

Day two. We get to see Tiger play well, although flubbing the two par fives. This pilgrimage continues far after he ground to an even par finish. No, now we have to replay the highlights of Tiger's struggle, then the the nauseating psychobabble of the announcers, who try to explain all the reasons that Tiger isn't leading the tournment. This homage you think is finally coming to an end when Tiger is interviewed. But lo and behold, there is a review of Tiger's round yesterday. Even when they do get around to the players who are still on the course, we get actual commentary like, "Well, I see that Billy Bob has put it in the same left, downhill spot as Tiger". Billy Bob makes a slam dunk birdie from there, but we don't get to see it, because we have to see Michelson on the driving range. Now we will watch Michelson every hole and be subject to some psuedo-analysis of Phil's "will to win". But it is only mid round, so there will undoubtedly be time to wedge Tiger talk into the program. Maybe their entire Michelson coverage will be a running commentary on how Phil handled the hole verus Tiger's course management. Enough!

© Bud Talkinghorn--I forgot to mention the "tree limb incident". By some invisible hand, it happened to occur when Tiger was there. Good for another two or three Tiger mentions.

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UN Bankrolled Latest Anti-Israel Propaganda -- & Details

United Nations Bankrolled Latest Anti-israel Propaganda Jacob Gershman, The New York Sun, August 17, 2005
-- also here, on CCD posted by Toba

The United Nations bankrolled the production of thousands of banners, bumper stickers, mugs, and T-shirts bearing the slogan "Today Gaza and Tomorrow the West Bank and Jerusalem," which have been widely distributed to Palestinian Arabs in the Gaza Strip, according to a U.N. official.

The U.N. support of the Palestinian Authority's propaganda operation in the midst of the Israeli evacuation of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip has provoked outrage from Israeli and Jewish leaders, who are blaming Turtle Bay for propagating an inflammatory message that they say encourages Palestinian Arab violence. [. . . . ]

Re: Indifference to Palestinian Terrorism & Israeli Suffering Posted by Bill Narvey on 13:04:33 2005/08/17

In Reply to: United Nations Neutral??? posted by Toba

[. . . . ] This pattern of nations and the U.N. giving money to Palestinians for peaceful purposes with no strings attached, however is not new, but has been going on for about 40 years.

Countless times it was revealed that Arafat pilfered the financial aid received to his own personal bank accounts which funds he kept for his own benefit and the rest went to fund and support various Palestinian terrorist organizations, including his own Fatah party in order that he could through them advance his objective of murdering and maiming enough Jews, that the Israelis still remaining unscathed would flee Israel and leave the land for the Palestinians. [. . . . ]

Search:

the Karina A headed to the Gaza coast
documentation that was proof positive of Arafat's monstrous evil deadly, treacherous and deceitful nature
Evidence that the U.N.R.W.A. was employing Hamas terrorists

Link for details which should lead readers on to knowledge.

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Update 2 re: Whistleblowers, Sidewinder and Muzzling Whistleblowers

Update 2 re this post: “We have a man here that cannot be bought.”, Whistleblowers, Sidewinder, Memo to the CBC, Profiling, Monarchist & GG, Aug. 17, 05, particularly the part on Sidewinder.

Analysis: Bin Laden’s Ho Chi Minh Trail in Canada Joe Fernandez, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001

[. . . . ] "One … high profile law supposedly designed to take guns out of criminal hands was never mentioned by police or politicians during talks about the biker war … Police and politicians knew Bill C-68 was just a ploy to strip guns from law-abiding citizens with a grossly overbudgeted financial sinkhole of a bureaucracy and would never prevent criminals from harming themselves. This is why the law was never mentioned during talks about a biker war that saw heavy public use of guns and explosives. To do so would be to invite scrutiny of the law and its ineffectiveness against armed criminals." [ Also, see the "Books" section of a previous post for Hell's Witness ]

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, . . . . CSIS honcho Ward Elcock reported that there were "only" 350 terrorists in Canada. Unfortunately, he seems to have missed [. . . . ]

Elcock also spinned, "It was a project, NOT an investigation!" in regard to the CSIS/RCMP Operation Sidewinder, which revealed that the partnership of Triads (Chinese organised crime) and the PRC/PLA intelligence apparatus has infiltrated Canada to the extent that they now control over 200 Canadian companies.

Elcock’s comments become frightening when coupled with North Shore News journalist (and former police officer) Leo Knight’s findings that Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien was once employed by Li Ka-Shing, linked by Canadian and U.S. intelligence to Triads and to Beijing. Knight also reported that President Bush did not mention Canada in his first speech to Congress after 9/11 because Chretien refused American requests to beef up border security.

This is what America has guarding its northern flank. Do you feel more secure?

As for the bikers, search: (Staff Sgt. ?) Stenhouse , an ex-RCMP who was involved with investigating biker gangs. He was another whistleblower, if I remember correctly.

Now for the kicker: do not miss reading today's post, "Waiting for the Kaboom: Precursors of an Attack" by John Thompson of the Mackenzie Institute.

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Updated: MacKay Says Fix the Watch Lists Now, Liberal Party Owes Cdns Scammed $$$, Response: Lifetime Muzzle On Security Info., Crosbie, & Books

Update 1:

Drugs 'n guns n' gangs....................Instead of name calling , they should be concentrating on dealing with the criminals instead of coddling them

There's a massive drug trade going on, it's been going on for years and everybody's been playing let's make a deal and now [. . . . ]

Just link and check.




Rick bell: "Embarrassed" -- no better candidates available? Rick Bell, Calgary Sun, August 18, 2005

[. . . . ] Pierre Poilievre is an MP [CPC] from suburban Ottawa who is pushing for real answers.

"This is the best they can do. It takes a full week of pressure for the head of state to actually support Canada. [. . . . ]

Stephen Harper in NB Aug. 19, 05

CPC Barbeque with Stephen Harper
Fredericton, NB in Marysville
Time: 5 pm Friday, Aug. 19, 05



You might want to bookmark these: Mackenzie Institute and The Monarchist



MacKay Says Fix the Watch Lists Now 16 August 2005

MacKay noted that the Conservative Party, at their recent policy convention, passed a resolution that would ensure agencies such as CSIS, RCMP, Canadian Border Services and Coast Guard were properly resourced both in manpower and equipment. [. . . . ]

Note the earlier post today on our security: scroll down for John Thompson, Pres. Mackenzie Institute: "Waiting for the Kaboom: Precursors of an Attack"




Liberal Party still owes Canadians $$$ scammed from them, $3.9-million?

COFFIN REPAYMENT WELCOME NOW HOW ABOUT THE LIBERAL PARTY? 16 August 2005

Official Opposition Public Works Critic Gary Lunn welcomed today’s announcement that Paul Coffin and Communication Coffin will repay $1 million of taxpayers’ money illegally received as part of the Sponsorship scandal. “It is about time some of this money got paid back to the taxpayer,” -- There is an "estimated $3.9 million the Liberal Party of Canada received through kickbacks from advertising agencies like Coffin."

Update: May I draw your attention to this comment from a reader re: muzzling whistleblowers for a LIFETIME and the proposed whistleblower legislation.

14 departments to be held in secrecy for a term of not 14 years or 20 years 0r 50 years but for a lifetime, and will that be extended to ensure continued Liberal control of Canada for virtually forever?

Not the citizen's idea of what Bill C-11 is for. In fact it is opposite to what the Whistle-blower bill is supposed to protect.

It's a special affront to the spirit of this blog with the Motto...

*No topic should be outside the realm of debate in a democratic society*; at least not for a lifetime term.

This is a minority government. The lifetime muzzle should be cut back to a more reasonable 7 or 14 years. 73s TG

The above is in reaction to my posts with the links below. Bless those journalists who write to keep Canadians genuinely informed, in this case, the Western Standard and the Ottawa Citizen.

The background posts which prompted Tony Guitar's response:

My post August 16, 2005 here; scroll down for Permanently Muzzling Security Info, the article with this link:

Bureaucrats face lifetime secrecy oath on national security -- to protect whom? Ottawa Citizen

A federal government plan to permanently muzzle current and former employees of 14 entities with access to national security information is an affront to press freedom, the Canadian Newspaper Association warns.

Updated: Conservatives, Harper & Media Bias -- Fight back against biased media! Permanently Muzzling Security Info, Muzzling Bureaucrats my post Aug. 16 and updated Aug. 17 based on the Western Standard article, "Silencing the whistles":

Update 2: Muzzling and Whistleblower legislation

Along with the RCMP, CSIS, and the military, those excluded from protection for whistleblowing include, according to foreign service officer Brian McAdam's testimony at SCGOE "a total of about 63 divisions or branches of government, and 49 corporations" -- and there is more.

John Crosbie

John Crosbie has mentioned just how bad Canada's governance and opposition situation is in an article in today's National Post, "The wit and wisdom of a candid John Crosbie" by Don Martin. I don't always agree with John but I loved his penchant for saying what he thought . . . or didn't think through. He was always good for a laugh, eh, Sheila (nobody's baby) Copps? How anyone could get her knickers in a knot over a John Crosbie comment and not just laugh is beyond me.



Books

As an aside, I have mentioned before Paul Palango's book on the RCMP, The Last Guardians, but his earlier book, The Crooks, the Politicians, the Mounties and Rod Stamler published in 1994, is revealing on the corruption in Hamilton, home of the Copps Centre with, it seems, a direct line between the port activities in Hamilton and those in Montreal. Well worth reading.

Then someone suggested I read Hells Witness by Daniel Sanger. If you can stand to learn about the low lifes and low lives, the disregard for life, the disdain for order of the civil kind while slavishly adhering to a militaristic code of organization in the service of evil for its own warped sense of order, read it and be disheartened. I don't really want to know about the lives of the principals; yet, I believe I should be more aware, so I read.

The rise of the Hells parallels the rise of a government with which we are all familiar and the rise of the lowest common denominator in both cases. Frankly, a devastating picture. I don't know how the author was able to do the research, for it would mean consorting with . . . whatever makes for despair about human beings.

Nothing and no-one means anything except the organization, power and money. Come to think of it, there are more parallels than at first it appears.

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Andrew Coyne: "Not a separatist -- just unqualified" & Dalrymple: "Multiculturalism Starts Losing Its Luster"

Gov. Gen. designate denies separatist link -- The money and the perqs had nothing to do with this announcement! See? Aug. 17, 05


Micaelle Jean is a beautiful, accomplished woman, a Quebecker . . . and potential saviour of PM and claque's Quebec butt in the next election if Quebeckers are satisfied with Micaelle Jean's appointment.

There remain doubts in the rest of Canada, particularly in the most ignored part.

This is reinforced by the threat emanating from a representative of the Haitian community (check news sources for his name) who was at the table for the toast which you may see here: Video: Jean in film with former FLQ members -- Pierre Vallieres and Five other Advocates for Quebec Sovereignty -- PMO denies everything! Jean is "committed to Canada" , the video of Micaelle Jean and separatist "friends". No, scratch "friends" and think "passing acquaintances" now.

If most of us were offered such a position, what would we say? Vow? Promise? Just test us.

Note that her statement of commitment was somewhat different in Quebec. (Check the Western Standard, Angry in the Great White North / Angry GWN, Andrew Coyne or the National Post. I forget exactly where I read it.)

Now, we have an asymmetrical Governor General for an asymmetrical Canada.

In today's National Post John Ivison has a very good article on the Governor General designate situation and Paul Martin. [The link will come.]

Mr. Martin and a vision of Canada

Worth reading!




Andrew Coyne: Not a separatist -- just unqualified Aug. 17-05

She has no record of service to the country, no outstanding accomplishments to her name, no specialized knowledge of law, politics or the constitution. In a crisis, what credibility would she have?

Theodore Dalrymple: Multiculturalism Starts Losing Its Luster City Journal, Summer 2004

Dalrymple is one of my favourite commentators. My advice is that you must read the whole article.

Multiculturalism rests on the supposition—or better, the dishonest pretense—that all cultures are equal and that no fundamental conflict can arise between the customs, mores, and philosophical outlooks of two different cultures. The multiculturalist preaches that, in an age of mass migration, society can (and should) be a kind of salad bowl, a receptacle for wonderful exotic ingredients from around the world, the more the better, each bringing its special flavor to the cultural mix. For the salad to be delicious, no ingredient should predominate and impose its flavor on the others.

Even as a culinary metaphor, this view is wrong: every cook knows that not every ingredient blends with every other. [. . . . ]

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John Thompson, Pres. Mackenzie Institute: "Waiting for the Kaboom: Precursors of an Attack"

"Waiting for the Kaboom: Indicators to Watch for" -- also on Canadian Coalition for Democracies Posted by Toba on 16:17:28 2005/08/17

Note: This was written for Canadian audiences (and with input from Canadian police intelligence and security personnel). However, the list of precursors apply everywhere that Jihadists might attack. Readers are free to print, post or distribute copies as they see fit, we only ask that the normal conventions of accreditation are observed.

The Mackenzie Institute can be reached at mackenzieinstitute@bellnet.ca, or at 416-686-4063. The latest version of this paper is posted at www.mackenzieinstitute.com.

1. Some day, maybe in a few months or perhaps not for a couple of years, Jihadist terrorists will deliver an attack in Canada, or will directly threaten Canadians in some manner overseas. Al Qaeda’s usual style is to attempt to inflict as many casualties as possible, but also to hit targets of economic importance and which may hold some symbolic value. Attempts to predict their targets and the style of their attack are largely useless… the Jihadist movement has their own agenda and a long history of surprises.

2. Although many Canadians entertain false hopes that our supposed reputation as "peacekeepers" or our equally supposed non-involvement in Iraq will spare us from their attentions; it is already clear that al Qaeda is among the 50 groups with a Canadian presence. The Salaheddin Mosque in Scarborough — whose Iman Aly Hindy recently delivered a veiled threat to the Federal Government — was attended by at least seven members of al Qaeda: These include the notorious Khadr family, and two members who were scooped up in Iraq as members of Ansar al Islam. One of the Jabarah brothers from St. Catherine’s Ontario was killed in Saudi Arabia while participating in an al Qaeda cell, the other is still in detention in the US after acting as a liaison between Osama bin Laden and Jihadists in Singapore and Indonesia.

3. Other Jihadists may still be operating in Canada. We recently deported 19 young men from Pakistan when their activities (including a 4:00 AM nature hike on the grounds of a nuclear power plant) attracted our police. Two Canadian women of Egyptian origin also got CSIS interested in Kassim Mohamed, likewise of Egyptian origin, in early 2004. Mohamed was busy filming Toronto’s subway system, fire exits from the CN tower and other points of interest. Although he claimed the footage was for his ‘homesick’ kids (who were back in Egypt because he disliked Canada’s secular schooling); one wonders what children crave minutes of footage of how subway cars enter a platform. Kassim has yet to identify the second voice on the video tape — a voice that apparently directed him to film particular objects and to conceal the camera when other people started to notice their activities.

4. Inside police circles there are stories of other reconnaissance-style activities at various points in Toronto. From the US, the UK and Australia, there have been press reports of such activities directed towards ambulances, hospitals, military airfields, churches and synagogues, schools (especially, but not limited to, Jewish ones), power stations, government buildings, office towers, chemical plants and refineries.

5. Over the past four years, Osama bin Laden has directly instructed Jihadists to attack ten nations: The United States, Great Britain, Australia, Spain, Canada and Italy, as well as Morocco, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. So far Al Qaeda has delivered successful attacks against all but Canada, Italy and Jordan -- if one counts the Bali bombing as a successful strike against Australia. Jordan escaped a massive attack that might have killed up to 20,000 people in its capital with poison gas when they arrested the attackers as they arrived in Amman with their supplies. Our turn is coming soon.

6. The first line of defence against terrorism depends on an alert and aware citizenry — people who are cognizant of what could be precursor activity for an attack and are confident enough to report it.

7. The following should trigger your suspicions:

* The theft or loss of badges, credentials, ID cards, Government/military/emergency vehicles, uniforms, or the discovery of false IDs. Attempts to scout out seven hospitals in the US in March and April of 2005 involved fake credentials and ID cards.

* Photographing, sketching or surveillance of buildings and facilities (see paragraph 4).

* Trespassing near key facilities or in supposedly secure areas, particularly by multiple persons.

* The presence of uncommon or abandoned vehicles, packages, or containers.

* Observing people who are searching trash containers or placing unusual items in them (particularly around transit systems or the lobbies of crowded buildings — but also around the private residences of important people).

* Thefts of sensitive military or government property such as computers.

* Purchases at Government surplus sales of military, police, fire or paramedic vehicles and equipment, particularly if there are indications of an intention to refurbish them to working condition. (Last autumn, it appeared that there was a keen interest in ambulances in several US cities).

* The attempted purchase or theft of large numbers of weapons (including knives).

* The attempted purchase of supplies necessary for the manufacture of explosive devices — this includes an unusual or frequent purchase of fertilizer or cleaning supplies.

* An increase in cyber attacks/probes.

* An increase in the number of threats or false fire alarms to facilities that require evacuation.

* Theft of government or private agency vehicles, vehicle passes, uniforms, or copies of standard operating procedures.

* Unknown workers trying to gain access to facilities for repairs, installation of equipment, etc.

* E-mails that request information regarding details of your facility, personnel, or standard operating procedures.

* Unusual patterns of seemingly unimportant activity: Examples might include increased foot traffic into a little used access tunnel underneath an office tower, or a fisherman who keeps returning to a point close to a nuclear power plant. [Ed's emphasis]

* Unknown persons or occupied vehicles loitering in vicinity of a potential target for an extended period of time.

8. While al Qaeda usually seems to prefer attacks with a sequence of bombs (often delivered by suicide attackers), the mail bomb is still a potential hazard. One should remain suspicious about:

* Mail that has no return address (if there is a return address and you are suspicious about the package, call them and ask if they sent something).

* Mail addressed only to the title of the prospective recipient or that uses an incorrect title.

* Misspelled words or defective addresses.

* Restrictive markings such as "personal for …." or "to be opened only by …"

* Excessive postage — the sender might not have wanted to deal face to face with a postal clerk to get the package weighed and stamped with exact postage.

* Stains, discoloration, oiliness, crystallization, or a strange odor.

* Abnormal size or excessive wrapping, particularly if the package is heavily taped or wrapped with twine.

* Wires, metal foil, string or a cell phone antenna protruding from the envelope.

* An unusually heavy or unbalanced feel to the package (the mail bomb I received some years ago felt like there was a large ceramic mug inside the package).

* A lopsided or uneven envelope — a hard lump like a watch battery might well be part of a bomb’s triggering circuit.

* A very rigid envelope.

* A springiness in part of the package (which may well be part of the trigger — do not keep testing it).

* A suspicious package which was dropped off rather than brought in by your normal method of postal delivery or courier service.

9. One should also be suspicious about other unusual activities, including:

* A large group of men (particularly ‘Middle Eastern’ looking men — forget the PC tripe about the purported evils of racial profiling) who occupy a house, apartment, or motel rooms with no apparent purpose; and who have no apparent patterns of departure/arrival that are consistent with commuting to work or school. [Ed's emphasis]

* If there is a smell of chemicals (particularly like ammonia or acetone) coming from the above site, call it in immediately! They may be cooking up explosives.

* A similar group that is interested in renting (especially for cash) office space or an apartment, yet seem to perform no apparent function with it.

* People who are in possession of large amounts of cash for no apparent reason.

* People who attempt to purchase or lease vehicles or boats with cash, and who seem evasive about the paperwork.

10. Regarding suicide attackers, in a January 2004 handout to Law Enforcement Agencies, the US Department of Homeland Security advised readers to look out for certain indicators. These included:

* A shaved head or short haircut. A short haircut or recently shaved beard or moustache may be evident by differences in skin complexion on the head or face.

* May smell of herbal or flower water, as they may have sprayed perfume on themselves and clothing to prepare for Paradise.

* Suspects have been seen "praying fervently, giving the appearance of whispering to someone."

* Recent suicide bombers have raised their hands in the air just before the explosion to prevent the destruction of their fingerprints. They have also placed identity cards in their shoes because they want to be praised and recognized as martyrs.

* Additionally, bulky clothing, which may be inappropriate for the weather and circumstances, can conceal a vest bomb (though many have used backpacks instead of vest bombs, particularly in the summer).

* Moreover, male suicide bombers have often worn multiple sets of underwear (as many as ten in some cases) and a protective cup over their genitalia to protect these organs in anticipation of the 72 Virgins they believe will be accorded a ‘Martyr" in the afterlife, an odd fit to the pants may be another indicator.

11. Custom and immigration workers, as well as police, should also be alert for:

* People with chemical burns and/or shaved chests (one arrival in Canada tried to explain that the burns were so that he could match his passport photo!).

* False documents, especially from visa exempt countries like the EU nations, US in Canada (and vice versa), Australia, Singapore, etc. If in doubt ask your subject about the national anthem, currency, landmarks, etc. from the country he claims to be from.

* Persons who come via another country than the one that issued his passport. For example, someone traveling on a forged Spanish passport might arrive in Canada via the UK as his forgery might be easily spotted if he arrived directly from Spain (This is an advised tactic in the al Qaeda manual).

* Is this person trying to enter during a weekend or holiday, when it might be assumed there would be fewer and/or less attentive staff at the airport?

* What currency has he got in his pockets? Coins can be very revealing: ATMs and Thomas Cook-style money exchanges never give or accept coinage, and these would be especially telling about where the subject has been — particularly if there is a discrepancy between his story and the contents of his pockets.

* Any duty free stamps on his cigarettes, where did they come from? Or his toiletries?

* Is he carrying matches or a lighter and no cigarettes?

* Is he carrying maps and photographs, diagrams, something coded (like phone numbers), or a list of temporary/casual e-mail addresses (hotmail and yahoo accounts particularly)? Are there CD disks that are plain and unmarked, even if — or especially if — they are tucked in the case or jacket of a commercial product?

* Is there an album or disc of photographs? Are any missing? Remember that digital cameras put a sequence stamp on each photo.

* What books or magazines is he carrying? In what languages, and where were they printed?

12. Should you notice any of the above points, don’t be afraid to quickly let your local police know about them. In particular, if calling the police, place a call to their HQ and ask for the Intelligence Section or INSET (Integrated National Security Enforcement Team). If calling 911, ask for a supervisor as most of them will know where to forward your call. [Ed's emphasis]

13. Make sure your report is clear and factual, share your suspicions but emphasize the reasons why they arose in the first place. Record your observations as quickly as possible, while your impressions are still fresh.

14. If something or someone attracts your notice, take no action other than to report it immediately. Do not attempt heroics — this may deter a possible attack elsewhere, but not the broken neck that a startled Jihadist might deliver to you personally if you grab him (or the assault charges or lawsuit if you grabbed an innocent party). Besides, terrorists are skittish about discovery and the impression that they have kindled your suspicions may be enough to send them scuttling off elsewhere. [Ed's emphasis]

My appreciation goes to the Mackenzie Institute's John Thompson for writing this and to the Canadian Coalition for Democracies for posting this for all of us. In the interest of adding to the readership, I have posted this here, rather than just a link which might not be sufficient to indicate its import. NJC

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“We have a man here that cannot be bought.”, Whistleblowers, Sidewinder, Memo to the CBC, Profiling, Monarchist & GG

Whistleblowers: Silencing the Whistles

If you read nothing else, read this, the COMMENTS!

And don't miss this one:

Silencing the Whistles with links to Operation Sidewinder: In Canada spies are us -- "It was Sidewinder that sounded the first alarm bells that China is one of the greatest ongoing threats to Canada’s national security and Canadian industry." by Judi McLeod, Canadafreepress.com, January 26, 2005.

It, in turn, has other links. If you check them, you will be led to a veritable spiderweb and treasure trove of information links which just gets more and more extensive and informative. My, my!





“We have a man here that cannot be bought.” -- What a badge of honour!

Stephen Harper BBQ Tour Comes to Winnipeg -- A great summary of Stephen Harper's visit and the highlights of his speech. July 26, 05. Don't miss the comments below it, also.




Stop the Presses! Trono City Councilor Urges Efficient Profiling of Young Black Males

Search: sensible profiling




Memo to the CBC

Please, May the CBC Lockout Continue Forever!

Oh, to have music and no political blather which is simply Liberal/NDP propaganda. Several acquaintances love CBC radio now that the usual suspects are on strike.

I just checked the comments on the Shotgun. Delightfully not what the CBC would like to read. Ya' gotta love the raves for CBC now that the staff is on strike -- a decided improvement.




Shotgun! -- Scroll down for "Latest Revelations re GG-Designate and Spouse" from John Aimers, Dominion Chairman and Founder of the Monarchist League

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Citizen Journalist Michael Yon, Hirsi Ali & Sharia, Stewart Bell: The Martyr's Oath, Coyne: Mocking GG Office, Pandemic, Uniforms Stolen

Citizen Journalist Michael Yon

PunditReview.com interview with independent writer in Iraq, Michael Yon, whose website is MichaelYon.blogspot.com

Yon is an ex-military man who questioned the reporting of the news on Iraq. He went to Iraq not as a journalist, simply as a man who writes. He did find that there was a disconnect between what was reported in the mainstream media and what was actually going on in Iraq.

You may listen to citizen journalists on WRKO in Boston. Concerning Pundit Review,

Remember, you can check out Kevin & Gregg on Pundit Review Radio every Sunday evening at 9pm at WRKO where we will be giving voice to the new media. Each week we will bring you interiews with leaders in the citizen journalist movement, people like Michael Yon who you will hear no where else but Pundit Review Radio.

You may read Michael Yon's written dispatches on his own website.




Pandemic could trigger second Depression: firm

Search: Some of the repercussions , those who have saved their money would be able to , The World Health Organization and public health leaders , the H5N1 avian flu ravaging poultry flocks of Southeast Asia

This concerns avian flu; check Aug. 15 for mention of ebola in Clinton Lawyers: Mohamed Atta Off-Limits, Ebola in China? Answer to an Apologist for Chinese Dictatorship. Whether it is ebola or something else has not been confirmed, but if ebola has reached China, that is scary. A World Health Organization doctor says it is not pig flu as the Chinese claim, but ebola. Search for more information.



Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Unfree Under Islam -- Shariah endangers women's rights, from Iraq to Canada. "Muslim women across the world are caught in a terrible predicament. They aspire to live by their faith as best they can, but their faith robs them of their rights." Townhall.com, Aug. 16, 05

Ms. Hirsi Ali, a member of the Dutch parliament for the Liberal Party, was born in Somalia. She took refuge in the Netherlands in 1992 to escape an arranged marriage, and has had armed bodyguards after receiving death threats from Muslim extremists. She writes at http://www.ayaanhirsiali.web-log.nl/.

This is a wake-up article for those not already familiar with Hirsi Ali's story and with sharia as it is in practice.

Would someone send this to Dalton McGuinty who is pursuing the idea of sharia/shariah law in Ontario and to Mohammed Elmasry, as well? Elmasry is the self-appointed head of the Canadian Islamic Congress, which he started. Whether he represents many Muslims is not clear. He gets media attention which may be as good. There is nothing like giving yourself a forum--a 'congress', no less--from which to beat your drum. This is the man who has expressed support for plural wives in Canada.

Watch his demands for special concessions for Muslims grow. Check the Canadian Coalition for Democracies for updates on his burgeoning use of Canadians' fear of being called anti-Islamic and/or racist. He's trying to beat us with our own tolerance.

I do not fear those epithets nor should you. I believe free speech, the free expression of one's thoughts and ideas based on reading and observation, is crucial to democracy and even more, crucial to our security.

So I write.



Theft of firefighters' uniforms -- What would be the purpose? Scary, isn't it? WFAA, Dallas-Fort Worth, Aug. 16, 05

The terrorist crazies are in North America already, so you might want to read this.




Selecting for Security -- The key to guarding against terrorism lies in making vigilant, not blind, choices of whom to monitor and how Brian Michael Jenkins, originally published in Newsday, July 26, 05


Kevin Restivo: Sheridan Scott urges no limits to foreign control -- Cable, telecom ownership Financial Post, Aug. 17

BCE supports this. At present, foreigners are limited to 47.?% ownership. I have read before that, for Americans, deregulation has lowered telephone prices. I would simply like more businesses involved so we are not held to ransom by one or two government-favoured businesses. There is nothing like freedom of choice.




Andrew Coyne: Making a mockery of the GG's office National Post, Aug. 17, 05

Let's start by attempting a few analogies. Suppose Prince Charles had chosen for a wife a woman whose idea of a good time was to go down the pub with a few mates from the IRA. Now suppose Charles himself, at one of these gatherings, raised a glass to the cause. [. . . . ]

Stewart Bell's book The Martyr's Oath -- Read an excerpt on Mohammed Mansour Jabarah an Al Qaeda from St. Catharines, Ontario who became an informer after he had been with Al Qaeda -- entitled "Al-Qaeda agent given night on the town in T.O. -- Went to strip club: New book discloses ex-St. Catharines student agreed to surrender to U.S.".

This title is somewhat misleading in that sometimes, to get information, security services have to spend money. Besides, Jabarah had to consent to "being transferred to a U.S. prison" in order to pay his debt to society and to start afresh; his handlers had to convince him and to keep him positive about his future if he talked. Read why he was not charged in Canada at the time.

The Martyr's Oath: The Apprenticeship of a Homegrown Terrorist Stewart Bell, August 2005

Cold Terror: How Canada Nurtures and Exports Terrorism to the World Stewart Bell, John Wiley & Sons Canada, February 2004




Bruce Thornton: Broadcasting Grief -- We should remember that misery breeds anger, not wisdom. -- re: Cindy Sheehan August 16, 2005

[. . . . Speaking of the past] Daily physical pain, early death, famine, malnutrition, chronic disease, violence from fellow humans and nature –– all were simply non-negotiable realities of life that had to be endured. Suffering didn't make you special; it just made you human, like everybody else.

We moderns, of course, have eliminated many of those evils, while magnifying and dramatizing what suffering remains. And this success has created a monumental change in how we view life and its possibilities: rather than accepting that suffering is a necessity, we view it as an anomaly, a glitch in the system that should be corrected and that, given how litigious we are, someone is responsible for. The result is our outrageous expectations about human life and its risks and costs. We still want to achieve our various noble aims and good intentions –– peace, freedom, security, and prosperity for all –– but only if we can do so without making anybody suffer or even feel bad, including our enemies. We want utopia, a world in which everyone is well fed, secure, and happy, but we want it on the cheap. [. . . . ]

No-one wants to lose a family member in a war situation, no matter how noble the cause; nevertheless, Cindy Sheehan's son re-enlisted in the US military of his own volition. He was not forced; unfortunately, he died. How many of the mothers of men who enlisted to fight in the two world wars, then were killed, camped outside the President's or Prime Minister's home demanding a meeting? Sometimes, for the freedoms we enjoy today, a price has been paid by individuals who fought and by their families.

There is a price to be paid today. Canada's government just has not recognized it for Iraq yet. Our soldiers have been sent to Afghanistan and militry have been involved with ships off the coast and one officer even commands or commanded US and other troops in Iraq. Our government will try to ignore what they do except when a photo op for the PM is necessary.

Our NGO's are reported to be remaining neutral; I read that they will have nothing to do with these military personnel. The men may die in the effort to protect the NGO's but our NGO's will remain "untainted" by any connnection with the military, it seems. Must pacify our EU "friends".




UNREPRESENTED, RE: Gas $1.14 A Litre! CNEWS Forum

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0026A2DD-CA5E-4776-B4B4-91933C4F058B.htm

Oil prices are not high because of a shortage UNDERGROUND, but a shortage of several factors ABOVE ground. . . .

It was of course because it was not economic to make investments when the price of oil had fallen from $25 bbl, where infrastructure investment could make a profit, to $10 bbl.

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Updated: Conservatives, Harper & Media Bias -- Fight back against biased media! Permanently Muzzling Security Info, Muzzling Bureaucrats

Aug. 17, 05

Update 2: Muzzling and Whistleblower legislation

Along with the RCMP, CSIS, and the military, those excluded from protection for whistleblowing include, according to foreign service officer Brian McAdam's testimony at SCGOE "a total of about 63 divisions or branches of government, and 49 corporations" -- and there is more.

Also, there are links on Aug. 17, 05 above and a new comment by a reader, Tony Guitar of BendGovt who worked in Ottawa and knows something about whistleblowing.



Update 1:

Harper makes a convert of detractor Dan Dugan, Aug. 7, 05

[. . . . ] "You know, I was very much prepared to dislike him in the beginning," Senator Marjory Lebreton says.

In fact, LeBreton liked nothing about Harper when he was working to unite the Canadian Alliance and Conservative parties and she wore a black arm band on the day of the merger vote.

"But you know, he's genuine, he's not a phoney, and he works very hard on policy and cares about the country deeply," said LeBreton, who began working for the Conservatives over 40 years ago. [. . . . ]

I knew that! Stephen is a delight to meet with a wonderfully self-deprecating sense of humour and intelligence. He does not fill the air with mindless scripted sound bytes for the media. Perhaps that is part of the mainstream media's problem. Anyone who gets to know Stephen seems to be very favourably impressed. Stephen Harper does not have that finely-honed B***S*** quality essential to a Librano$ PM. For this, we thank God!

Stephen Harper would make a fine Conservative Prime Minister.



Permanently Muzzling Security Info

Bureaucrats face lifetime secrecy oath on national security
-- to protect whom? Ottawa Citizen

A federal government plan to permanently muzzle current and former employees of 14 entities with access to national security information is an affront to press freedom, the Canadian Newspaper Association warns.

Then there is the whistleblower legislation designed to protect government, not whistleblowers. Search this site for articles on "whistleblower legislation" -- there are good excerpts from Hansard with evidence from whistleblowers. Note that the RCMP will not be covered by this legislation so when they know something explosive, well, guess what? Find out what agencies are NOT allowed to whistleblow. Then you'll know where to check for more evidence of the kind of thing found in the Gomery Inquiry.




Muzzling Bureaucrats

Bureaucrats' political activity reined in Ottawa Citizen

With a general election expected early next year, the federal government has issued new guidelines to govern the political activity of public servants. [. . . . ]

Harper's chief of staff resigns -- and the Liberal Propaganda Organ /liberal / Liberal media had nothing to do with this?




What follows ia a link to an excellent article: historical overview and a must read, from Robert Stanfield to Stephen Harper, a tour of the media's take on Conservatives and their leaders. Thanks HH.


Tory woes fault of fickle liberal media August 4th, 2005, Brandon Sun/CP -- via Liberal media destroyed the Conservatives -- here



Stephen Harper's Leadership

I wrote this somewhere else (CCD?) a while ago but it is apropos today. The Liberal Propaganda Organ / CBC and the rest of the MSM / mainstream media are at it again. Yesterday, I read something negative about Stephen Harper's lack of appeal in the National Post, but then, it may have, along with its owners, their own agenda.

If as many words were wasted on supporting Stephen Harper as are used in falling into the Liberal / mainstream media trap to destroy his leadership, there wouldn't be a chance for the mainstream media discussion of Stephen's imagined shortcomings.

Stephen suffers from whatever the mainstream media can make Conservatives quibble over: he's not from Ontario, not from PQ and no-one from the West is acceptable in the Centre; he's too angry / not flashy enough / not charismatic (as defined by them); he supported Grewel--would have been termed racist or anti-immigrant if he hadn't; he's "scary" because of what? -- quiet intelligence? has some practising Christians who support him? not able to appeal to feminists, those who demand no discussion of social issues such as abortion / late-term abortion? not a glad hander? a traditional father who takes family and fatherhood seriously? lack of BS and corruption? decency? not corruptible? won't appeal to the lowest common denominator? might not play the game so people won't know who to pay off for preferential treatment? not centrist enough, even though moderate conservative policies emanated from the party grassroots and moved up through representation and discussion? . . .

There is no leader who will satisfy the Liberals except a loser that they help to create. They will use spin, polls, the MSM and even Conservative doubts to make Stephen unacceptable.

Do Canadians really believe all the poll information from companies that have contributed to the PM's leadership campaigns and the Liberal party, along with living on government contracts?

Do people really believe that Canadians are so stupid that the CPC should change leaders -- just in case a new face might work? It would play into the government's hands and the idea will be pushed by MSM until Stephen's leadership is destroyed.

Would it not be more productive to help get the word out about the CPC's policies and its leader's positive aspects? The time is ripe for Conservative Media and new television / radio with a non-Liberal bent.

Should Conservatives not be supporting this leader through letters to the editor? holding discussion and coffee parties? joining the barbeque circuit? et cetera -- whatever it takes? Fight back against biased media!

I am disheartened by all the talk of Stephen's shortcomings. He is an excellent candidate for future Prime Minister -- intelligent, capable, bilingual, a policy man who seems to have inspired a number of conservatives, both red and blue, to come together, et cetera. What would satisfy people? Another Trudeau, whose legacy is diminishing as we learn the ramifications of what he really left us? Another Chretien? The Paul Martin and claque "priorities", BS and mendacity? Spare Canada more of the same and get behind the leader Conservatives have.

Fight back against biased media! NJC

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The GG Designate, Micaelle Jean in Video & More

Video: Jean in film with former FLQ members -- Pierre Vallieres and Five other Advocates for Quebec Sovereignty -- PMO denies everything! Jean is "committed to Canada".



Film captures G-G-to-be toasting with separatists Aug. 16, 05



George Jonas pubolished an article on loyalty and the GG -- George Jonas: The G-G with two masters Aug. 15, 05, National Post


David Frum: Has Martin finally gone too far? -- on his appointment of Micaelle Jean Aug. 16, 05, National Post -- I would respond yes to that question.



'Help wanted: Federalists only need apply' Ottawa Citizen

A fractious debate about the place of Quebec separatists has opened in Canada with governor general-designate Michaelle Jean under pressure to reveal whether she has ever cast a "yes" vote in a sovereignty referendum. [. . . . ]

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