Monday, July 21, 2008
Dhimmi Watch: Iranian woman, 31, to be hanged after 18 years in jail
Even those of us that are pro-DP can hardly stomach this story.
False accusations and injustices happen everywhere, but the fact that her accuser was a full-grown man and she was a little girl meant, in Iran—given the general Islamic devaluation of women—that the court was more likely to accept the absurd proposition that she would have been able to kill an eight-year-old boy by slamming him against the wall than it was to accept the much more plausible story recounted below.
It’s important to know what Iran is capable of, since it looks like they make be next in the new MidEast War.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Detroit Decays
Imagine a building this big sitting empty for 10 years in Toronto. Detroit is one of the saddest cities in one of the saddest states of America. Let’s hope they can turn it around there. How I do not know.
Who knew there was a whole website devoted to this and more buildings.
The My Hero Project - Dr. Michael DeBakey
Forget these overpriced baseball players - here is a real hero.
It’s like this with Dr. DeBakey. Seventy-five years of firsts and foremosts, achievements and awards. His list of accomplishments is so utterly titanic, his resume requires an intermission, a bit of time for the reader to stretch his legs and refuel for the second half.
We’ve heard of enough people that have killed lots of people - how about someone who has saved, both directly and indirectly, whole cities worth, heck, maybe even whole countries worth!
Heart surgery for 100-year-olds
I cannot believe that one of the world’s greatest heroes was subjected to an ethics committee to determine eligibility!
Then there’s Dr. Michael DeBakey, the pioneering heart surgeon who died July 11 at age 99. Two years ago, DeBakey underwent an aortic-dissection repair procedure that he himself had long before devised – but only after doctors convened an ethics committee to decide whether it was appropriate.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Bay finished
Couldn’t agree more with this article on the Bay and Zellers chains.
I can’t understand how they’ve made enough money to keep going for the past 10 years.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Scrap the streetcar
Once more, it’s clear from this article that it’s time for the TTC to abandon the streetcar. I would love to see the cost savings of ridding the TTC of track, wire, and streetcar maintenance. Not to mention all the massive service delays caused by the old trains. They make no sense, are inflexible, and are clearly costing a fortune now and in the future.
How they are such an untouchable is testament to the amazing screaming engineer male wannabee activists that shout down every attempt to scrap the dinosaurs. The Toronto Sun should get behind this fiasco, and give up on its stupid push to scrap the Gardiner.
The TTC has failed to attract a single qualified bidder for a historic $1.25-billion contract to replace its aging streetcar fleet.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Boy in tank
This is why it’s so hard to let your kids be “free range kids”.
A Quebec man in his 50s has been arrested by police after a bizarre kidnapping involving a young boy who was found alive inside an old heating oil tank.
A cattle prod to the testicles for the pedophile is all I can think of...I hope to G*d he wasn’t molested.
Gardiner is needed
I don’t know what kool-aid the Toronto Sun has drunk on tearing downing the Gardiner, but at least the Star prints a few articles from those that know about how crazy it is to tear any part of it down.
Infrastructure funds would be better spent on improving city’s appallingly bad roads
Friday, July 4, 2008
Happy July 4th!
As told by the great Ronald Reagan.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
More rising against the hoax
A fellow blogger writes on the great Global Warming Myth.
Yes, I could be convinced, perhaps. But every time I begin to think, “Well, maybe....”, something like this drops into my mail box: [h/t to Judith]
Canada Day Surprise
What an exciting surprise to see that Honeymoon Suite is still alive and kicking! While out on a Canada Day celebration, we found out that they were booked at the last minute. Despite being 25 years later, the boys looked and sounded great.
Apparently, they even have a new album coming out. Glad to see the boys again. If you’re feeling nostalgic, look them up and see if you can catch them out on tour.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Happy Dominion Day!
David Warren’s annual lament to Canada past.
The project began officially with Lester Pearson’s new flag, in 1964—that ad-agency “red maple,” doubling as the emblem of the Liberal Party.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Biofuels Inc.
The calls are growing for the end of biofuel subsidies.
“Biofuels are economical nonsense, ecologically useless and ethically indefensible,” Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, chairman of Nestl� SA, the world’s largest food company, wrote recently in a Wall Street Journal essay.
Time to admit a mistake was made and trying something else.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
This is neat
Check out this head.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Dion’s carbon shock
How many more stories like this will it take for the Canadians to realize that chasing the imaginary green C02 monster will bankrupt them and the country?
While Stephane Dion promises the Liberals’ proposed $15-billion environmental tax would provide riches for the poor and tax cuts for all, he fails to mention consumers in most parts of the country would be in for some shocking electricity bills.
Harper’s comment of “insane” to describe the Green Shit plan is starting to make sense.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Happy Father’s Day, Edinburgh!
This is absurd.
Tina Woolnough, 45, whose son Felix attends Edinburgh’s Blackhall primary school, said several teachers there had not allowed children to make Father’s Day cards this year.
Making sense
It’s this kind of thinking that makes me happy to vote for Sen. McCain.
The presumed Republican nominee on Monday proposed a $300 million government prize to whoever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology. The bounty would equate to $1 for every man, woman and child in the country, “a small price to pay for helping to break the back of our oil dependency,” McCain said at Fresno State University.
We need more ideas like this to spur innovation. It’s about time!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Fallen Nortel boss busted
As one of the many who lost 98% of my Nortel stock value, it’s good to see someone get charged.
It was the sort of “perp walk” scenario Nortel investors have waited years to see.
The Nortel fiasco was almost as big as the Bre-X one, except Nortel took a lot more people down with them, including many grandmothers.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Mike from Scarboro
I always liked Mike Meyers...and his tributes to his home town.
Scarborough’s Mike Myers packs his movies with messages for home
If I don’t see this movie, I will at least rent it. Go Mike!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Firefox 3
Today is the day to download! Starting today at 1300 EDT!
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Happy (disappearing) Father’s Day
For those who are and act like fathers, it’s your day. Sadly, there aren’t as many of you as there were before.
As we celebrate Father’s Day tomorrow, we should reflect upon a sad fact: It is now common to meet young people in our big city schools, foster-care homes and juvenile centers who do not know their dads.
via Gateway Pundit
It’s good to be Right
It seems research now proves it.
Right-wingers really are nicer people, latest research shows
Friday, June 13, 2008
New depths reached
The world (and particularly South Africa) watch on as Mugabe sends his country deeper into hell.
Wife of Mugabe rival burned alive after having feet hacked off
Friday, June 6, 2008
Bald job
This week’s fired-over-a-timbit stupid company story brought to you by Nathaniel’s of Owen Sound.
A 36-year-old waitress at an Owen Sound, Ont., restaurant lost her job this week after she shaved her head to raise money for a cancer charity.
I’m not sure the saying all publicity is good publicity applies to restaurants.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Why not the Gardiner
While Toronto is busy tearing down its useful throughways and viaducts, Japan shows the beauty of them.