halls of macadamia

Somewhere, Lloyd Axworthy...

2013-05-23T00:01:00.000-04:00

...is laughing his ass off.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird takes a stand against tinpot African dictator muscling folks here in Canada...

“We have made our position on this matter to the Eritreans clear, and we expect that to be respected. The government of Eritrea should not test our resolve on this matter.”

African regime replies... "kiss my ass"...

Semere O. Micael, the Eritrean consul in Toronto said Friday his government would continue collecting what some call an “extortion tax”.

I'm gonna call that one "resolve tested".

Hey, Mr. B., that "soft power" thang... how's that workin' for ya?

Sure hope the CBC...

2013-05-22T14:30:00.000-04:00

...is chasing down Justin Trudeau for a juicy "root causes" soundbite...

"These two guys were crazed. They were just animals. They dragged him from the pavement and dumped his body in the middle of the road and left his body there," he told LBC radio.

He said after the "horrendous" attack, the two men, who were also in their 20s, stood around, waving knives and a gun, and asked people to take pictures of them "as if they wanted to be on TV or something".

Lest there be any doubt about motive...

Senior Whitehall sources have told the BBC that the Woolwich attackers are thought to have tried to film their attack whilst shouting "Allahu Akbar".

The attack is being described in the media as "a beheading"... in south-east London.

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UPDATE: Yeah, the blood-soaked hands...

...kinda gave it away...

Prime Minister David Cameron has said there are strong indications the attack was terror related. London's Mayor has said it is too soon to draw conclusions.

Hey guys... I think I may have found a clue.

"We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you."

It can happen in London... it can happen anywhere.

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RELATED: I blame ABBA

Meanwhile, a short distance across the English Channel...

STOCKHOLM - Hundreds of "YOUTHS" set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue services in suburbs of Stockholm Tuesday night in Sweden's worst disorder in years.

A police station in the Jakobsberg area in the northwest of the city was attacked, two schools were damaged and an arts and crafts center was set ablaze, despite a call for calm from Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

It was the third night of unrest, mainly in suburbs where many immigrants live.

Ah, yes... those mysterious "YOUTHS" and their "UNREST". Sleep tight, folks.

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LAST WORD: It's probably just a coincidence...

...ask France.

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THANK YOU COMMENT MODERATION:

Lemme see... a spate of name-calling, an attack on George Bush, a jihadi impersonation... and some unashamed Trudeau asskissing. Poor little nonny, under his various personalities, really blew a gasket tonight.

I miss critical thought.

In other...

2013-05-22T13:45:00.000-04:00

..."I did not have sex with that woman" news...

"I have not done anything wrong," she said. "I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations. And I have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee."

Lerner adds that she invoke her 5th Amendment right and "will not answer any of the questions or testify today."

Ah, well... let the underbussing commence...

Miller expressed regret for the agency’s decision to use a planted question to go public with the IRS’ practice of singling out conservative groups.

It was one in a series of missteps that have not only publicly marred the reputation of the IRS, but also called into question what the White House knew about the scandal and when they knew it.

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UPDATE: Obama knew all about it...

...before the election...

On May 3, 2012. Marks gave what IRS officials described as a “presentation” to Miller describing her findings. Marks said the investigation had found significant problems in the review process and a substantial bias against conservative groups, Ahmad said. No written findings were produced as a result, the aide said, and it does not appear the internal review led to any disciplinary actions against IRS employees.

Remember, Barry... it's the cover-up that kills ya.

Racketeering 101

2013-05-21T14:30:00.000-04:00

Rule number one... when expediently diming out the bad guys, try not to place yourself at the center of the criminal conspiracy...Rule two... don't wait a couple of decades to come clean...

Montreal's La Presse newspaper reported that NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair told police he suspected there was money inside an envelope that appeared during the meeting, but he didn't accept the envelope and cut the meeting short.

Asked about the discrepancy, NDP MP Charlie Angus tried to bring the issue back to what Prime Minister Stephen Harper knew about the payment made to Duffy.

Angus didn't offer any reasons why Mulcair waited 17 years to speak to police if there was some suspicion about a failed attempt to bribe him in 1994.

Surprise, surprise.

Don't blame me...

2013-05-21T10:45:00.000-04:00

...I didn't vote for him...
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UPDATE: The plot thickens

The former diplomat who spoke with PJ Media regarded the whole enterprise as totally amateurish and likened it to the Mike Nichols film Charlie Wilson's War about a clueless congressman who supplies Stingers to the Afghan guerrillas. "It's as if Hillary and the others just watched that movie and said 'Hey, let's do that!'" the diplomat said.

Hope, change... and amateurs. A deadly combination.

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RELATED: FROM THE COMMENTS...

"Just think. This is the scandal that was put in the window as a distraction from Benghazi. This is impeachable all on its own."

"If THIS is the distraction, what is lurking at the core of Benghazi?"

Indeed.

With Elizabeth May and Margaret Atwood...

2013-05-21T00:01:00.000-04:00

...at the helm... how could this possibly fail?

TORONTO - "A group of actors, writers and politicians is calling on Canada's government to change the name of Victoria Day to honour Canada's First Nations communities as well as the monarchy."

Forget about existing Canadian history... we're turning Turtle Island.

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FROM THE COMMENTS:

"When history & tradition become irrelevant, that is when people become lost."

Thank Lizzie May & Robo-Atwood.

Bright lights, big city

2013-05-20T15:30:00.000-04:00

Let the Victoria Day holiday body count begin...

A long weekend barbecue turned bloody after a 35-year-old man was shot dead at an apartment building in the Ossington Ave.-Dundas St. W. area.

Quincy Ramirez was fatally shot at least once in the chest around 7:40 p.m. on Sunday.

A 67-year-old building resident, Edwin Parkinson, was arrested.

This one is actually notable because it is not gang-related.

If you build it... they will come...

2013-05-20T13:45:00.000-04:00

...and come, and come...

Palinkas also notes that under the current law and system, USCIS reports a 99.5 percent approval rating for ILLEGAL immigrants seeking legal residency inside the United States. He said that high percentage began with President Obama’s and Secretary Napolitano’s new “deferred action” policy unveiled last summer.

In addition, over the past year, Palinkas said USCIS has waived more than $200 million in fees from ILLEGAL immigrants seeking legal status.

Another lasting legacy of the Obama presidency.

My first question here would be... aside from further dismantling of the conservative principle of a meritocracy... why bother spending billions of dollars on border security if you're going to throw open the doors anyway?

Oh yeah, just like the Obama administration has transmuted "terrorists" into "enemy combatants"... "ILLEGAL immigrants" will henceforth be known as "customers".

Thank you, President Ponzi.

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RELATED: Words that replace thought

None of this is rocket science. But if you don't stop and think, it doesn't matter whether you are a genius or a moron. Words that stop people from thinking reduce even smart people to the same level as morons.

I miss critical thought.

You're saying what... they're too lazy?

2013-05-18T14:00:00.000-04:00

I dunno, sounds a little racist to me...

But Obama said too much of the black community has lost that desire. One in 3 African-Americans are dropping out of high school, she said, and only 1 in 5 between the ages of 25 and 29 has a bachelor’s degree.

Try imagine the media shitstorm if a Republican had tossed this one out there.

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RELATED: Is Allah the answer?

Detroit’s problems include high crime, joblessness and abandonment; its budget deficit is about $330 million and rising.

“Suppose we in leadership, the pastors of the city, stop arguing,” he said. “Why shouldn’t we come together and OWN DETROIT?”

Pastors? Does the Nation of Islam have pastors? I thought Islam had Imams.

The group, which promotes black empowerment and nationalism, was rebuilt by Farrakhan in the late 1970s.

He became notorious for calling Judaism a “gutter religion” and suggesting crack cocaine might have been a CIA plot to enslave blacks.

Hmmm... if the NOI "owned" Detroit... would that solve all its problems?

Maybe not...

Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience.

The law criminalizes, among other things, child marriage and forced marriage, and bans "baad," the traditional practice of exchanging girls and women to settle disputes.

Sharia City... a coming Obama initiative?

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LAST WORD: Sharia law... the upside

At least you won't need that cumbersome legal system...

The Syrian regime claims there is no civil war in the country but that the army is fighting foreign-backed terrorists trying to topple Assad's government.

More than 70,000 people have been killed in Syria since March 2011.

The capricious, unknowable Will of Allah.

Canadian International Development Agency...

2013-05-17T15:30:00.000-04:00

...your tax dollars at work...

CIDA will continue to focus on saving the lives of mothers and children by delivering a comprehensive package of health services at the community level to reduce the disease burden, strengthen health systems, and improve nutrition.

In support of the Scaling Up Nutrition movement, we will also accelerate efforts to combat global undernutrition, which accounts for 2.6 million preventable child deaths every year.

And I'm sure every penny of this aid is being used to... wait a minute...

A delivery company in Gaza is transporting Kentucky Fried Chicken from Egypt through underground tunnels for residents. Families order their meals a day in advance, and they are transported to the blockaded region through the Hamas-run tunnel system. Delivery company Alyamama reportedly charges around $35 (£23) for a family meal.

Yet another noteworthy Canada/Hamas collaboration.

If it"s true, he should go...

2013-05-17T14:00:00.000-04:00

...but puh-leeese... let's not pretend, when this latest story broke, the Star newsroom didn't resemble the giddily celebratory Gaza Strip on the morning of September 11, 2001...

"This newspaper cannot verify the video’s authenticity, it’s true. But to shirk from reporting even what was already in the public domain — to shrink from reporting on the reporting — was spectacularly lame."

Of course, these are the same folks who, en bloc, are constantly decrying the lack of Conservative support for taxpayer-funded shooting galleries... who still revere a certain federal political figure who was found, naked as the day he was born, in a seedy Chinatown "massage" parlour during a sweep for underage, Asian hookers. That's a little more than lame. What about poor traumatised jewel thief Svend? The list goes on & on.

If this story is true, shouldn't the hypocritical media commissars at the Toronto Star regard poor Mr Ford as a man with an illness who deserves all our heartfelt support?

Or does that only apply to homeless junkies?

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RELATED: Oh, those poor little crack pushers

They want to pay $200,000 dollars for this video. Nope, that's not not sleazy at all...

"We are raising the money to purchase the video and publish it so the citizens of Toronto can watch a startlingly clear video of their mayor smoking crack. The people who are selling it want money. But they also want security. During Cook's trip to Toronto earlier this week to view the tape, they told him that they will not feel safe in the city after the video comes out."

"Ford is a powerful man, with powerful friends, and these are young kids who fear a possible frame-up from Toronto cops or worse. The money they are asking for will, they say, cover their departure from Toronto to get set up in another city where they will feel safer. Right now, they are in hiding."

So, Rob Ford is not only a degenerate drug addict... he is also capable of dispatching assassins who also apparently moonlight as Toronto cops.

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FROM THE COMMENTS:

"Didn't their star candidate Smitherman admit to being a druggie and a sex maniac?"

As far as I can understand from reading the Star... drug-fuelled gay sex isn't a marginal behaviour... it's a must-see tourist attraction.

Where there's smoke... there's AAAAIIIIIEEEEE!!!...

2013-05-16T06:00:00.000-04:00

..."IT BURNS, IT BURNS!!!"...

This steady drumbeat of ugliness was enough to prompt NBC's Nightly News to kick off its broadcast with a Nixon comparison last evening, and for Jonathan Alter to pronounce the administration's crisis management efforts "disastrous."

You know it's really bad when the leftwing McDreamy-suckin' media piles on.

Meanwhile, in other "pants on fire" news...
Oh, oh...

The half dozen references to terrorists – both in Benghazi and more generally – all but disappeared. Gone were references to al Qaeda, Ansar al Sharia, jihadists, Islamic extremists, etc. The only remaining mention was a note that “extremists” had participated in the attack.

As striking as what appears in the email traffic is what does not. There is no mention of the YouTube video that would become a central part of the administration’s explanation of the attacks to the American people until a brief mention in the subject line of emails coming out of an important meeting where further revisions were made.

Carney, in particular, is likely to face tough questioning about the contents of the emails because he made claims to reporters that were untrue.

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COMPASSIONATE,INTELLECTUAL LEFT REPLIES:

"...a fat Conservative senator... you're a clown..."

Ah, yes... the venerable "yo mama wears army boots" gambit. A little illiberal, nonny... dontcha think?

It's a Liberal thing

2013-05-15T14:30:00.002-04:00

Apparently, the first half billion dollars is deductible...

Dalton McGuinty would rather swallow political poison than his pride. Time and again on Tuesday morning the former premier squirmed before a legislative committee examining his government’s panicked decision to relocate the Oakville and Mississauga gas plants.

He refused to say sorry.

Instead, he scolded opposition members for having the temerity to question his judgment.

Remember, Ontario... your grandchildren will be paying this one off.

No Virginia, it's a "legal" system...

2013-05-14T13:45:00.000-04:00

..."justice" is a totally random, seldom-realised byproduct of this three-ring media circus...

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Yet another Canadian "rush to judgement"

2013-05-14T00:01:00.000-04:00

Pop Quiz...
Which Canadian politician said...

“This convicted terrorist was able to use numerous and repetitive appeals and loopholes under Canada’s old, broken immigration system to remain in Canada for 25 years. Fortunately, since 2006, the government has acted to strengthen the integrity of Canada’s immigration system.”

I'll give you a hint... it wasn't Justin "Root Causes" Trudeau.

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FROM THE NATPO COMMENTS:

"I watched the press conference on CBC. A reporter asked Kenney if he had assurances that "Triple M" would be treated well in Lebanon."

"Man, I love progressive 'useful dhimmies'."

The CBC sucks up 1.3 billion taxpayer dollars every year to peddle their compassionate, intellectual brand of socialism. That should be the Conservatives next issue.

First, they came for the...

2013-05-13T12:30:00.000-04:00

...[insert name of group here]...

"I don't care if you're a conservative, a liberal, a Democrat or a Republican, this should send a chill up your spine. It needs to have a full investigation."

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RELATED: Hope change and... wtf!???
Looking like 1984...

"At various points over the past two years, Internal Revenue Service officials targeted nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution, according to documents in an audit conducted by the agency’s inspector general."

Like America doesn't have enough enemies? Thank you, President McDreamy.

Dishonorable Discharge...

2013-05-13T00:01:00.000-04:00

...that's what you get every time Hillary Clinton opens her mouth...

"Remember the Clinton presidential team’s most famous campaign ad? About how Hillary would be ready to take that 3 a.m. call? Four years later, the phone rings, and Secretary Clinton’s not there. She doesn’t call Hicks back that evening. Or the following day."

Back in Benghazi, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty held off numerically superior forces for hours before dying on a rooftop waiting for back-up from a government that had switched the answering machine on and gone to Vegas.

Worse than that, though... was the cover-up...

As Mr. Hicks testified, his superiors in Washington knew early that night that a well-executed terrorist attack with the possible participation of al-Qaeda elements was under way. Instead of responding, the most powerful figures in the government decided that an unseen YouTube video better served their political needs.

And, in the most revealing glimpse of the administration’s depravity, the president and secretary of state peddled the lie even in their mawkish eulogies to their buddy “Chris” and three other dead Americans.

(via ffof)

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UPDATE: Sticking to the party line...

The president continued, "Keep in mind by the way these so-called talking points that were prepared for Susan Rice, five, six days after the event occurred, pretty much matched the assessments that I was receiving at that time in my presidential daily briefing."

Funny, that's not what the guys on the ground are saying.

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LAST WORD: Let's see the paperwork

The source said the deletion of references to al Qaeda and the CIA's warnings came after a White House meeting on the day before Susan Rice appeared on the Sunday talk shows.

Yup... let's blame it all on Youtube.

FROM THE COMMENTS:

2013-05-12T13:30:00.000-04:00

"I found it too onerous to read the Globe and Mail so I cancelled my subscription ... seven years ago."

How much healthcare, law enforcement...

2013-05-10T11:30:00.000-04:00

...or education could you buy for 1.3 billion dollars per year?

"Employees at the state broadcaster have spent countless hours and meetings to pull together a briefing book on Sun News. And it sure isn't pretty."

Tune in tonight.

C'mon POTUS... you've got all those ships...

2013-05-09T10:45:00.000-04:00

...if it was good enough for Osama...

"An expert in U.S. burial law said the resistance to Tsarnaev's burial is unprecedented in a country that has always found a way to put to rest its notorious killers, from Lee Harvey Oswald to Adam Lanza, who gunned down 20 children and six educators at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school last year."

Let's see a little of that infamous charismatic leadership here.

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UPDATE: News cycle gets results

The remains of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev have been buried in a Muslim cemetery in Doswell, Va., a small community about 15 miles from Richmond, the state capital.

Ask a Journo-Canadian

2013-05-09T00:01:00.000-04:00

Hey... "young" and "surging"... let's celebrate yet another thriving ethno-community...
Wait a minute... turns out this was yet another instance of the mainstream media burying the lede...

"Almost half of all children living in foster care in 2011 were Aboriginal."

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RELATED: We're number two, we're number two

High infant mortality among First Nations could partly account for Canada's poor ranking. While data on the subject is sparse, a 2010 study in the Canadian Journal of Public Health notes infant mortality for Quebec babies born of Inuit mothers was 23.1 deaths per 1,000, compared to 5.1 for Canadians in general.

The worst country in the entire world for first-day deaths is Somalia, where 18 per 1,000 babies never see a second day.

It's gotta be racism... right?

Hope, Change and... move along folks

2013-05-08T14:30:00.001-04:00

Obama White House happy to blame it all on Youtube...

Further examination of Benghazi is clearly political, he said, because the incident and surrounding circumstances have "been looked at exhaustively.”

The continued pursuit of details of the attack is, Carney said, "part of an effort to chase after what isn't the substance here."

Yessirree... "further examination"... that's always a bad thing.

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RELATED: Ask a DEMOCRAT

They have a platitude for every occasion...

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, tells Benghazi witnesses that "death is a part of life."

That's real purty, Elijah.

Let's ask a grieving mother...

"I got one telephone call from a clerk that was a couple days after it happened. He was reading to me from the time line, which I already had. And that was it. And since then, all they have told me is that I am not part of the immediate family so they don't want to tell me anything."

The Whitehouse just wants this to all go away.

I know where my sympathies lie.

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UPDATE: It's just so confusing, huh Barry?

The White House on Wednesday stood by its story that the Obama administration remained unsure exactly who was responsible for the attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi nearly five days after it occurred even though new revelations show Ansar al-Sharia’s direct involvement.

The temperature continues to climb.

Reading, writing and...

2013-05-07T14:30:00.001-04:00

...OH... MY... GAWD...

A Toronto public school teacher has been ordered to work from home after posting explicit sex-education brochures in his Grade 7 and 8 classroom. Published by the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT), it’s entitled “Use Your Head When Giving It: Blow Job Tips” and offers advice for gay men on safe sex.

The brochure includes an image of the tattooed back of a man with his pants down and his backside being clutched by man reaching around from the front, seemingly while on his knees.

TDSB spokesman Ryan Bird insisted the teacher had “good intentions” and used the brochures to communicate with students in a youthful way.

What is it they say about "good intentions"?

There's gotta be a better explanation for this... right?

The school’s trustee, Chris Bolton, did not return calls, nor did TDSB superintendent Beth Butcher.

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RELATED: It's a liberal thing...

The Liberal Party of Canada... all oiled up and ready to go...

"Lowering the age of consent for anal sex between teens and legalizing marijuana may be good ideas, but not high priorities, delegates indicated Wednesday at the opening of the Liberal convention."

And we're gonna start by indoctrinating children in Grade 7, huh?

Hells bells... I know who I'm not gonna vote for.

Save me a seat on "Sniffer's Row"

2013-05-07T10:45:00.000-04:00

You just wait... he slips into his red speedo...hysterical swooners will make it rain...

"If I wanted to brag about how much my company made last quarter, I sure as heck wouldn't do it wearing my lawn mowing gear."

"I wonder how much Justin charges for aeration and weed control?"

C'mon ladies, let's open those purses.

P.S. -- You think I'm kidding about the "speedo"?

Think again...

"Forget the hunt for undecided delegates, people here want to get their hands on the sought-after "I'm Liberal" thong underwear."

Oh Canada.

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YOU'VE GOT MAIL: It's always interesting...

...that when the compassionate, intellectual left chooses to dispute a post, it invariably takes the form of a personal attack. I usually moderate silliness like this, but sometimes feel I should share the most lurid hysterics. Funny how often the nonnybots start off with... "you're fat, drunk, bald" etc... or my personal favourite... "you're a fag"...

"You're well known for your strong homoerotic interest though. Perhaps JT arouses you? Wouldn't surprise."

Homosexuality? Is that the worst imaginable crime in your world, nonny? It's just that it seems a little, well... illiberal.

What would Justin say about your "intolerance"?

Where do you draw the line?

2013-05-07T00:01:00.000-04:00

"The gas plants continue to be a toxic file for the government and may be the one thorn they can't pull out of their paw."