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U2 Berlin Wall double think

noreply@blogger.com (basil) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:41:00 PST

Socialist Bono and friends erecting new walls in Berlin: A U2 show marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has run into controversy - after organisers built a wall around the venue. A two metre barrier has been erected around the Brandenburg gate to keep out people without tickets for the show. Perhaps it's there to keep people from walking out on Bono's sermons about governments giving tax dollars to 3rd world nations while he dodges the tax man in his native land?

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Act Now To Reduce Your CO2 Bullshit Footprint

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:23:00 PDT

You've probably been watching your carbon footprint lately -- but what about your bullshit footprint?

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Dear British Climate Propaganda Office

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:02:00 PDT

I improved your video for you, no charge. Here you go! "Sweetie, it's time you learned about our religion..." Crossposted by the grace of the Harvest Demon to Mitchieville

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No mind is good mind

noreply@blogger.com (basil) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:17:00 PDT

Rather than focusing on our mental energies on our differences, we need to chill, people: Richard Davidson, one of the world's top brain scientists, believes mental exercise, specifically meditation, can literally change our minds. "Our data shows mental practice can induce long-lasting changes in the brain," said Davidson, professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His startling scientific research on the impact of meditation on brain function has implications that go beyond the physical. Buddhist monks believe mental attributes and positive emotions such as compassion, loving, kindness and empathy are skills that can be cultivated. And science is beginning to back that up.

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Ebonification o' dis here whack skoo system uh success

noreply@blogger.com (basil) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:54:00 PDT

Canada's first Africentric alternative skoo opened dis here morning wiff 115 students - 30 o' dem new in da past five days. If enrolment continues ta surge - dere iz room fo' up ta 150 - da skoo may gots ta add another teacher an' will try hard ta find uh male ta join da current all-female staff, said skoo trustee James Pasternak, who represents da North York skoo hosting da program. "We hire on da basis o' ability, but we's do need uh male role model, so we's iz going ta be actively recruiting male and shit," said Pasternak o' da Toronto District School Board, standing outside Sheppard Public School on Sheppard Ave. west o' Keele St. Sporting da skoo uniform o' whitey shirt, black pants or skirt an' vests o' vibrant cloth from Ghana, chil'ns from kindergarten ta Grade 5 wuz led into da skoo by teachers wearing African-inspired fabric an' head scarfs. Inside da gym, west African drummers wuz warming up fo' da opening assembly, where chil'ns sang O Canada as well as da Black...

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The eagle and the crow

noreply@blogger.com (basil) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:25:00 PDT

The eagle, whose expected life span was 30 years, asked the crow, whose life expectancy was 300 hundred years, what the secret of longevity was. The crow responded that it was a result of eating carrion rather than the fresh kill eagles prefer. The eagle tried carrion and decided a life of fresh kill was preferable. Another psychosomatic meditation from the brother who cares:Health Canada is considering ordering cigarette companies to put deathbed photos of an emaciated cancer victim on every [cigarette] package. Didn't these guys get fired already? In addition, the mass media budget of the tobacco program fell victim to the sponsorship scandal.

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Hurricanes 2009

noreply@blogger.com (John Nicklin) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:20:00 PDT

I watched the course of Hurricane Bill with some interest. As it tracked towards the USA, there was the usual hype about more and bigger storms threatening our safety. All caused by global warming of course. Oddly, when Bill shifted course and beat the hell out of the Atlantic Provinces of Canada, the media in the states lost all interest. I guess if it doesn’t affect them, it doesn’t really happen. The next hurricane in the pipeline, now dubbed Dan, looks like it too will turn north and possibly bash the Maritime Provinces. It too will be of little interest to big media if it does. Don’t these people know that all that rain plays havoc with our igloos? ;^)

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More dead Kennedys

noreply@blogger.com (basil) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:15:00 PDT

Ted is dead. 40 years after baptism by the Devil in a tidal channel on Chappaquiddick Island. Call me callous but I really don't care.

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Life's a bitch and then you marry one. Then you have kids and perpetuate the whole Goddamn mess all over again

noreply@blogger.com (basil) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:11:00 PDT

Does anyone really ever get cured of depression? I mean without pills or ongoing therapies? It's potentially as lucrative an industry as death. There will always be morticians because people will always need to be cremated/buried or ritualistically tossed in a swamp; there will always be drugs/religion/secular social services because, let's face it, life is a continuous, meaningless ongoing struggle against death. And if they can be certified from the time they're five, that's a lot of lifetime consumers for the needy services industry. A life time of drugs and therapy awaits because, well, no one really gets over it, especially if one is reminded from an early age that it's who and what you are. "Difficult temperament at five months was the most important predictor of depression and anxiety in the children . . . As early as the first year of life, there are indications that some children have more risks than others to develop high levels of depression and anxiety."It has now...

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Crime Wave, Heat Wave

noreply@blogger.com (Fenris Badwulf) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:08:00 PDT

The London Free Press is up to its' mission of social justice, again. Of course, in the aftermath of some crazed criminals running amuck, who does the peoples fish wrap attack, why the police of course * . How about having a little investigative reporting chit-chat with the 'alleged' felon's social worker. Maybe the proletarians who live in fear in this town would like to know why Comrade Social Worker failed in protecting the public interest. How about a few of the other highly paid, highly pensioned socialist social service workers who are supposed to turn riff-raff into taxpayers? How about his anger management coach? His anger management facilitator? His literacy tutor? His contacts at the needle exchange? His co-ordinator at the shelter where he eats dinner? Hmmmm? Everyone who lives in the rough part of town seems to know this creep. A ticking time bomb, as they say. And as for the working Non-Hyphenated-Canadians who work the night shifts in the creative city,...

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Dopes in high places

noreply@blogger.com (basil) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:44:00 PDT

I have never voted for the Liperals and certainly did not want them to win the last election, but I was even more hopeful the Cons would not get a majority. Needless to say, I was pleased with the results of the election. That is up until I discovered the newest leader of the Liperals, What's His Name from that Ivy League school, backed Bill C-15, supporting the Cons. I've been left hoping that someone for some reason - any reason - would call an election to kill this bill before it grows. But no. Ignatieff, just what the hell are you smoking? And, for that matter, where are all the poseur libertarians (who for reasons unknown think they can safely vote for the Cons) - or, at the very least, dope smoking journalists - condemning this piece of nanny state toilet paper? Is it because it's summer and everyone is too busy swilling beer at the cottage to think about dopes in high places? The Cons pretend to be about less government and lower taxes but, after funding Government...

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The Mad Bomber

noreply@blogger.com (Fenris Badwulf) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:31:00 PDT

There is a firebug afoot at Adelaide and Huron. Social Spending, anyone? Those of us familiar with the tax and spend feeding spirial wonder about how it will manifest here in London. Those poor victims. I can only speculate on how society has failed them. And how the public education system is underfunded, let alone the health care system. Collectively, we have failed little Ignis (the name I made up for this Looter-Canadian). And, of course, Ignis is a victim, even though he is a firebug. Breast Feeding. Little Ignis was probably weaned from the tit too early. This trauma can be used (and has used, is used, and will be used) to pardon all sorts of crimes of people whose tribes vote Liberal. Perhaps little Ignis was weaned from the tit too late. It is a justifiable reason to go out decades after the fact and torch neighbours property. And for a member of a progressive-activist block, its a get out of jail and into an entitled handout card. And then again maybe Ignis was denied his...

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Investing in traditional climate change remedies

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:48:00 PDT

Iowahawk on the "virgin sacrifice" rider that was attached to the American Cap and Trade bill.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) defended the bill, saying that "it is critical that we do something immediately to show we are serious about solving this climate crisis. Without burnt offerings of taxes and virgins, Gaia will smite us all in her angry burning wrath. So let me just say to the corporate and virgin special interest groups -- don't come crying to us in 400 years, when our temperatures are up almost 1 degree celsius." Pelosi denied the bill was anti-consumer, pointing out it contains specific infrastructure and job creation funds. It specifies 500,000 unionized positions to construct a planned 300-foot tall National Eco Pyramid and Virgin Sacrifice Altar in Youngstown, Ohio, as well as funds to train over 20,000 youth volunteer earth-priests in live beating heart removal.

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Gaia Jugend

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:55:00 PDT

Spotted at Belmont Club. I don't know too much about this Climate Change thing that so many people have gotten into over the past decade or so. I know some folks say it is a religion of peace. Me, I've never had much of a religious/apocalyptic bent, so it's just never interested me enough to look into it any deeper than I have, say, Scientology or palmistry. But, whatever the truth or falsity of their promises of salvation: I do know that I would far, far rather the earth spirits' wrath burn the planet to a crisp than see these people and their thoroughly fascist aesthetic succeed. Better to be slightly warmer on one's feet than be pressed into a chanting, letter-shaped mob of anonymous, faceless Action-Takers on one's knees.

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Jet D'Eau: A Taxi Driver Speaks

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:28:00 PDT

Thank God for the jet d'eau which has helped wash away the garbage and trash off the sidewalks. I'm working long hours now, six in the afternoon to six in the morning. Sometimes even eight in the morning, six days a week. Sometimes seven days a week. It's a long hustle but it keeps me real busy. I can take in three, three fifty a week. Sometimes even more when I do it off the meter. All the animals come out at night - activists, professors, organizers, queens, fairies, journalists, dopers, junkies, teachers, sick, venal. Someday a real jet d'eau will come and wash all this scum off the streets. I go all over. I take people to White Oaks, Masonville, I take 'em to Western. I don't care. Don't make no difference to me. It does to some. Some won't even take public union members. Don't make no difference to me.

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The Invisible Randy Richmond

noreply@blogger.com (Fenris Badwulf) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:42:00 PDT

More reports of crime in London. Now the reporter who re-wrote the police press release is not mentioned. His tagline is invisible. Did the invisible Randy Richmond write this? The criminals have no race. No street names, either. Although this time the London Free Press found the time to report that the miscreants wore blue bandannas. Which is to say Crips. The organized criminal gang, the Crips. Now, the press is promoting racism. By not stating the race of the criminals, the people who read the paper are assuming that they are people of colour. This contributes to the perception that POC are disproportionately criminals, neer-do-wells, and parasites. Given that the POC are already disproportionately represented in prisons, this makes the challenges of the POC to recreate their lives, culture, customs, and language here in their host country that much more difficult. Of course, this is not fair. Progressives and activists like to blame anyone but criminals for crime. ...

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Is that a grow op in your basement or an old beer fridge?

noreply@blogger.com (basil) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:00:00 PDT

David Suzuki and his ilk are tightening the laces on their jackboots. If you thought kicking in doors to search and seize property because of little herb was silly, you better dispose of that old beer fridge. Lorrie Goldstein reports: In the original version of McGuinty's Green Energy Act -- applauded by the Suzuki Foundation and other environmental groups as "world class" -- Suzuki, or anyone designated by a government bureaucrat, could, in fact, under the "Inspection, Enforcement and Penalties" section of the law, conduct surprise search and seizure raids on anyone's home or business. This to check out activities deemed suspicious by the government related to energy or water use. In the case of a house raid, the government, uh, generously stipulated a search warrant would have to be obtained, presumably before grilling groggy homeowners at midnight about their electricity and water bills.

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The Invisible Randy Richmond

noreply@blogger.com (Fenris Badwulf) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:58:00 PDT

Yet another progressive coup for everybodies favourite newspaper person, the one with the super power of invisibility ... Randy Richmond. This weeks episode: Street Swarmings in London Town No mention of the race of perps. When my co-workers were discussing this at break (being working poor, that is white people with white privilege who still pay taxes and do not have access to the fast track to social benefits that the disadvantaged do; they live in the area of the crimes) they assume (like the good people of Toronto now do) that the perps are people of color. Indeed, this Toronto phenomena has come to London town. When the main stream media does not mention the race of criminals, public opinion assumes that they are some dusky hue. Now this has been a known thing for some years now. I would have assumed that the invisible Randy would have known this. Regardless of whatever personal standard of journalism he has, he has reinforced racist sentiments in a large number of...

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Engaging In The Right Kind Of Dialogue With Iran

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:22:00 PDT

Finally, the Iranians have given us a chanting mob we can all get behind. You'll cheer as a crowd in Teheran takes a "policeman" prisoner -- and burns his motorbike! Sweeet. More and faster and less gently, please, Iranians! I think I got to this from the Corner but it's definitely at Gary's Choices.

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Do you want relish with the super sized Denialism Combo?

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:04:00 PDT

Yum! Here's one drive through I would love to idle in. I bet even the most inveterate vegetarian denialists among us might, just for a moment, be tempted to take up the practice of eating beef!Me: But "Global Warming is Baloney" is certainly a different sort of message, a more political viewpoint? McNelis: I would agree that it's a viewpoint, but not necessarily a political one. But we're not sheeple around here, and while Barack Obama would like to have you believe that no one is entitled to have a view other than his, if someone wants to stand up and say "Global Warming is Baloney", then I'm all for it. It doesn't matter to me, whether I believe in it or not. They have first amendment rights to say whatever's on their mind. And nobody dictates otherwise.This is making me so hungry...

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Да, это правда

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:14:00 PDT

This is from fucking Pravda. (HT Corner)It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed... First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics... The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world... These make our Russian oligarchs look little more then ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beat our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them? ...The proud American will go down into his slavery with out a fight, beating his chest and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.

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Music To Ban Bottled Water To

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:10:00 PDT

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Up With Cola

noreply@blogger.com (Mike) — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:01:00 PDT

Lead and other synapse-impeding heavy metals? In London's tap water? Get outta here. There better be some sugar in the clear liquid in that bottle, boy, or you're coming downtown. No. It can't be the lead we all drank for so many years that's making people think this way. Lead impairs learning, and this sort of thing just has to be learned. With an uncountable infinity of stupid ideas out there, the odds are against any one person thinking up something so retarded on their own. It would be a cosmically unlikely confluence of random events for 39% of the population to do so. No; we all know that a hidden hand, a hidden mover, pulls these strings. Get your flaming torches and pitchforks ready, because I am about to name names. Clearly the fundamentalist religious bigots at the United Church have been at work, spreading their hideous doctrines through our schools and media. It has gotten to the point where 39% of the population apes their nonsense -- most without even realizing its...

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Yo dude, pass the torch

noreply@blogger.com (basil) — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:50:00 PDT

Canada preparing to pass heroic doobie across the country. Composed of stainless steel, aluminum and sheet moulding, the torch was designed to evoke snow, ice, skiing and skating, but to many, the metre-long white torch looks suspiciously like a marijuana joint, especially when lit. The observation has become so common in this city that it's hard to know who was the first to say, "Hey, doesn't that look like ..." But the torch's resemblance to British Columbia's biggest cash crop was evident right away to Jodie Emery, editor of Cannabis Culture magazine. "A lot of people come to Vancouver because it's marijuana-friendly, so I think people who already enjoy a joint themselves will feel a little more kinship to the Olympics," said Emery, who ran as a Green party candidate in the provincial election this month. Let the games begin!!!

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Lunchtime Lockdown to Fight Obesity

noreply@blogger.com (Lisa) — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:57:00 PDT

I grew up in the country, meaning I wasn't one of those fortunate students who could walk home for lunch. Instead, I had to sit in a dirty classroom and eat lunch with my classmates. Well, I didn't actually eat lunch. All those mingled smells from sandwiches and bits of food dropped on the floor rather spoiled my appetite. I might add it didn't make me feel particularly social either. If the food fascists have their way in Toronto, arguably the socialist capital of Canada, all middle-school students might soon be locked in for lunch because of course, if kids aren't allowed to leave school property, they won't smuggle it in, nor eat crap after they get to leave for the day. Never mind that some of the schools don't even have cafeterias but only vending machines. Next the authorities will be checking everyone's lunchbox. Oh wait, that's already happening. The Toronto District School Board is pondering a controversial plan to prevent middle-school students from eating junk food:...

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