Snow….

January 31, 2008 | 3 Comments

When I was a little boy we still did a Christmas Pagent in school. With Wisemen, assorted Shepards, an, I fear Freddy the train was relegated as an oxen lowing. It was Christmas, it was cold and Bethlehem was, so far as I remember, snowy.
Years later I read The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Sure, Laurence […]

Canada’s Barrick Gold Corp. is so concerned about the worldwide shortage of the giant tires it needs for its massive mining trucks and loaders that it is lending a Japanese tire maker $35-million (U.S.) to help it finance a plant expansion. globe and mail
While people think deep, and pretty gloomy thoughts about the global economy, […]

“human rights activist Vicky McPhee said an Africentric school “is a right,” and the only type of school to which she wants to send her 6-year-old child. She called for these schools in each of the city’s 22 wards.” toronto star
In other words, Ms. McPhee wants segregated schools for all of Toronto; and it is […]

Oh baby, Alberta has another boom to deal with.
The province yesterday released the most popular names for newborns in 2007 as Alberta appears to be in the midst of a baby boom, smashing the previous record number of births set 24 years ago. Amorous Albertans produced 48,589 children — 24,748 boys and 23,841 girls […]

Anonymous

January 30, 2008 | 5 Comments

As the fur flies around Richard Warman’s self confessed sock puppetry I wonder, not for the first time, at the entire process of using “handles” when commenting or writing about political issues. I am not entirely opposed to it. There are some situations - particularly work situations - which make using your real name problematic. […]

A few days ago the liar Kinsella posted at his nasty little pseudo blog a request for my address for service…On his undertaking not to publish that address it was back to him in a couple of hours.
I braced for the onslaught of his barracuda. I have, after all, called him a liar for years. […]

Next Islamic Hissy Fit

January 29, 2008 | 2 Comments

Geert Wilders - in perfect English and with his trademark bouffant - puts the boots into the Koran, lazy Muslim immigrants, ignoring the Islam problem and, to top it off, the Koran. Expect seething and flags burning.
He’s the most popular politician in Holland.
“Our rules, not their rules.”

A friend of mine named Joanie Bick has a rather wonderful, if odd, take on dogs.

Quick call the CHRC, Mark Steyn is quoting Muslims again:
The impeccably moderate mullah was invited to address a British conference sponsored by the police and the Department of Work and Pensions on “Our Children, Our Future.” And, when it comes to the children, Imam Qaradawi certainly has their future all mapped out. “Israelis might have […]

Save the HRC’s

January 27, 2008 | 7 Comments

Rex Murphy sees the water pulling ominously away from the shore…and we know what that means.

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