April Reign: This is Your Government
December 31, 2009 by April Reign
This is your government
this is your government on Harper
any questions?
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unrepentant old hippie: The loathsome hypocrisy of Dick Cheney
December 31, 2009 by jj
As predictably as a morning dump, the completely irrelevant ex-VP took the opportunity of the undiebomber attack to do a little mouthing off about what he characterized as Obama’s “low-key” approach to terrorism. Obama doesn’t know we’re at war! Obama doesn’t want to keep us safe! What a king-hell douche:
“He seems to think if he [...]
Creekside: This is what democracy looks like
December 31, 2009 by Alison
unrepentant old hippie: Toronto airports soon to undress you with their eyes
December 31, 2009 by jj
An incompetent would-be terrorist sets his bag aflame and we’re rushing to install invasive Orwellian security technology? Get. A. Grip!:
Transport Canada is actively examining ways to implement full-body scanners at airports, a spokesperson said Wednesday.
“We are working with CATSA (the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority) to implement various screening techniques and millimetre-wave technology is one [...]
unrepentant old hippie: Just in time for New Years
December 30, 2009 by jj
A timely and newsworthy party snack: Toasted Al Qaeda Undies™!
Yummeeeeeee!
(via andrew sullivan)
unrepentant old hippie: Going prorogue
December 30, 2009 by jj
*Groan*
Next up: Harper communicates his Deep Thoughts to the rest of Canada via weekly dispatches on his Facebook page.
Come on Steve, Christmas is over. We eagerly await your next note. Or at least a tweet.
Marginal Notes: Dear Jon
December 30, 2009 by Polly Jones
Do I need to write an actual Dear Jon Letter for you to get the point? You decide if this is sufficient warning or if you need it to be…formalized. Seriously, 68.147.XX.XXX, please confirm if this is your identity. I will be back to writing soon and I don’t want to deal with this shit. Sayonara
unrepentant old hippie: Studies show…
December 30, 2009 by jj
… that ten out of ten of Islamic terrorists are Muslims!
Well fuckin’ DUH, Brainiac!
unrepentant old hippie: Hey laydeez…
December 29, 2009 by jj
…he’s available.
Ew. Ew. Ew. EwewewewewewewewwwwwwwEW!
unrepentant old hippie: Batshit level red
December 29, 2009 by jj
The threat is grave and growing:
In a blog post on her website titled “It might be time now,” birther queen Orly Taitz seemed to suggest today a call to arms against President Obama.
“What is the real intention of this Kenyan, Indonesian communist usurper? Is it to provide security for us or to destroy our security? [...]
unrepentant old hippie: Nomination formally accepted
December 29, 2009 by jj
Werner has officially accepted his nomination in the Craziest Canadian Bloggers of 2009 contest, Conservative category. Best of luck, Werner — you’ve got stiff competition, so to speak.
Friendly Reminder: there are two(2) categories, conservative and liberal (and possibly three(3) if we can round up enough non-partisan nutbars). That means there will be two(2) Winners, Craziest [...]
Creekside: GWOT – A Moveable Feast
December 29, 2009 by Alison
Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan … next stop – Yemen?
Since that guy who detonated his underwear on a plane on Christmas Day claimed to have been sent by the al-Qaeda network in Yemen in retaliation for US/Saudi bombing raids inside Yemen, Saudi policy analysts are popping up in the Globe and Mail to report that Yemen is now more dangerous to the West than Afghanistan:
The botched attack on the U.S. plane came a day after Yemeni forces, with the help of U.S. intelligence, launched the second of two major air and ground assaults on major al-Qaeda hideouts in Yemen. [Ed : Odd coincidence, that]Anwar Eshki, the head of the Middle East Center for Strategic and Legal Studies based in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, said al-Qaeda in Yemen “is stronger than it was a year ago and is turning Yemen into its base for operations against the West.”
Yemen is al-Qaeda’s last resort,” Mr. Eshki said. “There’s no doubt that al-Qaeda’s presence in Yemen is more dangerous than its presence in Afghanistan.”
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, home to 15 out of 19 of the 9/11 hi-jackers, has been helping the US-backed Yemeni president with his Operation Scorched Earth assault against the minority Shiite Huthis, using “fighter-bombers, helicopters, heavy artillery and special forces” and shelling well into Yemen.
Once again the Middle East Center for Strategic and Legal Studies was on hand to explain :
“From the Saudi point of view the existence of a Huthi ’state’ with the support of Iran is intolerable. They are going to squeeze the Huthis, to shut them down,” he said.
The Saudis seek to create a permanent 20-kilometre (12 mile) wide no-go zone straddling the border, and has vacated scores of villages on the Saudi side to that end, according to regional security expert Anwar Eshki.
“The problem in Yemen gave us a good chance to fix our border problem,” said the former Saudi general, head of the Middle East Center for Strategic and Legal Studies in Jeddah.
Hundreds of al-Qaeda militants are planning terror attacks from Yemen, the country’s Foreign Minister said today.
“They may actually plan attacks like the one we have just had in Detroit.
There are maybe hundreds of them — 200, 300.”
Written on the Body: Because If I Put it on the Internet it Makes it Real
December 29, 2009 by J
In 2010 Jane will:
Finally get her driver’s license. I still hate cars but asking for rides when you’re 26 starts to feel ridiculous.
Leave the continent at least once.
Buy some awesome luggage just because.
Start kicking boxing again.
Totally do-able. Hold me to it, internets!
Happy holidays all, see you in the new year!
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unrepentant old hippie: This must be the work of malicious cat owners
December 29, 2009 by jj
I think if we were to run a check on the backgrounds of all the members of Sechelt city council, we’d find it unfairly stacked with cat lovers. I can’t think of any other reason for this draconian bylaw that would criminalize dogs who chase squirrels, rats and seagulls:
Sechelt dogs that “without provocation” chase any [...]
unrepentant old hippie: Al Qaeda takes credit
December 29, 2009 by jj
It’s official: the failed bombing of Flight 253 on Christmas Day was an Al Qaeda Terrorist Attack. As everyone knows by now, I refer to the jangled little event that saw a would-be terrorist turn his crotch into a Banana Flambe trying to detonate an explosive device on board a Detroit-bound plane. Although the [...]
unrepentant old hippie: National Insecurity
December 28, 2009 by jj
Balb discovers that someone has Finally come up with a Solution to the Muslim Problem.
Creekside: North American security perimeter … again
December 27, 2009 by Alison
“Perimeter is no longer a dirty word. It’s beginning to come up again, at least in academic circles,” says David Biette
“The Task Force’s central recommendation is establishment by 2010 of a North American economic and security community, the boundaries of which would be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter.”
Falling a little behind on that 2010 schedule, aren’t we?
Back to Biette in The Star :
“Canada has done so well by NAFTA and we are seeing the emergence of a new generation of more confident, culturally secure Canadians. The old Toronto nationalists of the 1960s were essential to building the idea of a postmodern Canada, but now they’re starting to die off.”
“Those old Canadian worries now sound soooo 20th-century, says Giffin.
“Those old cultural arguments sound like dinosaur-speak today. The world just sort of passed them by,” Giffin told the Star.
“Being different from the United States for the sake of being different is irresponsible and an abdication of the national interest. Letting foreign policy be driven by public opinion (particularly when public opinion is an emotional reaction to whatever George W. Bush does) shows a lack of leadership. This was particularly evident in the debate over Canada’s potential participation in ballistic missile defence, something the government had requested before it let the public opinion tail wag the foreign policy dog. If the government changes policies at the whims of public opinion, how reliably will Canada be viewed?”
“Letting foreign policy be driven by public opinion shows a lack of leadership.
If the government changes policies at the whims of public opinion, how reliably will Canada be viewed?”
unrepentant old hippie: Drop the wea–err, weiners
December 27, 2009 by jj
Some people will do anything for a little excitement. Here’s a guy who wired up a bunch of sausages to make them look like sticks of dynamite and strapped them around his waist, strolled into a restaurant, demanded the day’s take, and held the police off for an hour… until the arrival of the [...]
unrepentant old hippie: Well, whew.
December 27, 2009 by jj
Remember the worried teabagger who called into CSpan last week to ask if his imprecatory prayers against Senator Byrd had backfired and killed Senator Inhofe instead?
Well, a couple of other video clips have surfaced featuring a caller who sounds very similar to the prayerful ‘bagger, so it looks like the call might have been a [...]
April Reign: Carrot Juice is Murder
December 27, 2009 by April Reign
Being both an omnivore and a plant lover I’ve always hated when some vegetarians/vegans try to claim higher moral ground based on their food choices. Scientists are becoming more aware of just how spectacular plants really are;
“Plants are not static or silly,” said Monika Hilker of the Institute of Biology at the Free University of [...]
