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^^^Take your bullshit elsewhere. There is possibly a couple hundred people dead in London today.

I heard this on the news today, too. It was similar with the Fort Mac fire - for years, fire safety people were recommending fire-breaks around the town, but Greenpeace stepped in and made a stink about cutting down any trees, so very few fire-breaks. It'sa miracle that there were no deaths. This fire - equally horrific.

Tenants and resident groups had raised safety concerns for years but the fact that green energy concerns were prioritized over safety tells us a lot. So here in a nutshell you have the rush to go 'green' compromising safety with horrific results. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/hundreds-still-missing-death-toll-could-soar-following-london-high-rise-fire "Fears were raised that green energy concerns were prioritized ahead of safety as it emerged that cladding used to make the building more sustainable could have accelerated the fire."

The hysterical media and the left need to take responsibility for this, they have been inciting such incidents with their anti Trump hatred. Meanwhile, the play must go on... or will it since it's lost the sponsor.

How apartment block fires are supposed to go.

Canada spends more time pondering U.S. foreign policy than its own:

I agree. America is great. They go to save the oppressed. "the war was a battle against the South Vietnamese people. " "Kill Anything That Moves". Now where have we heard that before.

Canada's PM and foreign minister whine mightily at the mere hint of U.S. isolationism in foreign policy. That would mean Canada and other NATO deadbeats would have to pay their way. USA! USA! USA!

USA! USA ! USA ! ...Canada is complicit in many U.S. foreign policy adventures..."because it matters so much".

Wrong...U.S. foreign policy ignores many Americans, and it sure as hell doesn't care about crocodile tears from Canada. Being a superpower means never having to say your sorry.....just pay 'em off.

Over 70, James, approaching 80. A Brief History of U.S. Interventions: 1945 to the Present by William Blum Z magazine , June 1999 The engine of American foreign policy has been fueled not by a devotion to any kind of morality, but rather by the necessity to serve other imperatives, which can be summarized as follows: * making the world safe for American corporations; * enhancing the financial statements of defense contractors at home who have contributed generously to members of congress; * preventing the rise of any society that might serve as a successful example of an alternative to the capitalist model; * extending political and economic hegemony over as wide an area as possible, as befits a "great power." This in the name of fighting a supposed moral crusade against what cold warriors convinced themselves, and the American people, was the existence of an evil International Communist Conspiracy, which in fact never existed, evil or not. The United States carried out extremely serious interventions into more than 70 nations in this period. China, 1945-49: Intervened in a civil war, taking the side of Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists, even though the latter had been a much closer ally of the United States in the world war. The U.S. used defeated Japanese soldiers to fight for its side. The Communists forced Chiang to flee to Taiwan in 1949. Italy, 1947-48: Using every trick in the book, the U.S. interfered in the elections to prevent the Communist Party from coming to power legally and fairly. This perversion of democracy was done in the name of "saving democracy" in Italy. The Communists lost. For the next few decades, the CIA, along with American corporations, continued to intervene in Italian elections, pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars and much psychological warfare to block the specter that was haunting Europe. Greece, 1947-49: Intervened in a civil war, taking the side of the neo-fascists against the Greek left which had fought the Nazis courageously. The neo-fascists won and instituted a highly brutal regime, for which the CIA created a new internal security agency, KYP. Before long, KYP was carrying out all the endearing practices of secret police everywhere, including systematic torture. Philippines, 1945-53: U.S. military fought against leftist forces (Huks) even while the Huks were still fighting against the Japanese invaders. After the war, the U. S. continued its fight against the Huks, defeating them, and then installing a series of puppets as president, culminating in the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. South Korea, 1945-53: After World War II, the United States suppressed the popular progressive forces in favor of the conservatives who had collaborated with the Japanese. This led to a long era of corrupt, reactionary, and brutal governments. Albania, 1949-53: The U.S. and Britain tried unsuccessfully to overthrow the communist government and install a new one that would have been pro-Western and composed largely of monarchists and collaborators with Italian fascists and Nazis. Germany, 1950s: The CIA orchestrated a wide-ranging campaign of sabotage, terrorism, dirty tricks, and psychological warfare against East Germany. This was one of the factors which led to the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Iran, 1953: Prime Minister Mossadegh was overthrown in a joint U.S./British operation. Mossadegh had been elected to his position by a large majority of parliament, but he had made the fateful mistake of spearheading the movement to nationalize a British-owned oil company, the sole oil company operating in Iran. The coup restored the Shah to absolute power and began a period of 25 years of repression and torture, with the oil industry being restored to foreign ownership, as follows: Britain and the U.S., each 40 percent, other nations 20 percent. Guatemala, 1953-1990s: A CIA-organized coup overthrew the democratically-elected and progressive government of Jacobo Arbenz, initiating 40 years of death-squads, torture, disappearances, mass executions, and unimaginable cruelty, totaling well over 100,000 victims -indisputably one of the most inhuman chapters of the 20th century. Arbenz had nationalized the U.S. firm, United Fruit Company, which had extremely close ties to the American power elite. As justification for the coup, Washington declared that Guatemala had been on the verge of a Soviet takeover, when in fact the Russians had so little interest in the country that it didn't even maintain diplomatic relations. The real problem in the eyes of Washington, in addition to United Fruit, was the danger of Guatemala's social democracy spreading to other countries in Latin America. Middle East, 1956-58: The Eisenhower Doctrine stated that the United States "is prepared to use armed forces to assist" any Middle East country "requesting assistance against armed aggression from any country controlled by international communism." The English translation of this was that no one would be allowed to dominate, or have excessive influence over, the middle east and its oil fields except the United States, and that anyone who tried would be, by definition, "Communist." In keeping with this policy, the United States twice attempted to overthrow the Syrian government, staged several shows-of-force in the Mediterranean to intimidate movements opposed to U.S.-supported governments in Jordan and Lebanon, landed 14,000 troops in Lebanon, and conspired to overthrow or assassinate Nasser of Egypt and his troublesome middle-east nationalism. Indonesia, 1957-58: Sukarno, like Nasser, was the kind of Third World leader the United States could not abide. He took neutralism in the cold war seriously, making trips to the Soviet Union and China (though to the White House as well). He nationalized many private holdings of the Dutch, the former colonial power. He refused to crack down on the Indonesian Communist Party, which was walking the legal, peaceful road and making impressive gains electorally. Such policies could easily give other Third World leaders "wrong ideas." The CIA began throwing money into the elections, plotted Sukarno's assassination, tried to blackmail him with a phony sex film, and joined forces with dissident military officers to wage a full-scale war against the government. Sukarno survived it all. British Guiana/Guyana, 1953-64: For 11 years, two of the oldest democracies in the world, Great Britain and the United States, went to great lengths to prevent a democratically elected leader from occupying his office. Cheddi Jagan was another Third World leader who tried to remain neutral and independent. He was elected three times. Although a leftist-more so than Sukarno or Arbenz-his policies in office were not revolutionary. But he was still a marked man, for he represented Washington's greatest fear: building a society that might be a successful example of an alternative to the capitalist model. Using a wide variety of tactics-from general strikes and disinformation to terrorism and British legalisms, the U. S. and Britain finally forced Jagan out in 1964. John F. Kennedy had given a direct order for his ouster, as, presumably, had Eisenhower. One of the better-off countries in the region under Jagan, Guyana, by the 1980s, was one of the poorest. Its principal export became people. Vietnam, 1950-73: http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/US_Interventions_WBlumZ.html

Shame is a universal human feature. That you so readily acknowledge that it isn't part of the American psyche comes as no surprise. Caveat: there are many Americans who feel shame about what the US has done, continuously, for well over a century, slaughter tens of millions just to position US business to steal the poor's wealth. From the beheadings and other equally gruesome methods of death perfected by Americans that started with Native Americans and has continued to this day. Necklaces of Vietnamese ears worn by US troops, beheaded Vietnamese heads with eyes open and a burning cigarette put in each mouth for a "group" picture. These same things have been repeated myriad times in all the illegal US invasions.

A whole bunch of brainless idiots are the US politicians starting with the President himself. Recently Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), a vocal Trump supporter, praised the recent attacks in Tehran and suggested that the United States should work with the Islamic State to counter Iran. He praised the recent Islamic State attack in Tehran as a “good thing” and suggested that maybe the United States should work with the militant organization. He is suggesting working with ISIS who have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity including kidnap and rape of women and ethnic cleaning, and who stand for a very backward and brutal version of Islam even condemned by a great majority of Muslim extremists. Never mind the fact that many innocent bystanders not government officials got into cross fire and murdered by the terrorists. If it was anyone else so openly supporting ISIS or suggestion working with ISIS would have been arrested or put in jail. We have indeed witness that people who sympathized end up in jail.

Ouch.....Netflix tax is dead on arrival. Canada's government controls and revenue model for media is stuck in the past....

I swear I've seen Doctor Zhivago many times.

HE has taken up the role of Altai! Except that HE is so limited to only two subjects!

HE: If I just mention Lawrence Livermore Labs and Los Alamos once more, I'll have them eating out of my hand. Those are big important words.

To be fair, that guy was an NDP supporter who admired Jack Layton.

TDS now the official religion of the political left.

The latest rabbit out of the hat. Hoping and praying are you?...good for you...enjoy your new religion.

Who mentioned the left, only you

Theresa May's problems just got a whole lot bigger. There have been concerns about such fires for a long time: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/mar/28/lakanal-house-fire-deaths-prevented https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/14/key-questions-about-the-grenfell-tower-fire

The Quebec City Mosque shooting where the story changed from two masked gunmen yelling Allahu Akbar to a lone Trump supporter who "liked" Tommy Douglas? That shooting? Notice we haven't heard a peep since...6 months later.

Need more guns, that'l fix it.

More OftenWrong lies, and with not the slightest bit of regret.

Apparently James T. Hodgkinson said exactly the same things you are saying now, before he completely flipped his lid and started living in a van. Do you... live in a van? Get some help son

Turkish newspapers, to boot.

Delivering newspapers is not much to be proud of.

Thirty years in the field of English illustrates that you are, once again, often wrong, OftenWrong.

What's clear is your lack of reading comprehension skills, let alone science.

Well, as the writer noted, Harper's stupid comments can't provide us with a direct link to idiots starting to harass women even though you say the evidence is clear as a bell.

No, this time it was leftist liberal terrorism.

No it was a leftist, which is at least as bad or so I've heard.

Wait, and this time is was NOT Muslims??? Whew!!

June 14th Happy Birthday Mr. President!

How the hell would you know. Making logical connections is not your long suit. Being illogical is.

"You can almost immediately see the moment that Mr. Harper started talking about the face veil, we immediately started getting reports of women being harassed in Canada," she said during a news conference on Parliament Hill. "We can't make a direct link per se but ... certainly it was a factor." This is the crap the liberal media are pushing on the public. Link

Liberal propaganda intended to portray Stephen Harper and the CPC as Islamophobic. They used statistics to make is sound like every time the Hijab was discussed in the House of Commons, there was an attack on Muslims somewhere in Canada, and implied they were directly linked. Our Liberals are taking page from the Dems in the USA, using the same method... lying to the public.

Was that in dispute? You attempted to corelate hate crimes with conservative supporters. I simply pointed out they don't actually correlate.

A total of 159, most of which were words. Btw, the top cities for hate crimes are all in Ontario, starting with Thunder Bay for some reason (probably natives), which is represented by a pair of Liberal MPs. The second worst city is Kitchener-waterloo, where five of six MPs are Liberal, and the third highest is Peterborough, also represented by Liberal MPs. The fourth is Hamilton, represented by 2 Conservatives, 2 Liberals and 2 NDP. Your effort at implying areas which vote Tory are more likely to have a high incidence of hate crime is based on no facts.

Did you read what your source had to say about other burning Towers?

The difference between a muslim terrorist and a leftists is becoming increasingly blurred.

Actually, a Canadian PM with a ruling majority in Parliament has far more unchecked power than a U.S. president.

Yup, I saw that one... part of poor leadership and sleepwalking into oblivion People from Europe are recognizing the threat http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/most-europeans-want-muslim-ban-immigration-control-middle-east-countries-syria-iran-iraq-poll-a7567301.html and some time ago Salim Mansur Mansur a Muslim from Pakistan said he was also in favour of curtailing immigration from Muslim countries where the populace has been inculcated with “the cultural baggage of illiberal values. Saying ``such immigrants, severely undermine our liberal democracy.”