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This is a problem that the Toronto Police are dealing with. Fortunately, their chief, Julian Fantino, screwed up politically big time and ended up getting his ass handed to him in a paper bag. He then went to the Ontario Provincial Police where his first intiative was to repaint OPP patrol cars. Way to go, Jules. Immigrant populations (who are very vulnerable) do not get rambunctious without a reason, as a rule. The Haitians are just about the most desperate. I mean, would YOU want to go back to that cesspool? It's time for the Government of Quebec to get in there and figure this out.

I agree that there is a presence. In fact a blessed quartet: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. It doesn't explain everything but it's a damned sight better than myth.

This sounds like a bogus deal. If he is serious he will offer you a one year lease. This is required by law. I wouldn't give this idiot a penny. In fact, I would sleep in a park before I would give him a cheque. He sounds like a scam artist. There are a lot of legitimate landlords in Toronto. I doubt any of them operates like this. RUN from this deal. DO NOT WALK or even LOOK BACK. Occupancy rates in Toronto are not bad right now. You dont need this kind of grief.

By George, I think he's got it!

You're damned right. So occupation means that the only job you can get to feed your family is building a house on land taken from your brother illegally at slave labour wages. Helps to understand why the Palestinians might be just a little ticked off, n'est-ce pas?

Here's a link to a list published by the Vancouver Sun... http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/st...58-224c3a4010b5 The games are far from over. My take is that Harper might be playing it safe and has left his options open. Unfortunately, this will not cut it. The big event was the opening and he wasn't there. I personally feel that was a mistake, but I do not like Mr. Harper, so take it for what you will. Canada has always had very good relations with Beijing, and that has paid great benefits. It has made us a player in the China theatre. Mr. Harper made a serious tactical error by not being there for the opening. Lest we all get excited about Tibet, it is important to note that Tibet applied for nationhood to the UN and was denied. This is a blot on many copy books. I certainly am in favour of greater human rights in China and I think that will happen. I was watching some TV coverage (sorry can't rememeber the network) of a Chinese media commentator who said that the Olympics is a new era for press freedom in CHina. They will not be able to put the tooth paste back in the tube. It is important to understand that, in the world of International diplomacy, the players are not always the guys on the ice. But Mister Harper, with his limited experience, is not likely to have that sort of horizon.

http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2008/08/08...process_eu/afp/ Well the Olympics are on folks and you know what this means. While the masses are distracted by Bread and Circuses (well OK, bread's a little tight, but look at those divers!) Israel announces that it is full speed ahead and damn the land deeds in the West Bank. Yes folks, Ehud Olmert might be a thieving crook, but we have Netenyahu and Lipni in the wings. Now there's a pair. Ariel Sharon would be proud of both. Did I cover Mr. Sharon's record in Lebaon? Well what the hell. Who cares about international law! Let's all have a moment of silence for the Holocaust.

Ya know, I looked through this whole thread and found not a single refernce to the fact that Georgia has ambitions of joining NATO, that Bush has this idea about putting missiles all over any part of the world that is not already kissing his a$$ and that Georgia had 1,000 troops in Iraq (the coalition of the willing). Hello? Cuban missile crisis anyone? Is it really so different because it's not OUR kids hiding under their desks when the sirens go off? George Bellicose Bush does it again. So now Medvedev is playing nice. We've got a Russian god cop bad cop thing going here. Putin is the bad cop. I think Bush now understands that he is in over his head. He's been there a bloody long time. Say good-bye George.

Well of course this just has to remind me of the hegemony that the US has been building with an increasingly disappearing set of 'partners'. Well, OK. Sidekicks. 'Wahl pilgrim..' Interesting that the Georgians have declared they will withdraw their 1000 troops from Iraq. Heh heh. So I have this black and white picture of the Archduke Ferdinand emreging from the fog. I don't know why. Maybe he is running the marathon in Beijing. Maybe he's just smoking a cee-gar in Havana. Earth to the Archduke.... Earth to the duke... Earth to pilgrim.... Say, Mistuh Wayne. Did you ever actually enlist? "I will now proceed to entangle the entire area." Crosby Stills and Nash.

Yeah. This is a wonderful idea. Can the f'n US of A extradite an elected Canadian official? I love the complication. This is what we need. A little Cree-eh-tiv-ah-tee. Nice Post.

George Bush killed hundreds of thousands with a lie. The latest Bush outrage was his attendance at a Christian religious ceremeny in Beijing today (Sunday) and CNN showing him fterwards talkig about religious freedom. OK boy-o. Relgious freedom is not going to church. Religous freedom is nobody giving a flying fricasee whether you go to church or not. You are now free to behave like somebody out of the 12th century. I'd like to propse a new CBC show: The Worst Moat Builder in Canada. Everybody gets together to build a moat and the prize for first is awarded by one of the Bush daughters, Paris Hilton, or Ben Mulroney. I say we have a contest to determine which of them should hand out the prize. The contest winner will be the one who knows the most about the history of Iran. One.... two.... three...

Gary Bruce Bettman (born on June 2, 1952 in Queens, New York) is the commissioner of the NHL. Can we blame him for the sad state of hockey today? A ridiculous state of affairs that could only have ben produced by a lawyer. Oh wait, Isn't that what Gary Bruce Bettman (born on June 2, 1952 in Queens, New York) is? I am planning to start a thread here. Who is the biggest wh0re hockey has ever found? Watch this space and my other space: WHY ARE RUSSIA, SWEDEN, FINLAND, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, POLAND, AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER COUNTRIES not in the NHL? Gary Bruce Bettman (born on June 2, 1952 in Queens, New York), inquiring minds want to know.

Wal-mart. The biggest trading partner China has ever had. Walmart sells. Who is buying? I know that I can make a lot of money buying hi-tech things from China. No secrets here. They hire engineers from Inja. Well maybe just translators. Walmart Bleh. Exackly.

A second comment that should be made is that George (aWol) Bush was only on screen when his country's team was introduced. Way to go George. You're right up there with ... Jeez I forget who they are. George. You have a ranch. You have cows. Go for it. You screwed your country. OK. You had help. Dick Geney and Paul Wolfowitz. Two of the most respected people who have ever eaten a hot dog. We know it wasn't your fault. We really do. Snort.

What can I say. I'm dealing with a pink ass ding dang doo. And thanks for ignoring my uneducated ramblings.

Yeah. Drugs and prostitution. Used to be gambling and booze. So legalize marijuana and call girls, what have you got left? The real bad guys. Cocaine, heroine, nicotine, meth.... Oh wait. Nicotine is not illegal. We have seen the enemy and he is us.

Thanks very much for the media forum. We get most of our information from the media, in all its forms. This needs to be discussed.

OK. The Olympics is on. I watched the entire opening ceremonies. Great coverage by the CBC, although I have to say that Mansbridge really went overboard with the political angle. There were times when a country's Olympic team was marching past but you couldn't figure out who they were because Mansbridge was going on about the political cloud around the country two teams before. I think Mansbridge had some good things to say, but maybe the CBC could have found a way to let us know what we are looking at while he gave us his angle. Also thought Ron McLean should have been brought out more. After all, it's a sporting event and McLean is a damned good sports reporter. Not sayin' that Mansbridge's comments were out of line. This sort of thing needs to be said. Just sayin' it needs to be balanced more. Also the ads. Bell got a lot of ads in. First of all, I'm glad to see the Beavers are gone. I hated the beavers. Using nationalistic symbols to sell products is really disgusting. Just my opinion. I liked the Visa ads. Featuring the athletes. That's what it's all about. Petro Canada too. McDonalds. I can't believe how low these idiots will go to sell junk food to kids. They had two ads. One set up a little boy as an object of ridicule and the second pounded him on the head even more. Making a buck by ridiculing a kid. What losers. The Canadian Olympic committee ads. Real classy. Showed a bunch of kids face on. "I am not a loser. I am not easy. I am not a geek.... I am an athlete." Wow. Real good stuff. Absolutely in the spirit. Best ads I saw, I thought. The ceremony itself. The Chinese did a great job here. The fireworks footprints were a stroke of genius. The choreography was Olympics class. The highlighting of Chinese contributions to the advancement of civilization. One of the world's greatest cultures strutting its stuff. Damned straight. The lighting of the torch was good, but I'll tell you, that flaming arrow at the Barcelona Olympics still gets the gold. You gotta hand it to the Spanish. That took real balls. What really choked me up was the (well rehearsed) Chinese cheering section came to life when our team marched out. I had to wipe a tear. One of ours was there for The Long March. They remember that. It's nice to know who your friends are. This is real. This is earnest.

I know. It's like deja vu all over again. The neocons operate on a single principle: if you say something often enough, everyone will come to think it is true. It's because they hire the same idiots who write the advertising we all fast forward through. You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time... Essence of Goebbels. Some of the time.

I love this answer. The big boys table. "I am going to pump you up." Ha ha. So if a guy sneaks a little dirty bomb onto a container ship and blows it up in the port of Haliufax, does this mean he has a seat at the big boys table? Ha ha. How much can we get for our yellowcake today? LOL. I can kill yu and I am now sitting at the big boys table. I personally would like to congratulate you on your contribution to peace. I would nominate you for the Nobel, but you probably already have at least ten of them. Or at least a turnip you stole out of your neighbour's garden. Nuke them all. Then we'll have peace. Ha ha. I love it.

Double post. See next post.

When the right gets desperate it hauls out the nukes.

Duffy is a great presence on the political scene, and so is Newman. I have a lot of respect for both. The guy I have a lot of trouble with is Craig Oliver. This guy is straight out of the Canadian journalist as political opeartive school. Guys like Oliver are the reason that only fools trust our media. Duffy and Newman are real insiders. Duffy might be right, but I trust his right. Newman might be left, but I trust his left. And there are few I would say that about.

Duffy is a great presence on the political scene, and so is Newman. I have a lot of respect for both. The guy I have a lot of trouble with is Craig Oliver. This guy is straight out of the Canadian journalist as political opeartive school. Guys like Duffy and Newman are real insiders. Duffy might be right, but I trust his right. Newman might be left, but I trust hios left. And there are few I would say that about.

So nobody is responsible, not even the guy who hired this jackass. Yahz boss. How many bushels boss? Don't whip me boss.... Let's all go to Europe for a holiday!