You either pay attention or pay through the nose. I would rather pay attention.
Question for Michael Ignatieff and Jack Layton:
If you feel Omar Khadr should be brought back to Canada because he was a child combatant when he was captured then would you support charging his mother with reckless endangerment or some form of child abandonment?
I’m just saying…
OfficiallyScrewed is an understatement for this one.
Carleton University has searched high and low, near and far, day and night to fill a teaching spot for an introductory sociology course. But alas, the qualifications must have been tough because out of a nation of about 30 million citizens, they chose to hire an alleged terrorist charged with killing 4 people in the 1980 bombing of a synagogue in France.
But that was 29 years ago you say? Maybe, but he was just recently charged and is under house arrest with a condition that he has to wear one of those “anklets” to track his location. He is not even allowed to get in his car and drive to the University without accompaniment.
Hassan Diab, who is charged with murdering four people in the 1980 bombing, will begin teaching a part-time introductory sociology course at Carleton University two days a week until the middle of August.
Diab, whose strict bail conditions prevent him from leaving the house alone, will be required to travel to and from the university with his common-law spouse Rania Tfaily, an Ottawa court heard Monday.
But once at the university, Diab will no longer need an escort.
What? Am I reading that last sentence correctly? Once at the university, he will no longer need an escort? Are you kidding me? The guy is charged with killing 4 people and he is welcome to roam the Carleton University campus without an escort?
Note to self: Do not let my kids attend Carleton University.
ADDENDUM: not but a few minutes after I posted, I saw this article posted on the Ottawa Sun sight a few minutes ago. Diab has lost his teaching gig.
York University Professor Peter Cummings has likened “Sexting” to “Spin The Bottle”.
For those who are unaware, “sexting” is a play on the word “texting” and refers to someone taking nude photos of themselves and sending via cell phone to others.
Peter Cumming, an associate professor at York University in Toronto, presented a paper on children’s sexuality at the 78th Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences defending the practice as a modern variation on “playing doctor or spin-the-bottle.”
This is, quite simply, a travesty. It takes a big step forward in the degradation of our youth when someone in the education field indicates that it is a modern right of passage the way “spin the bottle” was years ago.
I do agree with the professor that youth should not be prosecuted for this. I would go so far as to say the same “of similar age” defense should apply to this. But the fact remains that indicating that “sexting” is as acceptable as a kissing game is not even close to hitting the mark.
The ramifications of “spin the bottle” is perhaps a cold sore or perhaps even mononucleosis, both of which are not the end of the world. But when someone has their nude photos potentially spread all over the internet the outcome is potentially far worse.
That this person is an educator, and someone we entrust our children to, makes it that much worse.
Just breaking on Fox News.
The first of the Obama Commission War Crime Hearings will be Omar Khadr’s case.
It’s a hot sticky Friday night. Since I look like a narc, I have made sure I haven’t shaved for three days, toss an old Grateful Dead T-Shirt and a beaten up Ottawa Senators hat and head down to Lowertown in Ottawa. As I glide my Honda through the streets, I keep an eye overhead for a sign.
About 5 minutes in, I spot them. An old pair of sneakers tangled up in the overhead wiring. I slowly pull my truck over and wait.
Out of the darknes a shady looking guy with an oversized T-shirt and baggy pants comes over and leans in the window of my truck.
“Whatcha got?”, I ask.
“I have some Killer X, man.”
“Killex?? I’ll take three cans.”, I reply.
“How about some weed, my friend. You interested in some weed?”
“Sure”, I say, “Weedex is perfect. Give me two big bottles.”
“How about some fungus, man? You need some fungus?”
“Damn straight I reply. Give me a couple of batches of antifungal.”
“Now man … you need some doses?”
“Nah… but I’ll have me some nice roses.” I reply. “See you next year my friend.”
This may seem a bit farfetched. But is it really? Look what happens when cigarettes hit $7 or $8 a pack? Everyone and their brother starts buying them out of the back of some guys trunk who has a friend who knows the cousin of the secretary for an agency that hires a manpower guy who used to fix cars for a mechanic who also fixes the car of some lady whose son knows a guy with a boat that skims from a native reserve to and from Cornwall weekly.
In addition to Premier of Ontario, Yellow Bellied McShifty, announcing that the use of chemical pesticides use will be banned, this past week the Supreme Court of Canada said that random searches are illegal, which sent left leaning ACLU types partying into the streets.
This begs the question…
If I have a stash of these illegal pesticides hidden under a tarp in my garage, would having a beautiful, safe, green lawn be enough probable cause for the cops to search my home for the contraban?
Below is a snippit from Darcey’s first piece on the five Security Certificate detainees. The MSM has not covered these new stories with any great detail and this is truly an injustice. I highly urge everyone to go read the whole thing. Darcey has done a great job on this and deserves full credit and full exposure.
Egyptian-born Mahmoud Jaballah came to Canada in 1996 on a false Saudi passport and claimed refugee status. Along with is wife Husnah Al-Mashtoul they founded and ran the Um Al-Qura Islamic school located in Scarborough, Ontario which still remains open and is apparently approved by the Ontario Ministry of Education as a private school.
He was detained in February 2001 under charges from the federal government that he was a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad under Ayman al Zawahiri and was alleged to have been the communications person for the 1998 bombings of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 213 people. In two days Mahmoud Jaballah made 20 calls to the United Kingdom, Yemen, Azerbaijan, and Pakistan and Mahmoud continues to evade explanation.
He was released seven months later but was arrested again under a new security certificate because it was found that his fingerprints matched those of Egyptian Islamic Jihad leader Mahmoud Said that were released by Interpol . Jaballah’s middle name is Said and it is assumed that he was using an alias while in Egypt.
And it goes on and on with full text from CSIS on what this man is tied to and what he has done. Do NOT let “human rights” activists persuade you that these men should be set free within the borders of Canada…EVER.
I’m not an expert on the conditions under which a Taser should be used. Nor am I a doctor to be able to tell you under what medical conditions Tasering could be dangerous.
But I am electronic engineering technologist. At least my BSc. EET degree telles me so.
And the past week I have heard numerous phone callers to Radio or TV talk shows talk about the voltage that kills people. I have probably heard a couple of TV/Radio Hosts repeat the phrase that it is not the amperage that kills you, but the voltage.
This is grossly inaccurate. It is the current that kills you. And actually the numbers that were given to me in school was that 500 milliAmps to 1 Amp is enough to fry you. Yet after investigating Taser.com I discovered that the current Tasers put out is in the neighbourhood of 2.1 milliAmps. You get more current from sticking your tongue between the two terminals of a 9V battery.
For clarification, Voltage does not kill directly at all. What it does is cause your muscles to contract. There are reports that Voltage can throw a man across a room. This is actually Voltage causing muscles to contract enough to have this man throw himself across the room.
The other lesson we learned is that you never let electricity cross your heart. i.e. you never touch something electronic with one hand while the other one is grounded. This is why electricians almost always have one hand in their pocket which means any jolt would travel down the side of their body to the ground through their legs and not cross the chest.
In light of all the recent Taser talk, I will wait for investigations/inquiries to take their course but my guess is that Tasers need to be fired away from the chest of a person to minimize the chances of the voltage contracting a heart muscle to the point it gives out.
On a similar vein, In this regard, I must point out that there was an episode of Mythbusters which they created a shocking statue and grabbed the two terminals with their hands. I was simply astounded that the show would let it’s hosts get shocked this way. Luckily no one was hurt or killed.
Stephane Dion shows his true colours on crime by defending a double murderer while sitting on his hands when it comes to protecting 14 year olds from sexual predators.
Click the video above ONCE to view. If it does not start playing on the screen, you can try clicking the link below.
In an effort to imitate an 8 year old, new OPP commissioner Julian Fantino is looking to pack up his officers and leave Caledonia because one Caledonia city councilor feels the OPP has created a two-tiered justice system.
Well “Wahhh wahhh wahhh!” to you too Julian.
Fantino’s anger was directed at one councillor in particular, Coun. Craig Grice, over an e-mail he sent to Gary McHale, a controversial Richmond Hill resident who has staged protests in Caledonia against the OPP and Six Nations presence on Douglas Creek Estates.
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Grice said he does not support the April 22 march and does not endorse McHale’s actions.
But he does agree with McHale that the OPP has created a “two-tiered” justice system in Caledonia.
“Caledonia citizens are frustrated with the OPP,” he said.
Grow up and address the problem Julian. Running and hiding won’t help matters for you or your boss, the Yellow-Bellied McShifty.
I can just imagine how this one probably happened.
First they chipped in and bought the stash.
Then they tested it.
Then they got hungry and ended up at a restaurant for some munchies
After ordering, they probably got impatient so figured they should use the time waiting for their food to split up their buy … right at the table … in the middle of dinner rush hour.
Smooth move ex-lax.
Talk about a CLM.
The best thing about this story was the final quote by West Vancouver police Sgt. Paul Skelton:
“Research,” he noted dryly, “has shown that marijuana use impairs your judgment.”