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Skip to comments.Obama would be limited in executive order on gun control
Posted on 01/09/2013 4:49:23 PM PST by QT3.14
Today Vice President Joe Biden met with gun victims and safety groups as part of a continuing effort by his task force to come up with solutions to gun violence in the aftermath of the Newtown, Connecticut shootings. The highlight of the meeting came when Biden announced that the White House is prepared to act through executive action to implement gun control measures. Biden stated...
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- Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 1787
The ATF is about to get stupid on gun store owners.
Oh? Who exactly is going to limit him?
"The president is going to act. Executive order, executive action that can be taken, we haven't decided what that is yet."
We have to sign it so we can know what's in it.
EPA has been toying with banning lead bullets for a long time.
Product liability laws were used by the left as a method of scaring firearm manufacturers.
Many on the left have wanted the CDC to take up firearms and gun violence as a medical issue to be regulated as such.
You could see federal regulations declaring all kinds of federal facilities or things purchased with federal money to be declared gun free zones, like parks, interstate highways, and a host of things. Post Offices, federal buildings are still gun free zones, even if National Parks now allow concealed carry permit holders to concealed carry (outside of federal park buildings).
In short there is probably going to be a long of things that the big Zero is going to be implementing that will make those who believe in the 2nd Amendment mad.
Still the Constitution has a set of Checks and Balances and it has a Bill of Rights. I lived through the first Assault Weapons Ban and 8 years of Bill Clinton, I can live through the Big Zero who is going to make Jimmy Carter look like a successful president.
WHAT! Joe "spread 'em, you're gonna be frisked" biteme mis-spoke? No way!!!!
Stop radical left wing extremists.
The ATF is about to get stupid
on gun store owners.
There, fixed that for you.
If Obomba and the ATF want to dance they better understand that the American people can dance better than anyone else.
I remember when Clinton signed an order on his way out to require every water treatment center to raise their arsenic standards. It would have cost local governments billions.
Our good friends, Smith & Wesson.
Seriously though, I think that doofus dumb-ass Joe Bite-Me Biden just "shot" himself in the proverbial foot with his outburst. He just opened his mouth and absolutely confirmed the greatest fears of conservatives & gun owners (likely including some liberal gun owners as well) that 0dumb0 & the socialist demoRATs have every intention of ruling by dictatorial & tyrannical fiat. This will probably galvanize conservative/Christian/patriotic Americans if they ever try to implement such a gun grab like this. This may be the tipping point that is needed to make a strong stand for our freedoms & rights & liberties against 0dumb0Sh_t and the RATs.
executive orders only apply to the executive branch employees.
How is Obama limited? The Constitution does no apply to him and he controls the Justice Department?
First get every gun away from street hoods. Then maybe we'll talk. It's easier to get guns from law abiding citizens because they obey the laws re: guns. Street hoods do not.
Uh, no. Our rights to defend ourselves are not negotiable. The Second Amendment is not about defending ourselves from common criminals or nutters who go on mass shooting sprees.
Limits have never stopped Obama before.
It was a tongue in cheek thing. I know that no street hood would turn in their gun. It's easier for politicians to go after registered guns or guns from law abiding citizens. It's also the reason our family doesn't belong to the NRA or any gun organisation because the feds can use the subscription lists to find out who owns guns. Unfortunately all ours were lost in a tragic mishap when our boat was swamped.
Makes one wonder where the people who make up the ATF come from; KGB residuals perhaps. They were the prime movers behind Ruby Ridge and the Branch Dividian Massacre - says all you need to know about these people. They'll quite willingly do whatever Obama and Holder wants them to.
Limited my a**. He can't pass any EXO that restricts or infringes on the rights of citizens to keep and bear arms. Only and amendment to the constitution can do that. If the house doesn't call him on any EXO he tries to shove down our throats they need to be kicked pronto. Can't depend on Roberts to uphold the constitution if it comes to that.
That is because the left used "felon's in possession" as the reason de jure for gun control and almost every American supported it since the left was leaving them alone.
Now the left gun grabbers are knocking on the door of every American; convicted felon or not, now it is a problem and the new laws need to be beaten back.
I tried to get people to fight against all gun control efforts but was unsuccessful. the excuse was "we don't want convicted felons in possession of firearms!" or "we need some reasonable gun control laws!" Well, if everyone would understand, the socialist gun control is NOT about crime prevention, or gun safety, but, instead to disarm the American people period, maybe now everyone will unite to fight these dirty socialist on EVERY legislative gun control effort!
What a coinki dink.....I too lost all my firearms in a tragic canoe capsizing, on a lake in Manitoba (I think, it was such a traumatic experience the my mind is jello,jello...
This dictator recognizes no limits. The argument is moot.
Storm the Bastille?
One of those cell phone flash things?
Desperate times, desperate measures.
Besides, the Attorney General did that very thing in college.
The kenyan must know that whatever action he's planning would have no chance getting through even the weak kneed congress, so like any DICTATOR would, he plans to issue an edict! I don't know about anyone else, but 0bama IS NOT MY MASTER!
Twelve Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens, according to statistics released by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. If those numbers are correct, it translates to 4,380 Americans murdered annually by illegal aliens.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2006/11/39031/#LEASzzXP0jXjETVw.99
So every two days illegals create a Newtown. When does the deportation begin?
One day I'm going to go trawling the lakes and streams of this country. The sheer volume of gold and guns I will find there will make me a multimillionaire.
It's not "who" but rather, what.
"The law? What do I care about law? Ain't I got the power?" - Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Omammy shall not "abridge the right to keep and bear arms". That means he has no power at all on our guns. We are not registering and he can go to burning Hades.The reason for this freedom which was a high priority in out CONSTITUTION. was to be able to combat TYRANNY from our government!!!
You are correct in that Obastard will be limited in what he can do. Whatever it is, it will still have to be within the law and the Constitution or the EO will be rapidly overturned. As much as Obastard hates to admit it, he can't simply create a law declaring the AR-15 to be a Class 3 weapon and force everyone to register them as such.
well it will have to come down to the wire if they attempt to take peoples' guns. they'll have no choice but to decide what they will do.
He can order whatever he wants. He's the Executive.
If anyone objects, he can tie it up in court for years regardless of inevitable outcome.
Sure can't get a clue from the two sentence excerpt...
Article 1 of the Constitution establishes that "the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it" -- but does not specify which authority has the jurisdiction to decide on the exceptional suspension.
Another passage of Article 1 declares that the power to declare war and to raise and support the army and navy rests with Congress, BUT Article 2 states that "the President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States."
Let's just look at a few precedents:
During the Civil War (18611865), Lincoln acted counter to the text of Article 1 (on April 15, 1861) by proclaiming that an army of seventy-five thousand men was to be raised and convened a special session of Congress for July 4. In the ten weeks that passed between April 15 and July 4, Lincoln acted de facto as a total dictator. On April 27, Lincoln authorized the General in Chief of the Army to suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus whenever he deemed it necessary along the military line between Washington and Philadelphia. Furthermore, on February 1862, Lincoln imposed censorship of the mail and authorized the arrest and detention in military prisons of persons suspected of "disloyal and treasonable practices".
In the speech he delivered to Congress July 4 1861, President Lincoln justified his actions as the holder of a supreme power to violate the Constitution in a situation of necessity:
"Whether strictly legal or not, [the measures he had adopted had been taken] under what appeared to be a popular demand and a public necessity" in the certainty that Congress would ratify them. Those exceptional measures were based on the conviction that even fundamental, natural law could be violated IF the very existence of the union and the juridical order were at stake:
"Are all the laws but one to go unexecuted, and the Government itself go to pieces lest that one be violated?"Although Congress was aware that the constitutional jurisdictions had been transgressed, it could do nothing but ratify the actions of the President, as it did on August 6, 1861. Strengthened by this approval, Lincoln proclaimed on September the emancipation of the slaves on his authority alone and later generalized the state of emergency throughout the entire territory of the United States, authorizing the arrest and trial before courts martial of "all Rebels and Insurgents, their aiders and abettors within the United States, and all persons discouraging volunteer enlistments, resisting militia drafts, or guilty of any disloyal practice, affording aid and comfort to Rebels against the authority of the United States."
During World War One President Wilson assumed broader powers than those Lincoln had claimed. However, instead of ignoring Congress, as Lincoln had done, Wilson had those extraordinary powers delegated to him by Congress. Instead of declaring a state of emergency, he had exceptional laws issued. From 1917 to 1918, Congress approved a series of acts (from the Espionage Act of 1917 to the Departmental Reorganization Act of 1918) that granted the President COMPLETE CONTROL over the administration of the United States and not only prohibited disloyal activities (such as collaboration with the enemy and the diffusion of false reports), but even made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States" (from the Sedition Act of 1918).
Since the power of the President is grounded in the emergency linked to a state of war, the metaphor of war became a part of the presidential vocabulary whenever decisions considered to be of vital importance are being imposed.
In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was able to assume extraordinary powers by presenting his actions as those of a Commander in Chief during a military campaign:
"I assume unhesitatingly the leadership of this great army of our people dedicated to a disciplined attack upon our common problems. I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken Nation in the midst of a stricken world may require. But in the event that the Congress shall fail to take [the necessary measures] and in the event that the national emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisisbroad Executive power to wage war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe."From the constitutional point of view, the New Deal was realized by delegating to the President (through a series of statutes culminating in the National Recovery Act of June 1933) an UNLIMITED POWER to CONTROL every aspect of the economic life.
--Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
The outbreak of World War Two extended these powers with the creation of a "Office of Emergency Management" [the ancestor of today's FEMA]. On September 7, 1942, FDR renewed his claim to TOTAL CONTROL during the emergency:
"In the event that the Congress should fail to act, and act adequately, I shall accept the responsibility, and I will act. The American people can be sure that I shall not hesitate to use every power vested in me to accomplish the defeat of our enemies in any part of the world where our own safety demands such defeat."
On February 19, 1942, the FDR administration proceeded with the internment of seventy thousand American citizens of Japanese descent who resided on the West Coast (along with forty thousand Japanese citizens who lived and worked there).
Congressmen on the fence about this issue are now relieved of having to commit themselves. They need only state that they are awaiting the results of Obama's executive orders. If such orders prove effective, then there would be no need for new legislation.
Ours disappeared in our last move. We didn't notice until months later — too late to file a claim. Very sad!
What good is the constitution if there is no one to defend it? Look what Roberts did with the supreme court decisions.. And the republicans in congress are nothing but wimps. They can't even stand up to Obama over a simple budget. There may be a few hold out judges across the country but Obama has the key people in control that will side with him. And those that do not follow his command, he uses the media or activist groups to destroy them.
I've known some field ATF agents and the one thing they had in common was this real desire to "go get law breakers."
I came to the realization that they don't really think too much about what the law is, or if it is a just law.... or even Constitutional.
They'll just go pack-o-dogs on you and not think twice if they're pointed in your direction.
I got your point: We cannot be certain that a significant number of Republicans in Congress and justices on the Supreme Court wouldn't give obama most anything he demands — they've done so thus far many times (although they threaten a lot!)
Nothing is limited when it comes to a committed communist like obama
Refuse. Resist.
Yeah, and not one single citizen/subject/serf will have "standing" to take it to court.
Like the ATF, FBI, EPA. Remember Clinton's farewell Exec order, which would have required all local water plants to filter for arsenic?
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Today's Washington Post Sunday opinion section has an interesting look at "Casey Democrats," often blue-collar, often Catholic, Democrats named for the late Pennsylvania former Gov. Robert P. Casey Sr., who made national headlines when he was denied a speaking role at the 1992 Democratic National Convention because he was pro-life. The article's author is Mark Stricherz, probably better known in the blogosphere as one of the contributing writers for the GetReligion blog on media coverage of religion. (Stricherz often is right on the mark in his GetReligion analyses, such as his post yesterday on how most newspapers ignored religion in their reporting on last week's legalization of gay marriage by the California Supreme Court, but I have one minor quibble with today's Post piece: Stricherz at one point in the article refers to the "headquarters of the Westmoreland County archdiocese" when in fact he is writing about the Greensburg Diocese, which includes Westmoreland and three other southwestern Pennsylvania counties.)
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Here's how RW members rated this race (476 votes).
In short: Great run despite the weatherIn full: Organisation and commitment from helpers was extraordinary. It was very windy and rained hard all morning but the Marlow Striders did not appear to notice!Date of review: November 1, 2009
In short: The weather was against the runners, heavy rain, and windy, but mild for this time of year so tea-shirts, no need for anything else even with the wind and rain. Hilly and tough !Date of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Many thanks to the organisers and marshalls.In full: Another well-organised day. I felt sorry for the volunteers standing in the rain for three hours, although it didn't stop them shouting encouragement. Running into the wind along the valley bottom at halfway was a nightmare.Date of review: November 1, 2009
In full: I came 21st but this was the hardest race i have ever done! rain,wind and those damm hills but i cant wait to do it next year.Date of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Ache in places I've never ached, toughIn full: Wind and rain set the theme for this race, a big Thank You to all those Marshall's for standing in it for so long and yet still remained cheerful. This race was well organised and despite the P.O. Strike, made sure it went ahead as planned. The toughest Half I've ever done but would do again, Thank You Marlow StridersDate of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Very satisfying race, great marshalls, pity no medal in recognition of toughnessIn full: This is a really enjoyable race whilst being tough to say the least. The organisational side of things was excellent and the marshalls very encouraging in the pouring rain. A medal to remember those hills would have been goodDate of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Knew it was going to be tough, but wow!In full: Foul conditions but still a brilliant morning..great organisation meant I had a bit too long to wait around at the start. Thought it would take forever to get my chip and number but all very smooth. Great atmosphere and fantastic marshalls cheering you on. Felt more sorry for them than for us except for on those nasty hills! My first half marathon and so proud of myself and all the other Running Buddies from Thame for storming home in the lashing rain. Bring on next year! Nice tshirt tooDate of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Hilly, hard, wet, muddy!In full: Not for beginners! Had to pay for parking which wasn't advertised enough. A fellow runner gained a £25 parking ticket.Entry quite steep seeing as there were no goody bags or medals. After finishing that race I felt I deserved a medal.Excellent support and very friendly race.Date of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Hilly, wet, windy, flooded - Great fun!In full: I was thinking of not turning up for this what with the atrocious, and accurate, forecast but really glad I did. Great organisation and a great, truly challenging, route. Marshalls, and supporters were out braving the weather as well as us runners.Date of review: November 1, 2009
In short: Rain didn't dampen our spiritsIn full: I love this race: running through the deciduous forests in autumn is just outstanding even when it is/has been lashing down with rain continuously, giving you huge puddles to splash through. The marshals were everywhere and always, always unflagging in their support despite the weather they had to put up with too. The long sleeved T shirt is far more welcome than a medal and has become my third but will not be my last. My only criticism would be that it would be nice to have a free cereal bar or chocolate bar for finishers after 13 miles of hills: the cost of tea and cookies from the cafe was steep, even at bargain rates operating when I finished Date of review: November 1, 2009
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3/28/2013 (3 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
When Pope Francis the Priest rises and takes the basin, towel and washcloth, he will wash the feet of twelve prisoners as a symbol of the Love which breaks their real chains. The Love of the Incarnate Word, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, is made into symbolic action. Love is a command, a mandate. This foot-washing is more than a re-enactment of an actual historic event; it is a participation in the ongoing redemptive mission of Jesus Christ through His Church in the real, nitty gritty world of our age.
Francis washing feet
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
3/28/2013 (3 years ago)
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Keywords: Holy Thursday, Footwashing, Triduum, Pope Francis, priesthood, mandatum, Last Supper, Deacon Keith Fournier
CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - On Holy Thursday only the Chrism Mass and the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper may be celebrated by a priest. Pope Francis will celebrate the Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in the morning and the Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Casal del Marmo youth jail where he will wash the feet of young prisoners.Â
The Mass of the Lords Supper is usually held in the Basilica of St. John Lateran. In its announcement the Vatican Press Office explained, "The Mass of the Lord's Supper is characterized by the announcement of the commandment of love and the gesture of washing the feet. In his ministry as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Bergoglio used to celebrate the Mass in a prison or hospital or hospice for the poor and marginalized. With this celebration at Casal del Marmo, Pope Francis will continue his custom, which is characterized by its humble context."
Last Sunday we celebrated Passion or Palm Sunday. Just prior to the reading of the Passion Narrative, we heard one of the most ancient of the passages contained within the Sacred Scripture. St. Paul´s words concerning Jesus´ great self emptying, in Greek, "kenosis". It is recorded in the second chapter of his letter to the Philippians. "Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself." (Phil. 2:6-11)
The Vigil Mass of Holy Thursday deepens our understanding of that Mystery of the self emptying of Jesus Christ and calls us into it in the real stuff of our own daily lives. We celebrate the gift of the ministerial priesthood which continues to make present the Priesthood of Jesus Christ. When our Priest stands at that altar, it is Jesus Christ in whom He stands, Christ is the victim, and Christ is the Holy Oblation. Jesus gave Himself to us in the great meal in which we participate in on this Holy Night.
At the Last Supper Jesus anticipated the altar of the Cross at which He would willingly pour out the very last drop of His Blood - so that we could be set free. St. Paul told the Galatians, "For freedom Christ set us free." (Gal. 5:1) We are set free to live real human lives in Him, for Him and with Him, for the sake of the World. When the Lord rose from that table, He showed us the naturally supernatural expression of Love; an expression that reveals the heart of the Christian vocation.
He, who is Lord and Master, King of Kings, took off His Cloak of Royal Splendor and became a Servant. He washed the feet of those whom He had chosen to continue His Redemptive work. He showed them what they were chosen to do. Then He enlisted them to live lives of self emptying Love for the world. To bear the name "Christian" is to walk in this kind of love in the midst of a broken and wounded world waiting to be reborn. Pope Francis is engaging in a prophetic act to show us how to live.
We live in a world which God still loves. He still sends His Son into that world, through the Church of which we are members. That world is being recreated anew as He continues His Mission through the Church. The early Christians spoke of the Church as the world in the process of being transfigured. And, my friends, we are a part of that Body, that Communion, which brings heaven to earth and earth to heaven. It is in this sense that we come to understand that Christian love is to be lived.Â
When Pope Francis the Priest rises and takes the basin, towel and washcloth, he will wash the feet of twelve prisoners as a symbol of the Love which breaks their real chains. The Love of the Incarnate Word, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, is made into symbolic action. Love is a command, a mandate. This foot-washing is more than a re-enactment of an actual historic event; it is a participation in the ongoing redemptive mission of Jesus Christ through His Church in the real, nitty gritty world of our age.
Foot washing expresses what living a life of self emptying love looks like in imitation of the Lord who emptied Himself for us. It has been traditionally referred to as the Mandatum, the Command. It is an invitation to become a man or woman poured out for others. A Christian who lives the love of Charity (Caritas), the Love of Jesus Christ, makes Jesus Christ real. In so doing, the Incarnation continues.
In our participation in the Mysteries of these three Holy days we will encounter the Lord Himself. In that encounter He calls us afresh to follow Him, to bear His name in the real world. To pray and to live in that name, Christian, it helps to remember what names mean in the biblical sense. They communicate identity. Through grace we are capacitated to become an epiphany a manifestation of the self emptying Servant love of Jesus the Christ.
"So, during supper, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his power and that he had come from God and was returning to God, he rose from supper and took off his outer garments. He took a towel and tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and dry them with the towel around his waist.
"So when he had washed their feet and put his garments back on and reclined at table ..."You call me 'teacher' and 'master,' and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do." (St John, Chapter 13)
Here, in this poignant scene recorded by the beloved disciple, we encounter Jesus, before he shares a final meal with his closest friends; before He who knew no sin, would suffer and freely stretch out His sacred arms to embrace the entire world and join heaven to earth, showing the depth and substance of true love.
Shortly after this event we read of the continuation of this great Act of poured out Love. First Jesus inaugurates the great meal that is itself the very heart of the holy exchange, The Sacrifice, the Holy Oblation of Love. He gives Himself as food for those who will make the journey with Him back to the Father and invites them to bring the whole world with them.
Then, this Innocent One walks the way of suffering and mounts the altar of sacrifice on Golgotha in order to fully pour Himself out - every last drop of blood and water flowing from His wounded side - on behalf of us all, beginning creation anew, overcoming sin, paying the debt of justice and defeating the devil and last enemy, death.
As we enter into this Triduum, which in Latin means these great three days, we are invited to make this mystery our own. No mere spectators in this Act of Love we are empowered to become participants. We who bear the name Christian are called ourselves to pick up that basin and towel, to climb up on that Cross and to learn -and to live- this way of Love in service in the stuff of our own lives.
Our faith and love are meant to be active and real. We live Loves´ eternal promise by living like the One who washed His disciples feet. When we serve, we make the mystery of self giving Love real by washing feet.
By Fr. James Farfaglia
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Foxconn, a company that was little known in the channel market just a couple of years ago, may become a leading brand-name in the computer parts market, believe its rivals. Being very large company, Foxconn has tremendous influence on the market in general and its plans to manufacture its own graphics cards may reshuffle that market significantly.
China Economic News Service (CENS) web-site cited mainboard makers as saying that according to their analysis, Foxconn has enough power to reshuffle the market of graphics cards and join the list of leading brand-names in the market, such as Asustek Computer, Microstar International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology. Foxconn already supplies several computer makers and several third-party add-in-card suppliers with its graphics cards, which means that the firm has enough experience in the appropriate manufacturing.
According to Foxconn representatives' claims made at CeBIT 2006, the company has limited growth opportunities with its current business model and addressing the channel markets more aggressively should allow the firm to continue increasing its revenues.
Sapphire Technologies, which is a part of PC Partner holding, manufactures a lot of graphics cards under orders by ATI Technologies and it also makes quite some own-brand graphics card products. However, sources close to Sapphire usually blame ATI for undersupplying graphics chips, something, which limits the company's growth. Foxconn reportedly planned to use graphics chips from both ATI and Nvidia Corp., which means less risk and dependency.
Smaller graphics cards makers, which usually have exclusive relations with one supplier of graphics chips, are likely to face increased competition from bigger companies, who have relations with both ATI and Nvidia. The results of such competition may be merges between second- and third-tier makers of graphics cards.


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Sooo...for anyone who is interested, I am going to begin posting some videos on various Monarchies around the world, and will give you a small write up of each one.
We begin with Marie Antoinette. She was born into a Noble Family who had links to the throne of Austria, and her Father was the Roman Emporar. She was given to France as a sort of diplomatic peace treaty, its how a lot of things in Europe worked. But King Loius didnt really like her very much.
Anyway, she fell pregnant and gave a Female, and then she fell pregnant again and gave an Heir. This was at the same time Loius was busy supporting the American War of Independance. Finally, she gave him a second Heir before things got nasty with the French Revolution.
During the revolution, a lack of Money (in part due to continuous wars with...well...everybody) and the rise of democratic governments in France saw the King deposed. Marie had plenty of options to escape, but she actively decided to stay in France.
They eventually decided to execute her aswell.
There were not many Kings of the Italian Kingdom, I think only four. Queen Margherita was the Consort for Umberto I. She didnt live quite long enough to see the Kingdom fall apart, but long enough to side with the future King and help with the rise of Mussollini (who was appointed by a future King, and thus Her Offspring.)
Umberto I, her husband was assassinated....meanwhile Margherita got a pizza style named after her
Queen Marie of Yugoslavia...well...technically only by Dowedger. She was a Princess of Romania who married into the family. She Married King Alexander I who was the first King of a United Yugoslavia. His Father has been Serbian, and he was a big mover and shaker of the Serbian Army during the wars in the Bulkans which occured just before the Great War. He was very dictatorial in how he wanted Macedonia to be run.
The Kingdom of Croatia was next to be added to his list. Bosnia wasnt really Bosnia at the time I dont think Anyway, his Government was a nightmare from the word go...with political backstabbing, and a murder, Alexander became so infuriated that in 1929 he basically became a dictator.
on a visit to the French Republic he was assassinated on live television by a disgruntled Macedonian. Thankfully Marie had been busy and had already given him a multitude of male heirs.
The result of all of this was quite dire, and well within the confines of the 1900s Yugolsavia had been formed from violence and completely dissolved by violence. Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Macedonia, were...were not...and then were again...and Marie saw the start of the were not...and thankfully died before seeing her Husbands work completely reversed
Here is the Wife of possibly the worst King in European History. His Reign was a complete and utter disastor. He took the throne and not long after the Great War Broke out. The war was unpopular, but the King wanted it, and had appointed a Prime Minister to force it through the Government, when the Government reacted badly, the Prime Minister resigned, but the King would not let him go, and vetoed everyone to get the job done for Italy in The First World War.
Following the first world war his popularity sunk lower as he invested in foreign thrones in the Balkans and Africa. He was absolutely silent during the rise of mussollini. Fearing the Nationals would overthrow him, He decided to appoint Mussolini as Prime Minister. Mussolini then entered world war two through negotiations with Adolf Hitler.
The people hated him for it, and he realized that he had to try and save the throne too late. He summoned Mussolini to the Palace and sacked him Mussolini didnt really care and continued, forcing the King to flee from Rome and whilst Mussolini controlled the North, the King controlled the South and the Southern part of Italy signed for peace whilst the North continued to fight until the liberation of Berlin when it all fell apart.
The outcry was so great that the King decided to allow the people to vote on abolishment of the Monarchy, and in a last ditch attempt to save the crown he abdicated in favour of his son...it was too little, too late...and His son was on the throne for about a month before being forced into Exhile....and the Three Kings of Italy Grandfather, Father and Son ended the countries flirtation with Monarchic rule.
His Wife was a Humanitarian, who did alot of practical and hands on work with health and she was most unhappy about the Nationals...it was probably her work that persuaded the King to eventually stand up to the Nazis...she paid a heavy price as her daughter was caught by the fascists and died in 1944...she followed the King to South Italy when he abandoned Rome...and followed him into exhile after his abdication.
In many countries that now have a democratic government, the family that represents the royal line still continues with very subdued political influence. One such example is The Empire of Japan...and this is, I think, the youngest member of the Royal Family there
i wish i had a castle
Her Majesty has Two that I know of Balmoral Castle, which is her Residence in Scotland, and she likes to use it as a private summer holiday home. and Windsor Castle.
The majority of her Castles are either Ruins, or owned by Land Trusts which use them as tourist traps. There are a few Castles which are still in opporation but some are bascially used by the Governments...and some are believe it or not still in the hands of the Barons.
Ripley castle is an example of that.
I visited Ripley Castle...soooo you can watch this small video and see a working Castle owned by a private family (as in...not Royalty)
The French Republic may have seen a violent revolution...but even Madame Guilotine could not see off the Monarchy, and there was a ping pong for a good three centuries between periods of Republicanism, and periods of Monarchy.
The last King of France was Napoleon Bonaparte III who actually became the President.
Of course his line continues and right now Napoleon VIII lives in France. He isnt the only person claiming they should be the current King of France...because of successive periods of Republicanism...there are older monarchs who were removed, and then never re-instigated. I would vouche for swaping to the later established Monarchies each time...but some of the decendant of those older families would despute that.
one such is the Spanish Duke of Anjou He is of the original Monarchic line that was overthrown at the French Revolution. His line was reestablished at the Restoration. Then, in July of 1830 the Bourbon line was replaced by another monarchy...which was a different branch of the same family.
in my eyes this is a natural progresson from bourbon to orleans...and thus eventually to bonaparte. The French Royalists believe that the living member of the Bourbons should be King...and the reason is the Bourbon dynasty owned many monarchies in Europe at one time. including Spain...hence why they recongnise a spainard as their current King...I personally believe that is Fubar...and would advocate Napoleon Bonaparte VIII but they perfer Loius Bourbon XX Loius now lives in America
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Statement on Nelson Mandela's 90th BirthdayAbout the Author: Mary Deane Conners is the Public Affairs Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
Nelson Mandela turned 90 on July 18, 2008. Affectionately known as Madiba -- the clan name given to him at the "initiation ceremony" during his teenage years -- former South African President Mandela began receiving birthday wishes from the entire nation and the world for weeks prior to his birth date. From the "46664" (his number in prison) concert held in London, to the birthday party in the village of his youth, Qunu, in the rural Eastern Cape Province, there has been an outpouring of local and international respect and goodwill.
The print and electronic media have been particularly active in reporting on the many events related to Mandela's birthday and in facilitating the conveying of goodwill messages. The national broadcaster (SABC) aired many times daily its "Happy Birthday" message on all its television channels and radio stations for two weeks prior to July 18. All South Africa's most important newspapers carried multiple articles, full-scale inserts, editorials and opinion pieces, covering Madiba's life and times. The Independent Newspapers Group published a 16-page insert with the title "Happy 90th Madiba" for its various newspapers throughout the country. Articles, pictures and messages of goodwill filled each page. The Times featured a full page, front cover photograph of Madiba on July 18 with the message "Happy 90th birthday NELSON MANDELA." The Mail & Guardian featured a cartoon on the front page depicting a smiling Madiba with one of his famous shirts featuring the number "90" and many faces, young and old. Title: "Madiba @ 90: His greatness, his presents, his letters, the cartoons" and followed with an insert of nine pages in the main body of the paper.
It is difficult to overestimate the role Nelson Mandela plays in the South African psyche. He is the man, released from decades of unjust imprisonment, but without bitterness, who came to lead a nation and embody all of its finest hopes and aspirations. He brought South Africa together to create a better future.
Ronald in New York writes:
Wasn't NELSON MANDELA on the US Terrorism Watch List?
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
OK, so you disliked my first post enough to ignore it, so how about we say there are two sides to the Mandela story and his State Department fan club advertises only one side?
Kirk in Kentucky writes:
Well, shoot, Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela!
DipNote Blogger Luke Forgerson writes:
@ Ronald in New York --
I'd refer you to the State Department's July 1 Daily Press Briefing, which speaks to the issue you address. I also encourage folks to read the Department's Background Notes on South Africa for more information on U.S.-South African relations.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
@ Ronald in New York, compare the State Department's history of South Africa with what Afrikaaners say, and you should see some big differences.
Shall we mention the ANC drive to remove white farmers from their land on the pretext of correcting past abuses of apartheid? Their economy is being dismantled, whites are being murdered and are fleeing, and of course, the crime rate has never been worse. Mandela began the trend. The ANC created the conditions necessary to begin reverse apartheid. Whites first were excluded from govenment jobs and are now being excluded from their own land under the usual Marxist theory of redistribution of wealth and reparations for past oppression. South Africa today has much in common with Zimbabwe, with the fastest falling standard of living in the world.
Daoud in U.S.A. writes:
Happy Birthday Mr. Mandela and I wish you many more to come Inshallah.
Peter in California writes:
It's nice that the U.S. Congress just got around to taking Mandela off its terrorist list, where he earned his place, like so many others, for resisting U.S. sponsored terrorist regimes -- in his case apartheid South Africa.


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Eurocopter has obtained a purchase agreement from the Romanian Ministry of Health for two EMS-configured EC135s. The helicopters will join a fleet of four other EC135s in operation with the Ministry of Administration and Interior (MAI)'s General Inspectorate of Aviation. Air Ambulance Technology in Austria will provide an EMS interior package. Eurocopter plans to deliver the helicopters before the end of 2012.
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Did anyone see SNL?! They had a skit set at a pub in London and there is a Beatles tribute band called Hey Dude! They were performing "You Got to Hide Your Love Away." The Ringo was dressed in a SPLHCB uniform. Then George was from 1965, I think, though, it looked like John. There was Abbey Road John in his white suit. And it looked like Abbey Road George dressed like Paul in his suit from from Apple rooftop concert playing a Hofner. What a mismatch of Beatle eras and outfits! LOL


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TRACK & FIELD: Medalists, school record-setters at weekend invitationals
NORTH EAST – Youngsville girls track and field coach John Victor said Saturday's North East Invitational Track & Field Meet will pay off in the long run for several Eagles.
"There's going to be a silver lining in having all those track meets in the last week," said Victor.
Even with the Eagles battling through a lot of meets, including at Corry just two days earlier, "I think just about everybody placed," he said. "The kids are still sore, but still went after it."
Senior Abbie Swartzbaugh won the 300 hurdles in the 17-team event, in 51.52 seconds, with Mallory Eastman in fourth at 52.75 seconds.
Victor said the duo have been pushing each other all season, and have been stellar against al Class AA comers.
Swartzbaugh was second in the 100 hurdles at 17.13 seconds and Eastman third at 17.72.
Having not lost a dual meet this season in the 3,200, Piper Olsen was second in 12:55.09. She was fourth in the 1,600 in 5:56.45.
Kellie Lindstrom finished fourth in the 800 in 2:33.28, smashing the district-qualifying time, and Katelyn Hall third in the javelin in 101-1.
For the boys, "Rocco (Gatta) just missed winning the 100 by 1/100th of a second (11.61 seconds)," said Victor. Gatta came back to win the 200 in 23.87 seconds. He was sixth in the 400.
"Rocco placed in every event, a second, a first, and even with a bad handoff the 4-by-100 relay team placed eighth," said Victor.
"Thomas Chapman – he's a first-year senior who just started hurdling and, from the time after preliminaries to the finals, coach (Steve) Morris worked with him on his technique and he took a whole second off his times."
Chapman was fourth in the 110 hurdles in 16.33 seconds and fifth in the 300 hurdles at 44.95.
Michael Hamrick finished sixth in the long jump at 19-3, and fourth in the triple jump at 40-4.
Mitchell Wilcox was second in the javelin at 157-2, and Nathan wilcox fifth at 152-0.
Sheffield at Oil City Invitational
OIL CITY -"The Sheffield kids had a great day at Oil City (Oil Country Track Meet on Saturday). We took seven and three came back with medals," said Sheffield girls track coach Jenelle Johnson.
Sophomore Jen Isenberg broke her own school record in the javelin (set earlier this season at the Kane Invitational) at 120-9, with a first-place finish.
"She's put a lot of work into the weight room – pre-season and during the season, and now she has stepped it up in the weight room the past couple of weeks and it's really starting to show by her success with javelin," said Johnson.
In addition, Jade Moore finished just out of the top eight in the long jump.
For the boys, Adam Higby was sixth in the high jump at 5-8, and Jimmy Vile eighth at 5-6.
Warren at Baldwin Invitational
PITTSBURGH – Several Warren track and field standouts battled the big boys on Friday at the Baldwin Invitational.
In addition to a couple medalists, Caleb Hultman broke a 2001 school record in 800 in 1:59.41. Hultman broke the previous Warren Area High School record of 1:59.7, set by Gunner Nelson in 2001.
"With that he was 11th (in the event)," said Warren boys coach Steve Norris. "It was an absolutely fantastic meet. It was kind of like going to states, that kind of level."
Jordan Willetts and Luke Wortman did not place, but each had a personal-best in the 400 in 51.2 and 51.3 seconds, respectively, according to Norris. And the duo paired with Hultman and Ryan Shattuck to run a 3:29 in the 4X400 relay for "the best they've done this year," he said.
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Major form the key to the Race
Few things better sum up the changing face of the European Tour than its own order of merit, the Race To Dubai.
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Rory McIlroy's success in 2012 followed on from that of Luke Donald in coming despite limited starts on the tour, indeed McIlroy didn't even win in Europe and had already wrapped up the Race To Dubai before finally winning outside of America in the Tour's final event.
The world number one played in just 15 events that counted towards his overall total and was chased home by Justin Rose, who, like Donald, took part in a meagre 13.
In comparison, Branden Grace not only played in twice that amount but he won four of his 26 starts, double that of McIlroy, yet earned less than 50 per cent of Rory's total.
From a betting perspective, what this serves to tell us is that to find the most likely winner of the 2013 Race To Dubai, we need to find the man most likely to perform in majors and WGCs.
McIlroy collected well over two million Euros from those in 2012, meaning that he simply needed to play well without winning in regular European Tour events to take the Race To Dubai - that he extended his advantage thanks to victory in the season's closing event was simply icing on the cake.
This is why the fact that McIlroy, Donald, Rose, Lee Westwood, Louis Oosthuizen and Martin Kaymer will play fewer events than most of their European Tour rivals in 2013 is virtually irrelevant when it comes to finding the winner.
It's difficult to envisage a better season than that had by Grace for most touring professionals, and it was not enough to compete for a place let alone to threaten Rory, and so it's to the elite golfers that we should go.
I must admit that I find it hard to oppose McIlroy at Coral's standout 13/8, but I'm just about prepared to do so with Oosthuizen and Kaymer.
The former has confirmed his status among the elite of world golf throughout 2012, despite 'only' managing a pair of victories and each in relatively low-quality events.
He won less in winning the Africa Open than he did for finishing fourth in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, for instance, while the 314,700.27 Euros Oosthuizen earned in lifting the Maybank Malaysia Open title was less than half he'd secured by finishing second in the Masters a week before.
I find that particularly encouraging, because ultimately he finished third in the Race To Dubai rankings with over half a million in hand over fifth-placed Ian Poulter without doing what those in front of him did, which is to win a huge event, and there's big scope for improvement in 2013.
My slight concern is that Oosthuizen has given up a couple of good opportunities, but the fact that he could quite easily have won a pair of WGCs and a major speaks to how often he contends at the top table.
That there are now six European Tour events in South Africa is also worth noting, because the way he's playing it's quite possible he could win two of them and if that's the case he'll be well on his way to a place at the very least, especially as Coral are quoting four of them.
Kaymer is slightly harder to justify, but he's now 25/1 having chosen to take up PGA Tour membership in 2013 and for me there's been an overreaction to that news.
As I've pointed out, there really is little advantage for those who base themselves in Europe unless they are contending in the top events, and most of those you'd expect to do that are now dividing their time between Tours.
Perhaps the price owes more to an indifferent 2012, but the latter part of the season has season a huge upturn in the quality of his tee-to-green game and small improvement with the putter will soon see him winning titles.
We already know that Kaymer is a man for the big-time, as victories in the PGA Championship and WGC-HSBC Champions demonstrate, and that's what has helped him to not only win a Race To Dubai but also place in two of the other three.
Yes, he's on the back of his only failure to do so but with a break ahead of him I really expect Kaymer to come out firing in 2013 and build on a promising end to this season.
He'll be going for a fourth title in Abu Dhabi and while we know that he struggles at Augusta, the other three majors and all of the WGCs are events in which he's more than capable of contending and if he can win one of them he'll more than likely be in the Race To Dubai frame.
Clearly, he's less likely than Donald to be the man to topple McIlroy but the gap between their prices is so vast that I have to make Kaymer the call.


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I'll elaborate soon. In the meantime, some test pizzas from Sunday.
Thanks guys. For the record , It's not my place. At present I am consulting & developing their pizza programme. Matt
Awwww, man. I really had high hopes for you! Just kidding, of course. Glad to hear you're getting a foot in the door by doing consulting.
With pizzas like those, I'm sure the new boss is very happy with your work.
beautiful! pies and SF oven both. they're lucky to have you.bill
matt, those are very nice pizzas, lots of basil,nice amount of sauce and cheese. the dough looks puffy and cooked nicely. the restaurant you are consulting for should be very happy with that product!!


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Charles Steadman, master mixologist and Jack's Grumpy Grouper Bar & Grill managing partner, breathes new life into the classic cocktail, Moscow Mule, with the Mule Kick, a refreshing sip for balmy South Florida.
Mule Kick
- 2 oz. Tito's Handmade Vodka
- ½ oz. fresh lime juice
- 2 dashes of Fee Brothers' Old Fashion Aromatic Bitters
- Ginger beer
In a cocktail tin filled with ice, add vodka, lime juice, and two dashes of Fee Brothers' Old Fashion Aromatic Bitters ("They're slightly different than the Angostura bitters."). Shake vigorously. Strain into a copper mug filled with ice, top with ginger beer, and garnish with a lime wedge to "adjust the sweetness."
About Charles
Charles Steadman has long been guiding Palm Beach's cocktail culture. An Untied States Bartenders Guild member, Steadman's experiences behind the shaker have taken him across the globe, working on various gigs for Remy Cointreau, Grand Marnier, Marriott and Waldorf Astoria hotels, and a milieu of restaurants and special events. And, as the longtime barman for The Breakers' Echo, Steadman helped develop some of the savviest sips to come from the Island for more than a decade.
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Debates of March 23rd, 2000
House of Commons Hansard #70 of the 36th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was c-16.
- Canadian Human Rights Commission
- Government Response To Petitions
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees Of The House
- Income Tax Act
- Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act
- Statutory Instruments Act
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Canadian Institutes Of Health Research Act
- Citizenship Of Canada Act
- Homelessness
- Racism
- Fisheries
- Elian Gonzalez
- Family Services Of Peel
- Visual And Media Arts
- Patrick Kelly
- Semaine D'Action Contre Le Racisme
- Kashmir
- Revenue Canada
- Canadian Economy
- Liberal Party Of Canada
- Granby Zoo
- Maple Syrup Season
- Government Grants
- Atlantic Fisheries
- The Budget
- Export Development Corporation
- Human Resources Development
- Health
- Human Resources Development
- Export Development Corporation
- Human Resources Development
- Export Development Corporation
- Human Resources Development
- Export Development Corporation
- Gasoline Pricing
- Agriculture
- Human Resources Development
- Employment Insurance
- Fisheries
- National Parks
- Human Resources Development
- Cinar
- Taxation
- Fisheries
- The Environment
- Human Resources Development
- Iraq
- National Parks
- Presence In Gallery
- Points Of Order
- Business Of The House
- Citizenship Of Canada Act
- Business Of The House
- Employment Insurance
Citizenship Of Canada Act
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to be able to take part in the debate surrounding Bill C-16.
Someone much wiser than I once said that there is no higher honour that one can have than that of being a citizen in a democracy. I firmly believe that and I believe that Canadians are doubly blessed and feel even more strongly than some in that regard.
Canadians, first and foremost, do value their Canadian citizenship and their right to belong to this great country. Coming with that privilege also comes obligations and responsibilities, both of which we also welcome and value as part of our Canadian citizenship.
Obviously most Canadians hold this issue very dear and very close to them by virtue of the fact that we had 37 groups and organizations make representations to the committee as it studied Bill C-63, which was the immediate predecessor of Bill C-16. Thirty-seven groups from all across the country felt strongly enough and genuinely motivated enough about this issue, which really only amends the Citizenship Act in quite minor ways, to give of their time to share their ideas with our committee. We took their representations very seriously and I believe crafted the better part of their recommendations into what we have before us today as Bill C-16.
I am proud to say that our caucus too is fiercely proud of its Canadian citizenship. We consider ourselves fiercely proud Canadian nationalists. We consider ourselves champions of this country. Our citizenship is the vehicle by which we are given the licence to advocate on behalf of our country and speak loudly and proudly about it wherever we can here and elsewhere.
I lament the fact that somehow being a fiercely proud Canadian citizen has somehow fallen out of fashion. It is not nearly as common or as typical in this place to hear even what was heard 20 or 30 years ago when members of the Liberal Party at that time occupied themselves to a great degree on the issue of Canadian nationalism, foreign ownership and concentration of foreign ownership. There were people such as Walter Gordon in the old days who would stand up in the House and speak passionately about keeping Canada Canadian, not losing our economic sovereignty and not selling out to foreign ownership. It is now creeping higher and higher to the point where Canadians really have to question who is running the show and if we really do have economic sovereignty.
When we talk about citizenship we cannot help but think of those things and that thrust we feel sometimes. It is time and maybe this bill gives us the opportunity to review the whole subject of taking back our country with our pride in our Canadian citizenship.
Citizenship is not only how we define ourselves as part of the nation-state, another threatened concept frankly in today's globalized economy. The whole idea of the nation-state in its very best light is at very grievous risk of surviving this new globalization in the economy. It is also how we view ourselves as a part of a community. As a citizen it makes us part of a community and it is by virtue of that fact that we can build community. We feel very strongly that this is also at risk in an age where there is a growing importance attached to the individual and not to the collective.
Being a citizen means that one is part of a broader community that is greater than the sum of its parts and that is a very healthy thing. It is one of the reasons why so many Canadians were motivated to come out to share their ideas with us. They feel passionately about this too and they also feel threatened by these very things that I have raised.
The whole globalization of capital and global trade agreements, such as the MAI, WTO or NAFTA, threaten three things which we hold as very dear and precious to us. First, they do threaten the whole concept of citizenship. Second, they threaten the concept of democracy. Third, they certainly threaten the concept of the nation-state as we know it today and as we view Canada in such a proud way as a strong, healthy national government. I put it to the House that all those things are at risk and that is why we saw such a high level of interest in this bill, a disproportionate level of interest given the fact that the bill really only amends the citizenship practices in a very modest way. It gives people a forum to raise this much larger picture.
We look at examples such as what happened in Seattle as growing evidence that young people are very seized of this issue. Young people are very concerned that globalization is in fact chipping away at the concepts of citizenship, democracy and the nation-state. People asked me how I could make this quantum leap from talking about citizenship to talking about the globalization of capital. Frankly, it is self-evident that as we confer more and more powers on unelected bodies, corporations, if you will, and grant them nation-state status, they then have primacy over the freely elected officials, such as the ones in this room, and our ability to govern our own economic sovereignty.
There are perfect examples, recent examples, that we could point to where our own country is feeling this pinch. The Ethyl Corporation lawsuit is a classic example where we, as democratically elected officials who have chosen that we do not want a certain product circulated in our system because we feel it is a hazard to the common good, get our wrists slapped by this senior power, this higher power, this corporate power that says we cannot do that because we are interfering with its opportunity to make a profit and it will sue us for lost opportunity. That is a classic example of the threat to democracy, the threat to the nation-state and the threat to citizenship as we know it.
When we take power away from the freely elected politicians and give it to this other third party, another power, we are gradually eroding our ability to conduct our own affairs and be masters of our own domestic economy.
Canadians I know across this country want the bill dealt with expeditiously. In fact most of us, certainly in our caucus, would like to see it dealt with today and finished with in the House so it can go back to committee, follow through the process and ultimately become law for the simple reason that Canadians want to talk about more important aspects of immigration and refugee issues.
The actual citizenship bill, as I pointed out, makes quite minor changes to the way that we deal with the citizenship issue. The larger issue, the issue that Canadians are really seized with I believe, is the bigger picture of immigration as a whole and what immigration means in terms of growing our economy.
Canadians want basic questions dealt with. The first question they want to deal with when it comes to immigration is how big should Canada be. Has anybody ever really had that debate in the House? How big should Canada be as a country? Until we have that debate, how can we possibly make good rules regarding how much immigration we should have and how many people we should let in every year? We need to know what our goals are and then make meaningful rules to help us achieve those goals.
We have the cart well before the horse in this case because here we are dealing with issues regarding immigration without ever having had that basic, fundamental debate. We can take guidance as we enter that debate about how big Canada should be from our predecessors in the House. Wilfrid Laurier stood up in this place and said "By the year 2000 Canada should be a country of 100 million people". That was the goal. Pierre Trudeau said and the Economic Council of Canada in the late 1960s said "By the year 2000 Canada should be a country of 50 million". We are still way off. We have failed to achieve those goals, even although they are modified somewhat.
At the current rate of immigration and growth we are just about right to remain stagnant, which means in 50 years we will still be a country of whatever we are today, 30 million people.
Citizenship Of Canada Act
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
The Speaker
Actually you are not out of time. You have well over 11 minutes left, but it is almost 2 p.m. I think this is a good point as you are coming into a new idea, so we will go to Statements by Members.
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Karen Redman Kitchener Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, today I rise to speak about the Homeless Individuals and Families Information System known as HIFIS.
This new information system is created under the research and information transfer mandate of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. It is designed to assemble information which is both reliable and comprehensive on homelessness in communities across Canada.
For the first time shelters and cities will have an accurate count of the number of homeless individuals and families using shelters and to monitor the services used.
Developing a better understanding of homelessness through initiatives such as HIFIS is only part of the solution to this problem. On December 17, 1999 the Government of Canada committed $753 million for initiatives designed to help reduce and prevent homelessness in Canada.
The Government of Canada currently provides $1.9 billion annually to support approximately 644,000 community based housing units for seniors, people with disabilities and low income families.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Jim Pankiw Saskatoon—Humboldt, SK
Mr. Speaker, March 21 marked the international day for the elimination of racism, but social engineers in Canada continue with their agenda of discriminatory affirmative action programs.
By refusing to eliminate race based employment equity quotas the Liberal government is contributing to the problem of racism. State sanctioned discrimination condoned by the Liberal government and promoted by the NDP is offensive to all Canadians who value the principles of equality and merit.
To people in the target groups it conveys the message that they are inferior and incapable of competing on a level playing field. To those not in the target group it conveys the message that they cannot apply because their skin colour disqualifies them from being considered fairly, regardless of their ability.
My Reform colleagues and I call upon the government to eliminate racial discrimination by scrapping state sanctioned, race based employment equity quotas. If the evils of racism have taught us anything, it is that we cannot discriminate in favour of someone because of their race without unfairly discriminating against someone else because of theirs.
Statements By Members
March 23rd, 2000 / 2 p.m.
Lou Sekora Port Moody—Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, last week the hon. Minister of Fisheries and Oceans announced that Canada's exports of food and seafood products reached a record high of $3.7 billion in 1999.
I want to congratulate the hardworking men and women in our fishery industry.
Elian Gonzalez
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Svend Robinson Burnaby—Douglas, BC
Mr. Speaker, since November of last year a six year old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, has been held in the United States in gross violation of humanitarian principles and international law. After witnessing the tragic drowning of his mother, Elian has been denied the right to return to the family he loves in Cuba, forced to stay with a great uncle who has a history of child abuse and drunk driving.
On Tuesday of this week a U.S. district court judge ruled that Elian could no longer be kept in the United States against the will of his father and grandparents. As Judge Moore said, "Each passing day is another day lost between Juan Gonzalez and his son".
Elian Gonzalez has become the victim of what can only be called appalling abuse at the hands of powerful Miami lobby groups such as the Cuban American National Foundation.
The U.S. immigration authorities and U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno have both called for the return of Elian to his father. My New Democrat colleagues and I urge the foreign affairs minister to end his silence on this outrage and to intervene in the case, calling on the U.S. president to put an end to this tragic and pathetic farce and allow Elian Gonzalez to immediately return home to his family.
Family Services Of Peel
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Steve Mahoney Mississauga West, ON
Mr. Speaker, "Working to Your Full Potential" is a new and unique program sponsored by Family Services of Peel and funded by HRDC. The mandate of this project is to provide one-on-one counselling, support, referral and case management for persons who, in addition to job loss or joblessness, deal with obstacles interfering with job finding and job maintenance. This program is offered free of charge to unemployed individuals in my riding and throughout Peel Region.
Since its inception just six months ago the program has assisted over 125 people and is continuing its work to address the health and well-being issues of individuals and families in the neighbourhoods of Peel.
"Working To Your Full Potential" is committed to helping people recognize and strive toward their potential.
I congratulate and thank Family Services of Peel and HRDC for offering this initiative and I encourage them to keep up the good work.
Visual And Media Arts
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Carolyn Bennett St. Paul's, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is my honour today to rise and congratulate the recipients of the first ever Governor General's awards in visual and media arts.
While the Governor General has long awarded excellence in the performing arts and literature, this is the first time that achievements in the visual and media arts have been recognized.
This year's winners—John Scott, Ghitta Caiserman-Roth, Doris Shadbolt, John Chalke, Jacques Giraldeau, and from my own riding of St. Paul's, Michael Snow—have earned distinction for their contributions to the world of painting, filmmaking, ceramics and activism in the arts.
I commend them on their achievements and applaud the Governor General for completing her trilogy of awards honouring the best in Canadian arts and culture.
Patrick Kelly
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Bill Gilmour Nanaimo—Alberni, BC
Mr. Speaker, Patrick Kelly has been in prison for 18 years for a crime he says he did not commit. Kelly's conviction for the murder of his wife was based on testimony by a key witness who now admits that she lied.
The Ontario Court of Appeal examined this case and handed down a divided decision, with one judge calling for a new trial. The justice minister then had the opportunity to clear any question of guilt or innocence by granting Patrick either a new trial or a supreme court reference.
The minister had nothing to lose by reopening the courts. Yet last Friday the justice minister denied Patrick Kelly his right to justice.
This issue is not about guilt or innocence; it is about a flawed justice system that has denied Patrick Kelly a fair hearing before the courts. Given the circumstances of this case, the minister's decision is a grave miscarriage of justice.
Semaine D'Action Contre Le Racisme
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Bernard Bigras Rosemont, QC
Mr. Speaker, March 20 to 26, 2000 will be la Semaine d'action contre le racisme.
The originality of this first Quebec week of action against racism, lies in the fact that it brings together in concerted action a number of different Quebec organizations, particularly those dealing with racial discrimination, and some others, in order to propose various activities around reflection, consciousness raising, and creation as well, aimed at the general public, youth in particular. Their underlying purpose is not so much to make demands as to get people involved and to bring people together.
The week of action against racism focuses on two components, one of reflection and the other of cultural activities, coupled with a wide range of activities and initiatives relating to tolerance, equality and intercultural discovery.
I wish all Quebecers success as this week of action against racism draws to a close.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Gurbax Malhi Bramalea—Gore—Malton, ON
Mr. Speaker, I wish to add my voice to the worldwide cries of outrage and heartbreak over Monday night's cold-blooded killing of 36 Sikhs in Chitt isinghpura, Kashmir.
The time has come for the global village to demand an end to the violence against all minorities, wherever they may live, all around the world. We strongly condemn attacks of violence against minorities and civilians.
Finally, I would ask all members of the House to join me in offering our deepest sympathies to the community, especially to the families of the victims.
Revenue Canada
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Gerry Ritz Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK
Mr. Speaker, in 1988 Corporal Knibbs of the RCMP used his job transfer allowance. Ordinarily, under the rules of the day, this was considered an RCMP expense, not income to Corporal Knibbs.
Revenue Canada arbitrarily changed the rules and charged tax on the allowance to Corporal Knibbs, who then promptly filed an objection. Revenue Canada replied by saying that its final decision would be based on an upcoming ruling, but in the meantime his tax would be held in abeyance. Incredibly, 10 years went by before Revenue Canada ruled against the corporal, who promptly paid his tax bill.
The final insult was a further bill, 30 days later, for penalty and interest for the 10 years of Revenue Canada foot dragging. That is absolutely outrageous. When is the Liberal government going to rein in its tax hungry, hard-hearted tax department and stop victimizing hardworking Canadians like Corporal Knibbs?
Canadian Economy
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Raymond Lavigne Verdun—Saint-Henri, QC
Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt about the economic vigour of Canada. Once again yesterday, Statistics Canada announced that international trade in Canadian products had reached an unprecedented high. Its January level was $4.53 billion, compared to $2.74 billion in December 1999. Statistics Canada pointed out that the last record high was $4.47 billion in May 1996.
Since we have been in power, we have played a lead role, implementing policies favourable to job creation and attracting investments.
The people of Canada have worked in partnership with the Liberal government. Today we are reaping the benefits of a good government that has made the right decisions.
Liberal Party Of Canada
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Suzanne Tremblay Rimouski—Mitis, QC
Mr. Speaker:
So how are things, Jane? Fill me in. way I see it, all is well Although one item I should tell.
So how are things, Paul? Fill me in. The party is in crisis deep. What say you, trait'rous minister? Give me your version of events. The way I see it, all is well Although one item I should tell. So small, so lacking in import And hardly worthy of report, The party lustre fades and dulls, The Leader, clinging, carries on Regardless, but apart from that, Just fine, just great, so worry not.
So how are things, Jean? Fill me in. One minister my job would have. How so, oh very shaky one? What is your version of events?
Granby Zoo
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
Diane St-Jacques Shefford, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to congratulate the whole staff at the Granby Zoo for the prestigious award it just won, namely the provincial component of the Attractions Canada 2000 contest.
The Granby Zoo will represent Quebec in Vancouver, on April 28, at Attractions Canada's national gala. Thanks to the addition of the Amazoo aquatic park, the Granby Zoo keeps winning awards.
The Granby Zoo is a profitable business that has been in existence for over 40 years. It employs about 250 people during peak periods and provides economic spinoffs of about $10 million annually.
I take this opportunity to pay tribute to the founder of the Granby Zoo, Pierre-Horace Boivin, a man who, inspired by his love for animals and people, believed in his dream and fulfilled it by giving the town of Granby a true zoological garden.
The zoo is a major tourist attraction in our riding and I am pleased to invite you to come for a visit as early as May.


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by Anton Shilov
Corsair Memory on Wednesday said that its engineers have managed to overclock the company's Dominator GT memory modules from 2000MHz to 2533MHz in the labs. The company did not reveal whether the record breaking required usage of extreme cooling solutions, but stated that the modules worked in triple-channel mode, which means that the result can be practically used.
"When it comes to overclocking and memory, Corsair has proven – once again – that its engineering team truly is the best. As the new world record shows, Corsair's modules are second-to-none in terms of performance, stability and quality," said Kevin Conley, Vice President of Engineering for Corsair.
According to Corsair, 6GB Dominator GT triple-channel kit operated at 2533MHz with CL7 8-7-20 timings and unknown voltage setting on a system equipped with Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition model 975 processor and EVGA X58 3X SLI Classified mainboard.
In fact, 2533MHz is not exactly the highest speed achieved by Corsair's DDR3 memory modules: in July '08 the company already demonstrated a module running at 2580MHz with CL9 9-9-24 timings on an Intel X48-based mainboard. However, at that time the module operated in single-channel mode, which is not quite useful for multi-channel systems.
Triple-channel memory sub-system functioning at 2533MHz provides unprecedented bandwidth of 60.792GB/s, which should enable blistering performance in applications that depend on memory throughput.
While the results were obtained in a laboratory with premium components, they have chances to be repeated in actual systems by enthusiasts. Corsair Memory recently unveiled advanced thermo-electric cooling systems that are capable of cooling memory up to 20°C below ambient temperature. According to the company, when the thermo-electric cooling is combined with the company's H30 water-block, the T30 allows for higher overclocking and greater memory performance and stability. In the Corsair Lab, the T30 was found to increase memory frequency overclocking by as much as 100MHz compared to standard cooling.


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Monday, September 6, 2010
Dinair Airbrush Makeup Review
I'm back with another review! This one has been requested many times and I'm so excited to finally share with you my thoughts on Dinair Airbrush Makeup.
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Check out my video review!
Initial Thoughts
When I received the package in the mail, I was excited to see everything I got. I received the Studio Beauty Kit $259. It was packaged in a practical, white shipping box. The actual kit itself fit nicely into a clear, travel kit. Immediately I was thankful for this because it would keep the makeup organized and easy for travel and stashing in my freelance kit.
My system includes:
-8 Glamour Shadez, 1/4 oz
-Facial Moisturizer, 1/4 oz
-Personal Pro Compressor
-Power Adapter
-Airbrush Beauty 400
-Air Hose 6 Feet
-Eyebrow Stencil Set
-Eyeshadow Stencil Shield
-Airbrush Cleanser 4 oz
-Airbrush Your Makeup DVD
-Travel Case
The cool thing about Dinair is that they produce their equipment in-house. You can select the color of your compressor (13 shades available). I picked my favorite color Fuchsia. The system comes with a dial where you can control the PSI from 0 to 10. Their is a small black wire holder for the airbrush gun and a plug which can plug into the bottom of the system.
Glamour Makeup
My kit cam with several foundation shades to choose from. They are oil free, water-based and water resistant. I fall into the "tan" category which Golden Tan being my exact shade (for reference I am around NC42-43). The finish is pretty matte but you can add sheen by misting the Moist & Dewy on top. I found a perfect match but you can also mix different shades together if need be. I find it best to build coverage in light layers. With enough practice you can pretty much do your foundation in about 1 minute. The makeup dries on contact and you really don't need to set it unlike other airbrush lines. The blush is pretty amazing. The kit also offers an opalescent shimmer and a shimmer bronzer. Dinair also has the Paramedical Line which is water-proof and great for covering scars, tattoos, and other hard to cover marks.
Using the System
I actually found the system super easy to use. I love how it comes with stencils for eyebrows and eyeshadow. It takes basic airbrush applictaion to the next level. Dinair has great YouTube videos which cover pretty much everything. In the video you'll see that I used the airbrush makeup to do my entire makeup look (excluding eyeliner and lashes).
-Reasonably priced for airbrush makeup
-Large product range, shades available
-Great coverage and finish on the Glamour Makeup
-Easy to use
-Great customer service
-The Airbrush holder on the compressor popped off and was lost.
-No cap for the airbrush gun
Would I recommend? Yes! This is a great system for both pros and personal users. The products available through Dinair are endless and you can do so much with the system.
You can find this product at www.airbrushmakeup.com
FTC Disclosure: Products provided for review. I am not affiliated with the company and not paid to write this review. These are my honest thoughts and opinions.
Atlanta Makeup Artist
9 comments:
- Claudia Elizabeth said...
Ren Ren, Pls Do eye shadow Thx :)
- September 7, 2010 at 12:35 AM
- Shahana Style said...
Thanks for posting this. I know very, VERY little about airbrushing. This was a nice bit of info to take in.
- September 7, 2010 at 2:50 AM
- Katrina said...
Wow! I had my makeup done once using this airbrush system, I cant believe how flawless my face looked! I really wish that I could pick this up one day, just would find it tough to apply it on myself huh? lol Great review Rennydoll!
- September 7, 2010 at 1:02 PM
- MakeupbyKeiKei said...
Thanks for this Ren Ren. I am contemplating getting a second system and was considering dinair. Glad to know about the paramedic line
- September 7, 2010 at 1:12 PM
- dberar said...
Love the color of your kit!
- September 8, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- CopyCat said...
thanks for the review :)
- November 3, 2010 at 7:20 AM
- Alicia Dixon said...
Thanks for the Review Ren. I'm curious, if you would use this for bridal makeup + bridesmaids + mothers, would the system need cleaned between clients? I would assume if using different shades? And does it need cleaned after every use if using the same foundation?
Thank you!!!
- September 24, 2012 at 12:18 PM
- Beautybeau said...
You look great.
I cant seem to get much in the way of customer service from Dinair though.
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