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Debates of Nov. 14th, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #45 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was senate.
- Question Period
- Points of Order
- Purple Day Act
- Senate Reform Act
- Mining Industry
- Brossard Legion
- Veterans
- Steel Industry
- Saskatchewan Party
- Jenna Morrison
- Fifty Years of Priesthood
- Remembrance Day
- Democracy
- CFB Petawawa
- Canadarm
- National Addictions Awareness Week
- Canadarm
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Canada Elections Act
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- International Trade
- The Economy
- Employment Insurance
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- The Environment
- Natural Resources
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
- Campaign Financing
- International Trade
- Campaign Financing
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Public Safety
- Industry
- Highway Safety
- Aviation Safety
- Veterans
- Federal Judiciary
- APEC Summit
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Motor Vehicle Safety
- Tourism
- Justice
- International Trade
- Canada-Brazil Air Transport Agreement
- Canada-Costa Rica Air Transport Agreement
- Canada-Kuwait Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement
- 2010 Protocol on Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea
- Government Response to Petitions
- Motor Vehicle Safety Act
- Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Report
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Copyright Modernization Act
International Trade
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
South Shore—St. Margaret's
Nova Scotia
Gerald Keddy Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade
Mr. Speaker, again I would ask the hon. member to go back and read the throne speech and take a look at our position and our stance since 2006, when we first formed government. Our protection and defence of supply management has not prevented us from entering into trade negotiations with partners around the world. The member may think it precludes it, but it actually does not, so we can defend our position on supply management in Canada and still have a pro-job, pro-trade plan for Canada.
Canada-Brazil Air Transport Agreement
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Bob Dechert Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to section 32(2) of the Standing Orders, I have the pleasure to table, in both official languages, four treaties, the first of which is the agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Federal Republic of Brazil on air transport, signed in Brazil on August 8, 2011.
Canada-Costa Rica Air Transport Agreement
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Bob Dechert Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, the second treaty is the agreement of the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica on air transport, signed in San José on August 11, 2011.
Canada-Kuwait Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement
Routine Proceedings
November 14th, 2011 / 3:05 p.m.
Bob Dechert Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, the third treaty is the Canada-Kuwait Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, signed in Ottawa on September 26, 2011.
2010 Protocol on Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Bob Dechert Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, the fourth is the Protocol of 2010 to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea of 1996, signed in London on April 30, 2010.
An explanatory memorandum is included with each treaty.
Government Response to Petitions
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Tom Lukiwski Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to 20 petitions.
Motor Vehicle Safety Act
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Olivia Chow Trinity—Spadina, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-344, An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (side guards).
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to move the cyclists-pedestrian protection act, which would help prevent senseless deaths caused by being pulled under the back wheels of large trucks. The bill calls for the mandatory installation of side guards on trucks. It is a safety measure used in many other nations.
The bill is too late for Jenna Morrison, a pregnant mom who was tragically killed while riding her bicycle in Toronto last week, but it is not too late for the ones she left behind. It is not too late for Lucas, her five-year-old son.
Other countries have acted. In Britain and Europe, these truck guards are mandatory, and lives have been saved. Cyclist deaths have been reduced. We have tried to pass this bill before in the House, but failed.
In Toronto tonight, the family and friends of Jenna Morrison will grieve for her in a memorial service. The bill would give them reason to hope that this tragic loss would help to protect others. Let us proceed with this bill in Jenna Morrison's memory.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Report
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Charlie Angus Timmins—James Bay, ON
That the report of the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner in relation to the former Member for Simcoe—Grey, presented by the Speaker on Monday, September 19, 2011, be referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs and that the Committee study the report with a view to further investigate the Commissioner's findings in order to resolve outstanding questions; and that the Committee report its findings to the House no later than six months after the adoption of this motion.
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Report
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
Before debate begins on the motion just moved, I would like to make a short statement.
As members well know, the Conflict of Interest Code for members of the House of Commons provides for certain procedures that the House must follow should the Ethics Commissioner conclude that a member has not complied with an obligation under the code. These procedures differ depending on the nature of the contravention and can lead to a debate and a vote on a motion to concur in the report.
In the case of the particular report that has given rise to the motion now before the House and without anticipating what decision the House may make, the chair believes that the House is now faced with a situation never envisaged when the code was first drafted. One basic principle entrenched in many of our rules allows for individuals who are the subject of such reports to be heard--that is, to participate in debate and present arguments. Indeed, section 28, paragraph 9 of the code assumes this in stating that:
Within 10 sitting days after the tabling of the report of the Commissioner in the House of Commons, the Member who is the subject of the report shall have a right to make a statement in the House immediately following Question Period, provided that he or she shall not speak for more than 20 minutes.
This opportunity is, of course, no longer afforded to the former member for Simcoe—Grey, who was not returned after the last election. It would seem to the chair that the House may wish to reflect on the circumstance, and accordingly I would invite the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs to examine the code in light of this unforeseen situation and to make any recommendation it deems appropriate.
I thank honourable members for their attention.
Resuming debate, the hon. member for Timmins--James Bay.
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Report
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Charlie Angus Timmins—James Bay, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that before we began this discussion today, you pointed out that the member who was the subject of this report is no longer in the House. If we are going to look at these issues as parliamentarians, we have to look at the larger implications rather than the individual behaviour of a member who, as you quite rightly pointed out, is no longer here to defend herself. That is something we should be reminded of.
All members of the House are very aware of the issues with the former member for Simcoe-Grey and her husband, Mr. Jaffer, in connection with the question of lobbying improprieties. That was ruled upon by the Ethics Commissioner. Once again, the Ethics Commissioner has given us an excellent report, and we greatly value the work of the Ethics Commissioner.
This matter should be moved to committee for study now because it is important to make sure that we learn the lessons from it, because as you will hear, Mr. Speaker, as I speak today, there are a number of questions about the inconsistencies, the gaps in testimony, the difficulty that the Ethics Commissioner stated she had in receiving evidence. This issue is larger than the behaviour of an individual member. If the Ethics Commissioner is charged to examine an issue, we have to ensure that he or she has the full resources and the ability to open the necessary doors. That is the reason we believe it should be moved on to committee to be examined.
A couple of key elements are germane to this discussion. One is that at the very beginning of her report, the Ethics Commissioner talks about how she was contacted by the Prime Minister's Office, which advised her to seek advice from a private investigator who would provide more information to the Ethics Commissioner on the allegations against Ms. Guergis and her husband. The Ethics Commissioner writes that she did contact the private investigator and was told that he had no allegations to present. At the time, this move by the Prime Minister attracted a great deal of media attention and perhaps may have prejudiced the case against Ms. Guergis somewhat. There is the question of why the Prime Minister intervened, sent the letter and told the Ethics Commissioner to speak with a private investigator, and then the private investigator clearly said that he had nothing to offer.
This is not the first time that the Ethics Commissioner has been led down the garden path by government members looking to deal perhaps more with partisan protection of their own party than with the larger issue at hand. We know that just a few weeks ago the Ethics Commissioner had to speak out on the role of the ethics committee and on the allegations made by the member for Peterborough against the New Democratic Party in a letter, thus creating a whole committee hearing based on allegations. The Ethics Commissioner had to come and say she was never presented with any evidence. She wanted to know how she could be expected to do her job if a member on the government side--the parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, in this case--made wild, unfounded accusations against an individual or against a political party and then refused to back them up. The impact in the media is that something terrible has occurred.
The Ethics Commissioner's job is to go through the evidence. She had obviously asked the member for Peterborough to present the evidence to back up the allegations. He did not bother to do that. He actually took it to committee, where he made further, and in some cases, wild, hairy, outrageously bizarre accusations. However, not one of these accusations was backed up with any evidence. I think the Ethics Commissioner felt she was being used politically in a stunt, so the question of why the Prime Minister asked the Ethics Commissioner to speak with a private investigator who was not able to provide any evidence is certainly among the first questions that need to be asked.
As well, numerous inconsistencies and gaps in witness testimony were raised in the report. In particular, the Ethics Commissioner points out that Ms. Guergis and Mr. Jaffer, the husband and wife couple, both former members of Parliament, appeared to have difficulty remembering details around the events of August and September of 2009, including the letter that she wrote, the details surrounding that letter and the business dealings Mr. Jaffer had with the companies of Mr. Wright. She was unable to get a clear answer from them.
This is the central issue of the investigation. What was that business relationship? How did Mr. Jaffer play his role as an amateur lobbyist, while his wife was a cabinet minister? We should have been able to get clear answers, but none of those answers were given in a clear or straightforward manner. The Ethics Commissioner reported on this. Ms. Guergis and Mr. Jaffer are not here to explain their roles.
We need to look at this in terms of parliamentary procedure. We have to ensure that when the Ethics Commissioner is tasked with examining serious allegations of conflict of interest, that she is able to get the answers.
The other element that the commissioner raised in her report was the difficulty in obtaining documentary evidence. This again is key for us in order to ensure that the rules were followed.
I think members will agree with me that the case of Mr. Jaffer offering to help friends of his by opening doors to the Prime Minister's Office and the Conservative Party represents the new face of lobbying that we are seeing. Former members, former people with ties to the Conservative Party, are using their role to offer influence, but are not necessarily coming forward as lobbyists. They are flying under the radar.
There is a larger question of Mr. Jaffer and his role with Green Power Generation. Under the Lobbying Act, are we ensuring that the way this system is set up is actually working? We know the vast majority of the 5,000 or some lobbyists who troll various parts of the Hill at given times follow the rules. They write down with whom they meet. Some of them represent small volunteer organizations, while some represent very large powerful interests. The fact is free floaters like Mr. Jaffer come in and set up meetings. He was under the radar. This could have serious implications on the credibility of our system.
The difficulty faced by the Ethics Commissioner in getting documentary evidence on such a case needs to be examined.
Mr. Jaffer told the Ethics Commissioner that he did not engage in work with Green Power Generation between his arrest on September 11, 2009, and mid to late October 2009, yet the Ethics Commissioner found that he was involved with Green Power Generation. He had discussions with Mr. Gillani's lawyer on September 16, 2009, about a contract. Emails were going back and forth. There were several discussions and at least one meeting with Mr. Wright in late September and ongoing 2009 about continuing work with them. Clearly the evidence that he gave contradicted the evidence the commissioner found.
What was used in their defence was the fact that they were not compensated. My friend from Winnipeg has often said, "Just because you're a bad lobbyist doesn't mean you are not a lobbyist. Just because you didn't end up making any money, doesn't mean you didn't contravene the act".
The fact that they did not end up making money out of this might be indicative of a couple of things. First, fortunately the light was shone on those corners fairly quickly and we saw them scurry off. Second, we understand that they were not doing this because it was seen as a benevolent society. There was clearly an understanding that if they were not compensated now, there would be compensation down the road. This is exactly the findings of the Ethics Commissioner. She states:
Even if Mr. Jaffer and Mr. Glémaud did not expect to be compensated specifically for their work...it would be reasonable to conclude that the prospect of a longer term relationship with International Strategic Investments or Wright Tech and Green Rite would depend on Green Power Generation's ability to add value to the business projects related to these companies....I therefore conclude that the work of Mr. Jaffer and Green Power Generation...was carried out with the expectation of future financial reward.
This is something that any average Canadian is going to understand. Obviously, if they were opening doors for a company to get contracts, they were doing it for the sense of financial benefit not just for the betterment of the human race. The fact that Mr. Jaffer was using his position as a former parliamentarian and as the husband of a key cabinet minister was obviously a question of conflict of interest.
This then relates to the other part of the marriage partnership. It was Ms. Guergis who said that she distanced herself and yet she wrote letters on behalf of interests. It was clearly found for the purposes of this inquiry that she had acted to further a private interest or had attempted to do so.
The findings of the Ethics Commissioner stand. They are not surprising to anyone who followed the case.
The issue is how often is this happening behind the scenes? How many other former parliamentarians are opening doors to friends? How many people are making financial arrangements based on the fact that it is who one knows in the PMO?
That is why the document does need to be examined. Even though it relates to an event that happened before the last election, the issues are still germane now.
I am more than willing to take any questions from my good friends and colleagues in the House.
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Report
Routine Proceedings
3:20 p.m.
Elizabeth May Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am persuaded by the argument of the hon. member for Timmins—James Bay that these issues are not moot.
The former member for Simcoe—Grey was not re-elected. I think Helena Guergis' name was shabbily treated by people in her party in the way in which she was vilified and basically thrown to the RCMP for criminality when those charges were clearly false.
The reality is the conflict of interest and the use of the role of lobbyist by a former MP. There is a tremendous amount here that could use clarification for future guidance to clean up our roles and ensure the ethical behaviour of members of Parliament and former members of Parliament who continue to use the offices of their friends to advance business interests. The hon. member is quite right.
I ask for his view as to whether this issue could go forward even if the previous members are no longer in the House.
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Report
Routine Proceedings
3:20 p.m.
Charlie Angus Timmins—James Bay, ON
Mr. Speaker, we should have stated clearly at the beginning that everyone knows Ms. Guergis was made to be a political scapegoat for this party. The Ethics Commissioner pointed that out in the opening statement of her document where she talked about the Prime Minister contacting her about his allegations to the RCMP. We never even heard what those allegations were. There is an obvious sense that she was thrown under the bus.
However, out of this study there are clear questions about whether people are able to fly under the radar of the Lobbying Act and open doors for their friends. There is certainly a sense in Ottawa right now that the Conservatives are open for business with their buddies and that is done in the backrooms.
This report came out. We were dealing with this issue just before the last election, but these issues have not been solved. We need to take this to committee. We need to look at the role of the Lobbying Act. We need to look at whether the Ethics Commissioner has the ability to ensure that the light is shone in the dark recesses of that Conservative gang over there.
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Report
Routine Proceedings
3:25 p.m.
Peter Stoffer Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS
Mr. Speaker, ironically when I read what is called the Guergis report, there is another name I could put, that being the President of the Treasury Board report. The recent $50 million boondoggle event which occurred in his riding is eerily similar to what is happening here. The member is right. It is not what one knows; it is who one knows. Obviously some people knew who he was because he was able to divert $50 million from border security into everything else in his riding.
The Conservatives have not learned anything from the Guergis report or from what happened to Helena Guergis. Therefore, could my colleague elaborate on whether he sees a trend within the cabinet of the Conservative Party?
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Report
Routine Proceedings
3:25 p.m.
Charlie Angus Timmins—James Bay, ON
Mr. Speaker, certainly we have a minister who had his hands on $50 million he never should have had his hands on in the first place, blew it and then claimed he did not have a paper trail.
If the Canada Revenue Agency phoned folks back home, said that it heard they got their hands on a couple of million dollars, blew it and asked what they spent it on and if they said that they did not have a paper trail, do people think the agency would say that it was okay, that the next time it would do things differently?
We see a breach to the sense of obligation that parliamentarians are meant to be held to a code. I think the Conservatives believe they are above that code. I cannot think of a precedence other than perhaps Huey Long, the long-standing governor in Louisiana who used to give out pork off the back of a truck, or Maurice Duplessis in Quebec. However, there is a sense now that the way they do business is out of the back of their vans driving up the country roads of Muskoka. Apparently, they are giving out so much pork in Muskoka now that some members seem to have little curly tails behind them.
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Report
Routine Proceedings
3:25 p.m.
Joe Comartin Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
Mr. Speaker, could the member for Timmins—James Bay elaborate on what he hopes would come out of the procedure and House affairs committee if the matter were referred there?


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Usually I bulkl ferment overnight then ballm the dough and use about 2 hours later, I don't usually reball the dough, Should I? (that is my procedure when catering a function) Often at home I go straight from the bulk ferment into shaping without giving the dough balls a lot of time.
I have tried numerous techniques and watched loads of how to videos on you tube. Either it is something I have been born not to do or something is wrong with my dough. I have tried leaving it overnight in the fridge and also using it after one or two risings.


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Fruit of the Vine Ultreya
Fruit of the Vine Ultreya held its regular monthly February meetings.
The Feb. 14 meeting was attended by seven members. It opened with song and then it was followed by a moment of silent prayer followed by grouping.
When the members gathered back together, Mary Jane Hens introduced Donna Civiletto as the witness speaker. Civiletto opened with a prayer and asked Maria Hens to read a scripture passage. Civiletto's witness talk was on her experiences at 2nd Touch Weekend. Deacon Matt Hens gave a brief doctornal.
Business news was that now the group is not responsible for hosting the Reunion Mass with the bishop in April. All Ultreyas are jointly hosting the Mass. Maria suggested that since it is going to be on a regular meeting night, the group can possibly plan on meeting at St. Joseph's and driving into Buffalo together. The meeting closed with prayers and petitions.
The Feb. 28 meeting was attended by three people. It opened with prayer and grouping.
Rene Tarnowski gave the witness talk "Faith: Why is it that all faiths can't get along as one?" There was a brief discussion of it afterwards.
Hens said that he is busy working on the next CCM weekend, for which he is the rector. The team is in formation. Hens also reported that since the Reunion Mass originally scheduled for April is now being jointly hosted by all the Ultreyas, and it is the Mass with the bishop, the Reunion Mass has been rescheduled for June.
The next meeting will be Thursday, March 14. This will be the only meeting held in March. Looking ahead, the meeting after that will be Thursday, April 11, which will be the night of the mass in Buffalo with the bishop. All members are encouraged to attend the next meeting on March 14.


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Those are chia pets smootching.
that is kind of funny
Cheerleader, Susie left her pom poms behind.
Too sweet!
Oh man that's melancholy.
Chia pets! I can't better Mr. Earl.
Only you would find this, Laurie! I love it.
I thought of two green porcupines kissing...but I think Mr E's chia pets take the cake!!!
This is tooooo sweet indeed.
Thanks, everyone! (I knew you guys would understand...)
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Skip to comments.President Alinsky Threatens Americans with Rising Social Tensions
Posted on 07/24/2013 7:01:03 PM PDT by jazusamo
You can take the community organizer out of the South Side, but you cant take the community organizer out of the community organizer.
Today, America heard threats from the increasingly predictable President Alinsky.
The position of the middle class will erode further, Mr. Obama said. Inequality will continue to increase, moneys power will distort our politics even more. Social tensions will rise, as various groups fight to hold on to what they have, start blaming somebody else for why their position isnt improving. Thats not the America we know.
This is standard-fare Das Kapital by Karl Marx. Obama doesnt even attempt to disguise it, leaving out only the original authors name. Obama merely adds the threat of social tensions.
For that, thank speech co-author Saul Alinsky.
Alinsky saw social tensions as a necessary circumstance to effective community organizing. Without anger, without the have-nots blaming the haves, it is harder to accumulate power. Alinsky considered the creation of social tensions, or the exploitation of them, as essential to move wealth and power from those who have it to those who dont.
Once social tensions are stoked, all that is left is the tactical organization.
Compare how conversant President Obama is in the ominous language of the economically illiterate left with President Reagans faith in the economic power of American freedom. Obamas economic worldview flows from Marx and Alinsky, when the free-market oxygen of Reagan is so badly needed. Instead of uplifting Americans, Obama threatens them.
Republicans must match Obamas dark vision with something equally aggressive and directly confrontational. One idea? Defund Obamacare instead of another in a series of phony House votes to repeal it.
The Founders gave the House the power of the purse for times like these. Defund Obamacare and watch the economy accelerate overnight.
Unfortunately for now, it seems some in the GOP dont understand their opponent. Speaker John Boehner gravely misunderstands the situation if he truly believes Obamas address was devoid of content a mere Easter egg with no candy in it.
There was plenty of content in that speech, if you know what to listen for. Boehners response might have worked during more civil times. But with soaring debt and a new muscular federal government, sweet quips dont cut it.
Hasn't this destructive lieing bum, nobama, resigned yet?
Dear Leader belches more Bolshevik.
With the IRS in charge of Taxation and Obamacare, the wealth and health of the LEGAL citizens of the United States of America will become totally controlled by corrupt politicians at the Federal level, IOW, we will be a Communist State.
We need to create as much civil disobedience as legally possible, because our sorry Congressional RINOs will not Impeach Obama for violations of the US Constitution, Anti-Trust Laws, Cowardice in the face of the enemy, or Dereliction of Duty.
Communist Tyrant B. Hussein Obama has no intention of allowing the US Congress to interfere with Obamas selective implementation of the Anti-Trust violations of Obamacare.
Obama will use HIS Bureaus, HIS Executive Orders, and HIS Military to preserve, protect and defend Obamacare in order to insure the complete financial destruction of The United States of America, and thus fulfill his 1st Inaugural vow to Fundamentally changing the United States of America.
I live among several races and haven't noticed any tension at all. We're just friends.
He may be trying to create some tension but he is as good at that as he is at economics.
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In our countrys recent history weve celebrated diversity in our population as if it were a good thing. However, one look at world history will show you that no country with a diverse population of different races, languages, and religion has long survived.
Countries dont naturally form with a diverse population, and when in the past theyve occurred its usually been as the result of armed conquest. These unnaturally formed countries have either melded together into a single population made up of one mixed race with one language and one religion or theyve come apart, and theyve usually come apart with extreme violence. The longer these diverse populations are forced to coexist with one another without mixing and becoming one, the more the hatred grows among them and the more violently they break apart, but break apart they will, or genocide will settle the issue once and for all.
Why is this and why cant we all just get along? The truth of the matter is that we (the human race) just aren't as civilized as we would like to think we are. Genus Homo sapiens isnt that long out of the trees and the veneer of civilization is very thin, to non-existent, upon us all. Were all carrying the genes that got us here and some of those genes carry a very basic survival instinct that has allowed us to survive thus far.
This most basic of all survival instincts is self preservation and it is the one that warns us to be very wary of those who are different than us, our family, and our tribe. Those who possessed this survival instinct survived and reproduced, and those who had no fear/distrust of strangers didnt survive. Over the years, this survival instinct has been referred to as tribalism, nationalism, ethnocentrism, racism, and various other isms, but its an inborn instinct carried in our genes whether we like it or not.
This celebration of diversity in the American population was introduced in the 1960s and 70s as a deliberate divisive revolutionary tool wielded by Marxists like Bill Ayers and other radicals. It became dogma taught by Marxists in our universities, then spread by our leftist controlled news media and leftist controlled Hollywood. The intent was, and is, to split American culture along race and class lines and set off a "proletarian" revolution to destroy capitalism. The Left has now managed to elect a half-Black radical as President and their revolution is proceeding along very predictable lines, with him using every opportunity to stir up more division and discontent. A reading of the Constitution of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA at this link should make clear their goals and methods: http://revcom.us/Constitution/constitution.html
At the beginning of the 21st Century, the American people are about to learn the savage lesson of Communist Revolution that the Russian people learned at the beginning of the last century. Millions died in Russias Communist experiment before they learned that Communism doesnt work, as the concept of Communism (You didnt build that) is completely alien to basic human nature. Now its our turn to learn what Russia after a century of death and misery now knows.
However, the coming American Communist Revolution that Karl Marx and his acolyte Barack Hussein Obama is bringing upon us wont progress in the comparatively orderly fashion as it did with the Bolsheviks in Russia. The cursed diversity within the U.S. population will quickly turn this Communist Revolution into a no-holds-barred, and to-the-death, Race War. How our country with its Constitution intact could possibly survive such a blood-bath is a near impossibility. It once appeared as if our country might one day become a mixed race people of olive skinned, brown eyed, black haired, Spanish speaking Muslims, but Barack Hussein Obama has started a Communist Revolution that will undoubtedly destroy any possibility of that ever occurring.
There is no expiration date on any of our survival instincts, and white Liberal Democrats in their Gun Free zones will be the first among us to be reminded of this at the very beginning of our coming Communist Revolution turned Race War, as the American experiment in Democracy joins all previous Democracies in the dust-bin of history.
Yeah; we need a LEADER to step forth and Organize the Resistance (risking the wrath of the billions of bullets amassed by the current Usurpers).
Caliph Baraq, we who suck entitlements by the billions salute you!
In Nature, it's survival of the fittest.
We are at the point where the parasites are nearly out-numbering the productive, responsible, CONTRIBUTING members of society. There is NO DOUBT that a Civil War will come, but it will come too late if not soon. The parasites will pillage "Whitey's" property and earned income, and there will be no stopping until all is gone, and the parasites fight among themselves for survival when they kill the goose that's laying their golden eggs and EBT's......
"... start blaming somebody else for why their position isnt improving."
I blame Party Secretary!
Right you are, t-1!
Our truly sorry, gutless Congressional RINOs duck their Leadership Duty by spouting these pathetic words:
"Oh me, oh my, if only there was enough outrage from our voters, then maybe we would not be so damn timid, and even meekly suggest that the demonic Democrats listen to our whimpering pleas of woe."
Nothing will change until the House RINOs fire John Boehner, Commie Obama's BFF.
I too believe the majority will board the trains willingly.
This is the triumph of the American government school system:
People will summarily dismiss the idea that Obama is a Marxist, even though they have no idea what Marxism is.
Disgust, pure disgust!
Resigned? Resigned you say? He isn't resigning. He is setting himself up to take over completely and for life.
Who is John Galt?
Thank you, DJ. I have had those same thoughts for years but never thought to put them into an essay such as you have done.
Everything you said is scary.....because it's true!
In 1936 Germany I am sure there were neighborhoods where a lot of Christians had a lot of Jewish friends.
With the economy heading where it is and more people becoming more desperate,you have not seen yet what people will do,and this low life in the White House is an instigator,this article is right on the money.
Leaders like Boner are the Neville Chamberlins of our time,cowards who bury their heads in the sand until it's too late.
The opportunity to stop Obamacare is upon us as Mr. Adams states,these are the moments people will look back on when people of courage had the opportunity to stop evil and were thwarted by cowards such as Boner,Cantor,McCain,Graham.
Adams is wrong in the sense that Boner does not understand who he is up against,he absolutely does BUT he is a pussy.
I hear you. My relatives in Poland survived by the black market. Everyone in Poland did.
We may soon be too.
I hadn't seen Odumbo's speech yesterday, however it's apparent he's blown the dog whistle again. His and Holder's people will be taking to the streets acting up again any time now ..
Just damn' Illinois and this so-called "conceal-carry" law that doesn't take effect for another year, I'll continue to carry illegally as I have for the last 10 years.
As I've oft told my wife, I'd rather have you bail me out of jail for defending myself in that shithole called Chi(t)cago than having to show up a the morgue and identify my body.
Inequality of initiative will not result in equality of wealth
Those who don't work will become less equal. If they have no job, they must create one
A fictional character from a work of fiction written by an atheist.
"...the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening."
I had no doubt before I started re-reading the book that we ARE there. Now I am even more sure. So much in the book parallels our current history.
"Relax and stop bleating! This won't hurt one bit! Neither will this; It's just a pinch -- neither will THIS...."
That was the money paragraph. Yes, we have arrived at 1984, 20 years too late.
"Remember: Your government has only your best interest at heart -- we are keeping you safe and secure...now enter the railway car. We're going BYE-BYE!"
" A fictional character from a work of fiction written by an atheist. "
Thank you. She was a POS of a human being, besides : )
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March 5, 2007 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: District Meetings with the WIC Director
SUBJECT 2: 2007 WIC Conference
SUBJECT 3: WIC Proof of Eligibility Form (WIC 30) Clarification
SUBJECT 4: Reminder - Formula Changes
SUBJECT 5: Peanut Butter Availability at Wal-Mart
SUBJECT 6: Microcuvette Surveys and Microcuvette Confirmations
SUBJECT 7: Congressional Visits
- District Meetings with the WIC Director: Lyn Konstant, WIC Director, will be hosting meetings in each of the six districts and St. Joseph this spring. These were very successful last year and a wonderful opportunity for Lyn to visit with agencies and talk with staff directly. Local agency administrators, WIC coordinators and any other WIC staff are invited to meet with Lyn. Attached is an agenda, meeting dates and times. You may attend a meeting in any location. Attendance is not mandatory. Please let Lyn know if you plan to attend a meeting; it helps us to plan for room arrangements and materials. Questions/issues can be sent to Lyn ahead of time by calling her at 573-751-6086 or by email at email@example.com.
- 2007 WIC Conference: The WIC program and the Missouri WIC Association are working together to offer a 2007 WIC conference scheduled for August 28-31, 2007 at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City. We have allocated each agency funding for their staff to attend the conference. As has been done in the past, these allocations are based on the size of the agency's contracted monthly caseload, as follows:
Caseload # of Attendees Total Funds < 500 2 $1,081 501 - 1000 3 $1,651 1001 - 2000 4 $1,996 2001 - 3000 5 $2,732 > 3000 6 $3,077
Funding includes: registration fee ($200), mileage (1 car for up to every three attendees), meals (budgeted at $145 per each person for the conference) and lodging (2 people to a room, 3 nights maximum, up to $75 per night per room) during the conference. Extra costs for additional days or additional staff, or other additional costs beyond those noted will be the responsibility of the local WIC provider. Payment can be requested for these (if you budgeted for them) in the Conference and Training Line Item.
We are working on the contract amendments to add these funds to your 2007 WIC contract. The projected date for sending the amendments is March 30, 2007. As soon as registration information is available, we will include it in the weekly Update.
If you have any questions, please contact Kathleen Davis at 573-751-6204 #5 and ask for Kathleen Davis or email@example.com.
- WIC Proof of Eligibility Form (WIC 30) Clarification: The following information clarifies continuing questions from LWP regarding the longest certification period. Local WIC providers will determine the longest certification period based on all WIC eligible participants listed under the family/economic column of the WIC 30. The longest certification period will represent a valid assessment period for all the members of the economic unit unless the participant with the longest certification period has been terminated (e.g. prenatal participant delivering her baby), a new member is added who is not listed under the family/economic list, or the participant volunteers that the economic unit income has changed.
Attached is the WIC 30 Reference Table. Please contact the technical assistance (TA) staff assigned for your county if you have further questions. Thank you for being patient while we work on answers to questions regarding the WIC 30 as they arise.
- Reminder - Formula Changes: As notified through the Weekly WIC Update on January 29, 2007, the following changes will be implemented in the HANDS system on March 5, 2007:
- Food packages for Enfamil with Iron and Enfamil LIPIL Low Iron will no longer be available.
- The new name of Similac Lactose Free formula will be "Similac Sensitive".
Please see the notification letter posted on the website. If you have any questions, please contact Takako Tagami at email@example.com.
- Peanut Butter Availability at Wal-Mart: Many LWPs have contacted us regarding the availability of peanut butter at the Wal-Mart stores. The State WIC office received information from Wal-Mart headquarters on February 28. Wal-Mart stated that they have exhausted their supply of peanut butter. It will be one to four weeks before the Wal-Mart stores have peanut butter back in stock. They are working at a fast pace to make this happen. We will keep you posted as we hear any additional information from Wal-Mart. Please inform your participants of this information. As you know the Great Value and Peter Pan peanut butters were the recall products with the Product Code number 2111.
Wal-Mart stores throughout Missouri may or may not be able to provide a substitution, depending upon their present stock. Please remember that we do not allow organic, crunchy, low fat, low salt/low sodium or any peanut butter mixed with jams, jellies or honey.
Please refer to WOM policy ER# 3.05600 regarding rain checks. Participants are not allowed to accept rain checks for any of their WIC food benefits if a store is out of the food. We apologize for any confusion we may have caused regarding providing rain checks to our participants.
If you have questions, please call your technical assistance contact.
- Microcuvette Surveys and Microcuvette Confirmations: Please note a change in directing your Microcuvette surveys and confirmations that were posted to the February 26, 2007 WIC Update. Effective immediately, please email your surveys to Jeannie Phelps at firstname.lastname@example.com. The deadline to respond is March 9, 2007. Also, the confirmation of your microcuvettes received should be faxed to the attention of Jeannie Phelps at 573-526-1470. If there are any discrepancies between the number received and the packing slip, please call Jeannie at 573-751-6195. Thank you for your cooperation.
- Congressional Visits: This week Phyllis Fuller and Lyn Konstant from the State WIC Office and Jim Wheaton and Brenda Brewer from the Missouri WIC Association will be attending the National WIC Association (NWA) Leadership Conference in Washington, DC. In addition to hearing presentations from federal partners and discussing the NWA legislative agenda, we will be visiting members of the Missouri Congressional Delegation. We prepared Congressional District specific fact sheets about the Missouri WIC Program and the impact of the President's FFY08 budget. For each district we provided data on the number of participants served in FFY06, the number of local WIC providers in the District, funds paid to local WIC agencies and WIC vendors in addition to a chart of food funds, local and state agency funds for the years 2001-2006. These are attached for your reference.
This would be an ideal time for any local WIC agencies to follow-up with their Congressperson and Senators to put a local face on the WIC program. Feel free to use the information sheets we prepared. If you need additional information, please contact Lyn Konstant at email@example.com.
District Meetings with the WIC Director Agenda 2007
WIC 30 Reference Table
2007 WIC Program Description for Congressional visits
2007 WIC Program Description for District 1
2007 WIC Program Description for District 2
2007 WIC Program Description for District 3
2007 WIC Program Description for District 4
2007 WIC Program Description for District 5
2007 WIC Program Description for District 6
2007 WIC Program Description for District 7
2007 WIC Program Description for District 8
2007 WIC Program Description for District 9
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I would like to allow input from a form to be passed back to my model in order to be used in a complex db query.
The example I have uses attr_reader and attr_writer but gets a little complicated from there.
I am trying to get my input from my view into the self.db_query in my info model. Here is the code I have and was wondering if there was an easier way or if someone had a working example:
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Ontario MPPs - including NDP - condemn Israeli Apartheid Week in Legislature Part II
". When you start using incendiary language all it does is end any possible dialogue and cause a backlash among the very people who have to be swayed."
How does this sound? "Iran: Islamo - Fascism" Week?"
Or "Dafur-Genocide week"
It's the double standard tha is also an isue:
From the Ottawa Citizen:The dark side of a yearly ritual
This isn't about Jews, say the organizers. It's about Zionists. Problem is, the activist groups behind Israeli Apartheid Week are doing everything to erase the distinction........
The classic giveaway of prejudice is holding the hated group to a double standard. Israel is denounced for its designation as a Jewish state, with a Star of David on its flag. Israel's accusers never complain that Muslim states have the half-crescent symbol of Islam in their flags. As the legal scholar Robbie Sabel notes: "For various Arab states to denote themselves Arab Republics is not objectionable, but a Jewish state is racism and apartheid."
Saudi Arabia officially prohibits the practice of non-Muslim religions; Egypt has persecuted its minority Christians; Turkey and other Muslim countries make sure the Kurds remain stateless and dispossessed -- and campus activists couldn't care less. It's Israel, and Israel alone, that consumes them. "
Here to try and muddy the waters, Peech? When all else fails, fall back to the "sure we kill innocent people, steal their lands, bruatlize and starve them, but, hey!, we're in 'good' company"?
The fact of the matter is that Israel is engaged in the ethnic cleansing, brutalization, and regular mass killings of an entire people and represents a clear and present danger to all of its neighbours. Further, to suggest that those who criticize institutionalized Zionist racism are silent on human rights abuses in other nations is a pernicous lie (nevermind that no one gives a shit what's on the Israeli flag). Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and many other nations involved in human rights abuses are Israel's allies and friends in the region. It is the company the Zionists keep.
FM, please don't engage some defender of Israeli mass murderers in this thread, no matter how disgusting and anti-human they sound. Just let them self-destruct. We need to understand what the ONDP has done here. The only thing I know for sure right now is that Cheri DiNovo should be condemned. Other than that, it's not even clear if there was another NDP member in the chamber at the time.
I think this is an object lesson in how little people understand our legislative system and the difference between private members business and when MPPs act as a caucus.
Perhaps people should have read my post #33 in the previous thread. Private members business means exactly that and in those times MPPs are not acting as agents of their caucus but as individual members, which is why it was and is wrong to blame any party for the vote.
The other thing that happens, usually anyways, on motions is that the vote is a voice vote and not recorded. How anyone could know who voted in support or against would be a mystery to me. And just because a member was in the Leg at the time does not mean they voted. The Speaker asks for those in favour of the motion - MPPs mutter "Aye" and then asks for those against. The Speaker then declares that "in my opinion the ayes have it" or the nayes and the motion is carried or not. It would be almost impossible to guarentee the motion was unanimous since the vote is not recorded. When the House or Legislature wants to express unanimous support motions are usually worded in such as way that makes that clear. Something like the "Legislative Assembly of Ontario unanimously supports the right to drink a beer or two after winning a gold medal..."
The Hansard certainly does not claim the motion was supported unanimously, only that the motion was carried. There is also a break of something like an hour and half break between the debate on the motion and the vote. MPPs from all parties would have been moving in and out of the Leg as other business was coming up or ending, or if they wanted/needed to talk to another MPP. So again it would be pretty hard to say who voted for anything. The only thing we actually know is that Ms Di Novo acting as a private member expressed confused support for the motion along with members from the other two parties in the Legislature.
Anyway carry on.
Lord know reports are always 100% accurate. Hansard, the official record of the Legislature, does not show a unanimous vote only that it passed. Anything else is hearsay and may or may not be accurate. I've seen enough completely wrong reporting in my days to not put faith in such claims. So we have no idea who from what caucuses voted for anything.
I also see no evidence that Di Novo was speaking on behalf of caucus. In fact Horwath's letter seems to demostrate she was not.
But let's not let anything like that get in the way of an electronic pile-on.
Actually I went back to read the linked article again. It does not say the vote was unanimous, only that "Ontario MPPs of all political stripes have banded together" That certainly does not indicate it was unanimous, or that it was officially supported by the NDP caucus, only that MPPs from all caucuses voted together to pass the motion. Those are significantly different things. If it had been unanimous I would have to think any report would have spelled that out specifically as it would be noteworthy.
So it still seems as if one MPP, as a private member decided to support the motion, and that there was no caucus support as revealed by Horwath's letter.
I'm very relieved to see Andrea Horwath's letter (irrespective of whether I agree with some details in it or not). It sets the record straight and takes a stand which we would never see from the Liberals or Conservatives. One day, we may be lucky enough to see the federal party do likewise.
As for Cheri DiNovo, she deserves to be reviled for her hateful words, spoken under the cover of "love" and "peace". And some Jew should explain to her how Judaism works, before she makes a fool of herself again.
When I raise the issue of growing Zionist influence in Canada and Ontario, an NDPMPP I have known for some time tells me that while they may agree with me, any significant political moves or statements made against this by him or his party and "their lobby would crush us." If he is right then we obviously have a serious problem, both with the power of Israel to have its way in our domestic politics and with our representatives who won't publically acknowledge there is a problem, let alone take any action to remedy it. Here in Ontario a good place to start by way of identifying sources of pro-Israeli influence would be the following organization:
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies Commends the Government of Ontario and MPP Peter Shurman...
In response to similiar concerns about growing Israeli Zionist power in Britain the following documentary may be of use:
http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/big-story-the-jewish-lobby-in-britain.html (vid)
According to this David Akin retweet of a tweet from Alykhan Velshi, expect a motion in the House of Commons to condemn Israeli Apartheid Week similar to the one we just saw in the Ontario legislature.
MP Tim Uppal says he'll seek opposition support for parliamentary motion to condemn Israeli Apartheid Week.
In response to similiar concerns about growing Israeli Zionist power in Britain the following documentary may be of use:
http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/big-story-the-jewish-lobby-in-britain.html (vid)
Any reference to their being a "JEWISH" lobby is pure unadulerated anti-semitism - the real kind. There may be a "pro-Israel" lobby - but being Jewish is a religion/ethnicity and as we all know - many Jews have no interest in Israel.
Gotta agree somewhat with Stockholm. As for Gilad Atzmon, he spends far too much time for my taste writing about "Jewish tribalism". Being Jewish doesn't give you the licence to peddle antisemitic tropes. He also spends far too much time attacking anti-Zionist non-religious socialist Jews for my taste. If we're going to win, we need the broadest possible alliance - not just an alliance of Gilad Atzmon. He does, however, play a mean jazz sax.
Back to the topic - is Jack Layton capable of writing a letter like Andrea Horwath's if and when the time comes (see pogge's post above)?
That's the whole point of this argument. It's not antisemitic to criticie Israel or be an antiZionist (as we all know.) But many antiSemites feel free to proliferate under the guise of anti-Zionism.
" So am I saying Israel is a beacon of enlightenment and that anyone who disagrees is an anti-Semite?
No, I'm not. Israel is a flawed country, as are all countries. Criticizing Israel does not make one an anti-Semite anymore than criticizing the government of France makes one anti-French. But it's one thing to criticize France and another to declare the French nation illegitimate and to advocate its dismantling.
For that's what Israeli apartheid week is about. As Michael Ignatieff noted during apartheid week last year, "International law defines 'Apartheid' as a crime against humanity. Labeling Israel an 'Apartheid' state is a deliberate attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the Jewish state itself."
It is the fanatical, disproportionate focus on Israel — no other country is subjected to a week-long hatefest at university campuses — that points to something darker going on.
The classic giveaway of prejudice is holding the hated group to a double standard. Israel is denounced for its designation as a Jewish state, with a Star of David on its flag. Israel's accusers never complain that Muslim states have the half-crescent symbol of Islam in their flags. As the legal scholar Robbie Sabel notes: "For various Arab states to denote themselves Arab Republics is not objectionable, but a Jewish state is racism and apartheid."
When I raise the issue of growing Zionist influence in Canada and Ontario, an NDPMPP I have known for some time tells me that while they may agree with me, any significant political moves or statements made against this by him or his party and "their lobby would crush us." If he is right then we obviously have a serious problem, both with the power of Israel to have its way in our domestic politics and with our representatives who won't publically acknowledge there is a problem, let alone take any action to remedy it. Here in Ontario a good place to start by way of identifying sources of pro-Israeli influence would be the following organization:
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies Commends the Government of Ontario and MPP Peter Shurman...
In response to similiar concerns about growing Israeli Zionist power in Britain the following documentary may be of use:
http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/big-story-the-jewish-lobby-in-britain.html (vid)
Am I actually reading this??? A supposed leftist progressive suggesting that the Jews (aka Israel lobby) is somehow controlling Canadian politics??? I never honestly thought I would see such vile here. Lord help us.
So, NDPP, the frenzy-mongers are out in force - the ones who think Stephen Harper is a friend of the Jews, and Norman Finkelstein and Noam Chomsky are enemies. I noticed that the video you linked to actually is called "Israel lobby" in its Youtube version - it's just Gilad Atzmon that dubbed it "Jewish lobby" because that's the way he is.
I suggest we ignore the thread drift by the professional diverters - don't give them an inch, please - and concentrate on the drama that unfolded at Queen's Park and the risk that we may see a repetition on the Hill.
Why is it the "frenzy-mongers" can get all so hyped over a perceived slight by one person while at the same time shrugging and saying, "I don't see it," when it comes to Zionist racism imposed against an entire nation?
I read the posts above and some are so reminiscent of any other supremacist narrative. Is the State of Israel illegitimate? Maybe. If it isn't supported by the majority of its citizens and can only exist through brute force and repression, maybe it is illegitimate. But is the Jewish State illegimate? No more so than a white South Africa or any other state founded on an ethnic, linguistic, racial or religious superiority would be. If one can say the Jewish state is legitimate, then one must also say an Islamic or Aryan state is equally legitimate.
I think that such things as the Queen's Park fiasco and any varation or repetition on the Hill could serve to get the left wimping liberal types off the fence and mobilized. I think that finally Gaza shocked enough people into some kind of awareness that Israel gets away with murder only because of the strong support of Western elites. Israel, along with USA and Canada, Australia, NZ and others are euro settler states founded upon the dispossesion and genocide of the Indigenous. It should be noted that Israel is only trying to do there what was done here. It's in the club.
And of course, as must be seemingly endlessly repeated, this has nothing to do with Jewishness and everything to do with Zionism. In any case I think that enough people have figured things out enough that Zionists and their allies can look forward to a rough ride with their neocon accomplices. If the NDP decides to try to suck and blow at the same time on this issue it too can look forward to its rightful place in the dustbin of history probably sooner rather than later. Harper is very much a friend of the Zionists and very much NOT a friend of the Jews. And Gilad Atzmon does blow a mean Sax as well.
Unionist! Are you ok? It appears you're about to haemorrhage. I'm sure you feel wholly entitled in your truculent arrogance and secure in your middling intelligence, but please explain to someone not initiated in your essentialist politics what exactly DiNovo said to earn such indignation and contempt, other than to have the impudence to disagree with you regarding the use of the word apartheid. As far as I know, there is nothing her position that deviates from provincial or federal NDP policy on the use of the word apartheid. Her condemnation of the occupation is and has been unequivocal. Her work around social justice from poverty, to civil rights, to speaking up against human rights abuses is well known and I would think beyond reproach. Nonetheless, I'm sure unionist has earned the right to be totally irresponsible and discourteous. I didn't realize there was such a heavy price for disagreement around here.
I am heartened by some of the respectful and responsible comments (aka mycroft always a pleasure to read you, Bookish Agragrian thanks for interceding with some actual facts, Peech thanks for stating the obvious). But I will never go wrong overestimating the capacity of "the Left" (or do you call yourselves progressives now?) to turn on and cannibalize its own, mostly, I believe, out of its own impotent rage which it so deftly misdirects.
Whatever people's personal feelings regarding DiNovo, she did not deserve to be pilloried and reviled the way she has been in this thread. Her comments were met largely with ignorance and histrionic indignation. Since we're being a little careless with our comments, let me try. I've always loved the bravado of the largely overindulged and privileged white male lefties who have the luxury of exhibiting their bravado knowing full well that the worst they'll ever likely face is pepper spray in the eyes. Also, to the overeducated overpaid gay men who think its "progressive" to march alongside banners of Hamas, I simply invite you to take your short shorts over to Gaza and march for gay rights there.
The enemy of my enemy is not always a friend, and fundamentalism (religious, political, intellectual or otherwise) may be the greatest threat confronting this century. Thought and writing have never needed Jacques Derrida more than now.
Sorry to crash your little feeding frenzy; no worries you'll not hear from me again. And yes, I'll miss reading some of commenters around here, but I remain hopeful that the few truly responsible, accountable voices (those willing to breach the abundance of self-evidence around here) ultimately prevail.


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Preowned: A flat market—with exceptions
Overall, jet buyers and sellers seem about evenly matched. But some models are in much greater demand than others.
Gazing through the rearview mirror at the first half of 2013, we see that, overall, the number of used jets for sale is neither rising nor contracting. Some models are a different matter, however.
In the light-jet category, for example, the Citation CJ3 seems to have become more popular over the past year. Last summer, you could choose from nearly 40, but the number on the market has since dropped to about half that figure, a level not visited since 2009. The downward trend may accelerate on the heels of Cessna's announcement this past spring that it was reducing production of many of its light jets due to weak demand. Inventories typically grow in summer, but if CJ3 options remain limited, pricing could tighten in the fourth quarter.
Meanwhile, the large-cabin segment seems a bit fickle. Inventory of the Gulfstream 450 had been flat in the second half of last year with only two sales. This year, activity finally kicked in toward the end of the first quarter and since then, six have sold, with others reportedly under contract. I'd be tempted to chalk up the lift in sales to the often-active spring buying season were it not for the Global Express market, which behaved in an opposite way and did the equivalent of an about-face. Only two have sold since the beginning of this year, yet in the previous six months five traded hands.
While demand seems to be rising for the G450 and declining for the Global Express, neither has sold impressively over the past year. And because the large-cabin segment had long been one of the bright spots in an otherwise murky market, I'm left grasping for an explanation. Has much of the large-cabin buyers' appetite been temporarily satiated? Are some models getting long in the tooth?
Whatever the answer, there's no question that buyers appear for any particular model once the price point meets their expectations; and while the pace of the slip in values may have slowed, it hasn't stopped. Buyers continue to wield an upper hand.
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Andrei Loktionov missed practice Sunday with a lower body injury.
Henrik Sedin scored a goal in a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday.
Phil Kessel scored a goal and an assist in Friday's 7-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Scott Darling stopped all 30 shots he faced in Friday's 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins.
Spencer Martin will get his first career NHL start on Saturday against the Sharks.
Jean-Francois Berube will play between the pipes on Saturday.
P.K. Subban (upper body) has been taken off the injured reserve list.
Jake Allen will not travel with the Blues to Winnipeg even though he's healthy.
Jakob Silfverberg has an upper-body injury.
Morgan Rielly (lower body) won't return on Saturday.
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Good to get owner on phone
Thursday morning a week ago, we woke up to find our refrigerator-freezer not working and the food rapidly defrosting.
Since the outside temperature was near zero, we were able to bag up the frozen goods and set them outside on the woodpile to stay cold. We also bagged up some snow and put it on the refrigerator items in a cooler.
We then called Ruby and Quiri in Johnstown for service, because that's where we bought it, as well as most of our other appliances.
Since the store wasn't open yet, we called the off-hours emergency number and much to our surprise, owner Rick Ruby answered.
Now, anyone who lives around here knows Ruby and Quiri is a large, long-established company with many employees. So we were very surprised to get the owner on the phone instead of a technician or answering service.
We quickly arranged a service call, and by the next morning, our refrigerator was back in service.
This reminds me how rare it is to speak directly to the person in charge. One that comes to mind from my acting days is Paul Herman. I knew Paul as "Paulie" Herman.
In the 1980s, Herman dated Bernadette Peters. He was a co-owner of Columbus Cafe along with ballet great Mikhail Baryshnikov. It was located on Columbus Avenue near Lincoln Center.
I was a waitress and sometimes bartender at Columbus.
Paulie always answered the phone at the restaurant when he was there and always personally greeted patrons, especially the many actors and notables who frequented the place, including Kevin Spacey, Julia Roberts, Angelica Huston, Danny Aiello and Michael Keaton, just to name a few.
Herman has made appearances in movies such as "Crazy Heart," "Once Upon a Time in America," "Silver Linings Playbook," "Analyze That" and "American Hustle." He also had a recurring role on "The Sopranos" as "Beansie" Gaeta, as well as another HBO series, "Entourage," as Vincent Chase's accountant, Marvin.
Unfortunately, Paulie's brother Charlie was the one who usually dealt with the waitstaff. Charlie was a miserable person to deal with.
I remember Paulie asking me to nicely show then-10-year-old Drew Barrymore how to waitress as she kept begging me saying she wanted to be a waitress just like me. Hah!
Brother Charlie told me not to be friendly to the customers, just to wait on them, which was in direct conflict with what Paulie had said and how I am. In contrast, Paulie was always going from table to table talking to the patrons, often sitting and chatting.
I remember my friend, patron Mike Grabow, coming to my defense and telling Charlie not to treat me like that. (Mike gave me a great tip by offering one of his rent-controlled apartments in the West Village, which even had a courtyard.)
It was great to talk to the owner, both at Ruby and Quiri and back in the day at Columbus.
Kathryn Spira, a native of Cleveland who pursued an acting career in New York City and Los Angeles, now pursues freelance writing from Caroga Lake in Fulton County. Previous columns and contact information may be accessed at her website, www.kathrynskorner.com.