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Debates of June 19th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #143 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was agreements.
- Question Period
- Committees of the House
- Canada Genuine Progress Measurement Act
- Canada Shipping Act, 2001
- Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Points of Order
- Correctional Service Canada
- Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Blood Donation
- Children's Health
- Birthday Congratulations
- Canada-Wide Science Fair
- Democracy
- Fiesta Week
- The Prime Minister
- Diesel Exhaust
- Christiane Blanchet
- Pyrrhotite
- Free Trade Agreements
- Polio
- Free Trade Agreements
- Canadian Coast Guard
- International Trade
- Government Legislation
- Government Accountability
- Ethics
- Federal-Provincial Relations
- Ethics
- The Economy
- International Trade
- National Defence
- Ethics
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Ethics
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Privacy
- Employment Insurance
- International Trade
- Ethics
- Health
- The Budget
- Fisheries and Oceans
- The Economy
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Natural Resources
- Points of Order
- Privilege
- Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act
- Committees of the House
- World Autism Awareness Day Act
- Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act
- Protecting Canada's Seniors Act
- Financial Literacy Leader Act
- Strengthening Military Justice in the Defence of Canada Act
- Search and Rescue
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Randall Garrison Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, BC
Mr. Speaker, it is clear the RCMP detail assigned to the Prime Minister is struggling with serious problems of harassment, intimidation and discrimination.
In a recently leaked internal report on the Prime Minister's 117-person security detail, the problems identified were so severe that the security of the Prime Minister could be at risk.
This is the latest in a series of harassment problems at the RCMP. What is the minister doing specifically to make sure these latest disturbing allegations are dealt with promptly?
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Vic Toews Minister of Public Safety
Mr. Speaker, as I have indicated, the Prime Minister is grateful to the men and women of the protective detail for their outstanding and highly professional service.
With respect to the specific question that the member has raised, I have been working very closely with the commissioner. I am very pleased to see the commissioner's very proactive approach to the issue of ensuring that all members maintain that high disciplinary and professional standard.
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Randall Garrison Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, BC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Minister of Public Safety said he saw no problem in eavesdropping on Canadian travellers. The minister claimed that "the privacy rights of law-abiding Canadians are respected at all times", and he compared Canadian travellers worried about privacy to the Air India bombers.
A day after letting his rhetoric get away from him again, the minister is now flip-flopping. Now he is agreeing with the NDP that a privacy assessment is necessary.
Will the minister now acknowledge that he was mistaken about airport privacy rights and apologize for his insensitive Air India comparison?
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Vic Toews Minister of Public Safety
Mr. Speaker, the record speaks for itself when I mentioned the Air India inquiry and the very important recommendations.
What I can say is that I share the concerns of Canadians regarding the privacy impact of audio recordings, even when it occurs in a restricted area in an airport. Even though CBSA does respect privacy rights in all of its operations, I have made it clear to CBSA that no audio monitoring is to occur until a privacy impact assessment is submitted and recommendations from the privacy commissioner can be reviewed by the government.
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Rosane Doré Lefebvre Alfred-Pellan, QC
Mr. Speaker, I cannot believe how quickly they can make concessions sometimes.
The minister is flip-flopping for the simple reason that the initiative was flawed and implemented too hastily. There is a lesson in that for the Conservatives, who shun all forms of consultation. They did absolutely nothing to ensure that the proposed electronic eavesdropping program respected people's privacy. The minister has now acknowledged that, and about time too.
Will he now tell us how many conversations were recorded unbeknownst to travellers, and for how long those recordings will be kept?
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Vic Toews Minister of Public Safety
Mr. Speaker, I am unaware of any private conversations having been recorded by this measure. What I can say is that it is important for agencies tasked with protecting Canadians to have the right tools to catch smugglers and keep Canadians safe. It is equally important that these tools not infringe on individuals' privacy in a way that is unnecessary to ensure security.
Again I would stress that even if these audio recordings were to occur in a restricted area of an airport, I would still want an assessment by the Privacy Commissioner.
Employment Insurance
Oral Questions
June 19th, 2012 / 2:50 p.m.
Joyce Murray Vancouver Quadra, BC
Mr. Speaker, among the many casualties of Bill C-38 are small business owners and seasonal industries. In communities large and small across Canada, EI eligibility changes will force workers in tourism, fishery, forestry and farming to leave their industries or their region to find other work.
Where does that leave the tens of thousands of small businesses that count on their seasonal workers' experience and productivity? On top of the many other difficulties that small businesses face, some will not even make it.
Why did the government not even consult seasonal businesses? Why did it just hurt them?
Employment Insurance
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Diane Finley Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
Mr. Speaker, what small businesses and seasonal businesses do not need is Chicken Little running around saying that the sky is falling when it is not.
Let me be very clear. Our job is to help people who have lost jobs, whether seasonal or full time, to find work, work that would make them better off and make their families better off.
By the way, in many cases, work is available. We have employers of seasonal businesses and in small towns who are asking for help in finding employees
Employment Insurance
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Lawrence MacAulay Cardigan, PE
Mr. Speaker, people on P.E.I. are very concerned about Bill C-38. Fishermen on wharves are now saying that anyone who applies to buy a new fishing licence would automatically be disqualified from EI.
I would like the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development to confirm to this House and to all Canadians that new entrants to the fishery would not be disqualified from employment insurance.
Employment Insurance
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Diane Finley Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
Mr. Speaker, it is Chicken Little, part two.
This is pure fiction. The roles for fishers are the same as they have been.
What we are trying to do is let people who are on EI know what their traditional responsibilities have been and continue to be, which is to respect EI as a temporary income support while they are looking for another job. We will help them find that job because we want them and their families to be better off and we know that there is a demand for their skills.
International Trade
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Paulina Ayala Honoré-Mercier, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday a CBC report revealed disturbing details about Canadian mining companies' practices in Panama. The Conservatives say they have a corporate social responsibility counsellor, but she is not doing anything. The process is completely voluntary, and companies can withdraw whenever they want.
Why do the Conservatives care so little about corporate social responsibility? Why are Canadian mining companies treating Panama's indigenous peoples so dismissively?
International Trade
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
South Shore—St. Margaret's
Nova Scotia
Gerald Keddy Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade
Mr. Speaker, I question where the member is getting her source of information, but the overwhelming majority of Canadian mining companies are world leaders in responsible mining practices. They employ hundreds of thousands of Canadian workers who support countless families. The corporate social responsibility counsellor's review process is a common sense approach that enjoys broad support within the mining community, and the CSR counsellor helps Canadian companies uphold their social and environmental responsibilities by operating abroad. The system works.
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Nathan Cullen Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism has now had seven opportunities in this place to do the right thing.
We know the Conservatives were very disappointed that their Wildrose cousins were unsuccessful in the last election, but it does not give them the right to insult the government that did win that election.
Let us give him one more opportunity to do the honourable thing, the right thing, and stand in his place and say, "I'm sorry".
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship
Mr. Speaker, we have such a close working relationship that, in fact, one of the ministers of the provincial government has been the president of my electoral district association. We have a very close working relationship.
What I can tell members is that Albertans do not respect the NDP or the Leader of the Opposition referring to the engine of growth in that province as a disease.
If an apology is deserved here, it is from the Leader of the Opposition to Albertans for attacking their livelihood.
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Patrick Brown Barrie, ON
Mr. Speaker, smoking is at an all-time low in Canada, thanks to our government's actions. Over the years, we have passed new laws to ban flavoured little cigars that targeted children. We have also shown leadership on health warning labels, and we are the first country in the world to have them on cigarette packages.
Continuing our government's of efforts, the Minister of Health made a very important announcement this morning.
Would she please inform the House of Commons of its significance?


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The Kingdom (Fargo Adventure #3)
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- The husband and wife team accustomed to finding objects are now searching for people.
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- The husband-and-wife team of Sam and Remi Fargo are used to hunting for treasure, but they aren't used to hunting for people--until an investigator friend of theirs goes missing, and they promise to search for him. What they discover, however, will be beyond anything they could have imagined. On a journey that will take them to Tibet, Nepal, China, Italy, and Siberia, the Fargos find themselves embroiled with black-market fossils, an ancient Tibetan kingdom, a lost landmass in the North Sea, Stone Age ostrich egg shards inscribed in a cryptic language, a pair of battles separated by thousands of miles and hundreds of years . . . and a skeleton that could just turn the history of human evolution on its head.
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By RACHEL DUNHAM
From the rivers of the Amazon region to the striking reefs and beaches of the coast, Brazil is a varied and beautiful country. I had the privilege of spending nearly a month in South America - and mainly Brazil - this summer.
I went with a group of 17 people from my school - Sterling College. After arriving in Brazil, we spent the first week on tributaries of the Amazon River on a medical boat. Several other pre-medical students and I were part of the medical team that accompanied the boat, which is run by the Presbyterian Church of Manaus (a city of northern Brazil).
While on the river, we stopped in a village each day and provided medical services for local people; they do not have the convenience of a local hospital or doctor and are very grateful for the services the boat provides.
Other members of our team did construction work and vacation Bible school activities for the many children. In the evenings we held a worship service for the community - I loved learning the Portuguese songs. I thoroughly enjoyed the many experiences we had. Getting to help a little with the medical work and learning from the Brazilian staff was a lot of fun.
Interacting with the local children was also a highlight for me. I picked up a little Portuguese and enjoyed communicating despite the language barrier. The children were always curious and loved the attention freely giving hugs and laughing at my broken attempts at Portuguese.
After the week on the river, we flew across Brazil to the east coast to the city of Maceio. There we helped with a Vacation Bible school and did work projects at a Bible church in a poor part of the city.
We stayed with an American missionary family who live in Brazil and who graciously shared their home with all of us.
They showed us around the city while telling us about their work and Brazilian culture. I stayed with them for about two and a half weeks helping with the kids and doing whatever was needed. I learned a great deal and had a lot of fun. The people were charming and I will always remember the people I connected with while in Brazil. It was an awesome experience and taught me many things.


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This quilt is for a friend's son, Mr J. The only request was "bright colors". I came across the almost pastel zoo fabric (only about 0.5 yd) in the fabric my neighbor had given me a few months back. I thought it was perfect for a small boy and found the blue and green in the same fabric stash. It seemed that the "attic windows" block would work. I only had enough of the zoo fabric for the 12 blocks which didn't make the quilt large enough. As luck would have it, the same fabric-gift-stash had the wonderful strip fabric in primary colors which made a perfect border.
The quilt is machine pieced and quilted. It is 38.5 in X 48 in. The borders are mitered. Here is a detail picture of some of the blocks.
For the backing, I came across this great hippopotamus fabric. There wasn't quite enough, but I had more of the blue to add to it. So Mr J will have animals on both front and back of his quilt.


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: My sewage ejector basin is located a few feet "downflow" of where I can tap into the horizontal sewage line. (In other words, when facing the basin, the flow of the horizontal sewage pipe along the ceiling goes to the right, but the outlet pipe coming out of the sewage basin travels to the left, goes up about 9 feet and curves toward the right into a wye.)
: I installed a 1/8 wye (3 x 3 x 2) where the 2" take-off is roughly at about an 80 degree angle toward the ceiling. I then used 3 one-hub street fittings to curve it down and around toward the basin.
: My question is will the ejector pump have any issues with sending the waste through these curves?
: The only thing else I could do is tap into a 4" portion of the horizontal sewage line about 10 ft. to the right (downflow) of the basin. I would still need quite a few curves to get it higher than the level of the sewer line so I can drop into the wye. Thoughts?
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March 06 : 02 days till Mardi Gras
Did you know that the ever-popular beaded necklaces, so ubiquitously associated with Mardi Gras today, didn't come into play until the 1880s?
That's when one of the Krewes dressed up a member as Santa Claus and had him toss out glass beads. It was such a hit that by 1900, beaded necklaces had become the Mardi Gras throw. Somewhere along the way, those lovely glass beads got replaced by cheap plastic and aluminum beads, which today earn the thrower a flash (of flesh). That particular "trading" tradition most likely dates back to the 1970s.
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I've always struggled with intamacy. My mom was raised by a refrigerator mom. Hugs we're never given. My mom did her best to break this habit but in my older years (7 and older) affection was only really given if going away for a long time or very sick. I ended up seeking affection in the wrong places and getting hurt. My dh who has been supportive through all of my healing has always been patient with me. Now that I have a lo of my own i want to give her as much affection as she needs. Which is a lot as I've been blessed with a high-needs baby. She rarely seeks comfort from anyone but me. Not from lack of my dh trying. All though not compleatly touched out i don't really feel like curling up on the couch with my dh like we use to. Often times when he's able to play with her i grab my bath, get some dishes done, supper, laundry etc. When I'm busy with her my dh is usually playing on the computer (after he asks if i mind him being immersed in a game for a couple of hours). I think we've been intamate 2 since my dd birth. How does a baby wearing, co-sleeping (she will only sleep in my arms and is easily woken), ap mom be intatimate. I like to keep her close so asking someone to babysit is out of the question. I would be too anxious to even focus on my dh. We've put her in the swing the 2 times and let her look at the leaves on the trees but i feel neclectful and rush everything to get it over as quick as possible. I realize that it's affecting my husband greatly as he's started making comments about it. I'm attempting to move back into our room (i moved into another bed for a variety of reasons one being for him to get a good night sleep) to hopefully mend some of the feelings of neglect i think my husband is experience. I just don't know how to balance my dh and my dd. Any suggestions?
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Its funny, with my first baby, I was never "touched out" but now with my second I really feel it!
Then the poor cat tries to come over and get some pets and I am DONE being affectionate!
It is hard to balance the 'intimate' duties in there. We snuck away with the baby in the middle of the bed and laid on the floor on a blanket so that the baby would not be woken up, but so I was still near in case he woke up.
My worst hang up is body image and that is only because of my distorted belly!
Just keep trying new things, places, times etc....
You will get it back!
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Your story could be describing my life and parenting situation! For a minute there, I had to stop and think, "Wait, is this my post?" The whole thing...your experience with your own mother, getting touched out, high needs baby, intimacy with DH, etc...
It does get easier as kids grow and they become less dependent on you. Time does start to magically reappear!
Originally posted by smurfsammy View PostWe've put her in the swing the 2 times and let her look at the leaves on the trees but i feel neclectful and rush everything to get it over as quick as possible.
I'd say that if she was OK for a bit in the swing, use that when you need it! We are a very attached family and with our high needs baby, our swing was a lifesaver. We didn't use it a lot, but for the same reason you posted...time for my husband and I to be together. We also had a pretty good routine going, and there was a time every night that worked well to swaddle her and let her sleep in the swing a bit until we could mover her to bed. Just enough time for us to watch some TV, talk, cuddle...whatever .
So, I say do what you need to to help you and your husband feel "on track". It's all about maintaining balance, right? And, it might be hard at first, but try not to feel guilty for taking some time for yourself(ves). If the swing can help you do that, ultimately your baby benefits because she has a mamma (and daddy) who feels balanced.
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HI Smurfsammy,
I want to say that I have been there and completely understand. When I am burnt out or just not in the right mood I am completely touched out to where if a cat even jumps on me I need it off right away... LOL. I used to feel that anytime dh would come near me or touch me it was because he wanted to be intimate and that was just "another thing for me to do" that day wasn't for me.
I started doing things with my refluxing daughter that were things I truly enjoyed doing. I started listening to music I enjoyed while swinging in the sling with her... belting out those tunes; I started taking walks that were for the surroundings around me and not for the purpose of exercise; I started taking naps with her (yes, even sitting up with her) so that I could get some time. When I took a shower in the evening or morning when dh was home, I really used the time to enjoy the scents of my body wash and to soak in the peacefulness of right then and there. I also talked with dh about the load I had during the day and we had decided that things around the house didn't need to be spic-and-span, that he could do dinners or we could keep very simple, and quick meals so that I could focus my energy on taking care of my daughter and myself.
As for the intimacy, once I started giving a little to myself and unloading my expectations I was able to think of a compromise with dh. I worked it out that if dh would give me gentle touches during the week day evening that wouldn't lead to anything (back rubs, feet massages, neck rubs, etc.) that then I would be more willing and desiring of him on the weekend.
I also talked with dh about his expectations and he just began to understand after a few months that the baby was more important on the totem pole and then me and that this was just a short season until she was older. My dd is now 4.5 years old and we just said last night how lucky we feel to have our time back and our intimacy has grown.
So, hang in there and think of some innovative ways to get some balance. As your baby becomes older, you'll slowly get more and more time as long as you keeping thinking of it 5 minutes at a time


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Forget quantitative easing, cutting interest rates or introducing new tax breaks for small companies: there is, according to a behavioural expert, a new, cheap and easy way of helping the country move out of recession.
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By COREY BLUEMELStaff writer
Councilman Joe Trenery reported on activity at the fairgrounds. He said the old barn is being painted, and pipes and D rings are being installed to aid the stock show exhibitors in tying up their animals. He also stated the sound system is working and the water problems have been repaired.
Fire chief Randy Nielson reported that 10 of the Ferron volunteer firemen attended the fire academy held in Provo. "This was good, hands-on training for them," said Nielson.
Mayor Gil Bowden reported about the recent public hearing to take comments about an ordinance amending the energy sales and use tax from 1 percent to 3 percent. After hearing the public comments at the hearing, Mayor Bowden suggested raising the tax. He said all of the comments heard were in favor of this raise for the purpose of having a pool of funds for matching grants.
Brent Langston, Ferron resident, was on hand to answer questions concerning the retainer by the city for a prosecuting attorney. He said he would take a small retainer monthly for the express purpose of being available to the city for ordinance enforcement.
"Most of those who are out of compliance have called and we are working with them toward compliance," said Mayor Bowden. "I'm not sure how much need the city has for a prosecuting attorney."
Langston stated that a conservative estimate of time he has put in over the past two months is three-four hours. He also stated that most attorneys make $100-$150 an hour. The council approved to retain Langston for $100 a month for a six month trial period.
Mayor Bowden announced the council will begin to work on master plans for the fairgrounds and Mayor's Park. He also said the situation concerning baseball fields in Ferron needs addressing. "There is a parcel of land the school district is willing to let us use, but they need a written plan. We need to try one more time to solve this problem," said Mayor Bowden.
The next Ferron City Council meeting is Sept. 28 at 7 p.m.


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Skip to comments.The Neoconservative Persuasion
Posted on 05/24/2004 4:42:38 PM PDT by churchillbuff
WHAT EXACTLY IS NEOCONSERVATISM? Journalists, and now even presidential candidates, speak with an enviable confidence on who or what is "neoconservative," and seem to assume the meaning is fully revealed in the name. Those of us who are designated as "neocons" are amused, flattered, or dismissive, depending on the context. It is reasonable to wonder: Is there any "there" there?
Even I, frequently referred to as the "godfather" of all those neocons, have had my moments of wonderment. A few years ago I said (and, alas, wrote) that neoconservatism had had its own distinctive qualities in its early years, but by now had been absorbed into the mainstream of American conservatism. I was wrong, and the reason I was wrong is that, ever since its origin among disillusioned liberal intellectuals in the 1970s, what we call neoconservatism has been one of those intellectual undercurrents that surface only intermittently. It is not a "movement," as the conspiratorial critics would have it. Neoconservatism is what the late historian of Jacksonian America, Marvin Meyers, called a "persuasion," one that manifests itself over time, but erratically, and one whose meaning we clearly glimpse only in retrospect.
Viewed in this way, one can say that the historical task and political purpose of neoconservatism would seem to be this: to convert the Republican party, and American conservatism in general, against their respective wills, into a new kind of conservative politics suitable to governing a modern democracy. That this new conservative politics is distinctly American is beyond doubt. There is nothing like neoconservatism in Europe, and most European conservatives are highly skeptical of its legitimacy. The fact that conservatism in the United States is so much healthier than in Europe, so much more politically effective, surely has something to do with the existence of neoconservatism. But Europeans, who think it absurd to look to the United States for lessons in political innovation, resolutely refuse to consider this possibility.
Neoconservatism is the first variant of American conservatism in the past century that is in the "American grain." It is hopeful, not lugubrious; forward-looking, not nostalgic; and its general tone is cheerful, not grim or dyspeptic. Its 20th-century heroes tend to be TR, FDR, and Ronald Reagan. Such Republican and conservative worthies as Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower, and Barry Goldwater are politely overlooked. Of course, those worthies are in no way overlooked by a large, probably the largest, segment of the Republican party, with the result that most Republican politicians know nothing and could not care less about neoconservatism. Nevertheless, they cannot be blind to the fact that neoconservative policies, reaching out beyond the traditional political and financial base, have helped make the very idea of political conservatism more acceptable to a majority of American voters. Nor has it passed official notice that it is the neoconservative public policies, not the traditional Republican ones, that result in popular Republican presidencies One of these policies, most visible and controversial, is cutting tax rates in order to stimulate steady economic growth. This policy was not invented by neocons, and it was not the particularities of tax cuts that interested them, but rather the steady focus on economic growth. Neocons are familiar with intellectual history and aware that it is only in the last two centuries that democracy has become a respectable option among political thinkers. In earlier times, democracy meant an inherently turbulent political regime, with the "have-nots" and the "haves" engaged in a perpetual and utterly destructive class struggle. It was only the prospect of economic growth in which everyone prospered, if not equally or simultaneously, that gave modern democracies their legitimacy and durability. The cost of this emphasis on economic growth has been an attitude toward public finance that is far less risk averse than is the case among more traditional conservatives. Neocons would prefer not to have large budget deficits, but it is in the nature of democracy--because it seems to be in the nature of human nature--that political demagogy will frequently result in economic recklessness, so that one sometimes must shoulder budgetary deficits as the cost (temporary, one hopes) of pursuing economic growth. It is a basic assumption of neoconservatism that, as a consequence of the spread of affluence among all classes, a property-owning and tax-paying population will, in time, become less vulnerable to egalitarian illusions and demagogic appeals and more sensible about the fundamentals of economic reckoning.
This leads to the issue of the role of the state. Neocons do not like the concentration of services in the welfare state and are happy to study alternative ways of delivering these services. But they are impatient with the Hayekian notion that we are on "the road to serfdom." Neocons do not feel that kind of alarm or anxiety about the growth of the state in the past century, seeing it as natural, indeed inevitable. Because they tend to be more interested in history than economics or sociology, they know that the 19th-century idea, so neatly propounded by Herbert Spencer in his "The Man Versus the State," was a historical eccentricity. People have always preferred strong government to weak government, although they certainly have no liking for anything that smacks of overly intrusive government. Neocons feel at home in today's America to a degree that more traditional conservatives do not. Though they find much to be critical about, they tend to seek intellectual guidance in the democratic wisdom of Tocqueville, rather than in the Tory nostalgia of, say, Russell Kirk.
But it is only to a degree that neocons are comfortable in modern America. The steady decline in our democratic culture, sinking to new levels of vulgarity, does unite neocons with traditional conservatives--though not with those libertarian conservatives who are conservative in economics but unmindful of the culture. The upshot is a quite unexpected alliance between neocons, who include a fair proportion of secular intellectuals, and religious traditionalists. They are united on issues concerning the quality of education, the relations of church and state, the regulation of pornography, and the like, all of which they regard as proper candidates for the government's attention. And since the Republican party now has a substantial base among the religious, this gives neocons a certain influence and even power. Because religious conservatism is so feeble in Europe, the neoconservative potential there is correspondingly weak.
AND THEN, of course, there is foreign policy, the area of American politics where neoconservatism has recently been the focus of media attention. This is surprising since there is no set of neoconservative beliefs concerning foreign policy, only a set of attitudes derived from historical experience. (The favorite neoconservative text on foreign affairs, thanks to professors Leo Strauss of Chicago and Donald Kagan of Yale, is Thucydides on the Peloponnesian War.) These attitudes can be summarized in the following "theses" (as a Marxist would say): First, patriotism is a natural and healthy sentiment and should be encouraged by both private and public institutions. Precisely because we are a nation of immigrants, this is a powerful American sentiment. Second, world government is a terrible idea since it can lead to world tyranny. International institutions that point to an ultimate world government should be regarded with the deepest suspicion. Third, statesmen should, above all, have the ability to distinguish friends from enemies. This is not as easy as it sounds, as the history of the Cold War revealed. The number of intelligent men who could not count the Soviet Union as an enemy, even though this was its own self-definition, was absolutely astonishing.
Finally, for a great power, the "national interest" is not a geographical term, except for fairly prosaic matters like trade and environmental regulation. A smaller nation might appropriately feel that its national interest begins and ends at its borders, so that its foreign policy is almost always in a defensive mode. A larger nation has more extensive interests. And large nations, whose identity is ideological, like the Soviet Union of yesteryear and the United States of today, inevitably have ideological interests in addition to more material concerns. Barring extraordinary events, the United States will always feel obliged to defend, if possible, a democratic nation under attack from nondemocratic forces, external or internal. That is why it was in our national interest to come to the defense of France and Britain in World War II. That is why we feel it necessary to defend Israel today, when its survival is threatened. No complicated geopolitical calculations of national interest are necessary.
Behind all this is a fact: the incredible military superiority of the United States vis-à-vis the nations of the rest of the world, in any imaginable combination. This superiority was planned by no one, and even today there are many Americans who are in denial. To a large extent, it all happened as a result of our bad luck. During the 50 years after World War II, while Europe was at peace and the Soviet Union largely relied on surrogates to do its fighting, the United States was involved in a whole series of wars: the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the Kosovo conflict, the Afghan War, and the Iraq War. The result was that our military spending expanded more or less in line with our economic growth, while Europe's democracies cut back their military spending in favor of social welfare programs. The Soviet Union spent profusely but wastefully, so that its military collapsed along with its economy.
Suddenly, after two decades during which "imperial decline" and "imperial overstretch" were the academic and journalistic watchwords, the United States emerged as uniquely powerful. The "magic" of compound interest over half a century had its effect on our military budget, as did the cumulative scientific and technological research of our armed forces. With power come responsibilities, whether sought or not, whether welcome or not. And it is a fact that if you have the kind of power we now have, either you will find opportunities to use it, or the world will discover them for you.
The older, traditional elements in the Republican party have difficulty coming to terms with this new reality in foreign affairs, just as they cannot reconcile economic conservatism with social and cultural conservatism. But by one of those accidents historians ponder, our current president and his administration turn out to be quite at home in this new political environment, although it is clear they did not anticipate this role any more than their party as a whole did. As a result, neoconservatism began enjoying a second life, at a time when its obituaries were still being published.
IOW, a setup where most people are serfs and a few (including you, I assume) have almost all the money and power is what you want.
As for you not supporting the concept of a min wage, well that doesn't matter. It's against the law to do what is being done and you are defending those breaking the law.
Then why point out my spelling mistakes, knowing that I was having trouble with FR as I said in my other posts. I use spellcheck when it doesn't take 20-35 seconds per POST for it to work. ;->
If someone is breaking the law, they should be arrested and prosecuted. You'll get no dispute from me on that one. I do not and never have defended the breaking of the law. Where I disagree with it, I try to work to get it changed. I was discussing the basic economics of it.
Oh, and BTW, you were absolutely RIGHT over on that "Church vs. Porn" thread. See? Common ground.
Reasonable people can disagree. (hope my husband doesn't read this, for some strange reason he thinks I'am hard headed!)
Look, economic realities have a way of changing. People who made buggy-whips had to get jobs in the S&M field after the car was invented (JOKE! It's just a joke...). Just because someone realizes this doesn't mean that they're Robber Barons or want to enslave the working class. It DOES mean that from time to time, people have no choice but to adapt to changing circumstances.
Back when my dad and me were putting in hardwood floors in New York, we were constantly being undersold by crews composed of illegals. We managed to get along, and even make a few bucks, by simply doing MUCH better work. They wound up with the cheap, low-dollar work, and we got all the high-end, custom work. They manufacture to low standards; we made our work an art.
In 1991, I got my Commercial pilot's license, with images in my head of working for an airline for big bucks. Guess what? That same year, the airline industry cratered, and never really recovered. Next.
There are people who, expecting to work at the same factory their grandaddy did, for the same high wages, neglected to make alternate plans. They must shoulder that burden now.
I do think we can do better on illegal immigration, and I do think the law should be enforced. But there's far more to it than just that.
We need to shut down the social giveaways that attract illegals;
We need to enact reforms that stop penalizing employers for just doing business;
We might try some means to get the states and local governments to stop inhibiting the INS, and refusing to cooperate with them.
Those are just SOME of the things we can do. Tort reform is another good one. If the climate for business is good, they'll stay in America and employ Americans.
As for the social programs, back to my original point...vote the Dims out. That'll go a long way towards fixing things. Note also, the only party containing people like Tom Tancredo who are actually pushing the issues you are concerned with is NOT the Dims.
Great post, it should rally the troops, if they cared about winning!
Never heard of "neo-cons" until Matthews started talking "cabal", and the conspirazoids started their mouth-watering.
But I think I like "neo-cons"!
Seems to me they are the only ones willing to stand up to the Islamic Cults that have roamed the globe for decades, murdering innocents with impunity.
Seems to me that all other political ideologies have had their chance over the last 25 years, in the US and Israel, to deal with, put down, or destroy the power of these cults.
To no avail, as was obvious 9/11.
Seems to me, it's time to give the "neo-cons" the next 5 years, at least, without the constant undermining their goals.
My god, lets remember who is the enemy here.
Let's hope so. We've allowed ourselves to get dangerously sidetracked in these worthless feuds lately, and at the worst possible time.
A neocon is an ex-democrat. If a democrat had any sense they would'nt even be a democrat, and sadly mostly they don't have any sense even they are not democrats either.
I thought the "enemy" of conservatives was BIG government.
BIG government is the handmaiden of the NeoCons, that is my problem with them and their ilk.
If the NeoCons lose power, guess who is going to inherit the monster they created? That's right, the original tax & spend dolts, the Liberals.
BIG government statist often think they're patriotically conservative, but in reality they're destroying the country with their progressive nanny-state politics just as fast as the liberal democrats.
Good. I wouldn't want to be associated with anything "you" would consider conservative...Chamberlain. However, I can assure you, I am fully persuaded as to what you are...nothing more then a defeatist troll.
Sorry I couldn't wait around for you to respond...I know you don't like to do that until you know your betters have retired for the night.
Would that be the same "kamp" as your hero Michael Moore?
Me? Just a American Conservative. I save all that neo/paleo BS for those who need labels to try and justify either their existance or their prejudices.
I never said I was in a "kamp".
I said you were...lol!
Try working on your reading comprehension, it'll do wonders for your ability to formulate a logical argument.
I never much paid any attention to the folks using all the labels...considering most of them that seem fond of doing that are opposed to the War on Terror, it looks like impotent strutting to me.
Of course if you are too embarrassed to identify your majority group who are opposed to the war, I can understand.
LOL! He does not state you claimed you were in a kamp. LOL!
The one that out numbers Conservative American's who support the War on Terror?
Would that be the Michael Moore, Jim McDermott crowd?
Ah, Alexander Hamilton...the father of American taxation.
Hey Mr. Troll-hood, in case you haven't checked lately your kamp is in the minority and will quickly become known within conservative circles as the political mistake that cost the GOP the Whitehouse. Neo-conned again...
I never said I was in a kamp, I said you were (kamp = Neo-Cons).
Being influenced by Trotsyites Neo-Cons view borders as an evil - they want global one world govt just like the neo-liberals.
You said that we Conservative Americans who support the War on Terror are in the majority. Now everyone knows that doesn't include you and your defeatist view point. So what majority "kamp" are you in?
The Michael Moore and Jim McDermott "kamp"?
Will you get a courtesy copy of his movie for all your good anti-war work?
"So what group is it you're speaking for?"
I speak for myself, but IMHO most anti-BIG government conservatives feel that War in Iraq may have been a mistake.
I don't care what liberal idiots think of the war, I'm sure they have entirely different reasons for opposing it (they love BIG government just like the Neo-Cons).
He's just trying to Kerry his way out of what he said.
Also father of American system of banking and private investment.
How can you be speaking for yourself? You claim we Conservatives who support the War on Terror are in the minority.
If you're speaking for yourself then you are the minority...but you claim we are. So what majority group are you speaking for Kerry Poet?
He had some sound ideas...for his time.
Kerry Poet?
What are you gonna say next, "It takes one to know one?"
Were done, you continue on with your childish rants if you wish, but I've already answered ALL of you questions.
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What group is that other then the anti-war group so ably represented by your spirtual mates Michael Moore and Jim McDermott?
You do them proud.
If you haven't seen it, don't bother...
The guys certifiably nuts.
So stock exchanges are passe?
I never said I wasn't a Burr fan.
I don't think you can point it out.
The Moore/McDermott/Streisand "kamp".
He must be talking about his anti-war buddy Michael Moore's last film. He seems to like the current one just fine.
interesting that you don't reveal where you stand on traditional conservative issues -- pro-life, tax cuts, racial quotas, conservative judges, gay marriage, immigration. Confirms my suspicion that your only issue is war in the middle east.
I am sorry that someone did claim your were canadian however. I lost all respect for canada over the past several years...but even I wouldn't impose you on that pathetic bunch.
He'd take all three.
If it doesn't involve bloodshed in the middle east, you're not interested. But that doesn't make you a conservative, it just makes you some guy who is obsessed with the middle east.
So, I guess the obvious answer remains...you speak in sympathy and concert with that sweaty fat slob, the hero of your anti-war "kamp", Michael Moore.
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Skip to comments.Millions to go hungry, waterless: climate report (leaked draft of IPCC report)
Posted on 01/30/2007 3:07:20 PM PST by NormsRevenge
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Rising temperatures will leave millions more people hungry by 2080 and cause critical water shortages in China and Australia, as well as parts of Europe and the United States, according to a new global climate report.
By the end of the century, climate change will bring water scarcity to between 1.1 and 3.2 billion people as temperatures rise by 2 to 3 Celsius (3.6 to 4.8 Fahrenheit), a leaked draft of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report said.
The report, due for release in April but detailed in The Age newspaper, said an additional 200 million to 600 million people across the world would face food shortages in another 70 years, while coastal flooding would hit another 7 million homes.
"The message is that every region of the earth will have exposure," Dr Graeme Pearman, who helped draft the report, told Reuters on Tuesday.
"If you look at China, like Australia they will lose significant rainfall in their agricultural areas," said Pearman, the former climate director of Australia's top science body, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.
Africa and poor countries such as Bangladesh would be most affected because they were least able to cope with greater coastal damage and drought, said Pearman.
The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the U.N. Environment Program to guide policy makers globally on the impact of climate change.
The panel is to release a report on Friday in Paris forecasting global temperatures rising by 2 to 4.5 Celsius (3.6 to 8.1 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels by 2100, with a "best estimate" of a 3C (5.4 F) rise.
That report will summarize the scientific basis of climate change, while the April draft details the consequences of global warming and options for adapting to them.
The draft contains an entire chapter on Australia -- which is in the grip of its worst recorded drought -- warning the country's Great Barrier Reef would become "functionally extinct" because of coral bleaching.
As well, snow would disappear from Australia's southeast alps, while water inflows to the Murray-Darling river basin, the country's main agricultural region, would fall by 10 and 25 percent by 2050.
In Europe, glaciers would disappear from the central Alps, while some Pacific island nations would be hit hard by rising sea levels and more frequent tropical storms.
"It's really a story of trying to assess in your own region what your exposure will be, and making sure you have ways to deal with it," said Pearman.
On the positive side, Pearman said there was an enormous amount the international community could do to avert climate change if swift action was taken.
"The projections in the report that comes out this week are based on the assumption that we are slow to respond and that things continue more-or-less as they have in the past."
Some scientists say Australia -- the world's driest inhabited continent -- is suffering from "accelerated climate change" compared to other nations.
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., holds up a report during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this 2006 file photo. Waxman said Tuesday that there is evidence that senior Bush administration officials sought 'to mislead the public' on global warming. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, FILE)
We're doomed......
Not to worry.
The sun will explode in 2012.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. greet on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007, prior to testifying before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee a hearing on global warming. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Yes, but Henry Waxman's head may explode before that..........
when they can tell us the weather two weeks from today and have it be right, then I will worry about what may happen in 73 years.
Women and minorities hardest hit....
I'm going to grow pineapples in Alaska!
Women and minorities hardest hit.
How many millions are hungry and waterless right now? That's like predicting 'the sun rose this morning'.
Apaprently, no one needs to go waterless anymore - http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21123007-12272,00.html
I SWEAR I did not see your post when I posted mine.
Let's just say the meteorology has a few things yet to learn.
will it snow next weekend or the weekend after that? I want to plan a vacation skiing...
these guys are sure smart
Enclose the entire planet and air condition it.
good point......
If current trends continue their will be a 1.2 billion cars in Jakarta by the year 2095.
If current trends continue their will be a 1.2 billion cars in Jakarta by the year 2095.
With a high of 19 and a low of 2, I am not feeling this whole global warming thing.....gotta go and put another log on the fire.
These guys can't accurately tell us what the weather is going to tomorrow; I'm going to believe them what might happen in 50 years?
RJLs reports shows that desalinization will easily and cheaply provide all the fresh water needed by the year 2080.
Further, plants and crops will love the warmer weather and mankind will live in a tropical Garden of Eden.
I thought the asteroid was gonna hit in 2012.
And didn't Ted Danson tell us in the 1980's that the Oceans would disappear by the year 2000? I guess it's just easier to worry about something that MIGHT happen way down the road, than have to face the huge problem that's facing us now. If Muslims take over the world, the earth blowing up might be a welcomed occurance.
For example, during the last ice age, conditions were sometimes actually drier than now.
And, during the Cretaceous era, there were no ice caps at all, and the temperature was way warmer. Most of the world's aluminum deposits date from this era, as they needed copious amounts of rainfall to leach the soil and concentrate the aluminum.
Something like that.
I'm going to start stocking up on water and canned food now and avoid the rush!!!
Now they are psychics, too.
Rising temperatures will leave millions more people hungry by 2080
I still have my global freeze wardrobe from the 70s. Think I should cut the arms off and do short sleeves? I hate to waste so many designer outfits.
When I'm 115 years old, I'm sure to forget.
looking at your map, it looks like there will be plenty of water, especially for Europe and the Middle-East
"The sun will explode in 2012."
Yeah, those Mayans were on to something!
The good news is I won't have to pay anything to take my boat through the Panama Canal because it doesn't exist. Also, it looks like 'ol Fidel is out of business too!
Just back from biking and my water froze. I'm not feeling the warmth either.
I know, how about a new government beuracracy with "global" authority? All products, goods and services have to be approved by this agency so that we as consumers can be confident that the products we consume are friendly to the environment. This can be Al Gore's new meal ticket.
Yes, and all those Atlantic species will mix with the Pacific species, and who knows what else will happen! The bottom line is that it will still be Bush's fault. ;-)
I guess, unlike all the Chicken Littles, I recognize the world is not and never has been static, we are here such a short time in the scheme of things that any little change has become reason for so many to have concern. In fact it will change and it's really arrogant to think we have that much control over the world climate.
Now~! trash, is another story and is something they should make a big deal out of, people are trashing out beautiful deserts, many from across the border... as well as this side... All the trash washes into our lakes, streams and oceans and it is actually something we can do something about.
Time to invest in Culligan.
Sure it will, I'll let out a few dozen butterflies. Oh wait thats for hurricanes.
I saw a report that said the heat flux in Antartica was .065 watts/M2. Assume that is about average for the earth.
Earth has a surface area of 196,940,400 square miles
Earth has a surface area of 510,073,294,444,816 square meters.
Earth emits 33,154,764,138,913.04 watts
or 33,154,764 MegaWatts. That takes nuclear power.
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What Are WLIDSVC.EXE and WLIDSVCM.EXE and Why Are They Running?
You're no doubt reading this article because you're wondering what those two processes are doing cluttering up Task Manager, and also wondering why they are in capital letters. You've come to the right place.
This article is part of our series explaining various processes found in Task Manager, including: svchost.exe, jusched.exe, dwm.exe, ctfmon.exe, wmpnetwk.exe, wmpnscfg.exe, mDNSResponder.exe, conhost.exe, rundll32.exe, Dpupdchk.exe, and Adobe_Updater.exe.
Do you know what those services are? Better start reading!
So What Are These Processes?
These two processes work together to form the Windows Live Sign-In Assistant service, which helps you stay logged into Windows Live. The WLIDSVC.EXE is the actual Windows Service, and the WLIDSVCM.EXE is the "Service Monitor".
This service provides a number of benefits, including easier sign-in for multiple accounts when using Windows Live (screenshot from Microsoft's site).
It's also absolutely required if you're using Windows Live Messenger. In fact, if you disable the services, you'll get the error message "Signing in to Windows Live Messenger Beta failed because the service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. Error code 800706ba".
But Wait, I'm Not Using Windows Live Messenger?
That's exactly the problem that I ran into and which prompted this article. I'm using Pidgin for all my instant messenger needs, and the only Windows Live application that I've got installed is Windows Live Writer, which I'm using to write this post.
You can see in the installer that there's no way to de-select the Sign-In Assistant:
Let's Delve Into the Processes
If you're looking at Task Manager, you should see the two processes at the bottom of the window. You can right-click on the processes and either choose "Go to Services" or you can "Open File Location", which is what we'll do here.
Once you're there, you can either view the properties or hover over the file name to see what it is. You'll see the full name of the service in the tooltip.
If you had selected Go to Services, you'll see that this is a Windows Service, and you can immediately identify which one it is.
Disabling WLIDSVC.EXE and WLIDSVCM.EXE
If you want to disable the service, simply open up Services.msc through the Start Menu search or Run box, or search in Control Panel for services. Once you're there, you can find the Windows Live Sign-in Assistant in the list.
Important Note: if you are using a Windows Live application that requires sign-in, like Windows Live Messenger, you should NOT disable this service.
Once you've double-clicked on the service, you can set it to Disabled in here.
Second Step: Disable the IE Add-on
If you aren't using Windows Live, but you do use Internet Explorer, you should probably get rid of the Sign-in helper plugin that's installed into Internet Explorer. Head into Tools –> Manage Add-ons and change the dropdown to say "All add-ons", and then find Windows Live ID Sign-in Helper in the list and click the Disable button.
Did You Learn Anything? Let's Recap
This service is used to provide helpers for Windows Live Sign-in, and if you are using Windows Live Messenger or another Windows Live application that requires sign-in to Windows Live, you need to leave it alone.
Also, we've got no clue why they are named in capital letters. Lazy programmers?
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This article was very helpful! I do use Windows Live!
I always wondered what these services were and I was afraid to touch them. Since I do not use Windows Live, now I can safely disable them.
Thanks for sharing this article.
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Reading your article on "What Are WLIDSVC.EXE and WLIDSVCM.EXE and Why Are They Running?" and my question is,How do I know which ones are needed and which ones should I tun off? Thank You.
Keeping this will include if you have any Hotmail domain email addresses?
Thanks for the tips, particularly about the IE add-in. These new Windows Live components were dumped on my system with a recently applied and unavoidable update.For those who want more control over their computers and are willing to work for it (any obsessive tech geeks in the house?) here is a workaround (cut/pasted from another forum where I posted it).
The Windows Live Sign in Assistant is a nasty bit of bloat that has been added to Windows Live and is one of the most intrusive pieces of junk I've had to allow on an otherwise well tweaked machine – yet I need it to play certain games. Rivaling the similarly intrusive services that run Windows Mobile Device center, this Windows Live related service uses system resources and adds to startup and time and quite significantly and needlessly to shut down time. I endure Windows Live in the interest of certain video games and here is what I've learned about it in that context – testing with Gears of War and GTA4 on Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit.
– The "Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant" runs as a service (wlidsvc) and initiates the running of 2 system processes WLIDSVC.EXE and WLIDSVCM.EXE.
– When the "Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant" is uninstalled via programs and features you can not log-in to "Games for Windows – Live" from within a Windows Live based games or through the native Games For Windows – Live (Games For Windows Marketplace) application.
– When the "Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant" is left installed on the system but with it's service (wlidsvc) disabled, games will not be able to log-in to Windows Live but the native application will trigger the starting of the service (wlidsvc) even if it was turned off and set to disabled.
Workaround that puts you in control
Even on a system with ample resources this service is intrusive so I created a batch file that will turn on the service and set it to Automatic and another that will turn off the service and set it to Disabled. Be warned, this is only for folks who don't mind taking some extra steps (such as running batch files to turn services on/off) and if miss-managed could cause the loss of saved games. There are a few such combinations of services that I already switch on and off this way but that mode of operation may not be for everyone.
To more easily disable the "Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant" (wlidsvc) service create a batch file with the following 2 lines. Note: "yourcomputername>" = the "Full computer name" value from your System Properties – Computer Name configuration tab. Except for that variable enter or cut/past all this text as is.
sc \\yourcomputername config "wlidsvc" start= auto
net start wlidsvc
Conversely, to enable "Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant" (wlidsvc) service create a batch file with the following 2 lines
net stop wlidsvc
sc \\yourcomputername config "wlidsvc" start= disabled
Not for everyone but might be of use to some of the more tech geeky amongst us.
CORRECTION: I inverted the batch file instructions which should read like to;
To disable the "Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant" (wlidsvc) service create a batch file with the following 2 lines. Note: "yourcomputername" = the "Full computer name" value from your System Properties – Computer Name configuration tab. Except for that variable enter or cut/past all this text as is.
net stop wlidsvc
sc \\yourcomputername config "wlidsvc" start= disabled
Conversely, to enable "Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant" (wlidsvc) service create a batch file with the following 2 lines
sc \\yourcomputername config "wlidsvc" start= auto
net start wlidsvc
My friend was wondering WTH is that, he was about to start the Regedit and start deleating everything has that name XD, he looks stupid now!!
WLM ON.cmd
sc config wlidsvc binpath= "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WLIDSVC.EXE" start= "auto"
sc config wlidsvcm binpath= "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WLIDSVCM.EXE" start= "auto"
sc start wlidsvc
sc start wlidsvcm
WLM OFF.cmd
sc stop wlidsvc
sc stop wlidsvcm
sc config wlidsvc binpath= "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WLIDSVC.EXE" start= "disabled"
sc config wlidsvcm binpath= "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WLIDSVCM.EXE" start= "disabled"
taskkill /f /im wlidsvc.exe
taskkill /f /im wlidsvcm.exe
just to make sure, they are realy killed…hehehe
Simple way to disable WLDSVCM.EXE, WLDSVC.EXE run Autoruns.exe from Microsoft http://www.Sysinternals.com. Open the tab "Services". Uncheck the line "wlidsvc.exe". This does the same thing as described in the article, but easier.
Very good instructions. I plan to blog about this site as "this is where to go when you have a techie question." Thank you very much for the info. By the way…look for my blog in the next few days under "AlAboutNothing" @ WordPress
Thanks again…
Note that if you play games that use Games for Windows Live to save games (such as Fable 3 or Fallout 3) disabling that service will break those games.
thanks, didnt want them running, now lets see if i can get into hotmail with thunderbird lol
thunderbird hotmail access still works without the live id service going, GREAT, THANKS AGAIN.
Hey wait…I just wanna know if I can set it to manual in services so that it doesnt start up unless I use messenger link or log in from my shortcut icon for windows messenger. Does anyone know before in complete the task>?
With this service set to "Disabled", Windows Live Mail cannot be started. You can set the service to "Manual" rather than "Automatic" so it does not impact boot time and Windows Live Mail still works
(tested today on Windows 7 32 bit with Windows Live Mail 15.4).
Thanks. Helpful info.
I do believe the ALL CAPS on services is to help people better identify the letters. For example, to our eye I and l are identical. if however all caps are used we can more easily tell these apart: I and now L. Its certainly not perfect, but, better than trying to guess.
One case came up with a fraudulent address with myspace.com vs. rnyspace.com with all caps one would have clearly noticed the difference: MYSPACE vs RNYSPACE,
The question I have, is why isn't it consistent?
You can create a command. Right click on your desktop "Stop Live ID" and you're done!
Create a .bat with the following text and then start it:
REG ADD "HKCR\Directory\Background\shell\Stop Live ID" /v "Position" /d "Top" /f
REG ADD "HKCR\Directory\Background\shell\Stop Live ID\Command" /d "net stop \"Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant"" /f


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