"Vimy, Vichy, what's the diff?"

I belatedly note this excellent piece from Mark Steyn regarding left/libtard, goofball Hill Times columnist Tim Naumetz channeling the historically challenged John McCallum.

Lowell Green on the TDSB's Mosqueteria

Via Blazing Cat Fur a must-listen-to piece from Lowell Green:


Lowell Green on the Toronto Mosqueteria from Vlad Tepes on Vimeo.

There are some excellent callers-in. Green comes on strong but seems to be a bit of a naif when he says that he has no problem with Muslims having these priveleges as long as other faiths do also.  That seriously underestimates Islamic aggressiveness.  One caller suggests (~22 min) that our local culture will gradually be "annihilated" by creeping Islam. Green responds that "... this is what Canadians want. Canadians very clearly by their agreement to this are quite prepared to see the traditional culture here totally subjugated ...".  I don't believe that for a minute.  Canadians are just beginning to see what's going on here and what's at stake. No doubt the lib/left 'intelligentsia' with its pc/multi-culti agenda has seriously weakened Canadians' resistance and subverted their thinking but it's ridiculous to suggest that Canadians would knowingly consent to be "subjugated" by Islam.

More biased climate ‘reporting’ from The Vancouver Sun

An article in today’s Vancouver Sun, “Sulfur from coal offsets warming, for now:study”, is typical of The Sun’s ‘reporting’on climate change which is, as is most of the MSM, in-the-tank for climate alarmism.

The article by AFP reporter Shaun Tandon is introduced by a prejudicial sub-headline, “Finding debunks argument of climate skeptics” implying that the skeptical argument referred to is “bunk” to begin with.

The article goes on to uncritically report an interview with the study‘s author (Robert K. Kaufmann, Boston U.) Well, maybe that’s a bit hasty. Tandon did seek an outside expert opinion for his story - from an even more radical AGW proponent who is unhappy that the study admits that global temperature increases have stalled.

Although The Sun wouldn’t have published the article if he had, Tandon could have and, arguably, should have consulted someone with a more open-minded (scientific?) perspective, for example Dr. David Whitehouse:

It is good news that the authors recognise that there has been no global temperature increase since 1998. Even after the standstill appears time and again in peer-reviewed scientific studies, many commentators still deny its reality. ...

... The researchers tweak an out-of-date climate computer model and cherry-pick the outcome to get their desired result. They do not use the latest data on the sun’s influence on the Earth, rendering their results of academic interest only.

... Either man-made and natural climatic effects have conspired to completely offset the warming that should have occurred due to greenhouse gasses in the past decade, or our estimation of the ‘climate sensitivity’ to greenhouse gasses is too large.

This is not an extreme or ‘sceptic’ position but represents part of the diversity of scientific opinion presented to the IPCC that is seldom reported.

Also, Tandon’s story confuses “the study’s co-author...”, Michael L Mann, with “Michael [E] Mann, a prominent member of the UN scientific panel whose landmark 2007 report ...”.

[via WUWT] which concludes with:

My take on it from the paper – “We don’t know what’s going on, but we aren’t going to admit that” – Anthony

Say what!!??

A Toronto public school is being used as a Mosque??!

Update: Multicultural Discontent in Toronto :

... University of Toronto law professor Ed Morgan believes the Valley Park situation may exceed legal boundaries. “I think this looks like a school practising religion,” Morgan said. ...

The loony left coast

A Pembina Institute poll has provided more evidence that a high percentage of BC residents are gullible leftoid loons.  A summary from FOS:

British Columbia is the sole North American jurisdiction with a carbon tax, which went from $25/tonne to $30/tonne on July 1. A poll conducted for the Pembina Institute of 830 BC residents showed that 74% believe that the tax has been positive for the environment or are neutral. A 69% majority are worried about climate change and 70% want BC to continue showing leadership without waiting for other jurisdictions to take similar steps.

The only glimmer of optimism in this is that the poll was done by the Pembina Institute which is hardly an unbiased pollster.

Meanwhile:
EU Parliament Votes Down Tougher Emissions Cuts [h/t]. Could it be that BC lags even the EU in the supply of common sense? Good grief!
Plus,
Climate Scientists Confirm Global Warming Standstill (but insist that it does not contradict AGW doctrine).
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Why do blacks vote for Democrats?

Happy Canada Dominion Day!

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Watched Canada Day coverage on SNN.
Switched to CBC to check out the taxpayer funded "entertainment".
Watched for 6 minutes, so, let's see, that's 2 X $1.1B/33million = $66.67 for 6 minutes of CBC viewing over the last year. [Note to self: Send snotgram to James Moore.]
Switched back to SNN.

And here's Mark Steyn reflecting on our Trudeaupian Dominion.