Via Impolitical, we learn that newly-minted CPoC spokesasshole Kory Teneycke is, well, an asshole:
“This is the process the Liberals chose, and we're sticking with it,” Mr. Teneycke said in an interview Sunday. Accusing the opposition of “playing politics,” he said recent public revelations about the Khadr file should have been known to the previous government. "This information was in their hands when they made these decisions," he said.
They had all the relevant information, did they, Kory, you sleazy little douchebag? Here, let me enlighten you on just two eyebrow-raising revelations that came out only this year and that we covered here at CC HQ regarding Omar Khadr.
... in an interview with The Nation in February after the six Guantánamo detainees were charged, [Col. Morris] Davis offered the most damning evidence of the military commissions' bias--a revelation that speaks to fundamental flaws in the Bush Administration's conduct of statecraft: its contempt for the rule of law and its pursuit of political objectives above all else.
When asked if he thought the men at Guantánamo could receive a fair trial, Davis provided the following account of an August 2005 meeting he had with Pentagon general counsel William Haynes--the man who now oversees the tribunal process for the Defense Department.
"[Haynes] said these trials will be the Nuremberg of our time," recalled Davis, referring to the Nazi tribunals in 1945, considered the model of procedural rights in the prosecution of war crimes. In response, Davis said he noted that at Nuremberg there had been some acquittals, which had lent great credibility to the proceedings.
"I said to him that if we come up short and there are some acquittals in our cases, it will at least validate the process," Davis continued. "At which point, [Haynes's] eyes got wide and he said, 'Wait a minute, we can't have acquittals. If we've been holding these guys for so long, how can we explain letting them get off? We can't have acquittals. We've got to have convictions.'"
GUANTANAMO, Cuba–A U.S. military commander altered a report on a firefight in Afghanistan to cast blame for the death of a Delta Force commando on a Canadian youth who was captured after the shooting stopped, a defence lawyer said today...
The military commander’s official report the day after the raid originally said the assailant who threw the grenade was killed, which would rule out Khadr as the suspect.
The report was revised months later, under the same date, to say a U.S. fighter had only “engaged” the assailant, according to Kuebler, who said the later version was presented to him by prosecutors as an “updated” document.
Kuebler told reporters after the hearing that it appears “the government manufactured evidence to make it look like Omar was guilty.”
And guess what, Kory? It doesn't appear that the Liberals were aware of either of these things. Now don't you feel like a complete asswipe, Kory?
By sometime this evening, I will be safely in Ottawa and spending the rest of the week geeking madly. And even though the festivities continue into Saturday, I'm thinking Friday night might be a good time to go beering, but that's still tentative.
I'll keep you posted. I'm thinking the evening will degenerate into something like this:
On the other hand, well-known American right-wing mouthpiece Michael Savage would rather that Sandy just shut the fuck up. Expect the vicious excoriation of Michael Savage by Canada's conservatives to begin any minute now.
Yes, Patrick ... we're all intensely interested in your opinion of "EZ Meyers." And "ambiogenesis." ENGLISH MUCH, TWATSY? In a desperate attempt to appear vaguely intellectual, Twatsy bends the English language over a table and has his way with it:
The irony of Richard Dawkins, of all people, dismissing a film as "extremely boring" should require little content.
I'm sorry ... "The irony of Richard Dawkins ... should require little content." What the fuck does that even mean? I mean, besides the fact that Twatsy's an imbecile?
Over here, we learn that, at the moment, there are 13,317 (alleged) Canadians who are, like, totally pissed with the recent Morgentaler Order of Canada award. Given that the official population of Canada as of June 2008 was 33,291,568, that gives us a grand total of .04 per cent of Canadians who are seriously hacked off, with the remaining 99.96 per cent being just fine with it.
Shorter Papa Junker: "When it comes to thoughtful and intellectual political criticism of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, it is, above all, critically important to point out that his middle name is 'Hussein'."
Shorter Canadian IDiot Denyse O'Leary: "Given that we've spent the last several years insulting, demeaning and denigrating the academic community for being closed-minded and not giving us a forum for our ID views, how dare they not give us a forum for our ID views!? Why, the nerve!"
Compare and contrast, if you will, Dr. Frink’s reasoned, intelligent and well-researched post on the upcoming Vancouver municipal election versus Raphael Alexander’s shrieky, "why are homeless people so needy and, and ... homeless" post just dripping with his soon-to-be-patented brand of compassionate conservatism.
I can’t see a difference. Can you see a difference?
So ... we should round up Christians, stick them with forks and plug them into the wall, is that it? Suddenly, I am so all about the religion. (Wag of the tail to PZ.)
Let me remind you, folks, that you’re listening to "Truth or AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
Mmmmmmm coffee ... which appears to reduce the risk of Alzheimers, Parkinsons, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cirrhosis of the liver, and gout. So everyone should probably have another cup — it’s on me.
Now it's time to rebuild the country, and create a pluralistic, stable and peaceful Iraq.
Quite right. Because after years of war, and thousands of dead American troops, and hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis, and a ruined country, and devastated infrastructure, and millions of displaced refugees, it's finally time to buckle down and get to work. And not a minute too soon, if I do say so myself.
I share with you a recent posting from Voice of the Association group in it's entirety. The Speaker of the House of Commons needs to do something about "Committees" and soon !! Events of the last year from this Ethics Committee "go beyond the pale" and make a mockery of Parliament.
Um ... no, dear. This is what makes a mockery of Parliament.
