I swear to God, ...

... the re-education camps can't come soon enough for me.

Mareva!

Check out all of her incredible homages to the Scopitone. Really good, smart film making and adorable little slices of pop music. Yum!



Hat adjustment courtesy of Boing & Boing Inc.

Well, OK, there's that.

Blogging Tory Justin "Raging Tory" Hoffer is all about the Jews:

Stay out of it, Obama.

The Obama administration is already attempting to through [sic] their weight around in Israel.

Obama, back off. Israel can handle its own affairs.

Yes, it can. With the help of billions and billions and billions of dollars in U.S. military aid. Other than that, Israel can totally handle its own affairs.

Join us next week when Justin insists that there's no evidence for evolution. None whatsoever. It's a fact. You can look it up.

AFTERSNARK: The fact that Justin is Jewish and can still write something like this:

If taking a Likud government in Israel means a break away with the USA, that's better than bending to Obama's will.

is hugely entertaining. Yes, Justin, let's have Israel "break away with the USA." Well, except for those billions and billions and billions of dollars in military aid. I'm guessing Justin has principles, but they don't quite extend to not taking all that cash. Am I right? Yeah, I think I'm right. I'm pretty sure I'm right.

Reformatory profiles in courage.

With Pierre "Squealer" Poilievre leading Big Daddy’s mouthbreathing, in-and-out, security-breaching charge, of course. From today's Grope and Flail:

Tories maintain Cadman tape was doctored
The Conservatives are repeating allegations that a B.C. journalist doctored a tape of Stephen Harper talking about the Cadman affair – but only in places where they are protected from lawsuits.

MP Pierre Poilievre, the parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, slipped out of the Commons by the back door Friday morning rather than take up the NDP's challenge that he repeat the claims outside the chamber. MPs cannot be sued for what they say in the Commons, but outside the door of the House, they have no special protection.
[…]
In the Commons today, New Democrat MP Joe Comartin pressed the government to provide evidence that the tape was doctored, or apologize to Mr. Zytaruk for smearing his reputation.

“We need not provide that evidence because it was already provided in court. It is proven that the tape was doctored, but happily the issue is resolved now,” Mr. Poilievre replied.

An angry Mr. Comartin demanded that Mr. Polievre repeat the statement outside “so Mr. Zytaruk can sue him for maligning his reputation.”

Instead, Mr. Poilievre slipped out a back door and avoided reporters waiting to speak to him.

Leadership! Accountability! Stand by what I said? Are you fucking nuts?

And a psychobilly time was had by all.

Yes, we were at the Boathouse last night and, yes, K-W, you still suck but not as badly as last week and, yes, your humble scribe did in fact get a shout-out from the band partway through the first set. Thank ya, thank ya very much.

Until next time ...

Premature expostulation, Delisle-style.

Hey, kids, remember this douchebagitude? Well, the story just got a wee bit more interesting.

That's the difference between CC HQ and SDC Nation -- we're not excitable, gullible retards.

P.S. In other news, Kate McMillan has a picture of a thermometer from somewhere. Sure, that might not sound exciting, but she does understand the intellectual level of her audience.

Holy crap.

I think the crazy is finally starting to leak out. Could someone please bring that post to the attention of one Steve Paikin? Then club him with a tire iron to make sure it sinks in.

SNICKER. Writes the fecal one:

If rejecting the language of appeasment [sic] during this conflict makes me a "racist, white supremacist whatever-the-word-is-this-week", ...

Um, no, Kathy -- "rejecting the language of appeasement" doesn't make you a racist, white supremacist; being a racist, white supremacist makes you a racist, white supremacist. I'm glad I could clear that up for you.

P.S. You'd think that someone who professes to make a living with words would have figured out how to use a fucking spell-checker by now.

JESUS CHRIST, THE APPALLING DISHONESTY: What the fuck does this even mean?

(I also support the right to any other person, left or right, to post annoying, rude, ill-informed, provocative writing on their blog. That they don't often extend me the same courtesy is unfortunate but I'm powerless to do much about that.)

They don't? Who is this "they?" I sure as hell wouldn't try to stop Kathy from posting whatever festering, rancid evil bubbles up from her brain over there at Five Feet of Colostomy Bag.

Her blog, her rules -- that's the way it works. So who exactly is trying to stop her? A name or two would be nice. Unless ... oh, wait, I get it. She's confusing a) being suppressed for being rude with b) being sued when she libels someone. OK, it's all clear now. And Kathy's too fucking stupid to know the difference.

Yeah, that clears things up in a big way.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Holy fucking shit. And that odour? Yeah, I just wet myself. Deal with it.

Yeah, that works for me.

Five Feet of Screechy Douchebag. We'll be back later to look at this again.

THE ENTERTAINMENT IS JUST BEGINNING: Oh, my:

PS: a couple of Muslim guys in Montreal are going to jail for firebombing Jewish centers and planning to behead a gay dude.

But do keep on spending your time complaining to TVO about my "racism", m'kay?

It's so much safer and easier than calling the local mosque and asking them why they allow crazy people on their premises.

The new Kathy Shaidle motto: Almost certainly not the worst person on the planet.

Now that's what I call "branding."

I quit.

That is all.

It's the word "fixated" that did it for me, Sara.

Over at Jack's Newswatch Wanker Grill and Oyster Bar, Blogging Tory "Choice for Childcare" Sara is baffled by the accusations against Super Mom Nadya Suleman:

Bruce,

What makes you think she has mental issues? Because she has 14 kids, or the fact she used artificial insemination.

Gee, Sara, I have no idea ... maybe this:

Octuplets' mother fixated on babies
3 days ago

The mother of octuplets said she was "fixated" on having children, as pictures of the eight babies were unveiled for the first time ...

She said: "I know now that I may or may not have really deep down wanted that many siblings, but at the time I was so focused and fixated on wanting so many that I just kept going."

Here in the real world, Sara, the word "fixated" is generally considered a danger signal. But, hey, that's just us.

Heh.

Indeedy.

And in real news ...

Canada's Mostest Bestest Superest Blogger takes the news and rogers it with a motorcycle exhaust pipe:



And then there are people who blog, well, what actually happened:

Statement from the White House:

"Senator Gregg reached out to the President and offered his name for Secretary of Commerce. He was very clear throughout the interviewing process that despite past disagreements about policies, he would support, embrace, and move forward with the President's agenda. Once it became clear after his nomination that Senator Gregg was not going to be supporting some of President Obama's key economic priorities, it became necessary for Senator Gregg and the Obama administration to part ways. We regret that he has had a change of heart".

Which brings us to your two lessons for the day:

• If a Republican approaches you and promises that he wants to work with you in a spirit of bi-partisan co-operation for the good of the country, it's a lie.


• If Kate McMillan blogs it, ..., well, actually, that's pretty much the same lesson, isn't it?

Just when you think you've reached the bottom of the barrel, ...

... someone comes along and lifts up the barrel.

You know he's got his fingers crossed.

Shorter Blogging Tory Surly Beaver: "Oh please, oh please, oh please, let him be Muslim."

Well, that love affair didn't last long.

Dec 23, 2008:

Flaherty promises deficit will be as temporary as possible.

With the worldwide sagging economy, any deficit can be very harmful, but it is more harmful if it comes from increased spending. At least this government has plans.

Yes, Justin, this government done got itself some plans. So ... how exactly did that work out? Oh:

Huge deficits on the way.

I'm withdrawing my support for the Conservative Party of Canada over this.

In an interview with Sun Media, Harper said he's comfortable with spending the country's way out of a recession. Under pressure from opposition parties threatening to defeat his government and form a coalition, the fiscal hawk and former economist said he would present the same economic plan -- including massive deficit -- even if he had a majority government.

I will not be voting for the Conservatives anymore.

It's really not a pleasant sight when Conservative Boy meets Real World. That never turns out well.

P.S. Just so you know, you do not want to fuck with Justin:

About Me

Justin Hoffer

I'm young, I'm fit, I'm angry and I'm loud. I'm a hopeless romantic and tough guy. I've given myself to death and then cheated him. I was once a commie, now an ultra Tory. I love animals and I eat red meat. I'm a Jew and proud of it. Don't like it? Too bad.

And if you got a problem with that, you can take it up with Justin personally. You can find him where you find most kick-ass, he-man members of the Blogging Tories -- downstairs at his mom's place, wondering when she's getting back with his latest shipment of Cheet-O's and Dr. Pepper.

Hee hee.

I love me some Intertoobz.

Oh. Dear. God.

If you live in Minnesota, check this out and file a report.

P.S. For reasons that should be obvious, I am reminded of this.

AFTERSNARK: Brace yourself.

Free speech, my butt.

I'm not going to shed a tear over these batshit crazy yahoos, for reasons I might get into in a subsequent post, but there's something in commenter "Michelle"s offering that truly makes one go ... hmmmmmmmmm:

Each year, CPL has whined, whinged and complained about any attempts to constrain a display that many on campus will find deeply offensive. (among other things, linking abortion to the Holocaust is a very sensitive topic for the local Jewish community)

From what I’ve been able to gather, every year, University administration has had to deal with significant complaints from across the campus population (students, staff and faculty) resulting from this display.

I suspect strongly that this year, the University administration simply decided that it was time to make it painfully clear that it has control over what is being displayed on University property - especially when they find themselves dealing with the complaints, and having to foot the bill for additional security presence etc. to ensure that things don’t get out of hand.

Now, regardless of what you might think of free speech, when a campus club wants to put on a public presentation of some kind, there are typically two steps involved:

• Asking for permission, and


• Bring granted that permission.

Normally, if there's nothing particularly controversial about the application, all of the above is simply a formality but it still has to be done. Which makes one wonder if the revocation of that club's status is based on their simply refusing to abide by the rules.

I can imagine two possible violations:

• The club did not even put in an application for the presentation, or


• They put in an application, which was rejected, but went ahead with the presentation anyway, without the necessary permission.

Either of those violations would, quite simply, be grounds for immediate revocation, and would have absolutely nothing to do with free speech whatsoever. If either of the above were true, there is no debate here.

"Now hang on," you might say, "what if they put in an application and it was denied, and that's unfair because it's a violation of their right to free speech?" That is, of course, a possibility, for which there is almost certainly recourse, such as making an official appeal to the appropriate campus authorities. But again (and this should go without saying but I have to say it, anyway), if the application was denied and the club disagreed, then the club had an obligation to follow the proper channels with their grievance and not simply take matters into their own hands.

Admittedly, all of the above is pure speculation, so if anyone knows what actually happened, well, that's why I have a comments section. But if it turns out that the club really did violate campus policy, then it's going to be howlingly funny for Canada's wankers to be pleading their case, given that said wankers love to present themselves as the "law-and-order" citizens who follow the rules ... unless they don't particularly like the rules.

In any event, details? Anyone fill them in?

CASE. CLOSED. From what appears to be the most recent of commenter Niles' links (emphasis law-and-orderly added):

Due to complaints and the fear of violence-- the university cited a request from CPL last spring to provide "assistance to prevent an escalation of physical conflict"-- university administration called for the group to turn the display inwards.

After a lengthy discussion, six members of the group decided to go ahead with the display as intended, said club president Leah Hallman.

End of discussion. The group were told by the administration to turn the posters inward, and they refused. There is no further debate here.

P.S. Make sure you appreciate the ingratitude from the CPL:

... the university cited a request from CPL last spring to provide "assistance to prevent an escalation of physical conflict" ...

Soak that in -- the CPL itself asked for protection help from the university, then promptly turned around and broke the university's rules. Fuck 'em. I hope they go to jail.

TVO and fucking Kathy fucking Shaidle.

Fuck you, Steve Paikin.

P.S. Jesus Christ, folks, when bad craziness like this is coming down and I seem to have missed it, send me an e-mail!!! Arrrrrggggghhhh!

ON SECOND THOUGHT, there seems to be some sober reflection in the bloggysphere that Five Feet of Fecal Matter's appearance worked out just fine, as she was handed her doughy ass on an intellectual plate. And all's well that ends well. But let's not have this happen again, m'kay?

BONUS TRACKS. We're going to be having some fun with this for some time to come.