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Tesla CEO and PayPal billionaire Elon Musk surprised many Friday when he declared on Twitter that he is a socialist. Conservative critics, however, may well have agreed, given his companies’ reliance on the state.Cont..

Google 'happy american couple.' Are you on the list? Are you even the right color?

Hey ho.My favorite sports talk radio station out of LA has initiated a new screening process before you can listen to them. It will only allow residents of the good old USA, which means I am s. o. l. Is there anyway of fooling them by masking an IP address?

Sorry for the vanity - but I can't think of a better resource than FR regarding this topic. I don't trust Amazonian recommendations. Please, if you can, recommend the best book/s detailing the American Revolution. Not just the battles, but the politics leading up to the war, the writing of the Declaration of Ind., who the signers were ...etc. I'd appreciate any input. Thanks for your time.

Thames Valley Police living in Neverland By Mark Steyn What is "Thames Valley"? Where is she? To those of us who do not gambol within its borders, "Thames Valley" seems ever more of a fantastical fairyland. I hasten to add I don't mean "fairyland" in the eighty-quid-fine-for-homophobic-hate-speech sense, though I'll come to the matter of the "gay police horse" in a moment. Rather, "Thames Valley" seems a state of mind - like Neverland: "It's not on any chart / You must find it in your heart." Yes, yes, I know there's a river called the Thames and the strip of...

I wrote a letter to my local paper in response to an opinion piece written by slim ball Eric Margolis. I know W doesn't need any defending from me, but it felt good smacking down that sanctimonious Margolis. If you go to the link, it is the 7th letter down. Here is letter in its entirety with the editors comment following: ERIC MARGOLIS (March 20) indicated that the Airbus A-300 and A-310s should be grounded because there is a problem with the tail "falling off." I am startled that Margolis was unable to find some way to blame George W....

Robert Remington, with files from Michael Friscolanti National Post Larry Wong, Edmonton Journal Marley Leger holds a picture of her deceased husband, Marc Leger, who was killed in Afghanistan. She said they had discussed the possibility he might die in action.'I LOVED HIM VERY MUCH AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF HIM,' WIDOW SAYS: The death of Marc Leger, below, and three other Canadian soldiers has touched off mourning from coast to coast. In the small town of Lancaster, Ont., neighbours and friends paid their respects to the soldier's grandmother, who recounted how he called from Afghanistan last week to tell...

I'm sorry for this vanity. I am not a fan of vanities and if you feel like burning my britches, feel free.When you have finished, can someone please direct me to the US map (blue/red)of the 2000 election results.Please and thank you.

Two Robert Borks There have always been two Robert Borks. One is the scholar and judge who insists judges are bound by the text of the U.S. Constitution. This Robert Bork can be respected and admired. The U.S. Senate's decision not to confirm this Bork to the Supreme Court can be regretted as an example of a qualified candidate being rejected or "Borked" because of his or her candour and intellect. The other Robert Bork is scarier and more difficult to respect. He is the conservative polemicist who opposes women's and minorities' rights, and would impose his nostalgic values of...

Berry's Oscar night histrionics were deplorable By PETER WORTHINGTON -- Toronto Sun One of the things that makes the Academy Awards intriguing and controversial is how they bring out the best and worst in actors. The best in this year's marathon of the mundane, was the acceptance speech by Sidney Poitier who received an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement (to go with his 1963 best actor award for Lilies of the Field). The worst was the histrionics by Halle Berry on her best actress Oscar. Close behind her in the tacky department was Denzel Washington, who should have gotten the...

Stimulus bill passes to Senate United States (Mar. 07, 2002 - 13:02) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Reaching compromise on a fourth try at recession relief, the House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday that combines business tax cuts with an extension of jobless benefits for millions of people. "We've finally arrived at the right balance," said Rep. Tim Roemer, D-Ind. The vote was 417-3 to send the bill to the Senate, where three previous House-passed Republican economic recovery packages have languished. This time, Democrats said it appears likely the Senate will send the measure to President Bush. "We've reached a tenuous consensus here," ...

John Q. insults our IQ David Gratzer National Post Shortly before John Q.'s release, Denzel Washington, the movie's lead actor, explained that his latest flick isn't really political. Mainly, he argued, it's a story about a man struggling with his son's illness. If Denzel Washington believes that John Q. isn't political, he may be the only one in America. Written as a scathing critique of the insurance industry, the movie includes cameos by author Arianna Huffington and Politically Correct's Bill Maher, as well as a clip from a Hillary Clinton speech. The movie has already generated a storm. In anticipation ...

February 2, 2002 Fanon had a real talent for hate Robert Fulford National Post In the heady pre-revolutionary year of 1967, when it was commonly said we were stumbling through the final stages of "late capitalism" on the way to world-wide socialism, a writer in an underground newspaper, The L.A. Free Press, tried to describe in one sentence the political-cultural interests of young American radicals: "The important literature now is the underground press, the speeches of Malcolm X, the work of Fanon, the songs of the Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin." Today the music of the Rolling Stones and Aretha ...

Society has made a virtue of vice Western culture views the act of sinning only as a symptom of a regrettable psychological disease Once upon a time there were seven deadly sins. They were called deadly because they led to spiritual death and therefore to damnation. The seven sins were (and are): lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, anger, envy and pride. Now all of them, with the exception of pride, have become medical conditions. Pride has become a virtue. A secular society always feels uncomfortable with the moral imagination associated with the seven deadly sins. The Enlightenment replaced the idea of ...

The thin blue line is vanishing Theodore Dalrymple National Post Britain's esteemed -- or perhaps I should say self-esteemed -- Prime Minister, Anthony Blair, wants to bring peace to India and Pakistan. He would be better employed in the far more difficult and intractable task of bringing peace to London's streets. Last year, street crime in London (already no haven of law and order) rose by 35%. It rose by a similar amount the year before. There is no reason why it should not continue to rise at this rate, for the great majority of such crime is completely uninterrupted, ...

Blaming America What the European elite really think about 911. By David Quinn, columnist with The Sunday Times (Ireland edition). September 24, 2001 8:55 a.m. Ordinary Irish people have responded wonderfully to the horror that befell New York and Washington on September 11. Visit the American embassy in Dublin, and you'll find that its railings are festooned with bouquets of flowers, garlands, and cards expressing our sorrow for what happened. At the last count, some 40,000 people had signed the book of condolences at the embassy. An untold number have signed similar books up and down the country. Last Friday, ...

The day the joking stopped Cantor Fitzgerald has become a grimly familiar name in the past week. Helen Dunne and David Sapsted on the firm that was ripped apart WITHIN minutes of American Airlines Flight 11 crashing into the north tower of the World Trade Centre, horrific images were projected across the globe. But the pictures were superfluous for Cantor Fitzgerald's 700 London-based staff. The "holler boxes" that linked the America Square offices with Wall Street no longer broadcast orders but the terrified cries of their colleagues, screaming for help. Howard Lutnick's tearful face has become a symbol of the ...

A message to the Left: grow up, this isn't a game By Janet Daley No. 10 fails to echo 'dead or alive' call A WHOLE swathe of this country's educated class is unable to distinguish between right and wrong. There is no other possible conclusion. There are apparently thousands of people out there (or maybe hundreds, or maybe it is just a few dozen with exceptionally good media contacts) who think that it is quite acceptable to see the mass murder of innocent people as a "message" that needed to be delivered. The puerile anti-Americanism of the British Left has ...

Easy come, easy stay, What does a self-described terrorist like Ahmed Ressam have to do before we throw him out? Mark Steyn National Post Thursday, December 23, 1999 There are supposedly 40,632 outstanding deportation orders on Immigration Canada's books for the last six years. The department is actively pursuing 11,108 of them. Of the remaining 29,524, officials concede that they have no idea where 20,743 of them are. Correction: Make that 20,742. They now know, assuming they glance at the front pages occasionally, where the 20,743rd is: under U.S. detention in Washington State. Of the remaining 8,781, 6,824 have been ...

According to CBC Newsworld(Canada), the hijacked plane is being escorted to Whitehorse by the military..... I'm still trying to get to the actual website...traffic is bad.