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-snip- Putting The Spectator to one side (which is always a good idea in this Gilliganista phase), these are certainly strange times in Trudeaupia. The country has chosen to go to war with a puppet — Triumph The Insult Dog. As his name might have forewarned, Triumph has insulted Canada. Nothing unusual about that. He insults people for a living. What’s unique in this case is that both Federal and provincial levels of government paid for him and his master, Conan O’Brien, to come to Canada to insult us; they put him up in the best kennel at the Chateau...

Canada Condemns 'Racist' Conan O'Brien TV Show Fri Feb 13, 3:26 PM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters to My Yahoo! By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's government on Friday condemned a show by U.S. late-night television host Conan O'Brien that insulted people in French-speaking Quebec and seemed to suggest everyone in the province was homosexual. Canadian Press Photo Ottawa and the province of Ontario paid $760,000 to help O'Brien -- who appears on the NBC television network -- bring his show to Toronto for a week to boost the city's profile after a deadly SARS (news - web sites)...

Ottawa – Canada's government has condemned a show by U.S. late-night television host Conan O'Brien that insulted people in French-speaking Quebec and seemed to suggest everyone in the province was homosexual. Ottawa and the province of Ontario paid C$1 million (400,000 pounds) to help O'Brien — who appears on the NBC television network — bring his show to Toronto for a week to boost the city's profile after a deadly SARS outbreak last year. But the federal government said O'Brien had gone far too far with the show broadcast on Thursday in which he went to Quebec, a province which...

February 9, 2004-Maybe it's that smug little smile. His penchant for fantastically expensive military photo-ops. Or the swaggering, belt-hitching walk that cries out for a pair of swinging saloon doors. And though, God knows, we have too many of our own syntactically challenged politicians to be casting stones, shouldn't the leader of the free world know that "misunderestimate" isn't a word? Yes, we're cavilling, but clearly there is something about George W. Bush that gets under the skin of Canadians. After all, vehemently disagreeing with the policies of American presidents is almost a national pastime. There has to be another...

I am sure everyone is aware of Drudge's recent squabble with www.canadiansforclark.com Drudge had them taken down. But now a new foe has emerged!! Canadians for Dean! Donate! From their Web site... "Why have a Canadian Web network supporting Dr. Howard Dean, a candidate for President of the United States in 2004? Because there are thousands of Americans and dual citizens of Canada and the United States living and working or going to school in Canada. Many of these people don't vote in US elections; many have never registered to vote. It will be our prime mission to get these...

The newest episode of South Park has Kyle's brother Ike being taken away by his Canadian parents, due to a decree by the "new Canadian prime minister". The boys embark on an Oz-like journey across Canada to change the prime minister's mind. I died laughing at the ending. They must have thought the plot line up in under 24 hours.

David Frum NOV. 6, 2003: BIRTHS AND DEATHS Partial Birth Now let me say right off: I am not pro-life. I think abortion ought to be legal for the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy and available to protect the health of the mother during the weeks thereafter. I don’t see this as a matter of fundamental human rights, so much as one of accommodating reality. I can’t defend Roe v. Wade as a legal decision, and I would be very glad to see abortion become much more rare than it now, but if the law attempts to suppress abortion...

KABUL (CP) - In Qal'ay-eh-Moslem just south of the Canadian military base, there is an old Soviet army headquarters that will soon become a school. Here, where Canadian Sgt. Mariangeles Najlis hopes 1,100 children will learn geography, history and multiplication tables, a human skull stares across what will be a playground, landmines litter the surrounding hills and a mural of Soviet MiG fighter jets adorn the wall of what will be an auditorium. A network of trenches and bunkers surrounds the battered building where rubble litters the floors of 14 future classrooms, some of which were booby-trapped before Canadian combat...

TORONTO, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A new report indicates Canadian's growing penchant for bottled water may be leading to an increase in childhood cavities. Canada's National Post reports that as Canadian families increasingly opt for spring water, they are avoiding tap water that in many cities is supplemented with the decay-fighting chemical fluoride.

If the U.S. administration's 'road map' for Middle East peace leads nowhere, which group do you believe is most to blame? Palestinians – 857 votes (4 %) Palestinian militants – 6087 votes (26 %) Israelis – 16697 votes (71 %) Total Votes: 23641

KABUL - The elite commandos of Joint Task Force 2 are operating in Afghanistan as part of the Canadian contingent of soldiers to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), the Department of National Defence confirmed yesterday. A spokesman for John McCallum, the Defence Minister, told the National Post that an undisclosed number of JTF-2 commandos have now joined the more than 1,900 Canadian soldiers in Kabul. "I can confirm that some members of JTF-2 are among the Canadian soldiers serving in Afghanistan with the ISAF," said Randy Mylyk, spokesman for the minister. "Obviously, for reasons of security and safety of...

Lord, Keep our Troops forever in your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. God Bless America...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members...

Patriotism blamed for alleged assault canada.com Wednesday, July 09, 2003 CREDIT: Global BC ADVERTISEMENT SQUAMISH -- A camping trip to B.C. by three Washington state residents turned ugly in Squamish last week when they got into a fight with a large group of partying youths. The RCMP is only now releasing details of the incident. They say the clash on July 2 began with verbal bantering between Canadians celebrating Canada Day and the Americans marking Independence Day. The Mounties say the verbal exchanges escalated to physical aggression by both sides, resulting in some injuries and damage to the Americans' vehicle...

MONTREAL -- Swingers clubs will spring up across Canada because of a judge ruling their activities are not necessarily illegal, the head of a swingers group said yesterday. Municipal court Judge Denis Boisvert found five people guilty of swinging-related offences, but decided "contemporary Canadian society tolerates swinging and swingers clubs if the sexual acts take place in private." Jean Hamel, president of the 8,000-member Quebec Swingers Association, said Boisvert's ruling will have national significance. "I don't think more clubs will open in Quebec but I think it will open doors for other places in Canada, like Toronto." Judge Boisvert found...

Canada's Gay Muslims Unite By Stephanie LevitzCanadaEast.com | June 20, 2003 When Faisal Alam e-mailed thousands of Muslim students six years ago, asking if any among them were gay, he unknowingly lit a flare that illuminated a community largely hidden in the shadows.A trickle of responses soon became a deluge, leading to this weekend's first Canadian-sponsored conference on homosexuality and Islam. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Muslims from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and South Africa will gather in Toronto for three days of exploring how they can reconcile their sexuality with a faith understood by many...

<p>Hordes of quivering GOP lawmakers and vast throngs of proudly homophobic right-wing Christian Americans fell into an adorable tizzy the other day as the entire really, really big country of Canada announced it will change its law to allow full-on homosexual marriage anywhere in the whole country including Vancouver and Toronto and even "that weird province with all the gay French people."</p>

Dear Lord, There's a young man far from home, called to serve his nation in time of war; sent to defend our freedom on some distant foreign shore. We pray You keep him safe, we pray You keep him strong, we pray You send him safely home ... for he's been away so long. There's a young woman far from home, serving her nation with pride. Her step is strong, her step is sure, there is courage in every stride. We pray You keep her safe, we pray You keep her strong, we pray You send her safely home...

Dear Lord, There's a young man far from home, called to serve his nation in time of war; sent to defend our freedom on some distant foreign shore. We pray You keep him safe, we pray You keep him strong, we pray You send him safely home ... for he's been away so long. There's a young woman far from home, serving her nation with pride. Her step is strong, her step is sure, there is courage in every stride. We pray You keep her safe, we pray You keep her strong, we pray You send her safely home...

I am among millions of Canadians embarrassed at Prime Minister Jean Chretien's decision not to support our long-standing close friend, neighbor and ally, the United States of America, as well as Great Britain and Australia. Canada couldn't contribute much to the Iraqi situation, given the sorry state of our armed forces. But we could have offered moral support and perhaps a field hospital or a destroyer. Most important, we could be standing with our friends. Canada agreed with the UN Security Council resolution demanding that Iraq disarm its weapons of mass destruction or face serious consequences. Then, Chretien sat on...

DAILY NOTEBOOK.... IN OTTAWA, FRIENDS OF AMERICA STAND WITH UNITED STATES March 31, 2003: Pouring rain didn't stop thousands of ordinary Canadians from gathering on Parliament Hill, in Canada's capital Saturday, for a rally in support of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. In an obvious symbolic slap in the face of official Ottawa, and Canada's senile Prime Minister, the crowds enthusiastically waved American and Canadian flags in support of the United States and the war to liberate Iraq. "Our allies are going to win this war, they're going to win it with the silent majority of Canadians behind them," Canadian...

<p>There was not much shock, and in the early hours of the Iraqi war very little awe. But if you were Saddam Hussein, and if you still hadn't been blown to the spirit world to collect your 73 hookers, there was calamity and dread enough.</p>

DAILY NOTEBOOK.... Let That Canadian B--ch Know Just How You Feel About Anti-American Hate Speech March 10, 2003: Just like it has in the halls of power of many other Western democracies, anti-Americanism in Canada's capital is growing into a cancerous plague. First the Prime Minister's press secretary publicly referred to the President of the United States as a "moron." Now Carolyn Parrish, a Member of Parliament of the governing party of Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Chairwoman of the NATO Canadian Parliamentary Association, has publicly declared: "Damn Americans. I hate those bastards!" None of these public exclamations of contempt...

They are large, we are small, and they are next door: I find it easier to explain Canadian anti-Americanism than almost any other kind. It has nothing to do with the War of 1812 or any free trade agreement, it is more a question of physics, the natural order of things. But add, if you will, the matter of identity. If you are an English Canadian, I ask you to search your heart, and answer this question truthfully: Whom do you hate more, the Americans or the French Canadians? Of course you hate the Americans more. There is, after all,...

The huge difference between the United States and Canada is the attitude towards guns. It's not that Canada doesn't have them-guns are around, although strictly controlled-it's that Canada doesn’t have a history of the cult of the gun. In other words, guns aren’t worshipped. The difference in attitude goes back to the American Revolution. Down south, the right to bear arms equates with the nation’s resolve to protect hard-won freedoms. The Stars and Stripes and the cult of the gun were born of the same mother. Packing a piece harks back to holding the line against armed Redcoats. North of...

I just heard a quick blurb on MSNBC. Lester Holt said the Canadian RMP had stopped 3 (I think) people who were trying to make a run into the US with a cache of guns. And maybe diamonds?? and US curency. I can't find anything on internet yet. Prairie