Toronto's Gun Violence

When is everyone going to wake up? The rash of violence in Toronto this summer, and particularly this Boxing Day, is the result of the "poor, black kids" that are running rampant in the neighborhoods calling the city its own.
Not only do we NOT have the justice system in place to deal with these "misguided youth", but we fail to see that the problem is specific to a portion of the population.

I would love to see mandatory jail time of 10 years for ANY gun offence. I would also like to see any landed immigrants or new citizens lose their rights in this country for any crime. It would also be nice to see curfews in those areas that are hot spots, and take the violence off the street.

As soon as we decide to take the city and country back from these expats from other countries, the better off we will be. Let's send a message to the rest of the world that Canada does not tolerate this crap, and we will punish to the full extent of the law. Living here is a privilege, not a right, and the sooner that these people coming off the boats realize this, the better off the rest of the law abiding Canadians will be.

Middle East Glory Seekers...Is 15 Minutes of Fame Worth It?

It boggles my mind to see so many stories of hostage taking in the Middle East. When are people going to realize that the Middle East is dangerous, and the occupants are animals? I have no sympathy for anyone that goes on a "humanitarian" mission, only to disregard occupational forces recommendations that they shouldn't be travelling in and around dangerous areas of the countries involved. The latest from the Brit gal kidnapped, is that when she got back home, she plans on heading to Gaza...what is with these people?

I have no time or sympathy for anyone that gets captured or kidnapped in these countries that are unstable at best...I think they should all be candidates for Darwin Awards.

Bah, Humbug!

Even I can't be too harsh on Christmas...Merry Christmas everyone, and a Happy New Year!

Last Minute Christmas Gift for your Girlfriend...

Iraqi Insurgent Training

Check out the link below at Google videos;

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7561220995233522701

Why it takes Bush so long to crush them is beyond me...

Weenie of the Week - Stephen Harper

I don't know what it is, besides not having a platform, and looking "short bus" special, but I just don't like him...what comes out of his mouth these days is even worse.

Congrats for being the Weenie of the Week.....AGAIN!

#1 on My Christmas List....Please Santa????

All I want is the new Haitian IPod, Santa...



My Haitian friend signed up for one of those "free IPod" offers...

Supreme Court and Swingers Clubs - the Decline of Morality

Well, the Supreme Court has ruled that swingers clubs don't harm society. What a blow to monogamous values that is.

As a guy, I enjoy sex just as much as anyone, but I find it difficult to accept the practice of "swapping", or even partaking in such an intimate moment while being watched. There is nothing more I would like than to have a monogamous relationship with someone (definitely a female), without the fear of wondering if I am the only one. Decency, trust, and integrity in a relationship means being true to one person. With the floodgates open, the morals and values that we expect to have as human beings are thrown out the window. Having "lost" my wife to an extra-marital affair, only fuels my belief on what is "truly right" - one for one.

To counter the ruling, I hope someone in their right mind sees how this can now open the doors to more marital breakdowns, and the loss of assets to lawyers and everyone else who has their hand in the pot for your equity, during split ups. Legislation in place to reduce the split of personal property, or allowing "at fault" divorce, will certainly ensure that anyone that wants to play with matches with another man or woman while being involved, will understand the price they may pay. Making it "legal", only compounds the social problems already attributed to relationship breakdowns.

Because of the court's ruling, its going to be very difficult down the road to explain to my kids that being monogamous with someone is the best way to gain trust and integrity with someone you love and to spend the rest of your life with. As for me, this does not give me the warm, fuzzy feeling that I will be able to find someone as committed to me as I would be to them.

All you swingers out there, enjoy the ruling - and don't cry to the government or the judicial system about fairness when your better half doesn't agree with your lifestyle, and it costs you to "swap".

Responsible Senior Management

Reading the news on CBC.ca, its interesting to note that the chairman of the Tokyo Stock Exchange has resigned, to "clarify management's responsibility" for computer glitches.

Wouldn't it be nice if our government and western corporate management thought the same way?

There are a few people that should read the article and take it to heart...CEOs, Prime Ministers, and even Presidents.

King Kong a Flop?

Movie moguls aren't as happy with the $50 million opening weekend of KK...seems that $60 million is what they expected, to be considered a "blockbuster weekend".

Wonder how much they have to make to pay for the bananas?

Computer Emotion Decoders

Interesting stuff from CNN.com Technology;

Computer decodes Mona Lisa's smile
Friday, December 16, 2005; Posted: 2:17 p.m. EST (19:17 GMT)

(CNN) -- Scientists analyzed the portrait of the Mona Lisa, a woman with famously mixed emotions, hoping to unlock her smile. They applied emotion recognition software that measures a person's mood by examining features such as the curve of the lips and the crinkles around the eyes.
The findings? Mona Lisa was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry, according to the British weekly "New Scientist."
Still, scientists will probably never know what made her feel the way she did.

Well, I want to contribute to this study - my ex can be used to calibrate 100% bitch...Mona is 83% happy because she only got the house, and not the olive grove.

Say it Ain't So....

Headline from CNN.com;

Report: Cell phone talking while driving on the rise
Friday, December 16, 2005; Posted: 10:30 a.m. EST (15:30 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- More people than ever are turning their cars into personal phone booths, with a million and a half drivers gabbing on cell phones at any given time. Women and young people are the most common yakkers.

Women? Yakkers?? Noooooooooooooo...lol

Solution to Healthcare Wait Times?

It was interesting to read that Alberta had a "pilot" project to work on reducing wait times for hip and knee surgeries.

Funny how being efficient in their work, actually provides us with what we need. Go figure. Maybe if the healthcare sector did what they were being paid for, we would all be better off.

The big conclusion so far?

"Final results will be released next spring. Provincial officials say breast and prostate cancer patients might also benefit from a similar diagnostic and treatment system.

I thought thats what their job was???? I guess diagnosing and treating efficiently is a new concept. Dumbasses.

Unpolitically Correct Joke

Came across this joke...no commentary needed...lol

A Somali arrives in Toronto, a new immigrant to Canada. He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says, "Thank you Mr. Canadian for letting me in this Country!" But the passer-by says "You are mistaken, I am Jamaican". The man goes on and encounters another passer-by. "Thank you for having such a beautiful country here in Canada!" The person says "I no Canadian, I Vietnamese." The new arrival walks further, and the next person he sees he stops, shakes his hand and says "Thank you for the wonderful Canada!" That person puts up his hand and says "I am from Middle East, I am not a Canadian!" He finally sees a nice lady and asks suspiciously, "Are you a Canadian?" She says, "No, I am from Russia!" So he is puzzled, and asks her, "Where are all the Canadians?" The Russian lady looks at her watch, shrugs, and says... "Probably at work."

Check Nestle's Accounting too

A little light-heartedness this time of year...the article below is courtesy of CBC;

Math class proves Smarties fun fact isn't true
Last Updated Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:18:40 EST
CBC News

Canadians eat enough Smarties each year to circle the Earth 350 times, or so claims one of the fun facts on the package. This bit of trivia got a teacher in Thunder Bay, Ont., thinking. And she had her Grade 6 math class crunch the numbers.

The result: Nestlé Canada, maker of Smarties, gets failing grades in arithmetic and responsiveness. The students started with the number of the candy-coated chocolate spheroids Nestlé said Canadians eat annually: Four billion. Then they took the size of a single Smartie and worked out how many it would take to form a 40,000-kilometre necklace around the planet.
That's when they figured out that something was wrong. Four billion Smarties would go around the world just once. "We broke it down from centimetres to metres and then kilometres," student Caitlin Henderson says, "and it was 114 kilometres that Nestlé suggested the circumference of the Earth might be." To make the company's claim true, each Smartie would have to be bigger. "Three and a half metres," says student Kaylie Rankin. "It's about the size of our chalkboard. I don't know if I'd be able to eat it." Teacher Tanja Coghill says it took three letters to get Nestlé officials to admit their mistake, but it was important for the students to get that acknowledgement. "We can make a difference," she says. "We're a little class of 10 students in Grade 6 in Thunder Bay, Ont., and you can make a difference with a huge multinational company."

A Nestlé spokesman says the packaging will be changed next year

NSA and Wiretaps

Seems to be lots of hulabaloo these days with Bush approving the NSA to do wiretaps. What's the big deal? I say whoever disagrees with it, must have something to hide. Times are changing, and if it takes the government eavesdropping on people to make things better for the rest of us, then I say go for it.
Suck it up people, and get used to the way things have to be. Remember, anything you type on the computer, cell phone conversations, or even your home cordless phone, is sending out signals that can be picked up by anyone...so why not the government if it makes life safer?

Get a life, and find something else to bitch about. Any one of you crying foul would welcome the wiretapping if it would have saved a loved one from a terrorist act. Give the government credit for being proactive. I only hope that Canada institutes the same here, so we can all breathe easier.

It's Merry Christmas, not Happy Holidays

With all the politically correctness, it seems that we have gone overboard and can't even recognize Christmas anymore. Let's call it what it is...it's Christmas, plain and simple. There is a site that has had lots of attention these days...check it out.

To all the readers out there that are tired of being politcally correct;

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES, AND A SAFE AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!

Miami Airport Safety - Good Job, Marshals!

I thought it was interesting to read about the guy that got shot for claiming to have a bomb in his suitcase, and was gunned down by air marshals. What's the problem with people that think a terrible injustice has been done?
I think anyone that puts people at risk, like that looney did, deserves to be shot. And what does the guy's wife say? He forgot his medicine because he was bipolar. Well, if the marshals hadn't done that, and he did have a bomb and blow the plane up, would someone still have said that he was bipolar and forgot his medication? I think not.
As far as I am concerned, he got what he deserved. Maybe people will think twice about what they say or how they act at the airport...lets all learn from this, that endangering others is not a joke, and it shouldn't be tolerated by anyone. If someone needs to be shot to make a point, so be it. I would rather read about one guy being shot in an incident like this, than to read about a plane that went down, killing everyone on board because of a whack job off his meds.

Keep up the good work, marshals!

Richard Pryor - Rest In Peace

Sad day today, with the passing of Richard Pryor, one of the icons of comedy in the last 50 years. My most memorable moment of Richard's career, is the scene in the movies where he is trying to teach Gene Wilder to be a "nigga'"...classic comedy, before we had to be politically correct.
RIP, Richard, and I hope Gene is taking it well...that's two great comedian friends he has lost, that were closest to him...the other, Gilda Radner.

Weenie of the Week - Jack Layton

Well, I'm not surprised that early on in the election, that the party leaders are always up there in contention for Weenie of the Week. This week, is Mr. Jack Layton. This entry is going to paraphrase a conversation Mr. Layton had with a local radio personality on a Toronto talk radio show very recently. Basically, the question asked of Mr. Layton, was, would he seek private medical care/help for his wife, if the public health system could not meet his wife's needs in a timely manner...what does Mr. Layton say? That he and his wife (Olivia Chow - also an NDP candidate running in Toronto) have discussed this issue, and both of them want to put their life into the hands of the public health system.
Oh, boy...when questioned further, Mr. Layton insisted that he would check his wife into the public health system and let it do the rest, or all it could for his wife.

Wow...how many of you guys out there would end up giving half of everything to your soon-to-be ex-wife as she walked out the door, screaming at you that you don't care?

All I can say is, true love for Mr. Layton is not having to say "I tried" if your wife is on her deathbed...an outright, bold-faced lie should wake Olivia up, after those comments were made on the radio.

If he will outright lie about how he would handle healthcare with his wife, how easy will it be for him to lie to the Canadian people?
Sometimes they should just keep their mouths shut.
Congratulations on your Weenie of the Week, Jack, and for securing a "for sure" loss for the NDP!

Stephen Harper - Liberal in Disguise

I can't help but comment on Harper's tax proposals IF he were to be elected. The big spender, who has been criticizing the Liberal government on their platforms is merely throwing tidbits out to the people, which is really what the Liberal government may have come out with over the next 5 years to reduce the surplus.
1) Reducing GST - a huge change from 7% to 5% over 5 years...big deal. Even after the Liberals proposal to reduce income taxes as an alternative to the Conservatives, 5 years from now is a long way, so who is to say that the Liberals wouldn't do that down the road to gain popularity after getting elected to a minority government Jan 23? Not original enough, nor Conservative for me, Mr. Harper.
2) Reducing small business income tax from 12% to 11% over 5 years - hmmm...same can be said with this tax reform. What gets me is, is that the Conservatives harp on doing something with the surplus, but throw these tidbits out?
Bottomline is, the Conservatives still don't have a solid platform to gain voter share, to really make a difference if they were to be elected. Not only are the tax reform proposals empty, they do nothing to stimulate the economy and make things any easier for where its needed most - the poor and middle class.
You might as well run as a Liberal - you are merely pointing things out the people would eventually see with a Liberal minority.

Latest Hostage Taking - Serves Them Right

Late last week, 4 people were taken hostage in Iraq. Big surprise? No...after being warned about travelling in the country without security, and in some cases having abandoned embassies in a place that is a war zone, anyone that walks into it deserves anything that comes out of it. When will people listen? There is a reason why the respective governments have said to stay out, but that doesn't seem to be good enough for a few individuals that think they can become martyrs in their own right, to somehow make a statement to the rest of the world. Well, you 4 did make a statement...not only did you confirm that Iraq is a dangerous place to be right now, but you also confirmed how stupid you really are.
Leave the humanitarian aid to the professionals, and heed advice of governments if they say its not safe. All you do is propagate the terrorism ideals by leaving yourself wide open for kidnapping and other violence.

Black - Special People get Special Rules

I had to laugh this week, watching the escapades around Baron Black and his arrangements to get to an arraignment hearing in Chicago. Him and his deputies seem to be able to do what they want, and set the time and date of the hearings at their whim. How many of us normal folk would get to pick and choose our dates so its convenient for us?? Not many...

I am sure he will look good in the orange jumpsuit for a few years, with an extended stay at Club Fed.

Weenies of the Week - Major Party Leaders

With the election call this week, of course I had no choice but to include all the leaders...they have all had their moment this week, so for them, and the joy we get laughing at them for being the Weenies of the Week, I present to you;

1. Gilles Duceppe

The first recipient this week, Gilles, gets one for his inane thoughts and idea to have Quebec submit its own Olympic hockey team....sheesh...what an ass. I tell you, if there was a line up to dig Quebec out of Canada and put a moat around it, I would be the first one in line.
And Mr. Duceppe...when you do leave Canada, take your debt with you, but leave the natural resources.

2. Stephen Harper

Mr. Harper gets yet another Weenie award this week, for his latest platform, of suggesting that we would all be better off if the GST was reduced 2% over the next 5 years...give your head a shake. I want to notice when I get my taxes reduced. What you are offering Mr. Harper, is the equivalent of the "need a penny, take a penny" tray at the 7-11. And I don't use it either, by the way...


3. Jack Layton


Well, if I had to rate the weenies this week, he would be ranked the lowest, only because he hasn't said much over the last few days, from what I heard. He did say, and perhaps too much, was that "the NDP just needs more MPs". Good one. Another comment - anyone realize that the UAW is not supporting the "peoples party"?...that says it all.

4. Paul Martin


Well, with Paul Martin, what can I say. He is putting the right things on the table for the election, in the way of tax cuts. I am sure there will be lots of times over the course of the next few weeks that he will screw up bad. So far, he has my vote, and that has to say something given that I am a Conservative.


So, congrats to the Weenies of the Week...make me proud in the weeks ahead to show me that you really deserved the award.

Homolka, Schomolka...Enough Already

Latest and greatest out of the courts is that Karla is free and clear on her restrictions on her release in July. Well, of course the press or the families can't let go of that, and insist that she is a troublemaker, and will continue to be one.

Here's the deal people...let it go! The prosecution had their chance 12 years ago to lock her away indefinitely, and take away all the rights that they should take from her. Now that there has been a fuck up 12 years ago, everyone is coming down on Karla. Guess what? She upheld her side of the bargain, and the government is now balking on theirs. She did her time, and has paid her debt to society, as deemed by the courts. The families and everyone else should direct their anger and frustration at the government, to make sure it doesn't happen again!

Everyone that is against Karla, look to the government that screwed up the deal in the first place. The fault doesn't lay with Karla, but with the system. For once, I would like to see the government do something as a deterrent, instead of making these kind of deals in the first place. If I was in Karla's shoes, I would go after the government and sue for harassment. Maybe that would teach them a lesson.

I am not a Karla fan, but a deal is a deal...move on and make changes to the CCC to ensure that the rights of victims are protected to the utmost degree in the future. This includes tougher gun laws, and mandatory jail time. Deals that are made, should be conditional pending new evidence. This would have resolved the Karla issue years ago.

Only the voters can make the changes by ensuring that the candidates support tougher measures for the future. The chance to do that will be on Jan 23 2006.