A week has passed since Salman Abedi, an Islamic terrorist, killed 22 non-Muslims and injured scores more at the Manchester Arena. I have not posted anything on the subject since "Manchester bomber: 'lone wolf' or 'known wolf'?", 24/5/17. But I've been thinking about the crocodile tear-stained reactions of Western politicians and the lamestream media, those pussies who can't bring themselves to use the words "Islam" and "terrorism" (or any variations thereof) in the same sentence. Mark Steyn has been thinking about it too, and in this video analyses the "cheesy dinner theatre" of "Manchester strong" -- the candlelight, flowers, teddy bears and other formulaic exercises in manipulation of public opinion.
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Friday, June 2, 2017
"Choose your Québec!" election poster stirs up merde in Montréal
Voters in the Montréal-area riding of Gouin went to the polls last Monday in a by-election to fill a vacancy in the Québec National Assembly caused by the resignation of Québec solidaire MNA Françoise David. Results in a moment but first, an item you'll have trouble finding anywhere in Canada's lamestream media. [He's right. I looked! Ed.]One of the 14 candidates to fill Ms David's shoes was Alexandre Cormier-Denis, representing the Parti Indépendantiste. M Cormier-Denis was considered a dark horse (in the betting sense of the phrase) and given two chances of winning -- slim and none. He did succeed, though, in stirring up the merde by putting up the election poster you see at left, showing a woman wearing a Quebec-branded toque facing another woman (?) wearing a Muslim niqab.
The tagline -- "Choose Your Quebec", in English -- caused the usual gang of "progressives", "antifas", and PC wienies to throw fits. Cries of "racism" and "Islamophobia" were loud in the land. Bill M-103 was invoked. A police investigation ensued. MUC police quickly removed the poster from outside the Beaubien Métro station, only to put it back up when they were told the M Cormier-Denis was duly registered with Québec's Director of Elections, thus entitled to campaign as he saw fit.
M Cormier-Denis is president of the francophone Horizon Québec Actuel organization, which has close links to the French Front National. In his Vigile.Québec blog, he points out that the sign was not racist because the same woman appeared in both images, and that it was merely meant to represent two different "models of integration".
The Gouin by-election was won by Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, of Québec solidaire, with over 69% of the vote. No surprise there. M Cormier-Denis finished seventh in the 14-person field, with, errr, somewhat less than 69%. But his message will be remembered. Wait and see.
Face of a Canadian (?) Islamic (?) terrorist
Meet Kevin Omar Mohamed, age 24. According to a Canadian Press report, Kev pleaded guilty in a Toronto court Friday to a "terrorism-related charge", to wit: one count of participating in or contributing to, directly or indirectly, any activity of a terrorist group for the purpose of enhancing the ability of any terrorist group to facilitate or carry out a terrorist activity.
In an occurrence of politically correct self-censorship, remarkable even for Canada, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada did not provide details of the case but said the maximum penalty is 10 years' imprisonment. Although Mr Mohamed was identified as a student at the University of Waterloo, the federal prosecutor did not say anything about his status in Canada, his nationality, his ethnicity or his religion.
The words "Islamic" and "Muslim" or any variations thereon went likewise unused. The Liberal government of Justin Trudeau government recently secured passage of Bill M-103, which is meant to discourage any action or speech that might provoke Islamophobia. Seems their prosecutorial minion got the memo.
Note from Ed.: Just found an even better pic, a screen grab from a Global TV report, 29/3/16.
Note from Walt: That's enough Islamophobia!
Brit scientists to clone 9th-century Englishman with balls
Many people -- not just the Scots and the Irish -- believe that modern Englishmen are a race of effete, pigeon-hearted, lily-livered, self-abusing pansies. With bad teeth. Their less-than-robust response to the Manchester massacre is a case in point. Not one leading Limey "male" could bring himself to utter the words "Islamic" and "terrorism" in the same breath. Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, actually said, "This man [Salman Abedi, the perpetrator] was a terrorist, not a Muslim." In fact Mr Abedi was a Muslim, and is presumably enjoying the services of 72 virgins in Paradise right now.
Such response as there was to the Islamic terrorist attack came from the British Home Secretary, a woman, and the British Prime Minister, also a woman. Theresa May, the Prime Minister in question, likewise avoided any reference to Islam or Muslims. Mustn't provoke Islamophobia, you know! Yet I fancy she regards herself as a latter-day Margaret Thatcher. Well, I remember Margaret Thatcher, and Mrs May is no Margaret Thatcher, not by a long shot.
Margaret Thatcher was by way of being the strongest Prime Minister in post-WWII British history, stronger than any English (or Scottish) "man" who occupied the position. Which reminds me of a story. It is said that one day Mrs Thatcher was meeting with her inner cabinet -- all men -- at No. 10 Downing Street. There was a lot of business to be discussed, and the meeting looked like extending well into the evening. So Maggie decided they should work through dinner, and summoned the major domo to order. "What could we have for dinner?", she asked him.
"Lamb or roast beef," was the reply.
"I'll have the roast beef," said the PM.
"What about the vegetables?" was the next question.
"Oh," said Mrs Thatcher, "they'll have the roast beef too!"
That brings us to the point of this post, which is to share a great story from The People's Cube. In "Manchester scientist to clone 'British Man' from 9th century", Mrs Red Square reports that a recently found 1200-year-old fossil is giving anthropologists new insights into a warrior-like, bipedal masculine human specimen they have identified as Testiculus Englishmanus, a mysterious ancestor of modern-day British men. The six-foot-long fossil reveals that the extinct early man of England possessed two large working testicles (a left one and a right one), which shatters all modern theories about the origins of today's residents of the Septic Isle.
The well-preserved remains [Mrs Square continues] give researchers an unfettered view of the creature, whose anatomy has stumped anthropologists for decades. "It is so odd-looking that some people thought the fossilized body parts belonged to several different people instead of just one," Sanstestes said. "Fortunately, we now have the fossils, and they almost speak for themselves."
"Look at those fists," said Emmeline Pankhurst, a research fellow in paleobiology at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. "You can easily imagine them thwarting off attackers of British girls. If we could clone such men, we wouldn't need to worry about protecting ourselves from the modern-day Heathen Army."
Walt wishes the researchers good luck in finding the secret to getting Englishmen to grow a set. Each. If that fails, perhaps they could graft some onto Englishwomen, starting with Theresa May.
Note from Ed.: Mrs Square uses the adjectives "English" and "British" more or less interchangeably. Walt made that mistake on a visit to Glasgow some years ago and has walked kind of funny ever since. We hope the first paragraphs make clear that Scotsmen and (especially) Irishmen are evidently less testosterone-challenged than the feckless English.
Such response as there was to the Islamic terrorist attack came from the British Home Secretary, a woman, and the British Prime Minister, also a woman. Theresa May, the Prime Minister in question, likewise avoided any reference to Islam or Muslims. Mustn't provoke Islamophobia, you know! Yet I fancy she regards herself as a latter-day Margaret Thatcher. Well, I remember Margaret Thatcher, and Mrs May is no Margaret Thatcher, not by a long shot.
Margaret Thatcher was by way of being the strongest Prime Minister in post-WWII British history, stronger than any English (or Scottish) "man" who occupied the position. Which reminds me of a story. It is said that one day Mrs Thatcher was meeting with her inner cabinet -- all men -- at No. 10 Downing Street. There was a lot of business to be discussed, and the meeting looked like extending well into the evening. So Maggie decided they should work through dinner, and summoned the major domo to order. "What could we have for dinner?", she asked him.
"Lamb or roast beef," was the reply.
"I'll have the roast beef," said the PM.
"What about the vegetables?" was the next question.
"Oh," said Mrs Thatcher, "they'll have the roast beef too!"
That brings us to the point of this post, which is to share a great story from The People's Cube. In "Manchester scientist to clone 'British Man' from 9th century", Mrs Red Square reports that a recently found 1200-year-old fossil is giving anthropologists new insights into a warrior-like, bipedal masculine human specimen they have identified as Testiculus Englishmanus, a mysterious ancestor of modern-day British men. The six-foot-long fossil reveals that the extinct early man of England possessed two large working testicles (a left one and a right one), which shatters all modern theories about the origins of today's residents of the Septic Isle.
The well-preserved remains [Mrs Square continues] give researchers an unfettered view of the creature, whose anatomy has stumped anthropologists for decades. "It is so odd-looking that some people thought the fossilized body parts belonged to several different people instead of just one," Sanstestes said. "Fortunately, we now have the fossils, and they almost speak for themselves."
"Look at those fists," said Emmeline Pankhurst, a research fellow in paleobiology at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. "You can easily imagine them thwarting off attackers of British girls. If we could clone such men, we wouldn't need to worry about protecting ourselves from the modern-day Heathen Army."
Walt wishes the researchers good luck in finding the secret to getting Englishmen to grow a set. Each. If that fails, perhaps they could graft some onto Englishwomen, starting with Theresa May.
Note from Ed.: Mrs Square uses the adjectives "English" and "British" more or less interchangeably. Walt made that mistake on a visit to Glasgow some years ago and has walked kind of funny ever since. We hope the first paragraphs make clear that Scotsmen and (especially) Irishmen are evidently less testosterone-challenged than the feckless English.
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
More functional illiteracy, this time from Revelstoke BC
Ed. says we shouldn't always pick on the lamestream media. Illiteracy (and innumeracy) is everywhere. Even those responsible for public signage seem to have been infected, at least in Revelstoke, British Columbia.
Memo to the sign painter: Back to scohol for you, buddy!
Memo to the sign painter: Back to scohol for you, buddy!
UPDATED: Who's responsible for latest Afghanistan massacre?
Which group of Islamic terrorists is responsible for yesterday's massive suicide car bombing in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan? The body count so far is 90 dead, at least 400 wounded. That's more than four times the number of casualties in last week's ISIS-related Manchester massacre, but you won't be seeing much handwringing and crocodile tears from Western politicians or in the lamestream media, because hey, these are just towel-headed Muslims. Who cares? And that answers the question in today's headline.
It's worth noting, though, that this was one of the worst attacks Kabul had seen since the Prez (Obama -- how quickly we forget) declared victory in Afghanistan and started the drawdown of foreign forces from the country at the end of 2014. The bombing, which took place in what was supposed to be Kabul's safest neighbourhood, raises serious questions about the Afghan government's ability to secure the war-battered nation.
If the Afghans' democratically elected government (LOL) can't control their own country, must we go back in to pacify the Taliban and/or ISIS for them? There was talk of "re-engaging" even before yesterday's blast. Indeed, more than 8000 of US troops and "advisors" are still there, along with personnel from other NATO countries -- excluding Canada, of course -- but they are steadily losing ground. In fact, the Kabul government's writ runs only to the perimeter of the city, if that.
Last month, the Afghan Taliban announced the beginning of their spring offensive, promising to build their political base in the country while focusing military assaults on the international coalition and Afghan security forces. American and Afghan forces have been battling the Taliban insurgency for more than 15 years... and counting. If anyone has a persuasive argument as to why we should continue, please write it on the back of a postage stamp and send it to Walt at the usual address.
FURTHER READING, added 1/6/17: Don Murray, a formerly a CBC reporter and now a freelancer, thinks WE are responsible for the latest Taliban (or ISIS) attacks in Afghanistan, in the sense that, if "we" weren't there, the fanatical Islamists wouldn't be blowing things up. Read "Afghan civilians bear brunt of US-led war". The secondary title is "Few American, NATO troops now die in the conflict but their presence ensures ever more Afghans will get killed". Hmm. Could be.
It's worth noting, though, that this was one of the worst attacks Kabul had seen since the Prez (Obama -- how quickly we forget) declared victory in Afghanistan and started the drawdown of foreign forces from the country at the end of 2014. The bombing, which took place in what was supposed to be Kabul's safest neighbourhood, raises serious questions about the Afghan government's ability to secure the war-battered nation.
If the Afghans' democratically elected government (LOL) can't control their own country, must we go back in to pacify the Taliban and/or ISIS for them? There was talk of "re-engaging" even before yesterday's blast. Indeed, more than 8000 of US troops and "advisors" are still there, along with personnel from other NATO countries -- excluding Canada, of course -- but they are steadily losing ground. In fact, the Kabul government's writ runs only to the perimeter of the city, if that.
Last month, the Afghan Taliban announced the beginning of their spring offensive, promising to build their political base in the country while focusing military assaults on the international coalition and Afghan security forces. American and Afghan forces have been battling the Taliban insurgency for more than 15 years... and counting. If anyone has a persuasive argument as to why we should continue, please write it on the back of a postage stamp and send it to Walt at the usual address.
FURTHER READING, added 1/6/17: Don Murray, a formerly a CBC reporter and now a freelancer, thinks WE are responsible for the latest Taliban (or ISIS) attacks in Afghanistan, in the sense that, if "we" weren't there, the fanatical Islamists wouldn't be blowing things up. Read "Afghan civilians bear brunt of US-led war". The secondary title is "Few American, NATO troops now die in the conflict but their presence ensures ever more Afghans will get killed". Hmm. Could be.
Monday, May 29, 2017
Journalistic illiteracy - National/Financial Post (again)
When I was teaching ESL, my dear students sometimes asked how many words they should know. I told them that the average native speaker (of English) would use between 3000 and 5000 words on an everyday basis, and a vocabulary of 10,000 words would make you a well-read and well-spoken person. But, I warned them, it's no good memorizing a lot of words if you don't know what they mean.
This principle is obviously not taught in North American j-schools, for the lamestream media is full of spelling, grammatical and vocabulary errors, which we delight in pointing out from time to time. Here's one from today's online edition of the Financial Post, a part of Canada's so-called National Post.
If you didn't spot the error, it's back to Remedial English for you! And take Joe Chidley with you! At least it wasn't the "its/it's" mistake, or (my current pet peeve) "incidences" for "incidents".
This principle is obviously not taught in North American j-schools, for the lamestream media is full of spelling, grammatical and vocabulary errors, which we delight in pointing out from time to time. Here's one from today's online edition of the Financial Post, a part of Canada's so-called National Post.
If you didn't spot the error, it's back to Remedial English for you! And take Joe Chidley with you! At least it wasn't the "its/it's" mistake, or (my current pet peeve) "incidences" for "incidents".
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