EVERYONE loves dressing up for Halloween!
(OK – the photo has ‘washed out’ the colours, but, this is one dog who absolutely LOVED getting his ‘make-up’ on. When he saw the kids get theirs done, he just lined up and wanted the same treatment!)
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Blazing Catfur needs our help!
October 28, 2010 — xanthippaBlazingCatFur is one of the most steadfast warriors in our fight for freedom of speech.
He is not afraid to speak his mind – and to speak up for others who have been oppressed.
About 18 months ago everybody’s favourite Ex-Canadian Human Rights Commission employee Richard Warman launched one of his many, as in very many, SLAPP suits against yours truly for, among other dastardly deeds, linking to the “far-right web site http://www.steynonline.com/“. Sheesh everybody knows Mark Steyn is controversial.
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Warman is also suing for comments made by multiple readers. In one instance for the heinous crime of calling him a “Bully”. We all know what this SLAPP suit is really all about. Warman is using every lawfare tactic he can to prevent a discussion in the public interest of Section 13 (1) and the CHRC. A discussion in which he must feature prominently.
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Warman is suing me for $500,000.00 Dollars. A ridiculous amount for an equally ridiculous lawsuit. Nonetheless even nuisance suits such as this must be defended against. To date legal fees have run me about 10K. I’ve covered that from my own pocket. I am now asking for your help. I know times are hard for many of us but if every reader who visited daily were to contribute 5 or 10 dollars then that would go a long way to helping all of us out.
This is your fight too, well except for the lawyer stuff anyway 😉
To help, either go to his site and click the PayPal ‘Feed-the-Kitty’ button, e-mail an internet banking transfer to blazingcatfur@gmail.com or send a cheque to:
“Christopher Ashby in Trust”
Attn: Blazingcatfur defence fund
Suite 1013
8 King Street East
Toronto ON M5C 1B5
Pat Condell: ‘God or Nothing’
October 26, 2010 — xanthippaIt keeps baffling me just how many people are either unable or unwilling to grasp the difference between ‘not believing something’ and ‘believing in something else’.
A non-deity centered example of this would be, say, the question: do you believe that my mother has ‘naturally blond hair’?
Never having met my mother – and therefore not holding an opinion on the topic of her hair colour – seems the most obvious and logical position.
Yet, to have some people explain it, not having any opinion on the topic either way somehow implies a belief that her hair is NOT naturally blond – or even that it is ‘naturally red’!
Like Pat Condell, I find the suggestion that a ‘belief’ should be treated with respect similar to or greater than ‘fact-based reality’ actively offensive! Whether that belief is religious or secular, it is a belief – a notion (perhaps deeply held, but a notion none-the-less). It must never be afforded the level of respect that the anti-blasphemy movements demand.
No, I will not deny them the right to believe whatever they want to. It is their right to believe whatever they wish.
But it is NOT their right to demand that I, you, or anyone else respects their beliefs and goes around pretending that just because they believe something, we must all behave as it it were true!
Yet that is exactly what the UN’s new anti-blasphemy laws demand…
Now, couple the religious beliefs with political ambitions and you have a recipe for oppression – of the worst kind.
Ottawa 2010 Municipal Elections results
October 25, 2010 — xanthippaWell, the results are in.
Almost!
Some ward races were won by less than 100 votes, so recounts are very likely.
Still, there do appear to be a few new faces on the Ottawa City Council. Not enough (in my never-humble-opinion), but some are better than none! The results, as of now, are as follows:
Mayor: Jim Watson
Ward races:
- Orleans: Bob Monette
- Innes: Rainer Bloess
- Barrhaven: Jan Harder
- Kanata North: Marianne Wilkinson
- West Carleton-March: Eli El-Chantiry
- Kanata-Stittsville: Shad Qadri
- Bay: Mark Taylor
- College: Rick Chiarelli
- Knoxdale-Merivale: Keith Egli
- Gloucester-Southgate: Diane Deans
- Beacon Hill-Cyrville: Tim Tierney
- Rideau-Vanier: Mathieu Fleury
- Rideau-Rockcliffe: Peter Clark
- Somerset: Diane Holmes
- Kitchissippi: Katherine Hobbs
- River: Maria McRae
- Capital: David Chernushenko
- Alta Vista: Peter Hume
- Cumberland: Stephen Blais
- Osgoode: Doug Thompson
- Rideau-Goulbourn: Scott Moffat
- Gloucester-South Nepean: Steve Desroches
- Kanata South: Allan Hubley
Pat Condell: ‘Drunk on Religion’
October 25, 2010 — xanthippaNot that long ago, I wrote a post because I was frustrated about the inaccurate use of the terms ‘agnostic’ and ‘atheist’.
In the comments following the post, JR and I got into a bit of a discussion on this topic: JR insisted (at least, that is my understanding) that even though he considers himself an agnostic, he’d rather toss his lot in with theists than atheists.
In my never-humble-opinion, Pat Condell’s video (though it stands perfectly well on its own) makes an excellent addition to this discussion.
Videos from anti-McGuinty/Watson rally in Ottawa, 23rd of October 2010
October 24, 2010 — xanthippaUPDATE: new videos are being added, as they are being posted (….and the duplicate video has been replaced by the one that was meant to have been posted.)
Yesterday’s anti-McGuinty/Watson saw a smaller, but dedicated, group of honest citizens express their disgust at how these corrupt collectivists are ruining our lives.
Though I could not be there myself (my ‘technical difficulties’ are still putting a damper on my mobility), VideoManOttawa has posted the following videos:
Update: More videos, as they are being posted
OPP Detective Sgt. Jim Smyth – excellent work
October 21, 2010 — xanthippa‘Everybody’ has been following the trial of Col. Russel Williams… who had just been sentenced to 25 years in jail with no possibility of parole.
All that needs to be said about what he did has probably already been said – and I’ll not bore you by repeating it.
What I do want to call your attention to is the absolutely awesome work done by OPP’s Behaviour Sciences Section Detective Sgt. Jim Smyth. Honestly, I am rather impressed by how quickly this Williams guy has been caught: a highly skilled military man… he had skills well beyond what one might expect of an ‘ordinary’ criminal.
And, he had been trained how to withstand interrogation, too. Which is what makes Sgt. Jim Smyth’s accomplishment while interrogating Williams that much more impressive.
Here is part of the interrogation video, as posted by the Global Toronto. Sgt. Smyth – well done!
My sympathy to all the victims of this criminal and their families.
However, I do get very angry when some people attempt to group Russel Williams’ wife, Mary Elisabeth Harriman, in with the victims!
That very idea is highly offensive. Remember, Harriman is employed by a charity organization – and draws a ‘six-figure-salary’... in my eyes, this makes her a kind of a rapist, too!
…and from ‘Hacker News’
October 18, 2010 — xanthippa“While working as developer in Canada, Saeed designed a program that would allow his clients to upload pictures, and as is a common courtesy in programming, included his name and info in the file. This program, Saeed’s wife – Dr. Fatimeh Eftekhari – explains, was used in an adult content website WITHOUT Saeed’s knowledge or approval. “The only recognizable name in the program was Saeed’s,” she continued, “which led to his arrest” and to the accusations claiming that Saeed was responsible for the development and administration of the website.” from http://united4iran.org/2010/10/the-case-of-saeed-malekpour-web-developer-jailed-since-2008/
Read it here…
From the department of: ‘this would be funny if it were not true…’
October 18, 2010 — xanthippaDvorak Uncensored and Ezra Levant say it so well…
Xanthippa's Chamberpot 