November 12, 2009

Taliban Celebrate Ft. Hood Attack, Calls Hasan “Hero”

by Nick Allen, Telegraph UK
The Taliban claimed there would be more attacks like the Fort Hood shootings unless Washington ends it policies in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a report.

It also described the US army psychiatrist who carried out the massacre in Texas as a “hero”.

The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist websites, said it had picked up a Taliban message praising the attack.

The message said: “The recent attack on the military base in Texas warns that if the occupation policy of the American rulers continues in this way, without them folding the carpets of occupation and transgression in Afghanistan and Iraq, it is natural then that incidents and attacks similar to Texas will spread to the Pentagon and other American military centres.

“According to media reports, the hero of the attack is a Muslim psychiatrist and major in the American army, of Palestinian origin.”

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 29 in the attack last Thursday at America’s largest military base. He was due to be deployed to Afghanistan later this month.

Law enforcement agencies have said he acted alone and was not directed by al-Qaeda or the Taliban.

Hasan has emerged from a coma after being shot four times by two civilian police officers. He has invoked his right to a lawyer and investigators are still waiting to interview him

November 7, 2009

Muslims fear backlash after shootings

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Reuters Photo: U.S. Army first responders use a table as a stretcher to transport a wounded soldier…

The Fort Hood shootings should remind us that the mandate of Islam is to rid the world of Christians and Jews and basically anyone who isn’t Islamic. They have the same basic rights as us in the Western world yet we have absolutely no rights whatsoever in their countries. We cannot speak against thier goverments like they can ours, and God forbid we say something negative about Mohammed. Now I agree that there are many very nice Muslims living in Canada and the US. There  were also many nice Germans during WW2, but when push came to shove they joined Hitler in his endeavours. Do we ever learn from history?

November 6, 2009

Let’s hear from you

November 6, 2009

Lets STOP the Government’s HST Tax Grab

E-mail received today November 5th,2009

(Do not know if this will do any good, however I signed this petition….please read about the impact that this will have on you all and at least go to the site and see the short video!!!!….Marlene)
Next summer (2010) the Ontario Government is set to put into force its new harmonized GST/PST sales tax which will apply a 13% sales tax to everything we purchase.
Things That Were Not Subject To The Current 8% PST Will Be Now Taxed
As a result, things that were not previously taxed under the current Ontario Provincial Sales Tax (PST) will be taxed at 8%..
The new 13% tax will therefore apply to things like your electric bill, your gas bill, your water bill, condominium fees, insurance premiums, and every other good and service you purchase. There are almost no exemptions.
The current Ontario PST tax does not apply to services, nor does it apply to the purchase of certain goods. The new 13% tax will therefore extend the old 8% PST tax rate to the purchase of all goods and all services.
The New 13% Tax Will Apply To The Purchase of All New Homes
The new harmonized GST/PST will also apply to all purchases of all new homes. If a person were to purchase a new $1 million dollar home in Toronto , they would have to pay roughly $200,000 in taxes as a result of the Ontario land transfer tax, the new city of Toronto land transfer tax, and the new harmonized 13% GST/PST..
Think about that and what that would do to real estate values in Toronto .
It will cause property values to fall and kill the new home construction industry and the jobs it creates.
And it won’t be long before you’ll hear our elected representatives telling us that, because of the harm that has been inflicted to the new home construction industry by the new 13% tax, it would be “fair” to extend the new 13% tax to sales of existing homes.
The New 13% Tax Is An Assault On Your Primary Residence
Canadians have had two things that they have always been able to count on as being tax free – things that they could use to save money and accumulate wealth. They are your: (a) primary home; and (b) RRSP. That’s it.
The extension of the new 13% GST/PST to homes is simply a tax assault by the government on your primary home. They want to tax your primary home and you will suffer because of it.
Why? Because if a purchaser has to pay almost $200,000 in taxes to buy your $1 million dollar home, the purchaser is going to pay less to you for your home. The purchaser will reduce the amount he or she is willing to pay to you in order to pay all the taxes.
The New 13% Tax Will Effectively Raise Your Income Taxes
Currently, the combined Federal/Ontario income tax rates are roughly 25% on the first $20,000 of taxable income, 42% on the next $40,000 of taxable income, and 46.5% on each dollar of taxable income over $60,000. On top of that you have to add the “Fair Share Health Tax” of up to $1,000 each of us has to pay.
If the Ontario Government gets away with implementing their new harmonized GST/PST sales tax of 13%, the top effective income tax rates in Ontario will be as follows (since you can’t spend any of your tax paid dollars without paying the new harmonized 13% GST/PST tax):
38% on the first $20,000
53% on the next $40,000
59.5% on every dollar over $60,000
On top of that, you have to pay your Ontario Fair Share Health Tax, your city realty taxes, your city garbage fees, your city water fees, your city street parking permit fees, your annual Ontario and new city of Toronto vehicle license plate fees, your Ontario land transfer tax, your new city of Toronto land transfer tax, your gasoline taxes, your liquor taxes, your air departure taxes, your entertainment taxes, and so on.

OF ALL THE MONEY YOU WORKED HARD TO EARN, WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE YOU REALLY KEEPING FOR YOUR OWN USE?  25%? 20%? 10%?
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH – FIGHT BACK
THIS HAS GOT TO STOP HERE OR WE WILL ALL SOON BE WORKING FULL TIME FOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN ONTARIO .
YOU CAN ALREADY SEE HOW ARE LIFESTYLES ARE DECLINING BECAUSE OF THE ENORMOUS TAX LOAD WE BEAR.
AS A RESULT, I URGE YOU TO TAKE THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY AND TO FILL AND SIGN THE PETITION AT www.unfairtaxgrab.com AGAINST THE NEW HARMONIZED GST/PST TAX SET OUT BELOW. 
THANK YOU.

To sign a petition go to  www.unfairtaxgrab.com 
 Join the Facebook fight back here

October 25, 2009

Ontario’s Harmonized Tax Grab Coming in 2010

(Content reproduced from email circulating the internet)

This proposed tax is huge and will effect us all in so many ways. Here are some of the items that we will have to pay an extra 8% on. 

  • Cable TV:  if $60 monthly, yearly increase is $57..60 more.
  • Golf Fees:  if $1,500 yearly X 2, yearly increase is $240.00 more
  • Gym Membership:  if $35 month X 2, yearly increase is $67.20 more.
  • Hydro:  if $85 monthly, yearly increase is $81.60 more.
  • Haircuts:  if $450 X 2 annually, yearly increase is $72.00 more.
  • Heating Fuel:  if $800 annually, yearly increase is $64.00 more.
  • Internet:  If $65 monthly, yearly increase is $62.40 more.
  • Income Tax Prep. If cost is $150 X 2, yearly increase is $24.00 more.
  • Legal Fees:  for wills, P.Of A., advice, etc. Add 8%, $32 more.
  • London KNIGHTS tickets: 4 games X 2, yrly incr. Is $11.52 more   (note Senior Season Ticket $484 X 2, yearly increase is $77.4 4 more)
  • Magazine Subscription:  $25 annually X 4, increase is $8.00 more
  • Movie Tickets:  one per month X 2, yearly increase is $16.32 more
  • Newspapers Subscription: $20 monthly, yrly incr. Is $18.91 more
  • RRIF/RRSP**: $400,000 family savings, yrly incr. $1,040.00 more. **This is a NEW HIDDEN TAX OF $52 per $20,000 on deposit, ANNUALLY
  • Telephone: if $48 monthly, yearly increase is $46.08 more
  • Tim Hortons Coffee:  3 per week X 2, yrly increase is $41.18.
  • Toronto Theatre: 2 X $150 ticket, yrly increase $24.00
  • Vacation Travel: $450 airline ticket X 2, yrly increase $76.00 more
  • Veterinarian:  Beagle is Family!  Add $32.00 more..
  • Vitamins: $60 monthly X 2, yrly increase $115.20 more

Are you ready for the TAX KICK coming NEXT YEAR?

ADDITIONAL TAXES OF OVER $2,100.00 MORE EVERY YEAR FOR JUST THESE ITEMS LISTED.

If you are opposed to McGuinty’s proposed new tax grab, go to www.unfairtaxgrab.com and sign the petition. If not, well enjoy the increased taxes and dont bitch about it afterwards. LSD

October 24, 2009

Some Good Advice to Help Prevent Swine Flu

 REPRODUCED FROM AN EMAIL RECEIVED October 24,2009
The following information was given  by Dr. Vinay Goyal and I feel makes a lot of sense and is could be important for us to know.

Dr. Vinay Goyal is an MBBS,DRM,DNB (Intensivist and Thyroid specialist) having clinical experience of over 20 years. He has worked in institutions like Hinduja Hospital , Bombay Hospital , Saifee Hospital , Tata Memorial etc. Presently, he is heading our Nuclear Medicine Department and Thyroid clinic at Riddhivinayak Cardiac and Critical Centre, Malad (W).

The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it’s almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is.

While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps, not fully highlighted in most official communications, can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 or Tamiflu):

1. Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications).

2. “Hands-off-the-face” approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face (unless you want to eat, bathe or slap).

3. *Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you don’t trust salt)… *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/ nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one. Don’t underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.

4. Similar to 3 above, *clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water. *Not everybody may be good at Jala Neti or Sutra Neti (very good Yoga asanas to clean nasal cavities), but *blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.* Neti pots and sinus rinse kits are available at the drug store and relatively inexpensive and usually under $15.

5. *Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C ( Keep reading →

October 22, 2009

Pretty River Fight Goes National

Thursday, October 22, 2009 Collingwood
by Phil Birchard

The story of Collingwood’s private school stimulus grant has gone national.
The story was highlighted on a weekend edition of The National, featuring the Pretty River Academy and the people who think the private school shouldn’t have received a half-million dollar grant to refurbish its soccer fields.

The man who started an online petition protesting the grant, Lorne Kenney, says  taxpayer money should be going to things that are collectively owned by the taxpayers through the municipal, provincial, or federal government, or a community oriented organization like the YMCA.

But Kenney says a private school doesn’t fit into either category.

Kenney puts some blame on Simcoe Grey MP Helena Guergis, who he says was the last line of defence for taxpayers.

He says it was irresponsible of Guergis to take political credit for the money going to Pretty River Academy, and he hasn’t heard anything from her yet either.

Kenny says there are more than 600 names on the petition against the funding so far, and says Simcoe Grey MPP Jim Wilson has asked question in the Provincial Legislature about why a private school qualified for grants.

He says Collingwood is negotiating a public use agreement for the fields with the school, and they will be there when the issue comes before council.

October 20, 2009

Sauce attack boy on DNA register

 

DNA samples

The girl’s mother said she was happy with how police handled the matter

A father has complained to Kent police after his teenage son was added to the national DNA database for slamming ketchup on to a girl’s head.

Zach Cameron, 15, of Chatham, was issued with a reprimand for common assault when he admitted attacking the teenager with a sachet of tomato sauce.

He attended the police station with his parents after the incident on Chatham High Street two weeks ago.

Kent Police said officers had followed the Home Office code of practice.

The DNA of anyone arrested for a recordable offence and detained at a police station can be added to the national database.

Zach’s father James said: “What he did was stupid, I’m not going to argue that. I think the police do a wonderful job, but it seems to me their hands were tied.

The boy has owned up to the offence and has been rightfully punished for what he has done
Girl’s mother

“To stick him on the DNA database alongside rapists, murderers, burglars, what I would class as proper criminals, just seems a bit excessive to me.”

The teenage girl’s mother said she thought the matter had been dealt with fairly by police and was happy it was now over.

In a statement released by Kent Police, she said: “The boy has owned up to the offence and has been rightfully punished for what he has done.

“The force that was used to slam the ketchup down on my daughter’s head was so hard that she thought her knees were going to buckle.”

Det Ins Dave Berry, from Kent Police, said Zach can apply to have the details removed from the database.

“There is a well-established appeals process for people feel that they shouldn’t have their DNA on the DNA database,” he added.

Taken from the BBC News – updated at 19:52 GMT, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 20:52 UK

October 18, 2009

THIS IS THE HARPER I VOTED FOR

Softer side of Harper on display in Quebec magazine interview as he talks about faith, family and country
In the article, Mr. Harper said it’s too early to consider how history will treat him, adding that a more pressing and ever-present priority is ensuring family comes first.
“The important thing, for me, is to preserve family ties. I can win elections, but if I lose my family, it’s a disaster.”
He said he is not troubled by thoughts of what judgment history will render.
“To be honest with you, I am a lot more concerned by God’s verdict regarding my life than the one of historians,” the Prime Minister said with a laugh, according to the article.
Steven Chase and Daniel Leblanc
Ottawa — From Saturday’s Globe and Mail Last updated on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009 02:58AM EDT

October 18, 2009

O CANADA

Letter to the Editor
So many letter writers have explained how this land is made up of immigrants. Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people why today’s Canadian is not willing to accept the new kind of immigrant any longer.
Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to Canada , people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in Halifax and be documented. Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new Canadian households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home.They had waved good bye to their birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate into one culture.
Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labour laws to protect them. All they had were the skills, craftsmanship and desire they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity.
Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out.Canadians fought along side men whose parents had come straight over from Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Czechoslovakia, Russia,Sweden,Poland and so many other places. None of these first generation Canadians ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from.. They were Canadians fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan. They were defending the Freedom as one people. When we liberated France , no one in those villages was looking for the Ukrainian-Canadian or the German-Canadian or the Irish-Canadian.The people of France saw only Canadians.
And we carried one flag that represented our country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country’s flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be a Canadian. They stirred the melting pot into one red and white bowl.
And here we are in 2009 with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes a Canadian passport and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I’m sorry, that’s not what being a Canadian is all about. Canadians have been very open-hearted and open-minded regarding immigrants, whether they were fleeing poverty, dictatorship, persecution, or whatever else makes us think of those aforementioned immigrants who truly did ADOPT our country, and our flag and our morals and our customs, and left their wars, hatred, and divisions behind. I believe that the immigrants who landed in Canada in the early 1900s deserve better than that for the toil, hard work and sacrifice those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags, fighting foreign battles on our soil, making Canadians change to suit their religions and cultures, and wanting to change our countries fabric by claiming discrimination when we do not give in to their demands.
Its about time we get real and stand up for our forefathers rights, we are CANADIAN Lest we forget it I am a Native of this Country & proud of it!
NO MORE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
NO MORE not saying CHRISTMAS in stores and our schools!
I want my Canada of birth BACK.