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There are usually at least a small handful of idiots every year who end up through the ice on simcoe.
 
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People were in shorts and flip flops today that I saw. How is that level of stupidity even possible?
 
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My first wife was tarded.......She's a pilot now
 
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er, guys, that was leafman101 and a few of our friends up at his cottage...
 
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Wow...if you're not just winding us up, well, I'm glad they're alright but it's still a remarkably stupid thing to do.
 
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an update on a story I posted some time ago about an assassination of a Hamas member in Dubai....

the U.K has thrown an Israeli diplomat out of the country.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8582518.stm

he UK is to expel an Israeli diplomat over 12 forged British passports used in the killing of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January.

David Miliband said there were "compelling reasons" to believe Israel was responsible for the forgeries.

The foreign secretary said the misuse of British passports was "intolerable."

Israel's ambassador to London, Ron Prosor, said he was "disappointed", but Israel confirmed there would be no tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsion.

Mr Prosor said: "The relationship between Israel and the UK is of mutual importance, hence we are disappointed by the... decision."

Israel has previously said there is no proof it was behind the killing at a Dubai hotel.
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"Given that this was a very sophisticated operation, in which high-quality forgeries were made, the government judges it is highly likely that the forgeries were made by a state intelligence service," he said.

"We have concluded that there are compelling reasons to believe Israel was responsible for the misuse of the British passports."

The incident "represents a profound disregard for the sovereignty of the United Kingdom" he said.

He said the fact that Israel was a friend added "insult to injury".

The BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen said the expulsion sent a "very clear message" of British disapproval.

"It is a very big step for a government like the British to expel one of the diplomats belonging to one of its important allies," he said.
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and Israeli politicians fire back, sadly in the exact way expected....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ing-of-British-passports-was-intolerable.html

The probe determined that the documents were cloned when British citizens passed through airports on their way into Israel, with officials taking them away for "checks" which lasted around 20 minutes.

A senior diplomat at the Israeli Embassy in London – thought to be the Mossad's station commander in teh UK – was expelled as a result.

The Foreign Secretary told MPs that Britain had no advance knowledge of the "very sophisticated" operation to clone passports while their holders were travelling through Israel and other countries.

He added: "Given that this was a very sophisticated operation, in which high-quality forgeries were made, the Government judges it is highly likely that the forgeries were made by a state intelligence service.

"Taking this together with other inquiries, and the link with Israel established by Soca, we have concluded that there are compelling reasons to believe that Israel was responsible for the misuse of the British passports.
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However, members of the Israeli parliament likened the British government to "anti-Semitic dogs" and demanded the expulsion of Britain's military attaché in Tel Aviv in response.

"I think the British are being hypocritical, and I do not wish to insult dogs here, since some dogs show true loyalty, [but] who gave the British the right to judge us on the war on terror?" said Arieh Eldad, a right-wing member of the Knesset.

Another MP, Michael Ben-Ari, said: "Dogs are usually loyal, the British may be dogs, but they are not loyal to us. They seem to be loyal to the anti-Semitic establishment.

"We have learned that a dog must be called by its name. This is anti-Semitism disguised as anti-Zionism."

A spokesman for Hamas said it welcomed the decision to expel the diplomat but called for increased international efforts to track down the killers.
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Wow, that's quite the response. They're basically admitting that they did it, and saying that the British are anti-semites and "unloyal dogs" for having a problem with Israel cloning their passports.
 
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Yikes, Israel is really pushing people away or at least making it difficult to have a dialogue.
 
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Israel thinks it can do whatever, whenever it wants. God firbid you actually stand up to them because then they call you racist and start saying remember the holocaust.

It has every right to exist and to protect itself just like any other country.

However, it does not have the right to operate without consequences.
 
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God forbid Britain gets pissy when they are duped like that and made to look like conspirators.
 
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Well Coulter didn't get her moment......

http://www.canada.com/Coulter+event+shut+down+security+concerns/2718231/story.html


‘It’s always the bush league schools,’ Coulter contends


By Zev Singer and Kristy Nease, Ottawa CitizenMarch 24, 2010 8:20 AMComments (2877)


OTTAWA — After protesters at the University of Ottawa prevented Ann Coulter from giving a speech Tuesday night, the American conservative writer said it proved the point she came to make — free speech in Canada leaves much to be desired.

Then she said what she really thought of the student protesters who surrounded Marion Hall, making it to unsafe, in the view of her bodyguard, for the pundit to attempt entry.

“The University of Ottawa is really easy to get into, isn’t it?” she said in an interview after the cancelled event. “I never get any trouble at the Ivy League schools. It’s always the bush league schools.”

Coulter said she has been speaking regularly at university campuses for a decade. While she has certainly been heckled, she said this is the first time an engagement has been cancelled because of protesters.

“This has never, ever, ever happened before — even at the stupidest American university,” she said.

Coulter remarked on the reception she has had since entering the country.

“Since I’ve arrived in Canada, I’ve been denounced on the floor of Parliament — which, by the way, is on my bucket list — my posters have been banned, I’ve been accused of committing a crime in a speech that I have not yet given, I was banned by the student council, so welcome to Canada!”

The “accusation” of which Coulter speaks is a reference to an e-mail she received from University of Ottawa vice-president and provost Francois Houle on Friday, warning her that freedom of speech is defined differently in Canada than in the U.S. and that she should take care not to step over the line.

Coulter said that letter set the tone for and encouraged the protesters. She said it’s well known on the campus speaking circuit that conservatives need to travel with security staff, as she did.

“I’m pretty sure little Francois A-Houle does not need to travel with a bodyguard,” she said. “I would like to know when this sort of violence, this sort of protest, has been inflicted upon a Muslim — who appear to be, from what I’ve read of the human rights complaints, the only protected group in Canada. I think I’ll give my speech tomorrow night in a burka. That will protect me.”

Canadian conservative political commentator Ezra Levant, the other speaker travelling with Coulter on the three-city tour, presented by the International Free Press Society of Canada, told the half-filled hall that no more people would be able to enter and that Coulter had been advised it would not be safe for her to appear.

Coulter’s bodyguard ultimately made the judgment, after conferring with security staff on site.

In a short speech, Levant said Tuesday was “an embarrassing day for the University of Ottawa and their student body, who could not debate Ann Coulter . . . who chose to silence her through threats and intimidation, just like their vice-president did.”

Levant laid the blame squarely on Houle.

“A fish rots from the head down,” he said. “Francois Houle got his wish. He telegraphed to the community that the University of Ottawa is not a place for free debate.”

Houle could not be reached for comment Tuesday night.

Levant said the spectacle showed “just how eroded our Canadian values of free speech have become” — especially on university campuses.

“I think this has turned into a teaching moment for the entire country, a reminder that freedom of speech is a Canadian value,” he said.

Rita Valeriano was one of several protesters inside the hall who, with chants of “Coulter go home!” shouted down the International Free Press Society of Canada organizer who was addressing the crowd.

Valeriano, a 19-year-old sociology and women’s studies student, said later that she was happy Coulter was unable to speak the “hatred” she had planned to.

“On campus, we promise our students a safe and positive space,” she said. “And that’s not what (Coulter) brings.”

Outside the hall, Sameena Topan, 26, a conflict studies and human rights major at the U of O, spoke to the Citizen on behalf of a group of protesters.

“We have a large group of students that can very clearly outline the difference between discourse and discrimination,” Topan said of the protest. “We wanted to mobilize and make sure that’s clear on campus, that there’s a line between controversy and discrimination, and Ann Coulter has crossed it. Numerous times.”

“We had concerns about (the event) at the beginning, but especially after we saw what happened at the University of Western Ontario, when she called out a Muslim girl there and was saying she needs to take a camel because Muslim people shouldn’t fly. That kind of stuff just reaffirmed everything that we were afraid of and that’s when . . . we really got worried.”

Topan was pleased to hear the students behind her shout, “Hate speech cancelled!” in unison.

“I think that’s great. I think we accomplished what we were here to do, to ensure that we don’t have her discriminatory rhetoric on our campus,” she said.

Jonathan Reid, 18, a Carleton political science student and a fan of Coulter, brought a book to be signed.

During the protest outside after the event was cancelled, Reid and a group of other students shouted a counter-chant, “No more commies on our campus!,” while pumping their fists. The Coulter protesters moved forward to face them, and TV crew lights lit angry faces.

“It’s a shame,” Reid said of the cancellation. “They claim we’re the intolerant ones, yet they’re the ones who refuse to allow a Conservative speaker to come to campus. That is the definition of intolerance.”

U of O political science student Faris Lehn, 23, said he doesn’t support Coulter’s message, but had hoped for a debate.

“It’s too bad she didn’t get to speak because I think she would have made herself look more ridiculous than anyone here could have made her look,” Lehn said.

“The problem with Ann Coulter . . . is that the arguments that she uses don’t necessarily promote good debate, they promote this,” he said, glancing at the chanting crowd.

Ottawa Citizen

© Copyright (c) Canwest News Service
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Too bad, everytime she opens her mouth, she does her own disservice. Canada really needs to lighten up here. Sure she says some controversial things, but my god, anyone with half a brain can see it for entertainment and lulz.
 
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this whole episode makes us look like absolute CLOWNS. i am very, very familiar with the loony tunes at ottawa U who were responsible for this atrocity. they are absolute zealots who talk a great game about "tolerance" and "diversity", but they are emphatically the most intolerant and militant group of people on the planet. the rector should be slapped for starting the whole thing with his stupid email to coulter, and the university should be absolutely ashamed. coulter is 100% right when she calls us bush league for doing stuff like this.
 
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Meh. With all the bitching about the right to free speech, I guess Coulter and her supporters didn't stop to consider that's exactly what those protesters were exercising: their right to free speech, and their right to protest. Not that I support the course of action those protesters took though. If I'd been a student at that University, I'd have given her appearance the attention it deserved: none. As someone who thrives on negative publicity, they're just giving her exactly what she wants. She'd have been far more hurt if nobody showed up except for a smattering of fans with books to sign.
 
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theREALkoreaboy said:
this whole episode makes us look like absolute CLOWNS. i am very, very familiar with the loony tunes at ottawa U who were responsible for this atrocity. they are absolute zealots who talk a great game about "tolerance" and "diversity", but they are emphatically the most intolerant and militant group of people on the planet. the rector should be slapped for starting the whole thing with his stupid email to coulter, and the university should be absolutely ashamed. coulter is 100% right when she calls us bush league for doing stuff like this.
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I agree - I hate double standards more than I despise Coulter.

Something I noticed in that article - they make it sound like Coulter called out the Muslim girl in London, but if you read that exchange, it was the opposite....that girl was ambushing Coulter.

And does anyone else see where she was threatened with sticks and rocks? I see someone pulled a fire alarm. The cover of the Drudge Report says she was chased away with rocks, but of course, I cannot find a mention of it in the press. My god, the media is disgraceful on both sides.
 
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