hmmm.

What's a "landed immigrant"?

There is absolutely no pattern as far as any religion, ideology or nationality,” Warr said.

I wonder who the bombs were addressed to, and if there was a letter, what did it say?

Inspector Clouseau would be proud.

i seem to remember a certain Hezbollah billboard in Ontario

re: #3 FQ Kafir

I'm wondering the same thing. Who was he sending them to?

No pattern? Hmmm, this must be a case for Sherlock Holmes. Let's see. From Lebanon? What religion is he? Oh, muslim. Hmmm, this is a difficult one to sort out. You say he was caught with pipe bombs in his possession? Wonder if he was a fund raiser for one of the terrorist groups? Could it be he was doing revenge bombings? Could it be that he was extorting money from his victims?

What do you think Watson?

The broad strata strikes again in Ontario.

Of course this has nothing to do with him being from Lebanon
no religious motivations whatsoever
he was simply sending out these letter bombs in anticipation of the NFL kickoff weekend starting thursday
DUH

Warr said the suspect is a landed immigrant from Lebanon with a Canadian passport, but police do not believe the crimes were motivated by religion or politics.

“There is absolutely no pattern as far as any religion, ideology or nationality,” Warr said.

Some kinds of stupid come naturally. Stupid like this takes a lot of effort.

JWM

So then what was the bastard's motive?
re: #2 MandyManners

Inquiring minds want to know!

There must be a pattern, there has to be......
this is a job for Sherlock Holmes... no? OK Inspector Clouseau.... no?

OK then bring on the big guns! Mr Bean, we have a case for you

This version gives his full name......

Adel Mohamed Arnaout

I wonder what religoin he is?

I read somewhere that the letter bombs were a personal vendetta. However, at the time they police couldn't find a link among the recipients and were telling everyone to be careful.

Nobody up here believes the broad strata line.

48 hour rule, he might be Lebanese Amish.

“There is absolutely no pattern as far as any religion, ideology or nationality,” Warr said.

Is this guy joking or just being PC? This policy of allowing any one of ME origin to come into their country with no questions asked is really beginning to bite them in the rear.

I really do hope they wake up soon.

Toronto police discovered a large hole had been dug outside their headquarters by an unknown individual/group. Asked what they were going to do, the police commissioner said "we will get to the bottom of this." One week later they were asked about the state of the investigation and the commissioner said "we are looking into it."

Keystone cops

They say that religion, ideology nor nationality was a factor—but then only tell us his nationality. As this is, no doubt, an ongoing investigation, additional details will be few. So is he just an ordinary psycho or a psycho-with-a-cause? Knowing who the letters were sent to would help.

Who would have guessed that the "lone nut" theory was so popular?
I seem to recall a lot of these "lone nuts" lately.

PC: systematically replacing uncomfortable truths with cozy lies.

No pattern at all...

JWM

re: #13 Killgore Trout

This version gives his full name......

Adel Mohamed Arnaout

I wonder what religoin he is?

Another sad case of Mohameditis...

re: #19 Pope Urban

Who would have guessed that the "lone nut" theory was so popular?
I seem to recall a lot of these "lone nuts" lately.

Seems though that the 'lone nuts' do have one thing in common and that is their religious beliefs.

Fron the link:

"There is absolutely no pattern as far as any religion, ideology or nationality," Warr said.

Although he would not explain in detail, the officer said he believes specific locations were targeted.

"We know there were targets. They weren't just random targets. There was a reason why he delivered the parcels to certain addresses."

So they're not motivated by religion, ideology, or nationality, but also not random. What else could it be? Insurance fraud or something?

Someone was looking to have a blast over labor day weekend...

*spit*

re: #19 Pope Urban

Who would have guessed that the "lone nut" theory was so popular?
I seem to recall a lot of these "lone nuts" lately.

Yeah, a certain RoP seems to generate a lot of lone nuts. Not making any connection or anything, just an observation.

Henceforth, He shall be known as the The Canadian Lebanese Random Letter Bomber With Absolutely No Pattern of Religion, Ideology or Nationality. (CLRLBAPIN).

re: #19 Pope Urban

With that many wacky nuts there has got to be a wacky tree around somewhere.

Here one recipient.....
Renovator escaped injury when the package didn't explode but feared someone was trying to kill him

The owner of a renovation business, Becker tore open a Canada Post "Xpresspost" envelope on Aug. 22 that contained an improvised explosive device but failed to detonate. "I feel very lucky," he said. "I opened it right in my face."

Waterloo Regional police bomb experts detonated the bomb.

Becker said he has had no dealings with the suspect or other bomb recipients. However, Toronto police believe the three were targeted.

No clues.

Adel Mohamed Arnaout could be an Amish name. Did the bombs use electricity?

Odd how all these lone nuts seem to fall from the same tree.

JWM

re: #29 David IV of Georgia

Or a windmill?

#19 Pope Urban

No kidding! But if we think our MSM are water-carriers in covering this sort of thing up they truly are amateurs compared to Canada and the UK.

re: #30 JWM

Odd how all these lone nuts seem to fall from the same tree.

JWM

Now stop jumping to conclusion or we'll have to ship you to re-education camp.

Perhaps he was one of those Christian warriors Ms. Amanpour waxed eloquently about on CNN last week?

/inquiring minds and all that!

Where are the Hardy Boys when you need them?

Raging clues.

I believe that "landed" means he owns property?

Does this mean we can start asking about where the money came from?

Must have been the white out fumes collecting in a poorly ventilated room that cause the momentary lapse of reason in the Toronto police department.

re: #33 jcm

Consider me duly chastised.
;)

JWM

re: #28 Killgore Trout

"No dealings with the suspect or other recipients"? That makes no sense. Even nuts have some sort of grievance - remember Kazinski?

New movie titiled Clueless in Toronto coming soon to a theater near you. See how the Toronto police department bungle case after case after case when it comes to dealing with suspects from the middle east.

"There is absolutely no pattern as far as any religion, ideology or nationality," Warr said.

He must have sent them to his place of employment just to get the day off.
Must have been mo's birthday or something

re: #30 JWM

Odd how all these lone nuts seem to fall from the same tree.

JWM

You just a typical Yank Bigot. Didn't you read the article. There is absolutely no pattern whatsoever. It's just a random bud, who happens to be randomly choosing addresses, to send a few little northern hospitality letters. What's the big deal ehh?

A few more tidbits here....
Cops look for motive in letter bombings

Yesterday Adel Mohamed Arnaout of 176 Ashdale Ave., was remanded to Sept. 5 during an appearance in provincial court. Within hours, police were scouring the bungalow at 176 Ashdale Ave., which neighbours said was sometimes home to up to 30 people at a time and was called the 'Bombay Bunker' because of its double steel doors.

According to police sources, the investigation began in June when Toronto resident Steven Scott complained to police of being harassed by a man.

Police wouldn't go into the connections between the bomb recipients -- Toronto resident Abdelmagid Radi, Toronto real estate laywer Terrence Reiber and Guelph contractor John Becker -- but stressed they weren't chosen at random.

Huh.

re: #2 MandyManners

"MM" -

Canadian Equivalent of Green Card Holder. Hope Canadian authorities revoke his status and ship him out, after a stiff jail term.

-S-

See if he has any ties to the Khadrs.

OT:

this Book - sounds like what american leftists are striving for:
(I wonder what Camron diaz would think?)

The author of this absorbing memoir was a misfit in the most misfit-intolerant place on earth. Coming of age during the Cultural Revolution, Kang kept secret diaries, disdained the political sloganeering at his university and was sent away for requesting the suspect novel Doctor Zhivago—crimes that landed him a three-year prison term and resettlement in a peasant commune where the work was almost as backbreaking as in the camps. His story is a lively, intricate account of communism's panoptic police state, suffocating bureaucracy (residency permits and ration cards made moving, working and eating impossibly complex) and rabid witch hunts for imaginary class villains, all of which only exacerbated traditional obsessions with obtaining food, housing and a spouse. But official denunciations of Kang's bad attitude weren't entirely wrong. "I treasured laziness," he writes. "I admired the work habits of carnivorous animals like lions... free to loll around all day once they had finished capturing their prey." Such profoundly unproletarian sentiments put him at odds not only with the Party but with his despairing parents and disgruntled villagers who felt he was shirking in the fields. Kang's rugged individualism takes his story beyond the usual narrative of persecution and hardship, making it an incisive, personal critique of a deeply conformist society.

ht/insta

just because his name is Adel Mohamed Arnaout every one starts yelling Muslim

shows how bigoted and racist all of you on this blog are!

re: #40 Dianna

It doesn't make sense, he had no dealings with them but the weren't chosen at random. I'm stumped.

re: #39 savage_nation

re: #35 MandyManners

Where are the Hardy Boys when you need them?

Raging clues.

How bout Nancy Drew?

The Hardly Boys will break this case wide open with a Big Clue!

On another note: Two planes were flown into the World Trade Center today, killing thousands of people, but police do not believe the crimes were motivated by religion or politics.

“There is absolutely no pattern as far as any religion, ideology or nationality,” Warr said.

Just awesome....!

Don't bogart the bong, Warr.

~Norsk Troll

Could it be that these 3 recipients offended old Mohammed in some way? Becker, because he's a kaffir. Abdelmagid Radi is perhaps enjoying Western life too much, and considered apostate? And Reiber? Perhaps he'd refused to do business with a Muslim?

Intimidation...its in the Alqueda Guide Book for Dummies.

re: #49 Killgore Trout

Yeah, flat-out contradictions.

On the other hand, Kazinski had something against Sylvan Learning Centers, which always sent me off into giggling fits. Once he'd been arrested, that is.

Time to drag out the clue bats and several clue x 4s since Holmes, Watson, the Hardy Boys, Nacy Drew, Inspector Cleusou, etal are on the case.

re: #51 savage_nation

re: #48 blutonazi98

just because his name is Adel Mohamed Arnaout every one starts yelling Muslim

shows how bigoted and racist all of you on this blog are!

Islam is NOT A RACE!

/how ya doing? :D

Yes--it is a race, Savage~!

A race to the bottom....

~Norsk Troll

re: #51 savage_nation

re: #48 blutonazi98

just because his name is Adel Mohamed Arnaout every one starts yelling Muslim

shows how bigoted and racist all of you on this blog are!

Islam is NOT A RACE!

/how ya doing? :D

just pointing that out shows how much of a bigot you are

/great! its my birthday today, college football is on TV and i am mixing my first Bloody Mary!

Indicted USF Student has Terror Past in Egypt

"“There is absolutely no pattern as far as any religion, ideology or nationality,” Warr said."

What a crock of shit. The police are doing the terrorists' work for them.

This dumbass should be fired right now for saying something so deluded.

If CAIR insists they are fireworks, then we know he is innocent.

The two "boys" with "fireworks" in their trunk were indicted by a grand jury yesterday. Seems they were also talking about "bomb-making" for nefarious purposes.

re: #61 savage_nation

lol! You wouldn't steer a fella wrong now would you?!?!?

re: #59 JammieWearingFool

Very interesting.

re: #12 blutonazi98

There must be a pattern, there has to be......
this is a job for Sherlock Holmes... no? OK Inspector Clouseau.... no?

OK then bring on the big guns! Mr Bean, we have a case for you

Mr. Bean's observations would be of more benefit than this "Warr" guy's.

Bean would probably figure it out faster, too.

What nonsense.

/I never dreamed that George Orwell was a prophet...

~Norsk Troll

re: #57 savage_nation

Here's the full episode of the Case of the Urinal Deuce if you get time to peep it.

Well lets see the no linkage statement about the RoP took place the day after the bust. Hmmm.
I am sure it was an exhaustive overnight investigation, "excuse me Adel Mohammad, are your flaffels & green tea acceptable?"
'No infidel. Flaffels are being better in Lebanon. Not touched by kafir hands."
"Well we are sorry about that. I do have a question if you don't mind."
''Quickly pig, I must be go to mosque for to discuss peaceful things"
"I quite understand. Can you tell me are the pipe bombs that we found in your procession, related to any cause such as say Islam?"
'No is related to Islam kafir pig.I are now offended at your Islamophobia.
you are needing sensitivity training or beheading"
"Ah then splendid.I will dispel any unwarranted suspicions at tomorrow's press conference. Oh and sorry about the flaffels."

re: #65 savage_nation

if i left it out wouldn't that be a tomato and Vodka?

/ewww

re: #49 Killgore Trout

re: #40 Dianna

It doesn't make sense, he had no dealings with them but the weren't chosen at random. I'm stumped.

Hey guy - you're lucky you didn't receive one of those nice letters, or you might really be - stumped. And blind.

.

“There is absolutely no pattern as far as any religion, ideology or nationality,” Warr said.

I'm glad.

What a "religion" could have to do with bombs, anyway ?
No religion could.

;-)

re: #73 Poitiers-Lepanto

An anti-religion might...

re: #58 blutonazi98

re: #51 savage_nation

re: #48 blutonazi98

just because his name is Adel Mohamed Arnaout every one starts yelling Muslim

shows how bigoted and racist all of you on this blog are!

Islam is NOT A RACE!

/how ya doing? :D

just pointing that out shows how much of a bigot you are

/great! its my birthday today, college football is on TV and i am mixing my first Bloody Mary!

Looks like trollmeat is back on the menu.

re: #76 BeerForMyHorses

faux one.

re: #77 Roger

Damn. I'm hungry.

re: #74 savage_nation

Bloody Mary's are a breeze if you use a tasty mix like Zing Zang.

re: #48 blutonazi98

just because his name is Adel Mohamed Arnaout every one starts yelling Muslim

shows how bigoted and racist all of you on this blog are!

No, I didn't start yelling muslim. I started typing muslim. Yelling muslim is akin to yelling fire in a crowded theater.

There's also an interesting case here, not sure if it's related since Arnaout is not uncommon name in Lebanon and Syria. Note the prosecutor btw.

re: #2 MandyManners

What's a "landed immigrant"?

Every year millions of would-be emigres stuff themselves into man-sized cannons and fire themselves over vast swathes of ocean and land to improve their lot. A 'landed immigrant' is one who remembers to pack a parachute.

re: #77 Roger

Would it really hurt these people to admit that there is a problem with the jihadists?

Constables at press conference.

re: #84 blutonazi98

re: #77 Roger

oops to many bloodies already!

re: #85 CrimsonFisted

Would it really hurt these people to admit that there is a problem with the jihadists?

Yes. The followers of the prophet for profit seem to have a high degree of denialbility built into them. You point something out that one of them has done (usually evil and destructive) and they deny it ever happened.

re: #87 jcm

True.

Possibilities:

He was just expressing his Lebanese cultural roots

Suspect is a contract killer for hire

He is Hezbollah terrorist

He is an al Waeda terrorist

He bought a bunch of stuff and it kind of just mixed itself together and fell into preaddressed envelopes and Canada post so shook the envelopes they became letter bombs

He is Canadian neo-con who wanted to terrify Canadians into adapting more rigorous anti-terror policies and laws

He is on a spiritual journey and is one the rare people whose souls are so difficult to reach that he needs the explosive force of ripping a human being to shreds to advance his spirituality

He could just be a Sudden Jihad Syndrome guy who decided that Canada's opposition to Iranian nuclear weapons and participating in Afghan peacekeeping required he immediately assemble some letter bombs and send them to taxpaying people who fund his welfare check

He was in the Minneapolis airport and was upset that Senator Craig chose to signal the other stall instead of his

He's doing adult responsibility research for Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton

Any questions? Contact Dudley Doright of the RCMP because he has as much a clue about this as most Canadians.

re: #48 blutonazi98

just because his name is Adel Mohamed Arnaout every one starts yelling Muslim

shows how bigoted and racist all of you on this blog are!

I hope that this is an attempt at irony and not serious.
If a guys name is Beldore of the outer galaxy, oh I don't know maybe an exraterristial.
Tell me that your comment is irony, please

re: #44 Killgore Trout

Within hours, police were scouring the bungalow at 176 Ashdale Ave., which neighbours said was sometimes home to up to 30 people at a time and was called the 'Bombay Bunker' because of its double steel doors.

Oh, that's just great. Please tell me this guy hasn't bailed out of jail yet.

re: #85 CrimsonFisted

It would hurt allah who is a fickle bitch to be married to. Scares 'em shitless.

re: #85 CrimsonFisted

Evidently.

At least, they seem to think so. Me? Not so much.

I was listening to the news yesterday morning and afternoon. When the deputy police chief started saying that there was no political or ideological connection to the explosives, I was just waiting for the name of the suspect.

Sure enough it was a Muslim name. No one of the targeted victims lived in an area that is highly populated with Jewish people.

Nope no reason for the targets. No connection at all.

One final thing. Yesterday the police were still talking about suspicious packages in the mail.

re: #92 opnion

no! its my birthday i don't have to do anything.

/can i change my nic to FauxTroll?

Re: #2

"A landed immigrant is a person who has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities."

Landed immigrants pay taxes etc.. are fully legal and may be fulfilling their residency requirements for citizenship. In contrast to people who are here on work visas or tourists or are residing in Canada illegally.

re: #92 opnion

See #77
Identified as faux troll.

NoNow one of the targeted victims lived in an area that is highly populated with Jewish people.
Pimf

re: #97 blutonazi98

re: #92 opnion

no! its my birthday i don't have to do anything.

/can i change my nic to FauxTroll?

Happy B-Day.

My idiot brother is marrying his trollbitch today. Play a dirge for me someone.

re: #48 blutonazi98

just because his name is Adel Mohamed Arnaout every one starts yelling Muslim

shows how bigoted and racist all of you on this blog are!

How many Christians/Jews/Hindu's/Bhuddists are called Mohamed?

1) Islam is NOT a race.
2) According to the Koran, Hadith and Sunnah all non-muslims should convert, become dhimmi's or be killed. How bigoted is that?

re: #98 beldar67

Further:

From [Link: www.canadalaws.com...]

LANDED IMMIGRANT STATUS:

Permanent residents of Canada, called Landed Immigrants, have many of the rights of Canadian citizens except that a permanent resident may not leave Canada for more than six months in any twelve month period. A permanent resident may also not be involved in any serious criminal offence. If either event occurs, the permanent resident will be stripped of his/ her status.

re: #102 infidel4ever

It's a faux troll celebrating its birthday.

re: #101 BeerForMyHorses

i take it back, i want to change my nic to trollbitch.

/and i am sorry to hear about the wedding? any chance your bro will change her for the better?

Location, location, location...

The SC pipe bombers were caught near enough to NWS Charleston/Goose Creek to make any further questions about their intentions rather moot.

===

Lifted from Wiki, but accurate enough...

"The Weapons Station has expanded its mission and DoD support role with over 40 tenant commands, and today is a training center, with the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command, Nuclear Power Training Unit, Propulsion Facility, and Border Patrol satellite academy; East Coast Consolidated Brig; Mobile Mine Assembly Unit; Explosive Ordnance Detachments; Reserve Centers; an engineering complex, with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center and nearby Southern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; 100+ above-ground ammunition magazines, maintenance and storage of military ordnance including mines, and as the Army logistics hub, the busiest CONUS surface port in the defense transportation system. In addition, NWS Charleston contains more than 1,800 on-base houses for enlisted and officer dependents, as well as elementary and middle public schools."

Those above ground ammunition magazines can hold upwards of 60 Million pounds of explosives. The East Coast Consolidated Brig houses overflow from Gitmo.

===

About the Leb mailbomber in Toronto...

WTH is wrong with the RCMP? Does the RCMP have no intel sharing with Canadian military intelligence?

Canadian troops in Afghanistan have been kicking some serious Talib ass for a while now.

The Talib/Al-Q made very public statements that they intended to cause the Canadian troops high enough casualties that the Canadian public would demand the withdrawal of their men from Afghanistan. But it didn't work out that way and the Talib have lost thousands of gunmen in the process of failing.

Attacks on Canada proper would then follow in a "natural" progression, for Al-Q. This is a long established pattern for Al-Q and it's allies.

NOTHING NEW
UNDER THE SUN,
R

re: #102 infidel4ever

It's a faux troll celebrating its birthday.

Grrrrrrr! And I fell for it?

Fine. Happy birthday! :))

As I mentioned yesterday, the gas station where they found the 'suspect' is in a Muslim area and about a block from a mosque. It is totally NOT in the same neighborhood where the ROP member lives.

That hits close to home.

More ace reporting from the same paper: LGF: Toronto Star: Hard to Find a Common Denominator

re: #105 blutonazi98

any chance your bro will change her for the better?

Marriages fail when women think men will change, and they don't; and Men think women won't change, and they do. - Wise words from Fred Reed. If she "changes" it will not likely be for the better.

re: #105 blutonazi98

No, she is just steadily changing him for the worse.

If he was a Buddhist with a bomb that would be a pattern.

re: #107 infidel4ever

I, too, was looking for some fresh trollmeat.

re: #110 PeaceBeUponHim

Who reads the Red Star these days? I only read their funny pages. Maybe their comment and editorials for another laugh.

More here: The Bombay Bunker: Home of Adel Mohamed Arnaout

Viva Multiculturalism! Whoo Hoo! Ain't we progressive, open minded, and tolerant! Look at me!

Place my head on this block of wood? Sure! What's the sword for, my brother? Whaaat? *swish* *thunk*

re: #98 beldar67

Re: #2

"A landed immigrant is a person who has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities."

Landed immigrants pay taxes etc.. are fully legal and may be fulfilling their residency requirements for citizenship. In contrast to people who are here on work visas or tourists or are residing in Canada illegally.

heh, with Guv. 'Bush Junior' Perry in charge we don't bother with any of these steps in Texas:

Perry said he supports a system that would temporarily legalize foreign workers... Such a system, Perry said, would allow for a "free flow of individuals between these countries who want to work, who want to be an asset to our country and to Mexico."

from: [Link: www.chron.com...]

re: #115 BlueCanuck

re: #110 PeaceBeUponHim

Who reads the Red Star these days? I only read their funny pages. Maybe their comment and editorials for another laugh.

They always claim the highest circulation in the GTA.
Their system? They pile up stacks of the paper, and drop them off all over town. They also have a monopoly in a lot of Toronto area schools. They're always trying to hand them out at malls too.

It's a liberal rag, and If I have a lighter and get to close to a copy- Well, I'm tempted that's for sure.

Symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder: (Sound familiar to any particular global phenom.?)

Feels grandiose and self-important (e.g., exaggerates accomplishments, talents, skills, contacts, and personality traits to the point of lying, demands to be recognised as superior without commensurate achievements);
Is obsessed with fantasies of unlimited success, fame, fearsome power or omnipotence, unequalled brilliance (the cerebral narcissist), bodily beauty or sexual performance (the somatic narcissist), or ideal, everlasting, all-conquering love or passion;
Firmly convinced that he or she is unique and, being special, can only be understood by, should only be treated by, or associate with, other special or unique, or high-status people (or institutions);
Requires excessive admiration, adulation, attention and affirmation – or, failing that, wishes to be feared and to be notorious (Narcissistic Supply);
Feels entitled. Demands automatic and full compliance with his or her unreasonable expectations for special and favourable priority treatment;
Is "interpersonally exploitative", i.e., uses others to achieve his or her own ends;
Devoid of empathy. Is unable or unwilling to identify with, acknowledge, or accept the feelings, needs, preferences, priorities, and choices of others;
Constantly envious of others and seeks to hurt or destroy the objects of his or her frustration. Suffers from persecutory (paranoid) delusions as he or she believes that they feel the same about him or her and are likely to act similarly;
Behaves arrogantly and haughtily. Feels superior, omnipotent, omniscient, invincible, immune, "above the law", and omnipresent (magical thinking). Rages when frustrated, contradicted, or confronted by people he or she considers inferior to him or her and unworthy.

re: #119 Logan

re: #115 BlueCanuck

re: #110 PeaceBeUponHim

Who reads the Red Star these days? I only read their funny pages. Maybe their comment and editorials for another laugh.

They always claim the highest circulation in the GTA.
Their system? They pile up stacks of the paper, and drop them off all over town. They also have a monopoly in a lot of Toronto area schools. They're always trying to hand them out at malls too.

It's a liberal rag, and If I have a lighter and get to close to a copy- Well, I'm tempted that's for sure.

Considering they are been given out at every Mickey D's during the breakfast rush. It's not hard to have a large circulation.

For the best news I read the Sun, and the National Post. Great right wing rags.

Unused fireworks from the Canada day celebrations?

Must be. Can't be anything sinister involved....unless the guy is a redneck, then...

re: #121 BlueCanuck

re: #119 Logan

re: #115 BlueCanuck

re: #110 PeaceBeUponHimWho reads the Red Star these days? I only read their funny pages. Maybe their comment and editorials for another laugh.

They always claim the highest circulation in the GTA.
Their system? They pile up stacks of the paper, and drop them off all over town. They also have a monopoly in a lot of Toronto area schools. They're always trying to hand them out at malls too.It's a liberal rag, and If I have a lighter and get to close to a copy- Well, I'm tempted that's for sure.

Considering they are been given out at every Mickey D's during the breakfast rush. It's not hard to have a large circulation.

For the best news I read the Sun, and the National Post. Great right wing rags.

The sun is awesome!
Any editorial by Salim Mansur. An amazing writer.
And if you can find Steyn in any major publications.
Coyne is good from time to time, and Coren has his moments.

Is there a Canadian version of CAIR, or is the Toronto police force doing such a fine job on its own?

re: #58 blutonazi98

re: #51 savage_nation

re: #48 blutonazi98

just because his name is Adel Mohamed Arnaout every one starts yelling Muslim

shows how bigoted and racist all of you on this blog are!

Islam is NOT A RACE!

/how ya doing? :D

just pointing that out shows how much of a bigot you are

/great! its my birthday today, college football is on TV and i am mixing my first Bloody Mary!

pointing out the obvious does not make one "Racist", it makes one aware about the reality of what a certain religious group is up to in this country. And that it must be brought into the open, and countered.

A step with no place, long suffering mediocrity
Salvation, a land-mines grace
Flinging tears into the vacuum
Where for affection, my weakness vies
And anywhere Hope would rather be
Than in the arms of death

re: #124 xrayon

Is there a Canadian version of CAIR, or is the Toronto police force doing such a fine job on its own?

Yes there is, it's called CAIR - Canada. But they aren't needed in the Greater Toronto area. The police are brow beaten byt the majority of the leftist wing nuts on the police services board and in city hall.

re: #97 blutonazi98

re: #92 opnion

no! its my birthday i don't have to do anything.

/can i change my nic to FauxTroll?

Well, Happy Birthday!

re: #125 Johnny Canuck

I'm not an islamo-phobe. I'm an exploda-phobe. I don't wanna die.

re: #99 BeerForMyHorses

re: #92 opnion

See #77
Identified as faux troll.

I really have to get better at recognizing irony

Re: #124 xrayon

We have, not only CAIR-Canada, but the full catastrophe of other Muslim organizations tied to global associations. Some are also specific to Canada. Frankly we don't have a large enough intelligence operation to begin to watch these openly Islamist enablers. Canadians are asleep and will turn vicious if you try to wake them. While outwardly peaceful and civil, there is a clear tyranny of the left living in a dream that everyone is as nice as they are.

re: #131 yenta-fada

Re: #124 xrayon

We have, not only CAIR-Canada, but the full catastrophe of other Muslim organizations tied to global associations. Some are also specific to Canada. Frankly we don't have a large enough intelligence operation to begin to watch these openly Islamist enablers. Canadians are asleep and will turn vicious if you try to wake them. While outwardly peaceful and civil, there is a clear tyranny of the left living in a dream that everyone is as nice as they are.

At least Harper seems a little more on the ball when it comes to these issues.

Re #132 xrayon

What can you do when an entire country thinks that the phrase "right wing" is an obscenity rather than a political stance? Same goes for "Conservative" Add Quebec, which has its own agenda (and LOVES Hezbollah), and you have a situation that will rapidly deteriorate during the coming economic downturn. My opinion, of course.

re: #133 yenta-fada

Re #132 xrayon

What can you do when an entire country thinks that the phrase "right wing" is an obscenity rather than a political stance? Same goes for "Conservative" Add Quebec, which has its own agenda (and LOVES Hezbollah), and you have a situation that will rapidly deteriorate during the coming economic downturn. My opinion, of course.

An entire country? I disagree.
If I were only exposed to CNN, Michael Moore and the New York Times, I too could be tempted to think that the "entire country" are left wing, terrorist apologist, rabid socialists.

There are a large number of rational, conservative, pro-American Canadians.

re: #134 Logan

re: #133 yenta-fada

Re #132 xrayon

What can you do when an entire country thinks that the phrase "right wing" is an obscenity rather than a political stance? Same goes for "Conservative" Add Quebec, which has its own agenda (and LOVES Hezbollah), and you have a situation that will rapidly deteriorate during the coming economic downturn. My opinion, of course.

An entire country? I disagree.
If I were only exposed to CNN, Michael Moore and the New York Times, I too could be tempted to think that the "entire country" are left wing, terrorist apologist, rabid socialists.

There are a large number of rational, conservative, pro-American Canadians.

That is to say, if I were only exposed to those individuals, newspapers, movies and media I could be tempted to think that all (or most) AMERICANS thought that way.
Just wanted to make that clear.

re: #135 Logan

Well clearly there are some sane Canadians out there... myself included I would like to think. What's disturbing to me is the fact that even other seemingly sane Canadians don't see the threat of radical Islam... they don't see how it relates to them and they just don't care. As for the less sane, like the lady who was out last summer with a board reading "We are all Hezbollah today" - I hope we can offer them a one way ticket to Lebanon's south where they will undoubtedly see and experience first hand that well known Hezbollah hospitality.

re: #4 Fast Eddie

Inspector Clouseau would be proud.

Yep, that was good.

re: #136 xrayon

re: #135 Logan

Well clearly there are some sane Canadians out there... myself included I would like to think. What's disturbing to me is the fact that even other seemingly sane Canadians don't see the threat of radical Islam... they don't see how it relates to them and they just don't care. As for the less sane, like the lady who was out last summer with a board reading "We are all Hezbollah today" - I hope we can offer them a one way ticket to Lebanon's south where they will undoubtedly see and experience first hand that well known Hezbollah hospitality.

Agreed.
There is a very dangerous relationship between the socialist/communist left and the islamists throughout North America. You'd think that the pro-gay rights, feminist crowd would be aghast at the policies and ideology of groups like Hezbollah, but it seems to take a backside to their number one priority: Hating America, Israel, Christianity, Capitalism and the West.

Re: #134 logan

"There are a large number of rational, conservative, pro-American Canadians."

I'm glad to hear it. I've only met a few. What is their native habitat?
They certain don't, for the most part, work in the Canadian media. Everyone I know gets most of their information from newspapers. While I'm at it, as a Jewish person, I can only gasp at the attitudes of many mainstream Jews in Toronto. I understand that they are liberal, since they tend towards socially progressive policies. However they appear blinded by political correctness and act in opposition to their own self-interest.

re: #126 Leftfoot Leeds

A step with no place, long suffering mediocrity
Salvation, a land-mines grace
Flinging tears into the vacuum
Where for affection, my weakness vies
And anywhere Hope would rather be
Than in the arms of death

This is not a poetry slam website.

#120 yenta-fada

Great info on narcissism. The reason we as a country have such a hard time telling the truth about narcissistic islam is our own culture is full of liberal narcissists, sparking a mutual attraction between the two - both using the other to their own ends.

Three out of three ain't bad... except when you're wrong on all three counts.

As a citizen of Toronto, I nominate Warr for a "three strikes and you're out" retirement package.

re: #139 yenta-fada

Re: #134 logan

"There are a large number of rational, conservative, pro-American Canadians."

I'm glad to hear it. I've only met a few. What is their native habitat?
They certain don't, for the most part, work in the Canadian media. Everyone I know gets most of their information from newspapers. While I'm at it, as a Jewish person, I can only gasp at the attitudes of many mainstream Jews in Toronto. I understand that they are liberal, since they tend towards socially progressive policies. However they appear blinded by political correctness and act in opposition to their own self-interest.

Well, their native habitat is mainly rural areas, and particularly out West. Toronto is the epicenter for the islamist/leftist convergence in Canada. They are very underrepresented in the mainstream Canadian media but they do exist; Check out the editorial page of the Toronto Sun, and look into (for example) the writings of distinguished University of Western Ontario Professor Salim Mansur. There's also the maverick Mark Steyn, and the great publication "the Western Standard" which steadfastly published the Muhammad cartoons. Michael Coren is a media figure who frequently gets it right concerning islamic terrorism and the Israel/Palestinian conflict.

re: #139 yenta-fada

I would hope, as a Jew, you've surely come to recognize that a lot of the more prominent Jews in the media in Canada and the U.S., are actually in fact secular Jews.

"Landed immigrant" is the Canadian equivalent of "alien with a Green card". As far as the police officer's "no pattern is seen" statement goes, I think they're talking about a pattern in the VICTIMS; of the three people that have been the targets of these letter bombs, one is Arabic, and the other two aren't.

re#141 ladycatnip

"The reason we as a country have such a hard time telling the truth about narcissistic islam is our own culture is full of liberal narcissists, sparking a mutual attraction between the two - both using the other to their own ends."

Wow! Interesting observation. I hadn't thought of that. Certainly the culture of entitlement fits. You could even make a case for psychotherapy being a way to blame your parents for your problems. That being said, the justification of violence and hatred for non-believers belongs only to Islam. Self-serving boomers don't kill people so they can have fun in the afterlife. Islam is really "special".

#144 logan

As a Jew married to a Lutheran, I am a secular Jew. I can't see why religion or the absence of it should be a factor in the loss of common sense when we are clearly at war with Islam.

Charles - headline difficulty here.

I am sitting here about 3 miles North of the Ontario border. Think
about this a little. To many Californians Ontario is the home of ONT, an international airport (run by the same people who run LAX.) It's a city somewhat east of Pomona and 40 or 50 miles East of LA.

To many other people I could be sitting in the place I called home in my teenage years where I was indeed about 2 or 3 miles due North
of Ontario Canada. (I could look both East and West of North from my bedroom window and see Ontario Canada.

It might be best to specify which Ontario you mean.

{^_-} (I wonder how many people NOT from the area where I was born and raised can guess which major US city I came from.)

#146 yenta-fada

That being said, the justification of violence and hatred for non-believers belongs only to Islam. Self-serving boomers don't kill people so they can have fun in the afterlife. Islam is really "special".

Absolutely agree with you. The radical left is not far behind, though. It started in the mid-90's during a tv interview when Alec Baldwin called for Henry Hyde's family to be dragged out into the street and shot - said he was only joking of course. Now it's common to read leftist blogs wishing death on conservatives, Christians, Jews, etc., or hear of idiot entertainers speaking violent things they'd like to see happen to conservatives - Sean Penn was vicious and perverted in things he said he'd like to do to Ann Coulter.

Clearly there is a disconnect with rational thinking with these people.

Still waiting for the "P" in ROP.

re: #147 yenta-fada

It's a factor when people start to wonder why so many Jews aren't more supportive of Israel, or why they are sympathetic to islamic causes which are so clearly and inherently antisemitic.

Being a secular Jew by definition does not mean you fit this category, but it does describe a lot of the more prominent Jews, especially those in the media.

re: #148 jdow-antijihad

Perhaps the fact that Ontario recently changed it's designation from ONT to ON can help with this distinction?

re: #134 Logan

I cannot even remember how much time we have spent in what is now the GTA over more than 2 decades, and I honestly have never had a problem, even with Bush 2000 and 2004 bumper stickers..we got a thumbs up from others on the QEW, and the 401. No one ever said a word re the pin on my coat and my husband's, either, and no dirty looks

I was actually surprised by the coverage in the Star..who gave the perp's full name...Adel Mohamed Arnaout .

There is an embedded video.

I hope that this serves as a wake-up call...but it seems that 9/11 still has people here in denial. Too bad LGF is not compulsory reading.

re: #148 jdow-antijihad

Since Pearson is YYZ, I would have to guess So.Cal.

re: #153 NY Nana

I'm glad your experience has been a pleasant one.
University Campuses have been notoriously hostile post 9/11, Concordia being the most reprehensible. (I can provide a link to the event in question, if you want, but it's extremely infuriating).

I don't know if someone has already answered this about "landed immigrant". Living in Western New York I understood it to be whereas if someone was able to make it to Canada they could claim landed immigrant status. Kind of like refugees washing a shore. Even though the ones I met would call for a taxi at one of the border crossing bridges and take a taxi across. So much for washing a shore.

re: #155 Logan

I am heartbroken, as we can no longer go. I am disabled now, but we would go up once or twice a year, and just wished that the time didn't pass so fast. One son went to U of T/UC.

In restaurants we used? We would be welcomed back. We stayed in an apartment hotel with a full kitchen, downtown, and went to the Sobeys in Thornhill.

Concordia in my mind=Jew hate of the highest level.

When my son went to U of T (1980's) I do not recall it being quite so OTT, as an L⁶ bastion, but the same is happening here, to a frightening degree. My cousin's husband is a Rabbi in Ottawa, and their kids all went to York.

In my experience, the GTA has one of the more cohesive Jewish communities..there is just no equivalent to Sobeys and a number of the Loblaws, and the Real Canadian Superstore, and even the Costco in Downsview in the enormous kosher sections...Sobeys is like going to Disneyland for me.

The community seems to have grown tremendously over the years, as well as the number of Synagogues, and the number of languages we heard was an education. Tragically, both the US and Canada prevented Jews from Europe entering when the horrors of the Holocaust became known...so many lives could have been saved.

Canada is our ally, and I honestly do not think we should take it for granted.

And as a Bostonian by birth? I still can't make up my mind who has the worst drivers, Boston or Toronto! :)

re: #157 NY Nana

I know who has the worst drivers- Quebec!
I know they weren't an option, by holy crap they're bad.

Before you jump on all Toronto cops for what the deputy chief said, I'm under the impression that he is a PR type, or a politico type. I'm sure he's under instructions not to say anything that will alarm Muslims or the community, just as I'm sure the actual cops investigating probably have a more realistic view of things.

Reminds me of the rush to the mosque every politician did after 9/11.

After the arrest of 14 potential terrorists last year, and now this, well, I think the actual cops are doing a pretty good job (which reflects a realistic view, no matter what their spokesman says). Think about it: how many more muslims are living in major US cities...how many of them are likely to be terrorists...and how many actual arrests have the PD's of those cities made?

re: #148 jdow-antijihad

Charles - headline difficulty here.

I am sitting here about 3 miles North of the Ontario border. Think
about this a little. To many Californians Ontario is the home of ONT, an international airport (run by the same people who run LAX.) It's a city somewhat east of Pomona and 40 or 50 miles East of LA.

To many other people I could be sitting in the place I called home in my teenage years where I was indeed about 2 or 3 miles due North
of Ontario Canada. (I could look both East and West of North from my bedroom window and see Ontario Canada.

It might be best to specify which Ontario you mean.

{^_-} (I wonder how many people NOT from the area where I was born and raised can guess which major US city I came from.)

I really don't think that many people (even those from California) immediately thought of the town of Ontario somewhere in California, when they read the headline.

Here in Ontario (the big one containing millions of people), there is a small city called London. I have never heard of any confusion between London Ontario Canada and London England, since London UK is always called just London, and London Ontario called London Ontario (should we start calling it London Ontario Canada to avoid confusion with London Ontario California?).

There are about half a dozen specks on the map across the US called Toronto. If the headline read Toronto, do you think that people would be wondering if it meant Toronto Wisconsin?

re: #152 Logan

re: #154 NY Nana

(After a chow call.)

Hm, I haven't flown out of ONT in a couple years. That's about where I live now. So it's stil ONT to me, Ontario International Airport in Ontario, California. I grew up looking south on Canada. The bearing from my home to avoid going over Canada before hitting something other than the country I grew up in was about 245 degrees give or take a little - WSW. And Canada was visible to a bearing of about 160 degrees.

There are three or four parts of the US that can look true South and see Canada. Of those one is a modest enclave that includes a famous honeymoon site. The other is the metropolitan area of a major US city that I escaped from decades ago.

Pause here and guess......
                  

Look at Dearbornistan on the map. Go East. Where is the closest approach to Canada from there? The airport designator appears to be CYQG these days.

{^_-}

So, he was just a diverse person engaged in various activities?

Canuckistan

Could it be that those explosives were to manufacture fireworks so that he could come across the border to celebrate Labor Day with his American neighbors?

Seems like the neighborly thing to do.

If the local police insist that there cannot possibly any connection to jihad, then they certainly are not going to be looking for one, and they certainly are not going to find one.

Aren't the local police even a little bit curious if this was a Hizballah man? Especially since intelligence sources keep insisting that there are lots of Hizballah cells all around the world, gearing up to carry out terrorism at the signal from their patron state, Iran.

How can a jihaditerrorist Hizballah cell be broken and outted if there isn't anybody interested in doing it? Somebody beyond the local police needs to get involved in this, if there is to be any possibility that a jihaditerrorist Hizballah cell is going to be smashed.

Toronto, Ontario, is full of ugly looking terrorists and islamists... I hate it here!

"Convicted Hamas militant released from Israeli jail and returns to Windsor Ontario."

[Link: www.canada.com...]

BUT...he says he was innocent! Apparently, the confession that they gave him to sign was in Hebrew. Not knowing Hebrew, he signed the paper, only to be told later that he was confessing to plotting murder.

Imagine!

Those Israelis are crafty buggers!

re: #103 beldar67

Nobody living in Canada believes that landed immigrants (these are the very people who in a short period of time can be granted citizenship) are going to get kicked out due to criminal offenses. Fat chance. The numbers of immigrants (that's of the "landed" or "fully recognized," "approved of," types -- not those on visitor's visas, etc.) who commit crimes and still get citizenship are far too numerous to count. Consider Ahmed Ressam...break-ins, thefts, etc. No problem. The system here is thoroughly pathetic.

And if you really know how to work the system. ..you do the following: say you're born in Syria. You get to Canada, wait out the 3 years to obtain "citizenship" (or marry a local), retain your Syrian citizenship, consort with known terrorists, get picked up by CSIS (that's the Canadian equivalent of the CIA), get shipped back to your country of birth (that's Syria), then claim "I vas tortured! Tortured I tell you!" Then get millions in taxpyaers money (that in the double digits millions -- 11 or 12 or so), and have the dumb infidels pay you the jizyah. Now that's Canada.

Might also add that the term "landed immigrant" is no longer officially used. it was replaced by the term "permanent resident" (that's the "official" designation -- "permanent resident".) Long ago the term "landed immigrant" was used...but it's been replaced. (Ahmed Ressam, btw, was an illegal immigrant -- and Canadians were unable to get him out of the country, -- Ressam even had Canadian passports under fictitious names -- so how much worse is it to get permanent residents out of Canada...) Permanent residents are "virtual citiznes" of Canada -- the only thing they can't do is vote in Federal elections, run for office or hold certain Federal jobs (in the civil service).

I know Tony Warr. He is a hard, intelligent cop. I don't care what PC bollocks "Chief" Bill Blair has him spouting for MSM digestion- Warr knows damn' well what Mohammed Arnaout is all about.

Unfortunately, #170 JS is correct- what with the Canadian Charter of Criminals' Rights, Arnaout is here for at least a decade, even if not convicted and incarcerated- but if Harper is still PM then, he'll be sent back to Shi*tholeistan on his release (assuming that Canuckistan can get guarantees from his birth country that he will not be tortured/executed/have panties put on his head upon his return).