Coucoumellisms

On Bill C-484, in response to an op-ed written by Vicki Saporta, this blogger (The impatient patient) writes a very interesting, insightful and sometimes outright hilarious article, I dislike Stupid People : a) Exactly how does Saporta know that it is a "fact" that the legislation will have "negligible deterrent effect"? b) Again, why is she trying to scare us by claiming the Bill could "drastically change Canadian law"? Why is this a bad thing? Why is this supposed to scare us? Laws change all the time. BFD. c) Saporta is arguing against this Bill by saying that a similar law in the U.S. has not resulted in a reduction of violence against women. This is the argument that angered me most. Let's be very clear on something. The purpose of the law is not, repeat IS NOT to reduce violence against pregnant women. That is where Saporta is 100% wrong. The purpose of the law is to fairly and properly punish people who injure or kill a pregnant woman (which mea...

I don't get you. You (in general) fall in love with a girl, then get your hearts broken when she ditches you for another guy. But then when you meet a girl you like, you ditch her if she refuses to have sex with you right away. You go with the girl who'll sleep with anyone, anytime and then you wonder why she doesn't stick with you. Had you been a little more patient, had you thought maybe the girl who wants to wait might be worth waiting for, you might have found out that she's the one who'd stick with you for life too. In this crazy screwed up society, noone wants to wait for the one worth waiting for. With the sexual revolution, and the pill, women became the "equal" of men. Free to have consequence-free sex. Instead of making men responsible, we took responsibility away from women. Now noone is responsible. Noone cares. Women are free to break mens' hearts as much as men were free to do so before. Maybe even more so. Because now, there i...

Otherwise how will our taxpayer-funded hate police manage to keep their cozy sinecure? MARK STEYN April 23, 2008 Maclean's http://www.macleans.ca/canada/opinions/article.jsp?content=20080423_31672_31672 This is a "must read" it is excellently written. Just going to quote a couple of paragraphs I thought exceptional: Hmm. "History has shown us that hateful words sometimes lead to hurtful actions that undermine freedom and have led to unspeakable crimes." Commissar Lynch provides, as she would say, "no substantiation for these claims." But then she's a "hate speech" prosecutor and, as we know, Canada's "human rights" procedures aren't subject to tiresome requirements like evidence. So she's made an argument from authority: the great Queen's Counsel has risen from her throne in the Star Chamber and pronounced, and let that suffice. Those of us who occupy less exalted positions in the realm might wish to ponder the e...

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/dawn.html Well, here's something interesting. According to this, we humans really can all be traced back to a common first mother... Wonder how that works out? What made her or her offspring human, as compared to others of her species? (Besides God of course) Or were there others, of the same species, and they all died out until only those linking back to her survived? Did her children mate with each other? Or did they take mates from other similar species? How does evolution work anyway? Mind-boggling if you ask me.

"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully." From Richard Dawkins' best-selling book "The God Delusion." Hmmm, where to start? I haven't read this book, so I don't know what the context of this quote is, or even if there is a context that would change much the meaning, but yes, I suppose that to some the God of the Old Testament might seem rather horrific. Put the Old Testament into context however, and I suppose that God might actually appear benevolent compared to some other gods. A jealous God, yes, vindictive and bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser, I can see why some people might think that, misogynistic and homophobic, I can see why some would believe as...

Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Heterosexual men can't catch a break from the media. When they're aggressors, they're condemned. When they're victims, they're ignored. Conversely, when women -- gay or straight -- and gay men are victims, they're pitied. And when they're aggressors, they're … hmm…also pitied. A new study by Statistics Canada confirms what researchers in the field of domestic violence proved years ago: that partner violence amongst same-sex Canadians is significantly higher than amongst heterosexual couples. According to StatsCan, gays and lesbians experience twice the partner abuse of straight couples. This is unwelcome news in general, of course. The media tends to promote an image of gays and lesbians as men and women who have fought for the right to love like straight people, not hate like them. But it is particularly disconcerting to those Canadians -- most Canadians -- who have bought the myth that un...

Just before Easter, I went to check out a sale at Reitmans . All the winter stuff was on 50% of the lowest price, which means I got three or four very nice tops for about $4 each more or less. (Plus one from the new season for about $20). Gabriel and Nicolas were with me. Gabriel had a lot of fun picking out shirts for me to try on. I'd try them on and he'd say: "Oh you look very beautiful!" The one I got for about $20, was the one he liked the best. He insisted on that one. The next day he wanted to go back to the store and find more clothes for me. Today, while Gabriel was in pre-school, I went back for the spring sale. It's getting warm and I'm waking up to the fact that hey, I need lighter clothes in summer! So I wanted to see if they had anything nice for not too much. I found a nice tank top, and went back to the school to pick up Gabriel. When he arrived in the van, he was all upset that I had gone shopping without him! He wanted to come...

Madonna and I don't normally get along. I don't like her much, and if she knew me, she probably wouldn't like me much either. I've been mostly indifferent to her music. But this song, THIS SONG... is different. I would never have known it even existed except that I happened to be going through a music store in Paraguay of all places and came across an album with music from the Summer Olympics in Barcelona. I don't remember why I bought it. It certainly wasn't because Madonna was on it. But when I heard this song, it was my childhood in a nutshell. A song that shows some depth. Too bad it never made it to the radio.

In many ways, I am like any feminist. I believe in women's rights. The right to work, to fair and equal wages, the right to vote, etc, etc. I guess you could say I am a traditional feminist, such as the first suffragistes, who were also pro-life. A feminist such as the ones involved with feminists for life . I am not a bitter, man-hating feminist who thinks that in order to be equal, we must become an adrogynous society. I appreciate men. I think men are the ones who have it hard now. I like a dominant male. I like being told what to do, especially when it is in my best interest. Sometimes women need to be told what to do, because sometimes we forget to relax and have fun, we spend too much time doing what we think is necessary and we forget to just take a break. I had a guy tell me to put my watch away when I took it out to look at it and was going to put it on. He insisted. I complied. No looking at the time when you are spending time together. I've had another guy order me ...

http://www.kristenbritain.com/hkt.html This is the third book in the series, and I had been waiting for it, it is here. I really enjoyed the first two . So far, they have been good, wholesome good vs evil, do what is right not what comes easy kind of books. Books about a real heroine. I'm going to be looking for the third one in stores and reading it... we'll see if it is just as good as the others. With the ghostly help of the First Rider, Karigan G'ladheon had transported the corrupt spirit of Monrhavon the Black into the future, buying valuable time for her king and country. But how far in the future was Mornhavon now? A hundred years? Ten years? Only one year? There was no way to tell. And though Karigan and her fellow Riders scoured the land searching for lost magical documents to help mend the breach in the D'Yer Wall to fend off any incursions from Blackveil Forest and Mornhavon's return, and members of Clan D'Yer camped at the wall hoping to uncover its ...

Was reading through the Chatelaine Québec February 2008 edition the other day, and they had done this survey on sex. (Of course, what else?) While I am relieved to find out that in fact contrary to what the media would have us think, only a very small minority is actually into kinky sex, threesomes and exchangism... some of the questions they asked and issues brought up disturbed me. For one, there is this common idea that one must perform in bed. Huh?! What? Perform? Are we on a stage for all the world to see? Has sex become some act where one must neverendingly surpass one's previous performances and become increasingly more imaginative and innovative? No wonder these people are never satisfied with the sex they are having. They're putting WAY too much pressure on each other, and they keep wondering what they might be missing out on elsewhere. Sometimes, simplicity is what is most profound. You find someone you really like, and are attracted to, you get to know them...

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Ethical Questions Remain After Yale Administrators Reveal Student Fiction‏ Yale University now reports that the art student’s claim to have artificially inseminated herself and induced miscarriage is “a creative fiction.” According to a statement by Helaine S. Klasky, Yale spokesperson, “[The student] is engaged in performance art. Her art project includes visual representations, a press release and other narrative materials. She stated to three senior Yale University officials today, including two deans, that she did not impregnate herself and that she did not induce any miscarriages. The entire project is an art piece, a creative fiction designed to draw attention to the ambiguity surrounding form and function of a woman’s body. “She is an artist and has the right to express herself through performance art.” Though many on both sides of the abortion issue accepted the reports at face value, Feminists for Life was suspicious and careful to qualify comments about “the art student’s all...

Warning: The following contains descriptions of disturbing incidents at Yale University. [April 17, 2008 – Alexandria, VA] According to an article published in the Yale Daily News, an art major’s senior project, which will go on display with other projects April 22, documents a nine-month process in which she artificially inseminated herself “as often as possible” and took abortifacient drugs to induce miscarriage. The installation will feature blood from the abortions and videos of the student miscarrying. She told the Yale Daily News she was unconcerned about the medical effects of the process and did not consider it necessary to consult a doctor. “If the report of this student’s self-mutilation and destruction of her children is true,” said Feminists for Life president Serrin M. Foster, “we hope that the student gets the medical care she needs after multiple self-induced abortions.” “We hope that Yale administrators will investigate how this could have happened, and that all college...

Don't eat at McDonald's on South West Marine Drive in Vancouver EZRA LEVANT http://www.ezralevant.com/ By Ezra Levant on April 15, 2008 4:09 PM Don't eat at McDonald's on South West Marine Drive in Vancouver. Listen. I love McDonald's, both for their food and for what they stand for philosophically. I thought that Super Size Me was a piece of anti-capitalist, anti-beef propaganda. But when you're in Vancouver, skip the McDonald's on Marine Drive. That's because the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that one of the employees there has a human right not to wash her hands when working in their kitchen. Beena Datt claimed that she developed a "skin condition" that meant she couldn't wash her hands in compliance with McDonald's hygiene policy. That's the same hygiene policy that makes McDonald's like an embassy to Canadians travelling overseas -- when you're in a Third World country, and tired of eating in hygien...

This summer I will be playing Monday evenings, either at 7:30 or 8:30, at the soccer stadium here in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Jean-Alexandre will also be playing soccer on Monday evenings, starting in May, around 7:00 or so in the evening, half the time in town at one of the outdoor fields at the military base, which is, by the way, not in the same half of town as the soccer stadium. The other half of the time he won't even be in town. Dominic will also be playing soccer on Monday evenings, starting in May, partly in town at the military base fields and partly out of town at around 7:00 or so as well. Maryssa will be playing at any one of the more than 20 soccer fields scattered around town on Monday evenings (as well as Wednesday evenings) from 6:30 to 7:30. Only Gabriel is left to be confirmed, and it's a fifty-fiftly chance he plays on Monday and Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 as well. I can't separate myself into 5!!! Even with two parents, it's impossible, because one o...

A joke I got in an e-mail: You've heard about people who have been abducted and had their kidneys removed by black-market organ thieves. My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago. I went to sleep and woke up with someone else's thighs. It was just that quick. The replacements had the texture of cooked oatmeal. Whose thighs were these and what happened to mine? I spent the entire summer looking formy thighs. Finally, hurt and angry, I resigned myself to living out my life in jeans. And then the thieves struck again.My butt was next. I knew it was the same gang, because they took pains to match my new rear-end to the thighs they had stuck me with earlier. But my new butt was attached at least three inches lower than my original! I realized I'd have to give up my jeans in favor of long skirts. Two years ago I realized my arms had been switched. One morning I was fixing my hair and was horrified to see the flesh of my upper arm swing to and fro wi...

... my motto would probably be: My ex-boyfriend, with whom I communicate from time to time, invited me to view pictures on his page on Orkut. In order to view the pictures, I had to join the darn community. So I did. In Spanish no less. There is a point to this seemingly pointless introduction, here it is: On the personal part of the profile there was a space to fill in about "What I have learned from my previous relationships" and another about the "Perfect Mate". I hope my ex read both. I'm not shy, I wrote the truth. What I have learned from my previous relationships? That you cannot give men any ground or they want to move in (figuratively speaking), that you have to have confidence in yourself, to believe in the validity of your dreams and know how to say NO. The perfect mate? Unfortunately, the perfect mate does not exist, and even if he did, I am no longer single anyway. But here's a good idea of who I think the perfect mate would be: He bel...

I'm making my own coffee at home now... caffe moka, caffe latte, espresso... The only thing I don't offer is a paper cup with a rim to roll up to win...

I find this article interesting, as I think that everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and should be treated with respect, regardless of said opinion. We can't all agree, all the time. I myself, do not believe that homosexuality is either a natural nor healthy option to heterosexuality. Well, natural perhaps in the sense that anything else, cancer, schitzophrenia, bi-polarity, whatever is also natural. But not healthy. Just look at the higher percentage of health problems practicing homosexuals have. Some people may feel they are comfortable with being gay. There's not much any of us can do about that nor for them. But those who are not comfortable with being gay, those who would rather NOT be gay, where is the help for them? It is now politically incorrect to help anyone become heterosexual. They're told to accept it, live with it, embrace it... What if a bi-polar person were told the same thing? What if people started telling me I was bi-polarphobic and dis...

Considering that I am over 30 myself, and that most good things, like whiskey and wine for example, get better with age... Considering that there are all kinds of clothes out there, for all kinds of bodies... Considering that I am still in pretty good shape physically... Considering that good hairdressers and make-up exist... I think I can say I'm a 10 myself. And I'm not being conceited. I think all you 30 something women out there can be 10's too... A 30 something woman is still young, but she's got way more life experience than a 20 something woman. She's more responsible, she knows what she wants, she knows who she is. She's probably more honest, more true to herself... why would a 30 something man even consider anyone else but a 30 something woman? (I say this, but I was 23 when I met my husband who was then 31.)

By Doug Patton April 7, 2008 “Some people make headlines while others make history.” — Philip Elmer-DeWitt American Writer and Editor There are few of the old stars left in Hollywood, men who loved their country enough to show her the respect, service and loyalty she deserves. Charlton Heston was one of those stars. Heston joined the military during World War II. After his discharge from the U.S. Army Air Corps, he went on to become one of the most famous actors of his generation. Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMille is said to have been struck by the muscular, 6-foot-3-inch Heston’s likeness to Michelangelo’s famous statue of Moses. Heston’s portrayal of the Old Testament prophet in DeMille’s 1956 biblical epic, “The Ten Commandments,” etched his image upon the American consciousness. A few years later, Heston starred in “Ben-Hur,” a movie that stood for a generation as the most honored film in Hollywood history, receiving eleven Academy Awards, including best picture and best actor (H...

"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats." * P.J. O'Rourke Got this quote in an e-mail today. I'm afraid I have to beg to differ... I get so tired of liberals bashing conservatives and conservatives bashing liberals. Get along people... Both sides have some good points. Liberals certainly aren't all spoiled brats... although the more morally liberal you are, I guess the more that is true. But conservative thinking isn't all good either. I happen to be rather traditional myself, when it comes to sex, love and mariage. But surprisingly enough, when it comes to most other things, I'm actually quite liberal. So depending on which subject you choose, I may or may not fit in your camp. That's okay. I'm used to not fitting in anywhere.