Palestinians to Canada: We condemn you!.. Now give us more charity!

Checking in on my twitter feed this morning, I couldn't help get a chuckle out of back-to-back tweets from CBC Top Stories. The first had Derek Stoffel reporting that Canada had committed $25 million in new funds (on top of the $300 million already committed) to the Palestinian Authority.

The second had Sasa Petricic reporting that the Foreign Minister of that same Palestinian Authority was condemning Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird for siding with Israel by having a meeting in the Israeli capitol.

I'm still waiting for the CBC tweet that says the Palestinians are so offended that they are going to turn down the handout from Canada's taxpayers.

Democrats pull a fast one on God and Jerusalem

Democratic Convention Chair, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called for a voice vote approving of  former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's motion to change the party's platform:

“I come before you today to discuss two important matters related to our party’s national platform,” Strickland said from the convention floor. “As an ordained United Methodist minister, I am here to attest and affirm that our faith and belief in God is central to the Aamerican story and informs the values we’ve expressed in our party’s platform.” 

“In addition,” he continued, “President Obama recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. And our party’s platform should as well.”

The vote required a two thirds majority to pass. Mayor Villaraigosa had to call the vote three times and said in his view, the motion passed and it is now the policy of the Democratic Party.

But listening to the vote, it sounded as if the nays, if not more numerous were at least as loud as the yeas.

Khomeinists plan hate rally at Toronto`s Queen`s Park

Last year, one of the low points in civic engagement in Ontario was an anti-Semitic hate rally at Queen’s Park held by local Shia Muslim organizations to commemorate what they refer to as “al Quds Day.” This is an event in the Shia calendar initiated by the brutal Iranian despot Ayatollah Khomeini to try to garner support for the destruction of the Jewish state and the so-called liberation of the Holy Land of Israel from the Jews, to be replaced by an Islamic state.

Politicians of al stripes were shocked and embarrassed that an event was held at the seat of Ontario’s government that was anti-Semitic and featured hate mongers like Zafar Bangash, a notorious supporter of the vicious Iranian dictatorship which persecutes and murders dissidents and minorities.  Last year, Bangash called for a Jihad against Jerusalem whereby Islamic law would be imposed upon Israel.

In a startling new development, another ‘al Quds Day’ rally at Queen’s Park on August 18 was just announced by a group calling itself the al Quds Committee.

The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Ontario Legislature must approve all demonstrations held at Queens Park. As of 9 am  today (July 31), the Sergeant-of Arms office confirms that an application for the al Quds Day demonstration has been submitted but not yet approved.