Sunday Post

In a world that has completely disregarded "never forget", survivors pause to remember:

The scene shown in the movie was filmed 25 years ago and the number of survivors is decreasing each year, but the families keep the memory alive and continue to pay respect to the man to whom they owe their lives.

Oskar Schindler, who saved the lives of 1,200 Polish Jews and was recognized as a Righteous Gentile by Yad Vashem, is buried on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Dozens of survivors, together with rabbis, representatives of the Vatican and of the Franciscan Order of Jerusalem visited the site Thursday.

 


Refusing to be overshadowed by genuine victims, those clamouring to have a day to remember the vaguely-defined "Islamophobia" (and so close to Holocaust memorial days, too) find themselves disappointed by popular opinion:

Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders in Canada would like to take a stand against intolerance and see Jan. 29th declared a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia.

A recent Forum Poll suggests that many Canadians are against this.

Forum Research polled 1,408 Canadian voters and found half (49%) disapproved of designating such a day. Almost 40% disapproved strongly.

Approval came from only 17% of those polled; strong approval was noted among 7%.

The same number — 7% — say they don’t know, while fully a quarter (26%) neither approve nor disapprove.

(Sidebar: pick a g-d- side, milquetoasts!) 

And I, who had my head with horror bound,
  Said: "Master, what is this which now I hear?
  What folk is this, which seems by pain so vanquished?"

And he to me: "This miserable mode
  Maintain the melancholy souls of those
  Who lived withouten infamy or praise.

Commingled are they with that caitiff choir
  Of Angels, who have not rebellious been,
  Nor faithful were to God, but were for self.

Also:

Poisoned toothpaste that takes a month to end its target’s life. Armed drones. Exploding cell phones. Spare tires with remote-control bombs. Assassinating enemy scientists and discovering the secret lovers of Islamic holy men.

A new book chronicles these techniques and asserts that Israel has carried out at least 2,700 assassination operations in its 70 years of existence. While many failed, they add up to far more than any other Western country, the book says.

 
Why not refuse to have any meeting with Aga Khan while a sitting MP?

Oh, yes - money:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he'll abstain from any future discussions or decisions regarding the Aga Khan and his institutions.

Trudeau says he's establishing what's called a conflict of interest screen to ensure he's not involved in related matters.

He means covering his tracks.

Given how badly he handled the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, the opposition is wise not to trust Justin to muck things up:

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday set aside the nation’s nonpartisan efforts to defend NAFTA, accusing his main rivals in Parliament of wanting to give in to hardline U.S. demands for revamping the treaty. 

Yes, be divisive, Justin. Whatever you do, don't answer any direct questions.




Doing the bare minimum to stay in power:

Liberal MPs won't have to fight for the right to carry the ruling party's banner in the next election — provided their riding war chest is at least half full and they've made concerted efforts to keep in contact with voters.

Under new rules unveiled at a Liberal caucus meeting Sunday, incumbents who meet those and several other conditions by Oct. 1 will be acclaimed as candidates for the 2019 election, without the bother of having to win open nomination contests.

 
Just like the new immigration laws.



Asian lives matter:

A group of Asian protesters converged on Queen’s Park Sunday to demand an apology from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his handling of the hijab hoax.

The protesters say they feel insulted that a girl lied that she was assaulted by an Asian man and say Trudeau needs to make amends to their community. 

“He needs to say sorry to Asian people,” said Zou Qian, one of about 30 people who showed up. “We need equality and justice.”

Unless you're one of the Chinese who lines the coffers of his daddy's foundation, Justin will give you nothing.




Rights of the patient, his or her family or even medical practitioners are irrelevant. A corpse is all that matters:

A Winnipeg physician and the local health authority are denying a widow's claims that her husband was taken off life support without the consent of him or his family.

Johnnie Frank Spence, 65, died on Jan. 28, 2017, on the medical intensive care unit at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre. His wife, Doris Spence, is suing the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, an HSC physician and two nurses, alleging the doctor's negligence and the nurses' failure to use critical thinking and advocate for Spence led to his death.

Plans were made between the physician and Spence's family to take him off life support while he appeared unconscious on the ventilator on Jan. 27, 2017, according to the claim. 

But the next day he woke up, motioned to his daughter to pass him a lottery ticket, wrote notes to his family and expressed his will to live, the claim states.

"At no time did he implicitly, expressly or constructively consent to the forfeiture of his life," the claim alleges. 

Except for that hastily-written declaration.

History repeats itself in Russia when people grow tired of its chief autocrat:

By the time the protests reached Moscow on Sunday afternoon, thousands of Russians across the country had already marched in support of boycotting presidential elections in March.

They marched in Vladivostok, in Russia’s Far East, and they marched in Siberia's Irkutsk, braving subzero temperatures. They marched for fair and free elections, they said, and for an end to President Vladimir Putin’s nearly two-decade-long rule. Should he win the vote on March 18 — as is widely expected — it would extend his presidency for another six years.

In more than one hundred cities across the country, Russians took to the streets in support of opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s call for what he has termed a “voters’ strike.” Navalny called for the boycott earlier in January after being barred from registering as a candidate due to a prior criminal conviction his supporters see as a political ploy.

The largest protests of the day were expected in Moscow. Around 1:30 p.m., protestors of all ages began filing into Pushkinskaya Square in the city’s center, at walking distance from the Kremlin.

But ... but ... global warming!

Heavy snow in northern Iran has left around 480,000 homes without power and some towns and villages cut off.

The winter storms were the worst in 50 years, with two metres of snow falling in some areas since the weekend.

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