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Skip to comments.ATF gunwalking scandal: Second agent speaks out (Other Agencies knew about it!)
Posted on 03/21/2011 3:54:11 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
(CBS News) WASHINGTON - South of El Paso on Mexico's side of the border lies Juarez - the most dangerous city in the world. CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports ATF Special Agent Rene Jaquez has been stationed there for the past year trying to keep U.S. guns from being trafficked into Mexico.
"That's what we do as an agency," Jaquez said. "ATF's primary mission is to make sure that we curtail gun trafficking."
That's why Jaquez tells CBS News he was so alarmed to hear his own agency may have done the opposite: encouraged U.S. gun dealers to sell to suspected traffickers for Mexico's drug cartels. Apparently, ATF hoped that letting weapons "walk" onto the street - to see where they'd end up - would help them take down a cartel.
But ATF wasn't working alone on the case known as "Fast and Furious." Documents show ATF had conference calls with DHS (Homeland Security,) "USMS" (U.S. Marshals,) and DEA. An "ICE" or Customs agent was on ATF's Fast and Furious team. They were advised by an "AUSA" or Assistant U.S. Attorney under the Justice Department.
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Heads need to roll for this!
Disband the ATF!
What did he know and when did he know it?
Note: The agent does not say "illegal" gun trafficking. Paging Senator Grassley. Please pick up the white courtesy phone.
OK can the grown ups take charge please and save our nations.
A false flag op. to strip Americans of their 2nd amendment rights has blown up in their faces!
Well, it depends upon what the goal of this action was.
If it was to follow guns and bust the gun runners, they failed.
If it was to add some artificial credence to their asinine assertion that the drug cartels got 90% of their guns from the U.S., they failed. It just took a while for the truth to out. Amazing this is from CBS.
"Disband the ATF!"
And the DHS and the DEA and the ......
After all, running with a gun, just like running with scissors, is dangerous.
Really now! Is anyone genuinely surprised?
Their counterparts on the Mexico side are aiding the cartels in moving the drugs.
Its called job security, you want to make director you need more staff and resources under you.
For anyone who knows...do cartridges fired from an AK-47 display a distinctive impression that can be traced back to the firing gun? Like a pistol?
The word came down from the top. What did Obama know and when did he know it.
Why don't police departments in all the major cities sell guns undercover to suspected traffickers to find out where the guns walk? That way they can get all the guns off the street once someone has been murdered!!! What a terrific idea!!!!
I bet they've done this with drugs as well.
Why was this removed from Breaking News?
If collusion among govt departments in illegal acts does not count as Breaking News, then what does?
And this just came out today.
This VILE Admin makes the Clintons look like pikers. Evil to the core!
Ol' Master Holder and his boss the Obama, both said we're doin' a Helluva job
Anybody want to add more lyrics?
Some days I think the entire federal government is a corrupt cesspool. Other days I am sure.
to answer your question, to a degree, yes. A case fired from a gun leaves a "fingerprint" allowing a match to be attained. However, unlike real fingerprints, the more a gun is used, the more the chamber, firing pin impression and rifling change.
This means that the first bullet fired from a gun will have different markings due to wear than say the 500th or 5000th round. The cases will bear different markings as well.
If the barrel is lapped, the markings on the lands and grooves will show a different pattern than before the lapping.
Firearms forensics is a fickle science depending upon the suspect weapon having not been modified or shot all to hell before recovery.
As I read the article I had the strangest feeling that this gun-walking was brought about by a mole embedded in the ATF or DOJ. Does anybody else smell a rat?
It clearly goes to the top.
typical Lib anti-Gun PR scam that killed people. As usual
Where does the world go when the largest government on the planet becomes the terrorist?
This is a link on the same page as the linked story.
To a gun show.
So the ATF is full of criminals and ran guns to mexican criminals. Where is nobama, the great leader, and holder, the race-baiting racist attorney general? Are they investigating this and prosecuting these criminals?
He's in Rio. Hope he stays there!
Good question. This is the last stand for freedom on earth - are y'all ready to do what's necessary to keep it?
0bungle is in Chile today. He'll be hot tamale.
Let's NOT lose sight of the fact that all these other agencies KNEW about this, THEREFORE AS THOSE AGENCIES ARE CABINET LEVEL THE WHOLE DAMNED OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WAS IN ON IT.
Blacker than night were the eyes of Obama
Wicked and evil while casting a spell
His hate was deep for this second amendment
With it in place, his grand plan would not swell.
When did all this start? Did it start under ocokesnorter?
Has anyone come to the same opinion as I have that the departments of Justice and Homeland Security and all associated bureaus have been transformed into organized crime enterprises. Gun running, judges bought and sold, prosecutors that don't prosecute but do persecute, border security that allows and profits from drug running, sex rings, etc. Wonder how much of the payoffs are going to Zeros re-election campaign.
"If it was to follow guns and bust the gun runners, they failed."
I don't see how allowing the guns into Mexico, then waiting to see if they turn up a crime scenes, could ever reasonably be expected to "bust the gun runners". I am willing to be convinced, though. Please explain just how this would work?
This thing still has legs. Now it needs to run over some "senior officials". Take your pick. It's open season as far as I can see.
That's what I'm wondering. We will probably hear it twas "BUSHES FAULT"
The ATF should have walked Cuban cigars instead.
The government is criminals...
I have no idea how this would work. No idea. I lean towards the other option, that they were trying to shut down legal sales by claiming the cabals were getting their weapons on the north side of the tracks.
Great Song
You forgot the storm troopers, AKA UNIONS.
That's a given: if the ATF is involved, and it's a big splashy, headline-grabbing case, it's a given that the real intent is to demonize lawful gun owners.
"When did all this start?" ===
Now there is a question posed that needs an answer.
They were manufacturing evidence to support the notion that US gun shows and gun stores are supplying the weapons used in Mexico.
This is pathetic spin.
seems they assembled a team of rouge agents across numerous agencies...
see more of this coming under this czar 0bambi
Anything less would be simple treason, not just corruption.
The federal government is completely out of control. Corrupt and bloated, they serve only themselves and their ranks, together a slightly westernized version of the Politburo.
I place 90% of the blame on the conniving shills for communism known as the Democrat Party and 10% on the candy-assed, limp-wristed, cowardly Republicans collapsing onto their fainting couches every time the rat mouthpiece media barks at them.
...it's 1,969 miles?
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quote Previous commentsquote SupernouvaMy guess is he was on the verge of death and then someone like Orochimaru found him (if he has something to do with this I wouldn't be surprised at this point) and managed to restore his body (possibly hoping he would possess it). Fast forward a couple of years, Obito awakens his Mangekyou, gains his annoying dimension-warping ability, becomes crazy strong, and sets out on his revenge-take-over-the-world-peace-by-permanent-illusion plot. Then you know how the story goes. Just put the remaining pieces together and voila.quote RondoYeah, I wouldn't be surprised if Orochimaru has something to do with it.
I also think part of his motives have something to do with Rin's death.
quote zandermanObito is a walking ball of angst pure and simple he got manipulated by Madara, he is not really the big bad, he has been so far a mere chess piece.Yeah but that doesn't make up for this or Pain, or hell even Orochimaru's new-found "kindness" (even though that is all bullshit). It pretty much raises the question of "what the hell was the purpose of this all?" If the guy could be talked out of the whole war by a 16 year old boy, then what was the point? Not like Obito could ever be redeemed since he just killed thousands and started a massive war. At least Sasuke had a chance at redemption until he attacked the Kage summit, but Obito has nothing. Madara better step in and kill him.
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By WILL VAN SANT
Published September 27, 2006
STATE GOP SHOWS ANGELO SOME LOVE: The House District 52 race between Republican Angelo Cappelli and Democrat Bill Heller may be the most competitive in Florida, and the state GOP wants in. During the first two weeks of September, the party gave Cappelli $25,000, boosting his take during the reporting period to $65,500. The health care industry also gave big to Cappelli, a St. Petersburg native and bank trust adviser.
Cappelli's total contributions stood at $216,500, and he ended the period with $46,000 on hand. Heller had taken in $115,300, more than $25,000 of that in loans, and had spent $103,800, leaving him with $11,500.
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FUNDRAISING WRAPUP: Cappelli was the period's fundraising champ, by far. Here's a peek at what the other candidates have left to spend, according to filings made with the Department of State and local election officials before the Sept. 22 deadline.
In Senate District 16, Republican Kim Berfield had raised $582,700 and spent $528,850, giving her $53,850 to spend. Democrat Charlie Justice had raised $147,200, spent $64,900 and had $82,300 on hand.
House District 45 Republican incumbent Tom Anderson had raised $54,900, spent $14,100 and had $40,800 in his chest. Democratic challenger Chris Hrabovsky had but $600 in the bank, having raised $2,400 and spent $1,800.
In House District 48, Republican Peter Nehr had taken in $170,300, spent $161,700 and had $8,600 left to spend. Democrat Carl Zimmermann, who had raised $17,600, had $7,300 remaining.
House District 50 Republican Ed Hooper had spent $82,500 and had $6,600 on hand. Democrat Candice Jovan, who had raised $7,600, had $1,400 left in her campaign chest.
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Skip to comments.Mystery of missing wife of Scientology leader: Woman who played matchmaker to Katie and Tom
Posted on 07/04/2012 6:54:03 PM PDT by Nachum
He is the reclusive and enigmatic leader of the world's most famous cult who played best man at TomKat's wedding.
But perhaps the biggest mystery shrouding Scientology chairman David Miscavige concerns his wife, Shelly, who has not been seen since 2007.
Once a leading Scientologist herself, Shelly Miscavige is even credited as the cupid to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' doomed alliance.
Always by her husband's side, it was her to whom Mr Miscavige turned when a lovelorn Cruise begged for help in finding love following the break down of his second marriage to Nicole Kidman.
Believing the role of Hollywood matchmaker to be somewhat beneath him, it was claimed Mr Miscavige handed the task to Shelly who led the hunt for the Cocktail star's perfect match.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
As if things couldn't get weirder
She got REALLY 'clear'...that's all.
Scientology takes care of their own...nod-nod-wink-wink.
Daily Mail is really going after this one. I had to double check to see if it was owned by Murdoch.
R2-45 </Scientology joke>
The police should start digging out on the desert.
There is a former Sea Org member (married to this woman -
that said She had been getting lung cancer treatment.
No mystery...Kirsti Alley ate her!
Either The Tech doesn't work, or they don't want to find her!
Anybody think to check in he closet?
Someone should be asking...
Where is Heber Jentzsch
Anybody think to check in the closet?John Travolta's already in there.
Now that's a name I haven heard in a while.
For some real snark....see this site
"What happened to the journalism industry?
Us Weekly posted an article on Friday called Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Vs. Suri Cruise: Style Showdown, as if this isnt a foregone conclusion and an embarrassment. Look, Shilohs choices are her choices, but dont drag me into it. The showdown has been over since the day I showed up to the ballet in Carolina Herrera and Shiloh showed up in cut-off overalls.
That was 2007."
I know who the next perfect wife for Tom Cruise is. Debbie Wasserman Schultz would be a perfect match. Matchmaker, make it happen.
Tom should come out of the closet
I was abducted by a scientologist once.
She literally dragged me 2 blocks to a dingy office.
I eventually had to buy Dianetics from them in order to escape without violence.
1987 i belive, it was a beauty of a day in Boston.
I had personally known a 'scientology slave' who had to be kidnapped by his own family and then 'deprogrammed' by an expert in the field. They are a scary bunch.
Are we clear? ARE WE CLEAR?
Poor Katie. The matchmaker should have hooked Tom back up with the cowboy from the Village People. Here's a link to an article where the cowboy recounts his 1980's hookup with a young Cruise.. no joke:
Katie is too high profile for Scientologists to attack directly. My guess is that they will go after her attorney Dad.
"And, as for what Tom's people say the divorce is really about ... they won't say yet, but tell us it's coming. "
This reminds me of Tom saying something to the effect of "she knows what she did" in his divorce to Nicole.
You might be interested in this.
We were talking about JENTZSCH who is still missing.
Now comes the news his son is dead.
This will add interesting fuel to Katie Holmes fire
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We were talking about JENTZSCH who is still missing.
Now comes the news his son is dead.
This will add interesting fuel to Katie Holmes fire
Damn! That's the Scientology I left.
Katie Holmes from a closet.
Well know you know that Heber was still alive somewhere around 2010 since he was let out of the hole to visit Alexander.
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Coordinated Strategy to Prevent Homelessness
The following is an overview of the fundamental components of San Francisco. s Continuum of Care system currently in place and those the community are working towards:
What we have built to date. Homeless prevention is an essential element of San Francisco. s Continuum of Care, where early interventions include eviction prevention, in-home support, legal services, and money management. Prevention strategies are cost effective and ensure that individuals and families who are at risk of homelessness are able to achieve and maintain housing and income stability. The City has aggressively pursued other resources such as FEMA and ESGP funds, and private donations. The Department of Human Services also provides General Fund monies for eviction prevention services. In 1997, this combined pool of funds prevented 668 families and 330 single adults from losing their housing. The Department of Human services has expanded the number of subsidized child care slots, brought five new Family Support Centers on line, developed a contract with the Food Bank to expand access to food and nutrition information for very low income people in San Francisco, and expanded the hot meals program through Multi-Service Center North for single adults living in SROs.
Outreach, Intake and Assessment
What we have built to date: San Francisco currently has in place an effective outreach network of eight multi-disciplinary teams who are deployed throughout the City to engage homeless youth, single adults and families in accessing health care, emergency housing, food, clothing transportation, and other needs. Funding for the City. s outreach effort comes from the Department of Human Services, The Department of Public Health, private foundations, and donations. Connecting Point provides streamlined access to emergency housing and services for homeless families in San Francisco. 1,186 were assisted in year two and 1,300 this year.
Emergency Shelter
What we have built to date: San Francisco currently has 20 emergency shelters that provide an array of emergency housing and support services to families, victims of domestic violence, youth, and single adults. Eights sites are designated for families (309) beds, and 12 programs serve individuals and youth (1,585 beds). Emergency shelters are funded through private donations, foundations, and through local, state and federal resources. The Department of Human Services dedicates $7 million annually (an increase of 35% in General Fund dollars), or 54% of the Homeless Programs budget for emergency shelter. Two SHP Safe Haven grants have expanded San Francisco. s capacity to accommodate the special needs of homeless mentally disable women and men, one of the most vulnerable populations living on the streets. In response to the volume and duration of wet weather caused by El Nino, the City established a new shelter, Mission Rock, which is designed for up to 600 single individuals a night.
Transitional Housing
What we have built to date: Transitional housing programs have played a key role in supporting families, youth and single adults in achieving housing and economic stability. The City has 405 transitional beds for families and 1,346 for single adults and youth. HUD funding for transitional housing is leveraged with private donations, foundations grants, and local General Fund dollars.
Permanent Housing
What we have built to date: San Francisco has an extensive network of nonprofit housing developers who have significantly increased the stock of affordable and supportive housing in the past 15 years. Currently, there are 636 beds of supportive housing for families and 1,581 beds for individuals in operation or under development. These successes derive from highly effective collaborations between and among key City departments and the community. These include the Mayor. s Office of Housing, the Redevelopment Agency, The Department of Public Health, the Department of Human Services, the Mayor. s Office of Community Development, and nonprofit housing developers (Mission Housing Development Corporation, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation, Bernal Heights Housing Corporation, CP/TODCO, Chinese Community Housing Corporation and the Community Housing Partnership). Underlying these collaborative efforts is the critical role HUD plays in providing capital funds and operating subsidies to ensure that homeless and very low income people can gain access to truly affordable permanent housing.
Supportive Services
What we have built to date: Key to the success of any permanent housing efforts targeting homeless adults and families is the appropriate complement of services to support housing stability. San Francisco has developed an extensive array of health, mental health, substance abuse, vocational assistance, advocacy and legal assistance, and other services. These are mainstream services for the most part, available to an used by homeless people as well as people who have housing. According to the Homeless Advocacy Project Resource Manual 1997, 47 nonprofit and city agencies provide assistance for people with alcohol and drug abuse problems; 60 agencies provide advocacy and legal services to assist with the full spectrum of legal issues; 68 organizations provide assistance to people who need counseling or have mental health issues; 45 agencies provide employment assistance; 16 organizations provide assistance with food; and 50 organizations provide assistance with general medical and health issues. In addition, the Department of Human Services currently provides $2.3 million for supportive services specifically attached to permanent housing.
Substance Abuse Services. San Francisco is its second year of implementing a policy of Treatment on Demand to make appropriate substance abuse treatment available to people who seek it when they seek it. The $4 million that the City put into this last year has been increased by an additional $2.1 million in this year. s budge. Service models have changed, too. A survey of 700 male and female drug users and another of 400 women drug users revealed that people prefer a holistic approach that addresses all of the needs, not just drug abuse alone.
Mental health services. As part of the state-mandated managed care requirements, the City has established an 800 number for people needing mental health services, and 70-100 calls are coming in daily. Of those, 53% of the callers are without insurance, and the City. s resources are not sufficient to meet the needs. In the absence of sufficient dedicated resources, the City must maximize the efficacy of related services and those points in the system where people do receive services, e.g., welfare to work employment specialist, case managers and counselors in housing programs.
Employment Services
The Homeless Employment Collaborative (HEC) incorporates a strong remedial education component and support services such as childcare, transportation and voice mail with job training and placement services. Two other collaboratives work closely with the Integrated Services Network to target employment services to homeless residents of permanent supportive housing. Through these collaboratives the partner agencies offer mainstream services for special populations.
Two SHP-funded childcare programs are linked together in a one-stop-shop approach at Catholic Charities to streamline access for families who are in emergency shelter, transitional housing, or treatment programs. Catholic Charities conducts outreach to all homeless family programs in the City, helps families find a good match with childcare providers, and supports the families through a multi-disciplinary approach that includes the families. relative and other case managers or counselors.
Contact Person: Terry Hill, Homeless Coordinator
Mayor. s Office on Homelessness 10 United Nations Plaza 25 Van
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Fall 2001
Volume 6 Number 1
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
The 2000–2001 academic year, completed in June, was remarkable in its achievements.
In September the campus community returned to a completely renovated Miller Chapel, which was rededicated to the glory of God during the fall meeting of the Board of Trustees, with Dr. Robert M. Adams, chairman of the board, preaching the sermon. Newly constructed Scheide Hall, which houses the chapel and music personnel of the Seminary, was also dedicated in October, although not occupied until January.
The new tracker pipe organ for Miller Chapel, constructed by Paul Fritts and given by Joe R. Engle, was dedicated in October, with Dr. Fred R. Anderson, pastor of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, preaching the sermon.
Our faculty was strengthened by six new appointments made by the trustees in May: the Reverend Dr. Sally A. Brown, assistant professor of preaching and worship; the Reverend Dr. Nancy Lammers Gross, associate professor of speech communication in ministry; the Reverend Dr. Darrell L. Guder, Henry Winters Luce Professor of Missional and Ecumenical Theology; the Reverend Dr. George Hunsinger, Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic Theology; Ms. Eunny Patricia Lee, instructor in Old Testament; and Dr. Luis N. Rivera-Pagán, Henry Winters Luce Professor of Ecumenics and Mission.
Appointed to the position of minister of the chapel was the Reverend Kristin Emery Saldine, with the additional designation of "with rank of instructor."
At the Seminary's 189th commencement in May, 215 students graduated in the Seminary's five degree programs, including 20 Ph.D. candidates.
For this outstanding year we all are grateful to God and to you, our friends and alumni/ae, who support us in our efforts to serve the Lord Jesus Christ in this place,
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Thank you for your lifesaving gifts
As a physician, I witness the need for blood first-hand almost every day. Recently a partnering hospital performed surgery on four trauma victims. The patients required a total of 95 units of red blood cells, 30 units of platelets, 60 units of plasma and 50 units of cryoprecipitate. Thanks to our dedicated blood donors and committed volunteers and staff, the blood products were available for the patients and they are all doing well.
Unfortunately, this is not uncommon and only reinforces the need to maintain a stable and readily available blood supply. This summer, blood and platelet donations are in great need, especially type O negative, B negative and A negative. While all blood types are needed, Rh negative blood types are always in high demand because they potentially can be transfused to patients with Rh positive or Rh negative blood types. Type O negative, the universal blood type, can potentially be transfused to patients with any blood type.
The Red Cross depends on volunteer blood donors to provide lifesaving blood for those in need every day. If you are eligible to donate, please make an appointment to give blood this summer. In addition to contributing to your community's blood supply, you can help change lives by recruiting blood donors, volunteering at a blood drive, taking a CPR, first aid, babysitting or water safety class, volunteering as a disaster relief responder or making disaster preparedness presentations.
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Sacred Reich -- Hollywood, CA -- February 23rd, 2013
Another show put on by Poor Kids Radio at the Key Club, meaning the lineup kicked ass, but the crowd themselves was full of drunk morons and asshole thrash babies. Henry from Witchaven was kind enough to hook me up for this show, but when I got to the box office, I was told that their guest list was half-price. turtle ran into the same thing, I have never heard of a venue charging people on a guest list before. Lerby from Witchaven later told me that the Key Club were gonna force the bands to give them a cut of any merch revenue, so Witchaven didn't bother to bring any. Screw the Sunset Strip venues, every single one of them.
First band up was The Glory Stompers. They were basically hard rock, and the music wasn't actually super terrible, but the singer was one of the most annoying and obnoxious people I've ever seen. They were basically a pre-sale buy on band, so Poor Kids couldn't be faulted for their presence on the bill. Next was Addictive Suicide, who were a new thrash band made up of older dudes. They were okay, no idea if those guys are veterans from the scene or just random 40-somethings.
First of the really good bands was Witchaven. They fucked the place up like usual, they're one of the most reliable live bands around. The crowd went ballistic for them, which made me really happy. They played a new song, Homeless, which had a NWOBHM on crack vibe. Another killer Witchaven set, I can imagine in ten years or so they'll be known as the band that can do no wrong.
1. Terrorstorm
2. Blasphemous Cunt
3. Black Thrash Assault
4. Unholy Copulation
5. Homeless
6. Empty Chasm
Wehrmacht was next. They're one of those old crossover bands that reunited a few years back and play the occasional show. They were a lot of fun, and this had to have been the most stage diving I've ever seen at a show. Literally every second a kid would go flying. Also Scott Peterson came out to help do a Cryptic Slaughter cover, Money Talks, which was real cool as well. This is from their printed setlist, I'm fairly sure it's accurate. Impala is a new song, which was more traditionally thrashy instead of crossover. Fast as a Shark was listed, but I don't remember it being played, although they might have done like 15 second version of it that I didn't notice or something.
1. Shark Attack
2. You Broke My Heart (So I Broke Your Face)
3. Gore Flix
4. Drink Beer, Be Free
5. Radical Dissection
6. Napalm Shower
7. Suck My Dick
8. Barrage of Skankers
9. The Wehrmacht
10. Impala
11. Drink Jack!
12. Biermacht
13. Night of Pain
14. Fast as a Shark
15. Money Talks (w/ Scott Peterson)
16. United Shoebrothers
Sacred Reich were fun, but Phil Rind talks way too damn much. They played for 70ish minutes, and a ton of time was just Phil talking. He comes off as a nice and sensible dude though, and his voice is in badass shape (though his body certainly is not). He encouraged kids to stagedive, but just asked that no one go too close to him and the mic stand. And of course, some derpyass thrash baby runs up and yells "BALLSACK" in the mic when Phil steps away for just a second. Goddamn do I hate unintelligent thrash babies. Some morons got into a fight in the pit during Who's to Blame, so Phil stopped the song, yelled at those dudes and told those guys to quit it, and then started the song back up again. Seriously, there were so many stupid people at this show that it really made me miss home a lot. Overall, the songs themselves sounded pretty badass, but I just wish there was more. Only 70 minutes and a ton of not really doing anything onstage was a little disappointing. I jotted down the setlist as it happened, so this is for sure accurate.
1. The American Way
2. Independent
3. One Nation
4. Administrative Decisions
5. Love...Hate
6. Free
7. Ignorance
8. State of Emergency
9. Crimes Against Humanity
10. Who's to Blame
11. War Pigs
12. Death Squad
13. Surf Nicaragua
Thanks for sharing. This made my day...
1/12 - Kings of Leon
I had a feeling this show would be full of idiots.
1.23 Ash Borer / Volahn
2.2 Obliteration
2.7 Mayhem / Inquisition
Wehrmacht and Sacred Reich? That's an insane lineup! I can't imagine how intense the Wehrmacht set must have been if they opened with Shark Attack. The only thing that is missing is Fretboard Gymnastics. The Sacred Reich set is awesome! I really wish I knew songs from The American Way when I saw them because they play a ton from that album. Hopefully stopping/starting Who's to Blame didn't mess things up too much, because that's easily one of their best songs.
Too bad about the crowd, but at least you got to see some awesome oldschool bands (and Witchaven, who I still have yet to check out).
2/9 - Spellcaster (?)
2/10 - Havok, Exmortus
4/11 - Kreator, Obituary
4/19 - HammerFall
4/20 - HammerFall
4/21 - HammerFall
I was there. I heard Cryptic Slaughter was supposed to come out and do five songs in the middle of Wehrmacht's set, but they only did the one song with Scott. Oh well. I thought Sacred Reich sucked ass.
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A former Pope County taxidermist is back in the area after a stint in the greener grasses of Afghanistan working alongside the military and in Nashville, Tenn., working with musicians to perfect the tones of their amplifiers.
But it's hard to keep a Southern Illinois boy away for long, especially when the bucks start grunting. This fall Skip Sims decided it was time to come back, get into the woods and reconnect with his customers.
Sims has earned the respect of taxidermists as a two-time champion of the National Wild Turkey Federation Convention and Sport Show. He had a nice home on a piece of property at Eichorn, but the former itch of action and the promise of good money enticed the former Merchant Marine back to oversees duties.
He took a job with Dyn-Corp that was contracting with the military in Afghanistan.
He began as a crain operator for the military before moving into a position with Dyn-Corp's Health Safety Environment arm. His position was to ensure OSHA standards were adhered to at military bases. Some of the duties included ensuring fire extinguishers were where they were supposed to be. Other were conducting safety drills. His goal was to make sure the investigators at the Defense Contract Management Agency did not find OSHA compliance issues.
"I tried not to be a cop about it," Sims said.
"You attract more flies with honey."
He became a trainer for new Health Safety Environment employees and then was promoted to regional supervisor. He worked in Camp Leatherneck, then Kandahar Air Base and then Shindan Air Base.
"And then I finished my tour and came home," Sims said.
"I was anxious to get back to my friends and family and was anxious to getting my studios together in Nashville."
While one part of Sims' heart is in the Shawnee Hills of southeastern Illinois, another part is in the heart of the music industry in Nashville, Tenn.
He established a home in Nashville, began working on guitar amplifiers and met his girlfriend, Sophia Severino who he is introducing to Southern Illinois. His passion is working on Marshall amplifiers with a soldering iron to achieve the perfect old tone.
"I saw a real need for a real old-fashioned tone chaser," Sims said.
His reputation for meticulousness built until he was working for British Audio Service shaping amps for some of the most skilled guitarists in the country.
"It's something that has taken off. It's like the new Marshalls have taken off, like the old Marshalls are new," he said.
He and the other British Audio Service engineers regularly visit the clubs and see their customers on stage. After each of those visits the customers come back to the store to get their equipment tweaked.
Page 2 of 2 - Sims says his attention to detail comes from training on a shrimp boat when he was growing up in Alabama. The captain would set "traps" on the boat for Sims to find.
He said he would find the problems — often little metal contraptions laid about — and leave them in an ashtray for the captain to see. Whether details in the wiring of an amplifier, details in the workspace on a military base or details of the shape of a turkey's neck when he is mounting it, Sims is a perfectionist in his work.
Sims has traveled and expanded his horizons, but is back in Pope County now wanting his midwest customers know he is ready to take their trophy bucks they kill during the shotgun seasons and give them the lifelike mounts they have come to expect.
"It's truly an honoring of the animals that have been harvested. It's preserving the outdoor memories and enshrining the animal. It's about tradition and it's an old tradition," Sims said.
Sims has been chasing a big buck in Pope County with his bow. He will continue the hunt with a shotgun and will return for the second shotgun season in December. And he will be checking on his local customers.
"My reach to the people of Southern Illinois is to make good on promises," Sims said.
"I'll do a big sweep and pick everything up before I go home for Thanksgiving in Nashville."
He will be back for the second shotgun season and will stay in Nashville through the spring turkey season. At some point next spring he plans to return to the Middle East to work and earn money to purchase property in Southern Illinois.
He invites those wanting to get back in touch to call him at (615) 927-1930.
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PG is one rebound away from a triple double
Smothered Chicken!
They're slow in adding the stats, but Paul George is close to a triple double.
Ha, Paul's teammates let him get that rebound.... "Get that PG"
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
Trip dub for PG
"There is a time to play and a time to win. It is what you do during winning time that differentiates the average players from stars."
~Ahmad Rashad~
PG with the triple-double
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Wow is there a worse team than the Bobcats? I feel like a want to puke watching them play
This will be a first of many triple doubles for paul i think
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
Pendergraph has been pretty impressive.
Skip Bayless:
"Derek Fisher will prove to be a much better NBA head coach than Steve Kerr."
"The Houston Texans will forever regret it if they do not take Johnny Manziel with the No. 1 overall pick. He will haunt them."
"You bet I'd take Tebow late in games over ARodg."
"Manti Te'o: the next Ray Lewis."
Looks like we've got that elusive superstar on our hands.
I agree, Pendergraph has been awesome
Who is not a chucker.
Let's watch after this, Boston getting beat by Chicago twice this season at their place.
Lol at Austin... "Not sure who Williams is"
Nice way to go into the All Star Break after 2 tough over time losses.
Charlotte is always a nice ego booster
follow me @TruenoPanda - lets talk Pacers!
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Yes, good news. I was able to get one ordered today and there is an outside chance I'll have it on Friday. I'm not going to hold my breath; Tuesday is probably more likely. I did some test fitting and final positioning last night. I'd like to say I think it will be pretty easy once I get the flashing, but nothing has been as easy as I would have thought so far.CL
I got the impression that he had not thought of that issue yet, and doesn't want to address it yet We're still figuring out stand height and insulation...
Finally, the Acunto is hooked up and the first fire has been lit!
At first I thought that you had a peel in your hands, then I saw the gas line. How do you like lighting the fire with a torch? Do you use it just to light the wood or do you leave it in there for a little while?
That's my cactus burner - 300,000btu. It lights the wood right up.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Surprise Laboratory guest to make cameo appearance in "Arsenic and Old Lace"
- Fred deSousa
- Communications Office
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Follows footsteps of Oppenheimer, other Lab scientists
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Sept. 11, 2013—An as-yet-undisclosed Los Alamos National Laboratory official will "revive" the 69-year-old tradition of playing a corpse on stage this weekend in the Los Alamos Little Theater's production of "Arsenic and Old Lace."
The Laboratory's first director, Robert Oppenheimer, played the corpse in the Little Theater's production of the same play in 1944. Other scientists filled in on occasion.
The appearances are scheduled for this Friday (the 13th!) and Saturday the 14th.
"I have always enjoyed the theater and hope to give a lively performance," the mystery actor deadpanned. "But the lines are very difficult."
The production is the stage version of the classic story written by Joseph Kesselring in 1939. Its best-known version is perhaps the 1944 film starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra.
The play is a black comedy revolving around a homicidal Brooklyn, N.Y. family, including two elderly sisters who kill off lonely old men by poisoning them with home-made elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine, and "just a pinch" of cyanide.
The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. at the Los Alamos Little Theater, 1670 Nectar St in Los Alamos. The play continues on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sunday 2 p.m. matinees through Sept. 28. Each performance will feature a "cameo" corpse. For more information call (505) 662-5493 or visit the Los Alamos Little Theater.
About Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a team composed of Bechtel National, the University of California, BWXT Government Group, and URS, an AECOM company, for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.
Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.


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Debates of March 6th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #90 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was refugees.
- Question Period
- Export Development Canada
- Committees of the House
- Temporary Resident Visa Processing Requirements Act
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Points of Order
- Privilege
- Safe Streets and Communities Act
- Foreign Affairs
- Status of Women
- Freedom of Speech
- South Africa
- Decoration for Bravery
- Volunteerism
- Status of Women
- Oreo Cookie
- Status of Women
- Laurent Dubreuil
- Charlie Sang Now Quan
- Junior Canadian Rangers
- Status of Women
- The Conservative Government
- Canada-United Arab Emirates Relations
- Education
- 41st General Election
- Finance
- 41st General Election
- Health
- Foreign Affairs
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Intergovernmental Affairs
- Veterans Affairs
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Rail Transportation
- Quebec City Armoury
- Justice
- Telecommunications
- Government Priorities
- Presence in Gallery
- Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act
- Safe Streets and Communities Act
- Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act
- Business of Supply
- Privilege
- Port of Québec
Aboriginal Affairs
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
Order, please. The hon. Minister of Aboriginal Affairs has the floor.
Aboriginal Affairs
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
John Duncan Vancouver Island North, BC
Mr. Speaker, Chief Spence and I issued a joint press release today in which she said:
Shannen Koostachin's dream was, in part, a safe and comfy school. We are happy that this part of her dream will soon be realized. I wish to extend thanks to all those involved, including the working group that has worked diligently for the past year to bring us to this stage
This demonstrates what can be achieved when we work together.
Rail Transportation
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Ralph Goodale Wascana, SK
Mr. Speaker, the federal rail service review began in 2008. The Conservative hand-picked panel reported in 2010, calling for legislation to offset the abuse of market power of the railways. In March 2011, the government agreed. Last October, Jim Dinning was appointed to develop the template, but that process is going nowhere fast.
All the data is now four years old. What will be done to update the facts and figures? Will the minister guarantee his promised legislation will be tabled in the House before we adjourn in June?
Rail Transportation
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Denis Lebel Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, for 13 years they waited for this work. As the member said, I have appointed Jim Dinning. He has held many meetings with stakeholders. The facilitator's work will inform the legislation that our government is committed to introducing. We will continue and we will deliver the job.
Quebec City Armoury
Oral Questions
March 6th, 2012 / 2:55 p.m.
Annick Papillon Québec, QC
Mr. Speaker, the government had promised that plans for the future Quebec City armoury would be unveiled in the fall of 2011. The plans are ready, but the Prime Minister's Privy Council is refusing to release them. The Conservatives are refusing to confirm the project schedule. They are refusing to tell us the total project cost and the costs to date. In short, once again there is a code of silence.
What are the Conservatives hiding? Can the Conservative government tell us how much it will cost? Why such a lack of transparency?
Quebec City Armoury
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Edmonton—Spruce Grove
Rona Ambrose Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women
Mr. Speaker, I know there is a great deal of interest in Quebec City for this project, for good reason. It is one of our historical treasures in Canada. As the member may know, transparency has been obvious. There have been a number of public consultations with all of the stakeholders involved. We are very excited about the renovations and rehabilitation of the manège. I ask her to be patient. We will make those details known very soon.
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Merv Tweed Brandon—Souris, MB
Mr. Speaker, recently our government increased user fees for pardons, soon to be known as criminal record suspensions, to reflect the real cost to the taxpayer. Law-abiding Canadians are required to pay their own way and we believe that criminals should as well. Some have complained that these measures are too harsh on criminals and that pardons should be handed out more freely.
Could the Minister of Public Safety please comment on the recent changes to the pardon system?
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Vic Toews Minister of Public Safety
Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his work on this matter. Pardons are not a right and that is why our government implemented a process where criminals pay their own way rather than being subsidized by taxpayers. Canadians gave our government a strong mandate to stop the troubling practice of putting criminals' interests ahead of the rights of victims. We will not apologize for ensuring only the deserving receive pardons.
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Pierre Dionne Labelle Rivière-du-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are reducing the number of services offered in Service Canada centres because they are improving the availability of online services. Or so they say. Yet the Conservatives are also planning to cut CAP, a program that gives communities affordable Internet access. How does that make sense?
Can the Conservatives explain how people who cannot afford a home Internet connection are supposed to continue accessing government services? Will the Conservatives promise to maintain funding for CAP?
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Christian Paradis Minister of Industry and Minister of State (Agriculture)
Mr. Speaker, we have made major investments in connecting communities. As everyone knows, we created the rural and remote broadband access program. By the time the program is fully implemented, 98% of Canadian homes will have access to high-speed Internet.
The surprising thing is that, once again, the NDP voted against this historic program.
Government Priorities
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Maria Mourani Ahuntsic, QC
Mr. Speaker, with the federal budget just around the corner, it is becoming increasingly clear that this government will not consult anyone and will do whatever it wants, even though its choices will create a huge shortfall for Quebec. Regardless of the enormous burden imposed on Quebec because of the government's unilateral decisions with respect to health care and the cost of the omnibus crime bill, the Conservatives keep saying the same thing: suck it up.
Does the Minister of Finance understand that it is not up to the people of Quebec to pay for his government's absurd choices?
Government Priorities
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Saint Boniface
Shelly Glover Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier, our government has provided more financial support to the Province of Quebec than any other government in the history of Canada. Quebec will receive, once again, $17.2 billion in transfers from our government this year. That represents an increase of nearly 44% compared to the previous Liberal government's transfer payments.
We are doing our part, but we expect the Government of Quebec to do its part, too.
Presence in Gallery
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
I would like to draw to the attention of hon. members the presence in the gallery of the Hon. Brad Wall, Premier of the great province of Saskatchewan.
Presence in Gallery
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act
Government Orders
3 p.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship
moved that Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act, the Marine Transportation Security Act and the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have the opportunity to begin debate on Bill C-31, an act to protect Canada's immigration system.
Canada has a proud tradition as a welcoming country. For generations, for centuries, we have welcomed newcomers from all parts of the globe.
For more than four centuries, we have welcomed new arrivals, economic immigrants, pioneers, farmers, workers and, of course, refugees needing our protection. We have a humanitarian tradition that we are very proud of. During the 19th century, Canada was the North Star for slaves fleeing the United States. We accepted tens of thousands of black Americans and offered them freedom and protection.
Throughout the 20th century, we welcomed more than one million refugees, including those who fled communist governments, like the people of Hungary in 1956, when we welcomed 50,000 Hungarian nationals. In 1979, we accepted 60,000 Vietnamese nationals, refugees who were fleeing that decade's communism. We are very proud of our tradition. With this bill, this government is going to reinforce and enhance our tradition of protecting refugees.
I am pleased to say that our government is increasing by some 20% the number of resettled refugees, UN convention refugees who are living in camps in deplorable circumstances around the world. We will now accept them and give them a new life and a new beginning here in Canada. We are also increasing by some 20% the refugee assistance program to assist with the initial integration costs of government assisted refugees who arrive here.
We continue to maintain the most generous and open immigration program in the world since our government came to office, welcoming more than a quarter of a million new permanent residents each year, the highest sustained level of immigration in Canadian history, adding 0.8% of our population per year through immigration, representing the highest per capita level of immigration in the developed world.
However, for us to maintain this openness, this generosity toward newcomers, both economic immigrants and refugees, we must demonstrate that our immigration and refugee programs are characterized by fair rules and their consistent application.
Canadians are a generous and open-minded people but they also believe in fair play. Canadians insist, particularly new Canadians, that those who seek to enter Canada do so in a way that is fully respectful of our fair and balanced immigration and refugee laws.
That is why Canadians are worried when they see large human smuggling operations, for example, the two large ships that arrived on Canada's west coast in the past two years with hundreds of passengers, illegal migrants who paid criminal networks to be brought to Canada in an illegal and very dangerous manner.
Canadians are also worried when they see a large number of false refugee claimants who do not need Canada's protection, but who file refugee claims because they see an opportunity in Canada's current refugee system to stay in Canada permanently and have access to social benefits even though they are not really refugees in need of our country's protection.
Canadians want Parliament and this government to take strong and meaningful action to reinforce the integrity and fairness of our immigration and refugee systems, which is why we tabled Bill C-31.
The bill has three principal elements: First, it includes essentially all of the provisions of the bill currently on the order paper known as Bill C-11, a bill designed to combat human smugglers from targeting Canada and treating this country like a doormat; second, it includes important revisions and improvements to our asylum system to ensure that we grant fast protection to bona fide refugees who need Canada's assistance, but that we remove from Canada false asylum claimants who seek to abuse our generosity; and third, it would provide for the legislative authorities for the creation of a new biometric temporary resident visa program which would be the single-most important advance in immigration security screening and the integrity of our system in decades.
With regard to the first question, as I was saying, the destination for major voyages organized by criminal networks in Southeast Asia and human smugglers was Canada. Only two major voyages have reached Canada in the past two years. Thanks to the efforts of our intelligence and policing agencies and the co-operation of the countries of transit of the illegal migrants from Southeast Asia, we managed to prevent a number of other human smuggling voyages from reaching Canada.
Thanks to the strong investigatory police and intelligence operations of our agencies in Southeast Asia and in West Africa, we have succeeded in preventing several large planned voyages of illegal smuggled migrants to Canada. I know some members of the opposition categorize these as humanitarian missions of hapless refugees but we need to be clear on what we are talking about. The networks targeting Canada were typically gunrunners running illegal armaments and weapons into the Sri Lankan civil war. They were profiteering from one of the deadliest civil wars around the world in recent decades. When the war ended, they needed a new commodity to move so they took on people. Every year around the world, thousands of people die in dangerous illegal human smuggling operations, whether they are marine migrants off the coasts of Australia, or people being smuggled in cargo containers who suffocate to death as they cross the British Channel, or people who are dying while trying to cross the Mexico–U.S. border under the guidance of coyotes of illegal smugglers.
Every year, thousands of people die as a result of human smuggling networks. We therefore have a legal and moral obligation to put an end to these dangerous human smuggling operations and prevent the deaths that occur each year.
I do not want to be the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism on whose watch we have a large vessel of illegal smuggled migrants headed to Canada in a leaky vessel that goes down in the Pacific Ocean at the great cost of human life if we have not done everything within our power to prevent human smugglers from targeting this country.
The anti-smuggling provisions of Bill C-31, which were previously included in Bill C-11, would give us additional tools to combat the smugglers. First, it would impose stronger penalties, both in financial fines and prison sentences, on the shipowners and the smugglers, although, admittedly, it is very hard to prosecute the smugglers because they typically operate offshore.
Second, the bill would enhance detention provisions for smuggled migrants who arrive in an operation that would be designated by the Minister of Public Safety as a designated irregular arrival or smuggling event. This is because when hundreds of people arrive in such an operation without documents, without visas, having arrived illegally in violation of several immigration and marine laws or other statutes, we need the time to be able to identify who they are. We need to know whether they are admissible to Canada and whether they constitute a security risk to our country. We cannot practically do that for a large number of smuggled migrants overnight.
We have to be able to keep illegal immigrants in custody, in a completely humanitarian way, so that they can be identified. However, let us be clear: Bill C-31 continues to give migrants, even illegal and smuggled migrants, the right to file a claim for refugee protection with the Immigration and Refugee Board. We will therefore not refuse anyone access to our asylum system, even in cases where people arrive in the country in illegal ways.
The bill proposes humanely detaining migrants who arrive through illegal smuggling operations for up to 12 months without review.
That again would allow our intelligence agencies to do the necessary background checks on such individuals.
I should mention that these provisions are far more modest than those used in most other liberal democratic countries like Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and most European countries.
Finally, we would disincentivize illegal migrants from paying often tens of thousands of dollars to criminal gangs in order to be smuggled to Canada by indicating that even if they get a positive protection decision at the IRB, if they arrived in a designated irregular smuggling event, they would not receive permanent residency for at least five years. They would receive protection. They would not be refouled to their country of origin. We would be fully respectful of our legal and moral obligations under the United Nations universal conventions on refugees and torture, as well as our obligations under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as defined by the Supreme Court of Canada in the Singh decision and other jurisprudence.
We would fully respect our absolute obligation of non-refoulement of people deemed to be facing risk to their lives or persecution in their country of origin, but we are not obliged to give immediate permanent residency to such individuals. With immediate permanent residency comes the privilege, not the absolute right but the privilege, of sponsorship of family members. The reason is that many smuggled migrants, we know from our intelligence, calculate that they will be able to pay the $40,000 or $50,000 obligation that they have made to the smuggling network by sponsoring subsequent family members to help them pay off the debt. We need to create some doubt in the minds of would-be smuggled migrants that they would be able to benefit from such provisions as family reunification. That is what the bill seeks to do.
Second, let us look at the changes to the asylum system proposed in the bill.
I would first like to remind the hon. members that, in June 2010, this House approved important and balanced reforms to the asylum system in order to make it fair and effective, but the current system is broken. It is not working. It takes almost two years for refugee claimants to get a hearing before the IRB. That means the real victims of persecution must wait almost two years to be certain that they have Canada's protection. That is unacceptable.
However, we are seeing an increasing number of false claims for refugee protection in the system. More specifically, since the bill on balanced reforms to the asylum system passed in 2010, there has been rising tide of false asylum claims filed by nationals from countries that are completely democratic, liberal and respectful of human rights. I am speaking specifically about countries in the European Union. Frankly, I find it a bit strange that we are receiving more refugee claims from the European Union than from Asia or Africa. It does not make any sense.
Last year, we received 5,400 refugee claims from European nationals, almost none of whom attended their hearings before the Immigration and Refugee Board. That means that almost all European claimants abandon or withdraw their own refugee claims.
Virtually all of these European asylum claimants are abandoning or withdrawing their own asylum claims. They are not even showing up for the hearing. However, what almost every single one of them does show up for is the initial interview that is required to get the status document as an asylum claimant which qualifies them for an open work permit, full interim federal health care benefits, which are better than the health benefits available to most Canadians, provincial welfare payments, and several federal cash grants for programs.
We stand for the protection of real refugees. We stand against the abuse of Canada's generosity. That is why these measures are necessary. They take a balanced approach. I regret to see members of the opposition turn a blind eye to what is widespread abuse of the system. That is not my opinion. That is a reflection of the fact that in too many cases the applicants do not show up for their hearings, but they do show up to collect Canadian social benefits.
What we seek to do is strengthen the reforms adopted in 2010 by allowing the minister to more quickly designate certain countries which are known not normally to produce refugees, which countries would see an abandonment rate at the IRB of 60% or more, or a rejection rate by the IRB of cases heard of 75% or more, and/or which countries are respectful of human rights and are signatories to the UN convention on refugees, which have an independent judiciary and allow independent NGOs to operate. These are the kinds of countries we are talking about. Claimants from those countries would receive a hearing at the IRB in a delay of about 45 days and that is it. They would receive no further appeals.
Under the current system, with the redundant administrative appeals and post-claim recourses, a manifestly unfounded asylum claimant is able to stay in Canada often for up to five or six years or longer and claim benefits that whole period of time. This is a positive incentive for false claimants to abuse and clog up our system, while delaying protection for the bona fide refugees who do need our protection.
I reiterate that the bill would also create the new refugee appeal division. The vast majority of claimants who are coming from countries that do normally produce refugees would for the first time, if rejected at the refugee protection division, have access to a full fact-based appeal at the refugee appeal division of the IRB. This is the first government to have created a full fact-based appeal.
I find it ironic to hear members of the opposition complain that this government is insufficiently concerned about the procedural rights of refugees when the Liberals in particular refused to create the refugee appeal division. We are putting it in place because we want to ensure that real refugees get Canada's protection. That is why we are actually strengthening this dimension of the system.
Finally, the bill includes legislative authorities to allow the government to require foreign nationals to submit biometric data, particularly fingerprints and a digital quality photo, when applying for a temporary resident visa. In doing so, we would be adopting the same approach as Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and increasingly the European Union to harness new technology to facilitate the movement of legitimate visitors, travellers, business people and students to Canada, yet we would be able to better detect those who intend to do this country harm. I have a long list of criminals who have come back to Canada, some as many as 10 times, on fake documents and fake passports. One was deported eight times on more than 30 counts, including theft and fraud, and kept coming back to Canada on fake documents. With biometric visas, that would no longer be possible.
I hope this bill will lead to serious consideration of these important measures to protect our proud humanitarian tradition of refugee protection and our large and open immigration system, but also to maintain the integrity and fairness of that system. That is something we owe all Canadians and new Canadians now and in the future.


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Rotary Club will give 4 scholarships
The Wachusett Area Rotary Club will award four $2,500 scholarships to high school seniors who plan to attend college in the fall of 2010. The application deadline is April 15.
The applicant must: reside in one of the towns that form the club's service area — Boylston, Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Sterling or West Boylston; have demonstrated community involvement; achieved academic standing of some note; and have financial need.
Students should contact their high school's guidance director for an application. Completed applications should be mailed to Scholarship Committee, Wachusett Area Rotary Club, P.O. Box 635, Holden, MA 01520.