Thursday digest

- Looks like the man who was almost VP less than six years ago, Joe Lieberman, is being drummed out of the Democrats because he's not strident enough.

Party of inclusion, indeed.

- Speaking of Lieberman, various Canadian statists gathered in Mont Tremblant yesterday to hear Al Gore interfere in another country's politics. I have to ask, what's the point?

- After hitting the information jackpot, it's clearly not time to quit Iraq. (A bit of unconventional wisdom on that subject, here.)

- I love this: "We would have preferred to hit a U.S. frigate, but no problem because they are all infidels", even those who teach social justice and cultural studies. It is also disappointing to still see some equivocation:

"These ideas don't represent Muslims," said Walid Chaaban, imam of the Salah Dine mosque in Montreal.

"We stand against these people who would commit acts of terrorism against Canadians."

But Sheik Ali Sbeiti, imam at the Muslim Community Centre of Montreal, also cautioned that Canada has to realize that its foreign policies, including its commitment of troops in Afghanistan, have repercussions at home.

"Canada is shifting its policy to become more pro-American on international issues," he said in an interview. "This creates a kind of tension."

"Canada is involved in Afghanistan, and not as peacekeepers. Muslims would feel that Canada is in a country whose soldiers are fighting fellow Muslims.

"Every time Canada takes action in the international field, you have to consider that is has 800,000 Muslims in Canada watching."

How is Canadian society supposed to know who speaks for Muslims when we hear "yeah, but"-type comments like this one?

- This whole Caledonia mess is pissing me off. It should have been dealt with at the outset of the lawlessness. Why does political correctness always trump equality under the law when it comes to violent Aboriginal protests? The cops should have went in there weeks ago, cleaned it up and then sat down at the table with representatives who are moderate and reasoned in their approach.