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  2. OK, Vi t, this is a joke, right? Next time we fly AC are they going to search us to make sure the kids have nut free snacks? If we do have banned granola bars, do we get re-seated into the nutty area, or do they confiscate and keep us in the none nutty area? I have this mental picture in my head of walking through the nut detector with flashing lights and sirens going off, with some lacky running a hand scanner over my body in search of nuts. Now that is nuts.
    There is a kid in my older son’s grade 5 class who is none nutty, and carries an epi pen on his belt at all times. This, and a little education, seems to be a far wiser solution, rather than say making him eat his lunch and snacks in the hall.

  4. AC employee – “Excuse me Sir, are those nuts in your package, or are you just happy to see me?”

  5. if you want to go for the pat down, take a small bag of peanuts and stick one in each pocket on your person.
    do burquas have pockets? maybe thats the solution, everyone change into burquas , no thongs allowed.

  9. *
    pop quiz: which federal budget line item is apparently just making the
    problem worse?
    “If you knew the name “Shamattawa” before last weekend,
    it is probably from 2002, when three people from the tiny
    community committed suicide — and another 39 attempted it
    — in the space of a week.”
    *

  10. John R. Bolton, Obama’s Next Three Years
    Once President Obama becomes less encumbered with issues inherited from the Bush era, key elements of U.S. national sovereignty–autonomy, self-governance, and defense–are in trouble.

  12. No taxes, no duties, no copyrights laws, no driving licenses, no traffic lights or utility bills. It may not be the paradise, yet the place is prosperous and booming.

  14. Does this mean that Liberals and Dippers will have to find alternative means of transportation?

  16. Truckloads of swine flu-free zones.
    …-
    “Truckloads Of Unused Swine Flu Vaccines
    After months of fear, media coverage and government warnings there wasn’t as much demand for the swine flu vaccine in New York state as expected.
    Truckloads of swine flu vaccines are being returned by counties that say the expected demand for the shots never happened.”
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2423896/posts

  17. “Environment Minister Jim Prentice said it was unfortunate that a prominent scientist was forced to resign because of revelations in the e-mails, but the government still believes the science is clear that human activity is causing climate change.” Jim Prentice
    Canada signs Copenhagen pact
    Cuba to opt out; Greenhouse gas cut only 3% from 1990
    By KEVIN DOUGHERTY, The GazetteJanuary 8, 2010Be the first to post a comment
    While Canada and Prime Minister Stephen Harper were criticized for taking a weak position on greenhouse-gas reductions at the recent Copenhagen meeting on climate change, Canada is among the first countries to sign the Copenhagen agreement.
    The Bloomberg news agency reported that Australia, Canada, Papua New Guinea and the Maldives were the first to notify the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of their wish to be associated with the Copenhagen accord.”
    http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Canada+signs+Copenhagen+pact/2418235/story.html
    “I’m convinced that the country, this country, will be a positive contributor to a realistic fight against climate change.” PM Stephen Harper
    Welcome to the New CPC Carbon Tax Canada. Enjoy it while you are saving the planet.

  21. Native bank takes Ottawa to court over loan program
    Indian Affairs helping big financial hitters move in on their small markets, firm alleges
    Ottawa — From Thursday’s Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Jan. 07, 2010 12:00AM EST Last updated on Thursday, Jan. 07, 2010 7:56AM EST
    Indian Affairs is facing a Federal Court challenge and a complaint to the Auditor-General alleging the government is trying to run native banks out of business.
    The native financial company behind the court action says Canada’s 57 Aboriginal Financial Institutions – known as AFIs – were secretly and unfairly shut out of a new program to spur economic growth on reserves.
    Instead, the government awarded the program to a group of five much larger banks that includes the Desjardins Group, the Assiniboine Credit Union and the First Nations Bank of Canada, which is affiliated with TD Bank.
    The program gives these institutions a pool of federal tax dollars worth at least $13.5-million to tap into in case they lose money lending to on-reserve businesses…..”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/native-bank-takes-ottawa-to-court-over-loan-program/article1421820/
    Guess the AFI’s weren’t stroking the right members of the CPC…

  23. No name ‘do as you’re told’ backbencher nobody slips up, provides real reason for prorogation:
    “The Olympics are a great celebration and it would be a real conflict for MPs to be there in a minority situation,” he said, adding that could lead to the opposition having more MPs present in Ottawa.”
    MP defends extended break
    Vernon Morning Star
    By Richard Rolke – Vernon Morning Star
    Published: January 07, 2010 6:00 PM
    Okanagan-Shuswap MP Colin Mayes doesn’t believe the suspension of Parliament is a big deal for constituents.
    http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/vernonmorningstar/news/80956662.html
    How can you possibly par-tay when the office is open???

  25. IIRC Crowbar played as warm-up act for Pierre Trudeau speech on early-70s campaign trail at the request of Maggie Trudeau…
    And the song “Oh What a Feeling” has also been used as “bumper” (intro/outro) music for Rush Limbaugh’s radio show (due to “What a Russsshhhhhhh” refrain)…
    …Which makes Crowbar surely the only rock band in the world to be only one degree of separation from both Pierre Trudeau and Rush Limbaugh.

  27. Posted by: Gord Tulk at January 7, 2010 11:43 PM
    While I agree with your first two points, GT, I’m not certain why you think the canadian government – and by inference, you and the rest of the country –
    have any right to the private property of someone who’s amassed it over a lifetime despite paying confiscatory income and other taxes. This is a simply a sneaky wealth tax levied on individuals who cannot so object simply because they are deceased, and another attack on private property that is not protected by our worthless “constitution”.
    mhb23re
    at gmail d0t calm

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