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Obama to Boehner: "We don't have a spending problem."

Juxtaposition:

Brooks Alberta 2009

“XL Foods is one of Canada's largest beef producers, employing 2,400 people; some 60% of the workforce are immigrants, including refugees and temporary foreign workers.” - BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8284793.stm

Brooks Alberta Oct 2012

“XL Foods Inc. management has asked 800 of the 2,000 workers that were laid off Saturday to return to work to the meat processing plant in Brooks, Alta., amid an international beef recall for E. coli contamination.” - CBC

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/10/14/calgary-xl-plant-layoff-reopen.html

Brooks Alberta Jan 2013

“CALGARY - The new operators of the former XL Foods plant in Calgary have been issued two corrective orders over hygiene, say federal regulators.

That news comes on the heels of another report that the plant was slapped with five corrective orders in the months prior to its closure due to the discovery of E. coli.” - SUN News

http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/01/20130108-170441.html

WELCOME!

take a drive through Brooks, Id guess a good portion of those immigrants had never seen a flush toilet let alone use one.

America's PhDs On Foodstamps

Where are Grads working
According to the Bureau of Labour Statistics, roughly 1 in 3 college graduates works in a job the Labour Department says requires less than a bachelors degree

* More than 5,000 janitors have Phds *

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-08/americas-phds-foodstamps

Convicted terrorist wins "social justice" award. The Left seems incapable at laughing at themselves, leaving a large vacuum for us to laugh at them.

In a rare moment of honesty Lawrence Martin admits that the liberals put political correctness and party fortunes ahead of the welfare of the natives.
Then he goes on to bash Harper for not caring about the natives, of course.
He also admits,(without realizing it), that the Reform Party was years ahead of the liberals and media:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/another-tragic-chapter-in-canadas-aboriginal-saga/article7021262/

"Back in the days of Jean Chrétien’s government, I recall talking to a very senior player about the issue of accountability on first nation reserves. The Canadian Alliance was probing the matter, and there were allegations, nothing too specific, about spending abuses. Money disappearing down a black hole, that kind of thing.

Raising it with the Chrétien official, I recall being surprised when he said there was a basis for many of the allegations. It was a potentially a major scandal, he said. So why, I asked, was no one probing it? Too sensitive, he said. “We’d be accused of racism.”"
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Grab a barf bag and read the whole thing.

Re: Dorsey Bros.

Thanks EBD. My Dad had an old 78 "Victrola" gamophone, it came with 2-3 Dorsey Bros. records. He traded it for a silver dollar collection. I never thought I`d hear them again.

Seems that there are some teachers who have seen the light:
Hundreds of Texas and Ohio teachers flock to gun training.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/08/usa-guns-teachers-training-idUSL1E9C8BAT20130108?feedType=RSS

Maybe we'll see that same level of armed teachers in the US that Israel has. Don't seem to have been many Israeli school massacres lately. Of course, all of the usual suspects are appalled that teachers would even consider concealed carry in the classroom and are insistent that schools should remain a target rich environment, or in more "politically correct" terms, gun free zones.

@Dizzy

I think all knight 99 was alluding to was that the hygene practices of third world countries is far less ....shall we say modern than in the western world yet the left and all the other morons keep touting about how divercity and multiculturalism really works !!

you can the tribal soldier out of a third world sh!thole but you cant take the third world sh!t hole out of the tribal soldier!!

paul in Calgary >

Not about personal or practiced hygiene alone, but the ability or willingness to conform to rules and procedures that make our society safe with First World standards.

A global news crew has been kicked off the reserve on orders from Chief Spence.

CBC is not reporting on this. But they have found someone on the reserve that supports Spence.

" Attawapiskat residents 'supporting Spence' in wake of audit"
First Nation resident said he believes Attawapiskat band managers 'tried their best'
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/story/2013/01/08/sby-attawapiskat-reaction-to-audit-report.html

However,this same fellow;
Feb 23, 2012 – Lindy Shisheesh is circulating a petition calling for third-party managers to be allowed into Attawapiskat to provide an update on band finances .

I don't know why he changed his mind or how the cbc found him,but there it is.

FIRE.THEM.ALL.

Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest:

http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2013/01/09/attawapiskat-chief-spence-wont-attend-fridays-meeting-if-gg-sticks-to-planned-no-show/

As a general proposition, if your ostensible purpose is to trick people into sympathizing with you by manipulating their sense of fair play, it's probably not the best idea evah to let them know that you're really playing games in pursuit of something completely different.

On the other hand, His Excellency might just have solved the problem for us: pray he doesn't change his mind.

"Global warming brings record cold"

The wintry weather doesn't disprove global warming, however. In fact, an expert a China's National Climate Center blamed rising temperatures for the deep freeze. Global warming is shrinking ice in the Arctic and pushing polar fronts south, Zhou Botao told China Daily."

"China's Extreme Cold Snaps Records"

"Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer"

The PM meets with aboriginals . . .

http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/shawn_atleo_introduces_stephen_harper_to_a_first_nations_chief.html

Some time back KevinB challenged me for more info on ABCT (Austrian Business Cycle Theory) to which I provided a HAA (Half-assed account).

Here's a much better, link-rich account.

The Austrian theory rests, not on a catalyzing effect of core inflation or headline inflation, but on changes in relative prices that cause resources to be allocated in ultimately unsustainable ways. . . .

This point is especially important in the early stages of recovery when there is so much unused capacity and previous investment pessimism that expansions in bank credit (not meaning base money) may be returning to sustainable levels and inflation in the usual sense is unlikely. Nevertheless, as the recovery proceeds, there is a danger that maintenance of low interest rates by the central bank for long periods can induce a distorted character of investment, even as the total amount of investment measured throughout the economy has not recovered.

The important point is that, for Hayek, investment is not a homogeneous phenomenon. It matters where the investment is (that is, stages farther from or nearer to consumption). Not all investment should be analogized to simple inventory investment.

The policy-relevant point is that if the central bank decides not to allow interest rates to rise until aggregate investment has recovered to boom levels, it will have waited too long. The character of the investment will be distorted. Malinvestments will set in—even without inflation.

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http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/Boutique/index-e.asp

I'm not sure what's more funny: the parliamentary golf apparel, or the parliamentary beer glasses.

Update on my previous post:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/01/08/pol-governor-general-first-nations-friday-meeting.html

So much for a principled stand, I guess, clearly articulated and arrived at through a process of, um, careful thought.

While the underlying confusion wasn't mine, I do apologize for adding to it. It's pretty hard to keep up with this nail-biter of a story, let me tell you. More twists and turns than Fast and Furious!

I have nothing against the Metis, but how does a judge figure they should have the same status as treaty aboriginals? And natives not on reserves are now all treaty natives?

Someone correct me if I am wrong but Metis are descendants of native women and French voyagers. Does that not make them just another Canadian in the end? I don't see anything special there.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/could-metis-membership-applications-spike-after-federal-court-ruling-186127312.html

The way I read the story, there will be a new flood of leaches looking to latch onto the entitlement bandwagon, and that the judge has basically changed the rules on who is a status native and who isn't.

"World"

"Experts cool on global warming: Weather office cuts temperature predictions by 20% in ‘return to humility’"
(NP)

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"Fierce winter weather batters Mideast, flooding and accidents kill 8"

"Samawi called it the "fiercest storm to hit the Mideast in the month of January in at least 30 years.

The snowstorm followed four days of torrential rain, which caused flooding in many areas across the country.

In Lebanon, several days of winds and heavy rain along the coast and record snow in the mountains caused power outages across the country, blocked traffic and shut down mountain passes. Later Wednesday, snow is forecast at altitudes higher than 200 yards (meters), while rain that has already flooded suburbs of the capital, Beirut, should continue.

In Egypt, rare downpours, strong winds and low visibility disrupted Suez Canal operations over the past three days and also led to the closure of several ports. The number of ships moving through the Suez Canal had fallen by half because of poor visibility, the official MENA news agency reported. A canal official said that by Wednesday, operations had returned to normal. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters."

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/fierce-winter-weather-batters-mideast-flooding-and-accidents-kill-8-1.1106630

Iran wants a piece of the Idle action. I figure before long we will see Islamist tactics being used by folks like Palmateer and others.

Mao Stlong* Lepolt.

Where is ex-Liberal leader Bob Rae? Where is Citoyen MulcairBloc? Why are they silent?

*Rae's uncle, c/o Red China.

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"China acts to crush free press protests

The Australian - ‎3 hours ago‎
Video; Image. Chinese activists protest media control. Scott Murdoch reports for The Australian in Guangzhou, where a protest and strike is taking place against China's strict media control."

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"Global TV crew escorted out of Attawapiskat"

"Tryon told the broadcaster she was told that Chief Theresa Spence, who has been on a hunger strike since Dec. 11 in Ottawa, asked all media to leave and ordered reserve residents to not talk to journalists.

"The acting chief said she had gotten a call from Theresa Spence herself telling all media to leave, and as far as I can tell, we're the only media here, but we're being told by Theresa Spence herself that we had to leave," Tryon told Global."

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/01/08/reporter-photographer-escorted-out-of-attawapiskat

"Attawapiskat spokesman asks for patience"

"Wed, Jan 9: Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's spokesman Danny Metatawabin tells Global News he isn't sure why our cameras were kicked out of Attawapiskat."

http://www.globalnews.ca/video/index.html?v=ReYStuCfkne1xpUTXbos6Oo_awQGvnh8

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney addresses human smuggling in Colombo, Sri Lanka:

" ... let me be very clear. We are here to issue a warning that human smugglers will take your money, but they won’t get you to Canada."

http://www.jasonkenney.ca/news/minister-kenney-speaks-about-smuggling-in-colombo-sri-lanka/

Belmont Club:

"That is why people who voted for Obama, for Alan Dershowitz to the unions on down are feeling betrayed."

"The Route of All Evil"

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"Barack Obama - Narcissist or Merely Narcissistic?"

"The "small people", the "rank and file", the "loyal soldiers" of the narcissist - his flock, his nation, his employees - they pay the price. The disillusionment and disenchantment are agonizing. The process of reconstruction, of rising from the ashes, of overcoming the trauma of having been deceived, exploited and manipulated - is drawn-out. It is difficult to trust again, to have faith, to love, to be led, to collaborate. Feelings of shame and guilt engulf the erstwhile followers of the narcissist. This is his sole legacy: a massive post-traumatic stress disorder."

http://www.globalpolitician.com/25109-barack-obama-elections

Redline Headline at Drudge
" WHITE HOUSE THREATENS 'EXECUTIVE ORDERS' ON GUNS"

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/biden-obama-might-use-executive-order-deal-guns_694984.html

'"The president is going to act," said Biden, ... "here are executives orders, ... We haven't decided what that is yet. But we're compiling it all with the help of the attorney general ..."
Biden talked also about taking responsible action. "As the president said, if you're (sic) actions result in only saving one life, they're worth taking.'

Is Biden talking about the same attorney general that ran Fast and Furious and the same president that watched Benghazi blow up while denying support?

This is interesting,not surprising,but....
Paul Martin; On November 14, 2003, Martin succeeded Jean Chrétien as leader of the Liberal Party.

Michael Phalen; Appointed Judge of the Federal Court, and ex officio, member of the Federal Court of Appeal, November 19, 2003, and Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, April 27, 2004.

Judge Phalen on the USA,Dec 2007;
"Because of the U.S. government’s policies on torture and refugees, Canada can no longer turn away refugees coming from the United States."

Phalen on Attawapiskat's financial difficulties,Aug. 7th 2012;
Judge Michael Phelan of the Federal Court says there’s no evidence of mismanagement at the Attawapiskat Indian reserve in Ontario.

Paul Martin ,Jan.5th 2013;
“I just told her that she really was a,she’d become really an inspiration for all Canadians"

Judge Phalen,Jan. 8th 2013;

Canada needs more Theresa of Attawapiskats.Lets throw another 600,000 in to the mix.

PMs come and go,but a judge can hurt forever.

Oh,for God's sake. A CBC talking head just reported that Spence will "snub" the PM at Friday's meeting.

Forget about...FIRE.THEM.ALL.

Hang a few,fire the rest.

They are actively attempting to create the conditions that will lead to the dissolution of our democratically elected gov't.
We know it,they know it,James Moore knows it,why is it allowed to continue on our dime?

CBC's 'power and politics' ballot box question;

" Should the Governor General attend Friday's First Nations meeting?"

I say yes,not because I think that anyone should pay attention to 'Theresa of Attawapiskat',but having that thief on record explaining herself would be entertaining. Maybe,a debate with Ezea moderating...hmmmm.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2013/01/power-politics-ballot-box-question-170.html

Whales are freezin' in the dark?

But, SuzyMay, LizardSuzuki, warmist-ecoists, et al, told us the ice in the Bay is melting.

QOTD: What is "frozen all the way now,” she said."?

"“It was kind of hard to see whether the whales would find the open water because I think it’s frozen all the way now,” she said."

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/01/09/ice-traps-a-dozen-killer-whales-in-northern-quebec-community-pleads-for-help-freeing-them/?NewsWatchCanada.ca

OK,one more.Indulge me,nothing about my fave CBC.

I found this link at BCF . It was posted by 'dogwonder'.

Clayton Kennedy is interviewed by the APTN. It is very good. The interviewer is professional and is obviously not worried about being labelled 'racist'. Clayton comes across as either wasted on oxy, or very hungover. He is not sharp or alert. He is not intelligent.

In the article,a few things that I never knew. Clayton was part of the band management about 10 years ago. He lost/left his position and then returned in July 2010,when he was chosen by Chief Theresa and council to look after the band's finances.

The APTN,IMHO,is not impressed with Theresa and her boytoy.
The sidebar at the end of the article is priceless. Clayton assures everyone that the $31,000 collected for the 'hunger strike' is all above board.

He says " “I have the spreadsheets, I have the documentation, if anyone is worried,”.
http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2013/01/08/attawapiskat-chief-spences-life-partner-challenges-department-to-launch-forensic-audit-says-band-has-nothing-to-hide/

It's gold Jerry,it's gold.