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A senior politician on Thursday issued a desperate plea for an end to 'French bashing' around the world…

Corinne Lepage, a MEP and former French presidential candidate, demanded that other countries, as well as fellow countrymen, stop treating her nation like a "the scum of the earth" and a planetary "laughing stock". Such insults, she claimed, were a major stumbling block to economic recovery for the already notoriously demoralised and pessimistic French.

Ohio gun owner shields son, shoots mugger.

No wonder Banks have such a foul reputation.

http://business.financialpost.com/2013/01/10/the-latest-u-s-foreclosure-horror-story-curse-of-the-zombie-title/?__lsa=6165-ab34

How fortunate that the mighty Obama has restored the US economy and all is great again. Every speech he gives is sunshine and roses.

Not really a problem in SW Sask. But I have been to Sydney Harbour. You want to leave the captain handle the "navagatin'."

Elizabeth May's take on Chief Spence, idle no more and the evil Harper.

http://elizabethmaymp.ca/news/publications/articles/2013/01/09/the-attawapiskat-audit-distracting-us-from-a-legacy-of-failure/

The comments are hard to read.

Interesting. It looks like they will try to refloat the ship Concordia.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19962191

I can't find much info on the meeting between Mulcair and some native chiefs that is going on tonight. Who is he meeting?
I cannot see any good coming out of this. The two groups do not have much in common,except their distaste for the elected PM of Canada and their fondness for tax dollars.Mulcair wants the PM's seat. The chiefs want a cut of all resource revenue.
The natives will backstab Mulcair just as quick as he would do the same to them. They will be discussing their strengths and forming strategy. Oh,to be a fly on the wall.

I recommend a wing seat so that you don't miss the entertainment.

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Passengers+watch+python+cling+plane+wing+during+flight+from/7804302/story.html

*snort*

That's exactly what I'd expect a cheese-eating socialist surrender monkey to say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0yxfVFDD-0

Former TDSB head Chris Spence makes a lot of Honest Mistakes:

http://blazingcatfur.blogspot.ca/2013/01/shocka-chris-spence-phd-dissertation.html

Wouldn't have been my first choice. (They didn't go with Barry, though, which is some sort of a miracle.)

http://www.jammiewf.com/2013/hilarious-monica-lewinskys-former-boyfriend-named-father-of-the-year/

Just wow.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2013/01/10/eric-holder-gun-owners-should-cower-shame-smokers

So we have a grand chief saying they have the power to bring our economy to it's knees? Where would they get the money to drive Cadillac Escalades like Fish Broth Queen Theresa Spence?

Canadian Press headline: "hosts chiefs' meeting".

"Mulcair engaged, if not visible, on aboriginal protests, hosts chiefs' meeting"

>>> "However, the meeting was shelved late Thursday".

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Mulcair+engaged+visible+aboriginal+protests+hosts+chiefs/7803384/story.html

1st nations want to stop the economy?

I'm ready for a vacation. Stop all the government cheques too.

Let's see who cries WOLF first?

AGW Red-Green Shocker: We're winning. Keep up the good work Lizard & Suzy; AlGore is rooting for youse.

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"Blizzard knocks out power across Newfoundland"
(Google)

"Freed killer whales will likely get stuck in sea ice elsewhere in ...
National Post"

buffett reaping tank car boom from shale oil

The Dallas-based manufacturer began converting factories that made towers for wind turbines to tank-car plants in the third quarter, executives said in an Oct. 25 conference call.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-03/buffett-like-icahn-reaping-tank-car-boom-from-shale-oil.html

"NYT pushes crazy claims about “extreme weather” but public interest wanes

From Tom Neslon who writes:

Barking madness in the New York Times: Global warming blamed for coldest winter in China in 30 years and many other extreme cold events; story illustrated with a photo of snow on the palm trees of Jerusalem"
(WUWT)

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"Prepare for impact: Government issues severe weather warning as Big Freeze heads our way"

"Experts warn the freeze from Russia could last up to three weeks, with snow predicted for much of the country by next week"

"So strat's what it is! Sudden stratospheric warming"

"The extreme cold forecast next week is linked to upper atmosphere changes in a process called sudden stratospheric warming.

Often heralding the onset of a big freeze, the mechanism involves rapid warming in just a couple of days about six to 30 miles up.

Colder easterly winds are brought in and they slow down or even reverse our usual milder westerlies.

The jet stream moves south and cold air from the east is dragged in."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-big-freeze-from-russia-1528789

Neo-AGW Progress Report.

"It wasn't a decision we made lightly," said Dean Baquet, the paper's managing editor for news operations."

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"New York Times Dismantles Its Environment Desk"

"Times says demise of the nine-person team, created in 2009, won't affect climate coverage."

"The New York Times will close its environment desk in the next few weeks and assign its seven reporters and two editors to other departments. The positions of environment editor and deputy environment editor are being eliminated. No decision has been made about the fate of the Green Blog, which is edited from the environment desk."

http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130111/new-york-times-dismantles-environmental-desk-journalism-fracking-climate-change-science-global-warming-economy

(H/T WUWT)

It seems Toronto will be naming a road in honor of Jack Layton...oddly enough it will not be 787 West Dundas...

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1313462--jack-layton-way-former-ndp-leader-may-be-honoured-with-a-street

the first Jack Off ramp will be West Dundas

Gotta feel sorry for poor California. No ?

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CALIFORNIA_COLD_SNAP?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-11-04-34-51

http://www.samaracanada.com/contests/best-democratic-moment-2012

I voted for women Premiers, there's now 5! This is a very lefty crowd over there, I linked up to them from a link posted here regarding voting for Best Canadian Novels a while back, the other 4 choices were just as rediculous trust me.

Finally we get a good cross sample to start gauging female leadership with regards to how great they can run everything better than a man :) Out of the 5, only Dunderdale looks like she knows what she is doing since the media all hate her down there even though NL is poised to have a sweet uptick in GDP over the next decade with Muskrat falls and Hebron going ahead. She supported PM Harper during the last election, didn't ya know?