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  4. Glen Beck brought this word up today.
    Describes Obambles govt. exactly.
    kak·is·toc·ra·cy [kak-uh-stok-ruh-see] Show IPA
    noun, plural kak·is·toc·ra·cies.
    government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.

  5. Pathetic CBC attack on Rob Ford
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rob-ford-documents-11-shocking-allegations-1.2425952?cmp=rss
    Go add your comments, here is mine:
    LOL, what a pathetic attack. Crude Sexual remarks, Emotional about father? these are what? Vodka… Petty errands for staff? Wow, I mean there are some serious things in here, but these other bits are just CBC stupidity. And lets talk about the “prostitute” angle for a sec. Jack Layton is caught in a rub and tug, all is fine, Rob Ford “suspected prostitute” and it is news worthy and he is guilty? Lastly, Oxycontin is a prescription drug that can be abused, prove that the docs didn’t prescribe it and you have something. Otherwise it is some axe grinding lefty councilor using innuendo that you are supporting.

  12. Dwayne:
    Don’t fret, Rob Ford is one of hundreds of individuals that are victims of the CBC and Radio Canada every day. I’m bilingual. Tonight on the ”Le Telejournal,” (6:00 PM Nov. 13-13) Radio-Canada’s French news out of Regina, they were knocking the Athabasca Tar Sands going as far as saying that only about 6% of the profit from the oil sands is shared by Canadians outside of Alberta. Then they went on to say that the emissions from the processing is higher than any in the world.
    Radio Canada is operated (mostly) by Quebeckers. I have a Question for those experts. How much money did Alberta receive when the asbestos mines in Quebec were booming back in the 50’s and 60’s?? And how much did Quebec contribute to the environmental cleanups when we had to remove asbestos insulation from our homes and institutions in the West?
    I think it’s high time that west started fighting back!
    As for Rob Ford, I hope he wasn’t hanging around the ”Velvet Touch.” with Jack Layton. Opps forgot, Jack was there for ”health reasons.”

  14. So you’re an outdoorsman alone in northern Quebec, and a bear attacks your camp and eats your food. What do you do to survive? As a last desperate act, maybe you eat your dog.
    Then the rest of the world attacks you.
    http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/13/pet-lovers-bare-their-teeth-after-quebec-man-eats-dog-to-survive/
    Know this, if the pet lovers had been in the same situation, they would have died first, and then their dogs would have eaten them, and survived.
    The dogs have more common sense. Maybe they should be in charge.

  16. It’s that time again: Channel change!
    Now that the “Senate Expense Scandal”, such as it was, has dissolved, Pierre Bourque has this up under “ABSOLUTE MADNESS: $100 BILLION FOR NEW WARSHIPS”:
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-estimates-new-warships-to-cost-more-than-100-billion/article15407360/
    (Hilariously, the article refers to the vessels as “military ships” — another “expert” piece of journalism).
    The usual drumbeat — Harper misleads the public, can’t manage the country’s finances, blah, blah, blah. Bob Rae is probably losing sleep right now over his decision to leave parliament — we haven’t had a good defence procurement “scandal” since the non-purchase (to date) of the F-35s.
    Of course, as in the case of the F-35s, the positioning is completely misleading. That’s $105 billion TOTAL LIFE-CYCLE COST over thirty years, which, if modern Canadian history is any guide, will be considerably longer, given the Liberal-NDP condominium of opposition to investing in a national defence. In case Pierre hasn’t actually read the article, that includes acquisition (capital), operating — including personnel — and maintenance, with, I’m assuming, an estimate for inflation (which means that the total cost in constant 2013 dollars would be about $95 billion at 1% inflation, or $85 billion at 2% inflation). You’d think from Pierre’s lurid headline that all we needed to do was buy the ships at $35 billion, which is the purchase contract figure: what does he think we should do with ’em, leave ’em in dry dock for thirty years?
    So that’d be about $3.5 billion (average) per year. Add $1.5 billion per year for the F-35s (again, all in; scandal!) and that’d be a whopping $5.0 billion per year, about the current GDP of Canada for one day or less than two percent of the annual Dominion government budget.
    And, of course (yawn), the reporting neglects entirely to deduct the current operating and maintenance costs of the fleet, which will be in the billions per year as it is now. In doing so, the impression created is that this is a $100 billion incremental expenditure, which would only be the case if we had no naval expenditure at the moment (which, if true, would make the usual suspects very merry, I’m sure).

  18. Canada openly supports Australia’s “carbon” position.
    http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/13/canada-climate-australia-carbon-tax
    Also in The Australian (It is behind a paywall.)
    Canadian Praise For Tony Abbott A Game Changer For Climate Negotiations
    The Australian, 14 November 2013
    Graham Lloyd
    Canada’s public praise yesterday for Australia’s decision to scrap the carbon tax underscores a dramatic shift that could sweep through international climate negotiations.
    The final step for Australia would be to follow developed countries such as Canada, New Zealand, Russia and Japan in walking away from Kyoto 2, the global agreement on reducing carbon emissions.
    “Canada applauds the decision by Prime Minister (Tony) Abbott to introduce legislation to repeal Australia’s carbon tax,” Paul Calandra, parliamentary secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, said in a message of support on behalf of the Conservative Party government. “The Australian Prime Minister’s decision will be noticed around the world and sends an important message.”
    Australia was one of only a handful of non-EU nations to commit to a second round of Kyoto. It has signed, but not yet ratified the agreement. Part of the previous logic of joining was to underpin Australia’s carbon trading scheme and allow local businesses access to EU carbon permits.
    The deputy chief executive of the Climate Institute research group, Erwin Jackson, said further backing away by Australia on climate action would inevitably change the balance within climate change negotiations. This would be particularly so on the “umbrella group” of non-EU developed nations that Australia chairs. Members include Norway, the US, New Zealand, Japan, Canada and Russia.
    “Australia has played a more constructive role as a counter-balance to Canada,” Mr Jackson said. “If we don’t have a credible domestic policy and behave more like Canada, we would shift the balance within the umbrella group of non-EU developed nations. The question is are we going to act in good faith and move towards ratification?”
    A test will come in April when Australia is expected to outline its latest emissions projections, outline progress towards meeting those targets and what options there are to be more ambitious.
    Environment Minister Greg Hunt has previously supported Australia’s involvement in Kyoto 2, but a lot has changed. The carbon tax and trading scheme are being scrapped for the Coalition’s direct-action program.

  19. Where protest meets performance art:
    “A Russian performance artist was hospitalised Sunday after stripping naked and nailing his testicles to a Red Square cobblestone in protest against the Kremlin’s crackdown on political rights..”

  20. Oink.
    Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell is Canada’s highest paid mayor, with “salary and benefits totalling $245,833.On top of that she gets $45,726 for a driver, and a $23,524 car allowance for her own car.
    Now, the Toronto Star reports, she has also “expensed taxpayers over the past three years for items such as $2,160 on personalized barbecue aprons, $3,191 for a seat upgrade on a trip to India, $1,326 for Mandarin lessons…$1,500 for an orchestra performance” etc. etc., for a grand total of $186,000.

  24. I made this comment a couple of days ago on the ‘Anthony Piazza’ story.
    “”What? You PC leftist dogs too cowardly to tell the full truth? Do your job!! That this guy is no Italian Catholic as implied in his stated name. He is a Muslim. I will be surprised if you actually allow this to be posted.”
    And I WAS surprised, the posting is still up at
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/antony-piazza-faces-new-charge-in-airport-bomb-scare-1.2423602

  25. Is this website now affiliated with Sun News? The logo and like option on the left makes it seem as such.

  26. This via Breitbart….Solar Panels Frying Birds Along Major Migration Path
    Birds are dying in one of two ways. In some cases, they imagine the shining solar panels to be bodies of water and dive straight into them. There they die when they smash into the panels from the sky.Others “feel the wrath of the harnessed sunlight.” The ultra polished solar mirrors bounce sunrays strong enough to burn the feathers off birds that quickly crash to the ground, caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

  27. The duplicitous Globe and Mail:
    (Thanks, Terry Glavin!)
    —Today, the Globe ran an opinion piece by Lindsay Mattick Davidson, one of the Justin Trudeau “ladies night” organizers. She, apparently, is unhappy with those of us who criticized the invitation and is now whining – in print – that politics is “ugly.” What’s really ugly however is when you pen an op-ed and don’t disclose your ties to the organizer, who in this case is Amanda Alvaro.—
    http://lisakirbie.com/2013/11/what-lindsay-mattick-davidson-and-the-globe-didnt-tell-you/

  28. PET Cemetery POT Party Report.
    It’s for the children.
    …-
    “I look forward to seeing Rob Ford get the help he obviously needs,” said Trudeau.”
    “Mulcair, Trudeau urge Rob Ford to seek help for substance abuse issues”
    http://tinyurl.com/pmazzpe
    …-
    “MacKay outraged over Trudeau’s discussing marijuana legalization with school pupils”
    “Jillian Austin, a reporter for the Brandon Sun newspaper, was at the Trudeau event and says he spoke to a group of teenagers and his statement on marijuana was prompted by a question.
    Austin says Trudeau started by saying that marijuana was dangerous for young people, and he believes regulating pot will make it safer for children.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/mackay-outraged-over-trudeaus-discussing-marijuana-legalization-with-school-pupils/article15449485/?cmpid=rss1

  29. Update:
    PET Cemetery POT Party Report.
    It’s for the children.
    …-
    “Trudeau accused of promoting drug use ‘directly to children’ after Liberal leader discusses pot policy at school”
    “Justice Minister Peter MacKay is accusing Liberal leader Justin Trudeau of promoting recreational drug use “directly to children” after Mr. Trudeau discussed his party’s plans to legalize marijuana while speaking to a Brandon, Man., public school.
    “He’s already sending children the message recreational drug use is OK. Now, he’s delivering that message directly to children,” wrote Mr. MacKay in a fundraising letter sent out on Thursday.”
    http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/14/trudeau-accused-of-promoting-drug-use-directly-to-children-after-liberal-leader-discusses-pot-policy-at-school/

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