The (National Treasury Employees Union’s) web site includes a nifty interactive graphic that shows you just how many there are in each state: 279,622 in Texas, for example, 350,544 in California, 165,943 in New York, etc., etc. There are, in short, millions of them.
And what political party do you suppose they support? In the 2012 election cycle, 94% of its PAC contributions went to Democrats, 4% to Republicans. That’s only one year, of course. How about 2010? That year 98% of its contributions went to Democrats, 2% went to Republicans. 2008 was a bit more balanced: that year only 96% went to Democrats. As Andrew Stiles pointed out at National Review, the NTEU is a “powerful, deeply partisan union whose boss has publicly disparaged the Tea Party and criticized the Republican party for having ties to it.”
Putin’s mouthpiece promises to glowingly include CTV’s Robert Fife in memoirs.
No, it’s not a joke.
the NTEU is a “powerful, deeply partisan union whose boss has publicly disparaged the Tea Party and criticized the Republican party for having ties to it.”
What a surprise it will be to him when the TEA party runs the GOP and he has to face someone who has Scott Walker’s agenda.
Never forget, never forgive, and never compromise.
Sounds radical? Well that’s what the Right has been facing for 70 years.
The Left is clearly suicidal, No Compromise is a Vote for LIFE.
A group of international scientists has completed the only global study of neonicotinoid pesticides and concluded there’s a definitive link between its use and the deaths of bees and other pollinators.
“As independent scientists, we can now say conclusively there is clear evidence of harm sufficient to trigger regulatory action,… “We are concerned about their large-scale use and impacts on human health and ecosystems.” Task Force scientists said ideally the stuff would be banned, but even if it’s use could be restricted to only when needed rather than as a preventative, it would greatly increase chances of bee survival. http://www.torontosun.com/2014/06/25/scientists-conclude-neonicotinoid-pesticides-are-killing-bees
HOUSTON, Texas–An unaccompanied minor from Central America who entered the U.S. illegally has been confirmed as having the Swine Flu, also known as the H1N1 flu.
A spokesperson from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that the sick child is at the Lackland Air Force base in San Antonio,… where more than 1,000 illegal immigrant minors are currently staying. … “Having spent the weekend on our border, I can tell you that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is not taking charge of the undocumented children in any kind of reasonable time frame as they are absolutely required to do,” Gohmert said. “It is becoming more and more apparent that the Obama administration’s reckless disregard for enforcing this nation’s laws at the border has become a reckless disregard for human health and life. http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/06/25/Swine-Flu-Confirmed-at-Shelter-for-Unaccompanied-Minors
Nice way to start a pandemic… It’s a good thing that the US has no enemies in the world who could pass as Central Americans to infiltrate the USofA with all sorts of potential consequences.
Personally I don’t even care if Israel is a democracy, a theocracy, or an absolute monarchy – what I love about the Israelites is that they aren’t barbarians.
Let’s drop the term “war on terror” and call it what it is: the war on barbarism, 21st century edition. The same one we have to prosecute against every kind of scum from Boko Haram to Taliban to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. This is nothing less than the eternal battle between civilization and the barbarian horde. Let’s not make the mistake the Romans did and get complacent.
If you have wondered how the Marxists think or why they oppose organized religion & individual rights & responsibilities. Their moral norms of Lying & cheating
This JUNE 2014 Scientific America research article may provide a clue as to how easy it is to create a dysfunctional Society using the simple tools within academia. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-to-a-society-that-does-not-believe-in-free-will/
@north of 60: So you refuse to let this drop. Well then how about this factoid:
“Canada, the UK and Australia all provide provocative real world case studies. Canola is grown commercially mostly on the prairies in Canada, the largest single producer of canola in the world with more than 50,000 canola producers and 16 million acres. It’s a nutritionally rich crop for bees. Some 80% of Canada’s honey crop is from canola, amounting to 50 million pounds per year of Grade No 1 white honey. Approximately 300,000 colonies harvest open pollinated canola.
Despite the fact that neonicotinoids are widely used in Canada to protect canola from pests, Canadian bee populations have been largely unaffected and produce around 50 million pounds of canola honey. A large-scale Ontario field study funded by Bayer appears to back up the real life evidence challenging the activist doomsday scenario. It found no difference in colony health between hives exposed to neonics and those that weren’t, in real life conditions. “The doses the bees are exposed to [in lab studies] are far above what a realistic field dose exposure would be,” says Dr. Cynthia Scott-Dupree, head of the Ontario study. Canadian canola farmers say they have had 10 years of large scale use of neonics on canola with no observed ill effect.” http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonentine/2013/04/11/science-collapse-disorder-the-real-story-behind-neonics-and-mass-bee-deaths/
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Or you can read this:
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in Canada:Do we have a problem? http://www.organicagcentre.ca/DOCs/Colony_collapse_bees.pdf
And you can note the various “anti” groups blame Colony Collapse Disorder on everything from pesticides to genetically modified plants to large scale farming……. and of course GW Bush.
STOP ALREADY! You’re way over your grade…….
Good to see all sides of the story. I will continue to post what I see as relevant. Your personal insults degrade your credibility; is that how you ‘win’ arguments in the real world?
Dr. Jean-Marc Bonmatin, the study’s lead researcher, speaking to reporters at press conference in Ottawa Wednesday. “You have to know that (neonicotinoids) are used as preventatives for pests. This is a prophylactic use. Most of this pesticide (are) un-useful,” Bonmatin said. “The yields are not increasing with the use of these pesticides. On the contrary, they are decreasing because of the lack of pollinators.” http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/06/25/cutting-back-neonicotinoid-use-wont-kill-grain-industry-scientists/
The evidence these insecticides are a factor in bee losses is hard to refute. When it started looking into the matter, Health Canada’s pest management regulatory agency found neonicotinoid residues in approximately 70 per cent of the dead bees tested, while the pesticides were detected in unaffected bees in one sample and at very low levels. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/bee-colonies-in-the-balance-260508681.html
The belief that CCD is not a problem in Canada is quite inaccurate, regardless of what Forbes might say.
How is life where you are? Each region is measured in eight topics – income, jobs, health, access to services, environment, education, safety, and civic engagement.
Interactive map of regional well being: http://www.oecdregionalwellbeing.org/index.html#
There are lots of bees and apiary boxes in the canola fields around here, and canola honey is absolutely the best tasting.
If by ‘tamed’ you mean shot dead then yeah, tamed.
I’m for taming all the apex predators that way. Makes hiking a lot safer and makes game more available.
Here’s one for you EBD, the Three Little Pigs go Shakespeare!
John Branyan – The Three Little Pigs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxoUUbMii7Q
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Well, I guess if bears like cupcakes, lions might eat cookies.
Considering the times we live in, you might be able to get a grant to find out, especially if you can weave some CAGW horsehockey into the proposal.
Heres something our American cousins probably never learned in school.
8 Presidents of the U.S. Before George Washington
Who was the first president of the United States? All of us say “George Washington.” But it’s wrong at least technically. Washington was not inaugurated until April 30, 1789. And yet, the United States continually had functioning governments from as early as September 5, 1774 and operated as a confederated nation from as early as July 4, 1776. During that nearly fifteen year interval we got many presidents but we never heard about them. So here following brief biographies profile these “forgotten presidents” Before “George Washington.” http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/us_constitution/news.php?q=1244133512
When your society celebrates anti-social behaviour, don’t be surprised to learn that anti-social behaviour is adaptive.
When your society celebrates victimhood, don’t be surprised to learn that victimhood is adaptive.
The Cloward-Piven strategy of turning dependency into a virtue is everywhere.
AGW Immolates Itself.
Ocean/sea levels are falling.
“The report says water levels in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence basin “fell dramatically” in 1997-98.”
…-
“Great Lakes’ low water levels could cost $19B by 2050”
“Unclear if water level rebound since 2013 is start of a trend, new report by the Mowat Centre says” http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/great-lakes-low-water-levels-could-cost-19b-by-2050-1.2688415
@maz2:
quotes from the article, capital lettering is mine:
“A new report by a public policy think tank says low water levels in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River….. COULD result in severe economic fallout for the region.”
“The Mowat Centre study says it could cost the United States and Canada more than $19 billion by 2050….. IF water levels remain low.”
What could go wrong? “Could” and “if”…..you can’t be held to any accountability with weasel word like that. Worthless article!!
Facts for 2014 show all the Great Lakes at or ABOVE seasonal norms.
This is what a billion dollars a year gets you.
The top featured story at our state broadcaster;
” Number of Mounties disciplined for bad behaviour hits 13-year high ” http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-disciplining-more-members-for-offences-1.2687285
2014 – 13 = 2001.
2001 is when Chretien was in his glory days, ” pepper, dats something I put on steak”
The article does not link the rise in complaints to the current gov’t directly, but the implication is there.
Most of the CBC writers with seniority are taking the summer off.
Be prepared for a couple of months of the wannabes strutting their stuff.
Money, well, spent.
A billion dollars a year for this. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-to-cut-back-supper-hour-news-in-house-productions-1.2688409
Hubie, head honcho at CBC, the guy who could not understand that negotiating for extra cash to compensate for his hotel stays while in Ottawa did not mean that he could not still claim his Ottawa hotel expenses, tells us that CBC will cut their staff.
The whole article is spin, bad spin. Hubie doesn’t have the parts to tell the truth to his employees.
His employees don’t have the parts to question him.
BC Indians get Supreme court ruling in their favor….I thought they already owned most of BC
Tom L. throws A. Redford under his premier-ship bus…
that “horse ran outta the open barn boor awhile back Tom”. Are you trying to emulate T. Mulcair?
He’s half right. Everyone has the right to be free from violence, and the purpose of government is to step in when violence occurs. Yes, that should override culture. “Discrimination” is a different matter, one that should be no concern of government at all, if private individuals are involved.
Roger Kimball: Deunionize the IRS.
Excerpt:
Putin’s mouthpiece promises to glowingly include CTV’s Robert Fife in memoirs.
No, it’s not a joke.
the NTEU is a “powerful, deeply partisan union whose boss has publicly disparaged the Tea Party and criticized the Republican party for having ties to it.”
What a surprise it will be to him when the TEA party runs the GOP and he has to face someone who has Scott Walker’s agenda.
Never forget, never forgive, and never compromise.
Sounds radical? Well that’s what the Right has been facing for 70 years.
The Left is clearly suicidal, No Compromise is a Vote for LIFE.
A group of international scientists has completed the only global study of neonicotinoid pesticides and concluded there’s a definitive link between its use and the deaths of bees and other pollinators.
“As independent scientists, we can now say conclusively there is clear evidence of harm sufficient to trigger regulatory action,… “We are concerned about their large-scale use and impacts on human health and ecosystems.” Task Force scientists said ideally the stuff would be banned, but even if it’s use could be restricted to only when needed rather than as a preventative, it would greatly increase chances of bee survival.
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/06/25/scientists-conclude-neonicotinoid-pesticides-are-killing-bees
Now this is the kind of new car technology that gets my attention.
http://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/the-car-that-outsmarts-speed-cameras-20140625-zskpl.html
HOUSTON, Texas–An unaccompanied minor from Central America who entered the U.S. illegally has been confirmed as having the Swine Flu, also known as the H1N1 flu.
A spokesperson from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that the sick child is at the Lackland Air Force base in San Antonio,… where more than 1,000 illegal immigrant minors are currently staying. … “Having spent the weekend on our border, I can tell you that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is not taking charge of the undocumented children in any kind of reasonable time frame as they are absolutely required to do,” Gohmert said. “It is becoming more and more apparent that the Obama administration’s reckless disregard for enforcing this nation’s laws at the border has become a reckless disregard for human health and life.
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/06/25/Swine-Flu-Confirmed-at-Shelter-for-Unaccompanied-Minors
Nice way to start a pandemic… It’s a good thing that the US has no enemies in the world who could pass as Central Americans to infiltrate the USofA with all sorts of potential consequences.
Some advice to the Presbyterian church.
http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/netanyahu-has-2-pieces-of-advice-for-the-presbyterian-church
mid island mike
Personally I don’t even care if Israel is a democracy, a theocracy, or an absolute monarchy – what I love about the Israelites is that they aren’t barbarians.
Let’s drop the term “war on terror” and call it what it is: the war on barbarism, 21st century edition. The same one we have to prosecute against every kind of scum from Boko Haram to Taliban to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. This is nothing less than the eternal battle between civilization and the barbarian horde. Let’s not make the mistake the Romans did and get complacent.
EPA employees told to stop putting poop in hallways.
http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/263777/speedreads-epa-employees-told-to-stop-putting-poop-in-hallways
If you have wondered how the Marxists think or why they oppose organized religion & individual rights & responsibilities. Their moral norms of Lying & cheating
This JUNE 2014 Scientific America research article may provide a clue as to how easy it is to create a dysfunctional Society using the simple tools within academia.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-to-a-society-that-does-not-believe-in-free-will/
Thanks for that, mid island mike. That is superb.
@north of 60: So you refuse to let this drop. Well then how about this factoid:
“Canada, the UK and Australia all provide provocative real world case studies. Canola is grown commercially mostly on the prairies in Canada, the largest single producer of canola in the world with more than 50,000 canola producers and 16 million acres. It’s a nutritionally rich crop for bees. Some 80% of Canada’s honey crop is from canola, amounting to 50 million pounds per year of Grade No 1 white honey. Approximately 300,000 colonies harvest open pollinated canola.
Despite the fact that neonicotinoids are widely used in Canada to protect canola from pests, Canadian bee populations have been largely unaffected and produce around 50 million pounds of canola honey. A large-scale Ontario field study funded by Bayer appears to back up the real life evidence challenging the activist doomsday scenario. It found no difference in colony health between hives exposed to neonics and those that weren’t, in real life conditions. “The doses the bees are exposed to [in lab studies] are far above what a realistic field dose exposure would be,” says Dr. Cynthia Scott-Dupree, head of the Ontario study. Canadian canola farmers say they have had 10 years of large scale use of neonics on canola with no observed ill effect.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonentine/2013/04/11/science-collapse-disorder-the-real-story-behind-neonics-and-mass-bee-deaths/
—————————-
Or you can read this:
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in Canada:Do we have a problem?
http://www.organicagcentre.ca/DOCs/Colony_collapse_bees.pdf
And you can note the various “anti” groups blame Colony Collapse Disorder on everything from pesticides to genetically modified plants to large scale farming……. and of course GW Bush.
STOP ALREADY! You’re way over your grade…….
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/government-says-climate-change-will-make-weather-more-extreme/article19322385/
Seems our Conservative government believes we will have more extreme weather due to climate change. I thought conservatives were supposed to be interested in facts, not hype and taxes.
More missing emails, crashed hard drives, this time at EPA
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/26/more-missing-emails-crashed-hard-drives-this-time-at-epa/
Sorry if everyone has seen this already. I’ll just pour another drink and hope Utopia is on a hard drive.
Wanted! (preferably dead) $10,000 reward if you can prove that man made climate change is real.
http://dialoguesonglobalwarming.blogspot.ca/p/1000-global-warming-skeptic-challenge.html
Good to see all sides of the story. I will continue to post what I see as relevant. Your personal insults degrade your credibility; is that how you ‘win’ arguments in the real world?
Dr. Jean-Marc Bonmatin, the study’s lead researcher, speaking to reporters at press conference in Ottawa Wednesday. “You have to know that (neonicotinoids) are used as preventatives for pests. This is a prophylactic use. Most of this pesticide (are) un-useful,” Bonmatin said. “The yields are not increasing with the use of these pesticides. On the contrary, they are decreasing because of the lack of pollinators.”
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/06/25/cutting-back-neonicotinoid-use-wont-kill-grain-industry-scientists/
The evidence these insecticides are a factor in bee losses is hard to refute. When it started looking into the matter, Health Canada’s pest management regulatory agency found neonicotinoid residues in approximately 70 per cent of the dead bees tested, while the pesticides were detected in unaffected bees in one sample and at very low levels.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/bee-colonies-in-the-balance-260508681.html
The belief that CCD is not a problem in Canada is quite inaccurate, regardless of what Forbes might say.
How is life where you are? Each region is measured in eight topics – income, jobs, health, access to services, environment, education, safety, and civic engagement.
Interactive map of regional well being:
http://www.oecdregionalwellbeing.org/index.html#
There are lots of bees and apiary boxes in the canola fields around here, and canola honey is absolutely the best tasting.
Wolves in Russia: http://afflictor.com/2013/07/16/old-print-article-wolves-kill-bridal-party-new-york-times-1911/
Wolves in Russia, Sakha emergency, 2011 BBC.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20932461
This is why there are so many stories about evil wolfs in folklore. In North America they were tamed when European settlers got here and stayed that way.
Guess what our geniuses of the animal rights, enviro groupies, are doing?
Really? The best honey I’ve had was from bees who got all their pollen from the orange groves in Arizona. YMMV
Crackdown on temporary foreign workers cripples LNG development in BC.
http://business.financialpost.com/2014/06/25/temporary-foreign-worker-restrictions-will-hurt-b-c-s-lng-development-minister-warns/?__lsa=fc0c-0192
If by ‘tamed’ you mean shot dead then yeah, tamed.
I’m for taming all the apex predators that way. Makes hiking a lot safer and makes game more available.
A bear falls into a kid`s birthday party craving for a cup cake……….
Enjoy!!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/alaska-bear-crashes-babys-birthday-bash/2014/06/25/503d6e1e-fca9-11e3-9b05-7ec49dc09d97_story.html
A Liberal minister warning about something does not equal ‘crippling’ however much you would like to torture the language, LAShole.
Never mind your culture. Being gay trumps everything. At least until the Muslims take over.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/prejudice-prejudice-biden-says-gay-rights-trump-culture-n140121
The best honey I’ve had was from bees who got all their pollen from wild fireweed.
Just pray for a bit of global warming to revive the economy.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/25/winter-wipeout-economy-shrank-29-percent-first-qua/
Memphis Zoo bans woman for hopping barrier to feed cookies to lions
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=241100
Lions don’t eat cookies, do they?
Here’s one for you EBD, the Three Little Pigs go Shakespeare!
John Branyan – The Three Little Pigs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxoUUbMii7Q
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Well, I guess if bears like cupcakes, lions might eat cookies.
Considering the times we live in, you might be able to get a grant to find out, especially if you can weave some CAGW horsehockey into the proposal.
Heres something our American cousins probably never learned in school.
8 Presidents of the U.S. Before George Washington
Who was the first president of the United States? All of us say “George Washington.” But it’s wrong at least technically. Washington was not inaugurated until April 30, 1789. And yet, the United States continually had functioning governments from as early as September 5, 1774 and operated as a confederated nation from as early as July 4, 1776. During that nearly fifteen year interval we got many presidents but we never heard about them. So here following brief biographies profile these “forgotten presidents” Before “George Washington.”
http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/us_constitution/news.php?q=1244133512
Using http://www.ipolitics.ca is like quoting huffpo…….
When your society celebrates anti-social behaviour, don’t be surprised to learn that anti-social behaviour is adaptive.
When your society celebrates victimhood, don’t be surprised to learn that victimhood is adaptive.
The Cloward-Piven strategy of turning dependency into a virtue is everywhere.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/supreme-court-expands-aboriginal-title-rights-in-unanimous-ruling/article19347252/
Massive and possibly permanent setback for the Northern gateway pipeline,and any other pipeline industry needs to build.
Canada’s Supreme court,led by the activist Beverley Mclachlin, drives another stake into the heart of the Country’s economy.
With her ivory tower existence,BM has no idea of the effect of her group’s rulings on the average Canadian.
AGW Immolates Itself.
Ocean/sea levels are falling.
“The report says water levels in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence basin “fell dramatically” in 1997-98.”
…-
“Great Lakes’ low water levels could cost $19B by 2050”
“Unclear if water level rebound since 2013 is start of a trend, new report by the Mowat Centre says”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/great-lakes-low-water-levels-could-cost-19b-by-2050-1.2688415
@maz2:
quotes from the article, capital lettering is mine:
“A new report by a public policy think tank says low water levels in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River….. COULD result in severe economic fallout for the region.”
“The Mowat Centre study says it could cost the United States and Canada more than $19 billion by 2050….. IF water levels remain low.”
What could go wrong? “Could” and “if”…..you can’t be held to any accountability with weasel word like that. Worthless article!!
Facts for 2014 show all the Great Lakes at or ABOVE seasonal norms.
This is how our Hero’s should be dealt with every day…
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/world/archives/2014/06/20140626-085527.html
Advice to O’narcissist~Kerry.
Don’t say you’re American.
…-
“Russia-supplied jets en route to Iraq in bid to ‘destroy the terrorists’ dens,’ Al-Maliki says”
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/06/26/iraq-buys-russian-jets-to-destroy-the-terrorists-dens-after-long-delays-waiting-for-u-s-f-16s/
This is what a billion dollars a year gets you.
The top featured story at our state broadcaster;
” Number of Mounties disciplined for bad behaviour hits 13-year high ”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-disciplining-more-members-for-offences-1.2687285
2014 – 13 = 2001.
2001 is when Chretien was in his glory days, ” pepper, dats something I put on steak”
The article does not link the rise in complaints to the current gov’t directly, but the implication is there.
Most of the CBC writers with seniority are taking the summer off.
Be prepared for a couple of months of the wannabes strutting their stuff.
Money, well, spent.
A billion dollars a year for this.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-to-cut-back-supper-hour-news-in-house-productions-1.2688409
Hubie, head honcho at CBC, the guy who could not understand that negotiating for extra cash to compensate for his hotel stays while in Ottawa did not mean that he could not still claim his Ottawa hotel expenses, tells us that CBC will cut their staff.
The whole article is spin, bad spin. Hubie doesn’t have the parts to tell the truth to his employees.
His employees don’t have the parts to question him.
Western Canada High School announced today that they no longer take pride in Aboriginals, they chose birds instead.
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/sports/archives/2014/06/20140626-164940.html
BC Indians get Supreme court ruling in their favor….I thought they already owned most of BC
Tom L. throws A. Redford under his premier-ship bus…
that “horse ran outta the open barn boor awhile back Tom”. Are you trying to emulate T. Mulcair?
He’s half right. Everyone has the right to be free from violence, and the purpose of government is to step in when violence occurs. Yes, that should override culture. “Discrimination” is a different matter, one that should be no concern of government at all, if private individuals are involved.