43 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. Watch the car sections of major papers and blogs in the next while. More and more talk about drivers and passengers freezing during winter months in EVs. I’m well aware that we have problems with gasoline and diesel autos in the winter months as well. As long as you have gas in the tank however, you can stay warm. With an EV , seat warmers, heaters, defrosters etc, reduce the mileage and increase charge times. If and when you can find a charging station.
    https://www.fleetcarma.com/extend-electric-vehicle-range-winter/
    There are many more articles.

  2. I love this piece of advice on how to stay warm in an EV. From the article I’ve just posted.
    ”Layered clothing. The easiest way to conserve battery power is using little to no heat. Always dress in layers when heading out in winter so you can stay warm whether or not the climate control system helps. A scarf, hat and driving gloves complete winter attire in an EV.”
    Gee, thanks Elan, I never thought of that!!

  3. This is not a Readers Tip, but I wanted to share this with the western posters. From research I have done, I know how many Saskatchewan young men served in the forces in WWI and WWII. The Daily Mail had a story about the Spitfire fighter yesterday and so I wrote up a brief comment about a pilot from Humboldt who was a 2nd cousin of mine and a 3rd of my husband that we never met. I knew about his death from his older brother, who went in with the Regina Rifles on D-Day, and found the whole story in his service record which I was able to access on Ancestry. This is a brief account of his experience June 7/44:
    “Speaking of Spitfires, my Saskatchewan cousin was first a bomber pilot in the Mediterranean, then transferred to fighter command. He was assigned to 602 Sqdn. On the second patrol to France on June 7, 1944, his Spitfire engine cut out and he had to “belly land”, fortunately within Allied lines. Voices called out to him (as bullets flew around from both sides), “get down, get down; crawl over here”. They were Americans. Since it was a bit hectic, it was impossible to return him to England for a week. Sadly, on July 7th, he was hit by flak on an armed reconnaissance south of Caen. In 1945, a French farmer was able to show the British the crash site in a grove of trees; the farmer had buried his body to prevent the Germans from finding him. The only identification found was the name he had printed in indelible ink on the underside of his shirt collar: L. KIDD. He was 21 years of age.”

  4. “Actually, electric cars do not waste the type of energy gas-powered cars do (as heat), so greater efficiency is the source of the problem.”
    Ponder that statement for awhile just an example of the mindset that champions electric cars in Canadian winter, instead of reliable,safe and warm petroleum fueled vehicles. Notice no mention is made of defrosting capabilities, not important I guess. The lack of adequate heaters is presented as a positive.

  5. I reposted it on FB with the heading, Dress like your headed out for a one horse open sleigh ride :)….yeah technology !

  6. http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2017/11/03/disabled-navy-vet-refuses-to-receive-award-from-saints-over-national-anthem-protests.html
    The NFL is now getting blow back..Big Time… Games seem fake, like wrestling…NFL going to die
    The US could take a lesson from Canada’s past… Some NS French Acadian’s refused to pledge allegiance to the British Crown (after France was defeated)…They were deported to Louisiana and became known as Cajun….
    http://www.acadian-cajun.com/
    Cancel the 2017/18 schedule & fire the lot…Play with pickup players until the stupid has been drained

  7. Let’s not forget what the primary market for those vehicles is, namely the larger cities in California. When was the last time that, say, Los Angeles had snowdrifts in the street?
    Since it doesn’t snow in those locations, why should they worry about interior heaters?
    I’m reminded of my first landlady when I was a grad student at UBC. She was a leftover California hippy and she didn’t understand what I meant when I said that since I would be living in the Vancouver area, I wouldn’t have to plug in my car in the winter.
    I’m sure that if I’d told her that in Alberta, we all drove electric vehicles but that we all needed really long extension cords, she would have believed me.

  8. As I heard it, some 50 years ago, the Acadians were given a choice. They could either assimilate and adopt British ways or they could be transported to a location of their choice. Many opted for Louisiana because it was the largest free French region in North America at the time.
    In recent years, however, I’ve heard that story revised to make it into “ethnic cleansing” by the British.

  9. Oh my … Fleetcarma … PR shilling for electric vehicles is one thing … but dishonesty, and deception, are quite another. Just because a website is beautifully composed, slick “looking” and articulated into short attention span visually digestible blocks with kewl graphics and pictures … doesn’t mean that it is any more legitimate than a 19th century traveling medicine show extolling the virtues of their “miracle elixir”. There are so many half truths, and implied truths, and simple lies in this article that I want to puke. Virtually nothing TRUE and HONEST is contained in this desperate PR piece.
    For example … the article proudly states that Norway (a Euro cold climate) has … “the fastest adoption rate” of electric cars of any other country in the world. It is implied that Norwegians actually DRIVE their ev’s In the wintertime. Do they? Or do they treat their ev’s like a “convertible” … like a novelty to be driven in agreeable weather?
    As it turns out … 85% of Norwegian EV-owners have 2-cars, and that their OTHER car is an ICE auto. And that they only drive their EV’s for short distance trips. And the Fleetcarma article FAILS to mention the massive government subsidies given to EV purchases … including universal FREE PARKING! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_electric_vehicles_in_Norway … pro hint: government subsidies are being phased out in 2018 … so we’ll be sure to check the stats in the next couple years.
    And the WORST omission of this PR crap of an article …
    The global average is $5.52 per gallon of gas. Norway is the distant outlier for countries with the most expensive price per gallon of gas: $10.76 per gallon,
    Gee … I wonder if any of THAT has something to do the leading adoption “rate” of EV’s in Norway. OMISSION of TRUTH is still LYING! Lies of OMISSION are still LIES.

  10. My point for posting the Cajun deportation was that because they refused to live in peace under British law.. The other people in NS wanted them gone, and they went… That is similar to the NFL players pissing on the Flag & disrespecting the National Anthem… They are Americans that can’t and shouldn’t be deported, but they can be fired and the football Fan base have a right to demand that the owners respect America…I see major advertisers are buying into College games..better football
    BTW I think the Arcadian’s may have been a French Cult…They where rejected by the Louisiana French and didn’t mix..they settled in the Swamp lands.. hear the banjo’s playing!
    The grievance scholars have read Hollywood NOVELS that are not based on fact… the British & New England settlers had been fighting the French & their Indians allies raiding settlements.. Ethnic cleansing was not practiced in those times….They would have just killed the Acadians if they thought they were guilty…It was a simpler time with simple solutions.

  11. Hey, you’re in good company, Trudeau admire authoritarians as well…ironically, the anthem is called “March of the Volunteers” lol
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-hongkong/china-extends-national-anthem-disrespect-law-to-hong-kong-idUSKBN1D40CH
    BEIJING (Reuters) –
    In the past few years, some Hong Kong football fans have booed the national anthem during World Cup qualifiers and other matches, mirroring protests in the United States where football players knelt during the national anthem, a practice denounced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
    China passed a new law in September mandating up to 15 days in police detention for those who mock the “March of the Volunteers” national anthem, a law that also covers the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau but was not immediately given a legal basis for enforcement there.

  12. Here’s a quiz for you … which is more dangerous ?
    1. The 2nd amendment and gun ownership?
    or
    2. The weaponized HATE of Christianity by the leftist Democrap Party?
    http://dailym.ai/2AbggEJ
    Loony Leftist LOSER atheist slaughters innocent church congregation. Thank you, Satan. Thank you, Gaysteppo. Thank you, Democrap … Progressives. /spiteful sarc.

  13. How about that, the Prince of Pomposity, Denis Coderre, got the boot, he is no longer the Mayor of Montreal.
    He was a big opponent of Energy East Pipeline,even if that was part of the reason for his defeat there is some hope for sanity to break out.

  14. How many cars in California don’t have air conditioning? It likely takes as much battery power to run an auto AC unit as it does to run a heater and if you want to drive somewhere in an EV, there won’t be much battery life available to run an AC unit.

  15. PET POT Cemetery Report.
    “… $60-million US offshore trust in the Cayman Islands that may have cost Canadians millions in unpaid taxes.”
    Liberal Justine say, Tax cheats’R’Notus.
    …-
    “Trudeau’s chief fundraiser linked to Cayman Islands tax scheme”
    “Bronfman and his Montreal-based investment company, Claridge Inc., were key players linked to a $60-million US offshore trust in the Cayman Islands that may have cost Canadians millions in unpaid taxes.”
    “I would say there are lots of red flags, and I would expect tax authorities specifically to be very interested in following up,” said University of Florida trust law professor Grayson McCouch after spending two days examining the files.
    Denis Meunier, a former senior enforcement official at the agency who also reviewed key documents in the leak, said “this definitely merits an audit by the [Canada Revenue Agency].”
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/stephen-bronfman-trudeau-paradise-papers-1.4382511

  17. AGW RIP.
    “In Burgundy (eastern France), for example, where they have had three difficult years because of frost,…”
    …-
    “UN climate conference begins in Bonn, looking to set concrete goals to limit global warming” (NP)
    …-
    “Just how bad is France’s wine shortage going to get?”
    “… spring time frosts affecting several wine producing areas, particularly Bordeaux in the south west and Jura in eastern France to hail in Beaujolais, also in the east.”
    “Italy, the world’s largest producer of wine, and Spain, its third largest, have experienced similar problems with volume down by 23 percent and 15 percent respectively.”
    “In Burgundy (eastern France), for example, where they have had three difficult years because of frost, I have been told that wine growers in Pommard are on the brink of bankruptcy.”
    https://www.thelocal.fr/20171031/how-bad-is-frances-wine-shortage-really

  18. Another Gitmo detainee suing Canada for a cool $50K for complacency in torture. How will the Trudeau Puppeteers handle this one? Guessing we all know the answer…we will pay…the line forms on the Left.There will be more of this sort coming down the pipe.

  19. PET POT Cemetery Report.
    …-
    “Paradise Papers: Trudeau’s election Campaign may be subject to CRA investigation”
    “National Revenue Minister said on Sunday that “the CRA is reviewing links to Canadian entities and will take appropriate action in regards to the Paradise Papers.””
    https://debatereport.com/business/paradise-papers-trudeaus-election-campaign-may-be-subject-to-cra-investigation/4390
    …-
    “Minister Lebouthillier shares with Canadians the latest results of cracking down on tax cheats”
    “Cracking down on offshore tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance”
    “Offshore tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance impacts all Canadians”
    “In order to ensure a tax system that is responsive and fair, the CRA is cracking down on offshore tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance.”
    https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/campaigns/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra/cracking-down-on-offshore-tax-evasion-aggressive-tax-avoidance.html

  20. “I’ve heard that story revised to make it into “ethnic cleansing” by the British.”
    And the British had the temerity to kill French allies, the Micmacs who were killing English settlers in Nova Scotia.

  21. “Conservative leader Andrew Scheer issued a statement on Sunday accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of failing to crack down on “tax avoidance schemes used by his wealthy friends.”
    “Justin Trudeau’s well-connected Liberal friends get away with paying less, and you pay more. There is nothing fair about that,” the statement said.”
    \
    https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/cra-vows-action-on-paradise-papers/ar-AAutWQY?li=AAggFp5
    It is very,very obvious that the “most transparent government ever” must lead by example and have Trudeau and Morneau open their Trust Funds to public view, so Canadians can see for themselves just how fair our system is!
    This is a seminal moment.

  22. let’s see if the mon ray all voters jumped out of the pan into the fire with that election.

  24. Shoot. forgot the sarc tags.
    Also forgot I live in the country of big myths.
    Where the legal system becomes a justice system once you pony up the cash.
    Where stealing a couple thousand from your employer requires a jail visit, yet swindling millions and billions means a traffic ticket.
    Aren’t politicians our employees?(snicker….too much)
    Canada is English for the Big Lie.
    And the country of the One Percent.

  25. AGW RIP.
    …-
    “Massive Snow Accumulation Records in U.S & Canada – Video”
    “All-time ice gain in Greenland, record ice growth in the Arctic, cold fronts romping through Mississippi a month early. “And yet they’re still talking about CO2?””
    ““IPCC is dead in the water…. Bye, bye IPCC, your time is done. Your lies are over. It’s time for us to deal with the truth. The Grand Solar Minimum is here. We’re going to need to think about how we’re going to mitigate this with our crops that are going to be lost.””
    https://www.iceagenow.info/massive-snow-accumulation-records-u-s-canada-video/#more-23405

  26. PET POT Cemetery Report.
    …-
    “Paradise Papers: Bronfman, Habs issue denials after being swept up in storm” (mgazette)
    …-
    “Federal Government In Damage Control Mode Following Tax Shelter Revelations”
    “The Liberal Government in Ottawa was in full damage control mode Monday following revelations that that the chief fundraiser for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is linked to an offshore tax shelter in the Cayman Islands.
    Stephen Bronfman, an heir to the Seagram liquor fortune and a close personal friend of Prime Minister Trudeau, served as Revenue Chair of the Liberal Party during the 2015 federal election campaign. Mr. Bronfman had raised as much as $250,000 in a single day for the Prime Minister’s election campaign.
    Over the weekend, an investigation by the CBC, Radio-Canada and the Toronto Star revealed that Mr. Bronfman and his Montreal-based investment company, Claridge Inc., are linked to a U.S. $60 million offshore trust in the Cayman Islands that may have cost Canadians millions in unpaid taxes.”
    http://www.baystreet.ca/economiccommentary/2006/Federal-Government-In-Damage-Control-Mode-Following-Tax-Shelter-Revelations

  27. Re: Defrosters in electric cars.
    I can just see a guy driving a Tesla with frost shields in the windows, a Texaco ice scraper in the console, wearing a snowmobile suit, a red Montreal Canadiens face toque, Peavey Mart leather mitts and Walmart snow boots. Be prepared!!

  28. But Liz, you know our beloved PM will bargain the guy down to about 10 million,thus saving us 40 million!
    We are SO fortunate to have a financial genius as our PM!
    And he’s cute,too!

  29. Another thought on Climate Barbie: In one report, (Globe and Mail). “The minister said she has faced sexist comments since she entered politics.” Someone should point out that she also has had advantages bestowed on her by virtue of her sex. Mr. Trudeau has determined that something like 50% of his Cabinet will be women . . . regardless of the actual percentages of women elected. Perhaps some of the cynical remarks would be toned down if women were put in positions based on actual qualifications and fair competition. Clearly these things did not happen with some of Trudeau’s appointees — (McKenna being one; Monsef is another (even worse) example.) I also find that when women complain about rude treatment they come across as thin skinned and whiny. This is definitely the case with McKenna.
    “Come on Polly, buck up, act like a man” — a quote few will recognize, but it was issued by Martha Black’s brother as she struggled to get over the Chilkoot pass. I believe that Black was the second woman in Parliament. She never made an issue of her sex and never complained about how she was treated by Parliament or the media. Our women politicians these days are much too coddled. Such treatment undermines their impact. McKenna should take note.

  30. The kurfuffle over tax havens is justified, however there is a question arising out of Juthtins relationship with Bronfman.
    Why did Bronfman accompany Juthtin on a visit to the Obama white house and what business did a head of liberal fund raising have with Obama?

  31. “Let’s not forget what the primary market for those vehicles is, namely the larger cities in California.”
    Just yesterday I noticed 8 Tesla ‘Superchargers’ outside of our local Chapters book store.
    I asked a retailer in the same mall who was paying for the electricity. Apparently we all are because the mall picks up the tab, passes it on to the retailer in the form of slightly higher triple net costs. They then pass it on to their retail customers.
    BTW, this is 8 superchargers in a small city of approx. 90,000 people. I doubt you’d find much more than 8 Tesla’s in the city, let alone 8 needing simultaneous charging.
    Also, the same mall offers preferred parking for those using EV’s, so they don’t have to walk as far as the proles.
    “Free energy” for the 1%’ers. What’s not to like.

  32. How can you look at any woman or visible minority and NOT wonder if they are an affirmative action baby?
    With equating disagreement with ClimateScam with Holocaust denial being a Liberal given, it’s hilarious the poor little snowflake can’t stand the heat.
    Even more hilarious is that every time they use the woman card, they demean all women and show just how THEY are not able to compete with men.
    The damaged,busybody girls that sold all the chocolate bars in Grade 7 are running the country along with their Looks and No Brains News Anchor Leader.
    Woe is us.

  33. PET POT Cemetery Report.
    Liberal Ad$cam Jeancula: “A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It’s a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it’s because it’s proven.”
    …-
    Ex-PM Chrétien lobbied for African oil company he didn’t know was based in tax haven, he says” (cbc)
    …-
    “Chretien denies ‘false’ reports, says he never held bank account outside Canada”
    “On Parliament Hill, Liberal cabinet ministers refused to discuss any specific cases raised in the massive leak of documents that include client records from offshore law firm Appleby, as well as some records from offshore corporate services firms Estera and Asiaciti Trust.
    Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier told reporters that Canadians have every reason to be angry about revelations of tax avoidance schemes, but that the Canada Revenue Agency is cracking down on any illegal activity.
    The CRA says it is conducting more than 990 audits and more than 42 criminal investigations related to offshore tax avoidance.”
    http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/chretien-denies-false-reports-says-he-never-held-bank-account-outside-canada-1.3665517

  34. Mohammed the Cannibal News.
    …-
    “Sweeping purge orchestrated by Saudi prince may push kingdom to political crisis, analysts fear” (NP)
    …-
    “Blaming Iran, Saudis Say Huthi Strike May be ‘Act of War’”
    “Dubai (AFP) – Saudi Arabia and Iran traded fierce accusations over Yemen on Monday, with Riyadh saying a rebel missile attack “may amount to an act of war” and Tehran accusing its rival of war crimes.
    Tensions have been rising between Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia and predominantly Shiite Iran, which are opposed in disputes and conflicts across the Middle East from Yemen and Syria to Qatar and Lebanon.”
    http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/11/06/blaming-iran-saudis-say-huthi-strike-may-act-war/

  35. Grew up in a “milder” but still snowy climate; remember seeing those frost shield thingies on cars from the Prairies. Allowed driver to see out the side (and – I think – rear) windows. And these cars were gas-powered.

  36. This little snippet PISSED me off MORE than I already am …
    http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/05/roadshow-11-5-132-billion-yes-billion-needed-for-road-repairs/
    CA NEEDS $ 132 BILLION to repair … not build … but to REPAIR our existing roads. Why ? Where the HELL has our GAS TAXES and AUTO FEES been going ? Yep. into the CA GENERAL (slush) FUND and into BIG FAT $$$ GOLD PLATED government PENSIONS. No, not lowly teachers pensions but $$$$ ELITIST $$$$ UC Administrators PENSIONS. Dept. of Air Resources Board SPIKED PENSIONS.
    So … we poor taxpayers and automobile drivers have to PAY NEW TAXES UPON our EXISTING TAXES to PAY for what we WERE ALREADY PAYING FOR … but for what our stinking leftist politicians STOLE to prop-up their leftist salaries, benefits, and PET projects (such as flooding our State with ILLEGALS getting FREE STUFF)

  37. AGW RIP.
    …-
    “Delingpole: Three Great Signs that Trump Is Winning the Climate Wars”
    “Maybe best of all it’s going to hit the wind industry harder than a Cat 5 hurricane.
    Squeal piggies, squeal.
    Your giant, ugly, inefficient, bat-chomping, bird-slicing eco-crucifixes have trashed wildlife, blighted views, reduced property values, engendered insomnia and ill-health – all while raking fat profits for rent-seekers at the expense of the poor saps (taxpayers again) who have to subsidize these monstrosities.”
    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/06/delingpole-three-great-signs-trump-winning-climate-wars/

  38. Climate Barbie shows just how thin-skinned she really is:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDqV5ccAWbo
    Her reason for butting heads with The Rebel are laughable. (It’s about girls, you see.)
    She forgot a fundamental lesson of politics that even Harry Truman knew: if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

  41. Norway is a petro nation, but fully 25% of it’s residents heat their homes with wood. Go figure.

  42. “And he’s cute,too!” Prime Minister “Ken” (as in Ken doll.) Climate Barbie and PM Ken — what a pair.

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