MARCHE DES SOLDATS DE ROBERT BRUCE. Your tips thread is open.
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He put a bike on a string and waited for people to rob it hahahaha pic.twitter.com/YAwXUbyxdp
— Male Thoughts (@SteveStfler) December 3, 2016
Owner Builder Exams: Good Governance or Government Overreach?
A regular SDA reader, who wishes to remain anonymous, has drawn my attention to a new Owner Builder Exam in British Columbia.
“There’s some really troubling building legislation that was brought into effect this past summer in BC, whereby a person wanting to build on their own property must pass an exam before proceeding. It’s such an incredible overreach on the part of the government overlords that more people should know about it. My son began building when the permit only required a fee and filling out a form, but since the exam is now required, until he has a good chunk of time to study building codes and WCB law, he can’t possibly pull off the 70 percent required to pass. Furthermore, his friend who helped with the framing, has been a contractor for 40 years, is not allowed to build another home until he is HPO certified. The process for him requires an investment of $20,000 to become certified (the owner builder application is $400). Since he will be retiring soon, he does not feel an HPO certification is a good investment for him. Out of the 48 established contractors in our town, only 16 have been able to certify under the new legislation. The others are now only permitted to do renovations and if they are caught doing new builds, the penalty is $30,000. It’s so crazy!”
Courtesy of Your Gov’t -197 Billion Down the Rathole
The latest report on Federal Government spending is damning. Programs not designed for the people who need them – no measurement – cost benefit analysis is impossible. In other words the same problems with waste and inefficiency that have blown billions in tax dollars for decades. The question is – who cares?
A Sober Discussion About Climate Change Alarmism
Tony Heller (aka Steven Goddard) is a down-to-earth engineer who loves examining data to find the truth. Grab a coffee and listen to this fascinating discussion with James Delingpole.
Reader Tips
Tips thread open.
And… They’ve Learned Nothing.
CNN Apologizes to Trump After Crew Caught Joking About His Plane Crashing
She Skipped To The End
Like she did on her citizenship paperwork: Did Maryam Monsef actually read the whole electoral reform report?
Related.
Maryam Monsef highlight reel. Just watch. And share. pic.twitter.com/3ZYqCkJdDO
— Stephen Taylor (@stephen_taylor) December 2, 2016
Oh, Shiny Potato!
You have to admire their basic dictatorship, and how they can turn our Prime Minister on a dime…
The Liberal Party is employing an under-the-radar strategy that taps into the power of Justin Trudeau to generate tens of thousands of dollars from cash-for-access events at the homes of wealthy Chinese-Canadians that provide intimate face-time with the Prime Minister that can be used as business currency at home and in China.
Attendance figures suggest the party collects a minimum of $50,000 per event from donors – and up to $120,000 – in a system that revolves around rich entrepreneurs in Vancouver and Toronto, home to large Chinese-Canadian business communities with people willing to shell out $1,500 per ticket to meet Mr. Trudeau in a private setting.
Some of the guests and hosts at the intimate fundraisers are well-connected to China’s ruling Communist Party.
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Former Liberal cabinet minister Raymond Chan, who was Mr. Trudeau’s British Columbia fundraiser in the 2015 election campaign, helps with fundraising activities on the West Coast, while Toronto business consultant Richard Zhou is a key organizer of these events in Ontario.
Mr. Chan was at the most recent Trudeau fundraiser, which was held on Nov. 7 at the West Vancouver mansion of B.C. developer Miaofei Pan, a multimillionaire from Wenzhou province who immigrated to Canada a decade ago. More than 80 guests got their pictures taken with Mr. Trudeau at the $1,500 per ticket event, including Mr. Chan.
If Women Ran The World
Progressive males are not men; they move and gesticulate like women. The "hand-over-mouth" gesture is one example. Physically repulsive pic.twitter.com/yAhv1pEwMY
— Witch Hammer (@Witch_Hammer) December 1, 2016
Someone Should Call To Tell Them They Lost
Reader Tips
For this evening’s listening enjoyment, we offer Battle Hymn of the Republic, sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
As always, your tips are much appreciated!
The Urban Bigot
Democratic strategists like Barron say many in their party mistakenly see rural America as only one type of voter: white people who work on farms.
Y2Kyoto: State Of Anorexia Envirosa
They really just want us dead. It’s nothing personal, mind you. They just want fewer of us.
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
It’s an SNL skit in real life, were that SNL was still doing comedy: Magazine behind UVA rape hoax begs Obama to do something about fake news.
Speaking of Fake News
Something any regular SDA reader has learned over the years is that the MSM appears to move in lockstep together, especially when it comes to portraying non-Leftists in the most despicable light. So appears to be the case with how the Western media outlets have portrayed Vladimir Putin and Russia. Professor Stephen F. Cohen outlines five false narratives about Putin and Russia.
Here’s a podcast discussing the same.
“Did I mention that Flynn isn’t a pacifist or isolationist?”
Michael Totten – How Trump’s General Mike Flynn Sees the World
Ford, Carrier
And the “new CEO move”.
Trump and Pence recognized these openings and took them. Political writers will interpret this situation as routine credit-grabbing and exaggerated claims. But business writers will recognize Trump’s strategy as what I will call the “new CEO Move.” Smart CEOs try to create visible victories within days of taking the job, to set the tone. It’s all about the psychology.
More: How Donald Trump Sealed the Deal to Keep Carrier Jobs in the U.S.
The Realities of Progressiveness in Europe
Deep Impact
In the last two months, ESPN has lost 1,176,000 subscribers, a subscriber loss nearly the size of the city of Dallas, Texas. ESPN currently has just over 88 million domestic subscribers. In 2013, a mere three years ago, ESPN had 99 million subscribers. That’s right, in the last three years, ESPN lost somewhere in the neighborhood of ten million subscribers…