April 13, 2018: Reader Tips

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1. John Cleese on freedom of expression. Subtitles in Danish.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCsK8t628N0

2. It’s not your imagination. It really is getting colder

   Array Of Data Shows Atmospheric Temperatures In Free Fall, Ocean Surfaces Cooling Off

   First we note that the middle troposphere (7,500 meters) as measured by NASA has seen recently a sharp cooling off since the start of April:

   1. Aha! See? Trudeau’s global warming taxes are working.

      Of course, only an idiot would want a colder Canada.

   2. You see the climate change is real – we need more taxes right away !

3. The Altering of the Deal…

   https://www.sasse.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=F529B66E-DEB5-4203-B39A-B694C61DD8C5

   Sasse Statement on President’s Reconsideration of TPP

   “The best thing the United States can do to push back against Chinese cheating now is to lead the other eleven Pacific nations that believe in free trade and the rule of law. It is good news that today the President directed Larry Kudlow and Ambassador Lighthizer to negotiate U.S. entry into TPP.”

4. Commercially PG&E was never that big but they made some interesting music in the early seventies:
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7RVfIJ5qZ4

5. AGW Kills.

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   “Edmonton breaks record for consecutive days at or below zero”

   “The real story may be the fact that we have broken the all-time record for consecutive days with the temperatures slipping equal to, or colder than 0 C.”

   https://globalnews.ca/news/4140452/edmonton-winter-weather-record/

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   “Winter Storm Xanto, a Plains Blizzard, Major Upper Midwest Snowstorm, and a Snowy, Icy Mess from the Great Lakes …” (weatherchannel)

6. Decisions by the Home Office in Britain seem to be inexplicable with respect to who gets into Britain and who does not. Christians these days seem to be shunned. Canadians need to be aware of yet more evidence that the world is not working as it should be. The same undercurrents are in play in Canada. Time to wake up and stand up for Canadian values:
   https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/12148/europe-immigration-nuns-terrorists

7. Other people’s money…
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   The National Research Council is keeping one of its vice-presidents on full salary for nearly two years of French language training in Alberta, while covering his private lessons at a cost of $90,000 and counting.

   “Language training is a standard part of career development within the Government of Canada.”

   http://ottawasun.com/news/local-news/nrcs-long-and-costly-plan-to-teach-one-man-french/wcm/1e220c15-ba83-41e9-a4b7-44e36bc464f6

   1. How did he get a senior job in the public service in the first place if he didn’t know French? Given his age, no doubt he will finish his French language training, take his pension shortly thereafter, and move on to another crony position.

   2. I’ll bet when he goes back to his job he never even has to use his French. The whole thing is a farce, but the farce has been going on for many years and Francophone’s like it because it means jobs for them.

8. AGW RIP.

   h/t Aunty Carbon Coal.

   “Moose Jaw also broke a more than century-old record, set in 1899.”

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   “Yes, anti-pipeline Vancouver really is North America’s largest exporter of coal” (NP)

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   “11 Saskatchewan communities break decades-old cold records”

   “Previous cold records for two cities were set in the 1890s – but only warm records get the limelight.

   1 Apr 2018 – On Friday, Meadow Lake, Melfort, Nipawin, Prince Albert, Watrous East and Wynyard set new cold records.

   Prince Albert set its lowest record cold at -33.1 C, breaking a record set of -32.8 C in 1890.

   On Saturday, Assiniboia, Kindersley, Moose Jaw, Rosetown and Weyburn broke former records as well, with temperatures hovering around the -20 C range.

   Moose Jaw also broke a more than century-old record, set in 1899. The temperature at that time was recorded at -22.2 C, while the new record is set at -23.1 C.”

   https://www.iceagenow.info/11-saskatchewan-communities-break-decades-old-cold-records/

9. Another “refugee problem” for Soy Boy Potato to throw our tax money at:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSnU2qwrxug

   I guess they don’t have enough parkas in Burma…..

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    Isn’t there some popular folk wisdom…
    about bringing a cudgel to a gunfight?

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11. Why I have not contributed for some time and actively discourage young people from attending:

    http://edmontonsun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-u-of-as-honorary-degree-for-david-suzuki-a-slap-in-the-face

    1. The U of A has been going downhill ever since Myer Horowitz stepped down as president.

       I long stopped making donations myself and, for some reason, I no longer get any mailings from the alumni association–not that I mind.

12. “Stephen Harper tweets congratulations to Viktor Orban for election victory” (NP)

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    “Hungary Is Winning Its War on Muslim Immigrants”

    “International pressure won’t soften Hungarian hearts. The only thing that can is evidence that aging countries need foreigners.”

    “To win parliamentary elections last weekend, Hungary’s ruling party, Fidesz, ran a single-issue campaign against immigrants. That may seem strange in a country with one of the lowest shares of foreign-born population in the developed world and a fertility rate below even the abysmal European average. But it wasn’t a response to demographic facts; it was a cultural crusade that has made Hungary the least refugee-friendly country in Europe.”

    https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-13/hungary-is-winning-its-war-on-muslim-immigrants