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  1. “Whither the golden goose?”, asked the goose-killers:

    “Former employees of Hostess Brands Inc. are now hoping that a buyer will save pieces of the liquidating company and put them back to work…”

    h/t

  3. Best comment of them all is right at the end, “how does Danny sit down with balls that big”. Yeowtch!!

  7. Fighting injustice, objectivist-style, by going after da man:

    “The religious tradition of saying grace before meals becomes especially popular around the holidays, when we all are reminded of how fortunate we are to have an abundance of life-sustaining goods and services at our disposal. But there is a grave injustice involved in this tradition. It is the injustice of thanking an alleged God for the productive accomplishments of actual men.”

    He didn’t build that:

    “Did God make the ambrosia that melts in your mouth, or the asthma medicine that keeps your child alive, or the plush recliner in which you relax, or the plasma TV on which you watch your favorite show? Did God create the jetliners that bring friends and family from afar, or the stealth bombers that keep the barbarians at bay, or the music that warms your heart and fuels your soul?”

    He’s taking undeserved props, and it’s an outrage:

    “To say grace is to give credit where none is due—and, worse, it is to withhold credit where it is due. To say grace is to commit an act of injustice.”

  8. Private Equity “JUST LIKE BAIN CAPITAL” proposes takover of Hostess Brands as a Going Concern.
    From legalinsurrection.com
    Approximately 18,000 union jobs would be saved if Hostess remains a going concern.
    Here’s the irony. The founder of Sun Capital Partners is the person who hosted the private fundraiser at which Mitt Romney made his infamous 47% statement, Host of Romney party dubbed ‘private equity party boy’

  9. Welcome to our home! See anyone you’d like to kill?

    British-based Islamic radicals are preparing to announce a fatwa on Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old girl shot by the Pakistan Taliban, for her role in standing up to extremists…She had dared to defy the Pakistan Taliban by promoting girls education and by documenting their abuses in a blog written in 2009. Later this month, hardliners plan to gather at the notorious Red Mosque in Islamabad to denounce her as an apostate…

  10. LAS, the proof being that Trudeau supports the Chinese SOE CNOOC, or that he’s against the Gateway pipeline?

  11. Trudeau is more pro-free market than Harper.
    ‘Cause everyone knows State ownership is key to the free market.

  12. LAS, the proof being that Trudeau supports the Chinese SOE CNOOC, or that he’s against the Gateway pipeline?

  14. @ EBD: “To say grace is to commit an act of injustice.”
    Pish, posh rubbish! I thank God that HE gave me the wife who ‘graciously’ cooked the meal for me. That’s why they call it “THANKSGIVING” whether Canadian or American. And where pray tell did all the ingredients for the meal come from?
    Alternatively, you can thank GOD he created turkeys, because you would rather be dining on one than be one.
    Psalm 1:1
    1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers…
    Cheers
    Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
    1st Saint Nicolaas Army
    Army Group “True North”

  16. Re: Sask Government selling ISC.
    Selling off crown corporation in Saskatchewan has proven fatal for any government. I say leave it alone. It`s making money–and 52% of those who used the CTV poll are against he sale! I`ts not worth it! Keeping in mind that 52% of the popular vote against Mr. Wall is defeat!

  18. Red Alert!
    Hildabeast is coming.
    …-
    “Pressure for Gaza truce intensifies, as Hillary Clinton heads to the region
    Toronto Sun”

  19. More cuts to the left-liberal arts.
    …-
    “MusicFest Vancouver ceases operations as festival’s future uncertain”
    “MusicFest Vancouver has become the city’s latest cultural casualty, ceasing operations this month as the festival deals with an accumulated deficit of more than $150,000.
    “Needless to say, I am disappointed with the decision,” wrote now former artistic director Matthew Baird in an e-mail on Monday, in response to a request for an interview by The Globe and Mail.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/musicfest-vancouver-ceases-operations-as-festivals-future-uncertain/article5457803/

  20. Excellent commentary by Victor Davis Hanson, as per usual, on more pavilions at folkfest:
    … Land of the Bad
    If we are to live in a tribal society, at least get the narrative down to avoid embarrassing contradictions. America was a racist patriarchy of homophobic, intolerant nativists that exploited others — somehow to build the Hoover dam, invent electricity, create the largest economy in the world, provide a model for globalization, and craft the most inspired constitution in the history of civilization. Do Oaxacans flock to this terrible place on the theory that it is not necessarily any better than Mexico but that it belonged to their ancestors — in a way Oaxaca (where are they leaving from) did not?
    Thus the dilemma: most in the world wish to emigrate to the one place that is held to be unfair and biased and in need of radical change. But if the United States begins to change and operate on the economic, political or cultural principles of Bolivia, Uganda, the Philippines, China, or Oaxaca, will millions still wish to come here, or will they prefer Uganda and Bolivia?
    It is very American to find an “edge.” In the bad old days, that meant having an uncle who was in the butchers’ union, or a cousin in the fire department, or a granddad who gave money to Yale, or a sister who was married to the dean of the law school. So perhaps the world of Elizabeth Warren’s con is long overdue.
    Only in America can we be all that we wish to be — by just declaring ourselves to be among the growing number of victims rather than among shrinking pool of oppressors.
    http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/too-few-oppressors-too-many-victims/3/
    The progressives’ narrative is breaking down.

  21. CBC headline last nite! ”
    “Secret document details new Canadian foreign policy
    Draft policy calls for closer economic ties ‘even where political interests or values may not align”
    By Greg Weston, National Affairs Specialist, CBC News
    Posted: Nov 19, 2012 9:04 PM ET
    My comment on CBC.Ca was simple.
    “Today. Mr. Mulcair claims that the Harper Conservatives are not developing exports to China as fast as he (Mulcair) would like to see. Isn`t Western Canadian heavy oil one of the products that China would buy if there were pipelines supplying the ports and the Chinese tankers? So why were the NDP bashing the oil sands?”
    Needess to say, my comment was not published.
    Darned spam filters!

  24. Neo-CIA?AGW Progress Report.
    “With the U.S. intelligence budget shrinking, the CIA has quietly shut down its Center on Climate Change and National Security — a project that was launched with the support of Leon Panetta when he led the agency, but that drew sharp criticism from some Republicans in Congress.”
    …-
    “Amid budget scrutiny, CIA shutters climate center”
    “I suppose if the CIA doesn’t think enough of it to keep their center going, climate isn’t as much of a security problem as the NYT once claimed. I wonder what the pols and military guys on this list think about climate and national security these days? From my view, there are many other national security threats far more tangible and worrisome. – Anthony”
    http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/11/20/another-indicator-that-climate-is-falling-off-the-threat-radar-cia-shuts-down-center-on-climate-change-and-national-security/#more-74570

  27. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/11/19/pol-peter-kent-weather-climate.html
    Environment Minister Peter Kent says Climate Change is areal and very serious problem!!!!
    Quote””Scientists tell us on a regular basis you can’t connect individual incidents of extreme weather with climate change, but I think it’s quite clear that we are seeing increased incidents of extreme weather, droughts, floods, the diminishing ice cap, ozone opening and closing over the poles, he said.
    “You don’t have to convince me that climate change is a very real and present danger and we need to address it.”
    Brace yourselves for a new round of taxes! F***!

  30. Mao Stlong* Lepolt.
    Gleetings Canadian suckels.
    …-
    “China’s ghost towns highlight the risks of shadow banking”
    “Over-investment in trusts has resulted in a building boom gone bust in China, with tens of thousands of investors at risk of default”
    http://business.financialpost.com/2012/11/20/chinas-ghost-towns-highlight-shadow-bankings-risks/
    …-
    “CNOOC agrees to Canada’s demands for Nexen takeover: sources”
    http://business.financialpost.com/2012/11/20/cnooc-agrees-to-canadas-demands-for-nexen-takeover-sources/
    *Ex-Liberal leader Bob Rae’s uncle, c/o Red China.

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