Because it’s not enough to curse the dark, tonight we light a candle: The Class Sketch.
The comments are open for tips. (h/t Harry K)
Because it’s not enough to curse the dark, tonight we light a candle: The Class Sketch.
The comments are open for tips. (h/t Harry K)
A topical musical offering from RD Simper… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFAadReVocA&feature=youtu.be
The accuracy of weather forecasting is finally revealed to be just as we expected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkDvqQKGgDA#t=72
A interesting time lapse chart to show what happened to the middle class in Chicago. It would probably apply to any city run by Democrats.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/04/03/amazing-graphic-shows-chicagos-middle-class-disappear-before-your-eyes/
Note sure if Kate posted this story in the last few days or not. Sorry Kate if you have already posted it.
In brief, the newly-appointed CEO of the Mozilla Corp. has been run out of town, his crime being that in 2008 he gave $1k to support Prop. 8 in California.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/03/mozilla_brendan_eich_ceo_quits/
It is quite frankly appalling what they did to this man. This is fascism.
See here for his blog entry where he indicates he is leaving Mozilla altogether:
https://brendaneich.com/2014/04/the-next-mission/
Scary world sometimes…
Compare the income map for Chicago to the Homicide map at heyjackass!
http://www.heyjackass.com/
The middle class and all other classes would be doing a hell of a lot better if it weren’t for the depredations of Trudeau senior.
“Jeffrey Simpson
Lying, mud-slinging and navel-gazing in la belle province” (G-M)
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“Two Quebecers among new saints named by Pope Francis
CTV News”
Good thing i switched to Mozilla recently. However now that the guy i switched to it has now left i don’t know what to do. Was it Mozilla it’s self that kicked him out or was it outside forces that forced his resignation.
AGW Spring.
We’re #One in “worst” and worster.
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March 2014:
“Canada claims top spot for worst March weather…again”
April 2014:
“Spring storm could bring up to 20 cm of snow to northern Ontario this weekend”
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/spring-storm-could-bring-up-to-20-cm-of-snow-to-northern-ontario-this-weekend/24490/
There was something on the business news channel today regarding the UN investigating regulations pertaining to transport of crude by rail. (Sorry this was tv, so don’t have a link). My immediate thought was that they are truly trying to close down the Alberta oil sands. What other motivation would they have?
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/
If anyone cares to vote on the performance of Manitoba’s NDP premier.
Best line of the day goes to Kelly McParland, NP, in his wrap up to this column…
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/04/04/kelly-mcparland-before-trudeau-can-save-the-middle-class-he-has-to-figure-out-who-they-are/
“North America slow to reverse renewables projects, but its turn will come soon”
“Renewable developers take note: Governments are entirely within their rights in going back on a deal. In a democracy, when the deals are not only inspired by rank politics but are also so odious as to outrage the voters, developers should expect nothing less.”
“Europe taught us to spare no expense in supporting wind and solar projects, the better to help the planet survive. Now Europe is teaching us how to tear down those same projects,…”
http://business.financialpost.com/2014/04/04/lawrence-solomon-reversing-renewables/
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“Southgate council rejects Samsung wind turbine project”
“An attempt to win municipal backing for a major wind turbine farm north of London has been voted down despite an offer of millions of dollars for a community fund that could be used for everything from social events to lowering property taxes.
Southgate Township near Mount Forest had been in discussions with Samsung for months for two possible renewable energy projects – a 120 megawatt wind farm and a 50 megawatt solar energy project.”
http://www.lfpress.com/2014/04/03/southgate-cancel-rejects-samsung-projects
John Kerry Reporting for Indefinite Hiatus/Pause, Sir.
O’narcissist’s F.A.I.L.
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“White House Signals Pause in Mideast Talks”
“WASHINGTON—The White House signaled an indefinite pause in Middle East peace talks Friday, as Secretary of State John Kerry said it was time for “reality check” and suggested he might pull back from mediating between Israel and the Palestinian”
WSJ:
http://tinyurl.com/mww2yel
The best way to build a police state is to arm every department. Just in case you were wondering who was buying the billions of rounds of ammunition.
http://watchdog.org/136244/federal-law-enforcement/
Under the C$: 69+66+33+34=35+34+35+33+34+34+33+0+0= $473,000 of Canadian taxpayers’ dollars!
John and Hugh sat this one out.
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“Former auditor general Sheila Fraser inked $65,000 contract for advising Elections Canada”
“The government has shown little interest in either Mayrand’s or Elections Canada’s views of the electoral reform legislation and seems to determined to pass the bill without substantially amending its most contentious elements.”
“Who could earn what on Elections Canada advisory panel
Ian Binnie (former Supreme Court judge): $68,914.97
Sheila Fraser (former auditor-general): $65,534.97
Lise Bissonnette (president of the board of directors of l’Université du Québec à Montréal ): $32,875.94
Roberta Jamieson (former Ontario ombudsman): $34,125.94
Preston Manning (former Reform Party leader): $34,875.94
Bob Rae (former Liberal MP and Ontario premiers): $34,125.94
Roy Romanow (former Saskatchewan premier): $34,625.94
Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire (chair of the board of l’École Polytechnique de Montréal): $32,875.94
Paul Thomas (political science professor, University of Manitoba): $34,375.94
Michael Wilson (former minister of finance): 34,125.94
Cathy Wong (youth development officer with the Quebec YMCA): $32,875.94
John Manley (president and CEO of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives:) $0
Hugh Segal (senator): $0”
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/national/Former+auditor+general+Sheila+Fraser+inked+contract/9701031/story.html
Just wondering if Nigella Lawson, the celebrity cook, was denied entry to the U.S., not because of possible cocaine abuse (she has never been charged), but because she is the daughter of a prominent Conservative of the Thatcher era, Nigel Lawson.
Liberalism: Ontario’s brand.
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“Gas-plant scandal exposes Liberal rifts”
“Tensions are high, relationships fractious, nerves frayed.
While Premier Kathleen Wynne and her predecessor, Dalton McGuinty, are publicly civil toward one another, behind the scenes, the gas-plants scandal has exposed a schism within the Liberals.
Wynne’s camp is furious that police allegations against McGuinty’s former top aides threaten the survival of her minority government, insiders say.
At the same time, some loyalists of the ex-premier, now a fellow at Harvard University, grouse that she is squandering a dynasty they spent a decade building.”
http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2014/04/04/gasplant_scandal_exposes_liberal_rifts.html
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“Kathleen Wynne sues Tim Hudak, Tory MPP over gas-plant comments”
“A notice of libel was served Friday night for comments Hudak and his MPP Lisa MacLeod (Nepean-Carleton) made about Wynne overseeing criminal activities. The comments followed allegations by the Ontario Provincial Police that the computer-expert boyfriend of Dalton McGuinty’s former deputy chief of staff wiped computers in the premier’s office.”
http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2014/04/04/kathleen_wynne_sues_tim_hudak_tory_mpp_over_gasplant_comments.html