It is back.
Vote Compass 2014, the win Wynne edition.
Brought to you courtesy of your tax dollars via the CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/elections/ontariovotes2014/votecompass
I’ve been playing with it. They have tricked it out this year.
There are no questions concerning specific gov’t waste or scandals or honesty, or general questions about the same. Perhaps the CBC and the VC people do not think that will be important this election.
IMHO, the questions do lead, your mileage may vary.
I answered randomly the first time as an Ontario voter, and came out as a PC supporter. I double-checked, and got the same result using the same random order.Fair enough, for now.
I then took it as an ‘under eighteen’ respondent. Same random pattern, but I came up as a Green supporter.
The next time, I came up as a Liberal. The next time, I was a Conservative.
Ah hah, they are shuffling the questions. Same thing when you try it as an out-of- province respondent. Actually, they may be even changing the questions based on your region.
Why?
I don’t know and I don’t have the hours or skill to check it out. It does make it harder to check for bias, much harder. Then again, why would a company,Voxpop Labs, be biased ?
The 4 people behind the company appear to be all upstanding Univ. of Toronto types. In fact, one even was a ” Trudeau Fellow at the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies “. All above reproach.
The company lists the CBC, the ABC (Australia’s CBC), and the WALL STREET JOURNAL as their clients. The WSJ , well hey, that seals it. The WSJ would not be involved with a less than forthright operation.
But … I googled and googled again and then googled again, to find the WSJ’s Vote Compass and their endorsement. I found their VC, but could not find an endorsement. As of a half- hour ago, they had a total of 30,495 uses (I’m one, a Mitt man BTW ) for the sole time they used this application, and that was for the 2012 presidential election. The WSJ did not promote it very much and likely only featured it for one day. Hmmmm…
This raises a few questions.
1)Is it biased ?
2)How much did we pay for it?
3)Why did we pay for it?
I don’t know the answers.
I suspect bias.
As for questions # 2 and 3, only the CBC can answer.
Don’t hold your breath waiting.
I saw this:
“[President Guen-Hye]Park made waste water-like reckless remarks slandering the DPRK’s line on simultaneously developing two fronts after inviting her American master reminiscent of a wicked black monkey to visit south Korea on April 25.”
She was also blamed for the Sewol disaster. http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2014/201405/news02/20140502-22ee.html
Courtesy of this guy: http://freekorea.us/
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-05-08/house-holds-lerner-in-contempt-as-irs-probe-nears-one-year-mark
“The U.S. House of Representatives voted to hold a former Internal Revenue Service official in contempt of Congress yesterday for refusing to answer questions about her role in scrutinizing Tea Party groups.”
“The vote to hold [Lois] Lerner in contempt was 231-187, with six Democrats joining Republicans in favor and no Republicans opposing the resolution.”
Always enjoy your CBC exposé wallyj, keep fighting the good fight my man. Props to you.
Suppliers of said fuel certainly had functioning brains
Two useless pos first nation women steal cars, drive drunk, evade police, break probation conditions more than once,drive a stolen truck at a high rate of speed around saskatoon, AND KILL 2 INNOCENT CHILDREN, A THIRD IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION, if the shoe was on the other foot the first nations would be protesting and banging drums in the streets. Where is the outrage from the community. I demand Perry Bellguard chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations to apologize to the community as well as the families for this senseless crime.
This information will be useful to those who want the extra flavor that pesticide residue adds to their fruits and vegetables. The U.S.-based Environmental Working Group has released its “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean 15” lists for 2014, detailing which fruits and vegetables have the most — and least — pesticide residue.
[www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary.php] The EWG is a non-profit organization that acts as a public health and environmental watchdog, monitoring consumer products, food and environmental practices. Senior analyst Sonya Lunder said the organization has been looking at the safety of pesticides on fruits and vegetables for over a decade, based on data gathered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration. … This year’s Dirty Dozen list includes apples, strawberries, grapes and celery — … a single, conventionally grown grape sample contained 15 pesticides, and an average potato had more pesticides by weight than any other food tested. … “This is the fourth year where we’ve had apples on the top of the Dirty Dozen list,” Lunder said. “Meaning they have the most pesticides and the highest concentrations on them.” A separate study by published at the end of April in the journal Environmental Research by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia looked at pesticide levels in organic food. In it, 13 adults were divided into two groups. One ate conventional food for a week, while the other consumed about 80 per cent organic food. Then the groups switched and ate the alternate diet. The study found that when tested on the eighth day of each phase, those in the organic group had reduced pesticide levels in their urine by 89 per cent.
[ca.news.yahoo.com/apples-top-list-pesticide-contamination-2014-090000183.html]
“Topless pro-choice protesters interrupt anti-abortion rally” (Our CBC)
…-
“Gosnell Movie
A historic crowdfunding campaign for a movie about America’s biggest serial killer, abortionist Kermit Gosnell and the media cover-up.” https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gosnell-movie
PET Cemetery Report: four (4) tragedies.
QOTD by MacIntyre: “If we start losing them at this point, we’re losing the future. It’s a tragedy, it’s a human tragedy and it’s an institutional tragedy and, I suppose it’s not pushing it to say, it’s a national tragedy.”
…-
“CBC’s Alison Smith, host of The World at Six, to retire”
“News comes after Linden MacIntyre announces departure”
“Alison Smith, a senior correspondent for CBC News and host of CBC Radio’s flagship news show The World at Six, has announced she will retire from the public broadcaster at the end of June.” http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/cbc-s-alison-smith-host-of-the-world-at-six-to-retire-1.2636117
Shades of Otto von Bismarck*.
“World War 1 began over a silly thing too.”
“Graham Allison writing in the National Interest asks “Could the Ukraine Crisis Spark a World War?”
…-
“A Decline in Competence”
“Imagine it’s 1989 and the Berlin Wall is coming down. The clown Reagan has somehow pulled something off. Everyone is confused but delighted. Fast forward to 1989 and the peace everyone had thought would last is breaking down. Where is Obama? Everyone is confused but not so delighted.
It is as if some general catastrophe impends; we cringe not even knowing from whence the blow will come. Graham Allison writing in the National Interest asks “Could the Ukraine Crisis Spark a World War?”
He knows its a silly question but as Allison reminds us in the article, World War 1 began over a silly thing too.” http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2014/05/08/a-decline-in-competence/#more-36540
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*Otto von Bismarck:
“If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans.” (1888)
Brought to you by the same retards that pay for not producing wind power while dumping hydro (water) energy down the river to keep greenies happy and voting.
Ontario was a manufacturing province, taking it’s resources and producing product for the America heartland. They did so because of the resources especially hydro electric power. With no manufacturing industry left in the province there will be no jobs save the venerable government simple servant. even working in a day care is in jeopardy since they want full time kindergartens.
This is a former shadow of the province I grew up in.
I know nothing about this guy but it strikes me that he did not get where he is by whining.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/05/07/nba_mvp_kevin_durant_my_mom_is_the_real_mvp.html
He also seems to be grateful for what he has been given.
Notaw Hiner
It is back.
Vote Compass 2014, the win Wynne edition.
Brought to you courtesy of your tax dollars via the CBC.
http://www.cbc.ca/elections/ontariovotes2014/votecompass
I’ve been playing with it. They have tricked it out this year.
There are no questions concerning specific gov’t waste or scandals or honesty, or general questions about the same. Perhaps the CBC and the VC people do not think that will be important this election.
IMHO, the questions do lead, your mileage may vary.
I answered randomly the first time as an Ontario voter, and came out as a PC supporter. I double-checked, and got the same result using the same random order.Fair enough, for now.
I then took it as an ‘under eighteen’ respondent. Same random pattern, but I came up as a Green supporter.
The next time, I came up as a Liberal. The next time, I was a Conservative.
Ah hah, they are shuffling the questions. Same thing when you try it as an out-of- province respondent. Actually, they may be even changing the questions based on your region.
Why?
I don’t know and I don’t have the hours or skill to check it out. It does make it harder to check for bias, much harder. Then again, why would a company,Voxpop Labs, be biased ?
The 4 people behind the company appear to be all upstanding Univ. of Toronto types. In fact, one even was a ” Trudeau Fellow at the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies “. All above reproach.
The company lists the CBC, the ABC (Australia’s CBC), and the WALL STREET JOURNAL as their clients. The WSJ , well hey, that seals it. The WSJ would not be involved with a less than forthright operation.
But … I googled and googled again and then googled again, to find the WSJ’s Vote Compass and their endorsement. I found their VC, but could not find an endorsement. As of a half- hour ago, they had a total of 30,495 uses (I’m one, a Mitt man BTW ) for the sole time they used this application, and that was for the 2012 presidential election. The WSJ did not promote it very much and likely only featured it for one day. Hmmmm…
This raises a few questions.
1)Is it biased ?
2)How much did we pay for it?
3)Why did we pay for it?
I don’t know the answers.
I suspect bias.
As for questions # 2 and 3, only the CBC can answer.
Don’t hold your breath waiting.
I saw this:
“[President Guen-Hye]Park made waste water-like reckless remarks slandering the DPRK’s line on simultaneously developing two fronts after inviting her American master reminiscent of a wicked black monkey to visit south Korea on April 25.”
She was also blamed for the Sewol disaster.
http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2014/201405/news02/20140502-22ee.html
Courtesy of this guy:
http://freekorea.us/
When green anything is involved it seems like all functioning government brains just die. Or possibly not even the slightest respect for over burdened taxpayers. Probably both.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/report-pentagon-paid-150-per-gallon-for-green-jet-fuel/
Fix the economic mess ? Hell no , they have bigger fish to fry.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Bill-banning-state-Confederate-flag-sales-passes-5454712.php
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-05-08/house-holds-lerner-in-contempt-as-irs-probe-nears-one-year-mark
“The U.S. House of Representatives voted to hold a former Internal Revenue Service official in contempt of Congress yesterday for refusing to answer questions about her role in scrutinizing Tea Party groups.”
“The vote to hold [Lois] Lerner in contempt was 231-187, with six Democrats joining Republicans in favor and no Republicans opposing the resolution.”
Always enjoy your CBC exposé wallyj, keep fighting the good fight my man. Props to you.
Our CBC journo falls: It’s for the children, leftist says.
“said he felt compelled to leave in part to preclude the layoffs of younger colleagues he characterized as being vital to the broadcaster’s future.”
…-
“Veteran journalist Linden MacIntyre first high-profile casualty of CBC cuts”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/linden-macintyre-first-high-profile-casualty-of-cbc-cuts/article18544290/
Under ethnic background of ancestors, ANTARCTICAN is listed as an option. Say what???????
Well, I was in the bottom right corner
Mao Stlong* Lepolt.
“Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, right, holds hands with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang during a meeting at the presidential villa in Abuja on Wednesday.”
http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-CS047_wefjon_G_20140508072757.jpg
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“Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Says Nation Is ‘Under Attack’ From Terrorists
Militant Islamic Group Boko Haram Has Kidnapped Hundreds of Schoolgirls in Recent Weeks”
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-526856/
*Liberal Justine’s favourite dictator.
Suppliers of said fuel certainly had functioning brains
Two useless pos first nation women steal cars, drive drunk, evade police, break probation conditions more than once,drive a stolen truck at a high rate of speed around saskatoon, AND KILL 2 INNOCENT CHILDREN, A THIRD IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION, if the shoe was on the other foot the first nations would be protesting and banging drums in the streets. Where is the outrage from the community. I demand Perry Bellguard chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations to apologize to the community as well as the families for this senseless crime.
It’s that awful, offensive video again!
“Manufacturing’s decline so steep in Ontario between 2000 and 2010, even StatsCan analyst is surprised” (FP)
…-
“Unilever to close Ontario plant, 280 jobs affected”
“A Unilever plant in Bramalea, Ont., that manufactures dry mixes for soups, sauces and other foods will close and its production capability shipped to the United States,”.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/unilever-to-close-ontario-plant-280-jobs-affected/article18555457/
Hillary Clinton tweets against Boko Harem, but when Sec.State she would not declare them a terrorist organization. Perhaps those who do tweet would like to remind her of that?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/07/hillary-s-state-department-refused-to-brand-boko-haram-as-terrorists.html
This information will be useful to those who want the extra flavor that pesticide residue adds to their fruits and vegetables.
The U.S.-based Environmental Working Group has released its “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean 15” lists for 2014, detailing which fruits and vegetables have the most — and least — pesticide residue.
[www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary.php]
The EWG is a non-profit organization that acts as a public health and environmental watchdog, monitoring consumer products, food and environmental practices. Senior analyst Sonya Lunder said the organization has been looking at the safety of pesticides on fruits and vegetables for over a decade, based on data gathered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration. …
This year’s Dirty Dozen list includes apples, strawberries, grapes and celery — … a single, conventionally grown grape sample contained 15 pesticides, and an average potato had more pesticides by weight than any other food tested. … “This is the fourth year where we’ve had apples on the top of the Dirty Dozen list,” Lunder said. “Meaning they have the most pesticides and the highest concentrations on them.”
A separate study by published at the end of April in the journal Environmental Research by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia looked at pesticide levels in organic food.
In it, 13 adults were divided into two groups. One ate conventional food for a week, while the other consumed about 80 per cent organic food. Then the groups switched and ate the alternate diet. The study found that when tested on the eighth day of each phase, those in the organic group had reduced pesticide levels in their urine by 89 per cent.
[ca.news.yahoo.com/apples-top-list-pesticide-contamination-2014-090000183.html]
“Topless pro-choice protesters interrupt anti-abortion rally” (Our CBC)
…-
“Gosnell Movie
A historic crowdfunding campaign for a movie about America’s biggest serial killer, abortionist Kermit Gosnell and the media cover-up.”
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gosnell-movie
PET Cemetery Report: four (4) tragedies.
QOTD by MacIntyre: “If we start losing them at this point, we’re losing the future. It’s a tragedy, it’s a human tragedy and it’s an institutional tragedy and, I suppose it’s not pushing it to say, it’s a national tragedy.”
…-
“CBC’s Alison Smith, host of The World at Six, to retire”
“News comes after Linden MacIntyre announces departure”
“Alison Smith, a senior correspondent for CBC News and host of CBC Radio’s flagship news show The World at Six, has announced she will retire from the public broadcaster at the end of June.”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/cbc-s-alison-smith-host-of-the-world-at-six-to-retire-1.2636117
Shades of Otto von Bismarck*.
“World War 1 began over a silly thing too.”
“Graham Allison writing in the National Interest asks “Could the Ukraine Crisis Spark a World War?”
…-
“A Decline in Competence”
“Imagine it’s 1989 and the Berlin Wall is coming down. The clown Reagan has somehow pulled something off. Everyone is confused but delighted. Fast forward to 1989 and the peace everyone had thought would last is breaking down. Where is Obama? Everyone is confused but not so delighted.
It is as if some general catastrophe impends; we cringe not even knowing from whence the blow will come. Graham Allison writing in the National Interest asks “Could the Ukraine Crisis Spark a World War?”
He knows its a silly question but as Allison reminds us in the article, World War 1 began over a silly thing too.”
http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2014/05/08/a-decline-in-competence/#more-36540
…-
*Otto von Bismarck:
“If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans.” (1888)
Brought to you by the same retards that pay for not producing wind power while dumping hydro (water) energy down the river to keep greenies happy and voting.
Ontario was a manufacturing province, taking it’s resources and producing product for the America heartland. They did so because of the resources especially hydro electric power. With no manufacturing industry left in the province there will be no jobs save the venerable government simple servant. even working in a day care is in jeopardy since they want full time kindergartens.
This is a former shadow of the province I grew up in.
Whoops. If you want to see what a US government healthcare will look like, look at the existing one.
Vets. Forgotten hero.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/08/us/va-san-antonio-allegation/index.html?hpt=hp_t1