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  2. “Scotland wants to treat all families as potentially abusive and appoint a ‘named person’ (that is, a guardian) as soon as the child is born and up through age 18 to oversee the parenting. This ‘shadow parent’ would be empowered by the government under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act, which will take effect in 2016.”

  5. Correction, the lyrics were actually “nothing left to lose”. That almost fits the article better, too.

  6. Hobby Lobby wins:
    http://reason.com/blog/2014/06/30/the-supreme-courts-hobby-lobby-decisions
    This decision is a good one insofar as it protects the individual rights of the owners of the business against unjustified coercion by the state. It would have been better, it goes without saying, that the SCotUS did the proper thing two years ago and sent Obamacare to the trash can where it belonged.
    I haven’t read today’s decision, but I have the feeling that it might be one of those right-result-wrong-reasons judgments that plague Canadian jurisprudence, which in the long run cannot be good for justice or for the law, and which at some point will need to be untangled.
    The notion that corporations are people, for example, is incorrect. But corporations are run by people, and in the performance of their corporate activities those people retain their rights to freedom of speech and expression, freedom of association, freedom of religion, and so on. If their religion precluded them from filling out the required government paperwork, then they would have to decline to incorporate. But the contraceptive mandate is not part of the routine paperwork of incorporation, it’s much broader – an unjustified imposition in violation of freedom of religion of the business owners.
    The worst commentary on this judgment is to the effect that it forces the religious moral code of the business owners on their employees. Obviously this is nonsense – in fact it works in reverse by precluding the employees or the state from requiring the owners to act in opposition to their own beliefs and values, which would be forcing an unwanted “moral code” on the owners.

  7. Washington State University researchers have sketched out one of the greatest baby booms in North American history, a centuries-long “growth blip” among southwestern Native Americans between 500 to 1300 A.D.
    It was a time when the early features of civilization — including farming and food storage — had matured to where birth rates likely “exceeded the highest in the world today,” the researchers write in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
    A crash followed, said Tim Kohler, WSU Regents professor of anthropology, offering a warning sign to the modern world about the dangers of overpopulation.
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140630164146.htm

  11. Happy Dominion Day!
    I spoke in Ottawa a couple of months back, at Preston Manning’s annual shindig, and began my remarks with a reference to a bit of current news – that Patrick Brazeau, having been kicked out of the Senate, was now working as day manager at a strip club. In most businesses, day manager is a more prestigious position than night manager, but I gather it’s not so in the exotic dancing profession. Anyway, here’s what I said on the subject in Canada’s capital back in March:
    There are some things that Canada does better than America – post-political life being one of them. I love that Senator Patrick Brazeau is now the day manager of the Barefax Club. One moment you’re in the Senate getting fawned on by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, the next you’re the Gentleman Washer of the Sparkly Pole. Brilliant.
    http://www.steynonline.com/6452/happy-dominion-day-new-country-same-old-same-old

  12. Re This post
    Remember back when Canada had the distinction of the world’s largest sailplane?

  14. PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
    IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED
    We, the undersigned citizens of Canada draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT : as individual Citizens of Canada WE do NOT enjoy the protection of “PROPERTY RIGHTS” within the Constitution of Canada ! hence, THE LAW of Canada!
    THEREFORE: Your petitioners call upon Parliament to forthwith, incorporate and entrench FOREVER , individual “PROPERTY RIGHTS” INTO THE CONSTITUTION OF CANADA well as amending OR ABOLISHING THE Canadian Senate and BUILIDNG THE NORTHERN GATEWAY PIPELINE!!
    I AM
    Joe Molnar
    Woodstock, Ontario, canada

  15. @EBD: Thank you for opening my eyes. I was unaware of this UN Children’s Rights Convention (UNCRC), probably because of this:
    “The convention has subsequently been signed by all nations with the exception of the United States of America.” (The shame!!)
    How’s the UNCRC being implemented in Canada??
    (I’m pretty sure it’s being ignored in Nigeria.)
    There is a lot of information out there on the internet but I believe this short youtube video, intended for children in Scotland(Funkydragon tells the history of the UNCRC)speaks for itself. (I’m 50% Scottish myself and I find the accent very irritating)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bACQN4xFXlM

  16. O’narcissist:
    “*This is his sole legacy: a massive post-traumatic stress disorder.”
    …-
    “Newspaper: We Were Wrong to Endorse Obama”
    “The Billings (Mont.) Gazette endorsed Barack Obama for president in 2008, but now that he’s been in office 5½ years, the bloom is off the rose.
    The Gazette on Friday published an editorial admitting its mistake in backing Obama and detailing the reasons it came to that conclusion.
    “Sometimes, you have to admit you’re wrong,” the editorial began. “And, we were wrong.”
    http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/billings-montana-newspaper-editorial/2014/06/29/id/579895/
    …-
    *O’narcissist:
    “*This is his sole legacy: a massive post-traumatic stress disorder.”
    http://voices.yahoo.com/barack-obama-narcissist-merely-narcissistic-1875284.html?cat=72

  17. AGW Regress Report.
    AGW “researcher” mugged by reality.
    …-
    “Swedish farmers reject the 97% climate change consensus”
    “The researcher who discovered the degree of scepticism among farmers was surprised by her findings. Therese Asplund, who led the study, was initially looking into how agricultural magazines covered climate change, but got a lesson in reality from swedish famers.”
    “Asplund found after studying ten years of issues of the two agricultural sector periodicals ATL and Land Lantbruk that they present climate change as scientifically confirmed, a real problem. But her research took an unexpected direction when she started interviewing farmers in focus groups about climate issues.”
    http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/30/swedish-farmers-reject-the-97-climate-change-consensus/#more-112263

  18. Re: Trinity Spadina and all the other alleged Liberal victories.
    I may be just a dumb Saskatchewan boy, howevah, If four seats came up for grabs, the Conservatives won two, , the Liberals won two, that`s called a tie.
    The NDP won zero, that`s called a loss.
    And the last time I looked, the Conservatives still had 162 seats, are they not the Government of Canada?? And it was Mr. Harper who gave the speech on the hill today!
    Please correct me if I`m wrong.
    Happy Canada day!

  19. I expect that farmers are keen observers of the weather from day to day, season to season and year to year. As such they can see with their own eyes that the warmists are blowing smoke.

  21. A ‘Do Not Drink’ label on a cellphone battery booster is a finalist in the 17th annual Wacky Warning Label contest.
    Others in the running include a sticker on a brand of football helmets that warns: “No helmet system can protect you from serious brain and/or neck injuries including paralysis or death. To avoid these risks, do not engage in the sport of football.”
    Then there’s “Do not drink,” which appears on a printer ink toner cartridge, and “Do not push vehicle while child is riding on it.” That warning graces a Mickey Mouse 4-in-1 Ride On toy.
    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2014/07/01/21777676.html

  23. “Of the 100 crop species that provide 90% of the world’s food, over 70 are pollinated by bees,” explained Achim Steiner, head of the UN Environmental Program in a report about bee populations.
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=37731&Cr=&Cr1=
    The potentially disastrous decline in bees, a vital pollinating element in food production for the growing global population, is likely to continue unless humans profoundly change their ways, from the use of insecticides to air pollution, according to a United Nations report.
    This Is Your Grocery Store In An Era Without Bees
    http://gothamist.com/2014/07/01/bees_colony_collapse.php
    Oh, wait… it’s those UN Climate-Change-Global-Warming, Agenda-21, World-Wealth-Redistribution people… pay it no mind.
    Move Along… Nothing to See Here…Oh Look, there’s Kim Kardashhound’s boobs…

  24. Of Liberal Librano$ MartinJr & “the former Duck of Death*.
    “The judges were looking into alleged illegal campaign contributions from Muhammar Khadaffy – the former Duck of Death.”
    “*It was a bizarre obstacle course: dozens of the ungainly creatures, sitting, standing, and yes, fornicating.” (Our CBC)
    …-
    “The most interesting overnight news is that former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been “held for questioning” by police investigating allegations that he tried to influence a judge investigating a illegal contributions to his campaign. Under French law a person can be “held” for up to 48 hours without being charged. “This is thought to be the first time a French former head of state has been held in police custody.” It’s not the first time a French president has been in legal trouble. Jacques Chirac was actually convicted of embezzlement, but they suspended the sentence and let the grand lad go free.
    The judges were looking into alleged illegal campaign contributions from Muhammar Khadaffy – the former Duck of Death. In order to obtain possible proof that Sarkozy was trying to pull strings investigators resorted to the tried and tested method of wiretapping.
    Mr Sarkozy is alleged to have been helped to victory in 2007 with up to €50 million provided by Colonel Gaddafi and envelopes stuffed with cash from France’s richest woman, L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. …
    It was in connection with [the Khadaffy investigation] that the judges last year obtained the unprecedented authorization to tap the phones of a former president.”
    http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2014/07/01/ex-oriente-loot/#more-37829
    …-
    *Of Liberal Librano$ MartinJr & “the former Duck of Death.
    “*As we sprinted across Moammar Gadhafi’s front lawn, we had to swerve to avoid the camels.
    It was a bizarre obstacle course: dozens of the ungainly creatures, sitting, standing, and yes, fornicating.
    It was December, 2004. Our media bus holding a dozen journalists, cameramen and photographers had been delayed after taking a wrong turn on the way in from the Tripoli Airport. Then-prime minister Paul Martin was already in the Bedouin tent inside the compound that the Libyan leader still calls home. If we didn’t hustle, we’d miss the one photo-op: a brief handshake.”
    http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/politics/inside-politics-blog/2011/02/my-moment-with-moammar.html

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