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Does organic food taste better? The verdict is in.
If you don’t speak Dutch you’ll need to turn on closed captioning (the little “cc” box at the bottom right of the video). If you do speak Dutch…may I offer you a throat lozenge?
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  2. Concerning another thread here today, Fair Pensions for All, I found this piece fascinating. A few years ago I read Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty, and can very vividly remember my shock upon reading the passage below quoted by Gary North, which essentially argues for “fair pensions for all”. Hayek! HAYEK! Ken (Kulak) will find this interesting I think.
    When Hayek Abandoned Mises
    http://www.garynorth.com/public/13079.cfm
    Hayek:

    There is then the important issue of security, a protection against risks common to all, where the government can often either reduce these risks or assist people to provide against them. Here, however, an important distinction has to be drawn between two conceptions of security: a limited security which can be achieved for all and which is, therefore, no privilege, and absolute security, which in a free society cannot be achieved for all. The first of these is security against severe physical privatization, the assistance of a given minimum of substance for all; the second is the assurance of a given standard of life, which is determined by comparing the standard enjoyed by a person or a group with that of others. The distinction, then, is that between the security of an equal minimum income for all and the security of a particular income that a person is thought to deserve.

  6. The recent accusations brought forth by two anonymous NDP female MPs against two male Liberal MPs makes for an interesting scenario. I do however have problems with Justin Trudeau’s train of thought and how he handles Liberal party affairs. Now Thomas Mulcair and Trudeau are at odds. Mulcair has said (on TV) that he feels that Trudeau should not have revealed any details (publicly) before the issue had been properly investigated.
    Like–hello Canada. Shouldn’t a sexual harassment case be handled by the RCMP or Ottawa Police? Who is Justin Trudeau to decide who investigates a case that has criminal overtones?? Here is but one of many views on this topic.
    http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/11/06/john-ivison-trudeau-mulcair-distrust-deepens-amid-sexual-harassment-scandal/

  7. Yes, I could understand enough of it to make sense of what they were saying. A couple of word understandings is all you need.

  9. I suspect that the money pissed away on wind and solar greenwashed scams in Ontario could have built a new state-of-the-art reactor, that would provide power 99% of the time.

  10. Does organic food taste better?
    Does free-range-vegan beef, moose, bison, elk, deer, or lamb taste better than industrial meat?

  11. The Canadian military has emerged as a potential destination for the controversial French-built Mistral helicopter carrier ships, built for Russia and now at the center of an international row after France indicated it would not hand them over, in response to international indignation over Russian actions in Ukraine. . . .
    Sanctions imposed against Russia did not prohibit the final delivery of the two Mistral ships, but the French president decided that the deal should go ahead only if Russia meets two criteria: one, genuinely observing the ceasefire between the Ukrainian government and Russian-backed rebels that was signed in September; and, two, agreeing to formally resolve the conflict in Ukraine. . . .
    http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/french-built-mistral-ships-for-russia-could-end-up-in-canadian-hands

  13. As you say.
    I found it a bit amusing last evening watching Mercedes Stephenson on CTV News Channel insinuate that Tom Mulcair was “playing politics” with this item. It’s Trudeau who’s playing politics: as Ivison notes, even that most self-serving of opportunists, Kathleen Wynne, has never, by her own account at least, played it Trudeau’s way in similar circumstances. Even more of an eye-roll was Don Martin’s comment about “poor Justin Trudeau, caught between a rock and a hard place”, or words to that effect. I sure am looking forward to cable unbundling.
    Trudeau just had to turn the item into a public spectacle intended to burnish his own credentials (if you can call them that), given that he is being overshadowed now on every front by Harper. A two-line news release stating that such and such have been suspended from the Liberal caucus until further notice, with information possibly to follow at a later date, would have been the professional way to handle the matter. But then nobody would have known, would they?
    “I went to the circus and question period broke out in the middle of it” is not what the country needs right now. While the matter is serious and ought to be appropriately pursued, it is not central to the nation’s business. The backlash over this nonsense will be significant, IMO.

  15. “A series of small explosions targeted the homes and vehicles of officials from President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip on Friday, members of the party and witnesses said, causing minor damage but no injuries.”
    http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/07/us-mideast-gaza-palestinians-idUSKBN0IR0PB20141107
    So who set up these explosions? ISIS, Hamas? I doubt Israel would have done this, as why antagonize Fatah if it is quiet? Hamas and Fatah have been mortal enemies ever since Hamas killed a number of Fatah in the Gaza strip a few years ago after Hamas was “elected” in Gaza.

  16. Well, the Netherlands is different:
    If you eat at a cafeteria you will notice they have 100 varieties of pureed meat.
    When you go to the supermarket, cold cuts come in 2 packs, i.e. 2 slices. This despite being raving green loonies.
    BTW, you will also notice every toilet has a brush so you can take care of the business the low flow toilet misses and if your in an apartment, right next to the low flow toilet is a shower that will knock you down with the force of the water. 2 different drains? No I checked.
    I went into a Praxis, its like a Home Depot in America but twice as large and with no customers. I figured it was either run by the mob or there is zero pressure on the real estate to produce.

  17. AGW Kills.
    Happpy days are here again,,,,
    …-
    “Polar Vortex to Blast 200 Million People With Arctic Air
    The atmosphere is preparing to send part of the polar vortex southward toward the United States next week with an outbreak of arctic air and lake-effect snow.”
    “Potent Storm to Impact Alaska, Send Arctic Air Into Lower 48”
    “Chilly Air Invades East Now, Much Colder Late Next Week”
    http://www.accuweather.com/

  18. AGW Regress Report.
    …-
    “Poland rejects IPCC target of zero emissions by 2100
    IPCC recommendation to phase out fossil fuels by end of century to avoid dangerous global warming is categorically rejected by Poland and other eastern European countries”
    “Poland and other eastern Europe countries have categorically rejected the target put forward by the world’s top climate scientists to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2100 to avoid dangerous global warming, leaked documents show.”
    http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/07/poland-rejects-ipcc-target-of-zero-emissions-by-2100

  20. There are charts and there are other charts.
    There is research by wise guys/women that claim to know absolutely, positively everything about everything, the rest, the plebeians are just ignorant hell.
    And then there is research that any ignorant, as opposed to “expert”, plebeian observes on daily bases as a matter of fact.
    Here is one of those:
    The Universal Hot vs Crazy Matrix – a Man’s Guide to Women
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwbKYcBdVyk
    You’re welcome.

  21. Mao* Strong Report.
    …-
    “Harper awed by trade potential as Alibaba’s Jack Ma offers to sell 200,000 Canadian lobsters in a day” (FP)
    …-
    “Judge orders winery returned to previous owner”
    “The Chinese industrialists who purchased the Eagle Point Winery and its luxurious modern castle on the river less than three years ago have defaulted on their loan and the ownership of the properties has reverted to the former owner”
    “When Chinese industrialist Du Zhongyi of Wuhai, China, purchased the mansion and winery in March, 2012, the transaction was heralded as the start of Chinese cash flowing into the Thousand Islands.”
    http://www.recorder.ca/2014/11/07/judge-orders-winery-returned-to-previous-owner
    *Liberal Justine’s favourite dictator.

  22. David Southam: “Trudeau just had to turn the item into a public spectacle intended to burnish his own credentials (if you can call them that), given that he is being overshadowed now on every front by Harper. A two-line news release stating that such and such have been suspended from the Liberal caucus until further notice, with information possibly to follow at a later date, would have been the professional way to handle the matter. But then nobody would have known, would they?”
    That seems to be his pattern, making what he no doubt considers bold public moves:
    – he fired Grit Senators from caucus (big part of election machinery jettisoned) based on the actions of a few.
    – his petulant insistence on reviving a dormant issue – abortion – demanding acquiescence to his personal views for a vote that isn’t going to happen.
    – his latest top down insistence he will reverse, out of hand, Tory tax cuts.
    – let’s not forget his reassuring offer of help to Iraqis trapped in the mountains – with cold weather training.
    He honestly thinks he’s brilliant and has himself believing his polling has anything to do with electoral reality. It’s his undoing and will continue to be with the Tories gleefully pointing out every peccadillo.

  23. Mao* Strong Report.
    …-
    “Canada businesses impatient for China growth as Harper promotes trade ties
    Reuters”
    …-
    “Mexico stuns China in scrapping $4.3-billion rail bid”
    “Mexico stunned the winning Chinese– led bidder for a high-speed rail project by scrapping the $4.3-billion award, citing public “doubts and concerns” and ordering a new competition with a deadline by month’s end.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/latin-american-business/mexico-scraps-375-billion-china-rail-deal-ahead-of-state-visit/article21492831/
    *Liberal Justine’s favourite dictator.

  25. Right, as always.
    You’re not suggesting, are you, that a palace revolt may be in the offing?

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