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  2. “We need a comprehensive plan to address climate change…We want a clear approach on climate change. I quite like what they’re doing in Europe and it’s worth studying it carefully as we think about Canadian policy. Hard cap on emissions, to price carbon…getting out of coal….getting fossil-fueled cars out of our cities…” — Rachel Notley’s newly-appointed chief of staff, during the NDP leadership debate.

  3. and…
    “Levant calls Topp “a bit of an NDP mercenary.” Most recently, he ran Adrian Dix’s failed “no pipelines” campaign in BC. That’s in line with his personal philosophy, as you’ll see from this video.
    Is an anti-oil, anti-Alberta radical really the best choice for Notley’s chief of staff?”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu7ro4oudoE
    (quoted remarks are from Ezra’s Facebook page…)
    If they throw enough straw into this engine of Alberta’s economy, how (who?) will they pay for their socialist programs?

  4. http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/a-professor-is-being-criticized-for-calling-white-college-me?bftw&utm_term=4ldqpfp#.rkzgeLkXK
    Saida Grundy is an incoming assistant professor of sociology and African-American studies at Boston University who identifies as a “feminist sociologist of race and ethnicity,” according to her bio on the school’s website.
    Her tweets started to go viral after they were noticed by the website SoCawlege.com.
    Grundy has since made her account private, but some of her tweets were captured and tweeted by other users and conservative news sites.
    In one tweet, Grundy said she believes “white america” is failing to see the problem with its young college-aged males.
    It gets worse….

  5. It seems there is a move afoot to make the word ‘thug’ synonymous with the N-word, and essentially outlaw it out of existence within the English language.
    I would suggest that after the word ‘thug’ is blacklisted, then they’ll go after the word ‘teens’. It seems that all the black thug inner-city violence these days is committed by ‘teens’. Sooner or later, the general public is going to catch on and realize that ‘teens’ is synonymous with ‘thugs’ which, in turn, is synonymous with the N-Word.
    Alas, I love language. Always evolving, always surprising.

  8. There will always be the next word – goon, punk, hooligan, and we will always know EXACTLY what they mean.

  10. Oh sure, the breathalyzer starts measuring alcohol.
    Next, it will be adjusted to measure meat on your breath, too.
    After that, it will add chocolate to the prohibited list…

  11. More on Brian Topp from when he was running for leadership of the NDP;
    http://www.straight.com/article-589066/vancouver/leadership-candidate-brian-topp-says-ndp-can-win-not-copying-conservatives-and-suppressing-voter-turnou
    When your premier picks a radical to be her right hand …
    5% PST because oil prices are low.
    8% next budget because we shouldn’t use oil.
    10% later because we should be equal to the other provinces.
    We are screwed.
    If only I was younger and could have babies, lots of babies.
    That’s the ticket to wealth.

  13. I wonder if Albertans will now come out of their playoff fever, having to accept their Calgary Flames were eliminated, now bleating (like sheep to slaughter I mean) – “what was that, we elected the f*****n NDP?” No wait, there’s overtime, we get a shootout right?
    Wrong. Sorry from all of us, truly; but it’s reality – you did that – it’s not a bad dream. Not yet.

  15. Re: Video with Towa Carson.
    I wonder if she was related to Johnny??
    I’m glad I was born in Canada!

  21. Q: What’s wrong with these pictures?
    1. “Across Canada, provincial balance sheets except in British Columbia and Quebec have deteriorated appreciably while Ottawa looks forward to a long string of surpluses.”
    2. “As for Ontario, the Kathleen Wynne government predicts a return to balance in two years, after piling up deficits of about $10-billion last year and $8-billion this year. Ontario’s debt burden is worsening all the time, courtesy of many more years in deficit than surplus.”
    3. “Meanwhile, the PBO predicts clear fiscal sailing for Ottawa.”
    A: Jeff/G-M liberal has the answers.
    “Today’s fiscal imbalance is real, not imagined”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/todays-fiscal-imbalance-is-real-not-imagined/article24398966/

  23. ….and all that nonsense coming from the apologists and ideologues in Alberta….
    “this is different, its Alberta, the NDP is different here…”
    The naivety of Albertan voters will be doubled in Schaudenfraude

  24. The ndp will be no different here in AB. We did this to ourselves and will now live with the consequences. Bad times are ahead.

  27. Media Party hurls obscenities, imprecations, abuse, and slag at politicians.
    Saves best for Conservative PM Harper.
    …-
    “JAIME WATT
    Thank the Tories for ending boring traditional TV debates”
    “The Conservative party’s decision to end traditionally formatted political debate is a welcome one. And it’s strategically brilliant to boot.”
    “By proactively taking that initiative, it looks like Team Harper is attuned to the times – and voter interests.
    They are right: Conventional media no longer controls the delivery of information.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/the-end-of-traditional-tv-debates-its-all-about-control/article24420466/

  29. @ abtrapper” “The ndp will be no different here in AB. We did this to ourselves and will now live with the consequences. Bad times are ahead.”
    Complaints about document shredding by outgoing PCs are surfacing. Pretty minor stuff when one considers how Alberta’s freedoms will be shredded by the ideologically driven dippers. Marxist cognitive dissonance in action – equality is not freedom. Notley’s appointment of Brian Topp as chief of staff is a harbinger of our future.

  30. Ms. May votes Mohammed.
    …-
    “Interview with Saudi Prince Turki Bin Faisal Al Saud: ‘We Try To Learn from Our Mistakes'” (spiegel)
    …-
    “Gunmen from self-proclaimed ‘Army of God’ board bus in Karachi, slaughter 43 passengers”
    “KARACHI, Pakistan — Gunmen killed more than 40 people on Wednesday aboard a bus in southern Pakistan bound for a Shiite community centre, in the latest attack targeting the religious minority.
    The attack in the port city of Karachi was the deadliest Pakistan has seen in months.”
    http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/gunmen-from-self-proclaimed-army-of-god-board-bus-slaughter-43-shiite-muslims-in-karachi

  34. Ohbummer: “‘People don’t like being poor. It’s time-consuming. It’s stressful. It’s hard. And so over time, families frayed. Men who could not get jobs left. Mothers who are single are not able to read as much to their kids. So all that was happening 40 years ago to African-Americans,’ the president said. ‘And now what we’re seeing is that those same trends have accelerated and they’re spreading to the broader community.'”
    There’s actually a lot of truth in this. The problem is that the spreading poverty is happening after decades of “social programs” that are supposed to alleviate poverty but instead mostly make things worse for everyone in the longer term. The minimum wage for example creates unemployment, especially among the young and the lower classes, and government “investment” (which the president referred to just before the quote above) usually distorts the market and interferes with the voluntary trade of value-for-value that is necessary for an expanding economy with higher standards of living rather than a collapsing economy with spreading deprivation. The leftists usually try not to admit it but spreading deprivation is their goal, and they attempt to demoralize the public and induce feelings of guilt by denouncing “wealth” in order to get people accustomed to the idea of deprivation.
    The most important thing to remember is that the economic problems are not cause by capitalism but by government intervention that mucks it up.

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