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  3. Hope he made peace with Don Felder, he was an instrumental member in their heyday, and Frey got cheap with him, and tossed him from the band.

  4. Oh it just had to be that overplayed song, didn’t it?
    Where the hell is my axe? Somebody’s gonna pay…

  6. I wonder whether Frey ate his own liver (or colon) at the thought of Felder having stolen his spotlight by writing and performing the greatest Eagles Hit EVER ! Such a big hit that it … almost … paid for all the back alimony and child support the band members owed.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_J8Vutd5-aw

  7. RIP Glen Frey…I’ve loved the Eagles ever since I heard ‘Hotel California’ and ‘New Kid in Town.’

  8. Sigh….. another link with my past is gone.
    I saw the Eagles perform live in Calgary’s McMahon Stadium in 1978. They brought so much sound equipment (it was stacked 4 stories high, as I recall) and played so loud that much of NW Calgary heard it. That concert was an item on the CBC’s radio news the next day and there were immediate suggestions that the city bylaws be revised to prevent something like that from happening again.
    Still, I, and all the thousands who were in attendance that night, had a good time.

  10. Somebody here was talking about the price of gasoline. The going rate locally is 97 cents per litre. (Southern Vancouver Island.)

  11. Too bad for Canada that neither Trudeau or Notley understand economics.
    The one thing most people think they know about economics is wrong
    Keynes, personally, is mentioned more frequently than any other economist living or dead. The idea guides government policy around the world and certainly here in Britain.
    There is just one little problem: the idea is wrong. And as China — a devout follower of Keynes these days as much as of Marx — falters, it is becoming more and more apparent just how wrong it is.

  13. Well the reality is that leftist politicians ALWAYS seem to remember that Keynes said that governments should prime the pump when the economy is in a big slump….but they always seem to forget that he also said that governments should CUT their spending when the economy is doing well. Leftists argue that governments should “invest” when the economy is doing well…..completely contradicting Keynes.

  16. Yup Chutz, and the cheap diesel too. Seems to have bottomed, so far, at 89.9, at various PetroCans.
    93.4 for Reg at Langford Costco.
    Great for consumers, not for riggers. Eventually, consumption will rise and the roller coaster will commence again

  17. Alberta’s disastrous renewable electricity plan. Last Friday I gave a talk to the southern Alberta municipalities association on the high cost of the NDP renewable plan. The Lethbridge Herald published a good story on it today.
    http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/local-news/2016/01/18/wind-energy-has-issues/
    I encourage all Albertans to write their MLAs and oppose this $50 BILLION boondoggle.
    Was happy with the newspaper coverage. Despite one online commenter calling me a dickhead. I’ll get over it. ☺

  20. Why would anyone invite the Just in Trudeau Liberal government to an anti-ISIS conference?
    All the anti-ISIS coalition members have stepped up their military commitment.
    But not Canada, which under the Trudeau Liberals have announced a retreat.
    These world leaders realize Canada elected a teenager for Prime Minister.
    In 3 months in office, the Trudeau Liberals have reduced Canada from being a Middle-power to being a lightweight and unreliable ally.
    We’ll be lucky if they let us stay in the G-7 and G-20.
    Does anyone else think the M.B. influence in cabinet might have something to do with it, too?

  24. Mine too … and it verifies the Spanish guitar roots of the song … Felder was well-aware of the Illegals-Hotel that California already had become in 1976

  25. Our 4 star General Petraeus could have faced felony charges, including lying to FBI investigators,
    but was allowed to plead guilty last year to a misdemeanor count of (unauthorized handling of classified information.)
    He avoided a prison sentence but received two years probation and a $100,000 fine.
    Now they want to humiliate him with a demotion.
    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/18/exclusive-pentagon-may-demote-david-petraeus.html
    –
    Gen. Petraeus saved the democrats ass during the Iraq surge,
    Obummer said he won the war, helped him get reelected..
    Now Bills wife, Hillary has comprised/sent thousands of unauthorized classified documents/information to her ass kissing political donating friends.
    Those of us that served in the military look forward to her indictments..
    If that should ever happen??

  26. The reason Keynes is popular is that it gives politicians an excuse to stuff money into their pockets and those of their cronies.

  27. Google lists over 10 million results for Hotel California-meaning of the lyrics so whatever one may fancy works.
    Spanish version is ok but then you miss out on one of the best electric guitar riffs ever recorded IMO.

  28. If anyone thinks Britain isn’t a lost cause….Cameron and company is trying to ban Trump from entering Britain for his stand on Muslim immigration.

  29. Here is where the Justine government’s “honeymoon’ has ended.
    “The Quebec City classroom where Burkina Faso victim Maude Carrier taught is transformed on Monday by students and colleagues into a memorial after she died in a terrorist attack last week.”
    …-
    “Condemn Burkina Faso terror attack ‘with airplanes’ not just words, victim’s mother tells Trudeau”
    “‘I’m revolted … (Justin Trudeau) walks around with his nice hair spouting his empty theories, he’s on television condemning things but he’s not capable of joining in’”
    http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/condemn-the-burkina-faso-terror-attack-with-airplanes-not-words-mother-of-victim-tells-trudeau

  33. The Justine government: F.A.I.L.
    …-
    “Canada shut out of IS coalition meeting” (g-m)
    …-
    “‘Staggering’ IS abuses in Iraq include live burials, sex slavery: UN”
    “At least 18,802 civilians were killed and another 36,245 were wounded in Iraq between the start of 2014 and Oct. 31 of last year, as Iraqi forces battled the so-called Islamic State group, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday.
    The report documented a wide range of human rights abuses, including the IS group’s conscription of some 3,500 people into slavery, mainly women and children from the Yazidi religious minority captured in the summer of 2014 and forced into sexual slavery.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/un-reports-staggering-abuses-by-is-in-iraq-including-live-burials-sex-slavery/article28254030/

  36. “Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan suspends New Brunswick operation, cuts jobs”
    “… Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan shut down its Picadilly mine in southern New Brunswick for an indefinite period Tuesday, eliminating up to 430 jobs.”
    “Customers traditionally served by the New Brunswick mines will now get their potash from the company’s Canpotex operation in Saskatchewan, where volume is expected to grow by 750,000 tonnes.”
    http://www.cfra.com/NationalCP/Article.aspx?id=495382
    …-
    “Frank McKenna proposes Canada require immigrants to start out in Atlantic Canada”
    “SAINT JOHN, N.B.—A former New Brunswick premier says the federal government should consider a program that would require some immigrants to live in Atlantic Canada for three to five years before getting their citizenship.
    Frank McKenna says unless the region can build a larger base of new citizens, immigrants will continue to flock to larger centres like Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.”
    http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/01/11/require-immigrants-to-live-in-atlantic-canada-former-new-brunswick-premier.html

  37. No conservative leader picked until May 17th, 2017. Way too late. We need Trump like assertive leadership now and Rona Ambrose is not providing it.

  38. I detect something interesting going on here in AB between the Wild Rose party and QR77 radio in Calgary.
    A month or so back QR was interviewing Brian Jean the WR leader and leader of the opposition. At the conclusion of the interview the host asked Jean why none of the Wild Rosers wont consent to do radio interviews with QR host and former WR leader floor crosser Danielle Smith. Jean replied “Danielle who?”
    Whoa – the talking heads at QR went into full damage control. So egregious was this slight to their star host that in my opinion they have decided to shun the WR until they capitulate and go on Smith’s show. They don’t understand what the word ‘loyalty’ means in party politics. I’ll bet Smith does.
    Since that time there are no interviews with any of the WR.The station has taken to Alberta Party leader Greg Clark for go to opposition interviews. Clark’s a smart guy and is eating WR lunch over this.
    None of this hissy fit has hit the media or been admitted to.

  39. AGW Kills.
    …-
    “Woman freezes to death as husband lies helpless in overturned wheelchair 20 metres away”
    “EATONTON, Ga. — Authorities in central Georgia say a 74-year-old woman froze to death after she tried to help her wheelchair-bound husband outside their home.” (AP)
    …-
    “60 cm of snow buries Ontario town, squall threat continues” (weathernet)
    …-
    “Radiator sales triple as freezing Britons scramble for heaters
    Consumers rushed to buy blankets, radiators and heaters as temperatures plunged into the minus numbers over the weekend”
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/12107808/Radiator-sales-triple-as-freezing-Britons-scramble-for-heaters.html

  40. The Justine government launches DBOF* Fund.
    “while waiting to assess whether further stimulus is needed nationwide,”.
    …-
    “Trudeau government considering immediate $1-billion stimulus for hard-hit Alberta, Saskatchewan”
    “The move is part of a decision to prioritize new infrastructure in the two provinces because the impact of the oil-price shock is strongest there, government sources told Bloomberg”
    http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/trudeau-government-considering-immediate-1-billion-stimulus-for-hard-hit-alberta-saskatchewan
    *Dirty Burka-Oil Fund.

  41. I agree,Conservatives are waiting too long to choose a leader. I also think they need O’Leary, he’s their only hope to grab attention. There are more capable people in the Conservative party as opposed to the Liberals but they are not going to give them the spark they need. O’Leary is straight forward, no smarmy blather which we see all too often in politics. I would expect him to tell it like it is, whatever it is and damn the torpedoes…and yes, perhaps he could take a page or two from Trump, people can handle and want to hear the truth.

  44. Dinosaur Boneyard.
    “Earlier Tuesday the Edmonton Journal’s editor-in-chief and managing editor were dismissed.”
    …-
    “Postmedia cuts 90 jobs, merges newsrooms in four cities”
    “The changes mean 35 jobs will be lost between the Edmonton Journal and Edmonton Sun; 25 jobs between the Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun; 12 combined jobs at the Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun; five jobs at the National Post, mostly in the sports section; and one job each from the sports departments at the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and Windsor Star.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/postmedia-cuts-90-jobs-merges-newsrooms-in-four-cities/article28257456/

  46. Federal judge rejects Pres. Obama’s assertion of exec. privilege. re. Fast and Furious.
    “A federal judge has rejected President Barack Obama’s assertion of executive privilege to deny Congress access to records pertaining to Operation Fast and Furious, a gunrunning probe that allegedly allowed thousands of weapons to flow across the border into Mexico.
    U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled Tuesday that the Justice Department’s public disclosures about its response to the so-called “gun walking” controversy undercut Obama’s executive privilege claim.”
    http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/judge-rejects-obamas-executive-privilege-claim-over-fast-and-furious-records-217970

  47. PET Cemetery Report.
    “flood that turned into a trickle.”
    The Justine government awaits (GARS) as chant goes up to Allah: trickle moi, trickle moi, trickle moi.
    …-
    “Defence Minister denies Canada cut out of decision-making on IS” (g-m)
    “Science behind Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau’s ditty” (sun)
    “Can Canada’s intelligence capability help in war on ISIL?” (citizen)
    …-
    “Only 22 government-sponsored Syrian refugees have arrived in Montreal since December”
    “But left scratching their heads are the people who gave up their holidays to welcome what they thought would be hundreds of government-assisted refugees (GARs) from the Middle East — a flood that turned into a trickle.”
    http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/only-22-government-sponsored-syrian-refugees-have-arrived-in-montreal-since-december

  48. AGW RIP.
    Who is Dr. Ross McKitrick?
    …-
    “Ross McKitrick: The electric car is dead, executed by Al Gore and his environmental allies”
    “So who killed the electric car? Anyone minded to do so only needed to come up with a scheme to cause electricity prices to soar and conventional gasoline prices to collapse.”
    “Gasoline is cheap. Electricity is expensive. Bad environmental policy contributed to both outcomes”
    “Likewise, record companies could not stop online music streaming, taxi companies haven’t stopped Uber, cable companies cannot stop Netflix, camera makers could not stop smart phones, the Post Office could not stop email and so forth.”
    http://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/the-electric-car-is-dead-executed-by-al-gore-and-his-environmental-allies

  49. Well, well, well. It looks like Obama might be outed on his initiative to supply Mexican drug gangs with weapons. My guess is he will destroy any incriminating records before anyone has a chance to see them.

  50. PET Cemetery Report.
    The Justine government tabs/chooses a doggone hypnotist as member of its controversial Senatorial-picker-panel.
    “To treat a client with a phobia of dogs, for example, “I would put you into a trance. I would put you on your time line and tell you ‘Go back to the time you first locked in your fear of dogs.’ ””
    …-
    “Senate appointments panelist uses discredited pseudoscience to recover ‘past lives,’ treat phobias”
    http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/the-gargoyle-senate-appointments-panelist-uses-discredited-pseudoscience-to-recover-past-lives-treat-phobias?google_editors_picks=true

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