39 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. I had an exchange with a man on facebook today who thinks 0bama is doing an excellent job as president.
    After all the USA has been through over the last 7 years?
    The mind boggles.

  2. The acting mayor of La Loche, Sask., and the member of Parliament for the region are calling for the school in their northern Saskatchewan community to be torn down and rebuilt following a shooting Friday. “I want that school to be rebuilt. Torn down, rebuilt … because of the trauma,”
    This is beyond absurd. The incident didn’t happen because of the school building and a new school isn’t going to address the underlying problems with aboriginal youth. It would be better if they used their resources to address the root of the problem which everyone is pretending to ignore. They need to address the conditions in their communities that cause their children to get involved with gangs, drugs, and risky behavior, and usually leave the community and go missing.
    This is a predominately aboriginal problem that begins at an early age in aboriginal communities. If these communities spent less money on Chiefs/Mayors and Councilors and more on raising healthy children, then this problem would be solved. The aboriginal communities are the only ones who can fix this and they already get enough money to do it IF they want to.

  3. Don’t feel bad!! I posted a comment that I saw on CBC.Ca today. (Posted as in simply copied what was already on Cbc.) The topic was Uber, the rebel cab company. The comment was allowed to stay at CBC, yet SDA blocked it!! Now that my friend is getting scary!!
    I had posted in on Reader Tips at Approx. 10:30 AM CST, Jan. 24-2016.

  6. Jean: Following the reasoning of the Mayor and MP for the La Loche area, we should tear down the Parliament Buildings as well. For the trauma.

  8. “The aboriginal communities are the only ones who can fix this and they already get enough money to do it IF they want to.”
    No amount of money will solve the issue as long as the elephant in the room is ignored.
    The treaties are worthless. No treaty between a band and the federal government can legislate away the reality that the aboriginal culture is long gone. It was gone long before the residential schools. It was already changed forever by the time Fort Edmonton was founded. No stone age culture can survive contact with a more modern culture.
    The people on reserves are not living in 1415. They are living in 2015. The governance model appropriate for a nomadic, stone-age tribe of hundreds of years ago will not work for people who can go on the internet and see pictures that prove the earth isn’t carried on the back of a giant turtle.
    My whole life I’ve watched government after government produce study after study after report after report, and not a damn thing changes. Everyone pretends that the natives can live in little kingdoms ruled by petty kings, tied to the land like serfs but not allowed to actually own a piece of it themselves, and still prosper. They keep pretending because it is lucrative for the petty kings and the bureaucrats who dole out taxpayer cash.
    If I was a kid on a rez today, looking at the insanity tolerated as the norm, I’d conclude the only sane response is to get wasted.

  10. Plainzfyre, some words get caught in the filter, such as ‘insurance’…Considering your topic, that may be the problem.

  11. Almost all the problems in aboriginal communities are due to very bad parenting. Nobody wants to address this root cause of the problems. Everyone just make excuses, and the problems continue. Doing anything to address this would be labelled ‘racist’, and libtards will do anything to avoid being called ‘racist’.

  14. The dishes in sink were probably the last straw. Something in men’s DNA let’s them think they can leave things lying around and the cleaning lady Fairy will pick them up. More tolerance for clutter and dirt? Mothers who clean up after them? Who knows? The best is laundry sitting on the stairs that never seems to be carried upstairs though it is in plain sight. Why is that?

  17. AGW Kills.
    …-
    “Rare cold snap hits east Asia, blamed for more than 65 deaths”
    “Unusually cold weather in eastern Asia has been blamed for more than 65 deaths, disrupted transportation and brought the first snow to a subtropical city in southern China in almost 50 years. Here is a look at the worst cold weather to hit the region in years:
    TAIWAN
    Temperatures in Taiwan’s capital of Taipei plunged to a 16-year low of 4 degrees Celsius, killing 57 mostly elderly people.”
    http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/rare-cold-snap-hits-east-asia-blamed-for-more-than-65-deaths-1.2750462
    …-
    “If it is Hot, it is Climate, if it is Cold, its Climate”
    “Remember all the recent press about the mild winter, how the bears were waking up early, flowers blooming in December, all a sign of the coming global warming apocalypse?
    Now that winter has turned cold and snowy, this is also being seen in some quarters, as irrefutable proof of our unnatural tampering with the balance of nature.”
    “When you have a theory which covers anything from 1.5c to 4.5c (or more!) temperature rise per doubling of CO2, and when you can claim with a straight face, that the utter failure of your theory, on terms which you yourself defined, doesn’t invalidate it, when you have to massively adjust the data to get the result you want, your faith in the climate religion is not going to be troubled by the odd flurry of snow.”
    http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/01/24/if-it-is-hot-it-is-climate-if-it-is-cold-its-climate-too/

  19. After the PM’s news cast on Friday I was expecting a rash of comments from all sides on renewed calls for more gun control. In the ensuing silence over the weekend I can only surmise that the ‘evil’ black assault rifle was not used in this slaughter. If any SDA readers can enlighten me on this issue I’d be much obliged.

  20. AGW RIP.
    …-
    “Ministry of Environment Looking for Help to Build B.C.’s New Climate Plan” (kelownanow)
    …-
    “Prince William’s friend Henry Worsley dies after ‘complete organ failure’ on solo Antarctic trek”
    “Former army officer Henry Worsley was just 48 kilometres from the end of the almost 1,600 kilometre trek when he called for help and was airlifted off the ice Friday.”
    http://news.nationalpost.com/news/prince-williams-friend-henry-worsley-dies-after-complete-organ-failure-on-solo-antarctic-trek

  21. Dinosaur Death Watch.
    H/T Liberal Wynnetario.
    …-
    “Guelph Mercury, one of Canada’s oldest newspapers, quits print editions”
    “The paper in southwestern Ontario, which dates to 1867, is one of the oldest in the country.
    Publisher Donna Luelo calls it a sad day, saying 23 full-time and three part-time jobs are affected.”
    http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/guelph-mercury-one-of-canadas-oldest-newspapers-quits-print-editions?__lsa=06ac-02ab

  22. “Everyone pretends that the natives can live in little kingdoms ruled by petty kings, tied to the land like serfs but not allowed to actually own a piece of it themselves, and still prosper. They keep pretending because it is lucrative for the petty kings and the bureaucrats who dole out taxpayer cash…”
    This is a problem because of the massive IA bureaucracy and the Chiefs, both whom are firmly entrenched in power, both just love their fiefdoms. It does not matter which government is in power, conservative or liberal, IA always runs the show.
    What we have in Canada is still apartheid. Although Canada granted the vote to Natives in 1961, Canada’s natives are still kept apart via the Indian Act (1876) which covers governance, land use, healthcare, education, and more. The original Indian Act stipulates how reserves are to be governed and who is an Indian as defined by the Act, which still applies today.
    The Indian Act was created out of the the BNA (1867) which gave the Parliament of Canada the legislative jurisdiction for “Indians and lands reserved for the Indians.”
    This was included in the BNA because the Indians claimed sovereignty to the land that the British were trying to sell and which is why all Indians and Indian lands are under federal control today. How is a solution to be found when it’s in our DNA so to speak. And of course PET just dragged it right along into the 1982 constitution.

  25. How is a solution to be found when it’s in our DNA so to speak.
    The solution is a final settlement to cut them free like Alaska did 44 years ago.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Native_Claims_Settlement_Act
    However it won’t happen as you’ve noted “because of the massive IA bureaucracy and the Chiefs, both whom are firmly entrenched in power, both just love their fiefdoms.”
    Another case of insurmountable opportunities.
    “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.”
    — Sir John Dalberg-Acton

  27. Mao* Strong Report.
    …-
    “B.C.’s work on developing relationship with China pays off: $695M raised in first Panda offering” (finpost)
    …-
    “Interactive: Visualizing China’s Massive Corruption Crackdown
    A new tool shows how much was stolen, who’s connected to whom, and where 1,500 of China’s corrupt officials were caught.”
    “Sentencing documents often include other lurid details.”
    “Yang Yueguo, a relatively minor official in the southern province of Yunnan, purchased $30,000 worth of jade jewelry using public funds. Quan Xiaohui, a municipal official in the central province of Henan, kept three mistresses.
    And Yan Yongxi, who once presided over Beijing’s rural Mentougou district, tried to hide his embezzled funds in his mistress’ gardening company.
    In all, the database includes some 67 individuals for whom adultery was listed as an element of their discipline violations.”
    http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/01/21/interactive-visualizing-chinas-massive-corruption-crackdown/
    *Liberal Justine’s favourite dictator.

  29. Antenor;
    Here are a couple of stories that give more details than I have gleaned elsewhere:
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZkO2rLUcAAPpNT.png (Got this over at Norman Spector, no clue where it comes from)
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/22/la-loche-canada-school-shooting-lockdown-saskatchewan (Not a fan of the guardian but sometimes you’ll get more information from outside the country.)
    It seems that a reserve kid was teased and he used the absence of his parents as an opportunity to get even with his brothers and those at the school he felt victimized him.
    How do gun control measures apply to reserves?

  31. I don’t think the gun control measures applied to reserves. Also think the NWT/Nunavut etc were exempted because no formal reserves but lots of Indians/Inuit who weren’t going to comply anyway (and also pointed out that – in their world – a loaded gun close to hand was a basic safety measure).

  33. AGW RIP.
    January 25th, 2006: a day which lives in AGW infamy*.
    Gore’s bulltihs marker is now erected/cemented in the PET Cemetery.
    “On January 25th, 2006, while at the Sundance film festival, screening “An Inconvenient Truth”, Al Gore said this as chronicled in an article by CBS News:”
    “unless drastic measures to reduce greenhouse gases are taken within the next 10 years, the world will reach a point of no return, Gore said.”
    http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/01/02/24-days-to-al-gores-10-years-to-save-the-planet-and-point-of-no-return-planetary-emergency-deadline/
    *H/T FDR.
    http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/01/25/state-of-the-climate-10-years-after-al-gore-declared-a-planetary-emergency-top-10-reasons-gore-was-wrong/

  34. “God did not make us to stand patiently in queues and politely clap for our leaders no matter how distant, corrupt, and dismissive. That’s why he made Canadians.”
    acecomments.mu.nu/?post=361196
    Well, yes, that explains Ontario.

  35. Only the most backward, bible-thumping, right wing lunatic is opposed to Sax education. Congratulations Kate for helping our youngsters learn about the important materials, and techniques of Sax. Yes … it is important to learn how to slip a reed onto a mouthpiece !

  36. Update: AGW Kills.
    …-
    “Deaths, travel disruption as bitter cold grips Asia”
    “Japan
    “…the island of Amami Ohshima had its first snowfall in 115 years.
    http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/25/asia/asia-cold-weather-travel-disruption/index.html
    …-
    “Man dies after being trapped in his car by a snow plow”
    “A man in eastern Pennsylvania is dead of carbon monoxide poisoning after being trapped in his car by a passing snow plow.
    According to the Berks County coroner’s office, 56-year-old David Perrotto died Saturday.”
    “A 23-year-old mother and her young died of carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday in New Jersey while sitting in a running car that had its exhaust covered in snow.
    Sashalynn Rosa and her son Messiah were sitting in the vehicle while the father was shoveling outside.
    A 3-year-old girl was also in the vehicle. She has been transported to hospital and is said to be in critical condition.”
    http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/man-dies-after-being-trapped-in-his-car-by-a-snow-plow/62775/

  37. PET Cemetery Report.
    H/T Librano$ Citoyen Kyoto Dionky.
    …-
    “Shift in tone: Liberals warn Israel against settlements, Palestinians against unilateral statehood bids”
    “The Liberal government on Sunday put out its first statement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which included calling Israel a “steadfast friend and ally” while also warning it against building more settlements on disputed land.
    Released by Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion as the wave of violence that has swept Israel and the West Bank reached its 100th day, the statement represents a shift in tone from the previous government’s staunchly pro-Israel messaging.”
    http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/shift-in-tone-liberals-warn-israel-against-settlements-palestinians-against-unilateral-statehood-bids
    …-
    “Poignant Holocaust artwork by Jews forced into hiding, concentration camps and ghettos on display in Berlin”
    “ImagesThe artwork “The Funeral” by Leo Haas, which he drew while an inmate at the Theresienstadt ghetto, hangs on display at the exhibition: “Art from the Holocaust” during a press preview at the Deutsches Historisches Museum on January 25, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.”
    “Nelly Toll was 8 years old when she and her mother went into hiding in 1943 in Poland to escape the Nazis’ death camps. The Jewish girl spent long hours in her tiny hideaway at a Christian family’s home writing stories, keeping a diary and creating wonderful, bright paintings of a lost world.
    Today, her art is on display in the centre of Berlin at a special exhibition of Art from the Holocaust that opened at the German Historical Museum on Monday.”
    http://news.nationalpost.com/news/poignant-holocaust-artwork-by-jews-forced-into-hiding-concentration-camps-and-ghettos-on-display-in-berlin

  38. Yeah I can understand that frustration. But why is it that women seem to think that a home renovation takes only 30 minutes or an hour like they see on various TV shows.
    It’s all relative. Likely a lot more going on than leaving dirty cups in the sink. Or maybe not since many women think the driveway gets shovelled by the ‘shovel fairy’ or other ‘manly’ obligations are miracles – like the amazing disappearing coffee mug in the sink trick.

  39. Canada’s firearm laws require that firearms not in use must be stored disabled or locked up and the ammunition stored separately. The law also provides for firearms and ammunition being close at hand if the owner is in attendance and predatory wildlife are a viable threat. These laws were specifically crafted to prevent tragedies such as this. It appears that in this case the laws were ignored and not enforced, which is often the case in aboriginal communities. At the very least the owner of the firearm used in this incident should be charged with improper storage.

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