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  1. Hillary is crushing Sanders. I think it is a tactical mistake for Clinton to try and out-loon Sanders.
    She is a much more formidable candidate when she is not pandering.
    She will be a tough challenge for Trump on foreign policy in a debate, considering he doesn’t know isht.

  2. Donald Trump this week surpassed 6 million Twitter followers.
    Yes I know, it’s Twitter. But still….

  3. Dan Tyminski who is the actual lead singer in that video says his wife loves the movie. She gets to hear her husband’s wonderful voice coming from George Clooney.

  4. It’s such a good movie because the story is a rewrite of the Odessey with cyclops and sirens and the seven daughters

  5. Venezuela “provisions” … and this article doesn’t mention the actual value of this bank note… at the official exchange rate it may be worth something, enough for a few items at the government grocery stores, not so much at the unofficial exchange rate, where it’s currently trading for American dollars at a bit less than $0.10 … this website is updated 3 times each business day.
    https://dolartoday.com
    “Millions of pounds of provisions, stuffed into three-dozen 747 cargo planes, arrived here from countries around the world in recent months to service Venezuela’s crippled economy.
    But instead of food and medicine, the planes carried another resource that often runs scarce here: bills of Venezuela’s currency, the bolivar.
    The shipments were part of the import of at least five billion bank notes that President Nicolás Maduro’s administration authorized over the latter half of 2015 as the government boosts the supply of the country’s increasingly worthless currency, according to seven people familiar with the deals.
    And the Venezuelan government isn’t finished. In December, the central bank began secret negotiations to order 10 billion more bills, five of these people said, which would effectively double the amount of cash in circulation. That order alone is well above the eight billion notes the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank each print annually—dollars and euros that unlike bolivars are used world-wide. [emphasis added.]”
    http://caracaschronicles.com/2016/02/04/printing-error/
    also note, on Caracas Chronicles, a move is being discussed in the new legislative majority (the non Chavez side) to amend the constitution in order to shorten the President’s (a chavista) 6 years term to 4 years, and shorten the term for those sitting in the Supreme Court. “The Amendment Scenario”

  6. …..and then they went to Russia.
    Big mistake.
    http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/04/refugees-go-clubbing-in-russia-harass-girls-wake-up-in-hospital-the-next-morning/
    As luck would have it, the last link in the article can be translated by your agent.
    Here are some excerpts:
    Migrants from the Near East in a nightclub in Murmansk begun to bother girls.
    By the time they realized that they are not in the European Union it was too late.
    Earlier the media informed about a 50 member group that was deported from Norway back to Russia due to “bad behaviour”. This group apparently passed though Russia on their way to Norway.
    After returning to Russia, the refugees decided to go have some good time in a nightclub, forgetting that they were no longer in Norway, they decided to have fun with some girls.
    As it was they had a problem, in the region of Murmansk, tolerance toward immigrants is not up to the standard of good old, light of the world Europe.
    From the comments in the local social media, it appears, that the migrants, after the local boys decided to give them lessons in local behaviour, wanted to hide in private residences. The migrants would have ended up in bad shape, if the police did not show up on time. It is rather cold in Murmansk at this time of the year.
    The police, after arriving, attempted to cool the hot heads of the locals and pacify them to prevent lynching of the migrants. Locals though insist that even the police did not have much tolerance for the migrants and with a good measure added to the result of 18 migrants ending in a hospital and 33 in a cell block of the local constabulary.

  7. Murmansk – isn’t that a major Russian naval base? Sailors are notoriously protective of their women – not so much of women in other ports.

  8. I don’t think Hillary can count on the youth voting Democrat.
    I think they are voting Sanders partly as an Up YOURS to the Democrat Old Guard much the same way that Republicans and Independents are voting for Trump as an UP YOURS protest vote against the establishment that was trying to push another Bush on GOP voters.
    I think both parties are out of touch with much of their base and are going to get a well deserved shock.
    “She will be a tough challenge for Trump on foreign policy in a debate”
    I think Trump is saving his attacks on Hillary for after he wins the GOP candidacy.
    Hillary is not strong on foreign policy, and Christopher Stephens would agree if he were alive to say anything about it.
    And Hillary’s private e-mails while she was Sec-State are a vulnerability in Foreign Policy as much as they’re a national security issue.

  9. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but msnbc did an excellent job tonight.
    Better than fox in some ways.
    That said, it might be a function of only 2 on the stage.

  10. Am I the only one or does anyone else think that Notly and Trudea grinning for the cameras while thousands upon thousands of people loose their jobs require a smack on the side of the head. So They are going to send a few million out west that was already allocated and we get to borrow 10 billion and send it back. There is nothing worse than hearing ” I’m from the government and I ‘m here to help”. The time for niceties is done!

  11. The science is settled. We don’t need you anymore.
    Climate science to be gutted as CSIRO swings jobs axe
    “Climate will be all gone, basically,” one senior scientist said before the announcement.
    In the email sent out to staff on Thursday morning, CSIRO’s chief executive Larry Marshall indicated that, since climate change had been established, further work in the area would be a reduced priority.

  12. I understand why they are grinning Concerned.
    You have to ask yourself why some of those people that are getting unemployed, and their families, voted for the grinners.

  13. Good for the Russians. Too bad the men of Germany and the other western European countries have been turned into pantywaists.

  14. The Russian default position is to go to the whip – ask Pussy Riot. Still ya gotta like the response to the muzzie gropers. Nothing concentrates the mind like a solid beating. Go Russia!
    Who’da thunk it?

  15. Im confused. was it ‘go clubbing’ or ‘get a clubbing’? lol !!!
    Russia beat the Nazis. it wasn’t the Yanks, they just chased them down in western Europe. but it was Mother Russia that beat the bejeezuz out of the Nazis.
    don’t fcuk with those Mongols. I really hope Putin determines for whatever reason ISIS needs to be wiped out.
    then tqvm Vladimir, we can ship all 25000 of them back to the now cleansed homelands. and they can keep the coats and blankets and trinkets.

  16. Where are the stories on the ground in Alberta about the situation there? I heard Lowell Green of Cfra in Ottawa talking about a cousin in Fort McMurray who had lost his job, has a house worth a lot less than he paid for if he can sell it and whose son’s school may close because so many families are leaving town.

  17. Re the situation in Murmansk. I think the difference is that the Russian men knew they weren’t going to go to jail for beating people who deserved a beating. If I was a young German man, and I know what the consequences would be of defending a woman who would crucify me for being a racist homophobic misogynist if she was’t fighting off some muzzie rapist, I’d think twice about it too. Liberal feminist women created the world they have to live in, why should I ruin my life to defend them? Something about fish and bicycles springs to mind.

  18. I have a question.
    On Feb. 5 the EU passed a declaration (finally) asserting that ISIS is committing genocide against Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities. I have been able to find NO report whatsoever about this by either CBC or CTV, and no reaction from your Shiny Pony (I live in the U.S., though can gaze across the river to Ontario.) Does anybody here recall hearing this from either of those news sources (news should probably be written “news.”)? Or any other Canadian news source, for that matter?
    Thanks.

  19. PET Cemetery Report.
    Liberal Justine is Mr. Dithers.
    Justine inherits Mr. Dithers moniker from Librano$ Ad$cam Paul MartinJr.
    “Trudeau’s answer: A disappointing shrug. I dunno. Couldn’t tell you. Maybe. Maybe not.”
    …-
    “Trudeau proves me a fool. A naive fool.”
    “And it was none other than Trudeau himself who showed me to be a fool. This afternoon, after meeting with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, Trudeau was asked by my colleague, Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell, that if the National Energy Board, using the new guidelines imposed by the Trudeau government itself, still came back and approved the Energy East pipeline (it would take Alberta crude east to tidewater in Saint John, NB), would Trudeau’s cabinet abide by the NEB decision and support the Energy East project. Trudeau’s answer: A disappointing shrug. I dunno. Couldn’t tell you. Maybe. Maybe not.”
    http://blogs.canoe.com/davidakin/environment/trudeau-proves-me-a-fool-a-naive-fool/
    Video included.

  20. Not really. If he gets the nomination, Trump is a big threat to Hillary. He is the anti-Washington, anti-professional politician candidate. Bernie plays this role on the other side. People are ready for that.

  21. Meanwhile, back at Utopia – the new economy, go for the minimum!
    “(Federal) Minister eyes guaranteed minimum income to tackle poverty.”
    “The general concept is that a guaranteed income would cover basic needs and reduce demand on existing social programs. However, proposals vary widely on whether it should be paired with a drastic reduction in social programs such as welfare and unemployment insurance or complement them.
    This means versions of the idea have appeal across the political spectrum, as it could lead to a larger or smaller role for government depending on the model.” Sorry, there was a typo, should read “could lead to a larger or oppressive economy choking role for government, depending on the model contrived to meet patronage objectives.”
    Seriously it could work, then everyone could be equally poor. How very progressive.
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/guaranteed-income-has-merit-as-a-national-policy-minister-says/article28588670/

  22. Even if that were true — that people think Rubio can the only one who can win (which I doubt) — nothing will change with a President Rubio. He’s not about to do anything about illegal immigration (nor any of the other major problems). He just said he supports Obama’s executive actions on illegal “immigrants.” He’s even worse when pandering to audiences in Spanish.
    http://www.alipac.us/f9/marco-rubio-exposed-theres-rubio-who-speaks-spanish-then-theres-rubio-280813/

  23. What Demarais/Power Corp/Laurentian elite connection? Trudeau must be so impressed with those Chinese getting trying to get things done.
    They will be disappointed with his not getting things done.
    “Want Free Trade? Build A West Coast Pipeline, Says China. Now Beijing is back, once again dangling the prospect of free trade. Right on cue, two friendly think tanks – the Canada-China Business Council and the Canadian Council of Chief Executives – released a report arguing that a trade deal with China would boost Canadian exports by $7.7-billion over the next fifteen years and create 25,000 additional jobs.”
    The CCCE’s Chairman is Paul Desmarais Jr., whose day job is Chairman and Co-CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. Having employed at different times Jean Chretien, Paul Martin, and Pierre Trudeau, the late Paul Desmarais Sr. was also the founding Chairman of the Canada-China Business Council, which is the other co-author of the above-cited FTA report.”
    The CCBC is stacked with Liberal heavyweights. Its current Chairman, Peter Kruyt, works for Desmarais at Power Corporation, while its Vice Chairman is former Liberal Justice Minister Martin Cauchon. The CCBC’s President is Peter Harder, a highly-respected former federal civil servant. When Justin Trudeau needed an experienced set of hands to oversee his transition into government, he called Harder.”
    Don’t you love it when old becomes new? It’s good to see Chretien is back in power.
    https://dogwoodinitiative.org/blog/want-free-trade-build-a-west-coast-pipeline-says-china

  24. Fact-checking Obama’s speech at the Baltimore mosque:
    “Whatever the reason, President Barack Obama got a lot of things factually wrong in his 3 February 2016 speech at the Islamic Center of Baltimore. Things that are basic to doctrinal Islam are not only knowable because they are readily available in English but, it might be argued, obligatory that an American commander-in-chief should know in fulfillment of his oath to defend the Constitution against ‘all enemies foreign and domestic.’”
    http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/02/05/presidents-speech-at-islamic-center-of-baltimore-a-fact-check/

  25. Liberal Wynnetario.
    …-
    “BlackBerry Ltd lays off 125 staff in Canada, 75 at Florida office in latest cost-cutting move” (finpost)
    …-
    “Premier Kathleen Wynne’s visit to Golden Temple sparks controversy”
    ““Pro-gay Ontario premier runs into an ethical wall in Punjab,” thundered the breathless headline on the Hindustan Times,”
    ““Reason: Wynne, a lesbian, is a supporter of same-sex marriages, a practice opposed by the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs,” the daily continued.”
    http://report24ca.info/article/9157/premier-kathleen-wynnes-visit-to-golden-temple-sparks-controversy

  26. MP for Lakeland in Alberta Shannon Stubbs, shared the article from Akin. I wrote to her that she should consult with MP Cheryl Gallant about Agenda21 implementation. Gallant has been meekly ringing the alarm bells in Ontario in regards to the agricultural portion of Agenda21. While at 55 I shall probably remain in the country, my grandchildren will be ever more pushed to 500 square foot high rise apartments to allow 85% of North America To return to grass and bush.
    Part of me is saddened knowing the coming tide and part of me is going to enjoy the decline.

  27. MP for Lakeland in Alberta Shannon Stubbs, shared the article from Akin. I wrote to her that she should consult with MP Cheryl Gallant about Agenda21 implementation. Gallant has been meekly ringing the alarm bells in Ontario in regards to the agricultural portion of Agenda21. While at 55 I shall probably remain in the country, my grandchildren will be ever more pushed to 500 square foot high rise apartments to allow 85% of North America To return to grass and bush.
    Part of me is saddened knowing the coming tide and part of me is going to enjoy the decline.

  28. What’s with modern young women? They are really letting down the side. This Ghomeshi trial makes young women look like they have no self respect (well the two witnesses so far sure don’t have any).
    I find that most female singers these days are always saying the guy they have is the best lover in the world or that they regret breaking up with someone and can’t get over it. Even Adele with her Hello song and video strikes the latter theme. What happened to Pink or even Destiny’s Child with songs about strong women?

  29. AGW RIP.
    Green is Free.
    “… as the funding could help bankroll solar panels on city recreation centres, saving the city on its power bill.”
    …-
    “Alberta NDP plant some green for solar project”
    “Edmonton Coun. Michael Walters called it a “win-win” as the funding could help bankroll solar panels on city recreation centres, saving the city on its power bill.”
    http://www.edmontonsun.com/2016/02/05/alberta-ndp-plant-some-green-for-solar-project?google_editors_picks=true

  30. Trudeau is not the decider, so of course he does not know. This is so embarassing. It is kind of the The Emperor has No Clothes: The PM has no brains. He knows and we know that this clown is not really in charge. So who is, I would like to know.

  31. Hmm — I wonder what Dan Gardner will offer as a solution for this. Since his appointment, I am thinking of Dan as the PM’s brains.

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