Author: Kate

Red Rose Country

Great Moments In Socialism 32 Comments

Financial Post;

The province’s attorney general filed a bizarre lawsuit Monday to stop power companies – including utilities owned or partially owned by Alberta’s two largest cities, Calgary and Edmonton – from backing out of power contracts made less profitable by Alberta’s increased carbon costs.
The lawsuit also strangely targets its own regulatory agency, the Alberta Utilities Commission, for “unlawfully” agreeing to terms in 2000 that allowed termination of so-called Power Purchase Arrangements “if a change in law renders the PPA unprofitable, or more unprofitable.”
Strangely, Rachel Notley’s NDP government claims it wasn’t aware of the out clause until recently.

An African or European PPA?

Give us all your data

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What could go wrong with giving a big government agency your internet search records, your point of sale records from your business, your health records.
Stats Canada wants to have access, backed up the law and threat of jail time, to all your data.

It Only Matters How It Makes You Feel

Baiting The Left 17 Comments

I have a dear friend in Chicago. She’s a wonderful person. She is also a hard-core Democrat. The few times we’ve actually delved deep into politics, I realized that she – an upper middle class woman living on Chicago’s north side – was a huge proponent of government “programs”. It didn’t matter what they were. It didn’t matter whether they were effective. She just felt better about politicians who advocated more programs.
Translate this to a Canadian context and it’s very easy to see why the Liberals & NDP have such appeal. The next time you get a chance to talk with a Leftie, ask them this question: “If there’s a longstanding government welfare program that has proven to not help people get out of poverty, would you be in favour of cutting it?” The responses I’ve received involve a whole lot of squirming and mental gymnastics!

Wynneing!

The Libranos Wynneing 11 Comments

And they told us the Sponsorship Scandal was just a “Quebec” problem.

Political staff of many Ontario cabinet ministers double as fundraisers for the Liberal Party, encouraging companies that do business with government to buy tickets to private events hosted by the same ministers who make decisions on contracts and policy.
The Globe and Mail has obtained several invitations to Liberal fundraisers that list ministerial aides as contact people selling tickets.
And more than a half dozen sources in companies doing business with the province say it is commonplace for staffers to invite them to donate to the politicians they deal with.

Putin Calling

Bill's Wife 40 Comments

Richard Fernandez;

[A]nyone in Washington who once knew a skeleton is now looking over his shoulder. “As journalists and political operators pored over the 20,000 emails leaked from the servers of the Democratic National Convention, one Democratic staffer frantically searched for his name. It was only when he failed to find it, that he began to fear for the worst.” The suspense was excruciating.[…]
On the eve of Hillary’s coronation her courtiers are suddenly waking up to the fact that she cannot protect them. The shock may be intentional. If Putin was indeed behind the hacking he is only doing what underdogs through history have done to even the odds. Unable to match the foe in weight, he went for the king, or in this case the queen. Recall how in ancient Gaugamela, the outnumbered Alexander staked everything on a thrust at Darius.
Darius fled in fear. When the mass of the Persian army saw this, they scattered in dismay. By demonstrating the impotence of Darius, Alexander broke the Persian monarch’s aura and with it his majesty. Alexander knew that for a king to rule he must be regarded as more than mortal by the masses. Once the king is humiliated and put to flight he becomes psychologically no better than his subjects and the greater part of his power vanishes.
By striking at Hillary’s aura the Russian may be attempting the same thing. Democratic voters looked up to her to protect and defend the nation because that’s what presidents do. By hacking Hillary and humiliating her Putin has sent the message that she cannot even defend herself — and what’s the use of a president who can’t defend herself?

(updated with better link)

Normandy

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Daily Mail;

A priest has been ‘beheaded’ by two ISIS knifemen who cut his throat after bursting into a French church and taking nuns and worshippers hostage before being shot dead by police.
Five people including the 86-year-old priest, two nuns and two parishioners were held by assailants who raided the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy during morning mass at 9am.
The clergyman, named as Jacques Hamel, is believed to have been beheaded during the attack while another hostage, believed to be a nun, is fighting for life in hospital.
The two attackers were ‘neutralised’ by marksmen as they emerged from the building, which is now being searched for explosives. French president Francois Hollande said France is ‘at war’ with ISIS while the terror group has claimed responsibility for the killing.
There were reports the attackers shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ as they ran out of the church while at least one of the men was dressed in Islamic clothing.

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