Robert Tracinski on socialist Venezuela and the imaginings of John Lennon:

Before you judge Venezuela’s looters, consider what you would do if your children were starving. So much for “no hunger.” What about the “brotherhood of man”? Not only is looting soaring in Venezuela, but so are all forms of crime. It has gotten so far out of control that mobs of vigilantes are burning people alive in the streets over petty thefts. It turns out then when people are starving, there’s not a lot of brotherhood. Instead, they fight like dogs over a bone.

One of these.

My apologies for the slow posting.
We’re spending the weekend on an out of town family visit, and between activities and locking myself out of the blog (password wasn’t saved on this new laptop) I’ve been unable to post until now, (finally got in on Lance’s account) I may get things rectified later today, may not. So, if things remain quiet here — that’s why! Enjoy your weekend!
Kate

Frank Herbert warned us that “Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly towards aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern”. We’ve gotten to that point in Canada where the entire function of Government is to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class. Outrageous recent increases in MP expense accounts is a minor example, there is much worse….

Trudeau’s defenders say his actions in manhandling two MPs in the House of Commons really amounts to nothing. The Canadian public appears to disagree. Brian takes your calls.
Plus, can the Raptors come back from a two game deficit – Brian checks in with two of three members of the 3 in the Key podcast, talks hockey Dean Brown, the Intelligence Files with David Harris and John Robson comments on Trudeau and the debt we owe to Queen Victoria.

One of the worst, potentially dangerous ideas has being proposed by the Trudeau Government.

I opened the phone lines pretty early on Thursday to let the good people of the CFRA Nation have their say on Trudeau’s Tantrum.
It is not comforting to elitist ears.