Maxime calls for the end of supply management in eggs, poultry and milk.
I wonder what Martha Hall Findlay thinks.
Because What The Young Need Is More Flattery And Vanity
Thomas Sowell on dubious graduation messages:
Two themes seem to dominate Commencement speeches. One is shameless self-advertising by people in government, or in related organisations supported by the taxpayers or donors, saying how nobler it is to be in “public service” than working in business or other “selfish” activities. In other words, the message is that it is morally superior to be in organisations consuming output produced by others than to be in organisations which produce that output. Moreover, being morally one-up is where it’s at.
The second theme of many Commencement speakers, besides flattering themselves that they are in morally superior careers, is to flatter the graduates that they are now equipped to go out into the world as “leaders” who can prescribe how other people should live. In other words, young people, who in most cases have never had either the sobering responsibility and experience of being self-supporting adults, are to tell other people — who have had that responsibility and that experience for years — how they should live their lives.
What the Heck are Negative Interest Rates Anyway?
Language warning:
Wynne whines over “attack” while Trudeau ponders reprimanding Vickers
Kathleen Wynne actually claims that criticism of her policies by a Alberta legislator Derek Fildebrant amounts to sexism. Justin Trudeau used the foreign workers program that he criticized and after manhandling fellow MPs, may discipline Kevin Vickers for taking down a protester.
Brian speaks with Lowell Green, with Faith Goldy about so-cons and the Conservative Party. Dean Brown on the Stanley Cup Finals, Jason Kenney on Conservative firsts and Rick Chiarelli, Councillor College Ward, about the Mooney’s Bay play structure.
And then there was one.
The Star Phoenix/Leader Post now runs the last remaining web press in Saskatchewan.
How Deep, Señor Maduro?
Desperate Times In Venezuela: Nicolás Maduro hardest hit.
Bill’s Wife
The sound of drums in the distance…
The Clintons know how to lie their way out: He’s sick, she’s sick, the dog ate her email server, their immediate presence is needed on Wall Street, one of his old girlfriends fell off her walker, whatever.
Hillary’s latest disastrous email dishonesty would not be such a big deal but Americans are exhausted by decades of dishonesty. Yes, other secretaries of state have used private email addresses — they just didn’t have private email servers on their property. Huge difference.
That being said, U.S. government email servers didn’t turn out any safer than Hillary’s homegrown one. Last year the fingerprints and personal info of tens of millions of federal employees were stolen.
Clinton’s server issues aside, the Justice Department’s investigation of their pal Va. Gov. Terry McAuliffe, former head of the Democratic National Committee, is lurking like the Zika virus, threatening to bring the Clinton Foundation’s hazy doings out into the ugly bright light of day.
Allahu Trudeau!
Because Islam is a “race”: … the Liberal Party of Canada is considering adopting a policy to aggressively eliminate Islamophobia.
h/t Jan
Dirty Rat
Another 14 hours and my portion of the Dirty Rat is complete, the clear should be going on as I type. I’ll have a photo in a few days after it’s been put together, in the meanwhile, these shots from inside the booth will have to do.
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Photoblogging: San Francisco
A week ago SDA regulars submitted some hilarious captions about a Bernie Sanders supporter dressed up as the Statue of Liberty. Now this past weekend I saw something that left me cracking up. While I’m generally terrible at writing humorous captions, even I have some ideas for this pair of photos. Let’s hear your best ideas!
You Won’t Hear This Anywhere Else
Mike Campbell reveals the elephant in the room for G7 leaders – including Prime Minister Trudeau – after 7 years of failure they have no idea what to do to get the economy growing – and he tells you the surprising reason why.
More Pavilions At Folkfest
It’s their culture: Syrian refugees turning to food banks
h/t Colonista
Here, Tell These People Something They Don’t Know About Me
It’s the 8 Mile Rule again: Why Trump Won, and Why the Current Crop of Purported Leaders Must Be Swept Aside
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In keeping with my weekend project, here’s a bit of drag racing action at Saskatoon International Raceway (uploaded in 2009, but year unknown). The original Scat Rat shows up at the 3:08 mark. The sister car was on the track today.
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Dirty Rat
Any day you can spend ten hours standing on concrete, while inhaling the chemical equivalent of nail polish remover, is a good day.
The job’s at about the midway point, so tomorrow is another.
Good.
CPC drops policy opposing same-sex marriage.
Bigger hills, better death.
Oh, Shiny Pony.
Meanwhile, some Liberals have been privately bristling over what they saw as heavy-handed efforts to get members to back proposed changes to the party’s constitution. Others say the changes go too far in concentrating power at the top.
Shocking, I know. A party whose entire focus for sixty years is centralization of power with Ottawa is taking criticism for being controlling.