New, from the Fraser Institute;
“While capital gains taxes raise a small amount of revenues for government, they do so at considerable economic cost by reducing returns on investment, which discourages private sector investment and entrepreneurship–two things we need more of,” said Charles Lammam, associate director of tax and fiscal policy at the Fraser Institute, which released The Economic Costs of Capital Gains Taxes in Canada, part of a collection of essays on capital gains taxation.
Heckuva job, Barry: ISIS has captured an advanced Chinese-made surface-to-air missile
Maher talked about how Muslim protesters had gotten Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s honorary degree at Brandeis shut down because she — a victim of forced marriage, female genital mutilation, death threats, the murder of her film making partner Theo Van Gogh, and more — had the nerve to criticize those who have hunted her from one continent to another. And here their allies are, hunting Bill Maher.
“National Post, Nov. 28, 1963: ‘It’s been a tough week for the Oswald family.'”
Life’s too short:
When officials in the tiny Town of Stettin in Marathon County went to collect a civil judgment from 75-year-old Roger Hoeppner this month, they sent 24 armed officers.
And an armored military vehicle.
Better safe than in tears:
Marathon County sheriff’s officials aren’t apologizing for their tactics. Sheriff’s Capt. Greg Bean said while Hoeppner was never considered dangerous, he was known to be argumentative.
Plants: Smarter than turkeys.
Tonight, we head Over The Next Hill with Johnny Cash and Anita Carter.
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The same thing happened last week, but this time it’s not in Chicago:
Voting machines that switch Republican votes to Democrats are being reported in Maryland.
“When I first selected my candidate on the electronic machine, it would not put the ‘x’ on the candidate I chose — a Republican — but it would put the ‘x’ on the Democrat candidate above it,” reported Donna Hamilton.
“This happened multiple times with multiple selections. Every time my choice flipped from Republican to Democrat. Sometimes it required four or five tries to get the ‘x’ to stay on my real selection,” the Frederick, Md., resident said Thursday.
Queen Anne County Sheriff Gary Hofmann said he encountered the problem, too.
Open thread.
Just 37 days to go.
.@StewartBellNP @nationalpost Not wrapping their corpses in bacon fat.
— Katewerk (@katewerk) October 27, 2014
A former CBS News reporter who quit the network over claims it kills stories that put President Obama in a bad light says she was spied on by a “government-related entity” that planted classified documents on her computer.
In her new memoir, Sharyl Attkisson says a source who arranged to have her laptop checked for spyware in 2013 was “shocked” and “flabbergasted” at what the analysis revealed.
“Rotherham abuse scandal becomes election issue”
Good. Because someone needs to stand up and be “racist“.
Tonight, some rather somber music: Here’s Leonard Cohen’s 1969 recording of the WW II-era French song The Partisan.
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You’ve never seen cells up-close quite like this.
“These encounters INCLUDE 13 SUBJECTS WITH TERRORIST-RELATED RECORDS [Emphasis Added] who have utilized this method of circumventing designated POEs.”
And Canadian Border Services? What’s up with you?
“The RCMP has identified persuasive evidence that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau’s attack was driven by ideological and political motives. Zehaf-Bibeau had prepared a video recording of himself just prior to conducting this attack. The RCMP is conducting a detailed analysis of the video for evidence and intelligence. You must understand that we cannot release this video at this time and I would ask for your patience in this regard.”
But I’m sure there will still be those who claim it was his onerous life because of PM Harper.
to highlight our incompetence.
Alternate title, If you aren’t going to block flights, we’re going to quarantine entry.
Via Instapundit
So, this just landed in my inbox: pic.twitter.com/S7Gcx5XKaj
— Andrew Coyne (@acoyne) October 26, 2014
Please, don’t bother with prognostications of a slanderous nature in the comments. I really don’t like being sued and I can’t keep deleting your comments all day.
via, Clive:
What I have learned about @jianghomeshi after months of investigation will be reported responsibly as soon as possible. Patience please.
— Jesse Brown (@JesseBrown) October 26, 2014
Bonus snicker.
Thx. Not ever. 3 reasons, 1 of which is IT'S THE CBC "@eric_bellSK: Breaking: @JohnGormleyLive to be new host of CBCs "Q"
— John Gormley Live (@JohnGormleyLive) October 26, 2014
Because enviro-whackos would have us living in a seventh-century culture.