The RCMP is investigating how and why $1.5 million in payments made their way into Swiss bank accounts belonging to Michel Fournier, the former boss of a federal Crown corporation that operates the Jacques-Cartier and Champlain bridges in Quebec, QMI Agency has learned. […] Fournier, a long-time Liberal, is an ex-chief of staff to Jean Chretien when he was opposition leader.
h/t Kevin B
Smile Superpower – you’re on Taliban camera!
The Congressional Budget Office says it is no longer possible to assess the overall fiscal impact of Obamacare.
Tonight we listen to a stunning remake of the dramatic opening fanfare from Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra, more commonly known as the theme music from Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
h/t Gord
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Until the situation is under control, Twitter is likely your best source on breaking half truths. Thread is open, be respectful.
…bring on the Alinsky: White House smears vets, claims ‘swift boating’ of Bergdahl
More from Ralph Peters – Why Team Obama Was Blindsided by the Bergdahl Backlash
“Americans give hundreds of millions a year to national animal charities. Sadly, a good chunk of that money isn’t going to help those animals. It’s going to pay a racketeering lawsuit settlement.”
Yes, that was unfair and gratuitous. It’s why you keep coming back here every day.
And that’s why I’m repainting the Astrovan in camo.
…this mom and pop operation have raised over $1.9 million on Indiegogo from gullible people who don’t have the skillset or decide to ignore basic physics, economics, and common sense in favor of future pipe dreams of green energy. This video that follows shows why their claim doesn’t make any sense, none at all. The best part? The impetus was for this idea was global warming. Here is what they say about the birth of “solar roadways”.
An executive position at the [Canadian Standards Association] is a pretty cush gig. The CSA’s only oversight is the Standards Council of Canada, an outfit run by former executives of the CSA. The Council is run by Industry Canada, which for years had as its senior advisor a member of the Board of Directors of the CSA. There seems a circularity to these relationships. The cush gig extends to money, the CSA being indeed a money machine. They can compel people to buy their products and they can charge whatever they wish. The CSA is exempted from the accountability and transparency requirements that they drafted for others to follow. They have acquired for themselves thirty-six offices around the world located for practicality at major industrial centres like the Brook Hills Golf Resort and the Bluegrass Yacht and Country Club. They also spend over $65k per day on travel though, in fairness, RestoreCSA is hearing noises from the CSA’s CFO group that the $65k per day they officially reported as travel expenditure wasn’t really spent on travel. In the Mike Duffy mindset, one shouldn’t take expense reporting too literally.
Ouch.
And there may be more….
#BringBackOurGirls – Tape Of Desperate Pleas From Kidnapped Nigerian Pupils Held In Jungle — Boko Haram wants Sharia law in all Nigeria
And Syed Soharwardy is shocked – SHOCKED! – I tell you: Calgary is earning a reputation as a breeding ground for jihadi fighters.
In tonight’s entertainment en route to the Tips Porter Wagoner, a former butcher by trade, learns the Cold Hard Facts of Life.
I suppose the best we can do at this point is just move on, and open the comments for your Reader Tips.
Totalitarian chic: Use those old communist posters to add tasteful layers to your modern propaganda.
Lynda Raffard is responsible for the health and well being of four children, 30-plus dairy cows, two dogs, two horses, a few barn cats, several chickens and a handful of goats. She is not, however, responsible enough to “adopt” a dog from a shelter. Why? Because the dog will not sleep “with the family.” Rural properties are simply not fit for re-homing a dog, says Manitoba Mutts, a dog rescue shelter.
Never mind that the dog would have access to a garage, barn and insulated dog house. Never mind that the dog would spend nearly every waking minute with a human at its side (much unlike the city-dwelling dog that is alone for a huge chunk of each day). Never mind that the dog will be active, and capable of fulfilling all the necessary activities that make dogs dogs, like running, walking, sniffing, rolling, herding, hunting, digging and more. No, a rural or farm-based home is simply too risky, says an organization that is “desperately in need” of finding homes for dogs and cats.
h/t Carol S.
It really isn't that difficult to use correct spelling and grammar. Be professional and disciplined in everything that you do for the cause.
— American Nazi Party (@ANP14) May 31, 2014
After Bergdahl finished his statement and his praise for Allah, Obama hugged him.