Tonight, Billy Collins reads a poem about….about…
Darn it, I can’t remember.
Oh well.
h/t
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Peace In Our Time
Kitimat LNG Gets Go Ahead
The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, today announced new regulations that will allow the proposed Kitimat LNG liquefied natural gas facility on the Haisla First Nation’s Bees Indian Reserve No. 6 to proceed.
The Kitimat LNG facility will provide Canada’s energy producers with a doorway to overseas markets, in addition to creating jobs and economic growth opportunities for the Haisla First Nation and the entire northwest region of British Columbia.
“Our government continues to take steps that will contribute to job creation, economic growth and Canada’s long-term prosperity,” said Minister Duncan. “The Kitimat LNG facility will create well-paying jobs in British Columbia, while giving Canadian energy producers access to important overseas markets. I applaud the Haisla First Nation for their vision, leadership and commitment to seizing this opportunity for their community.”
The Haisla Natural Gas Facility Regulations were created under the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act (FNCIDA). FNCIDA was a First Nations-led initiative that allows the government to work with First Nations and provincial regulatory authorities to create regulations for complex commercial and industrial development projects on reserve.
Chicago Anti-Gun Forum Goes Horribly Wrong
The Children Are Our Future
And that’s why I’m doing bug-out drills;
Spots at the event, which was organized by the University of Toronto Sexual Education Centre (SEC) to kick off its sexual awareness week, were coveted. By 7 p.m., the hour when nudity became allowed in most of the venue, the event was at capacity with 189 people inside, said Dylan Tower, the external education and outreach co-ordinator of the centre, which is an affiliated levy group of the U of T student union.
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Daniel, who asked to only use his first name, said he’d already texted his girlfriend about coming to the club with him on another night. “It kind of made it a really safe environment, almost with training wheels,” he said.
Why Is There Always A Big Screen TV?
…more than $4-million received by the [First Nations Health Authority] since 2007 could not be accounted for at all, says the Health Canada review.
It’s Probably Nothing
h/t marc in calgary
We Don’t Need No Stinking Twisty Bulbs
When we are warned of the dangers of government intervention in the marketplace, most assume the unintended consequences pertain to obscure, off-the-radar effects. In reality, regulatory oversights tend towards the blindingly obvious, like “laws of physics” or “toxicity“;
Canada’s mercury-waste facilities are either patchwork or non-existent as millions of light bulbs containing the highly toxic chemical are set to flood the marketplace.
That’s a key finding of a report commissioned by Environment Canada in the run-up to a major change in the way Canadians light their homes.
Beginning next January, a new regulation will effectively ban the sale of standard incandescent bulbs in favour of energy-efficient versions, most of which contain mercury.
Of course, this only applies to those of you who haven’t already stockpiled a lifetime supply of incandescents. Governments are turning us into preppers, one stupid regulation at a time. (h/t Dan T)
Canadian TV First
Canadians currently have more access to the Oprah channel and Al Jazeera than they do Sun News. Help get the word out among friends and family to petition the CRTC to put Canadian TV First;
Sun News Network has made what it calls a “do or die” application to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to be put on basic cable, just like its main competitors.
“We are asking for the same type of licence that CTV and CBC had for 13 and 21 years respectively for their news channels,” said Kory Teneycke, vice-president of Sun News.
BCF has a copy of the application.
The Shiny Pony Returns to Canada’s Left Coast
Justin Trudeau agreed to an interview with Global TV’s Jas Johal yesterday, which you can watch here.
Here is the reaction of well known B.C. political pundit, Alex G. Tsakumis, republished with permission:
If this is the idiotic, rhetorical ineffectiveness that the Liberal Party of Canada and their team of fools, think is going to get an unaccomplished, airhead across the goal line before Stephen Harper, then I misjudged the Grits integrity — they have none. It’s grotesquely offensive to me as a Canadian that the Liberal Party of Canada has clearly learned nothing from the progressively more punishing rebuke they earned, thrice, at the polls. Win, by all means. But the offering of Justin Trudeau as anything even approaching a legitimate, credible candidate, is so utterly and completely insulting to the intelligence of the Canadian public. Being in public life shouldn’t be on-the-job training. His interview with Jas Johal tonight, only confirms that Trudeau has not only inherited his mother’s looks, but her brains, too. Very disappointing, and a contemptible disregard for real issues. Just fluff. And beyond belief that anyone in the media could possibly take him in any way seriously. Beyond belief.
Reader Tips
In tonight’s post-inauguration entertainment Connie Smith belts out House Divided.
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Honey, I Finished The Internet
Obama’s Inauguration: Different Americans, Different Views
The following appeared on my Facebook News Feed this morning. The first is a female friend in Florida and the second is a male friend in Texas:
Related: The most recent podcast of Mona Charen and Jay Nordlinger is worth a listen. Pay particular attention to the segment beginning around 7:50, from which several interesting questions arise for our friends on the Left:
- How is it that you’re comfortable supporting a president who actively and unabashedly despises about half of Americans?
- Is it a healthy thing for a country for its leader to so openly show such negative feelings towards 50% of its citizens?
- Do you deny that journalists are much more less adversarial with Obama than they were with his predecessor?
- Is it a good thing for journalists to not hold a politician accountable for his or her actions & policies?
Those Moderate Muslims!
An Illustrated History of the Muslim Brotherhood
Obama “No” for Keystone XL?
Sure looks like it to me:
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We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms. The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it. We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its promise. That is how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure – our forests and waterways; our croplands and snowcapped peaks. That is how we will preserve our planet, commanded to our care by God. That’s what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared…
More from a few days ago.
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
Hear my prayer: “the San Francisco County [plastic bag] ban is associated with a 46 percent increase in deaths from food-borne illnesses.”
h/t Kevin B
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
And whose “idea” was that, exactly? “He dismisses the idea that there’s an emotional link between Newtown and Ilion.”
This Is Awkward
Caterpillar Inc uncovered “deliberate, multi-year, coordinated accounting misconduct” at a subsidiary of a Chinese company it acquired last summer, leading it to write off most of the value of the deal and wiping out more than half its expected earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012.
Blog Notes
We’re still encountering ip deny issues, for a while this morning everyone was blocked from accessing the site – me included. That problem was found and rectified, but we have no idea if it’s going to happen again. Thanks to everyone who emailed, and I apologize for the inconvenience.
Reader Tips
Just a friendly reminder that if you’re thinking of opening up a small business, you should choose the name very, very carefully.
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