Canada is the USA's crap weasel - Week 137 - Dec 9-16

Canada has been acting as the NSA's bitch, setting up outposts in countries where the USA can't.

I think that you really need to be questioned when you start asking your employees to sign lifelong confidentiality agreements.  Especially when those employees are paid for by the public.

James Moore points out, in a really terrible way, that the Federal Government has no interest in helping out the Provinces with child poverty.  “Is it my job to feed my neighbour’s child? I don’t think so.”  Yikes.

Speaking of the BC Provincial Government screwing things up.  Christy Clark.  Jobs Plan.  Not working.

Think we hunt too many grizzly bears? Fuck you.  How about we hunt more grizzly bears, then?

This seems like it will end poorly.  Canada lays claim to the North Pole.  Russia is not happy.

Another Conservative MP is trying to re-open the abortion debate in new and interesting ways.  For me, this is an interesting thought exercise in acceptance.  At what point do you accept that a decision has been made and move on?  At what point do you accept that your minority point of view is being over-ruled by the majority?  On one hand, I admire their tenacity.  On the other hand, this is what I hate about Conservatives.  Raise contentious issue.  Get beat down.  Raise same issue again with a slight twist.  Get beat down again.  And over and over and over again.  Does the same thing happen from the left?

The Conservative War on Science continues.  This time, they closed some libraries belonging to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.  This included hundred year old reports as well as more modern information.

A breakdown of income earnings in Canada for 2011.

Bit of a probe going on into the missing Wright-Duffy e-mails.  And the Conservatives are not cooperating with attempts to change their e-mail deleting policy.

Seems fitting that Canada Post is announcing massive cuts in service on the Conservatives watch.  I mean, who expects Canada Post to continue delivering mail, really?

Jim Flaherty is getting angry at other Conservatives who have publicly called out Rob Ford.  Man.  I used to think he was one of the more reasonable ones.

Somehow Montreal has managed to get approval for some safe injection sites.

Is this another dispute over Conservative election expenses?  An old one?  I don't even know any more.

The "Pot Smoking Mountie" has been arrested for "Assaulting a Police Officer".

A funny story about PM staffers trying to boss around South African media.