It's amazing how worked up the opposition parties are getting in forming their inconsequential stances on the new terror bill. The NDP is going to vote against it. Probably. And smart people are starting to point out that the criminalization of language is a scary thing. And here.
Venezuela is accusing us of participating in a failed coup attempt. Silly Venezuelans. Don't they realize that if we had actually participated, it would have been successful?
Leona! On fire! Calling Don Cherry out for a joke about seal hunting. The nerve of that man. How dare he turn his machine of offense against something we proud Conservatives believe in. For some reason. I mean we don't give a shit about the aboriginal population otherwise, but fuck you if we're not going to come to their defence if you're going to talk about a commercial seal hunt that way! Oh fuck. They rip her to shreds with replies.
Mohamed Fahmy is not happy with our dear leader Steve and John Baird. He blames them for his long stay in prison. Fuck. That's enough to get you labelled a terrorist. And get your Conservative talking points straight. He's a "whiner" and "Canadian of convenience".
Speaking of which. In Baird's departure, somehow Poilievre gets a promotion.
Interesting take. The spin the Cons have put on Eve Adams (we didn't want her) doesn't really stand up. She was still parliamentary secretary. If she was so awful, why not shuffle her to the outer fringes of the backbench? As well, in the run-up to the last BC Election, Bill Tileman wrote an article about how the BC NDP needed to fight dirty. I wasn't sure if I agreed with him at the time. But he ended up being right. I think Demetri Soudas is an asshole. But he's probably going to help the Liberals. And it looks like Eve Adams is to run against Joe Oliver? Oh man. I like it. Will they turn it into Kerrigan/Harding, only to have an un-hyped 3rd Party steal gold?
The TPP negotiations are moving ahead. Next steps: Expansion of copyright terms and criminalization of file sharing. Seems important for the good of the world.
A Conservative minister embraced science! Rona Ambrose lashes out at anti-vaxxers.
Joe Oliver decided to lecture Greece and Europe on how to fix things. Which is truly amazing.
Lawyers won't have to spy on their clients finances on behalf of the government.
Details of how terrible a veteran has it in dealing with the government.
Damn whippersnappers! Wanting everything for free! I didn't get anything free in my day! After I graduated high school, it took me weeks to find my management job. And it took a full 3 years salary to afford my first house. Damn whippersnappers. Probably want to scale back the CPP and healthcare next. Wanting everything for free!
Fuck you, America! You got nothin' on us now. Sun News shuts down. Blames the government for not forcing it upon us.
Russian Bank faces sanctions. Russian Bank hires John Baird's former chief of staff. Russian Bank no longer faces sanctions. Granted, he was chief of staff for Baird a long time ago...and was hired for the sole purpose of accomplishing this very task...it kind of stinks a bit though, no?
Peter McKay's friends and wedding guests are all going on to extremely successful government sponsored legal careers.
Gun nuts continue their freak out over High River flood temporary gun seizures. So...RCMP taking firearms bad. RCMP and others as secret anti-terror police good?
We paid $180,000 to run an office that didn't do anything.
Some info on how questions get formulated for the Prime Minister at his press conferences.
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Monday, February 16, 2015
Monday, December 8, 2014
Screwing Veterans - Week 188 - Dec 1-8
The Cons officially tell veterans they don't give a shit about them. "No special obligation". But then again, how do you come off as the good guy when you're fighting disabled veteran's in court? As well, the $200 million the Conservatives have promised in veterans support will be dispersed over 50 years. Not the six or seven originally promised.
Leona Aglukkaq actually admitted to some wrongdoing. She admits reading a newspaper while people tried to ask her questions in the House of Commons was a bad idea.
The Cons suggest that the Information Commissioner should "raise fees" for information requests if she can't make her budget. Never mind that the fees all go in to general revenue and charging more would have no impact on her budget.
Steve announces a pittance of funding for University science. And kicks the Health Research Grant program in the nuts, forcing researchers to hit up industry for matching funds. A masterstroke. Make research more difficult and make all the researchers beholden to industry.
The cover up is worse than the crime, right? Nobody would have noticed a report detailing RCMP aircraft flying overweight and pilots falsifying records. Okay. People would have noticed. But it's a lot bigger thing now.
The US is requiring us to pass laws in their favour to enter into the TPP.
Our homicide rate is the lowest it's been since 1966. Time to get tougher on crime.
An analysis of the Michael Sona conviction. Bad news for low level election workers, great news for candidates looking to commit future election fraud.
Many, many groups have come out in support of the full decriminalization of prostitution.
Strange, strange things are going on with the wheat board. Why does it need to be privatized?
There's now dueling audio experts in the surreptitious recording scandal.
The brother of our Multiculturalism Minister was arrested in a drug sting. Imagine that conversation with their parents.
Canada lost 10,000 jobs in November.
Why has nobody reported on the oil spill in Alberta?
Everybody freaks out when a politician or civil servant has high expenses. The Acting Human Rights Commissioner has been called out for $760 thousand in travel and living expenses over the past 8 years, largely due to his living in Winnepeg and working in Ottawa. As he points out, he'd move to Ottawa if he was named permanently to the gig. So why have the Cons taken so long to find somebody permanent for this job?
Preston Manning has become a more palatable human since he left politics. He's in favour of carbon pricing. Or at least suggests the Conservatives should be.
We're selling off more consulates and properties in cities around the world. "Fire sale" the Globe calls it.
We've signed a "customs agreement" with China to share information. Nobody seems to know what this means.
Ahhh fuck these guys. The Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses want...oh who fucking cares? Special visas for their slave labour or something.
Leona Aglukkaq actually admitted to some wrongdoing. She admits reading a newspaper while people tried to ask her questions in the House of Commons was a bad idea.
The Cons suggest that the Information Commissioner should "raise fees" for information requests if she can't make her budget. Never mind that the fees all go in to general revenue and charging more would have no impact on her budget.
Steve announces a pittance of funding for University science. And kicks the Health Research Grant program in the nuts, forcing researchers to hit up industry for matching funds. A masterstroke. Make research more difficult and make all the researchers beholden to industry.
The cover up is worse than the crime, right? Nobody would have noticed a report detailing RCMP aircraft flying overweight and pilots falsifying records. Okay. People would have noticed. But it's a lot bigger thing now.
The US is requiring us to pass laws in their favour to enter into the TPP.
Our homicide rate is the lowest it's been since 1966. Time to get tougher on crime.
An analysis of the Michael Sona conviction. Bad news for low level election workers, great news for candidates looking to commit future election fraud.
Many, many groups have come out in support of the full decriminalization of prostitution.
Strange, strange things are going on with the wheat board. Why does it need to be privatized?
There's now dueling audio experts in the surreptitious recording scandal.
The brother of our Multiculturalism Minister was arrested in a drug sting. Imagine that conversation with their parents.
Canada lost 10,000 jobs in November.
Why has nobody reported on the oil spill in Alberta?
Everybody freaks out when a politician or civil servant has high expenses. The Acting Human Rights Commissioner has been called out for $760 thousand in travel and living expenses over the past 8 years, largely due to his living in Winnepeg and working in Ottawa. As he points out, he'd move to Ottawa if he was named permanently to the gig. So why have the Cons taken so long to find somebody permanent for this job?
Preston Manning has become a more palatable human since he left politics. He's in favour of carbon pricing. Or at least suggests the Conservatives should be.
We're selling off more consulates and properties in cities around the world. "Fire sale" the Globe calls it.
We've signed a "customs agreement" with China to share information. Nobody seems to know what this means.
Ahhh fuck these guys. The Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses want...oh who fucking cares? Special visas for their slave labour or something.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Spilling Oil - Week 187 - Nov 24-Dec 1
There has been another pipeline spill in Alberta. 60,000 liters. There is not much news on this at all.
Leona Aglukkaq is threatening to sue the Deputy Mayor of Rankin Inlet. He says she demanded an apology when he suggested citizens of Rankin Inlet are scavenging for food at the City dump. She says it never happened.
How many times have we heard about the insane laws in the US where Monsanto is allowed to sue the shit out of farmers for re-using seeds? Canada is trying to pass similar laws. How the fuck are these jackasses popular on the Prairies?
Are actual corporate tax rate compared to our official corporate tax rate is insane. We actually collect 3.9% on profits compared to the official rate of 26%.
The Conservatives continue to try and bait Liberals into saying controversial things on tape through dishonestly and surreptitious recordings. Their latest attempt met with some backlash, as another person claims to be the one who spoke, not the Liberal MP they were trying to trap. The Conservatives response? "We have an audio expert who can prove otherwise." CSI Harper Conservatives.
Health Canada has come down hard on the advertising of medical marijuana companies. This is a bit rich, considering how pharmaceutical companies are allowed to advertise.
The Cons are in tight with SNC Lavelin. One minister (Christian Paradis) received what looks like a $25,000 slush fund. And they allowed a former SNC Lavelin exec. to remain on the public payroll after he was caught in an illegal donations scam.
In other oil news, Opec makes Canada weep. This is why you don't bet the farm on one volatile industry. One industry that doesn't really pay their own way. Three key points from this report:
1) It is almost impossible to find out how much The Government Take (i.e. what the citizens receive) is for Oil and Gas revenues in Canada, what with subsidies and loopholes.
2) A study by PWC notes that the Alberta take is very low compared to the rest of the world.
Ding ding ding ding ding. Pre election infrastructure jackpot!
Julian Fantino has gotten the fuck out of Canada, just in time for the Auditor General's scathing report to hit.
One of the MP's involved in the sexual assault allegations has spoken out anonymously about what happened. Hearing this...I'm not sure what else Trudeau should have done. Which, unfortunately, seems to be what this is about now.
A Walrus article on the militarization of Canadian police. Timely, seeing as they just killed a guy armed with a 2x4.
Another fantastic safe seat Conservative...Peter Goldring, he who was accused of drunk driving after refusing to give a breathalyzer sample, has suggested that MP's wear cameras to...fuck...I don't even know... to prevent rape accusations, I guess. The PMO had to step in and help him run away from his statements.
Canada Revenue has leaked a bunch of tax records related to donations made by famous Canadians.
Leona Aglukkaq is threatening to sue the Deputy Mayor of Rankin Inlet. He says she demanded an apology when he suggested citizens of Rankin Inlet are scavenging for food at the City dump. She says it never happened.
How many times have we heard about the insane laws in the US where Monsanto is allowed to sue the shit out of farmers for re-using seeds? Canada is trying to pass similar laws. How the fuck are these jackasses popular on the Prairies?
Are actual corporate tax rate compared to our official corporate tax rate is insane. We actually collect 3.9% on profits compared to the official rate of 26%.
The Conservatives continue to try and bait Liberals into saying controversial things on tape through dishonestly and surreptitious recordings. Their latest attempt met with some backlash, as another person claims to be the one who spoke, not the Liberal MP they were trying to trap. The Conservatives response? "We have an audio expert who can prove otherwise." CSI Harper Conservatives.
Health Canada has come down hard on the advertising of medical marijuana companies. This is a bit rich, considering how pharmaceutical companies are allowed to advertise.
The Cons are in tight with SNC Lavelin. One minister (Christian Paradis) received what looks like a $25,000 slush fund. And they allowed a former SNC Lavelin exec. to remain on the public payroll after he was caught in an illegal donations scam.
In other oil news, Opec makes Canada weep. This is why you don't bet the farm on one volatile industry. One industry that doesn't really pay their own way. Three key points from this report:
1) It is almost impossible to find out how much The Government Take (i.e. what the citizens receive) is for Oil and Gas revenues in Canada, what with subsidies and loopholes.
2) A study by PWC notes that the Alberta take is very low compared to the rest of the world.
Ding ding ding ding ding. Pre election infrastructure jackpot!
Julian Fantino has gotten the fuck out of Canada, just in time for the Auditor General's scathing report to hit.
One of the MP's involved in the sexual assault allegations has spoken out anonymously about what happened. Hearing this...I'm not sure what else Trudeau should have done. Which, unfortunately, seems to be what this is about now.
A Walrus article on the militarization of Canadian police. Timely, seeing as they just killed a guy armed with a 2x4.
Another fantastic safe seat Conservative...Peter Goldring, he who was accused of drunk driving after refusing to give a breathalyzer sample, has suggested that MP's wear cameras to...fuck...I don't even know... to prevent rape accusations, I guess. The PMO had to step in and help him run away from his statements.
Canada Revenue has leaked a bunch of tax records related to donations made by famous Canadians.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Science can be your friend - Week 186 - Nov 17-24
Leonna Aglukkaq describes why we don't need to do as much as China and the US on climate change. "Canada accounts for less than 2 per cent" of global GHG emissions.
Oh Fuck. This isn't going to end well. Two men wore Burkas to rob a Toronto jewelry store. How haven't the Cons banned that shit already? Crime furthering otherworldly religious garb? Please.
The Cons have devised a neat new trick. They haven't actually cut the budget for Veteran's services...they're just not spending all of the money in that budget.
The Cons are telling civil servants to use partisan hashtags in their tweets in support of income tax proposals.
Michael Sona has been sentenced. Everybody seems to think others were involved, yet nothing else seems to be happening. The Cons have decided to cross their fingers and hope that it just goes away. Nobody is commenting.
Joe Oliver's economic update speech last week was a fundraising dinner. Which is odd. You have to pay the candidate $800 per table to get an update on the Canadian economy? No wonder they take in so much money in donations.
A long screed from MacLean's on the ridiculous "anti honour killing" law. And how it could change the definition of "provocation" for everyone.
A document from the Immigration and Citizenship department suggests that media inquiries be handled with large, international organizations receiving top priority, then major Canadian organizations, then, maybe, smaller independents. The ministry shoots back that this is just a "draft". Having worked in government, I know that every single document is called a draft. There must only be a handful of documents every year that aren't considered as such.
Stupid Privacy Commissioner. Asking for checks and balances to go with all the new police powers the Cons are dishing up?
Interesting insight into who the lobbyists are and who they represent.
Do you know what the average windfall was for Canada/BC/Alberta last 5 years due to Trans Mountain Pipeline income tax payments? $1.5 Million. Less than peanuts. I bet that doesn't pay for the costs to regulate them.
The National Post thinks that Stephen Harper being an asshole to Putin at a diplomatic function ranks up there with other famous asshole Canadian politician moments. In Russia, Canada is the confused guy down the street shouting about things nobody understands.
They've already decided to destroy the homes of the two synagogue attackers in Israel. Same day service. Can you imagine if we dispatched police to knock over people's homes the same day they've accused of committing a terror attack? What if they get the address wrong?
I guess the heat is on Trudeau. And furthers the shitstorm. An NDP MP who is a lawyer may have suggested that the offences reached the level of "assault". And that may have prompted Trudeau's response. And this extra helping of leak is for sure pissing the NDP off further.
The Conservatives are burying changes to refugee social assistance in an Omnibus bill.
Well that's just fucking great. The Cons are going to start studying privatization of certain police tasks.
A Conservative candidate in a by-election has had her expenses in her previous job as mayor questioned. Well that's a smear!
This seems weird to me. Go and fight for the Taliban and you're an "enemy combatant" who should be thrown into Guantanamo without trial. Go fight for the Kurds and... Don't get me wrong, I need to know a whole lot more about the Kurds to effectively comment on this. It just seems like we have a double standard depending on which irregular army you join up with. (seems like the government might be a bit confused about this as well)
A journalist testifies on the police response to the G20 protests. He didn't like what he saw.
Hey. There's a 1% for musicians now. The top 1% of recording artists make 77% of the revenue. For their labels.
Everbody agrees that NHL players are 1 percenters, right? Making way too much money for too little work? Well, looks like 1 percenters have it pretty sweet in good old Communist British Columbia. New Canucks are paying far less in taxes than they used to in such Capitalist tax havens as New York.
Oh Fuck. This isn't going to end well. Two men wore Burkas to rob a Toronto jewelry store. How haven't the Cons banned that shit already? Crime furthering otherworldly religious garb? Please.
The Cons have devised a neat new trick. They haven't actually cut the budget for Veteran's services...they're just not spending all of the money in that budget.
The Cons are telling civil servants to use partisan hashtags in their tweets in support of income tax proposals.
Michael Sona has been sentenced. Everybody seems to think others were involved, yet nothing else seems to be happening. The Cons have decided to cross their fingers and hope that it just goes away. Nobody is commenting.
Joe Oliver's economic update speech last week was a fundraising dinner. Which is odd. You have to pay the candidate $800 per table to get an update on the Canadian economy? No wonder they take in so much money in donations.
A long screed from MacLean's on the ridiculous "anti honour killing" law. And how it could change the definition of "provocation" for everyone.
A document from the Immigration and Citizenship department suggests that media inquiries be handled with large, international organizations receiving top priority, then major Canadian organizations, then, maybe, smaller independents. The ministry shoots back that this is just a "draft". Having worked in government, I know that every single document is called a draft. There must only be a handful of documents every year that aren't considered as such.
Stupid Privacy Commissioner. Asking for checks and balances to go with all the new police powers the Cons are dishing up?
Interesting insight into who the lobbyists are and who they represent.
Do you know what the average windfall was for Canada/BC/Alberta last 5 years due to Trans Mountain Pipeline income tax payments? $1.5 Million. Less than peanuts. I bet that doesn't pay for the costs to regulate them.
The National Post thinks that Stephen Harper being an asshole to Putin at a diplomatic function ranks up there with other famous asshole Canadian politician moments. In Russia, Canada is the confused guy down the street shouting about things nobody understands.
They've already decided to destroy the homes of the two synagogue attackers in Israel. Same day service. Can you imagine if we dispatched police to knock over people's homes the same day they've accused of committing a terror attack? What if they get the address wrong?
I guess the heat is on Trudeau. And furthers the shitstorm. An NDP MP who is a lawyer may have suggested that the offences reached the level of "assault". And that may have prompted Trudeau's response. And this extra helping of leak is for sure pissing the NDP off further.
The Conservatives are burying changes to refugee social assistance in an Omnibus bill.
Well that's just fucking great. The Cons are going to start studying privatization of certain police tasks.
A Conservative candidate in a by-election has had her expenses in her previous job as mayor questioned. Well that's a smear!
This seems weird to me. Go and fight for the Taliban and you're an "enemy combatant" who should be thrown into Guantanamo without trial. Go fight for the Kurds and... Don't get me wrong, I need to know a whole lot more about the Kurds to effectively comment on this. It just seems like we have a double standard depending on which irregular army you join up with. (seems like the government might be a bit confused about this as well)
A journalist testifies on the police response to the G20 protests. He didn't like what he saw.
Hey. There's a 1% for musicians now. The top 1% of recording artists make 77% of the revenue. For their labels.
Everbody agrees that NHL players are 1 percenters, right? Making way too much money for too little work? Well, looks like 1 percenters have it pretty sweet in good old Communist British Columbia. New Canucks are paying far less in taxes than they used to in such Capitalist tax havens as New York.
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