Gee...

...what am I going to blog about, then?

UN Admits Reason for Global Warming Propaganda

"What a scoop this is from Investor’s Business Daily! Someone from the UN is admitting the truth about global warming: it’s a scam! And she even goes as far as to tell us the reason for the scam: to destroy capitalism."

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"As yet, no admission has been given for the reason for the destruction of capitalism, but I can’t help wondering if it’s with the aim of introducing communism or some other totalitarian regime. It’s certainly not for the greater good."

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"At a news conference last week in Brussels, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of U.N.’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, admitted that the goal of environmental activists is not to save the world from ecological calamity but to destroy capitalism."

Another Fort Hood Shooting

His name was Muhammad Abdullah Hassan.

This is enough to bring the warmonger out in me. Time to drop a bomb or two on Tehran, Mecca and Medina.

Seven Websites On Indian Control Of Indian Education...

...every one of which says absolutely nothing. Just a bunch of empty politically correct platitudes:

Inspiring Success:Building Towards Student Achievement

I especially like this, from the table of contents: "First Nations And Metis Ways Of Knowing" Huh?

Nourishing the Learning Spirit: Coming To Know and Validating Knowledge: Foundational Insights on Indian Control of Indian Education in Canada

Ensuring No American Indian and Alaska Native Child Is Left Behind

Indigenous Education in the 21st Century - Participatory Approaches

Indian control over Indian education remains the focus

First Nations Control of First Nations Educations

Indian Control Of Indian Education: A Brief History

You Go Girl!!

Vaughn Palmer: Aboriginal child welfare system is a gravy train with no destination

"There’s virtually nothing to show for the $66 million spent by the B.C. government in the past 12 years on improving aboriginal child welfare, according to a damning report by child advocate Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond."

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"More than half of the children in care are aboriginal, though they account for less than 10 per cent of the population under the age of 18. Native communities, angered that so many of their children were being taken by the state, wanted a greater measure of control and control over those decisions."

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"“Landmark agreements between government and aboriginal leaders set the foundation for a new, more positive relationship (and) created a climate of hope,” as child and youth representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond noted in a report released Wednesday.

But as Turpel-Lafond goes on to chronicle in her almost 100 detailed and fully researched pages (46 boxes of documents, 76,000 pages reviewed), the result was a decade-long public policy catastrophe.

“Since 2002/03 more than $66 million has been expended on these change initiatives and not a single child directly served.”"

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"About half the money went to an attempt — subsequently abandoned — to establish regional authorities to deliver aboriginal child care.

“Nearly $35 million ... paying people to meet, hiring consultants to facilitate those meetings, and producing materials of questionable practical value that almost never addressed the actual difficulties children and youth were experiencing in their lives.”

After that exercise was abandoned, the government substituted a replacement program, Indigenous Approaches, that Turpel-Lafond characterizes as “a hodgepodge of financial arrangements” grounded in a belief that “First Nations partners should do what they want” and be funded accordingly.

“The agenda was ad hoc and that securing resources consisted of making a pitch to senior officials, who then recommended funding for activities. The financial accounting was too poor to permit assessment of objectives and outcomes. These projects existed outside most government financial and policy frameworks.”

Against that backdrop, one has to note her damning comment on where many of the aforementioned millions landed: “To be blunt, a significant amount of money has gone to people who provide no program or service to directly benefit children.”

The representative doesn’t hesitate to name names. Page 51 of the report details some 18 native organizations that received $32 million in contracts over the years 2009-2012.

And that, my dears, is the product of the Indian Industry. And it's not confined to British Columbia.

For Dave

Only Dave knows why.



Did you feel that wind pass by?

(This blog has officially reached a new low. If you don't like it, you can always watch the scandals unfolding on either side of the 49th. This is just pixels on a screen. The scandals are just democracy burning up, that's all.)

Who Saw That Coming? /sarc

Venezuelan VP Maduro readies to lead after Chavez's death

"Hours after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death, Venezuelans and politicians are wondering how the nation will choose Chavez's successor, as Vice-President Nicolas Maduro has been named the nation's interim president — contrary to the constitution.
Venezuela's constitution mandates an election be called within 30 days, but it is currently unclear when an election will be held.

The constitution specifies that the speaker of the National Assembly, currently Diosdado Cabello, should assume the interim presidency if a president can't be sworn in. But Maduro — who will be the governing socialists' candidate in the upcoming election after being named Chavez's successor by the late president — is filling the post instead."

[Emphasis mine throughout]

How much do you want to bet there will be a coup, and maybe a counter-coup, and a coup to counter the counter-coup. It used to be the Latin American tradition. Chavez kept certain thuggery traditions alive and well.

Related: Here and here and here.

Now would be the time for a well placed nuke, straight up Ahmadinejad's ass, while he's attending the funeral, along with all the other adoring thugs of the world.

This Is All Beyond Me...

...but it kinda shows you how fragile life (including us) on earth can be:

Gamma-ray burst 'hit Earth in 8th Century'

"If a cosmic explosion happened at the same distance as the 8th Century event, it could knock out our satellites. But if it occurred even closer - just a few hundred light-years away - it would destroy our ozone layer, with devastating effects for life on Earth."

And you're worried about a few degrees of warmth.

Be good now. We don't want the gods to be mad at us.

Looking Considerably Refreshed...

...Shawn Atleo returns to the table. I wouldn't want to be him right now. He may have to preside over the dismantling of the AFN, if the Prairie Goons have anything to do with it. The Prairie Goons are too stupid to realize they will be handing the Feds a big prize if they willfully assist in the demise of the AFN.   B R I N G   I T   O N,  I  S A Y ! !

And this is sweet, isn't it:

"Although Mr. Nepinak said Manitoba chiefs “take exception” with being characterized as a “dissident group of chiefs,” several Manitoba leaders raised the spectre of ousting Mr. Atleo when they caucused at the First Nations meeting in Ottawa this month, Grand Chief Harper said.

Specifically, he said Grand Chief Murray Clearsky, who speaks for the province’s southern chiefs, said there should be a non-confidence vote. Mr. Clearsky did not personally respond to several requests for comment, but his political assistant, Gerald McIvor, said “all conversations between the Grand Chief and any southern chiefs are confidential and are kept privileged.”"

That sound you hear is the toilet flushing. At least they're not so stupid that they don't recognize they've painted themselves into a corner and there has been, pardon the pun, a circling of the wagons.

Oh, Man...

...How could you not "just want to hug him". His story, if you believe it, which I do, is so inspiring, just like his voice:

Meh! What's Another...

...sex scandal. And they say women are the weaker sex!!

There's enough here to make a journalist....(Well, better keep this place family friendly). Thing is, what role did the lamestream media play in what appears to be a carefully orchestrated cover up designed to keep certain key figures protected until after the election?

Oh well. Lawyers and assorted others are getting richer.

In any case, evidently there are lots of Americans who have simply had enough:

Residents In More Than 40 States File Secession Petitions, GOP Governors Say No

It's all too confusing for me. But I predict that when this is all over we will wake up and realize that the AGW scam artistry has been all but forgotten.

In the meantime, good-bye America.

Liberals Stare Into The Abyss

...and see different things:

Predictions of Liberal doom are dead wrong

Liberals may be facing extinction

Personally, I'll go with the second assessment. That's why the comments on the lefty, old-media-organ websites are so littered with screeching, hysterical leftarded howling.

Oops!

Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly released... and here is the chart to prove it

"This means that the ‘plateau’ or ‘pause’ in global warming has now lasted for about the same time as the previous period when temperatures rose, 1980 to 1996. Before that, temperatures had been stable or declining for about 40 years." (Emphasis mine.)

How'd they let that out?

On The Rails

Northern train makes its last run

"The last Northlander train from Toronto to North Bay and Cochrane trundled out of Union Station on Friday.

Critics predict 1,000 employees face layoffs in remote, economically strapped communities served by Ontario Northland, the provincial Crown-owned rail service.

As people wept and reminisced on the Northlander's last run, several regional mayors and MPPs vowed to maintain full-steam ahead lobbying of the province to restore rail service and stop undermining far north residents, industries and tourism."

Elizabeth May was unavailable for comment.

And Who Didn't See This Coming?

Heads will roll. Lawyers will get rich off of grieving people. And dead people under piles of rubble will still be dead.

I See Our Resident...

... ambulance chaser got himself a new gig or two - or three. He's chasing in Alberta and points south.

Pretty Soon They'll Need...

...traffic cops:

 UFO Video Over South Korea: Fact or Fiction?

 Diamond-Shaped UFO Hums Over Southern California, Motorist Says

 Mysterious UFO Like Lights Puzzle St. Petersburg

Extraterrestrials: Texans report UFO fireball to close for comfort

 Flying Saucer UFO Spotted Over Malta Airport

Easter UFO Appears Above San Antonio

UFO Accidentally Filmed over Iranian Mosque

Sure get around, anyway, those aliens.

Living in the Back Woods, Hinterlands...

...one tends to miss a lot of the good stuff: Commodore fired for partying, nudity in Bahrain Sounds like it might have been one helluva party:

"The party — while not an official command function — included enlisted, junior officers, and even the commanding officer of her 100-member logistics task force based in Bahrain. The sight of her topless changed the party’s dynamic. Men drew closer to leer. Another woman removed her top. And a man took off his pants, exposing himself. While guests stared, all three went skinny-dipping. That’s when the commodore jumped in."

Study Debunks Common Myth That Urine Is Sterile I've heard of men standing around putting out camp fires, but washing the dishes?? Oh well. Too late now.

What is Canada Famous For?

Why, drunkards in the back seat of cop cars who can sing Bohemian Rhapsody, the whole thing, without prompting, that's what. It's in the news, on Facebook, YouTube, all over the place. And not just in Canada.

Here's a bit about our most famous drunk:

Bohemian Rhapsody in cop cruiser

It was bad enough that he was skunky-drunk, but he was downright stupid, too.

The "Bohemian Rhapsody" Dude Is An Unemployed Home Brewer Who Was Picked Up For DUI

"The video got out because Wilkinson, who is unemployed, decided to defend himself against the charges (of course), and the RCMP gave it to him as part of the case's discovery process. Wilkinson, in turn, did what any serious legal mind would do to prepare his defense: He uploaded the clip to YouTube to amuse his friends."

Unemployed!!?? In Alberta???!!!! ROTFLMAO!! This guy is one dumb fuck. Pardon my language, but there just doesn't seem to be a better way to describe him.

Meet The Talented Canadian Arrestee Who Belted Out "Bohemian Rhapsody" In The Back Of A Police Cruiser

"Before launching into “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Wilkinson, who was not handcuffed, lectured a RCMP officer, claiming that he was not intoxicated. “You’re actually an ignorant fucking cunt. So fuck you buddy,” Wilkinson told the cop, who had earlier pulled over his truck.

An RCMP spokesperson told TSG that the police footage was provided to Wilkinson in the course of discovery in his criminal case, which is pending. In a February Facebook post, Wilkinson reported that he was “seeking council for an impaired driving” charge, adding, “Got the DVD.” Wilkinson told TSG that he was convicted of mischief when he was 18, but that the charge was later expunged from his record.

In late-January, Wilkinson posted a Facebook photo showing the exterior of the Provincial Court of Alberta, along with the comment, “I only have like $1000. I am in trouble with police.” A home brewer, Wilkinson noted in a post last month that he was “solving the worlds problems, one beer at a time.”

Wilkinson's YouTube page includes a video chronicling his 2004 dismissal from the Vancouver Film School, as well as clips showing him twice getting punched in the face by a friend."

Poor Edson. Edson is a small town roughly half way between the City of Edmonton and the mountain resort-town of Jasper. It is literally in the middle of nowhere. Other than the bedroom communities just West of Edmonton, there is nothing but dense forest for miles and miles and miles between Edmonton and Jasper. Edson is one of two small single-industry towns on the road. The trip from Edmonton to Jasper takes about six hours and has to be one of the most boring drives in the whole province. I'm sure no one, other than Albertans and a handful of other Canucks, had ever heard of the town before this yahoo's video went viral.

There's A Name...

...for my affliction.

Or as Bore in Victoria, BC says in the comments:

"O.M.G. does this mean I getting dumber from this website?"

Further To...

...this, here's another article about caribou and their habitat:

Scientists find herd of 'lost' caribou in Saskatchewan

"A vast herd of northern caribou that scientists feared had vanished from the face of the Earth has been found, safe and sound -- pretty much where aboriginal elders said it would be all along.

"The Beverly herd has not disappeared," said John Nagy, lead author of a recently published study that has biologists across the North relieved.

Those scientists were shaken by a 2009 survey on the traditional calving grounds of the Beverly herd, which ranges over a huge swath of tundra from northern Saskatchewan to the Arctic coast. A herd that once numbered 276,000 animals seemed to have completely disappeared, the most dramatic and chilling example of a general decline in barren-ground caribou."

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"Nunavut government biologist Mitch Campbell, one of Nagy's co-authors, said early results from a survey of the rediscovered herd suggest Beverly numbers are lower than their peak, but remain healthy.

"There's no indication that the herd is as large as it used to be," he said. "We did find a healthy size caribou population there.

"We saw lots of calves. The animals seem to be in good condition."

While scientists are excited, aboriginal elders are more likely to shrug."

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"Long-term information on caribou was sketchy, but numbers did seem to be declining at the same time as mining exploration and development was expanding. Nobody wanted to be the biologist on whose watch the caribou disappeared, said Campbell.

"We were all freaking out," he said.

"We knew that there was development and things going on in that area. What would be the responsible thing to do -- just keep going until we know, or to say: 'Put the brakes on. We've got a problem?'

"That's what we all did."

Campbell and Thompson agree that the Beverly herd is likely to eventually return and that both calving grounds must be protected.

But for now, it's just good to know the caribou are still around, said Thompson.

"We haven't screwed up and lost a major caribou herd after all.""

But oh no. They sky is falling! The sky is falling!