The Shiny Pony Wins in a Landslide

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Justin T. has won the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada with 80% support in a preferential voting system. His sycophants are clearly brimming with near orgasmic joy over at CBC News. Here’s a sampling from that bubble chamber:

I really hope that after the results the Liberals will continue to garner support from a broad section of Canada and then wipe out the Cons. I would be happy with a Liberal or NDP government and either other one as opposition. In 2015 Canadians need to put the CPC into 4th place status.

Many Conservative supporters must have seen the light. The numbers supporting Harper are much lower on these blogs than they used to be. If you consider at least half are paid Harperites and the others are Americans trying to disrupt our political system, doesn’t leave many true Harper supporters.
Heave Harper – Canada for Canadians – Save our Country

As a British Columbian, I can finally see a light at the end of the very dark tunnel we’ve been down: Mr. Trudeau as PM and Mr. Dix as premier of our province. Finally people who care about people and not just their corporate buddies.

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It’s Probably Nothing

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Maxed Out Mama;

…now I’m staring at the March employment report in dazed bewilderment, because this is a truly BAD report. As you work through it the badness just keeps growing.
The best of it is in the Establishment report, but at 88K nonfarm jobs that isn’t much of a best. And then I look at the details, and I become uneasy. Wholesale trade and retail trade both racked up significant negatives. Transportation and warehousing is negative. Temporary help services are a big plus, which at least keeps one from drinking bleach.

An Endless Bureaucracy of Unthinking Robots

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The aforementioned title is an apt description of what existed in Soviet-era totalitarian states and what Ayn Rand railed against in her novels. It was therefore sad to read this missive from Allen West on his Facebook page about America in 2013:

I was just hoping to have a relaxing Sunday here in South Florida before catching a flight this evening back to LA, but my day took a turn after an outing at the shooting range, when I encountered the long arm of the law. Coming off the Florida turnpike at the PGA Blvd exit I pulled into the lane to pay my $1.10 charge. However, the fella had closed, so I looked in the rearview mirror and since I was the only one there, I backed up and shifted one lane over to pay my turnpike ticket. And then it happened, at 1:07pm, FHP Trooper M.A. Mickens flipped on his lights and pulled me over. He informed me what I did was illegal and I told him I just wanted to pay my ticket and there was no one else coming through any of the lanes. I figured this would be a warning since I did not see any danger presented, but to my surprise, he wrote me a citation for $166.00. I asked Trooper Mickens if I had placed anyone’s life in danger and he responded “no, but you did something illegal.” I asked him if he saw any other cars when I backed up, he responded, “no, but that was not the point.” I explained to Trooper Mickens that I had served in the Army and this just did not seem like it passed a common sense test and why could I not be given a warning. He responded, “you have to get a citation and it explains your options.” I am sure Trooper Mickens has served the Florida Highway Patrol with distinction in his 27 years, yeah, I asked. But this is what perplexes me, where has the ability to make a judgment call gone? Are we now just a nation of unthinking robots which cannot assess a situation in and of itself? I have a perfect driving record that will be tarnished because Trooper Mickens did not think I could make a decision on my own, which threatened no one. I have 30 days to pay the citation of $166.00 to the Clerk of the Court of Palm Beach County. Lastly, no, I never said who I was because I do not deserve any special treatment. This is obviously how we treat law-abiding citizens.

Related: Adam Carolla rants about frivolous tickets in Los Angeles (language warning)

What’s The Opposite of Diversity?

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Pushback.

In what B’nai Brith called a “precedent setting move,” the University of Manitoba Students Union voted Thursday to strip the group Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) of official club status.
The motion bars SAIA from receiving student union funding or using activity space in student-union controlled buildings.
[…]
The two-page resolution justified the delisting of SAIA under the terms of the Manitoba Human Rights Code, claiming that the group was guilty of “discrimination” and “harassment.”
The document also claimed that certain student union members “being Zionists, experience fear for their safety during ‘Israeli Apartheid Week.'”

h/t Kevin B

Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors

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Via Instapundit;

During Obama’s two terms, the Espionage Act has been used to prosecute more alleged leakers than all former presidential offices combined.
Goodale said journalists don’t seem to consider this much of a problem. “They don’t believe it,” he told CJR. “I actually have talked to two investigative reporters who are household names, and I said, ‘Do you realize what’s happening to you if this goes forward?’ And I talk, I get no response, and the subject shifts to other parts of the book.

h/t Bob

Margaret: Death Of A Revolutionary

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David Thompson;

Durkin’s film not only offers a useful history lesson, it’s also a nimble shredding of quite a few leftist myths. Its highlights include contributions from Madsen Pirie, who really ought to be on TV more often, and some comically disingenuous squirming by Mary Warnock and Neil Kinnock. During the Kinnock interviews, pay close attention to Durkin’s right eyebrow. A lot can be said with an eyebrow.

Watch it here. Update and an apology – the video seems to be unavailable in Canada. I’ll replace the link if I find another source.

An engineer, a chemist, and an economist are stranded on a deserted island.

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They are starving, when miraculously they find a box filled with canned food. What to do? They consider the problem, bringing their collective lifetimes of study and discipline to the task.
Being the practical, straightforward sort, the engineer suggests that they simply find a rock and hit the cans until they break open. “No, no!” cry the chemist and economist, “we would spill too much food and the birds would get it!”
After a bit of thought, the chemist recommends that they start a fire and heat the cans. The pressure in the cans will force them open and the food will conveniently already be heated. But the engineer and economist object, pointing out correctly that the cans would likely explode and splatter the food all over the beach.
The economist, after carefully studying the cans and reading the labels, starts scrawling a series of equations in the sand, which eventually cover the entire beach. After much pondering, he excitedly announces, “I’ve got it! I’ve got it!” as he points to the final equation. They ask him to explain, with their visions of finally getting a meal causing them to regard the economist with a new sense of respect.
The economist clears his throat and begins, “First, assume a can opener …”

The Great Divide Between Canada’s Private & Public Sector

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Yesterday I had dinner with a visiting cousin of mine. He was born in 1950 and grew up on a farm in central Saskatchewan. In more recent years he has lived in suburban Alberta and has built a successful career as a contract maintenance supervisor. My cousin is a big, burly guy who might best be described as “salt of the earth” and an absolutely decent, down-to-earth fellow.
He’s not particularly political but we did delve into the subject because of this story in the newspaper: B.C.’s retiring MLAs to hit pension jackpot thanks to taxpayers’ generosity
This morning I was checking out the latest videos at Sun News and watched this segment: LCBO staff vote to strike
Tying these two disparate news items together, what’s the underlying message to private sector workers in this country? Might it not involve the word “suckers”?! When even normally apolitical taxpayers are upset, surely change has got to be coming.

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