November 2011

TTC cuts are a really bad idea

November 24, 2011 Society

Toronto is the last place in North America that should cut public transit service. Its highways and roads have been parking lots for years, and the planned public transit cuts that will take effect on Jan. 8, including to extremely busy routes during rush hour, will aggravate the city’s gridlock even further (already worse than [...]

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Nenshi – a man torn by inner conflict and hypocrisy

November 24, 2011 Politics

Calgary’s mayor Naheed Nenshi is quickly becoming his own worst caricature. His ongoing battle with City Council over the budget has brought him down to the mat, as he got pounded into the ground by the city’s aldermen repeatedly. One year into his term, it’s hard to see how he could win a second term [...]

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Some parents aren’t fit to have children

November 23, 2011 Science & Technology

A family had their kids taken away by the state because they had adorned them with White Supremacist and Nazi tattoos. Leave aside the symbolism; any parents who mess up their toddlers and small children with tattoos aren’t fit parents. Period. But “parents” who pull their kids out of school because of concerns over wireless [...]

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For Nenshi personal prestige tops it all

November 23, 2011 Politics

A supporter of left-wing Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi tweeted me earlier: “Nenshi keeps saying no city budget. You may have to start calling him a right-wing nut!” Um, no, because the mayor’s motives in approving or rejecting budget items have nothing to do with fiscal conservatism, or prudence, for that matter. As always, Nenshi is [...]

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Alison REDford has been confirmed as a Liberal

November 23, 2011 Politics

The C.S.I. lab has called. All the forensic tests have been run, and the irrefutable evidence is in: Premier Alison Redford must legally change her name to “REDford”, as she is a capital-L Liberal, and not a conservative. When MPs or MLAs cross the floor, they usually do so because they have had a change [...]

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Occupiers are the 0.0001% that are ‘mentally defective’

November 22, 2011 Politics

Even the Calgary Herald‘s editorial board, who have been shifting more and more to the left, have had enough. That the Occupy Calgary bozos are now demanding free electricity from the city’s taxpayers, as a Charter right no less, is so outrageous that even the newspaper’s editors can’t stomach it anymore.

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How typical: leftists claim to uphold freedom of speech, but not for social conservatives

November 21, 2011 Media

A news outfit somewhere in Canada recently published opinion pieces written by “social conservatives”. The articles created, according to the editors, quite an uproar, not only among readers but also, more crucially, among the editorial board. This has triggered a fierce debate among the editors about whether such “socially conservative” articles should have been approved [...]

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If you can’t hack it in business without government help, get out!

November 18, 2011 Business

The market is a busy and crowded place. Lots of individuals and corporations ply their various trades in search of profits, profits, profits. No, this isn’t a bad thing; this is how the economy works. This is what keeps us employed and pays our bills. As the recent years have shown us, particularly in the [...]

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Government apparatus working against the government

November 18, 2011 Politics

In the final days of December 2005, just weeks from the federal election, Stephen Harper mused to the press that even if he won a majority, it wouldn’t make much difference, as a Conservative majority would still find its hands tied by left-wing bureaucrats and judges. He got a lot of flak from the (left-wing) [...]

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The Calgary Gong Show aka The Three Stooges – Nenshi, Hanson & Redford

November 17, 2011 Politics

Calgarians, even increasingly those who voted for Naheed Nenshi as mayor last year, are slapping their heads in disbelief at the Gong Show their city is becoming.

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