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Comment on Paul Wells: Harper’s trip to China is going well by Dwayne

Dwayne — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:25:51 +0000

And this is what passes as reporting in Canada:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/brewing-scandal-in-china-could-be-a-reality-check-for-harper/article2334141/

Read the comments, what a bunch of morons (for the most part). Headline and story, no real match. Waste of newsprint/electrons.

I am still trying to figure out how our PM figures into this story, other than the visit with the pol.

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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:47:49 +0000

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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:45:23 +0000

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Comment on European energy policy based on renewables falters in face of severe winter weather by Brian Dunbar

Brian Dunbar — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:44:01 +0000

Collect the stories and forward them to the Green Brigade, and just maybe they will understand that cheap and reliable is very important.

It wouldn’t matter.

The zealots won’t care.

The leadership who _make_ the choices will never, ever, have more than a moment’s inconvenience from weather extremes. They will always have their staff, their chauffeured luxury cars, and oh-my-yes enough electricity to keep them comfortable.

Minor item: recall that in January or February of 2008 Obama urged us to turn down the thermostat. But keeps his office at 80 F in the winter. He’s more comfortable that way.

The comfort of our Dear Leaders is important because they have to think so very hard for the rest of us.

Nah – I ain’t bitter.

Comment on European energy policy based on renewables falters in face of severe winter weather by Dwayne

Dwayne — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:10 +0000

It would be good to get some of the Eastern ice storm survivors input on how critical electricity is. Collect the stories and forward them to the Green Brigade, and just maybe they will understand that cheap and reliable is very important. The planet is just fine, we really don’t need to tinker with these minor, and very expensive, programs.

Comment on The end of London’s diesel locomotive plant by Nicholas

Nicholas — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:03:51 +0000

It appears I was mislead in my last comment (see the second update above): as Andrew Coyne puts it EMD may have been the only manufacturing company in the country not to get government money.

Comment on Sailing around the world solo was less trouble for this teen than dealing with the “child welfare” authorities by Sailing Texas

Sailing Texas — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:59:47 +0000

It does get old, this idea that people cannot take care of themselves and need government to do it for them. In the case of this teen, it was mainly the Dutch government practicing CYA. If something would have happened to the teen, then there would have been world wide criticism toward the Dutch: why did you let this happen? People, and governments, are just too afraid to be criticized today. Too much political correctness all the way around.

Comment on America’s boom in “Moocher Culture” by Nicholas

Nicholas — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:52:24 +0000

I’m down to the last couple of years’ worth of mortgage payments now … I sure hope I can eventually get to that temporary nirvana of being mortgage-free.

Comment on Your Super Bowl TV watching schedule by Nicholas

Nicholas — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:50:04 +0000

If that Chevy ad appeared on CTV, I must have been in the kitchen or taking a bio-break. I saw Mazda’s particularly stupid “snowboarding Frontier truck” ad several times, but if there was a new Chevrolet ad in the mix, it passed me by.

Comment on Your Super Bowl TV watching schedule by Brian Dunbar

Brian Dunbar — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:43:46 +0000

I rather liked the ‘end of the world’ add for Chevy trucks.

But I’ve always had a soft spot for those things – they take a phenomenal amount of abuse and keep on chugging.