Tuesday's Vehicle - 1962 Pontiac Station Wagon

"1984 in 2013: The Assault on Reason" - Allan Gregg

A reminder of conservative corporate welfare in 2013 budget

A little reminder that the 2013 budget included $6.4 Billion dollars in corporate welfare.
Catch the first comment if you have time.

http://opinion.financialpost.com/2013/03/28/canadas-corporate-welfare-budget/

Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney are a bad joke

I have said it before and I'll say it again and again. Stephen Harper and his Harp Seals are NOT proactive they are reactive.

They live and work in a fantasy world where reality is a dirty word and fabricating programs, budgets and lies are the way to run Canada. When the shit hits the fan and Canadians start calling them phuk ups, which seems to be the norm nowadays, they change pace or blame others.

Their incompetence is wearing thin and their lies are unacceptable.....

ENOUGH is ENOUGH.....

Kenney, Harper not fit to run a burger joint: Mallick

Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers program is an emblem of the Conservative government’s disdain for citizens

I used to think of Canada as a massive pleated range of stoicism/decency/intelligence. Once we were mountains. Now I see us sliding into dunes.
 

From whence comes the sensation of national defeat? Once again, it’s Harper favourite Jason Kenney, in charge of the Temporary Foreign Workers program that he was just forced to put on hold after an outcry over foreigners hired to replace Canadian waiters in a Saskatchewan burger joint.
 

McDonald’s Canada is just one of the fast food companies that is furious about the fuss over imported hires. The CBC obtained a tape of its CEO’s reaction in a conference call to franchisees this week. “This has been an attack on our brand,” said John Betts. “This has been an attack on our system. This is an attack on our people. It’s bull---- OK! I used those words when I described my conversation with the minister [Kenney] last week. He gets it.”
 

Betts says he was “incredibly impressed” with the minister, adding, “He really knows his stuff. And I’ll say he knows his stuff from a business person’s perspective.” But not from an employed Canadian voter’s perspective, and there’s the heart of the matter. At no point, the CBC reported, did Betts suggest solving the problem by hiring locals.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/04/25/kenney_harper_not_fit_to_run_a_burger_joint_mallick.html

If Betts is so impressed with Jason Kenney why does he not make him an offer he can't refuse...... likely because he can hire a foreign executive, treat them like a slave, make them work 20 hour days at half the price of Kenney and then once his Temporary Foreign Executive is worn out and served his purpose he could discard the TFE like a piece of garbage.

That being said I believe there is a need for TFW "but" and that my friends is a big but ... and where the conservatives refuse to go..... the program would have to be managed .... that takes federal employees and with the conservatives slash and gut policies they don't have the bodies to run their programs properly....

Of course Jason Kenney could hire Temporary foreign Workers to manage his Temporary Foreign Worker program

Mondaay's Vehicle - 1960 Lincoln

Thank You Jason Kenney - by Just Theatre

You can lead a conservative to education but..... YOU CANNOT MAKE THEM LEARN

Once again the Supreme Court of Canada has tried to educate the CPC..... at a cost to taxpayers..... and likely it has done no good.

And why would Canadians expect Stephen Harper or the Harp Seals to learn from their failures, after all they haven't learned a damn thing from their many attempts and multi-million dollars spent to circumvent Canada's Constitution.

Canada has some 2500 lawyers on staff who are well versed in all aspects of Canadian law but the Harp Seals would rather hire their crony law firms at rates of 900.00 dollars per hour to defend their idiotic fantasies to the SCC.

How much longer can the people tolerate this ineptitude and blatant waste of their tax dollars?

Supreme Court shoots down Stephen Harper's Senate reform plans

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadian-press-newsalert-high-court-says-no-unilateral-135010034.html

If you have lost count.... here is Stephen Harpers record VS the Supreme Court of Canada

SH - 0 vs SCC - 5

 

 

In the end it is the Canadian people that have won with the support and expertise of the Supreme Court.

 

What the SCC has done is tell Stephen Harper and the Harp Seals that they cannot unilaterally turn Canada into a Republican State.

 

Harper v. the Supreme Court: Five recent losses for the PM

 

The Conservative government has absorbed several defeats at the hands of the Supreme Court of Canada, including many in the area of justice. Here are the five latest big losses for the Harper government.

 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-v-the-supreme-court-five-recent-losses-for-the-pm/article18206422/?page=all

 



Keystone pipeline from Bloomberg news

How Obama Shocked Harper as Keystone's Frustrator-in-Chief

On Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, seated in his Ottawa office across from Parliament Hill, took an urgent call from U.S. President Barack Obama. Harper’s advisers were listening intently around a muted speakerphone in an adjoining room.

By Edward Greenspon, Andrew Mayeda, Rebecca Penty and Theophilos Argitis

 

The State Department, Obama said, would be making an announcement later that day putting the Keystone XL pipeline project on hold. There was no choice, according to the president. Nebraska wanted the route changed to protect a key aquifer under millions of acres of prime farmland. This would necessitate a new environmental assessment. He assured Harper the call wasn’t a game changer; neither a yes nor a no, just a delay.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-24/how-obama-shocked-harper-as-keystone-frustrator-in-chief.html

Thanks Ivan

Jenia's 6th Birthday

 

 

 

Coulage d'aluminium dans une fourmilière !

 

c'est de l'art nouveau (regardez jusqu'à la fin)

impressionnant toutes ces galeries...

 

 http://digg.com/video/what-you-get-when-you-pour-molten-aluminum-into-an-ant-hill

 

Thanks Norman

I Need A Raise

Employee: Excuse me sir, may I talk to you?

Boss: Sure, come on in.  What can I do for you?
Employee: Well sir, as you know, I have been an employee of this prestigious
                   firm for over ten years.
Boss:  Yes.
Employee: I won't beat around the bush. Sir, I would like a raise.
                  I currently have four companies after me and so I decided
                  to talk to you first. 

Thanks Harry               

Boss: A raise? I would love to give you a raise, but this is just not the right time.
Employee: I understand your position, and I know that the current economic
                  down turn has had a negative impact on sales, but you must also take
                  into consideration my hard work, pro- activeness and loyalty to this
                  company for over a decade.

Boss: Taking into account these factors, and considering I don't want to
         start a brain drain, I'm willing to offer you a ten percent raise and an
         extra five days of vacation time. How does that sound?
Employee: Great! It's a deal! Thank you, sir!
Boss:  Before you go, just out of curiosity, what companies were after you?
Employee: Oh, the Electric Company, Gas Company, Water Company
                   and the Mortgage Company!                

Poem of the Free GPS

This is funnier than.......... hahahahaha - it's even funnier when
you've been there and done that to some degree :-).


I have a little GPS

I've had it mosth my life

It’s better than the normal ones

My GPS, is my wife



It gives me full instructions

Especially on how to drive

"Its 60 km an hour", it says

"You're doing sixty five".



It tells me when to stop and start

And when to use the brakes

And tells me that it's never ever

Safe to overtake



It tells me when a light is red

And when it goes to green

It seems to know instinctively

Just when to intervene



It lists the vehicles just in front

And all those to the rear

And taking this into account

It specifies my gear.



I'm sure no other driver

Has so helpful a device

For when we leave and lock the car

It still gives its advice



It fills me up with counselling

Each journey's pretty fraught

So why don't I exchange it

And get a quieter sort?



Ah well, you see, it cleans the house,

Makes sure I'm properly fed,

It washes all my shirts and things

And - keeps me warm in bed!



Despite all these advantages

And my tendency to scoff,

I do wish that once in a while

I could turn the damned thing off.

Service

I became confused when I heard the word "Service" used with these agencies:

1.   Internal Revenue "Service."

2.   U.S. Postal "Service."

3.   Telephone "Service."

4.   Cable T.V. "Service." 

5.   Civil "Service."

6.   State, City, County & Public "Service."

7.   Customer "Service."

This is not what I thought "Service" meant.

But today, I overheard two 2 farmers talking, and one of them said he had hired a bull to "Service" a few cows.  BAM!!!. It all came into focus.

 

"Now I understand what all those agencies are doing."

I hope that YOU are now just as enlightened as I am.

 

Thanks Kerry

Birds on The Wires

While reading the newspaper one morning, Brazilian musician Jarbas Agnelli sees a picture of birds on electrical wires and gets inspired to make a song. He takes the picture and replaces the birds with exact musical notes corresponding to their positions

Thanks Sylvia

Little League Training Session

 

At one point during a game, the coach called one of his 9-year-old baseball players aside and asked, "Do you understand what co-operation is? What a team is?"

 

"Yes, coach", replied the little boy.

"Do you understand that what matters is whether we win or lose together as a team?"

 

The little boy nodded in the affirmative.

 

"So," the coach continued, "I'm sure you know, when an out is called, you shouldn't argue, curse, attack the umpire, or call him a pecker-head, dickhead or asshole. Do you understand all that?"

Again, the little boy nodded in the affirmative.

 

The coach continued, "And when I take you out of the game so that another boy gets a chance to play, it's not good sportsmanship to call your coach a dumb ass or shithead is it?"

"No, coach."

 

"Good", said the coach. "Now go over there and explain all that to your grandmother!"

Thanks Randy 

IT'S HELL TO BE OLD...

 

OLD people have problems that you haven't even considered yet .
 

A doctor requested a 79 year old man get a sperm count as part of his physical exam.
 

The doctor gave the man a jar and said, 'Take the jar home and bring back a semen sample tomorrow.'  
 

The  next day the 79 year old man reappeared at the doctor's office and gave him the jar, which was as clean and empty as on the previous day. 

 

The doctor asked what happened and the man explained,

 

'Well, doc, it's like this first I tried with my right hand, but nothing.  Then I tried with my left hand, but still nothing.
 

Then I asked my wife for help.  She  tried with her right hand, then with her left, still nothing.
 

She tried with her mouth, first with the teeth in, then with her teeth out, still nothing.
 

We even called up Alice, the lady next door and she tried too, first with both hands, then an armpit, and she even tried  squeezing it between her knees, but still nothing...'
 

The doctor was shocked  'You asked your neighbor ?'  
 

The old man replied, 'Yep, none of us could get the jar open...'

 

('.')
< ))>
_/\_

Thanks Marc

Sunday's Vehicle - 1958 Chevrolet Rat Rod

This weeks only good news story

Elections investigator halts robocalls probe

http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2014/04/24/elections-commissioner-halting-robocalls-probe/#.U1lVOGxOXIW

Why is this a good news story?

Because under bill C-23 the commissioner would not be allowed to issue this report.

In other words the public is not entitled to know the results of the corrupt actions of their politicians committed at election time under Pierre "Poutine" Poilievres proposed new rules.

Is that what you want?

Your right to the truth denied by your government.

 

Federal judge confirms election fraud in 2011 vote

 

http://o.canada.com/news/federal-judge-confirms-election-fraud-in-2011-vote/

 

 

Yes Canada, they did commit fraud and they did pay a fine and YES they do want to suppress your ability to hear the truth about future corruption.

 

Are you really that weak and cowardly that you won't stand up for your rights?

Bon Jovi - Hallelujah

Wife or Mistress

An architect, an artist and an engineer were discussing whether it was better to spend time with the wife or a mistress. The architect said he enjoyed time with his wife, building a solid foundation for an enduring relationship. The artist said he enjoyed time with his mistress, because of the passion and mystery he found there.

 The engineer said, "I like both."

"Both?" they asked.

Engineer: "Yeah. If you have a wife and a mistress, they will each assume you are spending time with the other woman, and you can go to the lab and get some work done."

Thanks Randy

Hazmat Highway to Hell with High Pressure Gas Cylinders (No Music)

Thanks Richard

'IN THE MOOD' - Glenn Miller - (Enhanced HQ Sound) HD

Really love that music, the dance, the class and genteel era.  It's
more my style. Hope you enjoy.
Thanks Heidi

Pompiers de Terre-Neuve...

Thanks Ivan

Each Year on May 5th~~~

Most people don't know that back in

1912, Hellmann's Mayonnaise was

manufactured in England.  In fact,

the Titanic was carrying 12,000

jars of the condiment scheduled

for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico,

which was to be the next port of call

for the great ship after its stop in

New York.  This would have been

the largest single shipment of

mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico

...  But as we know, the great ship

did not make it to New York.  The

ship hit an iceberg and sank.  The

people of Mexico, who were crazy

about mayonnaise, and were eagerly

awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate

at the loss.  Their anguish was so

great, that they declared a National

Day of Mourning.

 

The National Day of Mourning occurs

each year on May 5 and is known,

of course, as - Sinko De Mayo.

WHAT???  You expected something educational from me?

 

 

You need a shot of Tequila.

 

Thanks Norman

Saturday's Vehicle - 1955 Mercury

Conservatives: Incompetant Idiots destroying the Canadian economy

Temporary Foreign Worker Program linked to joblessness, report finds

There's evidence that the government's Temporary Foreign Worker Program nudges the unemployment rate higher in some sectors of the economy and parts of the country, think-tank C.D. Howe says in a report released Thursday.

The Canadian government program allows companies here to employ non-Canadians to fill job openings that can't be filled by a Canadian worker.

The program grew from 101,000 people in 2002, to as large as 338,000 across the country 10 years later.

Pitched as a way to keep Canada's economy humming in the face of so-called critical shortages in Canada's labour market, the program has fallen into disrepute in recent months as a number of large Canadian companies have been accused of abusing the program to hire cheaper, foreign workers at the expense of Canadian workers.

In its report, the non-partisan C.D. Howe Institute looked at a number of examples, but focused on what impact the program had on the labour market in British Columbia and Alberta — two provinces with comparatively high percentages of temporary foreign workers.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/temporary-foreign-worker-program-linked-to-joblessness-report-finds-1.2620551?cmp=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

CAN'T FIND A JOB? Found on FB

YOUR KID CAN'T FIND A JOB AND IS SITTING ON $20,000 OF STUDENT DEBT? YOUR KID GOT FIRED AND IS NOW LIVING IN THE BASEMENT?
BLAME HARPER AND HIS HORDE OF FASCISTS.

There are now over 33,000 companies that use temporary foreign workers in Canada. That list is 475 pages long and effects 450,000 jobs. A recent report has shown that Harper's Temporary Foreign Workers program actually adds to joblessness.
...

This is what happens when a cold hearted prick with a right wing agenda, who kisses the asses of corporations and the super rich, becomes prime minister in our so called democracy.

 

 

 

Sacre' Bleu!!!

Translation:

"According to a serious survey 99.9% of males looking at this picture won’t notice the mouse on the donut !"

 

Thanks Harry

La Résurrection

Thanks Norman

Artist recycles

Thanks Brenda

Hard Drive Crash ?

 

 

 

Thanks Richard

Did I read that right?

Did I read that sign right:
TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW

 

In a Laundromat:
AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT
In a London department store:
BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS 
 In an office:
WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN

 

In an office:
AFTER TEA BREAK STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD

 

Outside a secondhand shop: 
WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?
Notice in health food shop window:
CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS
Spotted in a safari park:(I sure hope so)
ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR
Seen during a conference:
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT, THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR
Notice in a farmer's field:
THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES.
Message on a leaflet:
IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS LEAFLET WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET LESSONS
On a repair shop door:
WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)

 

Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn't you say?

 

Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter

This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.

 

Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says

Really? Ya think?

 

Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers

Now that's taking things a bit far!

 

Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over

What a guy!

 

Miners Refuse to Work after Death

No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!

 

J u venile Court to Try Shooting Defendant

See if that works any better than a fair trial!

 

War Dims Hope for Peace

I can see where it might have that effect!

 

If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile

Ya think?!

 

Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures

Who would have thought!

 

Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide

They may be on to something!

 

Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges

You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?

 

Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge

He probably IS the battery charge!

 

New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group

Weren't they fat enough?!

 

Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft

That's what he gets for eating those beans!

 

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

Do they taste like chicken?

 

Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half

Chainsaw Massacre all over again!

 

Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors

Boy, are they tall!

 

And the winner is....

Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

 

Thanks Norman

A fairly accurate story,,loves from Canada my Australian families.

A beautiful fairy appeared one day to a destitute refugee claimant outside the Ottawa Immigration Offices.

  'My good man,' the fairy said, 'I've been told to grant you three wishes, since you've just arrived in Canada with your wife and seven children..'

 

 

  The man told the fairy: 'Well, in Pakistan where I come from we don't have good teeth, so I want new teeth, maybe a lot of gold in them.'

 

  The fairy  looked at the man's almost toothless grin and 

-- PING !!! He had a brand new shining set of gold teeth in his mouth!

 

'What else?' asked the fairy, 'two, more wishes, to go'.

 

The refugee claimant now got bolder. 'I need a big house with a three car garage in Toronto   with eight bedrooms for my family and the rest of my refugee relatives who still live in my  country. I want to bring them all over here.'

 

PING ! - In the distance there could be seen a beautiful  mansion with a three car garage, a long  driveway, a walkout patio with a BBQ, and a sparkling inground pool and a Hummer, full of  his nephews playing their music.

 

'One, more wish, left for you', said the fairy, waving her wand.

 

 

I want to be Canadian with Canadian clothes instead of rags, and a baseball cap instead of this shawl and I want to have white skin like the Canadians.'

PING ! -  The man was transformed, wearing worn out jeans from Best for Less, a dirty Wall-Mart T-shirt and a greasy baseball cap.  He had his bad teeth back and the mansion had disappeared from the horizon.

 

'What happened to my new teeth?' he wailed. 'Where is my new house? Where's my Visa Gold Card?'

 

The fairy said

'Tough luck. Now that you are a Canadian,' you're entitled to

 

  "Sweet fuck all like the rest of us."

And she disappeared...........

 

Thanks Richard