TELLING IT LIKE IT WAS....AND IS

Harper chastises Putin, slams 'evil' communism in key-note speech

Breathless for the official counterpoint.

WHEN WHORES GET TOO OLD

they sit down with the Queen and have tea and crumpets.

Britain is the latest country to include sex work and drug dealing in their GDP.

LOOKS LIKE RAIN...RAISE THE STICKER PRICE

Food price increases blamed on...you guessed it
Increasing weather concerns and import demand -- and, arguably, to a lesser extent, uncertainty associated with the Ukraine situation -- explain most of the price increases,"
Despite the fact that

World Bank economists said prices increased despite bumper crops in 2013 and continued projections of record grain harvests and stronger stocks expected for 2014.

INDEEPEE: OLD PIEGAN WORD "FORK-TONGUE NO SEND SMOKE SIGNAL"

H of C Speaker refutes Mulcair's claims that the NDP "checked and double-checked" with the Speaker before shoveling riding funds to Quebec. 

SEEKING SHELTER FROM THE STORM

Hey Julian.  Maybe one of your Caledonia buds has an old teepee you can hide in.
"An angry Jenifer Migneault chased after Julian Fantino and demanded to speak to the veterans affairs minister following his appearance Thursday at a House of Commons committee."

THE CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG

Gather round boys and girls....Chrome Dome Pete-y at the CeeBeeCee may have a taxpayer funded salary of 2 million.

YOU KNOW WE'RE IN TROUBLE WHEN...

...businesses can't get the "business" thing.
Canadian Federation of Independent Business reports that businesses are giving thumbs down to Ont. Liberals' pension plan because it would take otherwise disposable income out of  employers' and employees' pockets.  But, a few short years ago the CFIB reported that a majority of small and independant businesses supported the HST - which was okay because, it only took disposable income out of consumers' pockets.

OBAMA CONTINUES TO DELAY KEYSTONE...GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO SOAR

Although it’s rarely acknowledged, the Keystone XL Pipeline—by stabilizing and securing domestic oil supply—could play a role in providing U.S. energy security and lowering gasoline prices.

WHEN WHORES GET TOO OLD...

...they take to lecturing the young'uns.

YOU KNOW YOU"RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT WHEN...

...the schoolyard bullies start whimpering...
A national Muslim council is proceeding with a lawsuit against Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his chief spokesman for allegedly linking the organization to a terrorist group.

...and the chickens run to their side.
the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Association of University Teachers, have offered support to the Muslim group

TOO BAD MAGGIE WASN'T AWARE OF HER CHARTER RIGHTS

Turdo la Doo states aborting a baby due to gender is a Charter right.

WHEN WHORES GET TOO OLD...

...they say that I Love Yous count as earnings.

Italy will include prostitution, illegal drug sales and smuggling in their GDP calculation this year.

GUN CONTROL IN THE THIRD REICH

Halbrook concludes by noting that less government regulation and a tradition of rejecting tyranny could have led to a different outcome in Germany. Instead, systematic creation and manipulation of firearms registration and regulations, coupled with the decimation of individual citizen’s rights, enabled Hitler’s dictatorship and the slaughter of millions of innocent Jews and citizens of Nazi-occupied countries, as well as tens of thousands of Germans. It remains for all of us to wonder what might have been had people refused to register their firearms. Indeed, we should all take note and never forget.

BEECEE: OLD CHILCOTAN WORD FOR "BUFFALO PASS BY FOOL WHO DANCE"

Ms. Clark is upbeat about the progress that has been made toward meeting her terms...Yet not a single one of the five conditions has been met.

SO THIS WEASEL CALLS UP THIS RAT AND SAYS.....

...."hey, we're not the guys that Snowden fellow was talking about"
China summons US ambassador over hacking incident.

KEYSTONE KILLER

Tom Steyer the hypocrite. Most of his 1.4 billion $$$ fortune came through investments in fossil fuels.

WHEN WHORES GET TOO OLD...

...to strut their stuff, they have to get around on scooters.
h/t BC Blue

THE $288 BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION FOR ONTARIANS

 From Dean Del Mastro, MP:
Where is the outrage? Where is it? Every day I speak to someone that tells me that their hydro bill is killing them or that the fees for everything from driving to just keeping your trade licenses are climbing so fast that it's causing real hardship.
h/t Borque Newswatch

HEY DALTON! AND YOU TOO, KATHLEEN!

Let's play Louis and Marie-Antoinette!

From the Ontario Business Network newsletter:
"In the 2012 Ontario Budget, it was revealed that, up to March 31, 2012, the Ontario government (through the Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation) had collected $12.8 billion dollars as a result of the debt retirement charge. In the fall 2013 Update, the Finance Minister reported that, although about $1.5 billion more had been collected to that point in time, the remaining residual stranded debt was $11.3 billion. So, after paying about $14.3 billion to retire a $7.8 billion debt, Ontario ratepayers still owed $11.3 billion. This amazing arithmetic is due to the Ontario government's addition of interest to the original amount owing ..."
h/t manitouwadge

YA GOTTA DIG THOSE LEFTY CHICKS...

...they're so smart, honest, and cute.

SHAMING THE USELESS...

...It ought to be a crime.
Mr. Defazio decided he’d seen enough. He hopped aboard his tractor, loaded up some gravel from his own yard, and spent several hours driving up and down Broadway, filling in the worst of the potholes.
however...
...city officials ordered Mr. Defazio to undo the work that he had done.

BLOWING BUBBLES

Continuing ZIRP should keep the housing bubble inflating in Canada.

WHEN THE FED CHAIRMAN SAYS "WE'RE F@$%D"...

... it might be time to quit the borrowin' and spendin'

DANGERS OF NATURE

I wonder if they had a burn permit for this?

CANADA'S ORIGINAL CHAMPAGNE SOCIALIST KICKS THE BUCKET

Farley was a founding member of the Council of Canadians in 1985. And over the years he joined with us to oppose the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement, the destructive expansion of the tar sands, oil and gas exploration in the Old Harry Prospect in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and numerous other causes of shared concern.

WIND TUBINES AIN'T JUST KILLIN' BIRDS, BATS AND BUTTERFLIES

HIGHMORE — Three South Dakota cattlemen and a former star Gettysburg athlete were killed in a plane crash late Sunday night near Highmore. The plane encountered heavy fog and crashed into a wind turbine, officials said Monday.
H/T Kate @ SDA

OTPP INCREASES PAYOUTS

The Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF) and the Ontario government are using a preliminary $5.1 billion funding surplus in the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to partially restore cost-of-living increases affecting the portion of retirees’ pensions earned after 2009.

In other news...

CME Group fines Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan for hog trades

SAY CHEESE!

 After 31 years, on March 31, 2015, Europe will lift its dairy quotas letting farmers produce as much milk as they want to and their bulk tanks will hold.

QUEEN OF THE HAVE-NOT HIVE CONFERS CASH!

Ontario preparing bee loss compensation
If you're big enough and registered enough, you're given a competitive advantage.
Hmmm. I wonder about the bureaucratic/regulatory cost of...
Eligible beekeepers must report over a 40 per cent loss of bee hive inventory as set out in the 2014 certificate of registration issued by the provincial apiarist.
Applicants must sign an “attestation” that they’ve followed proper beekeeping practices and that the bee deaths in question “were not caused by wildlife damage, vandalism, intentional death or negligence.”
Applicant beekeepers must also have an Agricorp identification number and Premises Identification Number.
Good luck with big government lads. Before long, you'll pine for the good ol'days where it was just you and the flowers and the bees.

A FITTING MONUMENT TO TURDO LA FIRST

And the walls come-a-tumbling down. 
Hey, sooner or later quality leadership gets the recognition it deserves. 

BEDWETTERS BEWARE

This should have the bedwetters hiding under the blankets.

DUFFY, BRAZEAU, WALLIN.....

...and now this.
Hey Stephen!  I know an old retired cop who could probably help you out with background checks...
h/t Bourque Newswatch

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT BE A FIREMAN

Son, Mommy and I would rather you did something that wouldn't shame us.

DEEP STATE

The Deep State isn't a secret.
It operates in plain sight.

IN A MAD WORLD...

...ONLY THE MAD ARE SANE
The world’s economic/financial system is going to reset, and you don’t want to have significant assets in a form that they can easily confiscate. So I think owning real estate in the right places in the world is important, as is having gold and silver abroad. You’ve got to be diversified politically and internationally. That’s absolutely critical because if you aren’t, you can’t escape from your masters’ tax farm.

SAY IT AIN'T SO JOE!

China's farmers feel deflationary chill
According to the Ministry of Commerce, farm produce prices in 36 major cities nationwide dropped further in the week ending April 27, the tenth straight week of decline.
Thank goodness that'll never happen here! FCC says so, right?

BAD BANK INDEED!

McGee, 54, the highest-paid executive at Barclays, was one of the most senior dealmakers to join the British bank when it bought Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s U.S. unit....McGee received an all-stock bonus of 8.87 million pounds ($14.9 million), according to a statement from the company last month. Bommensath got 8.65 million pounds and King was paid 3.81 million pounds.
Hmmm. I was wondering where all that stimulus/bailout money was ending up! Fair compensation for a job well done, no doubt, eh? What? Pip Pip old boy!

SYMPATHY AINT GONNA PAY THE BILL

Review finds no evidence of propane price fixing in Ontario & Quebec.
In conclusion there is no evidence to suggest a long term issue with supply-demand imbalance.
**UPDATE**
The NEB Final Report to the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Labour.