Secret Squirrel has discovered that scientists believe that New York is actually sinking, NOT that the sea is rising...so evidenced at the url here......
http://www.triplepundit.com/2016/09/new-york-city-sinking-no-one-knows/
Secret Squirrel asks, "Do you have that certain sinking feeling?" It has been decided that it is NOT the rising sea levels responsible for the rising seas, but actually the measure of all things American, is New York City, and THEY have determined that it is NOT rising sea levels, but actually New York City, SINKING, that is causing it to appear that the sea is rising.So any rulers stuck in by the sea to measure things being what they are or were or are not and will be...show the land sinking not the sea rising.....oh well one or the other........either way have to equip with water wings and waterproof inflatable undies if we are to save our selves. But there may well be another solution, and Squirrel as you know, has suggestions, solutions for problems......
Secret Squirrel has figured out an engineering project such that we can no longer have to fear the effects of ANY global warming, if it exists at all.In short any rising seas will not trouble us at all,whatsoever, nay not even yet ever!
Isn't it all easier to put the colony of Canada to good use, we simply excavate it all out, and then lead a trench in from the sea, but a trench joining the sea, at sea level as it were, such that as and IF the sea rises, or the lands fall, the excess will thence run into and down the trench.....this huge created inland sea will absorb ALL the excess water from any global warming effects, and also compensate for the falling of land masses such that there is an effect of the sea rising, and so not necessitate us to do anything at all else and certainly not inconvenience us further. An alternate selection to the colony of Canada is, as Squirrel likes to put forwards and present alternatives and alternates, is,of course, the trouble makers of Europe, the France and Germany........they also could be used, individually and or in twain....but then, to be on the safe side,why not the lot of them? Eh! Whot!
Secret Squirrel,
MRL,MP,Dunny On The Wold,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
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Friday, September 16, 2016
Friday, February 5, 2016
Secret Squirrel On Profiting From The Confusions Of Cauliflower And Oil Barrel Prices In The North Americas.
Secret Squirrel, always scanning the world papers for global news, economic,political, and technology wise, has noticed the headlines, which state, as found in the New York Times, that Americans have noticed that up in Canada, what with their collapsing depression era economy (Two years ago, one Canadian dollar was worth 93 American cents, on Wednesday, it stood at 69 American cents),that Iceberg lettuce in the colony of Canada, sells for 3 Canadian dollars, up from the typical 90 Canadian cents. One head of broccoli goes for $4, compared with $1.50 past. Last winter, a head of cauliflower was selling for 2.50 Canadian. But NOW, Cauliflower,in the colony of Canada, costs $8..............much more than a barrel of oil.
Of course, this is all echoed and evidenced here in the New York Times article......
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/business/dealbook/in-canada-5-cauliflowers-cost-more-than-a-barrel-of-oil.html?WT.mc_id=2016-KWP-INTL_AUD_DEV&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=IntlAudDev&kwp_0=98800&_r=2&kwp_4=487859&kwp_1=268315
Squirrel has also noticed that BOTH the Americans and Canadians actually OWN farms in Mexico, farming them and thence importing food in to THEIR nations, in short Mexicans grow and supply them with food whilst starving themselves, and providing the exceptionally cheap farming labour. Squirrel proposes that what with this revelation,that BRITAIN do the same in Mexico as well, demanding equity and equality...and so on those farms planting, growing,harvesting and shipping, not to Britain, or the USA but to Canada, CAULIFLOWER, selling it to the Canadians at the $8 value, THENCE simply, buying up barrels and barrels of oil enormously cheaply, on the world market with the acquired Cauliflower as currency, and then selling THAT to the Americans and so garnering a HUGE profit. Canada is an enormously confused state, and with it's new Prime Minister is in a total state of confusion, and Squirrel sees all, knows all, and knows this.................there is profit in confusion.
Secret Squirrel,
MRL,MP,Dunny On The Wold,
Minister For Re-Deranged re-Engineering.
Friday, January 15, 2016
Secret Squirrel On The Huge Canadian Dollar Crash
Secret Squirrel has noticed a sharp drop in the value of the Canadian dollar..............the Trudeau Canadian Dollar, in short they're taken short, it's worth 68.93 cents against the US dollar.Well does Squirrel have a solution? Yes, you just somehow know he does!! Squirrel has noticed at this URL....
http://www.colonialacres.com/product/51791/1967-canada-s-centennial-wooden-nickel-token-mega72?ref=1636
wooden nickels, 1967 offered at $4.95. The company will ship free on orders over $500.......well now with the Canadian dollar at 68.93cents.......a wooden nickle at $4.95......is very much worth to keep and go to it's value won't drop. So as the Canadian dollar will drop yet more, the Canadian government being enormously befuddled and duddled in the financial sector world wide...take wooden nickels,convert to wooden nickels.Also note the company printing up the wooden nickels makes financial sense and success......we most definately have to get their management to replace the Trudeau Befuddled and Be duddled Canadian government,that makes sense.......you just know it does...Squirrel knows it does,Squirrel saves Canada! Squirrel saves the Canadians!! Squirrel knows how!
Secret Squirrel,
MRL,MP,Dunny On The Wold,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Secret Squirrel Comments On The Massive Abusive Cost Of Natural Gas In The City Of Kitchener.
Secret Squirrel has known about and seen a great inequity,inequality,unfairness,use and abuse suffered by the
people of the City Of Kitchener as compared with those of the City of Waterloo,and environs such that the people of Kitchener,served by Kitchener Utilities with respect to the supply of natural gas, as opposed to those of Waterloo and environs supplied natural gas by Union Gas, such that those in Kitchener are supplied with natural gas at the massive rate(and have been for some years),of 7.6cents per cubic meter,versus those of Union Gas who are supplied at 3.72cents per cubic meter,in short those of Kitchener utilities are paying twice the rate those of Union gas are paying. Now they are claims etc. explanations etc. by those of Kitchener Council to "explain" it all, but in view of the massive difference in rates, none of then carry water,are acceptable,nor sufficient to explain any and all of the twice rate difference.What comes to mind in general is
incompetence, none of which will ever be brought forward, in short there will be no firings and blame layed for it,it of course reflects the area, it's cronyism as it were, and as they say,there's no crone like an old crone.The people will never recover from this event,they will only and have, suffered financially and in terms of comfort, struggling though winters in cold whilst those of other areas do not and did not, and indeed
I shall say with their superior managements, shall not.
Kitchener Utilities customers paid total of $138M above market rates, watchdog says,for 2009 to 2013.One sees there was a profit in it,unquestionably, but they won't mention whom this massively hurtfully abusive price gouge ended up with.
Let us here look what was said of it all,and here I cite........
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4145539-kitchener-utilities-customers-paid-total-of-138m-above-market-rates-watchdog-says/
And to commence,quote,
The customers of Kitchener Utilities collectively paid an estimated $138 million above market rates for natural gas during the 2009-2013 period, says city-hall watchdog Harald Drewitz.
Drewitz, the founder and spokesperson for Kitchener Tax Watch Group, made his calculations after a long and feisty exchange with city councillors Monday about how much the city-owned company charges for natural gas. Drewitz based his estimate on the gas bills of Coun. John Gazzola.
Gazzola told the meeting that during 2009-2013, he paid an average of 95 per cent above market rates for natural gas, and that totalled about $2,100. Drewitz took that figure and multiplied it by the number of
customers at Kitchener Utilities — 66,000.
"To me it is something serious," Gazzola said. "We need to take a close look at it and we need to do it sooner rather than later."
And herewith,unquote.
Sooner,later...well it will come to an end, eventually, not this highly profitable heating season either, not likely,I wouldn't bet on it, and I won't bet on recompense for those forced to heat with the natural gas
supplied but the local monopolistic Kitchener Utilities which levied the charges on the people of Kitchener, whom strangely enough, after years of abuse went to Kitchener Council, though why they should have done this is anybodies guess for what does the city council do, nor have to do with the supply and rates of gas then.as a matter of fact they should be as powerless as an Indian eunuch,but the locals don't seem to think so,
going there to present complaints.The horse has bolted, the barn door is closed,the ears are deaf, the abusive profits, the massively ridiculous price gouging affected, and the profiteers, enriched immensely,and are
utterly completely, safe, and laughing all the way to the bank as the people of Kitchener struggle to heat their homes and families as they did in past winters, and in the present winter.Yes, it is the winter of the
discontent of the people of Kitchener.Their council will offer and did offer no solution, certainly no form of comparable recompense to recover ANY of the massive expenses they have incurred and will be FORCED TO incur this coming cold winter.Squirrel has complained in the past, and been ignored in all this time, but Squirrel has tried for the good of the people, but Squirrel's complaints fell on deaf ears,they ignored Squirrel,and so too then also the people of Kitchener for that matter,lo these many years.
Squirrel tho, offers some assistance however in hopes people may ease their massive natural gas heating bills suffer,bills TWICE that of those in other areas,those paying twice the rates to Kitchener Utilities as opposed to those of the vastly better managed,run and governed area, those served by Union gas. We must ponder alternatives to heating, to have some viable options open to use. Here we must ponder the option of Electrical heating methods, using so called space heaters, oil filled portables, ceramic heaters ( I prefer these to radiant types,far,far less, of a fire hazard).Lets look at electric rates.
Here we consider first calculation of cents cost versus kilowatts,kilowatt hours, here using the figure of a supposed 6cents per kilowatt hour, tho we all know that rate has gone by the board a considerable time ago,
but actual rates will be taken in to account once you see how the actual valid and working calculations go.
1,300 watts ÷ 1,000 (watts per kWh)
1.3kWh x 6¢ per hour = 7.8¢ per hour
Wattage of appliance ÷ 1,000 x Hours used per month = kWh per month
To figure operating cost per month:
kWH used per month x Your cost per kWh = Operating cost per month
Thermostatically controlled appliances are not "on" 100 percent of the time. An electric oven, for example, is "on" about 50 percent of the time when baking.
Now, we're considering heating here, of course, your other electric costs are extra, but necessary. But look at your heating costs,here discussed in Kitchener,Ontario, paying twice the natural gas consumption and
delivery costs per cubic meter to Kitchener Utilities(and whoever is associated with it), versus the half rate of Kitchener utilities, in Waterloo, through and by Union Gas.
Now average total electric for everybody in the Kitchener and Waterloo area,whilst its true rates are different at different times,since there are time of use charges equitably in effect for all,averages out at
9.83cents per kw hour(off peak is 6.7cents /kw hour at 7am to 7pm,basic night rate, 10.4 cents per kw hour at what they call mid peak, 5pm to 7pm and also at 7am to 11pm, and peak 11am to 5pm at 12.4cents per kw hour.)
Now a 1500 watt heater say it runs 4 hours total per day(heaters are on off as thermostat),So four times 1500watts gives us 6000watts per day, and 180,000 watts in a 30 day month(180 Kilowatt hours) times averaged gives $17.69 per such a space heater, assume 4 running upstairs, 1 basement for 5, that'd be 5 times the $17.69 for $88.45 additional on your electric bill added to your regular necessary electric use,per months the space heaters(electric ceramics, or oil filled) are used. Of course your electric bill also has added costs besides your actual usage,there is a delivery charge, which on my regular bill is approximately half(though somewhat less), than my usage rates.Basically this would double my electric bill, say from $100 per month to $200 per month(with some left over really).Thankfully any influence over rates extends far and wide beyond Kitchener City area,to a provincial balance. So what I am suggesting to you in Kitchener, the serviced area of Kitchener Utilities natural gas service is to unquestionably purchase the electric space heaters, of your selection, though I recommend oil filled and the ceramic heaters, and to augment your winter natural gas heating and so very much lower your winter heating natural gas bills,which,without are going to be massive indeed, and the massive profits accrued through your having to heat with natural gas, being supplied to..those who are unquestionably gouging massively you, the public, you, and your family. Compare Kitchener utilities, rates versus those of outside Kitchener,the area served by Union Gas....
Kitchener Utilities
7.6 cents/cubic metre
Union gas
3.72 cents/cubic metre
Naturally even the village edit in Kitchener can see that easily those in Waterloo and other environs are experiencing a natural gas bill easily of half of Kitchener's,happily heating their homes and experiencing warmth and ease of bill payments. It is pointed out that those on welfare are immune to rates, they simply demand, and get the various monies necessary for payment, whilst enjoying, the good warm life.
Punished,used,abused, are those who must work to pay their bills, and the retired,who live off meagre pensions and their dwindling life savings.
Is there a solution for Kitchener, the people of Kitchener, with respect to their Kitchener Council which could and wouldn't and didn't legislate reductions,which allowed this to go on to the people of Kitchener for years,and years, AND, Kitchener Utilities which set the rate and demands payment? Well there is, the province could declare a trusteeship with respect to gas management as Kitchener,Kitchener Utilities has proven incapable and abusive and certainly it needs better management.The province could take over gas rates such that the rates are fair and equitable to and for all,as occurs with the electric rate(so, we do know that system works fair and equitably),for the good of the people. What also could be done, is Union gas could be allowed to canvass in Kitchener to supply natural gas to the people at their rate as well, and so too, in all fairness to Kitchener Utilities (and Kitchener Council would see this as fair as well),could also canvas Waterloo and environs and offer their rates,in all fairness and equity,equality to and for all.And so, says Secret Squirrel.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Secret Squirrel On Quebec's Proposed Anti Religion Charter
It has come to Squirrel's attention that the government of the province of Quebec, a province within the nation known as Canada,has decided that it wishes to propose and introduce a law such that it will not allow public servants to wear Muslim headscarves, Jewish skullcaps or other obvious religious symbols under a new charter,more over it will also impose a strange hard to define limit on the size of religious symbols displayed,usually such as neck chains.Official documents give the nod to discreet religious symbols, such as a small crucifix or a ring with the Star of David, but not to veils, large crucifixes or turbans.The enormous crucifix protruding from the public property above Montreal’s Mount Royal will be spared.So while politicians continue to enact laws underneath a giant cross, low-level public employees would have to tuck their Christian symbolism away, as would Muslims, Sikhs and Jews with their religious headwear.
The Quebec government,presently a ruling minority government,claims that the presentation and enforcement of such a Charter Of Quebec Values will cement a secular society,that it will help create a distinct identity for it's 8 million people.The rest of the nation of Canada,however,also takes a secular approach,a multicultural approach, which encourages different communities to keep their faiths and traditions.One Harvey Levine, president of the Quebec branch of the Jewish organization B'nai Brith,said "They're trying to remove religious freedoms. They're trying to impose rules on religious values," and there he's unquestionably correct. It is an attempt at repression,suppression of the many mutlicultural values and rights of the peoples of Quebec, to display those,regardless of faith. Indeed it is purely and simply a broad spectrum religious intolerance imposed, or at least to be imposed,by the Quebec minority government.Bernard Drainville, the Quebec minister of democratic institutions,said a large crucifix in the National Assembly would stay in place, since it was part of Quebec's history. Christmas trees would be allowed in offices because they reflected the province's culture, he added.But then that's hardly democratic, indeed allDrainville grappled with questions about other inconsistencies.What about courtroom witnesses and elected politicians who, in this staunchly secular state, still swear an oath on that decidedly non-secular document, the Bible? Drainville appeared caught off-guard by the question: “Oh, my God,” he replied, slowly, “we’ll get back to you.”
And how about city council meetings which begin with prayers, in places like Saguenay? Would this secularism policy allow that? Drainville declined to answer the question.Would elected officials be subject to these rules? No, he replied, arguing that voters have a right to choose their representative. That means Quebecers could, in theory, elect a cabinet minister or premier with a hijab — who would then force her employees to remove theirs. should be so allowed to display their religious
symbols, symbols they are each like and in kind,rightly and justifyably proud of of,proud to wear and display.The new plan would ban overt religious symbols to be worn by “judges, police, prosecutors, public daycare workers, teachers, school employees, hospital workers and municipal personnel.” These symbols would include large crosses or crucifixes, turbans, hijab, and kippas. Smaller jewelry (such as Star of David earrings) would be allowed.There were reactions of course, to the proposal, here are some found at
http://blog.acton.org/archives/59857-quebec-ponders-banning-public-employees-wearing-overt-religious-symbols.html
Quote........
This proposal has caused uproar, both in the Quebec government and in the public. Here are a few reactions:
As a Canadian-Muslim woman, I proudly wear my hijab, a choice that is completely my own and not influenced by others. Wearing my hijab does not cause any physical or psychological harm to anyone so than why should I be forced to remove it, if I want a good job working in Quebec? Have we really become so intolerant and insecure of ourselves that even the sight of a religious symbol has become unbearable and strikes fear in our society? The proposed charter is an infringement on my basic rights as a human. What I choose to wear is my personal choice; a freedom I thought I had as a Canadian citizen by birth.
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I think the proposed charter is excellent. I’m a high-school teacher and I find it very insulting to see a teacher that teaches science or ethics (the French course teaches common values and is an introduction to different religions in the world) wearing a hijab, for example. A teacher has to be neutral in front of their students, has to be equal with his or her co-workers, and more specifically has to respect the dress code of the institution he or she works for. If somebody believes in God, great, but they don’t have to show it, especially when in a position of authority.
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I am Buddhist and wear Mala beads during specific days of the year. It is important for me to feel free to present myself freely in the workplace, and my religious faith is a big part of whom I am. I find that it is important that my workplace reflects the multiculturalism of the society that we live in. It also helps to create a discussion in which we are able to get rid of prejudice and ignorance toward people and their faith.
Most of the hatred in the world is based on ignorance of the other person we are in conflict with, we need to understand each other if we are to live in a truly free society. The proposed charter is one of exclusion that will make certain people feel attacked. I also think that it is a diversion tactic to make people forget about the current government’s poor record with jobs, education and other important infrastructures.
Christian Lépine, the Catholic archbishop of Montreal, says the charter is “excessive”, adding that it
attempts to control people’s freedom of expression. When you want to contain the visibility of faith, you are saying to people: ‘You cannot be all you are,” he said in an interview with Global News. Lépine said that the charter’s proposal for religious neutrality and secularism is simply another name for non-religious values that would be imposed by a few on everyone. Such a move would not be respectful nor democratic, he said. “Normally if you talk about a charter, it’s about a charter of rights that gives space to different belief systems, so in that sense I don’t see this as a charter, it’s more of a credo,” he said to CBC News.
Unquote.
Unquestionably this also means no Christmas Trees, no Easter Bunny, no dreidels or menorahs, no crosses. The symbols don't hurt anybody, regardless of how much politicians think they do. Religious freedom is one of the main basses that Canada and Quebec was founded on. Being able to come here and be publicly Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Islamic, Buddhist, etc. is one of the biggest freedoms in. The Quebec government people who argue "Separation of Church and State" clearly either don't understand the question, or don't understand what separates church from state. The STATE (meaning the government) should not use the CHURCH (meaning religion) to justify any actions,any Church, it should not support one Church(religion),over another.
Jefferson made it clear in his letter to the Danbury Congregation that the separation of church and state was to be that government would not establish a national religion or dictate to men how to worship God.Pauline Marois has a different definition of the seperation of church and state,a far different one.Government was never meant to be our master as in a ruthless monarchy or dictatorship. Instead, it was to be our servant.Now the "Religious Right",the religious right of the people, is just a straw-man to hide a REAL and very active movement - the very much anti-religious form of of the present minority government,of Quebec,that of Pauline Marois,"the Athiest Left!"
"Separation of Church and State" is just a myth. But it's a myth that if allowed to continue will continue to daily chip away our religious freedoms. We just cannot keep quiet about it any longer. Christians must be taught on this subject now - before it becomes illegal to do even that! All evil needs to flourish is for good men - to do (and say) nothing!
When Adolph Hitler took power in Germany, he recognized immediately that the major threat to his tyrannical designs would come from the church(s),[the religions present in Germany]. If he could neutralize the voice of the church, he correctly reasoned, there would be no one else to stand in his way,there would be no opposition to his thoughts,statements, and policies,he reasoned that he must weaken the underpinings of the churchs(the religions), the religious beliefs of the people of Germany.
Consequently, he immediately cranked up the Nazi propaganda machine to develop slogans designed to silence the voice of the church, slogans which were then relentlessly hammered into the minds of gullible Germans of all religions, and their pastors, who meekly complied.
Hitler crafted two slogans in particular,and here they are, straight from the mind of Adolph Hitler:
"Politics do not belong in the Church."
"The Church must be separate from the State."
If they sound eerily familiar, it will only be because you instinctively recognize in these words the voice of tyranny and repression.And so today's church is still paying the price for this small-minded politician's petty and vengeful ability to use the power of the federal government to punish his adversaries.
“Do you know, where does this phrase ‘separation of church and state’ come from?”American
Tea Partier Glen Urquhart asked at a campaign event last April. “It was not in Jefferson’s letter to the
Danbury Baptists. … The exact phrase ‘separation of Church and State’ came out of Adolph Hitler’s mouth, that’s where it comes from. So the next time your liberal friends talk about the separation of Church and State ask them why they’re Nazis.”
Why is a cross, a Maguen David, or a head scarf a problem in society?Besides jewellery never annoyed anyone before. It doesn't force their beliefs on anyone, therefore no atheists or other believers from different faiths should force their non beliefs or different beliefs on anyone else. The European Court of Human Rights has found in favour of BA employee Nadia Eweida being able to wear and display a Christian symbol at work, is it not about time that Quebec accept that any person has the right to wear and display any religious symbol wherever they like?Clearly it infringes on civil liberties in a part of Canada that has already seen years of tension over accommodation for religious minorities, particularly those from immigrant communities."They're trying to remove religious freedoms. They're trying to impose rules on religious values," said Harvey Levine,
president of the Quebec branch of the Jewish organization B'nai Brith.Quebec would become the only
jurisdiction in North America to impose a sweeping ban on religious clothing for public employees including at schools, hospitals and courthouses, under a “Charter of Values”.It once was taken for granted that religious expression went hand-in-hand with the preservation of our society’s values and culture. Standing up for religions rights in Canada,and Quebec, these days means upholding the rights of Muslims, Jews and Sikhs to wear specialized religious garb at work, in court, or in a voting booth.In Quebec the Commission des droits de la personne and des droits de la jeunesse sent out a reminder that individual rights, including the right to freedom of religion, is protected under the Quebec Charter of Rights,meaning such that Marois proposed Charter is in direct violation of an enshrined right of the people of Quebec.The right to freedom of religion is guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, adopted in 1982, as well as by the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — ratified by Canada in 1976 in consultation with the provinces.
Article 18 of the covenant reads: “Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.”
Quebec's governing Parti Quebecois (PQ) is trailing in the polls and, with only a minority of seats in the legislature, needs support from other parties to pass bills, casting doubt on whether the charter will survive in its current form.Jason Kenney, a federal government minister, said he was “very concerned” by the proposed legislation and said the federal government will challenge any law in courts if they deem it unconstitutional.The federal Canadian government announced that it will seek the advice of the Department of Justice and then head to court if the proposal is deemed to violate fundamental rights. Lawyers say the law may infringe constitutional rights on freedom of religion and expression.Canada's Supreme Court gave an indication of its view of religious symbols
in a 2006 decision that allowed orthodox Sikh students to carry kirpans, traditional daggers, to school.The early reaction suggests the plan will not pass in the current legislature, in its present form, which leaves two likely outcomes: it will either be watered down for adoption now, or be kept intact for later use as an election issue when the Parti Quebecois seeks a majority government.Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney said Justice Department lawyers will be consulted and, if the plan is found to violate fundamental freedoms, “we will defend those rights vigorously.” Montreal mayoral candidates Denis Coderre and Marcel Cote were also
unsparing in their criticism.
The NDP and Liberals also denounced the idea. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau did so during a visit to Montreal, where he was opening his party’s byelection office in one of Quebec’s most multiethnic ridings.Perhaps the most important reaction came from the Quebec legislature’s third party, which appears to hold the swing vote on the issue.
The Coalition Avenir Quebec called the PQ plan “far too radical” and demanded that it be scaled back to apply only to those public servants, like police and judges, in authority positions.To illustrate one of the party’s main criticisms of the plan, the CAQ critic at a news conference held up a tiny crucifix necklace next to a larger one.Who would go about measuring these crosses, she asked, before warning of an impending bureaucratic boondogle where the $1.9 million ad campaign is just the beginning.“Will this require a religious police?” said the Coalition’s Nathalie Roy.“This will be hell to apply.”
Fortunately the Parti Quebecquois government of Pauline Marois is in a minority, the proposed legislation can be voted on and rejected entirely from outside of her own party and of her dictates to her party.It also,for Pauline Marois, opens a door whereby an election can be forced, and a new legitimate government installed and a government of sanity once again restored to the province of Quebec.
The Quebec government,presently a ruling minority government,claims that the presentation and enforcement of such a Charter Of Quebec Values will cement a secular society,that it will help create a distinct identity for it's 8 million people.The rest of the nation of Canada,however,also takes a secular approach,a multicultural approach, which encourages different communities to keep their faiths and traditions.One Harvey Levine, president of the Quebec branch of the Jewish organization B'nai Brith,said "They're trying to remove religious freedoms. They're trying to impose rules on religious values," and there he's unquestionably correct. It is an attempt at repression,suppression of the many mutlicultural values and rights of the peoples of Quebec, to display those,regardless of faith. Indeed it is purely and simply a broad spectrum religious intolerance imposed, or at least to be imposed,by the Quebec minority government.Bernard Drainville, the Quebec minister of democratic institutions,said a large crucifix in the National Assembly would stay in place, since it was part of Quebec's history. Christmas trees would be allowed in offices because they reflected the province's culture, he added.But then that's hardly democratic, indeed allDrainville grappled with questions about other inconsistencies.What about courtroom witnesses and elected politicians who, in this staunchly secular state, still swear an oath on that decidedly non-secular document, the Bible? Drainville appeared caught off-guard by the question: “Oh, my God,” he replied, slowly, “we’ll get back to you.”
And how about city council meetings which begin with prayers, in places like Saguenay? Would this secularism policy allow that? Drainville declined to answer the question.Would elected officials be subject to these rules? No, he replied, arguing that voters have a right to choose their representative. That means Quebecers could, in theory, elect a cabinet minister or premier with a hijab — who would then force her employees to remove theirs. should be so allowed to display their religious
symbols, symbols they are each like and in kind,rightly and justifyably proud of of,proud to wear and display.The new plan would ban overt religious symbols to be worn by “judges, police, prosecutors, public daycare workers, teachers, school employees, hospital workers and municipal personnel.” These symbols would include large crosses or crucifixes, turbans, hijab, and kippas. Smaller jewelry (such as Star of David earrings) would be allowed.There were reactions of course, to the proposal, here are some found at
http://blog.acton.org/archives/59857-quebec-ponders-banning-public-employees-wearing-overt-religious-symbols.html
Quote........
This proposal has caused uproar, both in the Quebec government and in the public. Here are a few reactions:
As a Canadian-Muslim woman, I proudly wear my hijab, a choice that is completely my own and not influenced by others. Wearing my hijab does not cause any physical or psychological harm to anyone so than why should I be forced to remove it, if I want a good job working in Quebec? Have we really become so intolerant and insecure of ourselves that even the sight of a religious symbol has become unbearable and strikes fear in our society? The proposed charter is an infringement on my basic rights as a human. What I choose to wear is my personal choice; a freedom I thought I had as a Canadian citizen by birth.
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I think the proposed charter is excellent. I’m a high-school teacher and I find it very insulting to see a teacher that teaches science or ethics (the French course teaches common values and is an introduction to different religions in the world) wearing a hijab, for example. A teacher has to be neutral in front of their students, has to be equal with his or her co-workers, and more specifically has to respect the dress code of the institution he or she works for. If somebody believes in God, great, but they don’t have to show it, especially when in a position of authority.
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I am Buddhist and wear Mala beads during specific days of the year. It is important for me to feel free to present myself freely in the workplace, and my religious faith is a big part of whom I am. I find that it is important that my workplace reflects the multiculturalism of the society that we live in. It also helps to create a discussion in which we are able to get rid of prejudice and ignorance toward people and their faith.
Most of the hatred in the world is based on ignorance of the other person we are in conflict with, we need to understand each other if we are to live in a truly free society. The proposed charter is one of exclusion that will make certain people feel attacked. I also think that it is a diversion tactic to make people forget about the current government’s poor record with jobs, education and other important infrastructures.
Christian Lépine, the Catholic archbishop of Montreal, says the charter is “excessive”, adding that it
attempts to control people’s freedom of expression. When you want to contain the visibility of faith, you are saying to people: ‘You cannot be all you are,” he said in an interview with Global News. Lépine said that the charter’s proposal for religious neutrality and secularism is simply another name for non-religious values that would be imposed by a few on everyone. Such a move would not be respectful nor democratic, he said. “Normally if you talk about a charter, it’s about a charter of rights that gives space to different belief systems, so in that sense I don’t see this as a charter, it’s more of a credo,” he said to CBC News.
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Unquestionably this also means no Christmas Trees, no Easter Bunny, no dreidels or menorahs, no crosses. The symbols don't hurt anybody, regardless of how much politicians think they do. Religious freedom is one of the main basses that Canada and Quebec was founded on. Being able to come here and be publicly Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Islamic, Buddhist, etc. is one of the biggest freedoms in. The Quebec government people who argue "Separation of Church and State" clearly either don't understand the question, or don't understand what separates church from state. The STATE (meaning the government) should not use the CHURCH (meaning religion) to justify any actions,any Church, it should not support one Church(religion),over another.
Jefferson made it clear in his letter to the Danbury Congregation that the separation of church and state was to be that government would not establish a national religion or dictate to men how to worship God.Pauline Marois has a different definition of the seperation of church and state,a far different one.Government was never meant to be our master as in a ruthless monarchy or dictatorship. Instead, it was to be our servant.Now the "Religious Right",the religious right of the people, is just a straw-man to hide a REAL and very active movement - the very much anti-religious form of of the present minority government,of Quebec,that of Pauline Marois,"the Athiest Left!"
"Separation of Church and State" is just a myth. But it's a myth that if allowed to continue will continue to daily chip away our religious freedoms. We just cannot keep quiet about it any longer. Christians must be taught on this subject now - before it becomes illegal to do even that! All evil needs to flourish is for good men - to do (and say) nothing!
When Adolph Hitler took power in Germany, he recognized immediately that the major threat to his tyrannical designs would come from the church(s),[the religions present in Germany]. If he could neutralize the voice of the church, he correctly reasoned, there would be no one else to stand in his way,there would be no opposition to his thoughts,statements, and policies,he reasoned that he must weaken the underpinings of the churchs(the religions), the religious beliefs of the people of Germany.
Consequently, he immediately cranked up the Nazi propaganda machine to develop slogans designed to silence the voice of the church, slogans which were then relentlessly hammered into the minds of gullible Germans of all religions, and their pastors, who meekly complied.
Hitler crafted two slogans in particular,and here they are, straight from the mind of Adolph Hitler:
"Politics do not belong in the Church."
"The Church must be separate from the State."
If they sound eerily familiar, it will only be because you instinctively recognize in these words the voice of tyranny and repression.And so today's church is still paying the price for this small-minded politician's petty and vengeful ability to use the power of the federal government to punish his adversaries.
“Do you know, where does this phrase ‘separation of church and state’ come from?”American
Tea Partier Glen Urquhart asked at a campaign event last April. “It was not in Jefferson’s letter to the
Danbury Baptists. … The exact phrase ‘separation of Church and State’ came out of Adolph Hitler’s mouth, that’s where it comes from. So the next time your liberal friends talk about the separation of Church and State ask them why they’re Nazis.”
Why is a cross, a Maguen David, or a head scarf a problem in society?Besides jewellery never annoyed anyone before. It doesn't force their beliefs on anyone, therefore no atheists or other believers from different faiths should force their non beliefs or different beliefs on anyone else. The European Court of Human Rights has found in favour of BA employee Nadia Eweida being able to wear and display a Christian symbol at work, is it not about time that Quebec accept that any person has the right to wear and display any religious symbol wherever they like?Clearly it infringes on civil liberties in a part of Canada that has already seen years of tension over accommodation for religious minorities, particularly those from immigrant communities."They're trying to remove religious freedoms. They're trying to impose rules on religious values," said Harvey Levine,
president of the Quebec branch of the Jewish organization B'nai Brith.Quebec would become the only
jurisdiction in North America to impose a sweeping ban on religious clothing for public employees including at schools, hospitals and courthouses, under a “Charter of Values”.It once was taken for granted that religious expression went hand-in-hand with the preservation of our society’s values and culture. Standing up for religions rights in Canada,and Quebec, these days means upholding the rights of Muslims, Jews and Sikhs to wear specialized religious garb at work, in court, or in a voting booth.In Quebec the Commission des droits de la personne and des droits de la jeunesse sent out a reminder that individual rights, including the right to freedom of religion, is protected under the Quebec Charter of Rights,meaning such that Marois proposed Charter is in direct violation of an enshrined right of the people of Quebec.The right to freedom of religion is guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, adopted in 1982, as well as by the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — ratified by Canada in 1976 in consultation with the provinces.
Article 18 of the covenant reads: “Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.”
Quebec's governing Parti Quebecois (PQ) is trailing in the polls and, with only a minority of seats in the legislature, needs support from other parties to pass bills, casting doubt on whether the charter will survive in its current form.Jason Kenney, a federal government minister, said he was “very concerned” by the proposed legislation and said the federal government will challenge any law in courts if they deem it unconstitutional.The federal Canadian government announced that it will seek the advice of the Department of Justice and then head to court if the proposal is deemed to violate fundamental rights. Lawyers say the law may infringe constitutional rights on freedom of religion and expression.Canada's Supreme Court gave an indication of its view of religious symbols
in a 2006 decision that allowed orthodox Sikh students to carry kirpans, traditional daggers, to school.The early reaction suggests the plan will not pass in the current legislature, in its present form, which leaves two likely outcomes: it will either be watered down for adoption now, or be kept intact for later use as an election issue when the Parti Quebecois seeks a majority government.Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney said Justice Department lawyers will be consulted and, if the plan is found to violate fundamental freedoms, “we will defend those rights vigorously.” Montreal mayoral candidates Denis Coderre and Marcel Cote were also
unsparing in their criticism.
The NDP and Liberals also denounced the idea. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau did so during a visit to Montreal, where he was opening his party’s byelection office in one of Quebec’s most multiethnic ridings.Perhaps the most important reaction came from the Quebec legislature’s third party, which appears to hold the swing vote on the issue.
The Coalition Avenir Quebec called the PQ plan “far too radical” and demanded that it be scaled back to apply only to those public servants, like police and judges, in authority positions.To illustrate one of the party’s main criticisms of the plan, the CAQ critic at a news conference held up a tiny crucifix necklace next to a larger one.Who would go about measuring these crosses, she asked, before warning of an impending bureaucratic boondogle where the $1.9 million ad campaign is just the beginning.“Will this require a religious police?” said the Coalition’s Nathalie Roy.“This will be hell to apply.”
Fortunately the Parti Quebecquois government of Pauline Marois is in a minority, the proposed legislation can be voted on and rejected entirely from outside of her own party and of her dictates to her party.It also,for Pauline Marois, opens a door whereby an election can be forced, and a new legitimate government installed and a government of sanity once again restored to the province of Quebec.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Secret Squirrel Berates Canada On The Removal Of The Penny
Here's Secret Squirrel's two cents worth of opinion,taking note that Squirrel has never nickled and dimed you with his opinions,no indeed.And what is Squirrel's two cents worth concerned with? Squirrel is concerned with the Canadian government's remoival of the cent,the penny,,their pence as it were.It just makes no cents to do so as Squirrel sees it,just makes trouble for the Canadian population on the whole, the Canadian government treating them like so many holes,on the whole.Squirrel has a penny worth of thoughts on this subject and her shares them with you.
Firstly let's look at the history of the early pennies, as they were created for proper use,and right use, so very many centuries ago, by those far wiser than Canadian politicians.......
First pennies
Through the end of the 7th century, no Anglo-Saxon coins had been minted in any metal besides gold.
In Northumbria, pennies made of silver were being minted in the name of Bishop Eadbert (consecrated between 772 and 782, died between 787 and 789), some in
the name of his brother Archbishop Egbert (the shilling is one of the oldest of English coins, preceding the penny).
Pepin the Short, in about 735, minted the novus denarius. The novus denarius was based on the denarius and the penny was based on the novus denarius. He declared that 240 pennies or pfennigs should be minted from one Carolingian pound, approximately 326 grams (11.5 oz), of silver, so a single coin contained about 1.36 grams (0.048 oz) of silver. (As of December 2011, this would cost about £0.98).
Circa 790 Charlemagne instituted a major monetary reform, introducing a new silver penny with a smaller diameter but greater mass. Surviving examples of this penny have an average mass of 1.70 gram (although some experts estimate the ideal theoretical mass at 1.76 gram). The purity is variously given as 0.95 or 0.96.
The penny was introduced into England by King Offa, the king of Mercia (from 757 until his death in July 796), using as a model a coin first struck by Pepin the Short. King Offa minted a penny made of silver which weighed 221/2 grains or 240 pennies weighing one Saxon pound (or Tower pound—equal to 5,400 grains—as it was afterwards called), hence the term pennyweight.(Besides introducing the penny in to England, Offa was wise enought to wall dyke in the Welsh surrounding Wales with a huge earthworks dyke to be seen to the present day,to keep the Welsh in as it were, and so out of England as it was,he can't possibly have been ignorant there for by logical reasoning.)
The coinage of Offa's lifetime falls essentially into two phases, one of the light pennies of medium flan comparable to those of the reign of Pepin and the first decades of that of Charlemagne in France, and another of heavier pennies struck on larger flans that date from Offa's last years and correspond in size to Charlemagne's novus denarius introduced in 793/4. But the sceat fabric survived in East Anglia under Beonna and until the mid 9th century in Northumbria, while the new-style coinages were not merely those of Offa, but were stuck also by king of East Anglia, Kent, and Wessex, by two archbishops of Canterbury, and even in the name of Offa's queen, Cynethryth.Henry III in 1257 minted a gold penny which had the value of twenty silver pence. The weight and value of the silver penny steadily declined from 1300 onwards.
And so the penny was, in wisdom, born, so very early on.And so what of the day, the present day...........what have we to say, but.........
A penny for your thoughts, a popular saying, a popular request, the politicians, the Canadian politicians, thought it far too cheap for their thoughts, swelled head that they have, so they thought they rewrite it to A Nickel for your thoughts,well their thoughts and actions aren't worth a cent really, t'is true, subconciously they knew it, but their ego's wouldn't let them drop it to half a cent,and they certainly think your thoughts aren't worth a cent.Scots now ridicule Canadians openly saying, "Eye y'a 'av na got a penny fur ma tots.",and the Irish say "Ah begoran ya 'ave no got a penny fer ma thoughts." as well.Sadly tghis Canadian move has sorely affected Scottish and Irish thoughts but of course Canadian politicians don't care a rats arse for the thoughts of Scots nor the Irish.
Further their egos drove'em on, knowing there was the expression,bad penny, knowing that politicians were referred to as bad pennies,so the penny just had to go.Well they can still be called and referred to as bad nickels if things come to that,as they shall.
Another expression they've done in is A penny saved is a penny earned.Well now Canadians can't be said to earn a penny,it's destroyed the nation what the politicians have donenot that they knew, or know, or could possibly know that that''s exactly what they've done,that's what they were dooing, nay,not themwhy they've gone and turned the Canadians in to a bunch of penniless sad sacks doomed to lives of penury without a penny.Top it all off now the Canadian government won't give two cents to their complaints.
Even kids have gotten nickled and dimed by the Canadian government as this means the end of their fav penny whistle candy, and horrors, no more penny bubble gum balls, no doubt the politicians realizing this are moving in on the gum ball machine racket.I never put it past them.
And so too are gone penny ante busineses,for the politicians have now decided to undoubtablye come out of the closet and go hard core with their arranged businesses,organized crime it all is.
Gone now too are the days of the Penny Arcade, sad pasing for the Canadians, victims of the politicians.Gone too are the days that foreign nations got a red cent from Canada, now not even yet that for them. The Canadian government just has no cents and centsibility.Why just look at the wisdom of the British, the Euro and the pound et all, and through it all the Brits kept their pence,it can't be said that the Brit PM hasn't got his pence, but it can be said that the Canadian Prime Minister hasn't got any cents.Let's just look at how things have changed now that Canada has eliminated the penny, at least in Canada.......
Well, first of all, I'm worth every penny.
Howard Stern
A penny is a lot of money, if you have not got a penny.”yiddish quote
a penny saved is a penny earned-ben franklin
“Penny wise is often pound foolish.”
penny wishing well, now more expensive, lest wishes to the buck.
“I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside.”
Ken Dodd“Sex in a woman's world has the same currency a penny has in a man's. Every penny saved is a penny earned in one world and in the next every sexualadventure is a literary experience.”
Harry Golden
I Like this quote I dislike this quote“I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars”
Honus Wagner
A penny saved is a penny earned.
-- Benjamin Franklin.
Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck.
Find a penny, leave it lay, and you'll have bad luck all the day.
-- Proverb
Look after the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
-- English proverb
In for a penny, in for a pound.
-- English proverb
Every time it rains
it rains pennies from heaven.
-- "Pennies From Heaven," lyrics by Johnny Burke
Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
-- Margaret Thatcher
Just ponder how it has affected all of these quotes.........well it has paid book to Howard Stern's value.but let's not go there, pluses don't count in this desertation on the removal of the penny in Canadian circulation......
Now what value and use and importance has the penny......
To "spend a penny" in British idiom means to urinate. The etymology of the phrase is literal; some public toilets used to be coin-operated, with a pre-decimal penny being the charge levied. The first recorded charge of a penny for use of a toilet was at the The Great Exhibition of 1851.But then the Frenchman Depardieu,(also know as the Ridiculous Flying Fatman) hans't any need of a penny as he pees anyhere without paying,true, and noted.
Let's look at the penny versus the nickel,and also the effects of the removal of the penny,leaving the nickel.........
Consumers and the Economy — Penny elimination would be bad for consumers and the economy, and the alternative to the penny - rounding to the nickel - will negatively impact working families. Research by Penn State University Economist Ray Lombra shows that were the penny to be eliminated, consumers would be hit with a multi-billion dollar rounding tax. In addition, the penny is a hedge to inflation.
Popular support — An overwhelming number of Americans want to keep the penny. A poll conducted March 22-25, 2012 by Opinion Research Corporation International found over two-thirds (67%) of those surveyed favor keeping the penny in circulation. These results confirm the strong and unwavering public support for the penny. The poll results showed that over two-thirds of adults (67%) favor keeping the penny in circulation; 77% are concerned that if the government implements a rounding system for cash purchases, businesses might raise prices; 66% of Americans oppose eliminating the penny and establishing a price rounding system.
Demand for Nickels — According to the U.S. Mint, rounding to the nickel would also lead to a demand for increased production of nickels, costing around 11 cents to produce. Applied to FY 2011 cost and shipment data, the Mint would have incurred an additional net loss of $10.3 million without the penny in 2011.
Charities — The penny aids charities in raising hundreds of millions of dollars each year for important causes and clearly demonstrates the coin's value.
Notable charities like Ronald McDonald House Charities , the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, School and Youth Programs , Pennies for Patients, and countless
local groups rely significantly on small penny contributions. On Lincoln's birthday in 2009, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society celebrated the 15 billionth ($150 million) penny collected by school students across the country for their "Pennies for Patients" program.
Charge of lost worker productivity — Retail workers are not paid according to their productivity. It is difficult to link time wasted with pennies to a dollar equivalent productivity loss.
Prices will increase - If we eliminate the penny, everything will have to be rounded to the nickel. Merchants will probably round everything up in their favor, costing us more for everything we buy.
The poor pay the most - A corollary to the above argument says that the poor will be affected the most, because they are most likely to make more frequent, smaller purchases, thus suffering the rounding up more often.
Charities need pennies - There are thousands of small charities that depend on penny drives to bring in donations. People think nothing of pouring out their old penny jars to support these drives, but they won't part with nickels so easily.
Nickels cost even more to make - If we eliminate the penny, we will need more nickels in circulation. Nickels cost 7.7 cents to make, (2.7 cents over face value, as opposed to 0.26 cents over face value to make a penny,) so making each nickel costs 1.44 cents more than making each penny. Since the penny costs 0.26 more than face value to make, the Mint can make 5 pennies and still lose less money than making 1 nickel. And, of course, if we eliminate the penny, we'll need a lot more nickels, which will offset the savings of stopping penny manufacture.
And so, remember, the luck of the penny, the Canadian government having left Canadians, as it were,are and is.luckless..........
Finding a penny is sometimes considered lucky and gives rise to the saying, "Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck." This may be a corruption of "See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck" and similar verses, as quoted in The Frank C. Brown collection of North Carolina folklore and other places.
It is also believed that one may get rid of bad luck by dropping a penny on the ground. The bad luck will go with the coin and be acquired by the next person to pick it up.
Every thoughtful penny believer must sometime pause to ponder the great questions with which we are presented by our penny faith: How came this lucky penny here in my path for me to find? Does it come to me (and I to it) by mere accident, by random chance? Or, could it be that my finding of this penny necessarily had to be, that it was determined by a complex web of inexorably linked events? And just what do I mean by luck, anyway?
Consider the difference in meaning when we say that to find a penny is lucky. Clearly it is not because we are now one cent richer. Rather, it is because the found penny exerts an influence on subsequent events.Lacking the penny, we have no luck,we are.lucked out,out of luck.in short in great trouble,being so deserted then by lady luck who then throws herself upon those who still have pennies.Pennies are blessed because they are of no practical value in a money-grubbing, namebrand-worshiping society. Unbelievers put them in little bowls by cash registers to expedite the purchasing of stuff. By contrast, nickels, dimes, and quarters are money; no one yet gives them awayFrom the person who lost the penny. Luck can be neither created nor destroyed, but is distributed—very unevenly—throughout the living cosmos. Luck continually flows from one living entity to another and back again. When you are dead, you are out of luck,you have no pennies.in short the government wishes us dead.Penny is made from copper, which is one of the oldest metals used by humans. It has played an important role in mythology. Its primary use has been as a specified metal in rituals, but it has also represented the Greek God Venus and to the Greeks, it could protect against evil and attract love. Find a lucky penny means you are being protected against any evil energy, and you can use it as a lucky charm.Many people believe it's best to find pennies heads up and that finding and picking up tails up penny is unlucky. This is based on Manichaeism, a system of religious doctrines based on a supposed primordial conflict between light and darkness or goodness and evil. Centuries ago people believed in polar opposites of good and evil, body and soul, dark and light. With coins, specifically the lucky penny, heads were seen as good while tails was seen as evil.A penny may be tossed overboard when one sets out to sea, in hopes of appeasing the marine gods and thus ensuring a safe passage. Similarly a penny (or other coin) may be tossed into a well or pool in the belief that so doing will cause one's wish to be grantedIt may seen a low tech accessory for a $2.5bn spacecraft, but Nasa has revealed the key to ensuring the Curiosity rover, which landed on the red planet this morning, can see clearly.
It is Curiosity's own lucky penny.
Rather than rely on hi-tech cameras and sensors, the space agency has revealed it secretly hid a lucky penny on its latest craft headed for the red planet.So was it and is it wise for the Canadian Government to have robbed,removed, stolen, the penny from the average Canadian Citizen? No, says I,Secret Squirrel, for any and all of the above reasoning.
Secret Squirrel,
MRL,MP,(Dunny On The Wold),
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering)
Firstly let's look at the history of the early pennies, as they were created for proper use,and right use, so very many centuries ago, by those far wiser than Canadian politicians.......
First pennies
Through the end of the 7th century, no Anglo-Saxon coins had been minted in any metal besides gold.
In Northumbria, pennies made of silver were being minted in the name of Bishop Eadbert (consecrated between 772 and 782, died between 787 and 789), some in
the name of his brother Archbishop Egbert (the shilling is one of the oldest of English coins, preceding the penny).
Pepin the Short, in about 735, minted the novus denarius. The novus denarius was based on the denarius and the penny was based on the novus denarius. He declared that 240 pennies or pfennigs should be minted from one Carolingian pound, approximately 326 grams (11.5 oz), of silver, so a single coin contained about 1.36 grams (0.048 oz) of silver. (As of December 2011, this would cost about £0.98).
Circa 790 Charlemagne instituted a major monetary reform, introducing a new silver penny with a smaller diameter but greater mass. Surviving examples of this penny have an average mass of 1.70 gram (although some experts estimate the ideal theoretical mass at 1.76 gram). The purity is variously given as 0.95 or 0.96.
The penny was introduced into England by King Offa, the king of Mercia (from 757 until his death in July 796), using as a model a coin first struck by Pepin the Short. King Offa minted a penny made of silver which weighed 221/2 grains or 240 pennies weighing one Saxon pound (or Tower pound—equal to 5,400 grains—as it was afterwards called), hence the term pennyweight.(Besides introducing the penny in to England, Offa was wise enought to wall dyke in the Welsh surrounding Wales with a huge earthworks dyke to be seen to the present day,to keep the Welsh in as it were, and so out of England as it was,he can't possibly have been ignorant there for by logical reasoning.)
The coinage of Offa's lifetime falls essentially into two phases, one of the light pennies of medium flan comparable to those of the reign of Pepin and the first decades of that of Charlemagne in France, and another of heavier pennies struck on larger flans that date from Offa's last years and correspond in size to Charlemagne's novus denarius introduced in 793/4. But the sceat fabric survived in East Anglia under Beonna and until the mid 9th century in Northumbria, while the new-style coinages were not merely those of Offa, but were stuck also by king of East Anglia, Kent, and Wessex, by two archbishops of Canterbury, and even in the name of Offa's queen, Cynethryth.Henry III in 1257 minted a gold penny which had the value of twenty silver pence. The weight and value of the silver penny steadily declined from 1300 onwards.
And so the penny was, in wisdom, born, so very early on.And so what of the day, the present day...........what have we to say, but.........
A penny for your thoughts, a popular saying, a popular request, the politicians, the Canadian politicians, thought it far too cheap for their thoughts, swelled head that they have, so they thought they rewrite it to A Nickel for your thoughts,well their thoughts and actions aren't worth a cent really, t'is true, subconciously they knew it, but their ego's wouldn't let them drop it to half a cent,and they certainly think your thoughts aren't worth a cent.Scots now ridicule Canadians openly saying, "Eye y'a 'av na got a penny fur ma tots.",and the Irish say "Ah begoran ya 'ave no got a penny fer ma thoughts." as well.Sadly tghis Canadian move has sorely affected Scottish and Irish thoughts but of course Canadian politicians don't care a rats arse for the thoughts of Scots nor the Irish.
Further their egos drove'em on, knowing there was the expression,bad penny, knowing that politicians were referred to as bad pennies,so the penny just had to go.Well they can still be called and referred to as bad nickels if things come to that,as they shall.
Another expression they've done in is A penny saved is a penny earned.Well now Canadians can't be said to earn a penny,it's destroyed the nation what the politicians have donenot that they knew, or know, or could possibly know that that''s exactly what they've done,that's what they were dooing, nay,not themwhy they've gone and turned the Canadians in to a bunch of penniless sad sacks doomed to lives of penury without a penny.Top it all off now the Canadian government won't give two cents to their complaints.
Even kids have gotten nickled and dimed by the Canadian government as this means the end of their fav penny whistle candy, and horrors, no more penny bubble gum balls, no doubt the politicians realizing this are moving in on the gum ball machine racket.I never put it past them.
And so too are gone penny ante busineses,for the politicians have now decided to undoubtablye come out of the closet and go hard core with their arranged businesses,organized crime it all is.
Gone now too are the days of the Penny Arcade, sad pasing for the Canadians, victims of the politicians.Gone too are the days that foreign nations got a red cent from Canada, now not even yet that for them. The Canadian government just has no cents and centsibility.Why just look at the wisdom of the British, the Euro and the pound et all, and through it all the Brits kept their pence,it can't be said that the Brit PM hasn't got his pence, but it can be said that the Canadian Prime Minister hasn't got any cents.Let's just look at how things have changed now that Canada has eliminated the penny, at least in Canada.......
Well, first of all, I'm worth every penny.
Howard Stern
A penny is a lot of money, if you have not got a penny.”yiddish quote
a penny saved is a penny earned-ben franklin
“Penny wise is often pound foolish.”
penny wishing well, now more expensive, lest wishes to the buck.
“I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside.”
Ken Dodd“Sex in a woman's world has the same currency a penny has in a man's. Every penny saved is a penny earned in one world and in the next every sexualadventure is a literary experience.”
Harry Golden
I Like this quote I dislike this quote“I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars”
Honus Wagner
A penny saved is a penny earned.
-- Benjamin Franklin.
Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck.
Find a penny, leave it lay, and you'll have bad luck all the day.
-- Proverb
Look after the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
-- English proverb
In for a penny, in for a pound.
-- English proverb
Every time it rains
it rains pennies from heaven.
-- "Pennies From Heaven," lyrics by Johnny Burke
Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
-- Margaret Thatcher
Just ponder how it has affected all of these quotes.........well it has paid book to Howard Stern's value.but let's not go there, pluses don't count in this desertation on the removal of the penny in Canadian circulation......
Now what value and use and importance has the penny......
To "spend a penny" in British idiom means to urinate. The etymology of the phrase is literal; some public toilets used to be coin-operated, with a pre-decimal penny being the charge levied. The first recorded charge of a penny for use of a toilet was at the The Great Exhibition of 1851.But then the Frenchman Depardieu,(also know as the Ridiculous Flying Fatman) hans't any need of a penny as he pees anyhere without paying,true, and noted.
Let's look at the penny versus the nickel,and also the effects of the removal of the penny,leaving the nickel.........
Consumers and the Economy — Penny elimination would be bad for consumers and the economy, and the alternative to the penny - rounding to the nickel - will negatively impact working families. Research by Penn State University Economist Ray Lombra shows that were the penny to be eliminated, consumers would be hit with a multi-billion dollar rounding tax. In addition, the penny is a hedge to inflation.
Popular support — An overwhelming number of Americans want to keep the penny. A poll conducted March 22-25, 2012 by Opinion Research Corporation International found over two-thirds (67%) of those surveyed favor keeping the penny in circulation. These results confirm the strong and unwavering public support for the penny. The poll results showed that over two-thirds of adults (67%) favor keeping the penny in circulation; 77% are concerned that if the government implements a rounding system for cash purchases, businesses might raise prices; 66% of Americans oppose eliminating the penny and establishing a price rounding system.
Demand for Nickels — According to the U.S. Mint, rounding to the nickel would also lead to a demand for increased production of nickels, costing around 11 cents to produce. Applied to FY 2011 cost and shipment data, the Mint would have incurred an additional net loss of $10.3 million without the penny in 2011.
Charities — The penny aids charities in raising hundreds of millions of dollars each year for important causes and clearly demonstrates the coin's value.
Notable charities like Ronald McDonald House Charities , the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, School and Youth Programs , Pennies for Patients, and countless
local groups rely significantly on small penny contributions. On Lincoln's birthday in 2009, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society celebrated the 15 billionth ($150 million) penny collected by school students across the country for their "Pennies for Patients" program.
Charge of lost worker productivity — Retail workers are not paid according to their productivity. It is difficult to link time wasted with pennies to a dollar equivalent productivity loss.
Prices will increase - If we eliminate the penny, everything will have to be rounded to the nickel. Merchants will probably round everything up in their favor, costing us more for everything we buy.
The poor pay the most - A corollary to the above argument says that the poor will be affected the most, because they are most likely to make more frequent, smaller purchases, thus suffering the rounding up more often.
Charities need pennies - There are thousands of small charities that depend on penny drives to bring in donations. People think nothing of pouring out their old penny jars to support these drives, but they won't part with nickels so easily.
Nickels cost even more to make - If we eliminate the penny, we will need more nickels in circulation. Nickels cost 7.7 cents to make, (2.7 cents over face value, as opposed to 0.26 cents over face value to make a penny,) so making each nickel costs 1.44 cents more than making each penny. Since the penny costs 0.26 more than face value to make, the Mint can make 5 pennies and still lose less money than making 1 nickel. And, of course, if we eliminate the penny, we'll need a lot more nickels, which will offset the savings of stopping penny manufacture.
And so, remember, the luck of the penny, the Canadian government having left Canadians, as it were,are and is.luckless..........
Finding a penny is sometimes considered lucky and gives rise to the saying, "Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck." This may be a corruption of "See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck" and similar verses, as quoted in The Frank C. Brown collection of North Carolina folklore and other places.
It is also believed that one may get rid of bad luck by dropping a penny on the ground. The bad luck will go with the coin and be acquired by the next person to pick it up.
Every thoughtful penny believer must sometime pause to ponder the great questions with which we are presented by our penny faith: How came this lucky penny here in my path for me to find? Does it come to me (and I to it) by mere accident, by random chance? Or, could it be that my finding of this penny necessarily had to be, that it was determined by a complex web of inexorably linked events? And just what do I mean by luck, anyway?
Consider the difference in meaning when we say that to find a penny is lucky. Clearly it is not because we are now one cent richer. Rather, it is because the found penny exerts an influence on subsequent events.Lacking the penny, we have no luck,we are.lucked out,out of luck.in short in great trouble,being so deserted then by lady luck who then throws herself upon those who still have pennies.Pennies are blessed because they are of no practical value in a money-grubbing, namebrand-worshiping society. Unbelievers put them in little bowls by cash registers to expedite the purchasing of stuff. By contrast, nickels, dimes, and quarters are money; no one yet gives them awayFrom the person who lost the penny. Luck can be neither created nor destroyed, but is distributed—very unevenly—throughout the living cosmos. Luck continually flows from one living entity to another and back again. When you are dead, you are out of luck,you have no pennies.in short the government wishes us dead.Penny is made from copper, which is one of the oldest metals used by humans. It has played an important role in mythology. Its primary use has been as a specified metal in rituals, but it has also represented the Greek God Venus and to the Greeks, it could protect against evil and attract love. Find a lucky penny means you are being protected against any evil energy, and you can use it as a lucky charm.Many people believe it's best to find pennies heads up and that finding and picking up tails up penny is unlucky. This is based on Manichaeism, a system of religious doctrines based on a supposed primordial conflict between light and darkness or goodness and evil. Centuries ago people believed in polar opposites of good and evil, body and soul, dark and light. With coins, specifically the lucky penny, heads were seen as good while tails was seen as evil.A penny may be tossed overboard when one sets out to sea, in hopes of appeasing the marine gods and thus ensuring a safe passage. Similarly a penny (or other coin) may be tossed into a well or pool in the belief that so doing will cause one's wish to be grantedIt may seen a low tech accessory for a $2.5bn spacecraft, but Nasa has revealed the key to ensuring the Curiosity rover, which landed on the red planet this morning, can see clearly.
It is Curiosity's own lucky penny.
Rather than rely on hi-tech cameras and sensors, the space agency has revealed it secretly hid a lucky penny on its latest craft headed for the red planet.So was it and is it wise for the Canadian Government to have robbed,removed, stolen, the penny from the average Canadian Citizen? No, says I,Secret Squirrel, for any and all of the above reasoning.
Secret Squirrel,
MRL,MP,(Dunny On The Wold),
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering)
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Secret Squirrel On The Canadian Internet Billing Crisis
Secret Squirrel has had his attention aroused by a second attempt,in Canada, by the CRTC( Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) at initiating a monopolisticly financially dictated cap on internet use, i.e. to have a dictated global provider plan for UBB,Usage Based Billing of the free Canadian Internet,to the behest of the heavily monopolistic consortium of Bell/Rogers to the detriment of the Canadian people, the Canadian internet user, we, the people.
Why does anyone need to make laws about the internet at all. Everything has been working fine up to this point, and the internet and all it's technologies that it's producing have been growing at a fantastic rate.Why do people need to work so hard to try and not only control the internet but to make a profit from it? This is getting to the point it's absolutely retarded!But so too is the system.Presently Bell/Rogers Canada's rather large media monopoly,controlling heavily cable and cable services(including internet access through cable,through Rogers)and Bell controlling the phone lines,used for interne(by Bell and anyone else) and including internet access via satellite services)wish to force on consumers what is called an internet cap, or UBB, short for Usage Based Billing, on all consumers basically, by attempting to go through the CRTC to achieve this, broadspectrum.You see, they could easily do it themselves,and so heavily line their pockets,quite obviously, and greatly increase their already humungous and guaranteed monopolistic profits,but if only they do it themselves, then their internet customers,who are not yet fed up with them already, and their conduct,would flee to other providers you see, the basic independents, and others who are in whatever fashion allowed by government to run internet services in direct competition with and against them,such as AOL.Competition allows for a good deal for the consumer, a choice,but The Bell/Rogers idea is to in a sense remove this and force ALL internet providers to go to usage billing through the dictates of the CRTC,whose members are appointed,SHOULD the government follow the ruling of the CRTC.So, who then really is the government watch dog,the CRTC really working for,Bell/Rogers, or Canadians?
This is not the first attempt at this,the Canadian government(Conservative at that time, and once again incumbent THIS time) reversed a controversial ruling that was seen as hurting Internet video and competition,which of course it is, especially forcing all internet providers to the same ends,as in applying usage billing.The policy, which would have then taken effect March 31, centered on the amount of data that consumers can view or download and for what expense. Not surprisingly, it’s the bigger ISPs that supported the new fees supported by the policy. Many have already been charging users in accordance with how much data they access – and now, the new law would have smaller ISPs do the same. That’s because smaller ISPs lease bandwidth from larger telecommunications firms such as Bell Canada, Rogers Communications, and Shaw Communications. Despite their small size, the lesser-known ISPs (Internet service providers) have typically been providing both greater bandwidth and lower fees than have the bigger ISPs such as Bell and TELUS. Following a Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission decision that would not only allow but in some cases require usage-based billing for independent Internet providers, the Conservative Party and Prime Minister Harper and Industry Minister Tony Clement had already settled on overturning the CRTC's new rule. The regulator would have a chance to do so voluntarily but would be forced to make the change if it disagreed.While the Conservatives have often been pro-business, the party is concerned enough about the anti-competitive nature of the ruling to take action. "A decision like this is clearly not in the best interest of consumers," the anonymous official said.Clement in a Twitter conversation with a CBC reporter suggested it was virtually certain the CRTC measure would have to go back to the "drawing board.",and so too it was and so too it did happen.
Public reaction also likely played a factor. A petition with over 200,000 signatures, along with tens of thousands of e-mails to Clement and increasingly high-profile media coverage, may have signaled broad public opposition. A federal election is considered a possibility this year and could have seen usage-based billing as a major platform issue. Both the opposing Liberals and New Democratic Party were the first to formally object to the CRTC's ruling.Imagine, all parties agreed that USB,Usage Based Billing was NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.The Public, yes, I,you,me,we all Canadians,NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST,that said decision was monopolistic, anti-competition,not in the best interest of consumers,of we,the people.
Critics rightly argued that Bell/Rogers and other major ISPs have an anti-competitive incentive for usage-based billing rules. The approach prevents an independent provider from becoming a genuine competitor, even if it can fully afford to offer better service than its major rival. Incumbents have their own TV services and, after Bell's new CTV acquisition, now have their own TV channels as well. The conflict of interest can encourage them to impose artificially low bandwidth caps on themselves, and on independents,all done in efforts to make themselves appear more attractive,to the disadvantage of the independents and other competitive internet service providers.And so the decision was rejected, and sent right back to the CRTC where is was supposed to quietly die. But,strangely,the Jaberwocky still stalks the public,BELL/ROGERS have revived the dead monstrosity in CRTC committee and once again the CRTC is holding hearings.however.what has changed.not the arguments solidly presented against, not the government resolve,consider ALL THREE PARTIES ALREADY OPPOSED UBB,Usage Based Billing.
What really then is the point of these CRTC hearings,and yet another decision.The THREE PARTIES were firmly resolved,the government itself of the incumbent Conservatives had made a decision, taken a stand,and so too did the other parties, the opposition, the Liberals, and the New Democrat Party........so why must the Jaberwocky of USB be slain again..........quite simply regardless of the decision of the CRTC what with their second attempt, they simply HAVE TO BE TOLD MUST BE TOLD, UBB is dead.Quite simply Bell/Rogers are attempting the journey toward an Internet oligopoly or monopoly,in sum toto.
To understand the real impact, though, it is important to view UBB in context with other issues, which together:
jeopardize the sovereignty of our nation,
have a chilling effect on freedom of expression, and
threaten the privacy and democratic freedoms traditionally enjoyed in Canada.
“There is a huge conflict of interest here being seemingly ignored by the CRTC. Bell-Rogers are limiting their competitors’ ability to compete with their cable divisions, by using their Internet divisions to discourage increased Internet usage. Why is this not discussed more often? Maybe one company should no longer be allowed to own both?”
As we've been covering, Canadian regulatory agency the CRTC recently had their (or should we say Bell's) effort to impose usage-based billing (UBB) on Canadian wholesalers and consumers shot down by Canadian leaders for being anti-competitive, punitive, and generally just ridiculous. The review was demanded after immense public backlash to the concept of usage-based pricing, though the CRTC's inquiry is expected to be rather hollow.
The Harper/Reform/"Conservative" Party ,though it did state it would not allow implimentation of UBB,as too did the will of the other parties,Liberal and NDP,did nothing except send the decision back to the CRTC with instructions to review the decision,as in change their minds.But the time is now,to reaffirm that decision NOT to impliment or allow UBB,it is the time for the Conservatives, to, and for the Liberals and NDP Party to,force the reaffirmation of the original decision not to allow such UBB implimentation,in all direct honesty and integrity,it is the time for the government also to keep it's WORD, it's solemn vow,to the Canadian people.Opposition to the CRTC was massive.
The NDP’s digital-issues critic said any decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to allow usage-based billing threatens access to the Internet.
According to Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus, usage-based billing is unfair to consumers and could be used by large Internet service providers to limit competition from third-party ISPs and online media sources.
“We’ve seen this all before with cell phones,” Angus said in a press release today (January 20). “Allowing the Internet Service Providers to ding you every time you download is a rip-off. Canada is already falling behind other countries in terms of choice, accessibility and pricing for the Internet.”
Angus called for “clear rules that put consumers first”.
The NDP’s release was applauded by OpenMedia.ca, a nonprofit organization that’s been campaigning against usage-based billing, also known as Internet metering.
OpenMedia.ca has collected more than 34,000 signatures on an online petition against usage-based billing for Internet service.
In December, Vancouver city council voted to take a stand against usage-based Internet billing and call on the CRTC to reverse its May decision opening the door to the practice.What makes these UBB approaches noteworthy when viewed from a Canadian perspective is that in other countries, there is the free market system,free enterprise,and there is sufficient competition such that consumers in other countries can typically choose between unlimited or UBB capped plans,depending on the provider, and any provider must make itself attractive to consumers, or else adopt a different market plan approach to attract consumers, in short, they can choose, they are not dictated to.Should a provider imagine a UBB cap plan is attractive to a consumer at say $35 a month, versus a unlimited plan at $35 a month,well so be it.The choice is there, for the people,the consumer, and for the provider as well.That is the free market system, the proper method of free enterprise.
It is also pointed out the basic Bell/Rogers monopoly,the very root of this present evil,with access of internet by use of their phone line,they also have internet over their cable line,which is fair, in that their cable is a monopoly,do you suppose,or else it is somewhat skewed,and, then is it not.BUT there is internet by satellite, that bypasses both their phone monopoly, AND their cable monopoly.would CRTC see to it that a satellite provider was blocked BY GOVERNMENT from either beaming said service to Canada, AND/OR not following USB but rather a free usage internet through THEIR system................and so.........not....It is sadly pointed out that Satellite providers must have permission to beam their signals in to Canada, and the CRTC would subject THEM ALSO to being forced to use UBB also,AND that any such UBB would also be subject to the definition of the CRTC/BELL/ROGERS in what a "deal" they could submit to the Canadian consumer, the Canadian Public.so this all most assuredly,as it did before,and so too as it does now,points to a direct cash grab made available to the massive monopoly, the Bell/Rogers..........Let freedom ring!Let there be free enterprise, let there be a competitive system,let there be laissez faire,let there be a democratic economic system, Or not.
Here's my suggestion. Everyone everywhere needs to back off and let the internet progress as it needs to. Right now all these new laws and regulations are only meant to one thing,Put money into some monopolistic providers( BELL/ROGERS) pockets, and really that has no place in the supposedly free market,free enterprise,democratic Canadian financial and economic systems.LET FREEDOM RING!!In Poland,the internet is.......free.
Why does anyone need to make laws about the internet at all. Everything has been working fine up to this point, and the internet and all it's technologies that it's producing have been growing at a fantastic rate.Why do people need to work so hard to try and not only control the internet but to make a profit from it? This is getting to the point it's absolutely retarded!But so too is the system.Presently Bell/Rogers Canada's rather large media monopoly,controlling heavily cable and cable services(including internet access through cable,through Rogers)and Bell controlling the phone lines,used for interne(by Bell and anyone else) and including internet access via satellite services)wish to force on consumers what is called an internet cap, or UBB, short for Usage Based Billing, on all consumers basically, by attempting to go through the CRTC to achieve this, broadspectrum.You see, they could easily do it themselves,and so heavily line their pockets,quite obviously, and greatly increase their already humungous and guaranteed monopolistic profits,but if only they do it themselves, then their internet customers,who are not yet fed up with them already, and their conduct,would flee to other providers you see, the basic independents, and others who are in whatever fashion allowed by government to run internet services in direct competition with and against them,such as AOL.Competition allows for a good deal for the consumer, a choice,but The Bell/Rogers idea is to in a sense remove this and force ALL internet providers to go to usage billing through the dictates of the CRTC,whose members are appointed,SHOULD the government follow the ruling of the CRTC.So, who then really is the government watch dog,the CRTC really working for,Bell/Rogers, or Canadians?
This is not the first attempt at this,the Canadian government(Conservative at that time, and once again incumbent THIS time) reversed a controversial ruling that was seen as hurting Internet video and competition,which of course it is, especially forcing all internet providers to the same ends,as in applying usage billing.The policy, which would have then taken effect March 31, centered on the amount of data that consumers can view or download and for what expense. Not surprisingly, it’s the bigger ISPs that supported the new fees supported by the policy. Many have already been charging users in accordance with how much data they access – and now, the new law would have smaller ISPs do the same. That’s because smaller ISPs lease bandwidth from larger telecommunications firms such as Bell Canada, Rogers Communications, and Shaw Communications. Despite their small size, the lesser-known ISPs (Internet service providers) have typically been providing both greater bandwidth and lower fees than have the bigger ISPs such as Bell and TELUS. Following a Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission decision that would not only allow but in some cases require usage-based billing for independent Internet providers, the Conservative Party and Prime Minister Harper and Industry Minister Tony Clement had already settled on overturning the CRTC's new rule. The regulator would have a chance to do so voluntarily but would be forced to make the change if it disagreed.While the Conservatives have often been pro-business, the party is concerned enough about the anti-competitive nature of the ruling to take action. "A decision like this is clearly not in the best interest of consumers," the anonymous official said.Clement in a Twitter conversation with a CBC reporter suggested it was virtually certain the CRTC measure would have to go back to the "drawing board.",and so too it was and so too it did happen.
Public reaction also likely played a factor. A petition with over 200,000 signatures, along with tens of thousands of e-mails to Clement and increasingly high-profile media coverage, may have signaled broad public opposition. A federal election is considered a possibility this year and could have seen usage-based billing as a major platform issue. Both the opposing Liberals and New Democratic Party were the first to formally object to the CRTC's ruling.Imagine, all parties agreed that USB,Usage Based Billing was NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.The Public, yes, I,you,me,we all Canadians,NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST,that said decision was monopolistic, anti-competition,not in the best interest of consumers,of we,the people.
Critics rightly argued that Bell/Rogers and other major ISPs have an anti-competitive incentive for usage-based billing rules. The approach prevents an independent provider from becoming a genuine competitor, even if it can fully afford to offer better service than its major rival. Incumbents have their own TV services and, after Bell's new CTV acquisition, now have their own TV channels as well. The conflict of interest can encourage them to impose artificially low bandwidth caps on themselves, and on independents,all done in efforts to make themselves appear more attractive,to the disadvantage of the independents and other competitive internet service providers.And so the decision was rejected, and sent right back to the CRTC where is was supposed to quietly die. But,strangely,the Jaberwocky still stalks the public,BELL/ROGERS have revived the dead monstrosity in CRTC committee and once again the CRTC is holding hearings.however.what has changed.not the arguments solidly presented against, not the government resolve,consider ALL THREE PARTIES ALREADY OPPOSED UBB,Usage Based Billing.
What really then is the point of these CRTC hearings,and yet another decision.The THREE PARTIES were firmly resolved,the government itself of the incumbent Conservatives had made a decision, taken a stand,and so too did the other parties, the opposition, the Liberals, and the New Democrat Party........so why must the Jaberwocky of USB be slain again..........quite simply regardless of the decision of the CRTC what with their second attempt, they simply HAVE TO BE TOLD MUST BE TOLD, UBB is dead.Quite simply Bell/Rogers are attempting the journey toward an Internet oligopoly or monopoly,in sum toto.
To understand the real impact, though, it is important to view UBB in context with other issues, which together:
jeopardize the sovereignty of our nation,
have a chilling effect on freedom of expression, and
threaten the privacy and democratic freedoms traditionally enjoyed in Canada.
“There is a huge conflict of interest here being seemingly ignored by the CRTC. Bell-Rogers are limiting their competitors’ ability to compete with their cable divisions, by using their Internet divisions to discourage increased Internet usage. Why is this not discussed more often? Maybe one company should no longer be allowed to own both?”
As we've been covering, Canadian regulatory agency the CRTC recently had their (or should we say Bell's) effort to impose usage-based billing (UBB) on Canadian wholesalers and consumers shot down by Canadian leaders for being anti-competitive, punitive, and generally just ridiculous. The review was demanded after immense public backlash to the concept of usage-based pricing, though the CRTC's inquiry is expected to be rather hollow.
The Harper/Reform/"Conservative" Party ,though it did state it would not allow implimentation of UBB,as too did the will of the other parties,Liberal and NDP,did nothing except send the decision back to the CRTC with instructions to review the decision,as in change their minds.But the time is now,to reaffirm that decision NOT to impliment or allow UBB,it is the time for the Conservatives, to, and for the Liberals and NDP Party to,force the reaffirmation of the original decision not to allow such UBB implimentation,in all direct honesty and integrity,it is the time for the government also to keep it's WORD, it's solemn vow,to the Canadian people.Opposition to the CRTC was massive.
The NDP’s digital-issues critic said any decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to allow usage-based billing threatens access to the Internet.
According to Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus, usage-based billing is unfair to consumers and could be used by large Internet service providers to limit competition from third-party ISPs and online media sources.
“We’ve seen this all before with cell phones,” Angus said in a press release today (January 20). “Allowing the Internet Service Providers to ding you every time you download is a rip-off. Canada is already falling behind other countries in terms of choice, accessibility and pricing for the Internet.”
Angus called for “clear rules that put consumers first”.
The NDP’s release was applauded by OpenMedia.ca, a nonprofit organization that’s been campaigning against usage-based billing, also known as Internet metering.
OpenMedia.ca has collected more than 34,000 signatures on an online petition against usage-based billing for Internet service.
In December, Vancouver city council voted to take a stand against usage-based Internet billing and call on the CRTC to reverse its May decision opening the door to the practice.What makes these UBB approaches noteworthy when viewed from a Canadian perspective is that in other countries, there is the free market system,free enterprise,and there is sufficient competition such that consumers in other countries can typically choose between unlimited or UBB capped plans,depending on the provider, and any provider must make itself attractive to consumers, or else adopt a different market plan approach to attract consumers, in short, they can choose, they are not dictated to.Should a provider imagine a UBB cap plan is attractive to a consumer at say $35 a month, versus a unlimited plan at $35 a month,well so be it.The choice is there, for the people,the consumer, and for the provider as well.That is the free market system, the proper method of free enterprise.
It is also pointed out the basic Bell/Rogers monopoly,the very root of this present evil,with access of internet by use of their phone line,they also have internet over their cable line,which is fair, in that their cable is a monopoly,do you suppose,or else it is somewhat skewed,and, then is it not.BUT there is internet by satellite, that bypasses both their phone monopoly, AND their cable monopoly.would CRTC see to it that a satellite provider was blocked BY GOVERNMENT from either beaming said service to Canada, AND/OR not following USB but rather a free usage internet through THEIR system................and so.........not....It is sadly pointed out that Satellite providers must have permission to beam their signals in to Canada, and the CRTC would subject THEM ALSO to being forced to use UBB also,AND that any such UBB would also be subject to the definition of the CRTC/BELL/ROGERS in what a "deal" they could submit to the Canadian consumer, the Canadian Public.so this all most assuredly,as it did before,and so too as it does now,points to a direct cash grab made available to the massive monopoly, the Bell/Rogers..........Let freedom ring!Let there be free enterprise, let there be a competitive system,let there be laissez faire,let there be a democratic economic system, Or not.
Here's my suggestion. Everyone everywhere needs to back off and let the internet progress as it needs to. Right now all these new laws and regulations are only meant to one thing,Put money into some monopolistic providers( BELL/ROGERS) pockets, and really that has no place in the supposedly free market,free enterprise,democratic Canadian financial and economic systems.LET FREEDOM RING!!In Poland,the internet is.......free.
Secret Squirrel On Canada Boycotting United Nations Conferences.
Secret Squirrel has decided to comment on Canada, a nation employing a strange political technique of the boycott,boycotting as in not attending, not attending social global interaction sporting events, and yet even United Nations conferences because the policies,politics, ideas,thoughts of other nations don't agree with their own. Canada employs the childish and ignorant technique of the boycott.Let us ponder Canada in its ridiculous boycotts,some of which are exampled here.
In 1980 Canada boycotted Moscow Olympics,(along with America) allowing other nations to garner the few medals Canada usually wins,and the large numbers America usually wins(not really wise for the Americans as there are a great many nations it doesn't like, and a greater number of nations which don't like it), shooting themselves in the foot there.The Canadians even yet boycotted an anti-racism conference in Durban,South Africa(along with America).......curious,anti racism,a conference to discuss anti-racism, and Canada chooses not to attend.
They,the Canadians,have also boycotted speeches by other world leaders,in and at The United Nations, unwilling to listen to them and their ideas, thoughts, perspectives and theories,in the free and open forum that is the gathered United Nations.Tch tch tch.....what if children boycotted schools, you know what that would lead to,what it has in Canada's government, idiocy.Canada's boycott of the Olympic Games 1980 was to protest the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.Perhaps Canada will now boycott(along with America), the Russia's 2014 Olympic Games at Sochi,will Canada boycott protesting it's(their) own invasion of Afghanistan? I think not.
So now Canada boycotts a UN arms meeting,because it disagrees that North Korea, whose turn it is to chair it,will chair it.Well, these disarmament conferences are mutual meetings geared to disarmament,trying to achieve it. Seems Canada is inclined to not to listen,heed the council of, nor respect the other nations of the world.In terms of peace and neutrality,Canada is not any of that,it has invaded militarily Afghanistan,presently also Libya,in short, it is on a belligerent course of action militarily,it is an aggressor nation,though it does nothing by itself,it does exhibit militarily pack behaviour.Canada cannot possibly say it has have every right, indeed the duty, to boycott a disarmament conference if the country chairing the meeting is North Korea,or any other for that matter. How is it possible to trust a country which claims it wants disarmament but won't discuss the issue?
Does Canada belong there in either case? No not really, they still haven't figured out how to successfully create an atom bomb for example,but if they actually ever do then they will pose a worse threat than the DPRK ever will, on the basis of their constant and continuing invasions of nations foreign to themsleves,whether or not they consider themselves liberators as that is the usual horn blown by all who belligerently invade.Should Canada ever chair such a meeting it would be “absurd” that one of the world’s worst offenders on foreign invasions should do so.The North Koreans invaded South Korea once,Canada has invaded foreign lands twice and counting. Canada claims that “North Korea’s chairmanship undermines the integrity of disarmament framework and of the United Nations, and Canada will simply not support that,” Canada will no longer “go along to get along” and will instead take principled stands on foreign policy, Canada will also press for reforms of the rotating presidency structure so countries like North Korea and Iran don’t have a chance at the seven-week helm,would it also push,perhaps, that Canada shouldn't as well.
Imagine Canada what with it's invasions of the Arab lands(for the oil supply of course),pushing some form a agenda at peace conferences!Could Canada be believed?Not really,no indeed.Canada is not a neutral,not a peace keeper, but really a belligerentnation(albeit not ever by itself).Canada is a member of NATO, a supposed defense alliance, but with recent invasions and activities in Arab lands, we see that this is really not so, NATO is, and has become, a repressive, suppressive attack alliance, garnered not to defense, but rather attacking lands, gaining political control of them, and then inexpensively sucking out the minerals and resources for their selective uses and applications,well under the guise of a fee charged for "liberating" the victim nation,Canada is part of such nations,a member of a group of such nations,and Canada is such a nation, yet they, the Canadians, condemn the North Koreans,the humungous kettle has called the tiny pot...........black.
Canada's presence actually undermines the integrity of any particular discussion on nuclear disarmament, and on any other military type of discussion due to its belligerent invasions of,presently, Arab lands.It is not for Canada to decide who
should host or who should not host any discussion forum in the United Nations in the first and any place, indeed all nations should in all equity,equality, and global fraternity be chairs at specific terms, whilst Canada should learn that chairs will
not be nations it specifically approves of and are within it's political and economic policy dictates.Canada has presently a pattern of driving a poorly defined agenda within international bodies such as the UN,when it should have a policy of toleration, respect and equality for all.You have to ask yourself what they’re trying to achieve here.After losing a bid for a UN security council seat Canada risks being further sidelined and more irrelevant by pursuing boycotts instead of showing
leadership on issues of any particular variety.Canada doesn’t seem to be definitive on issues that are going to get results and move things along – it seem rather to be blocking things that they don’t like or things they don’t appear to be in line
with,they're not providing what the alternatives are.The Canadian attitude seem to be, with the swelled head that the present government of Canada demonstrates,is a dictatorial attitude of it controlling the game, and not liking the direction the game takes, the sad snotty little nation takes it's ball and goes home.And,need we add,Canada ranks(really now), fourteenth (14th), in international arms sales.......
1. USA
2. Russia
3. Germany
4. France
5. United Kingdom
6. Netherlands
7. China
8. Spain
9. Italy
10. Sweden
11. Israel
12. Ukraine
13. Switzerland
14. Canada
15. South Africa
16. South Korea
17. Poland
18. Belgium
19. Norway
20. Brazil
Oh dear,North Korea didn't make the top 20.My,my...so should Canada be allowed to chair arms conferences?Why no, it would have to boycott itself.One simply must look at Canada now, the Canadian government, and its political position, as being
abusive,schizophrenic, and...racist, quite obviously.
BUT the game's afoot, and there is more than one ball in play in the game of international politics, and so, the game continues, without the sore looser.Canada seems stuck on North Korea having nuclear abilities, but rather curiously Canada
seems happy with the Pakistanis having it, the Israelis having it. Canada can never now have the ability to have a positive influence on these negotiations,it has a revealed agenda,nuclear bombs for nations it likes, not for those it doesn't like.By
withdrawing from the conference, Canada is abdicating its responsibility to act and to be heard on important issues such as nuclear non-proliferation and giving more radical countries like Pakistan,Israel,North Korea and Iran an even greater
influence on the outcome of the negotiations.Canada does not regard North Korea as a credible chair, but then the pot has called the kettle black, and Canada is by it's actions,also not a credible chair, just as it was not a credible chair for the
Security Council.Canada even yet argues that the UN has accused North Korea of selling weapons to Iran, Syria and Burma,other nations,not liking those nations, but does not complain about nations such as Israel,France,Britain,America and whatever and whoever also selling weapons round and about the world,to whomever they do, nor itself really, ranking,again, fourteenth in world arm sales.And need one add, it,The Canada, likes the nations it sells arms to.
It ,the UN,also said the country,North Korea,in it's arms sales, mislabeled shipping container contents, falsified information about the destinations of goods and used "multiple layers of intermediaries, shell companies, and financial institutions,which just goes to show you they have learned much from nations such as Britain,France,the United States,Israel.It is a global domination issue,a control issue, a subjugation issue,and Canada is itself a part of that very process,a very belligerent part of that process.Canada will resume its role on the 65-member body on 19 August, when North Korea's turn as president ends.And so the tardy child will have returned from truancy,to find that it has missed the the discussions, the educational enlightenment,the exchange of ideas and thoughts between nations, which took place while it was gone, and so,when the time comes for it to face its test, it will fail out of its own ignorance and stupidity,the ignorance and the stupidity of its own government which holds only its views and opinions in high regard and disclaims the views and opinions of other nations of the world in the global fraternal order of the United Nations, nation members in equality, equity, fraternity.Canada is a disgrace, it disgraces the United Nations, and it disgraces itself,by it's mere presence there.
In 1980 Canada boycotted Moscow Olympics,(along with America) allowing other nations to garner the few medals Canada usually wins,and the large numbers America usually wins(not really wise for the Americans as there are a great many nations it doesn't like, and a greater number of nations which don't like it), shooting themselves in the foot there.The Canadians even yet boycotted an anti-racism conference in Durban,South Africa(along with America).......curious,anti racism,a conference to discuss anti-racism, and Canada chooses not to attend.
They,the Canadians,have also boycotted speeches by other world leaders,in and at The United Nations, unwilling to listen to them and their ideas, thoughts, perspectives and theories,in the free and open forum that is the gathered United Nations.Tch tch tch.....what if children boycotted schools, you know what that would lead to,what it has in Canada's government, idiocy.Canada's boycott of the Olympic Games 1980 was to protest the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.Perhaps Canada will now boycott(along with America), the Russia's 2014 Olympic Games at Sochi,will Canada boycott protesting it's(their) own invasion of Afghanistan? I think not.
So now Canada boycotts a UN arms meeting,because it disagrees that North Korea, whose turn it is to chair it,will chair it.Well, these disarmament conferences are mutual meetings geared to disarmament,trying to achieve it. Seems Canada is inclined to not to listen,heed the council of, nor respect the other nations of the world.In terms of peace and neutrality,Canada is not any of that,it has invaded militarily Afghanistan,presently also Libya,in short, it is on a belligerent course of action militarily,it is an aggressor nation,though it does nothing by itself,it does exhibit militarily pack behaviour.Canada cannot possibly say it has have every right, indeed the duty, to boycott a disarmament conference if the country chairing the meeting is North Korea,or any other for that matter. How is it possible to trust a country which claims it wants disarmament but won't discuss the issue?
Does Canada belong there in either case? No not really, they still haven't figured out how to successfully create an atom bomb for example,but if they actually ever do then they will pose a worse threat than the DPRK ever will, on the basis of their constant and continuing invasions of nations foreign to themsleves,whether or not they consider themselves liberators as that is the usual horn blown by all who belligerently invade.Should Canada ever chair such a meeting it would be “absurd” that one of the world’s worst offenders on foreign invasions should do so.The North Koreans invaded South Korea once,Canada has invaded foreign lands twice and counting. Canada claims that “North Korea’s chairmanship undermines the integrity of disarmament framework and of the United Nations, and Canada will simply not support that,” Canada will no longer “go along to get along” and will instead take principled stands on foreign policy, Canada will also press for reforms of the rotating presidency structure so countries like North Korea and Iran don’t have a chance at the seven-week helm,would it also push,perhaps, that Canada shouldn't as well.
Imagine Canada what with it's invasions of the Arab lands(for the oil supply of course),pushing some form a agenda at peace conferences!Could Canada be believed?Not really,no indeed.Canada is not a neutral,not a peace keeper, but really a belligerentnation(albeit not ever by itself).Canada is a member of NATO, a supposed defense alliance, but with recent invasions and activities in Arab lands, we see that this is really not so, NATO is, and has become, a repressive, suppressive attack alliance, garnered not to defense, but rather attacking lands, gaining political control of them, and then inexpensively sucking out the minerals and resources for their selective uses and applications,well under the guise of a fee charged for "liberating" the victim nation,Canada is part of such nations,a member of a group of such nations,and Canada is such a nation, yet they, the Canadians, condemn the North Koreans,the humungous kettle has called the tiny pot...........black.
Canada's presence actually undermines the integrity of any particular discussion on nuclear disarmament, and on any other military type of discussion due to its belligerent invasions of,presently, Arab lands.It is not for Canada to decide who
should host or who should not host any discussion forum in the United Nations in the first and any place, indeed all nations should in all equity,equality, and global fraternity be chairs at specific terms, whilst Canada should learn that chairs will
not be nations it specifically approves of and are within it's political and economic policy dictates.Canada has presently a pattern of driving a poorly defined agenda within international bodies such as the UN,when it should have a policy of toleration, respect and equality for all.You have to ask yourself what they’re trying to achieve here.After losing a bid for a UN security council seat Canada risks being further sidelined and more irrelevant by pursuing boycotts instead of showing
leadership on issues of any particular variety.Canada doesn’t seem to be definitive on issues that are going to get results and move things along – it seem rather to be blocking things that they don’t like or things they don’t appear to be in line
with,they're not providing what the alternatives are.The Canadian attitude seem to be, with the swelled head that the present government of Canada demonstrates,is a dictatorial attitude of it controlling the game, and not liking the direction the game takes, the sad snotty little nation takes it's ball and goes home.And,need we add,Canada ranks(really now), fourteenth (14th), in international arms sales.......
1. USA
2. Russia
3. Germany
4. France
5. United Kingdom
6. Netherlands
7. China
8. Spain
9. Italy
10. Sweden
11. Israel
12. Ukraine
13. Switzerland
14. Canada
15. South Africa
16. South Korea
17. Poland
18. Belgium
19. Norway
20. Brazil
Oh dear,North Korea didn't make the top 20.My,my...so should Canada be allowed to chair arms conferences?Why no, it would have to boycott itself.One simply must look at Canada now, the Canadian government, and its political position, as being
abusive,schizophrenic, and...racist, quite obviously.
BUT the game's afoot, and there is more than one ball in play in the game of international politics, and so, the game continues, without the sore looser.Canada seems stuck on North Korea having nuclear abilities, but rather curiously Canada
seems happy with the Pakistanis having it, the Israelis having it. Canada can never now have the ability to have a positive influence on these negotiations,it has a revealed agenda,nuclear bombs for nations it likes, not for those it doesn't like.By
withdrawing from the conference, Canada is abdicating its responsibility to act and to be heard on important issues such as nuclear non-proliferation and giving more radical countries like Pakistan,Israel,North Korea and Iran an even greater
influence on the outcome of the negotiations.Canada does not regard North Korea as a credible chair, but then the pot has called the kettle black, and Canada is by it's actions,also not a credible chair, just as it was not a credible chair for the
Security Council.Canada even yet argues that the UN has accused North Korea of selling weapons to Iran, Syria and Burma,other nations,not liking those nations, but does not complain about nations such as Israel,France,Britain,America and whatever and whoever also selling weapons round and about the world,to whomever they do, nor itself really, ranking,again, fourteenth in world arm sales.And need one add, it,The Canada, likes the nations it sells arms to.
It ,the UN,also said the country,North Korea,in it's arms sales, mislabeled shipping container contents, falsified information about the destinations of goods and used "multiple layers of intermediaries, shell companies, and financial institutions,which just goes to show you they have learned much from nations such as Britain,France,the United States,Israel.It is a global domination issue,a control issue, a subjugation issue,and Canada is itself a part of that very process,a very belligerent part of that process.Canada will resume its role on the 65-member body on 19 August, when North Korea's turn as president ends.And so the tardy child will have returned from truancy,to find that it has missed the the discussions, the educational enlightenment,the exchange of ideas and thoughts between nations, which took place while it was gone, and so,when the time comes for it to face its test, it will fail out of its own ignorance and stupidity,the ignorance and the stupidity of its own government which holds only its views and opinions in high regard and disclaims the views and opinions of other nations of the world in the global fraternal order of the United Nations, nation members in equality, equity, fraternity.Canada is a disgrace, it disgraces the United Nations, and it disgraces itself,by it's mere presence there.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Secret Squirrel Comments On NHL Disciplinary Inequities
Secret Squirrel has turned his attention to events that have taken place in the Canadian sport of Ice Hockey,in the NHL,and Squirrel has happened to see certain events transpire,between players,of a rather dubious nature, involving penalties of a rather strange nature for interference coupled with a match penalty(player ejected from the game for same),on two occasions,both resulting in serious injury to one of the other, and yet has seen a different outcome, not in there refereeing, but in the after punishments meated out by the NHL itself.This perplexes Squirrel,and, needless to say, displeases Squirrel.Now,let us consider that violence,of various sorts, has been a part of ice hockey since at least the early 1900s.More modern examples of violence include brawls, fan involvement, physical abuse of officials, and deliberately injuring opponents,even yet biting opponents(do they taste like chicken?). Violent actions, such as kicking, hitting from behind, and prohibited stickwork(they have hit each other over the head with their ice hockey sticks), are penalized with suspensions or fines,and in some cases local policing actions. Fighting, or fisticuffs, is also penalized but is considered by many hockey enthusiasts, particularly in North America, to be quite distinct from stick-swinging or other violent acts,but again, not to the local constabularies which have been noted to press aussault charges.The referees are there to meat out the punishments, and they do,and in some cases, the courts have too(particularly those in the Canadian City Of Toronto).
But afterwards,after the referees award their penalities for the said misconduct, for the more violent acts, the league,the NHL, must meet in the boardroom to discuss the incidents,investigate, and meat out more punishment as necessary, in all equity and fairness,consisting of fines,suspensions, and sometimes fines and suspensions. However, one sees flaws in league function with regards to punishments in certain incidents,one sees inequity,inequality in the decisions meated out.Hardly fairness,equality, justice for all, no indeed. Perhaps it is time for the lawyers to enter in to the fray,and take the NHL to court for certain incidents,to secure compensation for their then clients, and punishment for the most severe miscreants in the NHL,since the NHL seems to have a perplexing inequality with respect to said after the fact punishments it meats out.The
NHL has staretd to exhibit an inability to fairly judge events which occur on the frozen ice surface,within it's boardroom and perhaps it is time to make the NHL legally accountable.
The league has acted grandly in some cases, such as Dale Hunter given one of the NHL's longest suspension records: 21 games for delivering a late hit to Pierre Turgeon from behind.Late in the deciding Game 6 of the 1993 Patrick Division Semifinals between the Capitals and New York Islanders, Turgeon stole the puck from Hunter and scored, putting the game out of reach. Hunter, who was trailing Turgeon on the play, checked Turgeon well after the goal as he started to celebrate. Turgeon sustained a separated shoulder from the hit, causing him to miss all but Game 7 against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round, as well as most of the series against the Montreal Canadiens in the conference finals. New NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who had earlier promised to crack down on violence, suspended Hunter for the first 21 games of the 1993–94 season—at the time, the longest suspension in league history for an on-ice incident (in terms of games missed).However,Bettman's still
present,but the league has fallen considerably off the wagon in terms of league punishments for violent incidents.
Let's have a serious look at Boston Bruins defenceman,Zdeno Chara, and an atrocity committed on Montreal Canadiens player Max Pacioretty.............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdkPZrGL21I
Here we see Zdeno Chara's late hit on Max Pacioretty in Boston's 4-1 loss on 08/03/2011.
Pacioretty suffered a severe concussion and a broken vertebra in his neck on the hit.Like many of you, I saw the video. Then I saw the other pictures, images clearly showing that Chara not only knew what he was doing and where he was on the ice, but also that he intentionally pushed Pacioretty on the turnbuckle, driving his head towards it with his left arm.Chara received a penalty for interference and a match penalty as well.
The NHL rendered the decision,the league’s decision, to not suspend Zdeno Chara for his hit on Max Pacioretty , not even yet a fine, reasoned that there was no malicious intent,but on seeing the video for yourself you have to question things grandly,also take a look at this image of the hit,
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/NHL-No-suspension-no-fine-for-Zdeno-Chara-on-P?urn=nhl-331961
and at
http://habsterix.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/charapacioretty.jpg
One has to question the league on their "no malicious intent" reasoning,the image is quite plain, the truth,the plain truth, speaks for itself, speaks of all things to do with the term malicious,pre meditated,planned, a conscious act and yet there is
the strange ruling of the league,and there is the picture,the image of the act, the intent,...
Now we see a hit on a Boston player, late, rendering him semi-consious, concussion,and we find the league, et all, rendering a 4 game suspension on the Vancouver player,unhesitatingly.So we have a conflict, Montreal-Boston, Boston-Vancouver,and an outcome in one, yet not in the other.
There seemed to be no malicious intent on the hit Vancouver's Aaron Rome levelled on rendered on the Boston player Nathan Horton,it was at center ice, no post to run the lad's head in to, and quite clean as a matter of fact, just a touch late,the hit by the Boston Player Chara on Pacioretty was also a tuch late, but with the added flare of running Pacioretty's head in to a post...."Two factors were considered in reaching this decision," the NHL's representative said in a news release "The hit by Rome was clearly beyond what is acceptable in terms of how late it was delivered after Horton had released the puck and it caused a significant injury." Well the hit on Pacioretty was late, rendered an interference penalty, and quite clearly he ran the lad's head in to a post yet the NHL's decision there was..........to do nothing at all, no suspension, no fine.
Curious.
Lets look at the Rome Horton video,for which Rome also got a interference major and a match penalty...........
http://guyism.com/sports/video-aaron-rome-knocks-out-nathan-horton.html
We see a late hit,and the lads head runs in to a solid, shoulder, not a post, but hey what's the difference between a
shoulder and a post.The NHL seems to think so, but not many others do.The Boston player had a severe concussion, the Montreal player ,on his hit by a Boston player, had a severe concussion and fractured vertabrae........more.Fascinating are the league's differing decisions.No the league must be taken to task over its operations, operations which are not in the least satisfactory,nor can one say fair and equitable, but as to a punishment for such misconduct, yes, that's grand,with respect to the Boston Vancouver incident(the Horton incident) but when one looks at the lack of league action with respect to the Pichorretty incident(Montreal Boston), one must soundly and roundly condemn the league, and wonder if it is wise that it is to be left to it's own devices in policing the league.The policies and politics of hockey in the NHL leave one seeing inequity, iniquity,inequality, not with respect to the refereeing but with respect to league diciplines hidden in the board
room.Secret Squirrel is displeased.
But afterwards,after the referees award their penalities for the said misconduct, for the more violent acts, the league,the NHL, must meet in the boardroom to discuss the incidents,investigate, and meat out more punishment as necessary, in all equity and fairness,consisting of fines,suspensions, and sometimes fines and suspensions. However, one sees flaws in league function with regards to punishments in certain incidents,one sees inequity,inequality in the decisions meated out.Hardly fairness,equality, justice for all, no indeed. Perhaps it is time for the lawyers to enter in to the fray,and take the NHL to court for certain incidents,to secure compensation for their then clients, and punishment for the most severe miscreants in the NHL,since the NHL seems to have a perplexing inequality with respect to said after the fact punishments it meats out.The
NHL has staretd to exhibit an inability to fairly judge events which occur on the frozen ice surface,within it's boardroom and perhaps it is time to make the NHL legally accountable.
The league has acted grandly in some cases, such as Dale Hunter given one of the NHL's longest suspension records: 21 games for delivering a late hit to Pierre Turgeon from behind.Late in the deciding Game 6 of the 1993 Patrick Division Semifinals between the Capitals and New York Islanders, Turgeon stole the puck from Hunter and scored, putting the game out of reach. Hunter, who was trailing Turgeon on the play, checked Turgeon well after the goal as he started to celebrate. Turgeon sustained a separated shoulder from the hit, causing him to miss all but Game 7 against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round, as well as most of the series against the Montreal Canadiens in the conference finals. New NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who had earlier promised to crack down on violence, suspended Hunter for the first 21 games of the 1993–94 season—at the time, the longest suspension in league history for an on-ice incident (in terms of games missed).However,Bettman's still
present,but the league has fallen considerably off the wagon in terms of league punishments for violent incidents.
Let's have a serious look at Boston Bruins defenceman,Zdeno Chara, and an atrocity committed on Montreal Canadiens player Max Pacioretty.............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdkPZrGL21I
Here we see Zdeno Chara's late hit on Max Pacioretty in Boston's 4-1 loss on 08/03/2011.
Pacioretty suffered a severe concussion and a broken vertebra in his neck on the hit.Like many of you, I saw the video. Then I saw the other pictures, images clearly showing that Chara not only knew what he was doing and where he was on the ice, but also that he intentionally pushed Pacioretty on the turnbuckle, driving his head towards it with his left arm.Chara received a penalty for interference and a match penalty as well.
The NHL rendered the decision,the league’s decision, to not suspend Zdeno Chara for his hit on Max Pacioretty , not even yet a fine, reasoned that there was no malicious intent,but on seeing the video for yourself you have to question things grandly,also take a look at this image of the hit,
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/NHL-No-suspension-no-fine-for-Zdeno-Chara-on-P?urn=nhl-331961
and at
http://habsterix.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/charapacioretty.jpg
One has to question the league on their "no malicious intent" reasoning,the image is quite plain, the truth,the plain truth, speaks for itself, speaks of all things to do with the term malicious,pre meditated,planned, a conscious act and yet there is
the strange ruling of the league,and there is the picture,the image of the act, the intent,...
Now we see a hit on a Boston player, late, rendering him semi-consious, concussion,and we find the league, et all, rendering a 4 game suspension on the Vancouver player,unhesitatingly.So we have a conflict, Montreal-Boston, Boston-Vancouver,and an outcome in one, yet not in the other.
There seemed to be no malicious intent on the hit Vancouver's Aaron Rome levelled on rendered on the Boston player Nathan Horton,it was at center ice, no post to run the lad's head in to, and quite clean as a matter of fact, just a touch late,the hit by the Boston Player Chara on Pacioretty was also a tuch late, but with the added flare of running Pacioretty's head in to a post...."Two factors were considered in reaching this decision," the NHL's representative said in a news release "The hit by Rome was clearly beyond what is acceptable in terms of how late it was delivered after Horton had released the puck and it caused a significant injury." Well the hit on Pacioretty was late, rendered an interference penalty, and quite clearly he ran the lad's head in to a post yet the NHL's decision there was..........to do nothing at all, no suspension, no fine.
Curious.
Lets look at the Rome Horton video,for which Rome also got a interference major and a match penalty...........
http://guyism.com/sports/video-aaron-rome-knocks-out-nathan-horton.html
We see a late hit,and the lads head runs in to a solid, shoulder, not a post, but hey what's the difference between a
shoulder and a post.The NHL seems to think so, but not many others do.The Boston player had a severe concussion, the Montreal player ,on his hit by a Boston player, had a severe concussion and fractured vertabrae........more.Fascinating are the league's differing decisions.No the league must be taken to task over its operations, operations which are not in the least satisfactory,nor can one say fair and equitable, but as to a punishment for such misconduct, yes, that's grand,with respect to the Boston Vancouver incident(the Horton incident) but when one looks at the lack of league action with respect to the Pichorretty incident(Montreal Boston), one must soundly and roundly condemn the league, and wonder if it is wise that it is to be left to it's own devices in policing the league.The policies and politics of hockey in the NHL leave one seeing inequity, iniquity,inequality, not with respect to the refereeing but with respect to league diciplines hidden in the board
room.Secret Squirrel is displeased.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Secret Squirrel On A Proposed LRT System
Secret Squirrel turns his attention to an LRT,Light Rapid Transit System, earmarked for Kitchener,Ontario,Canada, by Canadian Federal,Ontario Provincial and Local City, Governments,funding projected to cost $690 MILLION.Now dedicated
line or not, imagine now, dedicated route line or not, buses, in place of an electric catenary system train (the LRT),buses, costing say $416THOUSAND each, 24 dedicated rapid transit buses, to cost in environs of,therefor, $10MILLION(Hawaii purchased kneeling wheelchair access normal sized buses at that price. Or,let's look at the LTD,Eugene,Oregon, 5 buses,cost of each bus was $463,561,kneeling and ramp,articulated,these large 60foot buses.24,
would go for $ 11,125,464.True,these are US prices, Canadian dollar is close, but even yet if you double the costs of purchase,the most that would be would be 23Million dollars,and utterly and completely still a totally ridiculous difference in costs compared with the proposed LRT system. Doesn't that make much more sense to you than constructing an entire train type trolley,rail line, and maintaining, said train and line and catenary system, versus the ease of use,versatility,utility,flexibility, and maintenance of, buses?
Is the LRT necessary?If it is necessary,it can be replaced ,by the vastly less expensive bus transit replacement.You decide what makes more sense,politicians obviously don't.
line or not, imagine now, dedicated route line or not, buses, in place of an electric catenary system train (the LRT),buses, costing say $416THOUSAND each, 24 dedicated rapid transit buses, to cost in environs of,therefor, $10MILLION(Hawaii purchased kneeling wheelchair access normal sized buses at that price. Or,let's look at the LTD,Eugene,Oregon, 5 buses,cost of each bus was $463,561,kneeling and ramp,articulated,these large 60foot buses.24,
would go for $ 11,125,464.True,these are US prices, Canadian dollar is close, but even yet if you double the costs of purchase,the most that would be would be 23Million dollars,and utterly and completely still a totally ridiculous difference in costs compared with the proposed LRT system. Doesn't that make much more sense to you than constructing an entire train type trolley,rail line, and maintaining, said train and line and catenary system, versus the ease of use,versatility,utility,flexibility, and maintenance of, buses?
Is the LRT necessary?If it is necessary,it can be replaced ,by the vastly less expensive bus transit replacement.You decide what makes more sense,politicians obviously don't.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Secret Squirrel On The Lack Of Proper Treament Of MS In Canada.
Secret Squirrel turns his attention to Canada, and the ridiculous nature of that land, in the field of medicine,in the field of alleviating human suffering,those suffering from M.S.(MS),Multiple Sclerosis,with regards to a simple procedure to unblock blocked veins,through the use of tried and true,medically,surgically proven, stints, and so easily alleviate human discomfort.Of course the reverse is being done by governments,particularly the Canadian Federal government, and some provincial governments,hardly surprising in looking at them and their natures.But here we must point out their folly,their
idiocy,their inhumanity,their contribution they make so happily to human suffering,their retarded natures,that of politicians making their usual chaotically wrong decisions.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Ottawa+fund+controversial+therapy/3470903/story.html
What does the headline read.........?
Ottawa won't fund controversial MS therapy
......."The procedure, developed by Italian researcher Dr. Paolo Zamboni, involves using balloon angioplasty to inflate the (.blocked......)veins in a patient’s neck to help blood flow from the brain to the heart. The theory is that the brain and spine can be damaged when blocked veins do not allow blood to freely flow...."
and
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/841494--ontario-waits-to-make-decision-on-new-ms-treatment
Ontario waits to make decision on new MS treatment
......"Ontario will not follow Saskatchewan’s lead and pay for the clinical trials of a promising new multiple sclerosis therapy but the Liberals have yet to shut the door on future funding.
Saskatchewan is now the first province to fund tests into liberation treatment, an experimental procedure that opens up veins carrying blood from the brain to the heart of MS patients. Italy’s Dr. Paolo Zamboni pioneered the therapy,
which some hail as a medical breakthrough."..............
So, in Canada some do some don't,provinces that is, allow a valid medical surgical procedure.Quite simply it has been found to greatly alleviate the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis. The argument they present, is,basically, it's regarded
as experimental. Well, in actuality there's nothing experimental about it, angioplasty, and the insertion of a stint,to unblock a blocked vein, is nothing new, nor experimental.It works,it's safe,it's proven to work, it's proven
to be safe. Now a blocked vein, is a bodily hazard to anybody, a blocked vein to the brain, is worse, considered to be damaging, impairing the brain's ability to function normally. So, now what is the ethical argument against unblocking
said blocked vein? There can't be any. In fact, morally and ethically, we are obligated to open the blocked vein to improve the blood flow in the very least,to restore a body to as near normalcy with respect to blood flow and any
resultant improvement in either and all cases. Now,why in Canada, is there a problem, why is there a hangup in the attempts to alleviate the sufferings of MS patients, and restore them to a right,just and proper life. To Canada, the
provinces, and any other nation which does not allow this procedure to proceed, you are morally and ethically wrong,and in the same fashion, unfit to make decisions on the behalf of claimed humanity. Oh the inhumanity.
idiocy,their inhumanity,their contribution they make so happily to human suffering,their retarded natures,that of politicians making their usual chaotically wrong decisions.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Ottawa+fund+controversial+therapy/3470903/story.html
What does the headline read.........?
Ottawa won't fund controversial MS therapy
......."The procedure, developed by Italian researcher Dr. Paolo Zamboni, involves using balloon angioplasty to inflate the (.blocked......)veins in a patient’s neck to help blood flow from the brain to the heart. The theory is that the brain and spine can be damaged when blocked veins do not allow blood to freely flow...."
and
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/841494--ontario-waits-to-make-decision-on-new-ms-treatment
Ontario waits to make decision on new MS treatment
......"Ontario will not follow Saskatchewan’s lead and pay for the clinical trials of a promising new multiple sclerosis therapy but the Liberals have yet to shut the door on future funding.
Saskatchewan is now the first province to fund tests into liberation treatment, an experimental procedure that opens up veins carrying blood from the brain to the heart of MS patients. Italy’s Dr. Paolo Zamboni pioneered the therapy,
which some hail as a medical breakthrough."..............
So, in Canada some do some don't,provinces that is, allow a valid medical surgical procedure.Quite simply it has been found to greatly alleviate the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis. The argument they present, is,basically, it's regarded
as experimental. Well, in actuality there's nothing experimental about it, angioplasty, and the insertion of a stint,to unblock a blocked vein, is nothing new, nor experimental.It works,it's safe,it's proven to work, it's proven
to be safe. Now a blocked vein, is a bodily hazard to anybody, a blocked vein to the brain, is worse, considered to be damaging, impairing the brain's ability to function normally. So, now what is the ethical argument against unblocking
said blocked vein? There can't be any. In fact, morally and ethically, we are obligated to open the blocked vein to improve the blood flow in the very least,to restore a body to as near normalcy with respect to blood flow and any
resultant improvement in either and all cases. Now,why in Canada, is there a problem, why is there a hangup in the attempts to alleviate the sufferings of MS patients, and restore them to a right,just and proper life. To Canada, the
provinces, and any other nation which does not allow this procedure to proceed, you are morally and ethically wrong,and in the same fashion, unfit to make decisions on the behalf of claimed humanity. Oh the inhumanity.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Secret Squirrel Mails Complaint And Warns
Secret Squirrel has taken umbrage that Britain's Royal Mail, should possibly appoint the Head of Canada's Royal Mail, Canada Post, to head the Royal Mail in Britain.
According to Sky News sources,Royal Mail is to appoint, but begging favour, I favour to disappoint,as the headline reads,"Royal Mail 'May Appoint Canada Post Boss'"
Sky News sources have revealed Canada Post's president Moya Greene is in talks to become the next chief executive of Royal Mail.Why do I favour disappoint? I for one am disappointed, disappointed with Canada Post. Here in Kitchener,Ontario,Canada, I await the arrival of the mail, my mail,but it seems, I await anybody's ,and somebody
elses mail. Indeed I receive the mail from the neighbours on either side, I have even yet received mail from across the street, and I receive mail from several streets down, where the house number is the same...........they deliver by
the House Number don't they, mind you they are not,in these times, taking in to account the Street Name as well.
Of course, and yes, the neighbours on either side, the one across the street, and of course the one several STREETS down who has the same house number, has received my mail.They have express post too, you know, in that it does the same, but your mail finds it's way in to your neighbours mailboxes ever so much faster. Such is mail delivery here, in Canada, you get mail, some mail,lots of mail,and also, anybody elses mail as well.Should Britain lean towards and introduce such a system as well? If,then, why not award and appoint,and by so appointing properly Honor, the Post Master for Zimbabwe to the position instead, surely he's much more deserving of a leg up,as it's the original system which he himself developed and has in working practice, and lord only knows, the Canadians are modeling their evolved and developed mail delivery system most surely directly off of his.
According to Sky News sources,Royal Mail is to appoint, but begging favour, I favour to disappoint,as the headline reads,"Royal Mail 'May Appoint Canada Post Boss'"
Sky News sources have revealed Canada Post's president Moya Greene is in talks to become the next chief executive of Royal Mail.Why do I favour disappoint? I for one am disappointed, disappointed with Canada Post. Here in Kitchener,Ontario,Canada, I await the arrival of the mail, my mail,but it seems, I await anybody's ,and somebody
elses mail. Indeed I receive the mail from the neighbours on either side, I have even yet received mail from across the street, and I receive mail from several streets down, where the house number is the same...........they deliver by
the House Number don't they, mind you they are not,in these times, taking in to account the Street Name as well.
Of course, and yes, the neighbours on either side, the one across the street, and of course the one several STREETS down who has the same house number, has received my mail.They have express post too, you know, in that it does the same, but your mail finds it's way in to your neighbours mailboxes ever so much faster. Such is mail delivery here, in Canada, you get mail, some mail,lots of mail,and also, anybody elses mail as well.Should Britain lean towards and introduce such a system as well? If,then, why not award and appoint,and by so appointing properly Honor, the Post Master for Zimbabwe to the position instead, surely he's much more deserving of a leg up,as it's the original system which he himself developed and has in working practice, and lord only knows, the Canadians are modeling their evolved and developed mail delivery system most surely directly off of his.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
MRL Discovers Canada,A Supposed Nation Of Government By Representative Population?Not So.
I,Secret Squirrel,have discovered that the Conservative Party Prime Minister of Canada,Stephen Harper,has announced intentions to increase the numbers of seats in the Canadian Parliament,by 30 seats, but is this right and just, or is it an attempt to sway and balance things improperly,in favor of the Conservative Party he is head of,to favor the province of Ontario directly to the detriment of both Parliament and the greater majority of the provinces of Canada,especially that of Quebec? Such it is indeed, the figures speak for themselves.
The figures derived from internet searches, but in all cases are nearabouts,roundabouts workable.
Population Ontario 2003 12,238,300
2010 13,150,000
An increase of 1 million(no need for micrometer exactitude),now, 18 news seats is 55,555 persons per seat,obtained by division.That is the representative figure we sill use here as it is the figure obviously used here for the Province
of Ontario,let's equally apply this to all calculations there for, in equality and equity,55,555.
Population Quebec 2003 7487200
2010 7879167
At that figure Quebec at an increase of 400,000 should add 7 new seats............but,negative the 7 seats,they're not going to receive any.This is Wrong.Very Wrong.
Now we continue using the figures for each other province of 2003, to 2010
BC with seven new seats the population differential should have increased by 388,885
4419974 2010
4146600 2003 ..increase only about 300,000............differential of 5 seats new............BC is getting 7 new seats,1 to 2 seats shouldn't be in existence by representation, as Canada's Parliamentary seats are by,as stated, populational representation.
We continue with Alberta...another province getting seats should the Canadian Prime Minister have his unwise way...
Alberta with 5 new seats should have been 277,775
3164400 2003
3632483 2010 increase only 500,000......but hey, that's 9 seats there, not 5,Alberta and Albertans,are being shorted 4 seats here,not equitable and equal by populational representation if it?
Seats in the House of Commons are distributed roughly in proportion to the population of each province and territory,in democratic fashion, or,at least are supposed to be so.
These are the numbers of seats as they presently are........
Ontario 95
Quebec 75
BC 28
Alberta 21
Manitoba 14
Saskatchewan 14
Nova Scotia 11
New Brunswick 10
Newfoundland 7
PEI 4
Northwest Territories 1
Yukon 1
Nunavut 1
total 282
Now, here using the 55555 persons to seat, we get a parliament of 567 seats total, not the actual 282,we'd be SHORT 285 seats, so the actual representative figure would not be his applied 55555 figure,and obviously the base Ontario
seat increase is improper,mathematically, not representative of the population at all ,as we have determined, but actually twice that 111110..........hmmmmmm..........half the seats all round and about then...Seems Stephen Harper's math leaves much to be desired, as has his governmental performance, including shutting Parliament down on two occaissions to suit himself and his personal and Conservative,political aims.
The 2003 population figures are 31 510 000 for Canada(This is the UN estimate, guess Canada couldn't figure it out),and the present population estimate for 2010 is set at 34 036 795.
So growth is in area of 2526,795 which should really be 45 new seats,not the 30,15 short here,not by representation of population then is it,for the total sum of the nation actually.Indeed the increase shown is already inequitable generally ALL ROUND ABOUT the nation of Canada.Clearly the added seats do not reflect,nor are they representative, of the total right and proper,population of the people of Canada.It is NOT JUST QUEBEC which is taken short, but obviously ALL THE OTHER PROVINCES not on the Prime Minister's added seat list.Only 3 are on his added seat list,and
obviously based on figures,they are also being representatively improperly represented by the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and also those provinces having all experienced populational growth, are robbed by the Conservative government in not being given seats as well.Improper,This is wrong.Wrong.
So as Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently announced legislation to add 30 new members of Parliament because of Representation of population, but for the other
provinces,the seats would stay the same.Obviously not the proper thing to do.
The headlines read......
"Conservatives eye adding 18 seats to Legislature
But `we don't need more politicians,' Tories say"
according to the Toronto Star
So figures derived from the 55555 figure,seats SHOULD be
Ontario 18 new
Quebec 7 new none new
BC 2 less getting 7
Alberta 9 new getting only 5
This should things be right and proper with respect to the other provinces, which in fact we have proved that they aren't,based on total population changes within Canada representative population figures Stephen Harper prefers to ignore.So at 30 new seats,Quebec gets none,(Based on actual math that should be 20 seats in an actual reality but the population is not being properly represented in this in the first place.)Should be 32 new seats, Quebec getting 7 of those,roughly 21 per cent, and the rest of the provinces should also be getting new seats, if all things were in fact done properly.But Stephen Harper doesn't want things properly done.
So what do we determine from all this? Any way we figure this, the specs of the Conservative Prime Minister,Stephen Harper, are utterly and completely wrong, in all areas in all sectors. The people are not being properly and fairly represented, the specs are all wrong, the people are being wronged, being abused, their vote is being trashed,their representation,trashed entirely. They are being robbed of their votes, in all fairness,equality,equity, there is not being presented,represented, by the Conservative Party, by the Prime Minister of Canada,Stephen Harper.
Obviously the electoral seat adjustment is entirely improper,unfair,inequality reigns supreme,inequity,iniquity, the creation of rotten burroughs to suit the Conservative Party, to suit the Party of the Prime Minister of Canada, by the
Prime Minister of Canada,one Stephen Harper, personally, not representative of population,and calculated to reduce the representation of the people of Quebec,most directly, and all other Provinces within Canada's Confederation totally as
well,and this improper action,should it be allowed by the other parties, in only a fair and open vote,would sharply increase the improper representation of the people of Ontario, and no doubt will be calculated to favor Conservative Party
vote lines, as they most certainly do keep track of voters and counts within the electoral boundaries.The same Prime Minister who shuts parliament and parliamentary debate on the issues of the day,shuts parliament to rule in dictatorial fashion, and further extends this evil to the creation of rotten burroughs within Canada to favor
his own political aims, and his party aims. There obviously must be opposition to the addition of the new seats, and so too should the Bloc Quebecquoise, and also the Parti Quebecquoise utterly and completely object,also the entire Liberals and the entire NDP,in view of the inequity with respect to all provinces,with respect to inequality shown all provinces, and so on a vote of non confidence,they should combine to bring an end to the present dictatorial Conservative government and bring about a free and democratic election,and let the people speak.
The figures derived from internet searches, but in all cases are nearabouts,roundabouts workable.
Population Ontario 2003 12,238,300
2010 13,150,000
An increase of 1 million(no need for micrometer exactitude),now, 18 news seats is 55,555 persons per seat,obtained by division.That is the representative figure we sill use here as it is the figure obviously used here for the Province
of Ontario,let's equally apply this to all calculations there for, in equality and equity,55,555.
Population Quebec 2003 7487200
2010 7879167
At that figure Quebec at an increase of 400,000 should add 7 new seats............but,negative the 7 seats,they're not going to receive any.This is Wrong.Very Wrong.
Now we continue using the figures for each other province of 2003, to 2010
BC with seven new seats the population differential should have increased by 388,885
4419974 2010
4146600 2003 ..increase only about 300,000............differential of 5 seats new............BC is getting 7 new seats,1 to 2 seats shouldn't be in existence by representation, as Canada's Parliamentary seats are by,as stated, populational representation.
We continue with Alberta...another province getting seats should the Canadian Prime Minister have his unwise way...
Alberta with 5 new seats should have been 277,775
3164400 2003
3632483 2010 increase only 500,000......but hey, that's 9 seats there, not 5,Alberta and Albertans,are being shorted 4 seats here,not equitable and equal by populational representation if it?
Seats in the House of Commons are distributed roughly in proportion to the population of each province and territory,in democratic fashion, or,at least are supposed to be so.
These are the numbers of seats as they presently are........
Ontario 95
Quebec 75
BC 28
Alberta 21
Manitoba 14
Saskatchewan 14
Nova Scotia 11
New Brunswick 10
Newfoundland 7
PEI 4
Northwest Territories 1
Yukon 1
Nunavut 1
total 282
Now, here using the 55555 persons to seat, we get a parliament of 567 seats total, not the actual 282,we'd be SHORT 285 seats, so the actual representative figure would not be his applied 55555 figure,and obviously the base Ontario
seat increase is improper,mathematically, not representative of the population at all ,as we have determined, but actually twice that 111110..........hmmmmmm..........half the seats all round and about then...Seems Stephen Harper's math leaves much to be desired, as has his governmental performance, including shutting Parliament down on two occaissions to suit himself and his personal and Conservative,political aims.
The 2003 population figures are 31 510 000 for Canada(This is the UN estimate, guess Canada couldn't figure it out),and the present population estimate for 2010 is set at 34 036 795.
So growth is in area of 2526,795 which should really be 45 new seats,not the 30,15 short here,not by representation of population then is it,for the total sum of the nation actually.Indeed the increase shown is already inequitable generally ALL ROUND ABOUT the nation of Canada.Clearly the added seats do not reflect,nor are they representative, of the total right and proper,population of the people of Canada.It is NOT JUST QUEBEC which is taken short, but obviously ALL THE OTHER PROVINCES not on the Prime Minister's added seat list.Only 3 are on his added seat list,and
obviously based on figures,they are also being representatively improperly represented by the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and also those provinces having all experienced populational growth, are robbed by the Conservative government in not being given seats as well.Improper,This is wrong.Wrong.
So as Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently announced legislation to add 30 new members of Parliament because of Representation of population, but for the other
provinces,the seats would stay the same.Obviously not the proper thing to do.
The headlines read......
"Conservatives eye adding 18 seats to Legislature
But `we don't need more politicians,' Tories say"
according to the Toronto Star
So figures derived from the 55555 figure,seats SHOULD be
Ontario 18 new
Quebec 7 new none new
BC 2 less getting 7
Alberta 9 new getting only 5
This should things be right and proper with respect to the other provinces, which in fact we have proved that they aren't,based on total population changes within Canada representative population figures Stephen Harper prefers to ignore.So at 30 new seats,Quebec gets none,(Based on actual math that should be 20 seats in an actual reality but the population is not being properly represented in this in the first place.)Should be 32 new seats, Quebec getting 7 of those,roughly 21 per cent, and the rest of the provinces should also be getting new seats, if all things were in fact done properly.But Stephen Harper doesn't want things properly done.
So what do we determine from all this? Any way we figure this, the specs of the Conservative Prime Minister,Stephen Harper, are utterly and completely wrong, in all areas in all sectors. The people are not being properly and fairly represented, the specs are all wrong, the people are being wronged, being abused, their vote is being trashed,their representation,trashed entirely. They are being robbed of their votes, in all fairness,equality,equity, there is not being presented,represented, by the Conservative Party, by the Prime Minister of Canada,Stephen Harper.
Obviously the electoral seat adjustment is entirely improper,unfair,inequality reigns supreme,inequity,iniquity, the creation of rotten burroughs to suit the Conservative Party, to suit the Party of the Prime Minister of Canada, by the
Prime Minister of Canada,one Stephen Harper, personally, not representative of population,and calculated to reduce the representation of the people of Quebec,most directly, and all other Provinces within Canada's Confederation totally as
well,and this improper action,should it be allowed by the other parties, in only a fair and open vote,would sharply increase the improper representation of the people of Ontario, and no doubt will be calculated to favor Conservative Party
vote lines, as they most certainly do keep track of voters and counts within the electoral boundaries.The same Prime Minister who shuts parliament and parliamentary debate on the issues of the day,shuts parliament to rule in dictatorial fashion, and further extends this evil to the creation of rotten burroughs within Canada to favor
his own political aims, and his party aims. There obviously must be opposition to the addition of the new seats, and so too should the Bloc Quebecquoise, and also the Parti Quebecquoise utterly and completely object,also the entire Liberals and the entire NDP,in view of the inequity with respect to all provinces,with respect to inequality shown all provinces, and so on a vote of non confidence,they should combine to bring an end to the present dictatorial Conservative government and bring about a free and democratic election,and let the people speak.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Secret Squirrel,Empire Building Politician,Here For You
Secret Squirrel has gotten hold of a secret IRA and government taped and converted transcript of Tony Blair Number 10 Downing Street communications between Blair and the I.R.A.Discover the truth behind......behind.................behind............Tony Blair placing Britain's backside to the future...............surrender is ever the option........stolen by the French Dezzium(Deuxieme,2nd) Bureau.........further stolen and leaked from the diaper of the American C.I.A............and finally delivered by the local Kosher bagel man,who was an Centro Nacional de Inteligencia intelligence man in disguise as Moussad.
Tony Blair, The British Labour Prime Minister, is sitting in his office when his telephone rings.
"Hallo, Mr. Blair!" a heavily accented voice said. "This is Paddy down at the Harp Pub in County Clare, Ireland. I am ringing to inform you that Gerry Adams, our I.R.A. political propagandist,has told me to tell you that we are finally officially declaring war on you!"
"Well, Paddy," Blair replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army?"
"Right now," says Paddy, after a moment's calculation, "there is meself, me Cousin Sean, me next door neighbor Seamus, and the entire darts team from the pub. That makes eight! All genuine,not political arm, I.R.A."
Blair paused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 100,000 men in my army waiting to move on my command."
"Begoora!" says Paddy. "I'll have to ring you back."
Sure enough, the next day, Paddy calls again. "Mr. Blair, the war is still on. We have managed to get us some infantry equipment!"
"And what equipment would that be Paddy?" Blair asks.
"Well, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Mother Murphy's farm tractor."
Blair sighs amused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 6,000 tanks and 5,000 armored personnel carriers. Also, I have increased my army to 150,000 since we last spoke,I've even put the Royal Princes all in there."
"Saints preserve us!" says Paddy. "I'll have to get back to you."
Sure enough, Paddy rings again the next day. "Mr. Blair, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We have modified Jackie McLaughlin's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four I.R.A. boys from the Shamrock Bar have joined us as well!"
Blair was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 100 bombers and 200 fighter planes still left in my Air Force. My military bases are surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since we last spoke, I have increased my army to 200,000!"
"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!" says Paddy, "I will have to ring you back."
Sure enough, Paddy calls again the next day. "Top o' the mornin', Mr. Blair! I am sorry to inform you that we have added 3 American tourists to Ireland and 4 sailors who frequent Davy Byrne's Pub in Dublin, and we have 4 rubber dinghys, and 6 war surplused 'and grenades, an we knows 'ow to use'em."
"Really? I am sorry to hear that Paddy," says Blair. "You know I just reduced my Navy to lower than that of the Canadian Navy. I guess I'll just have to quietly, and secretly, not to be mentioned publicly you know, surrender to the demands of you and the I.R.A.So, what are your terms"
"Well," says Paddy, "we had a long chat over a few pints of Guinness, and decided there is no freakin' way we can feed 200,000 prisoners, so we'll accept your surrender, under these terms,
One: Gerry Adams gets put in to your Government along with other I.R.A. representatives.
Two:We get full power sharing in Northern Ireland.
Three: You resign from Government.
Four: you become a converted Catholic."
Secret Squirrel,
MRL,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
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The MRL,Secret Squirrel, Labour's Definition of Heaven...........
Labour's Britain is like Heaven
In Labour's Britain we live in HEAVEN.
We HEAVEN got petrol,
We HEAVEN got work,
We HEAVEN got a cure for aids,
We HEAVEN got educated kids
We HEAVEN got electricity,
We HEAVEN got Gas
We HEAVEN got out of Iraq
We HEAVEN got morality
We HEAVEN got Law & Order and
We HEAVEN got a bright future."
Secret Squirrel.
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Secret Squirrel On The State Of The European Union............
Secret Squirrel comments on the state of the European Union.
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building
his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks
he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper
has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.
MODERN BRITISH VERSION
The Euro Englishman works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building
his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Euro Frenchman thinks
he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come the
winter, the shivering Euro Frenchman calls a press conference and demands
to know why the Euro Englishman should be allowed to be warm and well fed
while others are cold and starving.
The American CNN shows up to provide pictures of the shivering Euro Frenchman
next to the Euro Englishman in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
Americans are stunned by the sharp contrast. How can it be
that, in a Europe of such wealth, this poor Euro Frenchman is allowed
to suffer so?
Then a representative of European Civil Liberties
shows up on The National and charges the Euro Englishman with French bias,
and makes the case that the Euro Frenchman is the victim of 1000 years
of anti-French behaviour. Nicolas Sarkozy appears on CNN with the
Euro Frenchman, and everybody cries when he stands on a milk case and sings "Frere Jacques".
Gordon Brown makes a special guest appearance on the American CNN
with Larry King on "Larry King Live", and forced to explain the
difference tells a concerned American public he will do everything he can
do everything for the Euro Frenchman who has been denied the prosperity
they claim the Euro Frenchman deserves by those who benefited unfairly
during the Major/Thatcher summers.
British Finance Minister ,Alistair Darling exclaims in an interview that in his judgement the
Euro Englishman has gotten rich off the back of the Euro Frenchman,
and calls for an immediate tax hike on the Euro Englishman to make
him pay his "fair share.",increasing existing toll road and
bridge tolls and adding more road and bridge tolls to pay for it all.
Finally, Labor drafts the "Economic Equity and Pro-Euro French
Act," retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The Euro Englishman is fined
for failing to hire a proportionate number of Frenchman in his
businesses and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is
confiscated by the government.
The Lord Adonis,Lord Justice of Appeal,decides to himself represent the Euro Frenchman in
the Brussels Court,in a defamation suit against the Euro Englishman,
and the case is tried before a panel of Euro hearing officers that Nicolas Sarkozy
himself appointed from a list of single-parent Paris
welfare moms who can only hear cases on Thursday's between 1:30 and 3 PM.
The Euro Englishman loses the case.
The story ends as we see the Euro Frenchman finishing up the last bits
of the Euro Englishman's food while the government house he's in, which
just happens to be the Euro Englishman's old house, crumbles around him
since he doesn't know how to maintain it.
The Euro Englishman has disappeared in the snow.
And on the tele, which the Euro Frenchman bought by selling most of the
Euro Englishman's food, they are showing Gordon Brown standing before a
wildly applauding group of loyal Labour Party members announcing that a
new era of "European Fairness" has dawned in Britain.
Secret Squirrel.
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The New Labour New Election Logo
Secret Squirrel has discovered that the Labour Party has decided to change its logo from a rose to a condom believing it more accurately reflects their policies. This is because a condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects the pricks, and gives you a sense of security whilst you are being screwed.
Secret Squirrel.
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Secret Squirrel has seen to it that with the impending annexation of Texas,and the re-acquisition of Canada by Britain,that we have rules ready for such a time.
What with the rise of the Texas separatists who have declared the annexation of Texas by the United States of America to be invalid, and so wish to succeed.................and Chuck Norris wishing to be,when and if and should that occur, it's new President, I feel then that time time is right for Britain to annex Texas as it should and would have had not the United States intervened with it's illegal annexation of Texas, so in preparation for the annexation and acquisition of Texas, adding it legally,properly, and rightly so to the British Empire......err..........Britain.........and so too also proceeding with my plan to declare the Confederation of Canada invalid, and so reacquiring the former and now once again colony of Canada we can proceed in preparation for the planned target year acquisition 2020, a year when Texans and Canadians will clearly see.................
The congratulatory speech on England Reacquiring the Colony of Canada, and Annexing the Newly Independent Republic of Texas, should all go well.
To the citizens of the Newly Independent Separated Former State of Texas,henceforth known as Texashire and the Newly Reacquired Former Colony,of Canada,Un-confederated, Now A Colony Once More, Of The Place They Ridiculously Call Canada( Spanish for Here There Is Nothing).
In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent
Prime Ministers in Canada, and the fact that your army has been given the year off for a rest as the generals wish, and the fact that we have a huge army of ridiculous bagpipers whose infernal horrendous cater wailing piping drives all before them, we are invading Canada for our own good to reacquire the colony, so thus we
hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective
immediately, and formerly absorb Canada which can in no way shape nor form defend itself or anybody in particular for that matter.
As to the place known as The Republic Of Texas, having reacquired your independence from America, as you did in the past from Mexico, and so were annexed immediately on said acquisition by America, so now being in a similar state,brought upon by the rebels and revolutionaries such as Chuck Norris and his cronies, and so having acquired said independence again, we, in Britain, are annexing The Republic Of Texas, and so renaming Texas, Texashire.
Now as to governance.............
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical
duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas,
which she does not fancy).
Your new Prime Minister, or better yet the M.R.L. government which planned all this in secret sessions of Secret Squirrel's group of enlightened drunken friends down in the local pub, will appoint a Governor for Texashire, and one for Canada as well without the need for further elections. The Texas Legislature will be disbanded, and Shire government formed. Canada will have it's Parliament declared null,void, and pointless,a redundancy to be sure, and replaced with a government formed out of the drunks of the Ottawa Highlander Pub, who in their state of confused drunkenness can undoubtably rule much better than the present Canadian government.
A questionnaire may be circulated in the year (2012),these events all planned for the year 2011, to determine whether any
of you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following
rules are introduced with immediate effect:
You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.
1. Then look up aluminium, and nuclear, and check the pronunciation
guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been
pronouncing them.
2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour',
'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut'
without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be
replaced by the suffix '-ise'.Also the former French Fries you once called Freedom Fries, and the again called French Fries will now be known as either chips, or Dumbarse Fries as you prefer.
Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable
levels. (look up 'vocabulary').
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3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises
such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form
of communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let
Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell- checker will be
adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the
elimination of -ize.
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4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as Independence Day,being replaced by Guy Fawkes Day,November 5th.July 1st will no longer be celebrated as Canada Day, being replaced by Lord Sutch Day, November 12th.
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5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns,
lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and
therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent.
Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to
sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then
you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.
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6. You will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything
more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if
you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.This will be the official item of defense of the person.
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7. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will
start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you
will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of
conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you
understand the British sense of humour.
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8. Texashire will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been
calling gasoline)-roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it.Also, a return to the English system of weights and measures is necessary,which means local meat sellers may now legally place their thumbs on the scale.
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9. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French
fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling
potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut,
fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.
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10. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not
actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be
referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted
provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also
acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting Nation on
earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of
British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. American brands will
be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold
without risk of further confusion.
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11. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as
good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to
play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English
dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to
having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.
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12. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind
of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough
will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities
to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every
twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of
nancies). In the meantime don't try rugby - the South Africans and
Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us.What was known as American Football, will now be referred to as Really Sissy Boy Rugby.
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13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to
host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played
outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a
world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will
learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to
take the sting out of their deliveries.
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14. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.
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15. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's
Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all
monies due (backdated to 1776).
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16. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, with
saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and
cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season.
17. And as a special consideration to the newly acquired former State Of Texas,wel shall now remove Chuck Norris from it's government in favor of somebody else who hasn't had the Fu Kunged once too many times.
18. The State Song of the Former Republic of Texas, Texas Our Texas, will be replaced by the here included, Let It All Hang Out............learn the lyrics in advance, it will save you the trouble later..........
(Spoken)
A preachment, dear friend
You are about to receive on John Barleycorn
Nicotine and the temptations of Eve
(Bronx Cheer salute)
(Sung)
No parkin' by the sewer sign
Hot dog, my razors broke
Water drippin' up the spout
But I dont care, let it all hang out
Hangin' from a pine tree by my knees
Sun is shinin' through the shade
Nobody knows what its all about
It's too much, man, let it all hang out
Saw a man walkin' upside down
My T.V.s on the blink
Made Galileo look like a Boy Scout
Sorry 'bout that, let it all hang out
Sleep all day, drive all night
Brain my numb, can't stop now
For sure ain't no doubt
Keep an open mind, let it all hang out
It's rainin' inside a big brown moon
How does that mess you baby up, leg
Eatin' a Reuben sandwich with sauerkraut
Don't stop now, baby, let it all hang out
Let it all hang out
Let it all hang out
Let it all hang out
19. The former Canadian national anthem is to be replaced by..
They're Coming To Take Me Away,Ha-Haaa!
So that the people may remember their state of mind driven so by years of inept,ignorant,ridiculous,incompetent, and idiotic self-rule.........
learn the lyrics in advance, it will save you the trouble later..........
Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees
And begged you not to leave
Because I'd go berserk?
Well. . .
You left me anyhow
And then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone
Completely out of my mind
And. . .
They're coming to take me away, HA HA
They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
You thought it was a joke
And so you laughed
You laughed when I had said
That losing you would make me flip my lid
Right. . .
You know you laughed, I heard you laugh
You laughed, you laughed and laughed
And then you left
But now you know I'm utterly mad!
And. . .
They're coming to take me away, HA HA
They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the happy home
With trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile
And twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
I cooked your food
I cleaned your house
And this is how you pay me back
For all my kind, unselfish loving deeds?!!
Hah. . .
Well you just wait
They'll find you yet
And when they do they'll
Put you in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!
And. . .
They're coming to take me away, HA HA
They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
To the happy home
With trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile
And twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
20) Once again, for the welfare of the British economy,it being necessary to actually finance the area colony known as Canada, and the rest of the empire, Canadians in the colony will once again be given jobs working in the mines,forests, and on the farms providing the necessary sustinence and life blood of a massive and prosperous economy that which is Britain and the Empire.........whilst doing this,since there have been changes since the last empire, Britain will return things somewhat to the state that they were in those prosperous days of Empire, the Canadians so employed will have to wear blackface, bowing to the traditions of the day and the job of keeping the empire prosperous.
21) The border of Texashire WILL be protected from Mexican invasions, we will work a deal with the Americans,assimilating them in to our Empire's economy as a service area,we will allow us to sell to us, in fair trade Florida's alligators to the Rio Grande border of Texashire with Mexico, to serve as the new Border Patrol, one that has some real teeth in dealing with illegal wetback immigration.Should the Americans be unreasonable we can further import crocs from the former colony of Australia or the colonies of Afrique.
God save the Queen.
Secret Squirrel,
M.R.L.,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
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M.R.L. Solves Britain's Prison Problems.
Secret Squirrel has seen that there are severe problems in England what with prison overcrowding, and a general lack of prisons, arising from the extreme high cost of construction of such facilities, and maintenance of same in terms of prison staff etc. In the 60's arose a system of construction, prefab, which was used to construct several buildings, including the then considered ultra modern Habitat 67 at the Man and His World exhibition in the colony of Canada during the World's Fair of that year. Interesting, boxes piled one atop the other, sticking out here and there etc.and interesting piece of engineering.
This engineering principle was carried forwards to ships in the form of cargo containers, and can be stacked say 14,000 to a vessel, each container cell being say 20x8x8 in terms of feet, interestingly, the size of a prison cell, particularly those of the Americans in Guantanamo Bay. The idea presents itself. Now a prison at sea is a grand idea, utilizing containers,stacked, , expandable to the max limit, say 7 such ships could accommodate the entire prison population of Britain! However, these ships consume say 1660 gallons (imperial), of fuel an hour...........not worth the cost to send'em on a sea cruise is it?
But the idea has presented itself, a prison island, indeed yes, imagine an island in the Indian Ocean, not requiring heating costs,and not worth it, the air conditioning costs, merely a form of bed and breakfast,lunch,dinner...........a gigantic container ship type island, stacked with prison cells, as converted cargo containers, ever expandable..........look at Diego Garcia, an island almost abandoned, it could easily become the prison for Britain, indeed the name, Diego Garcia,Her Majesty's Prison For The Extremely Naughty, comes to mind.
Look at what is there now a large airbase with several long range runways constructed, as well as a harbor suitable for large naval vessels so delivery of prisoners and containers to house new arrivals is a thing of utter ease.
As a territory of the United Kingdom, the head of state is Queen Elizabeth II. There is no Governor appointed to represent the Queen on the territory, as there are no native inhabitants. Thus the island itself is ideal, as an island, indeed, the lesser prisoners could act as guards and prison staff, making them useful to the full, reducing the costs of maintenance grandly, just requiring prison ship patrols about the island to prevent shall we say, prisoners attempting to break in to the island to enjoy it's lush location and tropical accommodation. Problem solved. Failing this we'll just follow the example of the Cuban and Haitian boat people heading off to America, we'll simply boat'em all towards the Australian coast, point the ship towards Australia, and so toss the lot of'em off.
Secret Squirrel,
M.R.L.,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
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MRL On The Reason To Encourage The Consumption of Beef.
There are many factors involved in this global warming,climate change issue of the day.........There are strange factors involved, such as cockroaches. Insect flatulence may account for one-fifth of all the methane emissions on this planet. (Termites are also prodigious farters; indeed, dogs trained to sniff out termites and roaches are actually following their farts.)
Cockroaches,particularly the Canadian variety as the study showed(of course, they may have meant their politicians, there is some confusion on the matter here) are among the biggest contributors to global warming, since they break wind every fifteen minutes. Furthermore, they continue to release methane gas for eighteen hours after they die. In a global scale, insect flatulence is estimated to account for 20% of all methane emissions. This puts the cockroach as one of the biggest contributors to Global Warming. However, here a BBC study has shown a very major contributer........
And here commences the Epistle From The BBC.......
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2007/02/meet_daisy_the_cow_global_climates_enemy_number_on.html
Meet Daisy the cow global climate’s enemy number one.
When I started to investigate the impact of food on the environment a month ago I thought I would find myself fretting over food miles. In fact transport is a tiny component of agriculture’s worldwide contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.
No, the main culprit is out there in the fields, chewing her cud. It turns out that livestock predominantly cattle are responsible for an astonishing proportion of global warming gases - 18 per cent of the total, to be precise.
That’s right, almost a fifth of all emissions which is more greenhouse gas emissions than all the transport on earth planes, trains, cars, skidoos the lot.
You’ll be wondering how I reach that staggering conclusion. Indeed, regular readers of this blog may be worried that my decision forgo flesh and become a vegan during January has fostered an irrational hatred of animals.
Not so. The research implicating Daisy and her bovine brothers and sisters in global warming is very well sourced. A good start is Livestock’s Long Shadow, a report by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization.
So why is the meat we eat so polluting?
Well, first of all we need to get a sense of scale. Seventy per cent of all agricultural land is used to raise animals that’s a third of the land surface of the entire planet. What’s more, over a third of all cereal production goes to feed those animals.
The UN report estimates that 160 million tonnes of carbon dioxide are associated with the fossil fuels emitted by this vast global industry that’s roughly a third of the UK’s total CO2 emissions. The figure includes transporting meat and dairy products across the globe, as well as the carbon dioxide emitted on the farm, in processing and in manufacture of nitrogen fertilizer, which is used to raise crops for feed for animals.
Add in the carbon from deforestation and land degradation and the figure is far, far higher. Most deforested land is used for pasture and the UN reckons the carbon released in the process takes the carbon cost of livestock up to the equivalent of 2.7 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. That’s around seven per cent of all the greenhouse gases emitted by man.
That is a lot of global warming gas but still way short of that eighteen per cent figure. That’s because carbon dioxide isn’t the only global warming gas that animals are responsible for which is where Daisy comes in.
Ruminant animals like cows and sheep produce a lot of methane as they digest their food. And methane is a powerful greenhouse gas twenty three times as powerful as carbon dioxide, in fact.
There are reckoned to be around one and a half billion head of cattle on the planet and one point seven billion sheep. They, together with the more modest emissions of other farm animals, produce 37 per cent of global methane emissions which adds up to the equivalent of another 2.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
We’re still not at a fifth of global emissions though. To get there you have to factor in the effects of another global warming gas - nitrous oxide. It is way more potent than even methane with 296 times the global warming power of carbon dioxide. Sixty five per cent of human related emissions of nitrous oxide are from the nitrogen in animal manure. That accounts for the equivalent of another 2.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Add the effects of the three gases associated with farming animals and you get total emissions equivalent to 7.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
And so here Ends The Epistle From The BBC...........
And so goes this report from the BBC...............stating quite flatly that cows are responsible for 1/4 of the carbon dioxide emissions................a blatant indicment of Daisy, the cow. Clearly at such high levels, Daisy, the Cow, representative of all cows, and cows...merit.........death. In short what needs be done is we must not turn vegan, this would merely leave more cows, producing yet more cows, and so increasing the number of cows, not reducing them, so we must eat more cows, eat more cow products..............burgies must be increased to doubles in the least,better yet triple and quadruple burgers, with singles being banned, we must consume steaks,beef roasts pot or Wellington,and so reduce the numbers of cows and so reduce the carbon dioxide and methane emission and so save earth. Of course we are ourselves also to blame, man,or woman, producing (EACH)1/2 litre of fart gas per day, a rather high figure in the methane category considering the vast level of population in the world,being 6,692,030,277,( a ratio of cows/sheep at 3-1, sheep and cow each a ration of 6-1,per person)which makes, scientificly 1,673,007,568 litres per day of human farts.Indeed recall that the consumption of veggies by the carnivore man, and that exclusively by veggans, influences, especially that by veggans who produce far more than the average 14/litre fart,but actually 1/2, indeed veggans must be banned, and retrained,re-educated, deprogrammed from veggies, to join humankind in the reduction of the beef herds by eating beef.Of course mankind's prolific production of farts, from points of view of reduction of same, is nothing to turn cannibal over,and of course one cannot expect anyone to make the supreme sacrifice(as did Heath Ledger)and commit suicide,we should content oursleves to consuming cows,consuming more cows,
Secret Squirrel,
MRL,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
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The MRL's Secret Squirrel's Public Service Announcement Concerning the Problem and Behaviour of the Foul,And Most Foreign,Mime.
Secret Squirrel has considered the problem of something that was near and dear to Princess Diana,the problem of the dreaded land mime,a problem most feared and hated.
The land mime is a particularly lethal form of mime used frequently in mime warfare. These mimes have been trained in the ninja art of stealth by their Grand Master, Marcel Marceau. Land mimes are typically dropped by parachute-mime into enemy territory. The mimes stand very still wherever they land and do their impression of a tree, rendering them effectively invisible.
Land mimes tend to attack indiscriminately, making them one of the most feared kind of mime. They typically will detonate whenever a person passes nearby, or at least they will pantomime detonation with the ancient ninja techniques in which they were trained.
Did you know...
that unlike some other kinds of mime, land mimes do not make good pets. Most so-called experts believe this is due to their low activity rates, their insatiable appetites, and their tendency to suddenly kill people.
Land mimes are hard to spot, due to their incredible imitation skills. Fortunately, the tree they have been trained to imitate is the Arctic Downy Birch (Betula pubescens tortuosa), which is the only evergreen native to Greenland. Since these trees do not exist elsewhere, land mimes tend to stand out and can easily be spotted by trained arborologists.
While trained in ninja skills, land mimes are not ninja themselves, and thus can easily be overtaken by real ninjas. Many so-called experts recommend that you carry a ninja with you at times anyway, as a general means of personal defense.
There are battlefield signs,warning civilians about the presence of a mimefield. Soldiers are duty-bound to ignore the warning and be mindlessly slaughtered while crossing the field.
Since land mimes attack both soldiers and civilians indiscriminately, and can remain in an area for decades, some softies think that they should not be used. The 1997 Ottawimp Convention, signed by the 155 most cowardly countries, bans their use and requires the signatories to destroy their existing unused land mimes and to remove existing mimefields. The countries with the biggest balls, such as the United States of America are the only ones that still have the guts to use land mimes.
"How do I hate mimes? Let me count the ways..."
Maybe, Maybe Not by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
How do I hate mimes? Let me count the ways.
I hate mimes to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I hate mimes to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I hate mimes freely, as men strive for Right;
I hate mimes purely, as they turn from Praise.
I hate mimes with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I hate mimes with a hate I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I hate mimes with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but hate mimes better after they're all dead.
From the original,as rediscovered,perhaps on parchment,but not by James Cameron so there is probably major truth in this being the original,Browning herself may not be dead as James Cameron has not claimed to have discovered her empty grave as yet,rumored to have the words,JESUS.I'm Dead! scrawled on it as the other boxes he's found have.
What is MIME ? - Up until recently MIME was considered a theatrical art form in which an "actor" portrays a character and/or narration using no speech, sounds or props; just body movement and gestures. However, several months ago very important scientists at a very important laboratory discovered that the MIME condition, or Mnemonically Inadequate Mental Entropy, is actually an insidious form of insanity, annoying millions of non mimes each year.
Luckily those same very important scientists have formed the MIME Insanity Research Institute as the world's first best hope to combat the MIME condition.
Our scientists have discovered three separate causes for this affliction.
* The annoyance gene - Approximately 60% of all mimes are afflicted by this anomalous gene. It causes those that have it to believe that they are actually respected and loved by all those who hate them. They will never understand how annoying they are as all abuse and rejection is perceived as admiration and acceptance by these sad creatures.
* The perception retrovirus - Around 32% of mimes do not even realize that they are not interacting with the real world. These poor fools believe everything that they do is real, and that they are contributing to the real world and society at large. This mime is usually, but not always, easily identified by the tendency to become repeatedly trapped in invisible boxes.
* Social Conditioning - The remaining 8% of mimes have been taught through social conditioning to become mimes, never realizing that they are satirizing a serious mental illness. Some colleges and other institutes of higher learning even teach classes in MIME. This sad practice must be halted and these people turned back into productive members of society.
Luckily police were able to stop this type II mime before he was able to do any real damage with his invisible ax.
This particular mime was about to attack a group of invisible passerby's when sharp eyed police noticed and took prompt action, shooting him dead at the scene.
This, and other tragedies like it could have been avoided. Had only this mime's friends had committed him to the Institute at the earliest signs of Mimeness. Over two thousand people a day perform some kind of silent gesture. It's like a loaded gun.
Facts, Myths & Rumours: Mimes
A MIME smoking a cigar caused the Hindenberg disaster.
The Spanish Inquisition was started by a MIME.
The Beatles almost admitted to being bigger than MIMES.
Sometimes MIMES wear trench coats & carry swords.
Richard Nixon almost named his dog after a MIME.
Seven of the twelve apostles were MIMES.
Ru Paul blames MIMES as one of his/her biggest influences.
Mimes wear underpants.
Pig Latin was started by Mimes to fool the Nazis.
All the dance choreography for "The Brady Bunch" episodes were directed by Marcel Marceau.
Mimes love bad children.
Englebert Humperdink's father was a mime.
Mimes invented the Abacus.
Secret Squirrel,
MRL,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
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The MRL And The Dreaded Land Mime
We in the MRL must make a commitment to be honor bound to glorify the name of Princess Diana, and honor her in the
completion of a sacred task she left to us to assist in, the utter and complete banning, and outlawing of, and removing from
this earth, the utterly horrific,putrescent, travesty of humanity, that great evil, that grand perversity,that thing hated
most by the Princess, Diana,the dreaded land mimes. Indeed these horrifying creatures must be put an end to. Their ridiculous
gesticulations, waving of arms and legs round and abouts and all abouts, that vicious swivelling and rotating of their
atrocious hips, and all the whilst their insane invisible mockery of the eating of foods,must finally be ended by the ending
of them.
Indeed, imagine now the world of land mimes. Princess Diana visited the people of this earth, the victims, the targets of the
land mimes, she touched the untouchables, reached the unreachables,bore the unbearables, and yet she continued, she saw to it
the lepers were properly lepered, those with aids were helped with some more, and saw the children with their swollen bellies from food
or the lack of food being mocked by the invisible eating antics of the horrid land mimes,the food they would have eaten
being sent as foreign aid to Canada and the United States, there to be sold to the people there.We want to collect all the
land mimes and place them in an invisible box of their own creation, a box fit for an invisible sad thing, a misery.We must
hate them. As time passes the location of land mimes is often forgotten, even by those who planted them. These mimes continue
to be functional for many decades, causing further damage, injury and death, through their wild inane and idiotic antics.
The land mime is a particularly lethal form of mime used frequently in mime warfare. These mimes have been trained in the ninja art of
stealth by their Grand Master, Marcel Marceau. Land mimes are typically dropped by parachute-mime into enemy territory. The mimes stand
very still wherever they land and do their impression of a tree, rendering them effectively invisible.
Land mimes tend to attack indiscriminately, making them one of the most feared kind of mime. They typically will detonate whenever a
person passes nearby, or at least they will pantomime detonation with the ancient ninja techniques in which they were trained.
Did you know...
that unlike some other kinds of mime, land mimes do not make good pets. Most so-called experts believe this is due to their low activity
rates, their insatiable appetites, and their tendency to suddenly kill people.
Land mimes are hard to spot, due to their incredible imitation skills. Fortunately, the tree they have been trained to imitate is the
Arctic Downy Birch (Betula pubescens tortuosa), which is the only evergreen native to Greenland. Since these trees do not exist
elsewhere, land mimes tend to stand out and can easily be spotted by trained arborologists.
While trained in ninja skills, land mimes are not ninja themselves, and thus can easily be overtaken by real ninjas. Many so-called
experts recommend that you carry a ninja with you at times anyway, as a general means of personal defense.
There are battlefield signs,warning civilians about the presence of a mimefield. Soldiers are duty-bound to ignore the warning and be
mindlessly slaughtered while crossing the field.
Since land mimes attack both soldiers and civilians indiscriminately, and can remain in an area for decades, some softies think that they
should not be used. The 1997 Ottawimp Convention, signed by the 155 most cowardly countries, bans their use and requires the signatories
to destroy their existing unused land mimes and to remove existing mimefields. The countries with the biggest balls, such as the United
States of America are the only ones that still have the guts to use land mimes.
These Landmimes are basically explosive devices that are designed to explode when triggered by pressure or a tripwire of
humanity.Figures state that currently, there are more than 100-million landmimes located in 70 countries around the world,
according to OneWorld International. Since 1975, landmimes have killed or maimed more than 1-million people, which has led to
a worldwide effort to ban further landmime use and clear away existing landmimes. Humanity has suffered horribly, why in Las
Vegas, the Americans substituted Celine Dion, for the appearance of the dreaded land mime, Marcel Marceau, imagine,
replacement of the worst possible thing, with the second most dreaded thing.Such inhumanity they suffered, we must admire
them, and encourage them to keep Celine trapped there, not that they'll do anyone that favor.
Land mimes and other explosive remnants and tatters of the badly acting fraternity continue to threaten, maim and kill
indiscriminately long after own personal hostilities have ended, and impede post-conflict reconstruction and economic
development in civilized lands. They typically cause severe injury, including the amputation of one or more limbs, and most
of their victims are civilians. Disabled for life, survivors require long-term care, they expense of the sudden and horrible
encounter with the dreaded mime.It is said that 20,000 are killed or maimed by landmimes annually, disgustingly terrifying
figures, as disgusting and as terrifying as the single solitary view of a single land mime figure.Still governments do not
heed, do not listen, do not care.The widespread use of anti-personnel mimes has created a humanitarian crisis of global
proportions.
Attempts have been made to estimate the number of AP,Actra and Actors Equity mimes in the ground around the world through
reporting procedures by countries under the Ottawa Convention. However, it is now apparent that the number of mimes in the
ground is not an accurate measurement of the landmine problem.
Instead, the most significant measurement of landmime consequences is the amount of high-priority land that contains mimes.
This is land that is arable, socially and / or economically valuable or essential for transportation to the local residents.
The risk of death or injury inhibits use of the land. Whether a field has 2 mimes or 10,000 mimes means it cannot be used by
a community.Worldwide wide it is said that there are some 300,000-400,000 landmime survivors, unquestionably those who have
merely viewed the land mime on some heaven forsaken television program, or in passing may have merely heard of a mime
performing on the radio, and they have lived, unscathed,unscarred. unlike the rest who have actually encountered one
personally.Survivors, but what of those who did not.......... we are often haunted by the image of a small child who has
experienced the agony of a landmime injury, the cumulative problems caused by landmimes typically do not end with the
personal, physical, or even mental trauma of an individual. Invariably the net effect of multiple and frequent accidents is
to inflict societal trauma, via infrastructure and economic damage, on the country at large. People who step on landmines
often lose legs, arms, vision, hearing, and many die. These victims also have to deal with the effect of their injuries for
the rest of their lives.
Land mimes do not just affect the people who step on a sleeping mime. Communities, countries and the entire world feel the
effects of a single mime.Mimes are horrific when encountered, when touched, when stepped on...............indeed what do we
do with mimes, how to get rid of them? Well, it has been said, that a mime is a terrible thing to waste,it is suggested that
we not waste them,but somehow find a use for them.Yet herein lies the difficulty, no one has found a use for mimes.
Every effort must be made, every political and socio-political party in the world, must commit itself. to the remembrance
and the honoring of the name of Princess Diana, by helping rid the world, forever, once and for all time, of land mimes.
Once that is accomplished, we can rest for awhile, and then turn our attention to mimes and their effects on cruise and other
shipping at sea.
Secret Squirrel,
MRL,
Minister for Re-Deranged Re-Engineering
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MRL: Applications Of The New Irish Air Travel System.
The headline reads..................
Now Ryanair wants passengers to STAND UP during flights
By Graham Smith
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1197799/Ryanair-make-passengers-stand-bid-cram-board.html
No frills: Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary wants passengers to stand during the budget airline's flights
Ryanair wants passengers to stand during its flights so the budget airline can squeeze more people on board.
The Irish air carrier plans to cut costs by making fliers perch on stools with seat belts around their waists.
Chief executive Michael O'Leary has already held talks with US plane manufacturer Boeing about designing an aircraft with standing room.
Should the idea get the go-ahead from the Irish Aviation Authority, the airline plans to either order new jets or refurbish its existing
fleet.
And indeed, they should.Think of the vast savings this new Irish concept in air flight will achieve....................seats won't be
necessary, passengers will stand up. One of the first things we will notice is that for the first time the Irish can't be called
lay-about drunks, but actually stand up drunks, just like everybody else except, of course, that they will have something to assist them
in standing up. All that remains is that they carry this concept to the further stage. That of saving such thins as landing fees. Yes,
indeed, the passengers could be wearing paratrooper uniforms and as paratroopers do, when over target city area, they jump out and
parasail down, complete with luggage which can't be lost now,an added plus, and proficiently land even yet at their intended address of
arrival, never mind the right aerodrome!!!!!!!!! Imagine now in one fell swoop, the luggage horrors of Britain's Heathrow, the luggage horrors of Britain, also solved, all in one fell swoop.The mind boggles. Ever onwards. We too in Britain must seize on this new Irish development and march bravely in to the future of air travel.
Of course, it is mentioned, that previously I have mentioned such an air travel system, but,of course, mine was somewhat easier, the passenger would be properly seated through their flight, but it is grand to see that my air travel system has been and is evolving in the world of today. Imagine, my air travel system of the future, in the world of today.
Secret Squirrel,
M.R.L.,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
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Tony Blair, The British Labour Prime Minister, is sitting in his office when his telephone rings.
"Hallo, Mr. Blair!" a heavily accented voice said. "This is Paddy down at the Harp Pub in County Clare, Ireland. I am ringing to inform you that Gerry Adams, our I.R.A. political propagandist,has told me to tell you that we are finally officially declaring war on you!"
"Well, Paddy," Blair replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army?"
"Right now," says Paddy, after a moment's calculation, "there is meself, me Cousin Sean, me next door neighbor Seamus, and the entire darts team from the pub. That makes eight! All genuine,not political arm, I.R.A."
Blair paused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 100,000 men in my army waiting to move on my command."
"Begoora!" says Paddy. "I'll have to ring you back."
Sure enough, the next day, Paddy calls again. "Mr. Blair, the war is still on. We have managed to get us some infantry equipment!"
"And what equipment would that be Paddy?" Blair asks.
"Well, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Mother Murphy's farm tractor."
Blair sighs amused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 6,000 tanks and 5,000 armored personnel carriers. Also, I have increased my army to 150,000 since we last spoke,I've even put the Royal Princes all in there."
"Saints preserve us!" says Paddy. "I'll have to get back to you."
Sure enough, Paddy rings again the next day. "Mr. Blair, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We have modified Jackie McLaughlin's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four I.R.A. boys from the Shamrock Bar have joined us as well!"
Blair was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 100 bombers and 200 fighter planes still left in my Air Force. My military bases are surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since we last spoke, I have increased my army to 200,000!"
"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!" says Paddy, "I will have to ring you back."
Sure enough, Paddy calls again the next day. "Top o' the mornin', Mr. Blair! I am sorry to inform you that we have added 3 American tourists to Ireland and 4 sailors who frequent Davy Byrne's Pub in Dublin, and we have 4 rubber dinghys, and 6 war surplused 'and grenades, an we knows 'ow to use'em."
"Really? I am sorry to hear that Paddy," says Blair. "You know I just reduced my Navy to lower than that of the Canadian Navy. I guess I'll just have to quietly, and secretly, not to be mentioned publicly you know, surrender to the demands of you and the I.R.A.So, what are your terms"
"Well," says Paddy, "we had a long chat over a few pints of Guinness, and decided there is no freakin' way we can feed 200,000 prisoners, so we'll accept your surrender, under these terms,
One: Gerry Adams gets put in to your Government along with other I.R.A. representatives.
Two:We get full power sharing in Northern Ireland.
Three: You resign from Government.
Four: you become a converted Catholic."
Secret Squirrel,
MRL,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
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The MRL,Secret Squirrel, Labour's Definition of Heaven...........
Labour's Britain is like Heaven
In Labour's Britain we live in HEAVEN.
We HEAVEN got petrol,
We HEAVEN got work,
We HEAVEN got a cure for aids,
We HEAVEN got educated kids
We HEAVEN got electricity,
We HEAVEN got Gas
We HEAVEN got out of Iraq
We HEAVEN got morality
We HEAVEN got Law & Order and
We HEAVEN got a bright future."
Secret Squirrel.
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Secret Squirrel On The State Of The European Union............
Secret Squirrel comments on the state of the European Union.
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building
his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks
he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper
has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.
MODERN BRITISH VERSION
The Euro Englishman works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building
his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Euro Frenchman thinks
he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come the
winter, the shivering Euro Frenchman calls a press conference and demands
to know why the Euro Englishman should be allowed to be warm and well fed
while others are cold and starving.
The American CNN shows up to provide pictures of the shivering Euro Frenchman
next to the Euro Englishman in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
Americans are stunned by the sharp contrast. How can it be
that, in a Europe of such wealth, this poor Euro Frenchman is allowed
to suffer so?
Then a representative of European Civil Liberties
shows up on The National and charges the Euro Englishman with French bias,
and makes the case that the Euro Frenchman is the victim of 1000 years
of anti-French behaviour. Nicolas Sarkozy appears on CNN with the
Euro Frenchman, and everybody cries when he stands on a milk case and sings "Frere Jacques".
Gordon Brown makes a special guest appearance on the American CNN
with Larry King on "Larry King Live", and forced to explain the
difference tells a concerned American public he will do everything he can
do everything for the Euro Frenchman who has been denied the prosperity
they claim the Euro Frenchman deserves by those who benefited unfairly
during the Major/Thatcher summers.
British Finance Minister ,Alistair Darling exclaims in an interview that in his judgement the
Euro Englishman has gotten rich off the back of the Euro Frenchman,
and calls for an immediate tax hike on the Euro Englishman to make
him pay his "fair share.",increasing existing toll road and
bridge tolls and adding more road and bridge tolls to pay for it all.
Finally, Labor drafts the "Economic Equity and Pro-Euro French
Act," retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The Euro Englishman is fined
for failing to hire a proportionate number of Frenchman in his
businesses and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is
confiscated by the government.
The Lord Adonis,Lord Justice of Appeal,decides to himself represent the Euro Frenchman in
the Brussels Court,in a defamation suit against the Euro Englishman,
and the case is tried before a panel of Euro hearing officers that Nicolas Sarkozy
himself appointed from a list of single-parent Paris
welfare moms who can only hear cases on Thursday's between 1:30 and 3 PM.
The Euro Englishman loses the case.
The story ends as we see the Euro Frenchman finishing up the last bits
of the Euro Englishman's food while the government house he's in, which
just happens to be the Euro Englishman's old house, crumbles around him
since he doesn't know how to maintain it.
The Euro Englishman has disappeared in the snow.
And on the tele, which the Euro Frenchman bought by selling most of the
Euro Englishman's food, they are showing Gordon Brown standing before a
wildly applauding group of loyal Labour Party members announcing that a
new era of "European Fairness" has dawned in Britain.
Secret Squirrel.
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The New Labour New Election Logo
Secret Squirrel has discovered that the Labour Party has decided to change its logo from a rose to a condom believing it more accurately reflects their policies. This is because a condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects the pricks, and gives you a sense of security whilst you are being screwed.
Secret Squirrel.
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Secret Squirrel has seen to it that with the impending annexation of Texas,and the re-acquisition of Canada by Britain,that we have rules ready for such a time.
What with the rise of the Texas separatists who have declared the annexation of Texas by the United States of America to be invalid, and so wish to succeed.................and Chuck Norris wishing to be,when and if and should that occur, it's new President, I feel then that time time is right for Britain to annex Texas as it should and would have had not the United States intervened with it's illegal annexation of Texas, so in preparation for the annexation and acquisition of Texas, adding it legally,properly, and rightly so to the British Empire......err..........Britain.........and so too also proceeding with my plan to declare the Confederation of Canada invalid, and so reacquiring the former and now once again colony of Canada we can proceed in preparation for the planned target year acquisition 2020, a year when Texans and Canadians will clearly see.................
The congratulatory speech on England Reacquiring the Colony of Canada, and Annexing the Newly Independent Republic of Texas, should all go well.
To the citizens of the Newly Independent Separated Former State of Texas,henceforth known as Texashire and the Newly Reacquired Former Colony,of Canada,Un-confederated, Now A Colony Once More, Of The Place They Ridiculously Call Canada( Spanish for Here There Is Nothing).
In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent
Prime Ministers in Canada, and the fact that your army has been given the year off for a rest as the generals wish, and the fact that we have a huge army of ridiculous bagpipers whose infernal horrendous cater wailing piping drives all before them, we are invading Canada for our own good to reacquire the colony, so thus we
hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective
immediately, and formerly absorb Canada which can in no way shape nor form defend itself or anybody in particular for that matter.
As to the place known as The Republic Of Texas, having reacquired your independence from America, as you did in the past from Mexico, and so were annexed immediately on said acquisition by America, so now being in a similar state,brought upon by the rebels and revolutionaries such as Chuck Norris and his cronies, and so having acquired said independence again, we, in Britain, are annexing The Republic Of Texas, and so renaming Texas, Texashire.
Now as to governance.............
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical
duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas,
which she does not fancy).
Your new Prime Minister, or better yet the M.R.L. government which planned all this in secret sessions of Secret Squirrel's group of enlightened drunken friends down in the local pub, will appoint a Governor for Texashire, and one for Canada as well without the need for further elections. The Texas Legislature will be disbanded, and Shire government formed. Canada will have it's Parliament declared null,void, and pointless,a redundancy to be sure, and replaced with a government formed out of the drunks of the Ottawa Highlander Pub, who in their state of confused drunkenness can undoubtably rule much better than the present Canadian government.
A questionnaire may be circulated in the year (2012),these events all planned for the year 2011, to determine whether any
of you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following
rules are introduced with immediate effect:
You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.
1. Then look up aluminium, and nuclear, and check the pronunciation
guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been
pronouncing them.
2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour',
'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut'
without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be
replaced by the suffix '-ise'.Also the former French Fries you once called Freedom Fries, and the again called French Fries will now be known as either chips, or Dumbarse Fries as you prefer.
Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable
levels. (look up 'vocabulary').
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3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises
such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form
of communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let
Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell- checker will be
adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the
elimination of -ize.
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4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as Independence Day,being replaced by Guy Fawkes Day,November 5th.July 1st will no longer be celebrated as Canada Day, being replaced by Lord Sutch Day, November 12th.
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5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns,
lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and
therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent.
Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to
sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then
you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.
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6. You will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything
more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if
you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.This will be the official item of defense of the person.
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7. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will
start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you
will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of
conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you
understand the British sense of humour.
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8. Texashire will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been
calling gasoline)-roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it.Also, a return to the English system of weights and measures is necessary,which means local meat sellers may now legally place their thumbs on the scale.
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9. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French
fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling
potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut,
fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.
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10. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not
actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be
referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted
provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also
acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting Nation on
earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of
British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. American brands will
be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold
without risk of further confusion.
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11. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as
good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to
play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English
dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to
having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.
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12. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind
of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough
will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities
to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every
twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of
nancies). In the meantime don't try rugby - the South Africans and
Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us.What was known as American Football, will now be referred to as Really Sissy Boy Rugby.
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13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to
host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played
outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a
world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will
learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to
take the sting out of their deliveries.
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14. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.
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15. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's
Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all
monies due (backdated to 1776).
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16. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, with
saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and
cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season.
17. And as a special consideration to the newly acquired former State Of Texas,wel shall now remove Chuck Norris from it's government in favor of somebody else who hasn't had the Fu Kunged once too many times.
18. The State Song of the Former Republic of Texas, Texas Our Texas, will be replaced by the here included, Let It All Hang Out............learn the lyrics in advance, it will save you the trouble later..........
(Spoken)
A preachment, dear friend
You are about to receive on John Barleycorn
Nicotine and the temptations of Eve
(Bronx Cheer salute)
(Sung)
No parkin' by the sewer sign
Hot dog, my razors broke
Water drippin' up the spout
But I dont care, let it all hang out
Hangin' from a pine tree by my knees
Sun is shinin' through the shade
Nobody knows what its all about
It's too much, man, let it all hang out
Saw a man walkin' upside down
My T.V.s on the blink
Made Galileo look like a Boy Scout
Sorry 'bout that, let it all hang out
Sleep all day, drive all night
Brain my numb, can't stop now
For sure ain't no doubt
Keep an open mind, let it all hang out
It's rainin' inside a big brown moon
How does that mess you baby up, leg
Eatin' a Reuben sandwich with sauerkraut
Don't stop now, baby, let it all hang out
Let it all hang out
Let it all hang out
Let it all hang out
19. The former Canadian national anthem is to be replaced by..
They're Coming To Take Me Away,Ha-Haaa!
So that the people may remember their state of mind driven so by years of inept,ignorant,ridiculous,incompetent, and idiotic self-rule.........
learn the lyrics in advance, it will save you the trouble later..........
Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees
And begged you not to leave
Because I'd go berserk?
Well. . .
You left me anyhow
And then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone
Completely out of my mind
And. . .
They're coming to take me away, HA HA
They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
You thought it was a joke
And so you laughed
You laughed when I had said
That losing you would make me flip my lid
Right. . .
You know you laughed, I heard you laugh
You laughed, you laughed and laughed
And then you left
But now you know I'm utterly mad!
And. . .
They're coming to take me away, HA HA
They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the happy home
With trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile
And twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
I cooked your food
I cleaned your house
And this is how you pay me back
For all my kind, unselfish loving deeds?!!
Hah. . .
Well you just wait
They'll find you yet
And when they do they'll
Put you in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!
And. . .
They're coming to take me away, HA HA
They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
To the happy home
With trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile
And twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those nice, young men
In their clean, white coats
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
20) Once again, for the welfare of the British economy,it being necessary to actually finance the area colony known as Canada, and the rest of the empire, Canadians in the colony will once again be given jobs working in the mines,forests, and on the farms providing the necessary sustinence and life blood of a massive and prosperous economy that which is Britain and the Empire.........whilst doing this,since there have been changes since the last empire, Britain will return things somewhat to the state that they were in those prosperous days of Empire, the Canadians so employed will have to wear blackface, bowing to the traditions of the day and the job of keeping the empire prosperous.
21) The border of Texashire WILL be protected from Mexican invasions, we will work a deal with the Americans,assimilating them in to our Empire's economy as a service area,we will allow us to sell to us, in fair trade Florida's alligators to the Rio Grande border of Texashire with Mexico, to serve as the new Border Patrol, one that has some real teeth in dealing with illegal wetback immigration.Should the Americans be unreasonable we can further import crocs from the former colony of Australia or the colonies of Afrique.
God save the Queen.
Secret Squirrel,
M.R.L.,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
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M.R.L. Solves Britain's Prison Problems.
Secret Squirrel has seen that there are severe problems in England what with prison overcrowding, and a general lack of prisons, arising from the extreme high cost of construction of such facilities, and maintenance of same in terms of prison staff etc. In the 60's arose a system of construction, prefab, which was used to construct several buildings, including the then considered ultra modern Habitat 67 at the Man and His World exhibition in the colony of Canada during the World's Fair of that year. Interesting, boxes piled one atop the other, sticking out here and there etc.and interesting piece of engineering.
This engineering principle was carried forwards to ships in the form of cargo containers, and can be stacked say 14,000 to a vessel, each container cell being say 20x8x8 in terms of feet, interestingly, the size of a prison cell, particularly those of the Americans in Guantanamo Bay. The idea presents itself. Now a prison at sea is a grand idea, utilizing containers,stacked, , expandable to the max limit, say 7 such ships could accommodate the entire prison population of Britain! However, these ships consume say 1660 gallons (imperial), of fuel an hour...........not worth the cost to send'em on a sea cruise is it?
But the idea has presented itself, a prison island, indeed yes, imagine an island in the Indian Ocean, not requiring heating costs,and not worth it, the air conditioning costs, merely a form of bed and breakfast,lunch,dinner...........a gigantic container ship type island, stacked with prison cells, as converted cargo containers, ever expandable..........look at Diego Garcia, an island almost abandoned, it could easily become the prison for Britain, indeed the name, Diego Garcia,Her Majesty's Prison For The Extremely Naughty, comes to mind.
Look at what is there now a large airbase with several long range runways constructed, as well as a harbor suitable for large naval vessels so delivery of prisoners and containers to house new arrivals is a thing of utter ease.
As a territory of the United Kingdom, the head of state is Queen Elizabeth II. There is no Governor appointed to represent the Queen on the territory, as there are no native inhabitants. Thus the island itself is ideal, as an island, indeed, the lesser prisoners could act as guards and prison staff, making them useful to the full, reducing the costs of maintenance grandly, just requiring prison ship patrols about the island to prevent shall we say, prisoners attempting to break in to the island to enjoy it's lush location and tropical accommodation. Problem solved. Failing this we'll just follow the example of the Cuban and Haitian boat people heading off to America, we'll simply boat'em all towards the Australian coast, point the ship towards Australia, and so toss the lot of'em off.
Secret Squirrel,
M.R.L.,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
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MRL On The Reason To Encourage The Consumption of Beef.
There are many factors involved in this global warming,climate change issue of the day.........There are strange factors involved, such as cockroaches. Insect flatulence may account for one-fifth of all the methane emissions on this planet. (Termites are also prodigious farters; indeed, dogs trained to sniff out termites and roaches are actually following their farts.)
Cockroaches,particularly the Canadian variety as the study showed(of course, they may have meant their politicians, there is some confusion on the matter here) are among the biggest contributors to global warming, since they break wind every fifteen minutes. Furthermore, they continue to release methane gas for eighteen hours after they die. In a global scale, insect flatulence is estimated to account for 20% of all methane emissions. This puts the cockroach as one of the biggest contributors to Global Warming. However, here a BBC study has shown a very major contributer........
And here commences the Epistle From The BBC.......
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2007/02/meet_daisy_the_cow_global_climates_enemy_number_on.html
Meet Daisy the cow global climate’s enemy number one.
When I started to investigate the impact of food on the environment a month ago I thought I would find myself fretting over food miles. In fact transport is a tiny component of agriculture’s worldwide contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.
No, the main culprit is out there in the fields, chewing her cud. It turns out that livestock predominantly cattle are responsible for an astonishing proportion of global warming gases - 18 per cent of the total, to be precise.
That’s right, almost a fifth of all emissions which is more greenhouse gas emissions than all the transport on earth planes, trains, cars, skidoos the lot.
You’ll be wondering how I reach that staggering conclusion. Indeed, regular readers of this blog may be worried that my decision forgo flesh and become a vegan during January has fostered an irrational hatred of animals.
Not so. The research implicating Daisy and her bovine brothers and sisters in global warming is very well sourced. A good start is Livestock’s Long Shadow, a report by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization.
So why is the meat we eat so polluting?
Well, first of all we need to get a sense of scale. Seventy per cent of all agricultural land is used to raise animals that’s a third of the land surface of the entire planet. What’s more, over a third of all cereal production goes to feed those animals.
The UN report estimates that 160 million tonnes of carbon dioxide are associated with the fossil fuels emitted by this vast global industry that’s roughly a third of the UK’s total CO2 emissions. The figure includes transporting meat and dairy products across the globe, as well as the carbon dioxide emitted on the farm, in processing and in manufacture of nitrogen fertilizer, which is used to raise crops for feed for animals.
Add in the carbon from deforestation and land degradation and the figure is far, far higher. Most deforested land is used for pasture and the UN reckons the carbon released in the process takes the carbon cost of livestock up to the equivalent of 2.7 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. That’s around seven per cent of all the greenhouse gases emitted by man.
That is a lot of global warming gas but still way short of that eighteen per cent figure. That’s because carbon dioxide isn’t the only global warming gas that animals are responsible for which is where Daisy comes in.
Ruminant animals like cows and sheep produce a lot of methane as they digest their food. And methane is a powerful greenhouse gas twenty three times as powerful as carbon dioxide, in fact.
There are reckoned to be around one and a half billion head of cattle on the planet and one point seven billion sheep. They, together with the more modest emissions of other farm animals, produce 37 per cent of global methane emissions which adds up to the equivalent of another 2.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
We’re still not at a fifth of global emissions though. To get there you have to factor in the effects of another global warming gas - nitrous oxide. It is way more potent than even methane with 296 times the global warming power of carbon dioxide. Sixty five per cent of human related emissions of nitrous oxide are from the nitrogen in animal manure. That accounts for the equivalent of another 2.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Add the effects of the three gases associated with farming animals and you get total emissions equivalent to 7.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
And so here Ends The Epistle From The BBC...........
And so goes this report from the BBC...............stating quite flatly that cows are responsible for 1/4 of the carbon dioxide emissions................a blatant indicment of Daisy, the cow. Clearly at such high levels, Daisy, the Cow, representative of all cows, and cows...merit.........death. In short what needs be done is we must not turn vegan, this would merely leave more cows, producing yet more cows, and so increasing the number of cows, not reducing them, so we must eat more cows, eat more cow products..............burgies must be increased to doubles in the least,better yet triple and quadruple burgers, with singles being banned, we must consume steaks,beef roasts pot or Wellington,and so reduce the numbers of cows and so reduce the carbon dioxide and methane emission and so save earth. Of course we are ourselves also to blame, man,or woman, producing (EACH)1/2 litre of fart gas per day, a rather high figure in the methane category considering the vast level of population in the world,being 6,692,030,277,( a ratio of cows/sheep at 3-1, sheep and cow each a ration of 6-1,per person)which makes, scientificly 1,673,007,568 litres per day of human farts.Indeed recall that the consumption of veggies by the carnivore man, and that exclusively by veggans, influences, especially that by veggans who produce far more than the average 14/litre fart,but actually 1/2, indeed veggans must be banned, and retrained,re-educated, deprogrammed from veggies, to join humankind in the reduction of the beef herds by eating beef.Of course mankind's prolific production of farts, from points of view of reduction of same, is nothing to turn cannibal over,and of course one cannot expect anyone to make the supreme sacrifice(as did Heath Ledger)and commit suicide,we should content oursleves to consuming cows,consuming more cows,
Secret Squirrel,
MRL,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
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The MRL's Secret Squirrel's Public Service Announcement Concerning the Problem and Behaviour of the Foul,And Most Foreign,Mime.
Secret Squirrel has considered the problem of something that was near and dear to Princess Diana,the problem of the dreaded land mime,a problem most feared and hated.
The land mime is a particularly lethal form of mime used frequently in mime warfare. These mimes have been trained in the ninja art of stealth by their Grand Master, Marcel Marceau. Land mimes are typically dropped by parachute-mime into enemy territory. The mimes stand very still wherever they land and do their impression of a tree, rendering them effectively invisible.
Land mimes tend to attack indiscriminately, making them one of the most feared kind of mime. They typically will detonate whenever a person passes nearby, or at least they will pantomime detonation with the ancient ninja techniques in which they were trained.
Did you know...
that unlike some other kinds of mime, land mimes do not make good pets. Most so-called experts believe this is due to their low activity rates, their insatiable appetites, and their tendency to suddenly kill people.
Land mimes are hard to spot, due to their incredible imitation skills. Fortunately, the tree they have been trained to imitate is the Arctic Downy Birch (Betula pubescens tortuosa), which is the only evergreen native to Greenland. Since these trees do not exist elsewhere, land mimes tend to stand out and can easily be spotted by trained arborologists.
While trained in ninja skills, land mimes are not ninja themselves, and thus can easily be overtaken by real ninjas. Many so-called experts recommend that you carry a ninja with you at times anyway, as a general means of personal defense.
There are battlefield signs,warning civilians about the presence of a mimefield. Soldiers are duty-bound to ignore the warning and be mindlessly slaughtered while crossing the field.
Since land mimes attack both soldiers and civilians indiscriminately, and can remain in an area for decades, some softies think that they should not be used. The 1997 Ottawimp Convention, signed by the 155 most cowardly countries, bans their use and requires the signatories to destroy their existing unused land mimes and to remove existing mimefields. The countries with the biggest balls, such as the United States of America are the only ones that still have the guts to use land mimes.
"How do I hate mimes? Let me count the ways..."
Maybe, Maybe Not by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
How do I hate mimes? Let me count the ways.
I hate mimes to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I hate mimes to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I hate mimes freely, as men strive for Right;
I hate mimes purely, as they turn from Praise.
I hate mimes with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I hate mimes with a hate I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I hate mimes with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but hate mimes better after they're all dead.
From the original,as rediscovered,perhaps on parchment,but not by James Cameron so there is probably major truth in this being the original,Browning herself may not be dead as James Cameron has not claimed to have discovered her empty grave as yet,rumored to have the words,JESUS.I'm Dead! scrawled on it as the other boxes he's found have.
What is MIME ? - Up until recently MIME was considered a theatrical art form in which an "actor" portrays a character and/or narration using no speech, sounds or props; just body movement and gestures. However, several months ago very important scientists at a very important laboratory discovered that the MIME condition, or Mnemonically Inadequate Mental Entropy, is actually an insidious form of insanity, annoying millions of non mimes each year.
Luckily those same very important scientists have formed the MIME Insanity Research Institute as the world's first best hope to combat the MIME condition.
Our scientists have discovered three separate causes for this affliction.
* The annoyance gene - Approximately 60% of all mimes are afflicted by this anomalous gene. It causes those that have it to believe that they are actually respected and loved by all those who hate them. They will never understand how annoying they are as all abuse and rejection is perceived as admiration and acceptance by these sad creatures.
* The perception retrovirus - Around 32% of mimes do not even realize that they are not interacting with the real world. These poor fools believe everything that they do is real, and that they are contributing to the real world and society at large. This mime is usually, but not always, easily identified by the tendency to become repeatedly trapped in invisible boxes.
* Social Conditioning - The remaining 8% of mimes have been taught through social conditioning to become mimes, never realizing that they are satirizing a serious mental illness. Some colleges and other institutes of higher learning even teach classes in MIME. This sad practice must be halted and these people turned back into productive members of society.
Luckily police were able to stop this type II mime before he was able to do any real damage with his invisible ax.
This particular mime was about to attack a group of invisible passerby's when sharp eyed police noticed and took prompt action, shooting him dead at the scene.
This, and other tragedies like it could have been avoided. Had only this mime's friends had committed him to the Institute at the earliest signs of Mimeness. Over two thousand people a day perform some kind of silent gesture. It's like a loaded gun.
Facts, Myths & Rumours: Mimes
A MIME smoking a cigar caused the Hindenberg disaster.
The Spanish Inquisition was started by a MIME.
The Beatles almost admitted to being bigger than MIMES.
Sometimes MIMES wear trench coats & carry swords.
Richard Nixon almost named his dog after a MIME.
Seven of the twelve apostles were MIMES.
Ru Paul blames MIMES as one of his/her biggest influences.
Mimes wear underpants.
Pig Latin was started by Mimes to fool the Nazis.
All the dance choreography for "The Brady Bunch" episodes were directed by Marcel Marceau.
Mimes love bad children.
Englebert Humperdink's father was a mime.
Mimes invented the Abacus.
Secret Squirrel,
MRL,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
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The MRL And The Dreaded Land Mime
We in the MRL must make a commitment to be honor bound to glorify the name of Princess Diana, and honor her in the
completion of a sacred task she left to us to assist in, the utter and complete banning, and outlawing of, and removing from
this earth, the utterly horrific,putrescent, travesty of humanity, that great evil, that grand perversity,that thing hated
most by the Princess, Diana,the dreaded land mimes. Indeed these horrifying creatures must be put an end to. Their ridiculous
gesticulations, waving of arms and legs round and abouts and all abouts, that vicious swivelling and rotating of their
atrocious hips, and all the whilst their insane invisible mockery of the eating of foods,must finally be ended by the ending
of them.
Indeed, imagine now the world of land mimes. Princess Diana visited the people of this earth, the victims, the targets of the
land mimes, she touched the untouchables, reached the unreachables,bore the unbearables, and yet she continued, she saw to it
the lepers were properly lepered, those with aids were helped with some more, and saw the children with their swollen bellies from food
or the lack of food being mocked by the invisible eating antics of the horrid land mimes,the food they would have eaten
being sent as foreign aid to Canada and the United States, there to be sold to the people there.We want to collect all the
land mimes and place them in an invisible box of their own creation, a box fit for an invisible sad thing, a misery.We must
hate them. As time passes the location of land mimes is often forgotten, even by those who planted them. These mimes continue
to be functional for many decades, causing further damage, injury and death, through their wild inane and idiotic antics.
The land mime is a particularly lethal form of mime used frequently in mime warfare. These mimes have been trained in the ninja art of
stealth by their Grand Master, Marcel Marceau. Land mimes are typically dropped by parachute-mime into enemy territory. The mimes stand
very still wherever they land and do their impression of a tree, rendering them effectively invisible.
Land mimes tend to attack indiscriminately, making them one of the most feared kind of mime. They typically will detonate whenever a
person passes nearby, or at least they will pantomime detonation with the ancient ninja techniques in which they were trained.
Did you know...
that unlike some other kinds of mime, land mimes do not make good pets. Most so-called experts believe this is due to their low activity
rates, their insatiable appetites, and their tendency to suddenly kill people.
Land mimes are hard to spot, due to their incredible imitation skills. Fortunately, the tree they have been trained to imitate is the
Arctic Downy Birch (Betula pubescens tortuosa), which is the only evergreen native to Greenland. Since these trees do not exist
elsewhere, land mimes tend to stand out and can easily be spotted by trained arborologists.
While trained in ninja skills, land mimes are not ninja themselves, and thus can easily be overtaken by real ninjas. Many so-called
experts recommend that you carry a ninja with you at times anyway, as a general means of personal defense.
There are battlefield signs,warning civilians about the presence of a mimefield. Soldiers are duty-bound to ignore the warning and be
mindlessly slaughtered while crossing the field.
Since land mimes attack both soldiers and civilians indiscriminately, and can remain in an area for decades, some softies think that they
should not be used. The 1997 Ottawimp Convention, signed by the 155 most cowardly countries, bans their use and requires the signatories
to destroy their existing unused land mimes and to remove existing mimefields. The countries with the biggest balls, such as the United
States of America are the only ones that still have the guts to use land mimes.
These Landmimes are basically explosive devices that are designed to explode when triggered by pressure or a tripwire of
humanity.Figures state that currently, there are more than 100-million landmimes located in 70 countries around the world,
according to OneWorld International. Since 1975, landmimes have killed or maimed more than 1-million people, which has led to
a worldwide effort to ban further landmime use and clear away existing landmimes. Humanity has suffered horribly, why in Las
Vegas, the Americans substituted Celine Dion, for the appearance of the dreaded land mime, Marcel Marceau, imagine,
replacement of the worst possible thing, with the second most dreaded thing.Such inhumanity they suffered, we must admire
them, and encourage them to keep Celine trapped there, not that they'll do anyone that favor.
Land mimes and other explosive remnants and tatters of the badly acting fraternity continue to threaten, maim and kill
indiscriminately long after own personal hostilities have ended, and impede post-conflict reconstruction and economic
development in civilized lands. They typically cause severe injury, including the amputation of one or more limbs, and most
of their victims are civilians. Disabled for life, survivors require long-term care, they expense of the sudden and horrible
encounter with the dreaded mime.It is said that 20,000 are killed or maimed by landmimes annually, disgustingly terrifying
figures, as disgusting and as terrifying as the single solitary view of a single land mime figure.Still governments do not
heed, do not listen, do not care.The widespread use of anti-personnel mimes has created a humanitarian crisis of global
proportions.
Attempts have been made to estimate the number of AP,Actra and Actors Equity mimes in the ground around the world through
reporting procedures by countries under the Ottawa Convention. However, it is now apparent that the number of mimes in the
ground is not an accurate measurement of the landmine problem.
Instead, the most significant measurement of landmime consequences is the amount of high-priority land that contains mimes.
This is land that is arable, socially and / or economically valuable or essential for transportation to the local residents.
The risk of death or injury inhibits use of the land. Whether a field has 2 mimes or 10,000 mimes means it cannot be used by
a community.Worldwide wide it is said that there are some 300,000-400,000 landmime survivors, unquestionably those who have
merely viewed the land mime on some heaven forsaken television program, or in passing may have merely heard of a mime
performing on the radio, and they have lived, unscathed,unscarred. unlike the rest who have actually encountered one
personally.Survivors, but what of those who did not.......... we are often haunted by the image of a small child who has
experienced the agony of a landmime injury, the cumulative problems caused by landmimes typically do not end with the
personal, physical, or even mental trauma of an individual. Invariably the net effect of multiple and frequent accidents is
to inflict societal trauma, via infrastructure and economic damage, on the country at large. People who step on landmines
often lose legs, arms, vision, hearing, and many die. These victims also have to deal with the effect of their injuries for
the rest of their lives.
Land mimes do not just affect the people who step on a sleeping mime. Communities, countries and the entire world feel the
effects of a single mime.Mimes are horrific when encountered, when touched, when stepped on...............indeed what do we
do with mimes, how to get rid of them? Well, it has been said, that a mime is a terrible thing to waste,it is suggested that
we not waste them,but somehow find a use for them.Yet herein lies the difficulty, no one has found a use for mimes.
Every effort must be made, every political and socio-political party in the world, must commit itself. to the remembrance
and the honoring of the name of Princess Diana, by helping rid the world, forever, once and for all time, of land mimes.
Once that is accomplished, we can rest for awhile, and then turn our attention to mimes and their effects on cruise and other
shipping at sea.
Secret Squirrel,
MRL,
Minister for Re-Deranged Re-Engineering
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MRL: Applications Of The New Irish Air Travel System.
The headline reads..................
Now Ryanair wants passengers to STAND UP during flights
By Graham Smith
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1197799/Ryanair-make-passengers-stand-bid-cram-board.html
No frills: Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary wants passengers to stand during the budget airline's flights
Ryanair wants passengers to stand during its flights so the budget airline can squeeze more people on board.
The Irish air carrier plans to cut costs by making fliers perch on stools with seat belts around their waists.
Chief executive Michael O'Leary has already held talks with US plane manufacturer Boeing about designing an aircraft with standing room.
Should the idea get the go-ahead from the Irish Aviation Authority, the airline plans to either order new jets or refurbish its existing
fleet.
And indeed, they should.Think of the vast savings this new Irish concept in air flight will achieve....................seats won't be
necessary, passengers will stand up. One of the first things we will notice is that for the first time the Irish can't be called
lay-about drunks, but actually stand up drunks, just like everybody else except, of course, that they will have something to assist them
in standing up. All that remains is that they carry this concept to the further stage. That of saving such thins as landing fees. Yes,
indeed, the passengers could be wearing paratrooper uniforms and as paratroopers do, when over target city area, they jump out and
parasail down, complete with luggage which can't be lost now,an added plus, and proficiently land even yet at their intended address of
arrival, never mind the right aerodrome!!!!!!!!! Imagine now in one fell swoop, the luggage horrors of Britain's Heathrow, the luggage horrors of Britain, also solved, all in one fell swoop.The mind boggles. Ever onwards. We too in Britain must seize on this new Irish development and march bravely in to the future of air travel.
Of course, it is mentioned, that previously I have mentioned such an air travel system, but,of course, mine was somewhat easier, the passenger would be properly seated through their flight, but it is grand to see that my air travel system has been and is evolving in the world of today. Imagine, my air travel system of the future, in the world of today.
Secret Squirrel,
M.R.L.,
Minister For Re-Deranged Re-Engineering.
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