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- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
I literally finished my current read last night at 11:00, and since I'll be doing a review soon, I don't want to do a TT on it. So, you get a teaser from the next book on my TBR pile. And the only reason this one is next (I've gotten some great books in the mail lately) is because it's due back at the library soon. :)
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson, page 180
"Here we go," he said, indicating the dark expanse of mountains and trees on his side.
"Here we go what?"
I have no idea what that means since I haven't even started the book yet, but hey, it should be good. Right?
Your turn. Post a comment with a link to your teaser or post the teaser in the comments if you don't have a blog.
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Author Archives: Fringe Filmworks, Inc.
The boler sessions
Email us at email@example.com if you'd like to share your boler story. We're prepping for our next project at the boler 50th anniversary celebration in Winnipeg, August 15-18. It's been amazing meeting so many fantastic (and unique) folks in one spot. (oh, that's us by the 1974 orange one). Stay tuned and let's see whatContinue reading "The boler sessions"
Watch our latest, Fourth Period Burnout, on CBC Short Docs
Three teens document how they're overwhelmed by high expectations and pressure to succeed. Directed by Madison Thomas, Produced by Angela Heck.
Declutter, now available on CBC Short Docs
Thrilled that our short POV doc, created by director Madison Thomas, is now streaming on CBC Short Docs. The response so far has been tremendous.
Bumpershines and Angela Heck, headed to Whistler Film Fest Feature Project Lab
We're thrilled that Fringe Filmworks producer, Angela Heck (pictured here with mentor Peter Wetherell) will be heading the the Whistler Film Festival to take part in the Feature Project Lab with the script, Bumpershines, written by Cathryn Atkinson and to be directed by Danishka Esterhazy. Read the media release: Six Producers Selected for Whistler FilmContinue reading "Bumpershines and Angela Heck, headed to Whistler Film Fest Feature Project Lab"
Buzz… takes flight
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Heck's BUZZ wins $20,000 pitch, looks at mosquitoes
Heck's BUZZ looks at mosquitoes
What a whirlwind its been since it was announced that our newest project, Buzz, has won the $20,000 MTS Winnipeg On Demand pitch. It was all part of a great industry event, All Access, put on by On Screen Manitoba. It's through fabulous support such as that offered by On Screen Manitoba that Fringe Filmworks has been able to grow and thrive in its new Manitoba home. It's been great!
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Fringe @RealScreen Summit.
Fringe producer, Angela Heck, recently attended the RealScreen Summit in Washington, DC. What a great experience! A seriously business-minded market that resulted in some great meetings and possible business opportunities, particularly in the areas of broadcast and distribution for our recent releases. Special thanks to On Screen Manitoba and Manitoba Film and Music for theirContinue reading "Fringe @RealScreen Summit."
Some folks were asking about TALES FROM THE GIMLI HOSPITAL
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I've always thought that Joe Bataan was one of the Newyorican guys, him recording for Fania and all. Sometimes it pays to look things up.
Turns out that his dad was Filipino and his mom was American black. Real name: Bataan Nitillano. He did grow up in East Harlem, though, and the vibe sunk in.
I've got this record. Well, somebody else has it now, along with all of my other records. At least they're all in one place! Ha, like I'll ever see them again. (End of bitter interlude.)
These Fania bands were so great. Great musicians; great swing. If you're looking, you can't go wrong with the Fania All Stars. Those are some great LPs.
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Joe Bataan - The Bottle (La Botella) (1975)
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Greg Heisler has a thought provoking section on limiting how we apply a text. I have always thought that the more specifically we apply a text the better. But he counters that in doing so we are trying to do the work of the Holy Spirit and are in fact counter-productive;
Partnering with the Holy Spirit in application means we let him be the one to fill in the blanks for a persons life. We lay out for our listeners the general application, perhaps give them some examples from contemporary life, and then trust the Holy Spirit to fill in the blanks for their own specific life. Preachers who try to fill in the blanks for their listeners tend to come across as push, manipulative, and legalistic. Rather than trust the Spirit, they try to be the Spirit. Teach the audience the truth of the text--God expects purity of mind in all our thinking--and then apply it by saying, "This text applies in all our thinking--and then apply it by saying, "This text applies to what we allow to come into our minds. Our television viewing habits must line up with what Paul is saying here in Philippians 4:8-9." But let the Spirit fill in the blanks and convict them about their own questionable viewing habits and whether their favorite shows line up with the moral grid of Philippians 4:8-9.
Legalistic preaching fills in the blanks for the people and does not build disciples. Spirit-led preaching trusts the Spirit to make the connection and builds mature, Spirit-filled fruit-producing disciples. Tearful stories with guilty endings may stir people for a moment, but only the Spirit's stirring causes people to change forever. (p. 123)
While I will have to give that some more thought, I believe that Heisler makes an important point. What do you think?


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Ethel Billie Branch
Flagstaff, Arizona
Ethel Branch is the recent former attorney general of the Navajo Nation. As head of the Navajo Nation Department of Justice, she oversaw all the legal affairs of the Nation, which spans parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
Branch previously worked at Kanji & Katzen, a law firm dedicated to advocating on behalf of Native Nations, and helped implement the U.N. Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She also served as a tribal finance associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, co-chair of the Seattle Human Rights Commission, and a board member of the Native American Youth and Family Center and the Grand Canyon Trust.
At Harvard, Branch pursued interests in social justice, Native American rights, and environmental issues. She was co-chair of Native Americans at Harvard College and the Minority Students Alliance as an undergraduate, and later served as president of the Harvard Native American Law Students Association and as a senior editor for the Harvard Environmental Law Review. She has returned to campus as a speaker and was recently featured in the International Women's Day Portrait Exhibit hosted by the Harvard Women's Law Association.
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I'm busy with the database design of a new project, and I'm not sure whether to use UUIDs or normal table-unique auto-increment ids.
Up to now, the sites I've built have all run on a single server, and very heavy traffic has never been too much of a concern. However, this web application will eventually run concurrently on multiple servers, serve an API, and need to process thousands of requests per second, and I want to make sure that the design I choose now doesn't cripple any of those possibilities later.
I have my suspicions, of course, and they should be clear through the way I phrased my question, but I would like to hear from those with more experience what trouble I can run into later if I do or don't have UUIDs, and what I should really be basing my decision on.
So, in short: What are the considerations I should give into deciding whether or not to use UUIDs for all database models, so that any one object can be identified uniquely by one string, and when is it appropriate to use this as the primary key, instead of table-by-table auto-increment?
Note: I've seen this question (When are you truly forced to use UUID as part of the design?), and read all the answers, but they mostly answer "How rarely do UUIDs collide", instead of "When is it appropriate to use them".


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Garmin's 64st is a top-notch, rugged and full-featured handheld GPS that excels in all the right places. The 2.6-inch color screen is very fluid when it comes to zooming in and out, which makes navigating direction easy and painless. The notable helix antenna features both GPS and GLONASS technology and allows for an additional signal boost in difficult environments. The 64st can find your position quickly and can maintain your signal even in heavy cover or deep canyons. With 16 hours of battery life, there's enough juice to power through an entire day's worth of traveling with room to spare.
When it comes to navigation, the 64st features 250,000 pre-loaded caching and 100,000 topographical maps, plus a one-year subscription to BirdsEye satellite imagery. Adding additional maps is easy, thanks to 8GB of onboard memory that allows for even more topographical and detailed navigation information. Additionally, the Garmin features a three-axis tilt-compensated electronic compass.
The Garmin eTrex 30x is a standout handheld GPS entry with a 2.2-inch, 240 x 320-pixel display (sure, it isn't notably large, but it fares very well in direct sunlight). Included with the eTrex 30x is a built-in basemap with shaded relief, plus an additional 3.7GB of onboard memory and an expandable memory microSD slot for added maps. To make navigating and location identifying easier, the eTrex 30x supports a built-in three-axis tilt that works as an electronic compass and barometric altimeter to track changes in pressure and pinpoint precise altitude. Speaking of identifying your location, the GPS receiver and HotFix satellite prediction helps maintain a signal even if you're in heavy cover or deep canyons.
As one of the first consumer-grade handheld GPS trackers that operates on both GPS and GLONASS satellites, the eTrex 30x identifies or "locks on" to your location approximately 20 percent faster than just standard GPS. And planning your next trip is a breeze, thanks to free trip-planning software that allows you to connect with other friends or family that utilize Garmin GPS devices to share your plans and itinerary with Garmin Adventures. Beyond travel planning, the eTrex can store up to 200 routes and 2,000 waypoints to make your next trip even easier to plan before you head out on the trail or over the water. Running on two AA batteries, the eTrex runs up to 25 hours on a single charge. With an IPX7 rating, the device is water-resistant and can be submerged up to one meter for around 30 minutes.
If it's bells and whistles you want, the Garmin Montana 680 is the best way to spend your money on a handheld GPS that's built for all kinds of activity. Capable of picking up both GPS and GLONASS networks, the Montana offers some of the best reception available on today's handheld GPS devices. At 10.2-ounces, it's slightly heavier than most of its competition, but, with a large four-inch dual-orientation and glove-friendly touchscreen display, it offers a large view of the world around you. There's just one button on the side for power, while the rest of the functionality is all handled on the display itself (although it lacks multi-touch, which means operating the display requires just one finger).
In addition to an eight-megapixel camera, Garmin pre-loads more than 100,000 topographical maps, 250,000 worldwide geocaches, as well as includes a one-year subscription to Birdseye satellite imagery. Add in a three-axis compass, barometric altimeter and automatic geotagging of photos and you've got a bevy of options beyond just the standard GPS tracking. Additionally, Garmin adds extras like trip pre-planning with their basecamp software, so you can share it with friends or family. Battery life is around 16 hours.
If you're looking for a handheld GPS that's packed with features, the Garmin Oregon 650t is calling your name. At just 7.4-ounces, the 650t features a three-inch 400 x 240-pixel touchscreen display with multi-touch capability and a LED backlight. The touchscreen is ideally suited for multiple environments and can even be used with gloves in freezing or wet elements that are not suited for direct finger contact. Additionally, the display itself adjusts for both vivid sunlight and shade so that it allows the same accuracy in both types of lighting conditions. Powering the display and the rest of the IPX7 waterproof body are two separately purchased AA batteries or an included NiMH battery pack that offers 16 hours of life on one charge.
The 650t excels at pinpointing your exact location utilizing both GPS and GLONASS satellite positioning along with a three-axis compass, accelerometer and barometric altimeter for additional sensor information. The inclusion of 100,000 pre-loaded topographical maps with shaded relief pairs well with the multi-touch interaction capability. Alongside the pre-loaded maps is 3.7GB of onboard memory, as well as expandable memory via a microSD card for a slew of additional maps, including topographical information or turn-by-turn routing on roads. Add in an eight-megapixel camera for capturing the wild and Bluetooth for sharing maps with friends and the Oregon 650t is well worth the price of admission.
While Garmin typically dominates the handheld GPS industry, DeLorme's inReach Explorer and its 100 hours of battery life make for an exceptional unit. Unlike Garmin's traditional GPS units, DeLorme offers a host of features beyond typical GPS navigation, including two-way satellite messaging and SOS tracking capabilities that connect to a search and rescue center. Additionally, the DeLorme acts as a GPS tracker and offers 10-minute to four-hour intervals for location transmission. If there's one limiting factor on the DeLorme, it's the display, which at 1.8-inches, is relatively small for today's GPS. But, it's worth overlooking for the longest-running battery life on this list.
At just seven ounces, the DeLorme doesn't add or remove anything that would alarm a handheld GPS shopper. Beyond the battery, the standard fare of GPS navigation is all here, including creating and viewing routes, dropping waypoints and navigating with an on-screen map. Additionally, you'll find route details such as distance and bearing to your location. DeLorme also offers Bluetooth pairing with your smartphone for the Earthmate mobile app, which provides additional statistics, as well as unlimited topographic and US NOAA chart downloads to your smartphone. DeLorme also includes a digital compass, barometric altimeter and accelerometer for additional navigation support.
Tthe 310 Summit Series caught our eye because it brings to the table a variety of expanded maps and functionality that you shouldn't ignore when you're in the market for a dedicated hiking GPS. What are those features? Well, the flagship inclusion in this pack is the bundled-up topographic map set that Magellan calls their Summit Series maps. This gives you a detailed set of topography throughout a variety of popular hiking mountains throughout the world, which is better than a blanketed, one-size-fits-all topography approach.
In addition, you'll get detailed road work, water features and even insanely remote rural mapping. The brilliant, sunlight-readable 2.2-inch display is on-par with many of the Garmins, and there's even a paperless Geocaching option that lets you pull maps for use and reference when not connected to the outside world. The user-friendliness isn't quite as tried and true as Garmin, but that's to be expected. It's the bundled up topographical maps that set this GPS apart from the rest of the Magellan line.
The Oregon line is somewhat known for its screen quality as they all feature full, super-bright (as in fully sunlight readable) displays that are all three inches. And the Garmin Oregon 600t is no different. It's also multi-touch enabled, so you can pinch and slide to find the exact location you're looking for. The 600t comes with ANT and Bluetooth functionality for some additional connectivity, and there are topographical maps to go with your location-based scouting to ensure that your climbs go to plan.
Now, there is a 650t, but as best as we can tell, the only major difference here was the inclusion of an 8MP digital camera in the 650t. If you're hiking, chances are you're bringing your phone with you which almost certainly has a better cam, so you want your hiking GPS to focus on doing what it does best: positioning you on a map. So, going with the 600t, because you'll get into Garmin's gorgeous Oregon line for a lower price point than the 650t without the arguably unnecessary digital camera.
The rugged Garmin eTrex 10 Worldwide Handheld GPS meets IPX7 standards of waterproofing and can be immersed in one meter of water for 30 minutes. So you know it won't be harmed by either rainfall or heavy splashing that you might experience while roughing it in the great outdoors.
The Garmin eTrex 10 Worldwide Handheled GPS weighs 9.1 ounces and measures 1.4 x 1.7 x 2.2 inches with a 2.2-inch monochrome display face. It features 50 routes (200 with its eTrex 30x version) and has a 20-hour battery life with two AA batteries. Users can save over 10,000 points and 200 saved tracks in its logging system, allowing them to re-visit old sites. Its GPS receiver is WAAS-enabled with HotFix and GLONASS support, so you'll always have fast positioning and a reliable signal in the middle of nowhere. It comes with a one-year consumer limited warranty.
Battery life - Considering you'll likely be relying on your handheld GPS tracker to navigate — as well as help you find your way if you're lost — battery life is incredibly important. The type of battery is important, too; rechargeable batteries can be more convenient, but swappable batteries mean you can carry an extra set on the go.
Map features - It may seem like mapping software is pretty standard, but you'd be surprised how many features you can add on. Do you want topographical maps? What about built-in geocaching information? If you spend a little more, you can get a really nice set of maps for your device.
Weight - When you're hiking, you want to carry as little as possible so as not to be overburdened. That extends to your handheld GPS. Most of these devices are pretty lightweight, but you want to make sure you're making proper tradeoffs. A tiny device might have too small a screen to be able to see in bright sunlight.


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Author: Harriet Fish Backus, foreword by Pam Houston.
Title: Tomboy Bride: A Woman's Personal Account of Life in Mining Camps of the West
Genre: Western; Nonfiction.
Publication Date: 1969
Number of Pages: 306
Geographical Setting: Telluride, CO; British Columbia; Idaho; and Leadville, CO
Time Period: Early 20th Century
Series (If applicable): N/A
Plot Summary: Harriet Fish leaves her comfortable modern life to follow her high school sweetheart to the heights of the San Juan Mountains in Colorado. This endearing true story details what life was like for the wife of a miner at the end of the glory days of the old west. The story truly begins in the Tomboy Mines, high up above Telluride, CO. There is only one road between Tomboy and Telluride and during winter it's barely wide enough for two riders to pass each other. The adventures that the young couple faces at the Tomboy mines are just the beginning of their story. They face floods and fire in British Columbia, isolation in Elk City, Idaho and deadly storms and claim jumpers in Leadville, CO. Through it all, it is the love that Harriet and George have for each other and their family that sees them through. This is a story about female relationships, daily struggles, survival, adventure, and love.
Subject Headings: Western; Nonfiction; Colorado; British Columbia; Idaho; Mining; San Juan Mountains; Rocky Mountains; 20th Century; High Altitude Cooking.
Appeal: Endearing; leisurely-pace; densely written; funny; real; human and animal struggles; female relationships; character-centered; descriptive settings; straightforward; women; romantic; western; nostalgic; historical details.
3 appeal terms that best describe this book: descriptive settings; female relationships; historical details.
3 Relevant Non-Fiction Works and Authors:
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird. This is the story of a woman who travels through the Rocky Mountains unaccompanied in the 1870s, her remarkable story is captured in her letters back to her sister in England.
Ghost Towns of the Mountain West: Your Guide to the Hidden History and Old West Haunts of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Nevada by Philip Varney. This book provides maps, descriptions, and stories of ghost towns throughout the West. Those who enjoyed reading about the mines from the perspective of someone who lived at that time might enjoy reading about what they've become.
Silver Queen: The Fabulous Story of Baby Doe Tabor by Caroline Bancroft. Bancroft tells the true story of the 2nd wife of Horace Tabor, a tale about a woman who had it all and lost it all.
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My Ántonia by Willa Cather. The classic story of an immigrant who must make her way in the American West. There is an emphasis on the female characters; this is a love story, coming of age novel and a western.
Woman of the Frontier by Zane Grey. The story of the struggles and hardships of a pioneer family trying to survive in Arizona. Depicts strengths, struggles, and weaknesses of women trying to make it in the West.
These is my Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine by Nancy Turner. Turner tells the story of an uneducated pioneer woman who, against all odds, educates herself and learns how to survive and thrive in the "wild west". Name: Jessica Lake


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Wise with spiritual wisdom
"We ask God to give you a complete understanding of what he wants to do in your lives, and we ask him to make you wise with spiritual wisdom.
Discerning cultural trends
C. S. Lewis was born on this day in 1898, and 40-plus years after his death it is startlingly clear that he was not only a keen apologist but also a true prophet for our postmodern age.
Lewis wrote his book Miracles in 1947, before most Christians were aware of the emerging philosophy of naturalism, which says that there is a naturalistic explanation for everything in the universe.
Naturalism undercuts any objective morality, opening a door to tyranny. In The Abolition of Man, Lewis warned that naturalism turns human beings into objects to be controlled and turns values into "mere natural phenomena" that can be selected and inculcated into a passive population by powerful Conditioners. He predicted a time when those who want to remold human nature "will be armed with the powers of an omnicompetent state and an irresistible scientific technique."
Why was Lewis so uncannily prophetic?
One reason is that Lewis was a professor with a specialty in medieval literature. This gave him a mental framework shaped by the whole scope of intellectual history and Christian thought.
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LexLin Gypsy Ranch hosted our monthly horse auction with two of our featured horses, LexLin's Wyatt and a breeding to one of our Gypsy Vanner stallions, Gentleman Jack.
LexLin's Wyatt (SOLD) was born on June 19, 2010, so his one year birthday will be coming up soon! He is a friendly colt, smaller in stature, that would make a great candidate for a children's mount. Like most Gypsy Vanner/Gypsy Cob horses he has a very outgoing personality and loves attention. He would make the perfect addition to your family!
Gentleman Jack is a beautiful black blagdon stallion, born on June 28th 2006. He stands 14.2 hh and is registered with Gypsy Vanner Horse Society, Gypsy Horse Association, and the Gypsy Horse Registry of America. His registration with the Gypsy Cob & Drum Association is pending. He has an excellent pedigree. His sire is Tid and his dam is The Chestnut Mare. His pedigree goes all the way back to the famous Lob. His color DNA test results are Red Gene – E/e, and Agouti – a/a. His first foal of 2011, LexLin's Cha Ching is a beautiful sabino colt. Don't miss this great opportunity for a breeding to Gentleman Jack!
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Barack Obama Lectures World on Racial, Wealth Inequality in South Africa
Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday delivered the 16th annual Nelson Mandela lecture in Johannesburg, South Africa and called for greater global wealth redistribution, scolding the rich for having more money than they need.
"For almost all countries, progress is going to depend on an inclusive market-based system – one that offers education for every child, that protects collective bargaining and secures the rights of every worker," Obama began. "That breaks up monopolies to encourage competition and small and medium-sized businesses and has laws that root out corruption and ensures fair dealing in business, that maintains some form of progressive taxation so that rich people are still rich, but they're giving a little bit back to make sure that everybody else has something to pay for universal healthcare and retirement security, and invest in infrastructure and scientific research that builds platforms for innovation."
The former president has raised eyebrows over his opulent lifestyle since departing the White House. Obama in February of 2017 vacationed in the British Virgin Islands with Virgin Group founder and billionaire Richard Branson and joined Oprah and Bruce Springsteen on a luxury cruise on Hollywood mogul David Geffen's $590 million yacht in April of that year.
In a bizarre moment, the former president then criticized himself for amassing too large of a fortune. "I should add, by the way, right now I'm actually surprised by how much money I got, and let me tell you something, I don't have half as much as most of these folks or a tenth or a hundred thou— there's only so much you can eat, there's only so big a house you can have, there's only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it's enough," he lamented.
Obama also offered up criticism of the current state of race relations in the United States. "It is a plain fact that racial discrimination still exists in both the United States and South Africa," Obama told attendees of the speech at Ellis Park Arena. "And it is also a fact that the accumulated disadvantages of years of institutionalized depression have created yawning disparities in income, and in wealth and in education, and in health, in personal safety, in access to credit."
Obama opened by describing today's times as "strange and uncertain," adding that "each day's news cycle is bringing more head-spinning and disturbing headlines." These days "we see much of the world threatening to return to a more dangerous, more brutal, way of doing business," he said.
This is the former president's first visit to Africa since leaving office in early 2017. He stopped earlier this week in Kenya, where he visited the rural birthplace of his late father. Obama's speech highlighted how the Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was imprisoned for 27 years, kept up his campaign against what appeared to be insurmountable odds to end apartheid, South Africa's harsh system of white minority rule.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
July 18, 2018
The banality of Barack Obama
Obama made a big speech in South Africa and all I can think is: Same old Obama.
His techniques are all there: Nods to the opposition, odd things thrown into sequences of events to deflect attention from his record, and a view of the world that hasn't changed a bit since his days of reading Tom Friedman. Heck, he probably still reads Tom Friedman, and golfs with him out on the toney gated links, too.
He blathers on about the wonders of globalism and takes credit for all of the "progress." Progress, progressivism, get it? He also does quite a bit to ignore his own record, starting with his doubled-down record of lies (Obamacare, Benghazi, Hillary Clinton's emails) and says other politicians do it. Yecch.
Here are some of the most annoying highlights of his dreary speech, which is sure to fade into the ether, given its rote-loathing of President Trump (not mentioned by name but obvious enough) and inability to grasp his own role in all the problems he talks about.
Praise for the big state over the dynamism and enterprise of the private sector, all because of its control:
In those nations with market-based economies, suddenly union movements developed; and health and safety and commercial regulations were instituted; and access to public education was expanded; and social welfare systems emerged, all with the aim of constraining the excesses of capitalism and enhancing its ability to provide opportunity not just to some but to all people. And the result was unmatched economic growth and a growth of the middle class.
Amazing unfamiliarity with how South Africa has fallen apart since Mandela left the scene, with white farmers' farms expropriated Zimbabwe-style, opening the gate for the rest of that same-old-socialism result. Maybe Mandela didn't set up the institutions to prevent that as he should have. Right now, South Africa has tyranny of the majority, the same miserable picture found all over the third world which stays third world, for this reason.
And then as Madiba guided this nation through negotiation painstakingly, reconciliation, its first fair and free elections; as we all witnessed the grace and the generosity with which he embraced former enemies, the wisdom for him to step away from power once he felt his job was complete, we understood that -- (applause) -- we understood it was not just the subjugated, the oppressed who were being freed from the shackles of the past. The subjugator was being offered a gift, being given a chance to see in a new way, being given a chance to participate in the work of building a better world.
Or this:
It is a plain fact that racial discrimination still exists in both the United States and South Africa. (Cheers and applause.)
Using euphemisms for socialism. Name one "closed" economy that isn't socialist. And plenty of those "market-based principles" were little more than crony capitalism, alongside U.S. Democratic Party-linked academics feeding at the U.S. government trough and not introducing "market-based" anything in other than name, as the horrible experience of Russia in the 1990s showed. There's a reason Russia turned to Vladimir Putin:
The introduction of market-based principles, in which previously closed economies along with the forces of global integration powered by new technologies, suddenly unleashed entrepreneurial talents
Bringing up billionaires, not quite getting beyond "fly him out" and getting to how they hand him the six-figure speaking fees, fancy vacations on private islands, and a celebrity lifestyle that characterizes his current hypocritical life. He would have us think he's not enjoying it and all he cares about are the ordinary schmoes - who by the way voted for Trump because of it. Get a load:
Now, it should be noted that this new international elite, the professional class that supports them, differs in important respects from the ruling aristocracies of old. It includes many who are self-made. It includes champions of meritocracy. And although still mostly white and male, as a group they reflect a diversity of nationalities and ethnicities that would have not existed a hundred years ago. A decent percentage consider themselves liberal in their politics, modern and cosmopolitan in their outlook. Unburdened by parochialism, or nationalism, or overt racial prejudice or strong religious sentiment, they are equally comfortable in New York or London or Shanghai or Nairobi or Buenos Aires, or Johannesburg. Many are sincere and effective in their philanthropy. Some of them count Nelson Mandela among their heroes. Some even supported Barack Obama for the presidency of the United States, and by virtue of my status as a former head of state, some of them consider me as an honorary member of the club. (Laughter.) And I get invited to these fancy things, you know? (Laughter.) They'll fly me out.
Here's another whopper of lumped together ideas of problems told in a way that obscures his own bad record in creating them:
And their decisions -- their decisions to shut down a manufacturing plant, or to try to minimize their tax bill by shifting profits to a tax haven with the help of high-priced accountants or lawyers, or their decision to take advantage of lower-cost immigrant labor, or their decision to pay a bribe -- are often done without malice; it's just a rational response, they consider, to the demands of their balance sheets and their shareholders and competitive pressures.
So where was he on the flat tax back when he was president? Flat tax is the only thing that breaks these wrap-arounds on the tax structure. Where was he on illegals that benefited these Democrat-donor tycoons who hired the cheap labor? That's right, practically inviting them in as loyal potential Democrat voters. Where was he on manufacturing? Out denouncing the bitter clingers and saying the jobs would never come back. There are a lot of doozies in that sequence. He throws in bribes for good measure to muddy the waters from his own record. Speaking of bribes, where was he on Hillary Clinton's foundation donations for State Department favors?
It gets worse. Trump voters are his next problem, because Democrats repeatedly say their motivation in voting for Trump is that it's all about their hate for people who 'look different.'
But to say that our vision for the future is better is not to say that it will inevitably win. Because history also shows the power of fear. History shows the lasting hold of greed and the desire to dominate others in the minds of men. Especially men. (Laughter and applause.) History shows how easily people can be convinced to turn on those who look different, or worship God in a different way.
The old bitter clingers, right?
Then there's his tax-the-rich mantra, one that always hits the little guy, not the billionaire Democratic campaign donors he purported claims his aim is at. Look at this drivel and think about Obama's record of hanging out with jet-setting billionaires:
And when economic power is concentrated in the hands of the few, history also shows that political power is sure to follow -- and that dynamic eats away at democracy. Sometimes it may be straight-out corruption, but sometimes it may not involve the exchange of money; it's just folks who are that wealthy get what they want, and it undermines human freedom....And how we achieve this is going to vary country to country, and I know your new president is committed to rolling up his sleeves and trying to do so. But we can learn from the last 70 years that it will not involve unregulated, unbridled, unethical capitalism. It also won't involve old-style command-and-control socialism form the top. That was tried; it didn't work very well. For almost all countries, progress is going to depend on an inclusive market-based system -- one that offers education for every child; that protects collective bargaining and secures the rights of every worker -- (applause) -- that breaks up monopolies to encourage competition in small and medium-sized businesses; and has laws that root out corruption and ensures fair dealing in business; that maintains some form of progressive taxation so that rich people are still rich but they're giving a little bit back to make sure that everybody else has something to pay for universal health care and retirement security, and invests in infrastructure and scientific research that builds platforms for innovation.
That's his solution, tax "the rich" to pay for bureaucrats and put half the Millennial generation in their moms's basements, for lack of work. Sounds lovely. Been there, done that.
And then with perfect opacity, he natters on about how at some point he's had enough - and praises himself for 'giving back' or some such tale, given that he's doing nothing:
I should add, by the way, right now I'm actually surprised by how much money I got, and let me tell you something: I don't have half as much as most of these folks or a tenth or a hundredth. There's only so much you can eat. There's only so big a house you can have. (Cheers and applause.) There's only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it's enough. (Laughter.) You don't have to take a vow of poverty just to say, "Well, let me help out and let a few of the other folks -- let me look at that child out there who doesn't have enough to eat or needs some school fees, let me help him out. I'll pay a little more in taxes. It's okay. I can afford it."
He blathers on most disingenously, with a long passage about 'facts' which he doesn't have, and Friedmanian talk about 'technology' which adds nothing new, then his biggest problem, which is that he listens to no one but himself and Ben Rhodes:
Most of us prefer to surround ourselves with opinions that validate what we already believe. You notice the people who you think are smart are the people who agree with you. (Laughter.) Funny how that works.
Best I can conclude from this dreck is that Donald Trump has nothing to worry about from this frozen-in-amber soggy socialist thinking, coupled with a very bad presidential record he seems unaware of. Been there, done that, indeed.
"In the decade following the financial crisis of 2007-2008, the capitalist class has delivered powerful blows to the social position of the working class. As a result, the working class in the US, the world's "richest country," faces levels of economic hardship not seen since the 1930s."
"Inequality has reached unprecedented levels: the wealth of America's three richest people now equals the net worth of the poorest half of the US population."
"Like Katrina, Hurricane Harvey has lifted the lid on the ugly reality of American society, exposing colossal levels of social inequality, pervasive poverty and ruling class criminality."
"The reason why these warnings have been ignored is not hard to fathom. They have been resolutely opposed by corporate interests, including the real estate industry, Wall Street and Big Oil. Their ability, operating through bribed politicians of both parties, to veto and block elementary measures to protect the American people, exemplifies the complete subordination of all social needs under capitalism to the selfish drive of a corporate-financial oligarchy to accumulate ever greater levels of personal wealth and profit."
"These figures present a scathing indictment of the social order that prevails in America, the world's wealthiest country, whose government proclaims itself to be the globe's leading democracy. They are just one manifestation of the human toll taken by the vast and all-pervasive inequality and mass poverty.
WALL STREET TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: DIE YOUNG… your company pension dies with you!
OBAMA-CLINTONOMICS to serve the filthy rich
The same period has seen a massive growth of social inequality, with income and wealth concentrated at the very top of American society to an extent not seen since the 1920s.
"This study follows reports released over the past several months documenting rising mortality rates among US workers due to drug addiction and suicide, high rates of infant mortality, an overall leveling off of life expectancy, and a growing gap between the life expectancy of the bottom rung of income earners compared to those at the top."
OBAMA'S CRONY BANKSTERISM destroyed a 11 TRILLION DOLLARS in home equity… and they're still plundering us!
Barack Obama created more debt for the middle class than any president in US history, and also had the only huge QE programs: $4.2 Trillion.
OXFAM reported that during Obama's terms, 95% of the wealth created went to
the top 1% of the world's wealthy.
A dashcam video of downtown Los Angeles on Christmas day reveals a stunning sight: hundreds of tents and lean-tos on the sidewalks that serve as shelter for the homeless. The scene is reminiscent of a third-world country. RICK MORAN / AMERICANTHINKER com
HOMELESS CRISIS IN LOS ANGELES, MEXICO'S SECOND LARGEST CITY, WORSENS BY THE DAY…. Approximates the great depression
Obama boasts: "I'm surprised how much money I got"
Barry Grey
19 July 2018
The corporate media has overwhelmingly praised Barack Obama's speech in Johannesburg on Tuesday at an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela, calling it an "impassioned" defense of democracy, tolerance, equality and the liberal capitalist world order established after World War II.
The reports have singled out Obama's muted and indirect criticisms of Donald Trump's "strongman politics" and the "utter loss of shame among political leaders" who are "caught in a lie and just double down and lie some more."
No notice is being taken in the press reports of two points in the rambling, 90-minute address that exposes Obama's boundless cynicism and hypocrisy. In a cliché-ridden speech that deplored the "explosion of inequality" and argued for "inclusive capitalism," Obama evidently departed from his written text to quip, with a smile:
"Some [members of the 'new elite'] even supported Barack Obama for the presidency of the United States, and by virtue of my status as a former head of state, some of them consider me as an honorary member of the club. (Laughter.) And I get invited to these fancy things, you know? They'll fly me out."
Later, in the midst of a call to rein in the "excesses of capitalism" so that "rich people are still rich" but they're "giving a little bit back," he evoked more laughter and applause from his audience when he said, in a jocular voice:
"I should add, by the way, right now I'm actually surprised by how much money I got, and let me tell you something: I don't have half as much as most of these folks or a tenth or a hundredth. There's only so much you can eat. There's only so big a house you can have. There's only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it's enough."
At this point, the video camera panned the rostrum to show a broadly smiling and clapping Cyril Ramaphosa, the recently elected president of South Africa, who parlayed his posts at the head of the country's trade unions into lucrative slots on corporate boards and a fortune estimated at $675 million. More on him later.
Obama may be surprised at his recent entry into the American financial oligarchy, but it's not for lack of effort on his part to "join the club." Even before he left the White House in January of 2017, he and Michelle were plotting the means to cash in on their services rendered to the rich and the filthy rich during their eight years in office. That period was distinguished by two major records: the first two-term presidency to preside over uninterrupted war for the entire duration, and the greatest transfer of wealth from the bottom to the top in American history.
Since leaving office, the Obamas have garnered a $65 million book deal, and Obama is making an estimated 50 speeches a year before corporate and Wall Street audiences at about $400,000 a clip. It has been estimated that the couple is on course to rapidly amass a fortune of $242 million (outdoing the Clintons, who up to now have managed to cash in to the tune of only $75 million).
Meanwhile, they have been photographed frolicking on the yachts and private islands of billionaires such as Richard Branson in the company of multi-millionaire Hollywood celebrities and media moguls such as Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey.
This in-your-face corruption was perfectly at home amidst the fat-cat dignitaries of the African National Congress who hosted Tuesday's event. Mandela himself remains admired and even beloved by ordinary South Africans and millions of poor and oppressed around the world. That is because of the courage and self-sacrifice he evinced when he played a leading role in the struggle against the hated apartheid regime, for which he spent 27 years in prison on Robben Island.
He is, however, honored by world imperialism and the South African bourgeoisie—white and black—because of the central role he played in channeling the mass revolt against apartheid behind the aspiring black bourgeoisie, and the guarantee he gave to the International Monetary Fund that an ANC regime would uphold capitalist property relations and protect the interests of foreign capital.
The result of a quarter-century of "black empowerment" has been the creation of a narrow but infinitely corrupt and grasping black elite that has presided over an increase in social inequality to unprecedented levels and, if anything, a worsening of poverty. In paying tribute to Mandela and hailing his successor Ramaphosa, Obama discreetly omitted mention of the fact that South Africa is officially the most unequal country on the face of the earth, with more than half of its population living below the poverty line, an official jobless rate of 27 percent, and a youth unemployment rate of 50 percent.
In his speech, following a potted history of democratic progress in the 20th century which failed to mention the single event most responsible for whatever social and political gains were achieved internationally—the socialist revolution of October 1917 in Russia—Obama deplored the "explosion of inequality" over recent decades and criticized the indifference of the "new elite" to the consequences of their policies for working people.
He could, of course, have pointed to Ramaphosa, sitting a few feet away. In 2012, as a 9 percent shareholder in the Lonmin mine in Marikana, the current South African president and former head of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa had demanded that the authorities take action against the "plainly dastardly criminal acts" of striking miners. The call was carried out when security forces gunned down the strikers, in the worst massacre since the mass murder carried out by the apartheid regime at Sharpeville and Soweto. Thirty-four miners were killed and 78 were wounded.
Or, Obama could have looked in the mirror. Typical of Obama's speeches, Tuesday's address criticized reactionary and anti-democratic policies as though Obama himself had no part in their implementation.
Thus, Obama denounced the rapid growth of inequality, while gliding over his own multi-trillion-dollar bailout of Wall Street and "quantitative easing" policies, which were designed to pump up the stock market and further enrich the oligarchy. Nor did he note the wage-cutting impact of his auto bailout, which imposed a 50 percent across-the-board cut in pay for new-hires; his support for the Detroit bankruptcy, which launched a nationwide attack on public-employee pension benefits; or his health care "reform," which has increased out-of-pocket cost and reduced services for millions or workers.
He attacked escalating press censorship in one breath, and in the next supplied the pretext for Internet censorship:
"The free press is under attack. Censorship and state control of media is on the rise. Social media—once seen as a mechanism to promote knowledge and understanding and solidarity—has proved to be just as effective promoting hatred and paranoia and propaganda and conspiracy theories."
But it is a fact that his administration prosecuted more reporters for leaking classified information than any previous administration, and he spearheaded the persecution of Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange.
Obama's supposed commitment to democracy and the rule of law is belied by his own record of defending the perpetrators of torture, maintaining the Guantanamo prison camp, overseeing abductions and detention without due process, defending mass domestic surveillance and expanding drone assassinations, including against US citizens.
In his speech, he criticized the war against immigrants, making no acknowledgment of his own role in preparing it, including the deportation of more immigrants—2.7 million—than all previous administration's combined.
The central contention of his speech was advanced in the following sentence: "On Mandiba's 100th birthday, we now stand at a crossroads—a moment in time in which two very different visions of humanity's future compete for the hearts and the minds of citizens around the world."
This sentence contains two huge lies. The second is the claim that "citizens around the world" will have any say in the policies pursued by the various capitalist governments. The first is the claim that Obama's empty and demagogic call for a "kinder and gentler" capitalism represents a fundamentally opposed and viable alternative to the far-right policies of Trump and similar right-wing populist regimes and parties around the world.
The reality is that Trump's policies of war, social counterrevolution and authoritarianism are an extension, in a somewhat more extreme form, of the policies of the Obama administration. On these issues, the entire ruling elite and all of its parties are united, whatever the specific foreign policy questions over which they are presently brawling.
Obama gets too, too cute when he warns of dictators and liars
President Obama is in South Africa for a speech, and somehow, in the speech he gave, he showed himself to be so clueless about the "strongman" he warned about that he never realized that he described how he ran the U.S. for eight years.
Here is what CNN reported:
Former US President Barack Obama mounted a passionate defense of democracy and warned against the rise of "strongman politics[.]" ...Obama criticized populist movements toward authoritarianism around the world and ridiculed the "utter loss of shame among political leaders" who lie."The politics of fear and resentment and retrenchment began to appear. And that kind of politics is now on the move.["]
Obama ran the presidency as a strongman, starting with his claim that he could rule with his pen and his phone. He said repeatedly that he couldn't change or implement immigration laws on his own, and then he did it anyway, in the case of DACA and in the judicial rebuke he got on offshore oil drilling. Judges, the media, and other Democrats now act as though such made-up rulings were the law.
He decided not to abide by the Defense of Marriage Act as well as immigration laws, and the Justice Department followed his ignore-the-law commands. He ran the Justice Department as a fiefdom.
Taking over at least 15% of the economy through Obamacare certainly indicates an autocratic president, too.
Setting up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which operates without congressional oversight and has a gargantuan budget, is another such instance. That the CFPB, by design, essentially answered to no one again shows Obama's autocratic tendencies.
Adding regulations rapidly to give greater control to the government shows a president who wanted greater government control.
Meanwhile, Obama's IRS illegally targeted political opponents, violating their freedom of speech and association.
He sued the Little Sisters of the Poor, violating their freedom of religion.
He sued states for wanting to enforce immigration laws and voter ID laws, trampling merrily over states' rights while allowing other states and cities to just ignore immigration laws.
He illegally spied on thousands with no repercussions.
His intelligence agencies and Justice Department let off Hillary Clinton from numerous serious instances of lawbreaking yet clearly targeted Trump.
He gave his aides free rein to illegally unmask the names of people surrounding Trump caught up in intelligence dragnets.
Yet he talked about people getting away with lies while his lies were almost endless.
The Justice Department and CFPB under Obama essentially created slush funds for special interest groups by extorting money from businesses. These liberal groups also donate significant amounts to the Democratic Party. This is what a dictator would do as he complains about big money in politics (and most of the media didn't care).
Trump ended this practice. Here is the story on that:
President Barack Obama's Justice Department created a "slush fund" of nearly $1 billion using legal settlements with banks and steered those funds to political allies on the left while excluding conservative groups, internal documents show.
...and this too:
The CFPB plans to create a so-called Civil Penalty Fund from its own shakedown operations targeting financial institutions. Through ramped-up (and trumped-up) anti-discrimination lawsuits and investigations, the agency will bankroll some 60 liberal nonprofits, many of whom are radical Acorn-style pressure groups. It says these organizations will provide "financial coaching" for low-income homebuyers, as well as "housing and social services."
Back to that speech in South Africa, Obama says:
I can't find common ground if somebody says that climate change just isn't happening, when almost all the world's scientists tell us it is.
So essentially, Obama makes up a person who says the climate isn't changing. We all say it is changing, as it always has, naturally. This is one of his straw man arguments.
Yet Obama continuously, knowingly, lied to get Obamacare passed by saying that if you liked your doctor and your insurance plan, you could keep them, and your premiums would go down substantially. He and his aides knew that wasn't true. Massive mandates, more than 20 new taxes, a more than 2,000-page bill, and over 10,000 pages of regulations obviously were going to raise costs and reduce competition.
Obama and Hillary knowingly lied when they blamed Benghazi on a video instead of a planned terrorist attack. They did it to protect Obama's political power because an election was coming up.
Obama also lied when he said he had no idea about the Fast & Furious gun-running scandal until he heard it on the news because he exerted executive privilege to hide the documents.
He obviously knew that the IRS was targeting political opponents.
His deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, admitted they continually lied to the media and others to get the Iran deal done.
He lied when he said the money paid to Iran in the middle of the night wasn't ransom.
He lied when he said he had no idea that Hillary used a non-secure computer when he personally corresponded with her throughout his four years.
So please spare us when the self-righteous, pompous narcissist goes around lecturing about strongmen and saying there were no scandals during his eight years.
Obama tried to transfer the purse and power to the government as fast as possible, while Trump is trying to transfer the power and purse back to the people as fast as he can. Yet the media intentionally lie when they describe Trump as the dictator when they write and tell their stories to the public.
July 16, 2018
In the media's frantic downhill race to out-rage each other over Trump, there's no bottom. Charles M. Blow, the Cory Booker of media columnists, desperately tried to justify his job with this ridiculous column aimed right at the nerve center of the resistance's id.
Its subtle title is, "Trump, Treasonous Traitor".
That's like a parody of a column like this. In it, Blow declares, "Whether or not Trump himself or anyone in his orbit personally colluded or conspired with the Russians about their interference is something Mueller will no doubt disclose at some point, but there remains one incontrovertible truth: In 2016, Russia, a hostile foreign adversary, attacked the United States of America."
"Trump should be directing all resources at his disposal to punish Russia for the attacks and prevent future ones. But he is not. America's commander wants to be chummy with the enemy who committed the crime. Trump is more concerned with protecting his presidency and validating his election than he is in protecting this country."This is an incredible, unprecedented moment. America is being betrayed by its own president. America is under attack and its president absolutely refuses to defend it."Simply put, Trump is a traitor and may well be treasonous."
Remember when the New York Times wasn't a complete joke? Still is this what the left wants as the new metric?
It's incontrovertible that Islamic terrorists attacked America, but Obama insisted on being chummy with Iran, the Taliban and the Muslim Brotherhood: all of whom had plenty of American blood on their hands.
"This is an incredible, unprecedented moment. America is being betrayed by its own president. America is under attack and its president absolutely refuses to defend it."Simply put, Obama is a traitor and may well be treasonous."
"But the Obamas are the center of the most delusional cult of personality that the media has yet spawned. And so we get bizarre pieces like these."
The mullahs rolled in cash as a result of rolling Obama and his gullible team over the deal, knowing that Obama was desperate for some sort of legacy. MONICA SHOWALTER
THE ENDLESSLY HISPANDERING DEMOCRAT PARTY funded by Wall Street's biggest criminals says it is "ALL NEW"…. Meaning open borders to keep wages depressed and no regulation of plundering banks!
It's Obama's wet dream!
July 18, 2018
The media may have left its heart in San Francisco, but it lost its mind in Helsinki.
The varied accusations of treason all hinge on Trump not being sufficiently critical of Russia. Meanwhile Obama had delivered a speech in South Africa which was widely praised for its supposed covert attacks on Trump. But here's a part of the speech that the media chose not to emphasize because it would only reveal the double standard of Russiagate.
"Which is why, at the end of the 20th century, while some Western commentators were declaring the end of history and the inevitable triumph of liberal democracy and the virtues of the global supply chain, so many missed signs of a brewing backlash -- a backlash that arrived in so many forms," Obama says. Then he goes on to list various examples of the backlash to modernity.
They include Islamic terrorism... and Russia.
"Russia, already humiliated by its reduced influence since the collapse of the Soviet Union, feeling threatened by democratic movements along its borders, suddenly started reasserting authoritarian control and in some cases meddling with its neighbors," Obama says.
Note the emphasis.
Obama describes the invasion of Ukraine as "meddling". (He has a history of such minimalist rhetoric, including describing ISIS as a jayvee team.). All of it is a reaction, not an action. Russia was humiliated. (Also a term often applied to excuse Islamic terrorism.) It was reacting to the modern liberal order and is therefore more of a victim. The problem is capitalism and income inequality.
That's the larger theme of Obama's speech. Totalitarian countries are really the victims of the same progressive countries that he praises. Wealth must be shared. Economic prosperity must be equalized.
As I discuss in tomorrow's article, this goes back to Obama's first meeting with Putin back in '09. Putin spent an hour blasting the United States. And Obama sat there and took it.
And the media chooses to ignore Obama's rhetoric on Russia even as it nitpicks everything Trump said in Helsinki.


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What makes Canada great: My talk to MLI's Canada 150 Dinner, 16th February 2017
Forget diversity, multiculturalism or social programmes. Despite what you may have heard, these are not the things that make Canada great, however desirable they may be in their own right. The things that have brought untold millions to settle in Canada were here long before these ideas ever saw the light of day.
Instead we have to look for the explanation of Canada's greatness in things like our grounding in the New World, our tradition of freedom and our willingness to sacrifice to protect what really matters. At least that's the argument I made in my talk at the MLI Canada 150 Dinner on 16th February 2017.
Multiculturalism, public health care and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms are all well and good. But they don't get at the essence of why true patriots love Canada, says Crowley.
The willingness to sacrifice in order to protect the freedoms uniquely available to us in the New World: now that, ladies and gentlemen, is a country worth celebrating.
The conflict between elites and ordinary people that brought us Trump and Brexit has Canada in its sights
There is no wall protecting Canada from the populist tidal wave that washed Donald Trump to the presidency in the United States, as I argue in a new Macdonald-Laurier Institute commentary based on a talk I gave in Vancouver to the local chapter of NAIOP.
The phenomena that delivered a stunning election result in the United States and a surprise vote to leave the European Union in Britain are – despite what some observers think – also happening here in Canada. I single out three areas where this conflict is already coming into the open: labour markets, immigration and housing prices.
The Brexit vote last June and the recent election of a populist and anti-establishment American president are perhaps only the opening chapters of a new era of friction and even confrontation between the opinions of the Davos-inspired elites who have been in charge for decades, and those of the man and woman on the street.
What Uber and health care teach us about innovation
You might be of the view that Uber and Canadian health care have nothing in common. How wrong you would be!
They are both classic instances of how governments' rhetorical support for "innovation" is belied by their shameless kowtowing to vested interests who are threatened by disruptive innovations. Here is a little foretaste of the argument:
In Canadian health care, which may soon represent nearly a fifth of the economy, innovation must go cap in hand and beg to be allowed to help patients. And in doing so it will be opposed by those in the system whose power and livelihood might be threatened, just like those taxi owners fighting Uber.
This is inevitable in a system where the amount of money available is determined in advance through government budgets. Every innovation accepted is a charge against a fixed pie, meaning established interests may be damaged to accommodate the innovation. And it is those established interests who are the system's gatekeepers.
It is as if Henry Ford, in his drive to bring the automobile within reach of the average person, had to get his assembly line ideas approved by a government committee composed of buggy makers, stable operators, horse breeders and hay growers.
The full piece was published in the Economy Lab feature of the Globe's Report on Business on 13th May 2016.
Rebranding the minimum wage as a "living wage" triumph of marketing over reason
The latest marketing dodge by the Left is to start calling, not for higher minimum wages, but for a "living wage," thereby cleverly evoking images of poor single mums struggling to feed themselves and their kids on low pay. No one should work for a wage they can't live on is a pretty good battlecry. Except that there are lots of people, in fact the vast majority, who earn the minimum wage and don't live on it at all. The bulk of minimum wage earners are secondary earners in families above the low-income cutoff (LICO). And how many single parents with dependents try to get by on a single minimum wage income? Just over 2% of all people earning the minimum wage.
In my Globe column for the ROB of April 1st, therefore, I try my own rebranding campaign for the minimum/living wage. Here are the three I thought best. To the extent it represents government forcing businesses to pay more for labour than the going price, it is a tax on jobs. To the extent it forces up prices at providers of low-cost goods and services to the poor, it is higher prices. And finally to the extent that the minimum wage is actually the entry wage for young workers living at home looking for their first job, and therefore every hike in the minimum wage makes fewer such jobs available, it is a youth penalty.
Why Premier Wynne is wrong to lament tuition isn't free
In the last Ontario budget Premier Kathleen Wynne brought free tuition to lowish-income students and in an interview lamented that she couldn't make it free for everyone. I beg to disagree. I get everything that the advocates of zero tuition are saying about their desire to improve access to PSE and yet I still don't think that the evidence shows that free tuition is the answer to the problem of access. For example:
- We have a far better record at getting people into PSE than other countries that have free tuition (e.g. Germany and France).
- I do not see the case for subsidising equally the children of billionaires and welfare recipients.
- Subsidizing tuition out of general tax revenues makes poor people subsidise those who will be wealthy.
Finally Queens did a very interesting study a few years ago in which they compared the impact of lower tuition across the board vs putting it up but reserving 30% of the increase for scholarships and bursaries for low income students with good academic records. The second option was found to be significantly better than the first at improving access and equity.
To see more of the argument, have a look at my Globe column of March 18th, 2016.
Sean Speer and I team up on health care in the Sun papers
Sean Speer and I continued our efforts to get the new federal government to think clearly about health care reform with an op-ed in the Sun newspapers. Based on our piece for the From a Mandate for Change to a Plan to Govern series at MLI, Sean and I lay out the case for thinking that Canada's poorly performing system is badly in need of reform and that there is little evidence that the problem is that perennial canard, "underfunding". On the contrary, Ottawa must stop offering itself up as the "solution" to our health care problems and to raise its expectations that the provinces will deliver real value for the money they're already getting.
Guaranteed Annual Income: Wrong solution, wrong problem
In my never-ending campaign to Ă©pater les bourgeois (aka the commenters on the Globe's comments page), my latest column takes aim at one of their favourite policy prescriptions: a guaranteed annual income for Canadians, delivered through the tax system (also called a "negative income tax"). Almost all the arguments advanced in favour of this alleged panacea are deeply flawed and take little account of incentives, human motivation or of the complexity of administering fairly or cheaply a system that will not be simple but rather devilishly complicated.
This column appeared in the 11 Dec. 2015 edition of the Globe's ROB in their Economy Lab feature.
$15 minimum wage? Not if you want to help those that really need it.
Incoming Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has confirmed her partyt's intention to raise the minimum wage in the province to $15/hr. Like many things this sounds good but in fact isn't, especially if your objective is to help the most vulnerable workers (and potential workers) at the bottom of the wage scale. A $15/hr minimum wage is simply a government decree that anyone who cannot produce $15 worth of value with an hour of their labour will not work. Thanks for the help guys!
Read my analysis in my latest column for the ROB's Economy Lab feature in the Globe and Mail.
What Canada can, and cannot, do about inequality
To hear the critics talk, inequality is growing in Canada because of a mean-spirited effort by governments to reduce the tax burden and leaving the most vulnerable to fend for themselves. As I point out in my column for this Saturday's Ottawa Citizen, this view ignores important facts. First of all, the level of progressivity in Canada is growing, not falling. In other words far from cutting taxes for the wealthy and washing our hands of those on low incomes, if you look at taxes paid and benefits received Canada's social safety net is highly progressive and increasingly so.
Rising inequality is therefore not an artifact of Canadians failing to shoulder their responsibilities. The issue is that the inequalities created by globalisation, technological change and returns to skills and talent, market generated inequalities are growing even faster. So is the solution even more taxing and raising benefits? No. On the contrary, as the research I cite from Philip Cross and Munir Sheikh clearly shows, we are at the limits of what we can do through high taxes and passive income transfers. The rest of the progress we need must come from improving economic opportunities and incentives and equipping Canadians to benefit from them, both of which are made harder by high taxes and poorly designed transfers.
Separated at birth: Ottawa budget, 1995; Quebec budget, 2015
My latest musings for the Globe/ROB's Economy Lab revolves around the context and significance of the year's most important budget: Quebec's. After years of failed attempts, the new Liberal government of Philippe Couillard will make another stab at fixing Quebec's self-imposed economic decline by wrestling with the out-of-control growth of the Quebec state over the last 50 years. The stakes couldn't be higher, but it is not at all clear that Couillard will be more successful than his predecessors. That very uncontrolled growth of the state has created a political climate in which a democratic mandate may not be enough to overcome the organised resistance to reform. In the column I draw parallels between the historical significance of Paul Martin's 1995 budget and this one, 20 years later. Both aimed to fix the damage done by several generations' worth of bribing Quebeckers to support federalism or sovereignty. Martin pulled it off, but his task was more manageable.
Wish Couillard well. He'll need it.


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The hospitality industry is facing a chef shortage crisis as they are becoming really hard to find.
The rise of the celebrity chef and the cooking show star machine is sending the wrong messages to would-be chefs and contributing to skills shortages.
That's the view of Massimo Bottura whose restaurant Osteria Francescana was last year ranked as the number one restaurant in the world.
The rise of the celebrity chef and the cooking show star machine is sending the wrong messages to would-be chefs and contributing to skills shortages. "Too many people, too many young men and women are driven by the wrong stimulation to become a chef," Bottura told Fairfax Media.
"The television is sending out a message like, you are going to be a star you are going to be a master chef. That is wrong. Our job is all about hard work and a little bit of talent."
Bottura was in the army of chefs and industry dignitaries arriving in Melbourne for the Wednesday night's World's Best 50 restaurants.
Chefs Daniel Humm, Luke Mangan, Peter Gilmore, Massimo Bottura and Brett Graham in Melbourne ahead of the World's 50 Best Restaurants.
Bottura spelled it out: working as a chef is a grind, it's damn hard work and that might put many people off.
"It's a job when everyone else is out enjoying themselves on a Saturday night you are in the middle of the most difficult service," he said. "The pressure is unbelievable. In the Osteria every day we play the final of the World Cup lunch and dinner."
"They have this expectation that within a couple of years they are all going to be rockstars. When I started cooking that was the furthest thing from my mind. The reality of it hits home, it is hard graft and long hours. I'm not seeing people staying as long as they used to and it is a real worry. It is a long haul."
The problem facing Australia's restaurants and eateries was highlighted in a 2015 Deloitte Access Economics report.
The report showed there is a gap of 38,000 staff across the tourism and hospitality sector.
And it forecasts that shortage will increase to 123,000 by 2020.
What makes it more complicated is that over half of all hospitality TAFE students are dropping out.
"It is a hard industry but you have to persevere. You have to be committed, you have to be passionate you have to work hard. The beauty of our business is if you do that you can travel the world, you can meet interesting people, you can eat great food. I keep saying the world is your oyster."


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I know you've heard me talk about this before, but this will honestly be your best friend!
If you are taking a break over the holidays then get your emails sorting themselves where you can. Pop on the auto-responder that gives people clear directions and answers about who to contact otherwise or when you will return.
Look at what bills and renewals are coming up and get on top of them early. Set up reminders or auto-pay so you don't have to worry about it come the time.
Set Daily/Weekly Budgets
Map out the weeks and set yourself a budget for each week, and then day!
Then use this as a guide to what you might do each week. If you are planning on going away then work out when that is likely to be and go from there.
Have a "free" day each week where you can. Only eat things you've got in the house, utilize things around the home and walk to where you need to go.
Plan Ahead
Like anything, the more you plan ahead the better. I know it's nice to just relax and go with it on holidays, but if you can get the big ticket items planned out, then you can save a lot of money.
If you are going on holidays, then book your leave early so you get the dates you want, can find the cheapest flights/travel and get a good accommodation deal!
Find Free/Cheap Activities
Shopping centres are a great start as they often have lots of free activities that are marketing opportunities for their stores. Each one I've been to has a great offering and good take homes!
Sites like Groupon are amazing because you can get really cheap deals on activities and holidays.
Libraries are awesome for some rainy day activities and often have a whole schedule of programs, so check your local!
Council run programs are big in our area like family days, markets, kids days and festivals.
Cheap movie days are also great, just pop online to your closest and check what days they are!
If you haven't heard of 'rock clubs', they are sort of like scavenger hunts but for kids. There are tones of Facebook pages for them (our local is GippsRocks) and kids paint large rocks and pebbles and hide them in parks. Then when you find one you note it on the FB page and hide it somewhere else for someone else to find. It's actually super fun!
Don't Pressure Yourself
Another big thing I've noticed is this idea to keep up with the Jones of Instagram and try and do all these big lavish things on the holidays!
Honestly, it's like two months you have to survive and it isn't maintainable to be splashing cash and doing things ALL the time.
Kids do not care. Their home is their safe place and they are just as happy to be at home in a shell bath full of dish-washing liquid as they are on the beaches of Spain or something.
Snack Planning
The great thing about school holidays is no more packing lunches. The shit thing is, you still have to apparently feed your kids? #annoying
My kids are snackers when they're at home so having an abundance of fruit and snacks is vital to keep them happy (or else #whingeville).
Look After Yourself
Let's face it, you need time for yourself! And it's almost impossible during the school holidays. It's enough to send you mad (and them). So make time, if just 5 minutes a day for yourself to regroup and recharge.
Maybe plan a play-date at a friend's house where you can pop out for a few hours, and do the same for her another time 🙂
Get Outdoors
What is this outdoors you speak of? But seriously where have the days gone where we went out all day and came back when the street lights were on? I know I know, it's just not the thing these days! But still doesn't stop kids from being outside.
Set the kids up in the backyard with painting, crafts, even an empty box and some textas – this will keep them occupied for at least 5 minutes I swear!
Go to parks, for walks, to the beach, the list is endless. The good thing about it is it very rarely costs a cent!
Get Help
Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do, and for me, that's buying back my time at times like these.
Over the Christmas period and into the New Year we booked a cleaner as I just couldn't stay on top of it all, and do ALL the other things for everyone else!
We also booked in HelloFresh for a few weeks over this period as they offered us a free box haha so I figured "one less thing to worry about". If the budget allows for it, then I think it's well worth it. Only 24 hours in a day 😉
Kombucha Cocktails
The new thing this summer, it's like healthy drinking right? Thank me later!


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Julia Roberts, like many other women in Hollywood, has spoken out publicly in condemnation of disgraced Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein. As you may already know, the formerly acclaimed executive came under fire recently due to explosive allegations of sexual harassment, rape, and sexual assault.
In a statement to the publication, Us Weekly, Julia claimed Harvey was "a corrupt, powerful man who wields his influence to abuse and manipulate women."
Her statement goes on to say that she "stands firm" in the hope that everyone together as a society can stop this kind of "predatory behavior."
She finished her paper by concluding that women, but also men, should reach out for help after suffering the abuse of another. Roberts listed the number for a hotline dealing with sexual assault, RAINN, which is 800-656-4673.
Roberts isn't the only one speaking out against Weinstein, several others have come forward including Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Asia Argento, and Rose McGowan.
Despite the widespread and unanimous condemnation of the producer, Mr, Weinstein has denied all allegations. Harvey said in a statement that he refuses all of the accusations and all of the relationships were believed to be consensual.
Celebrity Insider previously reported that Harvey intended to file a lawsuit against the New York Times due to slanderous material based on "hear-say" rather than evidence.
After the heinous scandal came to light, Harvey's partner, Georgina Chapman, left her husband after ten years of marriage. She previously claimed she would stand by his side, but after the case broke open showcasing all of the crimes, Georgina could no longer stand behind him, not only for self-evident moral transgressions but for the effect it would have on her brand.


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The seventh inning stretch at every Padres home game at Petco Park is complete with a Top Gun montage, high fives and thousands of people singing about a danger zone. This is a military city and I'm so thrilled to be a part of it. A few weekends ago, we went to the Navy open house and boarded the Wayne E. Meyer Destroyer for a tour. Sailors and officers lined the deck displaying details of the ship and it's strategic abilities. It was an incredible experience. Last weekend, it was a visit to the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar home of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, the place that used to be the home of the Top Gun school. It was our first air show at a military base…impressive doesn't do it justice.
My favourite part of the event, is that it's free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome. Of course, if you want a VIP experience or grandstand seat, there are fees; but, anyone can pack a picnic and spend the day with their family sitting on the flight line being entertained by fearless acrobats of the sky. As we entered the area, we passed fighter jets, aerobatic planes and more. Pilots, support teams, mechanics and many other military elements were ever present. Vendors of all types (food, tourism, souvenirs and military) stood parallel to the flight line to add to the grandeur of the event. The air show shared more than the magic of flight. Throughout the area there were static displays of trucks and tanks, helicopters and planes, and equipment and memorabilia of the military's past. There were military men and women (including Wolfpack pilots and Navy Seals) available to explain everything, speak with, thank and answer questions.
As we wandered past rutters and wheels, propellers and people, the boom of Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit's planned explosions competed with the roar of jets overhead. One time I looked up and there was a plane carrying a dangling humvee through the air, followed by another that the line dropped from within held ten men. I'm not sure if it matters if you see something like this every day or once in a lifetime…technology, skill and courage continue to amaze me.
This year's theme for the San Diego Air Show was 'A Salute to Veterans and Their Families'. Fully acknowledging sacrifice and support of military families and the long time relationship with the city of San Diego, the spectacle of fast flying formations blended with choreographed sky high maneuvers left mouths agape and eyes wide. According to their program, the annual three day event typically draws more than 500,000 attendees each year.
Amidst the sky-filled of Hornets and Harriers, and Ospreys and Cobras, there were civilian flyers and Department of Defense sanctioned aerial demonstration teams. The most extraordinary individual performance we saw looked as if it came straight out of a Disney movie. Painted a sparkly red and engaging in death-defying feats was Sean Tucker and his Oracle Challenger. The effusive pilot has flown more than 1,000 performances in over 425 air shows and was named one of the 25 'Living Legends of Flight' by the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum (Air Show program). Displaying what I can only verbally describe as a Cirque du Soleil of the sky, he performed loop after loop, flew to harrowing heights and blew past the waving glee-filled crowd many times. You could feel his excitement in each flip and turn – this is a man who continues to delight spectators of all ages and truly loves his job!
The team performances outdid themselves. The civilian Breitling Jet Team made its first US Tour appearance ever. Dazzling the crowds with seven jets dancing above, they flew upside down, circled each other, engaged their lights and ended their flight time with sparks of glitter shooting into the sky. I'm sure they could hear the 'oohs and aahs' of the crowd even at their height! Waving watchers raced to the fences to get a glimpse of the pilots as they parked their planes.
The closing act of the Air Show was none other than the Blue Angels. In their 69 year history, the team continues to electrify the sky and astound audiences at each performance. Made up of Navy and Marine Corps jet pilots and their team, their mission is to 'showcase the pride and professionalism of the United States Navy and Marine Corps by inspiring a culture of excellence and service to country through flight demonstrations and community outreach'. (Air Show program) Their pride and professionalism fused with the audiences amazement, admiration and awe throughout their entire intricate and roaring act. It's no wonder they were the closing act – they are hard to beat!
I wasn't sure what to expect from the air show. It was certainly a significant highlight of our time in San Diego. We knew it would be loud, filled with people and take up considerable space. We knew we'd be thrilled to have access to a military base and interact with those who defend, support and serve daily. I knew the husband would be in his glory to be around planes, helicopters and military equipment. What I didn't know was how amazed I would be surrounded by the talent, strategy, ability, diligence, pride, courage and energy of all of the men and women there. The spectacle in the sky stole the show, but those on the ground were an equal draw. I've never before lived in a military town/city. Each day I see men and women in uniform going about their daily life. Each time I smile, wave or offer thanks in whatever way possible. One of the goals of the air show may have been to show thanks to the city of San Diego for it's support of the military, but I have a feeling that the crowds drawn are more of a way for the citizens of San Diego to show thanks to the military. It certainly was for us.


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Services: water; electricity 220V; ice from bar; supermarket
at 100m from club; laundry in Campos; restaurants and bars in
club and in S'Estanyol; mechanical services, maintenance, nautical
services, painting services, paints, electronics, electricity;
taxi: (908) 53 46 37; medical emergencies: 65 20 14.
Grandiose things were meant to occur
in this diminutive yacht harbour during 1995, but the local residents
protested vehemently. Consequently, S'Estanyol remains a small,
often shallow, harbour mainly occupied by llauds and other small
yachts. The Clubhouse is an attractive building with a pleasant
bar. To one side of the club there is some hardstanding room and
a small children's playground. On the other side of the club there
are two tennis courts and a sailing school. Bars, restaurants
and a small grocery can be found on the main street opposite the
entrance to the club. Tel. (971)640085, fax. 640682


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Long-Term Care
We strive to offer a warm, congenial, homelike atmosphere where our patients and their families are truly comfortable, safe and happy. Carrollton Nursing & Rehabilitation Center provides spacious, comfortable accommodations with ample recreational areas in a beautifully landscaped setting. Engaging the patient or resident in varied activities such as music, arts and crafts, table games, movies, parties and other social activities, fosters a positive outlook. We offer home-cooked meals daily, that offer a visual appeal as well as well as satisfy our residents' taste buds.
So when it comes to choosing a nursing and rehabilitation center for your loved one, the factors that matter most – quality of care and quality of life – are the same things that have helped make Carrollton one of the most respected residential centers in Georgia.
Our compassionate care, comprehensive services and uplifting environment are widely recognized as among the finest in the area. In addition to round-the-clock skilled nursing and personal assistance, residents enjoy stimulating social, educational and recreational activities, comfortable accommodations, and full amenities, all in a comfortable homelike setting.


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IDX Listings How-To & Help
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Save a Search
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Depending on the currency and value of the cheque, you can deposit it by 'negotiation' or 'collection' into your CommBank AUD or Foreign Currency Account. Both options will take time for the money to be available to you in your account.
Alternatively, ask the person to send you an International Money Transfer. You'll get your money quicker and may also save on fees.
We essentially 'buy the foreign currency cheque' from you then convert it at the Deposit Foreign Cheque rate at the time of processing and deposit the AUD equivalent (minus any applicable fees) into your account immediately.
Although the money will appear in your CommBank account, we'll send the cheque to the overseas bank that issued it. You'll have to wait 20 calendar days for the foreign cheque to be cleared before the money is available for you to withdraw.
We'll send the cheque to the overseas bank that issued it. Once the overseas bank 'honours'/ accepts the cheque (which may take up to 8 weeks) we'll convert it at the receive an International Money Transfer exchange rate and deposit the AUD equivalent (minus any applicable fees) into your account on the same day.
Occasionally the overseas bank that issued the cheque doesn't 'honour'/ accept the cheque when we send it back to be cleared e.g. there wasn't enough money in the overseas account, the overseas cheque was older than 5 month, some information was incorrect or unclear.
If that happens, the value of the cheque will be converted back into the foreign currency (using the exchange rate on the day we're notified the cheque's been 'dishonoured') and deducted from your account plus any overseas bank charges1. You may lose money if this happens and the exchange rate is no longer in your favour.
Cheques can be 'dishonoured' after the money is withdrawn from your account (it's not common since we put a 'hold' on your account until the funds have cleared), but does mean you'll be asked to repay the money you received including any associated fees.
Explore our standard fees and charges for Foreign Cheques – all fees and amounts are quoted in Australian dollars and include GST (where applicable).
An International Bank Draft is similar to a bank cheque. It's issued in the currency of the intended destination and suitable for personal or business use.
We offer drafts in the major currencies and accepted in over 20 countries.
When you ask us to issue an international bank draft, you'll immediately transfer the money from your account (including associated fees) to cover the amount of the cheque.
This means an International Bank Draft can be cleared into the recipient's account as if it was a local cheque (no need to convert it from Australian Dollars) rather than being sent back to Australia to be cleared.
You can buy an International Bank Draft at your nearest branch. Ensure the drafts are no older than 15 months when presenting them to avoid the cheque from being dishonoured.
1 Any overseas bank charges also incurred will be charged to you (e.g. dishonoured cheque)
2 Enquiries to certain countries can require follow up messages and we're unable to provide a refund or replacement draft until money is returned. Overseas bank charges (which may vary from country to country) could apply in addition to the charges listed.