Forcing Rational Behavior On Animists

You know, I'm beginning to think, as I watch nutty gun grabbers up their fervent calls for more gun control (although, no one has specified exactly what this entails. The more lazy and totalitarian among them just simply let the mask slip and call for the repealing of the 2A or others take a deceitful route with calls, for example, to designate organizations like the NRA as 'terrorist' completely ignoring the fact its members are law-abiding citizens who freely joined an organization. It points to the general ignorance and evil nature of the gun-control crowd), they're nothing but emotionally driven children who are angry they didn't get their toy.

Or.

A bunch of smug adults who simply can't believe people aren't going along with their schemes. It doesn't enter their mind on any level people recognize the limits of gun control and that the problem may not be necessarily rooted in guns. After all, cars kill more people every year but no one is calling for more car control. We accept the risks.

So what's driving these people?

Simple. They can't understand or fathom how anyone would want to own a gun. Ergo, in the mind set of such people. this means no one should have any. Sure they claim they don't want to outlaw guns but you instinctively get the feeling (think smoking campaign. What started out as a 'common sense' campaign of awareness about the ill effects on cigarettes has turned into a full blown out war on civil liberties where personal choice (think high taxes, banning smoking in various public spaces and the recent disturbing trend in private spheres) is concerned. And they succeeded all through emotional manipulation. For instance, there are no scientific studies conclusively linking smoking - let alone second hand smoke - to cancer they played on people's emotion enough to have them simply accept 'it's just so') this is their end game.

It's to give a big 'fuck you, we did it...for the children' to people who own guns.

It's all I can see.

Statistics (including declining gun violence and the fact gun control doesn't necessarily mean less crime; not to mention the cost associated with running such a program. Canadians will recall the absurd waste of the gun registry which cost taxpayers about $2 billion with absolutely precious little to show for it except provide a security blanket for our fears)  don't back them up. There are different degrees of laws on the books depending on the state varying from permissive to restrictive. Yet, they deliberately lie, skew or ignore the facts.

Why?

Because it's all they've got.

Or in the case of Obama, he pathetically has resorted, surprise, to threatening solo action on the matter. Mostly cosmetic of course, because shallow is what they do, but at least he will show he's 'doing something, anything' while ensuring the narrative of 'enlightened v. evil' continues.

I just love all the tantrums I'm seeing. 

Maybe it's a way of forcing them to think rationally.

Or perhaps I'm being too optimistic.

More Sharp Progressive Derp

Bernie Sanders is Ayn Rand’s worst nightmare: He’s changing how we view socialism — and exposing free market parasites 

I generally ignore Salon for obvious reasons. It's a cess pool of left-wing idiocy. 

But this title is hilarious. Never mind about their infantile obsession with Rand and propensity for linking her to libertarian principles and thus by extension classical liberalism. The two aren't related. And let's leave aside the tiresome references to Scandinavia - a largely homogeneous geographical region with tiny populations with little impulse for liberty - as if we're unaware of what the statistics show. 

Of course, they cherry-pick what they like about it. They won't point to the high suicide and rape cases and gun ownership as well as the fact the parts of its economy that run well are because they don't allow stupid socialist ideals get in the way to allow the market to operate. Even then, they have companies that essentially run their economies. 

They're like tiny kingdoms with little competition.  

For example, in Denmark, one family-controlled company accounts for 30% of the GDP. That being the Moeller family who control Maersk, the largest grocery store chain and some pharma companies).

Oligarchic it is!

Is this the left's idea of a just economy? 

In addition, to the ridiculous taxes that make them effective slaves to the state, they have high personal and government debt with low ownership of property. And people have those massive amounts of debt because everything is so highly taxed. So they have little to show for that debt.

But...free education and health! Even then, I'm starting to wonder about the actual quality of those. 

I have little interest in emulating Scandinavian countries. They can keep their crappy parasitical welfarism.

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'Free market parasites' is all you need to know about the left's abject and pitiful ignorance and views of what are free markets.

A mere market place of people engaging in voluntary economic activity. That's all it is.

The title while amusing, is somewhat disturbing given the irrational and hyper anger directed at capitalist enterprise.

But to the true parasite class that squat in the unproductive and shallow ranks of socialism, voluntary action is unacceptable because it generally means their narratives and demands are often ignored - as they ought to. Socialists accept and/or believe in coercion and confiscatory practices and principles because no sane and sensible person would accept their world view at face value. Well, not intelligent beings who believe in quaint stuff like liberty and free moral agency and enterprise. 

You name it, if they hate it, they want it banned...for the children...for the greater good.

This is where I believe in the 'wisdom of crowds.' People can sniff a loser from a mile away and socialists are just that; envious losers. 

 

 

 

 

 

University Of East Anglia's SJW Retards Attack Mexican Restaurant

Such is the state of modern progressivism on campuses across the West these days.

A university's students union has banned students from getting free sombreros claiming they are "racist".

Students were being given free sombreros by a local Tex-Mex restaurant in a bid to drum up business with a smile, before uni chiefs ordered them to stop - because it violates strict cultural appropriation rules.

The University of East Anglia student union officials even took the big floppy hats from students at the Freshers' Fair, because non-Mexicans wearing the traditional item of headwear could be seen as offensive, according to a new initiative. 

These people are nut jobs. Not intellectuals. Pure nut jobs. 

"...Campaigns and Democracy officer Chris Jarvis said: "We know that when it comes to cultural appropriation the issues can sometimes be difficult to understand and many don't realise that they may be about to cause offence or break a policy."

Oh dear me the smug, arrogant, presumptuous arrogance of a tiny mind and brain.

Racist and racially obsessive too.

Go fuck yourself Jarvis.

"The British Mexican Society backed the Tex-Mex eatery for giving away the free hats.
Chairman Richard Maudslay said: "I would applaud any business of any nationality for doing anything to try to drum up business in a legitimate way, which this seems.

"I applaud them - it's not a Mexican issue. It's a much broader issue than that.'

Whhhaaa? Mexicans not taking offense? But SJW retards like Jarvis tell us you must comply! It's hard to "understand" you see?

Now this is sensible, matureand intelligent reasoning.

I'd take it a step further and claim it's not 'broader issue'.

It's a non-issue.

A Simple Illustration Of How Government Distorts Prices

From Porky Pig:

"The cartoon begins with the sign which simply reads: Porky's Super Service which is the name of his service station as well as the name of the cartoon itself. After the background view shot of his small service station - we see the price signs; as the price for Gas is only 3 cents. Then sign then lists on taxes onto the sign which I guess is a gag but is probably dated as it lists the price for State Tax, City Tax, County Tax, and even Unemployment Tax with the total price adding to 43 cents. Is this supposed to be a Great Depression gag or something."

There's your (classical liberal) lesson.

That's it. That's all you need to know about how government distorts pricing. It's not the market (or 'rigged' market) that makes you poorer (or gives you the impression you're stagnant). It's the government directly reaching into your pockets through multiple sources. The government loves its trailer fees and taxpayers are the land of milk and honey when it comes to getting those residuals.

Apply this to anything from health care costs all the way to post-secondary education.

This is how your chances at achieving wealth is negatively impacted. From capital gains, interest and dividend taxes all the way to carbon taxes as the Quebec government recently wrongly and absurdly introduced in a province already suffering through the highest taxes on the continent.

It's not complicated folks. If something costs '$1' in its natural, free enterprise state and the government imposes taxes on it (for whatever (oft dubious) reasons) thus increasing the price to, say, '$4' they just took $3 from your pay cheque. 

A run of the mill, one-dimensional, statist progressive believes the sole end game of a corporation or business is to try and run up prices as much as they can because of profits. But thinking this way only points to how they don't understand how profits are achieved. Indeed, it's my belief the stuff I read on such sites only cements my notion they're financial illiterates.

A natural, free enterprise system tends to lead to lower prices because of innovation and economies of scale. Keeping prices up don't necessarily translate into profits. Management of margins do.

But I'm not here to educate about business. Just pointing out even as far back as 1930s Porky Pig cartoons we still had a classical liberal impulse.

T-t-t-that's all folks!

Canada's Gun Culture Needs Defending

Guns and ammo ranked the 10 best countries for gun owners. Canada ranked a respectable sixth (4th for rate of gun ownership). The U.S. was, naturally, ranked 1st.

"The Good: Canada’s hunting and sport-shooting traditions continue, despite the many successes of its anti-gun lobby. In 1995 the country required every gun to be registered in a federal database, but the scheme was famously disastrous and ceased operation in 2012. 

The Bad: Canada has outright bans on pistols with barrel lengths under 4.1 inches, semi-auto rifle magazines holding more than 5 rounds and semiautomatic pistol magazines holding more than 10 rounds. Pistols with barrel lengths exceeding 4.1 inches, long guns with an overall length under 26 inches and semi-auto rifles with barrels under 18 ½ inches (i.e. AR-15 variants) can only be shot at firearms ranges and require a special license. All gun ownership requires a “possession and acquisition license.” Canada’s storage requirements include provisions that the guns be unloaded and rendered inoperable or locked. Forget using them for self-defense.
Rate of Ownership: 23.8 percent" 

I have a feeling a couple of shooting sprees will indeed and inevitably lead the left to call for further restrictions and may threaten this tradition down the road. In my view, people who clamor for restrictions are the sort of folk who don't see the purpose of hunting or shooting as a sport ergo take their guns...for the greater good.

It's a problematic outlook that comes with disastrous consequences for civil liberties.

 

Never mind about the government messing around with out lives. This is what angers me about Canada:

"Canada’s storage requirements include provisions that the guns be unloaded and rendered inoperable or locked. Forget using them for self-defense."

When I did my gun course the teacher went out of his way to drill this into our brains.

If someone enters your home you can't shoot them. They tress pass for who know what reason and should you find yourself in danger, the government applies a dubious condition of 'appropriate force' on the victim.

This sickens me as a human being with natural born rights to self-defense. It's outrageous the government basically outlawed this RIGHT. It makes no sense to me how a government can steal this from under the threat of imprisonment.

Immoral even.

 

And it's not paranoia. Just read any paper. It's hard not to come across an article along these lines. For example, nutcases like Stasi at the New York Daily News calling for the Feds to designate the NRA a 'terrorist organization'. Her epic logical fail can easily find its way into policy because emotions can get the better of reason.

Regarding the U.S. and the irrational calls for more restrictions.

The thing I find interesting with states like New York expanding gun control laws is they do it even though gun crime has been on the decline since the early 1990s. There really isn't a need for it on safety grounds thus lending more credence it's confiscatory plain and simple.

Gun rights is like free speech and expression I've come to accept. Either you have rights or you don't and the U.S. Constitution clearly specifies Americans have those rights.

But this is nothing new when it comes to state control, really. They will claim, for example, their initiatives (either through campaigning and awareness or taxes or some combination of both) lead to a greater good.

Take soda bans or taxes on sugary drinks.

Consumer habits are not cemented but are in a constant state of flux. In other words, the government has no idea what consumers like and in what direction their tastes are headed because, well, they're not in fucking business. The government is a laggard when it comes to such things. So off the bat whatever they have in mind is likely already wrong.

It's nearly impossible to claim a 'tax on sodas' can lead to a change in consumption. More likely, that change had begun way before the needless tax (remember taxes are inefficient). Kids today don't just drink Orange Crush or Dr. Pepper. They've expanded their habits to Starbucks and energy drinks (already absurdly in the crosshairs of bureaucrats) - something I'm sure the government would love to demonize next.

What we do know is such interference on the part of the nanny state invariably tend to lead to unintended consequences (hurt the poor who rely on inexpensive drinks).

Government nannying is bad for your health.

Not So Enlightened

I don't know call me crazy but after seeing this headline - The Feds Investigate Claims Of Discrimination Against Female Directors - it seems the places - Hollywood, Academia, journalism etc. - with discrimination are populated nearly entirely by progressives and liberals?

It doesn't stop there. Places with high crime rates, segregation and alleged income inequality tend to be bastions of progressivism.

And one of the most racist cities in America is? Boston. In liberal Massachusetts.

I get the feeling my theory of mass liberal projectionism is actually real. 

As for the article, such is the state of contemporary liberalism I suppose to actually have the Feds look into this.

NDP Pushes Impossible Dream Of 'Quality' $15 National Daycare

NDP leader Tom Mulcair promises 'quality' national daycare.

I wonder how in the world he can offer this. Here in Quebec, quality and subsidized daycare aren't necessarily inclusive and has proven to be quite the costly albatross.

The truth is there is no incentive in offering quality where other people's money is concerned. We see this time and again when it comes to such things.  I speak from experience in the business.

Politicians are just promising more junk they can't deliver on. You shouldn't be swayed.

I think *quality* may mean different things to different people but to me, public services aren't there to offer quality. How can it be when they're isn't an accountability mechanism directly connected to customers?

Let's be real here. Government don't do quality.

Montreal Attracts Negative Attention

Deciding to dump 8.1 billion liters of raw sewage into one of the most important waterways in North America like St. Lawrence will do that.

I can't possibly conceive what the heck is going through the minds of City Hall and Mayor Coderre to think this is appropriate. A Mayor who makes a lot of noise about being green no less.

I also hold their claim that they looked at all possible scenarios with a grain of salt. This is Montreal we're talking about where even simple bids for contracts is crooked. Especially considering they have not disclosed exactly what options they looked at.

The utter lack of transparency with this city never ceases to amaze me and quite frankly find it troubling.

The St. Lawrence River ends up in fresh water lakes.

I wonder what states like New York and Vermont are thinking as well as Ontario.

What Montreal is about to do is pretty risky business. 

Middle East Madness

A few thoughts on the Middle East. The other day I heard a statement on the radio directed to a professor of Middle East history. It was shocking as it was ignorant. Basically, the person stated 'if only Israel would stop the genocide of Palestinians and start following the law everything would normalize in the region.'

I kid you not and the momentary pause on the radio was deafening. To his credit, the professor not only educated this person but scolded them as well for holding such views.

Sadly, I think this is the majority view if not default position of people who cackle 'Palestine Libre'. It completely denies the reality of the history of the region that predates Israel; a tiny, piece of dessert with barely 8 million people in a sea of millions and millions of Arabs, Iranians, Turks and other nations, creeds and peoples. Millions of such peoples killing one another to the tune of millions as well. Recall, most of the warring and murdering doesn't even include Israel or the United States but rather Muslim on Muslim.

It's a stunning position to hold just by this alone.

Yet, despite the facts of modern history, the "post-presidential" Obama continues to flout such nonsense about the area while, for example, completely ignoring the very real genocide of Christians by Muslims.

Keeping with Obama. If Bush is to forever be attacked for Iraq then I can't see why Obama should be given a free pass for his own role in Libya which itself unleashed its own unintended consequences.

It's absurd to blame one administration and not the other based on words and a narrative. American foreign policy was mostly driven by keeping the Russians/Soviets in check in the Middle East. Now with Obama shifting away from this and seemingly ceding power to the Russians, he's taken the U.S. away from a position they've been conducting for decades.

I don't know if Americans just don't understand the Middle-Eastern mind or just don't care, but there's as of yet been a coherent and consistent message by the U.S except for its steadfast alliance with Israel.

Just how crazy is it. See for yourself.

Not an easy thing to figure through.

And the Russians aren't any better at it. In fact, they're probably worse.

Irrational Gun Control Rhetoric: Don't Be Fooled

Predictably, following a mass shooting, the usual calls for some kind of 'common sense' gun control or restriction are made. In addition, misguided minds also propose the notion or idea of repealing the 2nd amendment outright.

Although, at the moment, no politician is seriously considering this one can wonder if the rhetoric in its current emotional form can lead to amending the law.

Now to a guy like me, the 2A is pretty straightforward. The right to bear arms shall not be infringed. Period. Anything around this is just noise of just pure arrogance or lends itself to forcing history to fit a narrative.

But that's me.

No one, for the record, has ever articulated what 'common sense' actually means or entails either.

A more troubling and even dangerous development is the one about mental illness.

I hope people understand that 'mental illness' encompasses a wide plethora of issues ranging from ostensibly small (anxiety to, say, vomiting) to serious (bi-polar) and everything in between and beyond.

This is what makes me nervous about all this 'mental illness' talk. The vast majority of people who suffer with some form of mental illness are not a danger to themselves or anyone else yet they will be dragged into one giant 'one size fits all' mess that will lead to a nightmare.

Restricting someone's right to own a gun because they have an anxiety is an assault on civil liberties.

Period.

And it's not a road you want to go down as a civil society lest we begin to wrongfully brand or misdiagnose people.

Don't be fooled. The mental illness angle is not about protecting people. It's a deflection. A deflection to restrict gun ownership leading to a pathway of eventual confiscation.

Jobs Eradicated Poverty; Little Else

Hand outs and aid don't lift people out of poverty.

JOBS do.

Jobs that can only be created in a free market that capitalism can offer.

The idea of organizations, rock bands and concerts and narcissist billionaires can 'lift poverty' is absurd and bound to fail. Sure, they can always point to the good work they do but you can pretty much file under 'at least we're doing something!'

It's no more effective than environmentalists, activist scientists and dumb-cluck politicians believing they can sway Mother Nature with all their little carbon-emissions schemes to try and quell climate change'. As if it can be controlled like a kite.

And the only reason why growth is stifled is because people who think they know better than the rest of us keeping tinkering (ie fucking around) with the economy with idealist nonsense.

DO YOUR JOBS.

And for the Top Men and Women. That means get out of the way or...go fly a kite.

There's no such thing as 'common sense regulations' to economics, gun control, free speech and so on.

All misleading notions of control. 

Sunday Afternoon Music

Oregon Shooter: Curve Ball To The Narrative

The killer in Oregon was bi-racial turns out.

That is, half black, half white.

So. When does the liberal media invent a new category of race like they did with Zimmerman magically tagging him as 'white Hispanic'?

Does this person become 'White Black?' Or, 'White African-American?'

Hm, hm. If Obama had a son would he look like him?

Of course, the category has been around. Some Quebec nationalist wrote a book called 'White Niggars of America' back in the 1960s when everyone was extra-crispy hyper jacked up drugs and full into themselves.

In any event, tough to build a 'white privileged, right-wing, Christian racist with guns' narrative around this one. I expect full blown mental gymnastics on this one.

Something along the lines of a faux-intellectual like Coates going with a 'his white soul ate his black soul' theme.

I'm just gonna leave this hear regarding Obama's dubious attempt to capitalize on a tragedy to push a gun control agenda that will never pass.

It's his administration's role in bombing a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan.

Just saying.

The Politicized No Shame Post-Presidental President

Just when you think President Obama couldn't get anymore galling with his penchant to capitalize on tragedies to push an agenda, he one ups himself.

His bizarre plea for gun control action in the event of the mass shooting in Oregon was especially disgusting given not a shred of fact was gathered. Nobody knows anything about the shooter or how he obtained his guns. No motive has been reported.

From Reason:

"The president insisted that "modest regulation," consistent with the Second Amendment rights of "law-abiding gun owners," could "prevent this carnage from being inflicted someplace else in America." But as Brian Doherty pointed out, Obama did not mention a single specific policy fitting that description."

Hm. Does it sound like someone is politicizing something?

"This is something we should politicize," he said. "It is relevant to our common life together, to the body politic."

Yes. Yes it does. In his own words.

If one is predisposed to believe all murders are the same, that is, crazy person + guns = more gun control, then it's a pretty narrow view on things. I thought we - nay, the post-Presidential president as Matthews calls him - were supposed to be more nuanced than this. Ever notice - mostly from the left - every crime is because of a subjective issue like "sexism" or 'racism" as if you can neatly summarize an irrational act? Or even more dubious, when it's linked to an object like a flag (Confederacy) or a person (Palin)?

A gun is no more problematic than a car which kills many more people.

Do we call for car control?

The fetish for gun control is one I can't wrap my head around because it's profoundly irrational especially when statistics are consulted.

No sooner Obama (as many gun control advocates are apt to do) appeals to the emotions and references a country with ostensibly 'common sense' gun control like Australia this happens. 

Of course, Canada, where apparently we ooze common sense from our eyes and ears, shootings do happen despite the rigorous gun control system in place.

It's also worth noting national governments - who have all the guns that matter plus the right to use them against citizens - have killed so many people over the centuries it makes personal gun ownership look like a bubble gum issue. Millions upon millions, genocide after genocide, war after war, government is the greatest murderer. 

When will people get serious and realize the way they're interpreting the issue isn't correct?

Hero Teenager Gives Bully Who Punched A Blind Student Beating

Watch the incident here.

Sweet. To me this is good old fashioned justice. 

If the good guys get in trouble for this, and the bully jerk off gets one dime from the state should he decide to sue, it will be most unfortunate but may still be worth it.

Should Huntington High School determine that despite having appropriately defend a classmate, he must be punished for his own physical aggression, then he may just have to accept whatever punishment follows. It'll be worth it since few people would think he was wrong to begin with. It's just that even though people sometimes deserve a beating, a school can't tolerate it for obvious reasons.
 
But it should end there. No arrest should follow and I should hope, as noted above, the family of the clown kid has the moral gumption to let this go and hopefully do some disciplining of their own.

“Huntington Beach High School firmly believes that all students are afforded an opportunity to learn in a safe and secure environment. Because of this, safety is the highest priority,” it said in a statement to the News. “Huntington Beach High School has a very strong anti-bullying code of conduct and will not condone this type of behavior from any student.”

Sometimes you just have to confront a bully; face your demons. Simple as that.

I doubt this idiot will think twice before accosting a disabled person moving forward.

Syria Exposes The Aimless Nature Of American And Russian Foreign Policy

If you've had a hard time keeping up with the news in Syria and in particular how it relates to the foreign policies of the United States and Russia you're not the only one.

As far as I can tell, the USA miscalculated and Russia has moved in as the Alpha Male in Syria. Obama has simply been pushed out of the equation. However, this is not a result of brilliant diplomacy or realpolitik on Russia's part. It's simply seizing on the White House's miscues and mixed signals.

Just how have they done this? Comments like the one John Kerry made this week doesn't help:

"...Kerry said violence could end after a ceasefire “if one man would merely make it known to the world that he doesn't have to be part of the long-term future, he'll help manage Syria out of this mess, and then go off into the sunset as most people do after a period of public life.”

“If he were to do that, then you could stop the violence and quickly move to a [managed transition],” Kerry added of Assad during an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." 

Interesting. You mean the guy who Kerry and Hillary called a decent guy and a 'reformer' but a couple of years ago?

What raises skepticism in Kerry's comment is the fact nearly half of Syrians still support Assad. What the U.S. is asking is incredibly irresponsible if not bizarre. Do they not realize an Assad exit will likely result in a massacre of Christians and Alawites?

Iran's perspective on the Americans in Syria can be read here.

As for Russia. The Moscow Times has this to say:

"We are witnessing the birth of Russia's new diplomatic strategy — namely, if Moscow cannot offer anything constructive to the international dialogue, it must create new problems in order to remain relevant.

It was clear from the start that President Vladimir Putin could not offer anything positive that would serve as the basis of negotiations with the U.S. president. As viewers learned from Putin's recent interview on U.S. television, Moscow cannot withdraw its support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad or the separatists in Donbass.

What's more, Putin's initiative to form an international coalition to fight the Islamic State remains an empty gesture. Instead, Russia suddenly sent warplanes to Syria. And while those aircraft clearly cannot tip the scales in the war against the Islamic State, they can create a problem for U.S. President Barack Obama."

Wednesday Night Music

Chris Matthews Continues His Teenage Infatuation Of Obama

"Chris Matthews declares that he has seen a vision of President Obama's future: "He will be a post-presidential Nelson Mandela. He is going to be a man of the world seling democracy."
"What I saw there was the post-presidential Obama. The man he wants to become when he moves to New York... Today we saw it as an away game it is soon going to be a home game for him. He will have become a presidential figure that has become a global leader."

/drops cigarettes from lips.

Fuck you Chris.

Just.

Fuck you.

And grow up. 

Not sure if you're a towel or a tool. Or both.

Protected Canadian Dairy Industry Faces Possible Entry Of American Competitors; Tears Ensues - Sky Is Falling

Ah yes. When Canadians over rate their own stuff while bashing American products. Yes, because American milk is made with GMO's and the blood of innocent cows. 

Same crap with the ridiculous 'we have better beer' claim.

That good old tiresome navel-gazing. Gotta use it to prove we're alive and exist.

Good is all I can say if competition comes here. Canada seriously doesn't have enough of it in many industries because of its monopolistic and tightly regulated approach. In the end, consumers get screwed by having less access and choice while being forced to pay prices that have less to do with market forces and more with price manipulation.

Worse, we somehow have tied this as some sort of superior economic nationalism.

Never will you ever hear me oppose more competition particularly in  and certainly not for bull shit reasons.

IT'S FRICKEN MILK.

Not wine or beer where the process can get pretty complex if not artistic.

Farmers, like most unionized and protected industries, are good at fear-mongering and appealing to emotions. I don't believe for one second our milk is superior to any other country any more I think we have a better health care system or whatever.

The idea that Canadian milk is a better product thanks to pricing fixing and quotas is just plain retarded. 

How about this. How about producing good quality milk at reasonable prices free of heavy subsidies and political protection.

How about that?

Oh. It's worth mentioning we're not the biggest dairy consumers here and I hate milk.

Useful Idiots And Ahmed Mohammed - Updated

Knock it off.

Seriously.

Mohammed wasn't the first and certainly won't be the last kid to be negatively impacted by screwy zero tolerance policies that poison American schools.

The thing about Mohammed that sickens me is the usual SJW suspects go into over drive acting as if this was some sort of unique event based on race.

Bull fucking shit.

Kids - white fucking kids. Even little girls! - have been sent home, punished, suspended and arrested for far less offenses. Children are being traumatized thanks to zero tolerance for kissing classmates, making a gun out of Pop Tarts or wearing 'offensive' t-shirts. Just google it. It's all there in plain text to see.

None of this kids got a call from the White House.

But not a peep from the progressive left and their derelict band of idiots because - as usual - SJW Retards misconstrue, misappropriate and misinterpret facts to fit their dumbass, childish narrative.

That the President stuck his nose in this - once again - once and for all confirms (to me anyway) he's driven by race in his actions. So par for the course for President Vapid.

Now Mohammed is gallivanting the globe with an assortment of tyrants in various Arab countries with appalling human rights records. Which is troubling given they're Sufi - generally a moderate side of Islam.

Nice.

Brav.

Anyone quietly sitting down and collecting the facts of the story endowed with a sensible mind would not make a hero out of the kid and just stick to the fact he was unjustly arrested.

That being said, Ahmed Mohammed is no special victim.

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This past week-end a few of the neighbors including myself were doing stuff around the house. A couple of kids, at one point, passed by each with those rifle toys that shoot pellets.

NOT ONE PERSON FLINCHED.

That's common sense to me.