tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post870305535332511320..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: Horgan Speaks...If This Is 'Prickly', Bring More Pears Such As These By The Bushelful Please.RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-79065207323500342272015-10-10T16:19:19.354-07:002015-10-10T16:19:19.354-07:00Even Mother nature is getting in on the Act of vot...Even Mother nature is getting in on the Act of voting strategically for either the NDP or the Liberals. I'll have none of that! 99% of the time our Sumac Tree is <b>Green</b>. The other parties are all splash and dash for the last couple of weeks and they're gone. We're voting for Claire Martin.North Van's Grumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571810726275726952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-80915214037674658502015-10-10T07:44:47.396-07:002015-10-10T07:44:47.396-07:00Anon-Above--
You mean Canada still has...
...Sc...Anon-Above--<br /><br /><br />You mean Canada still has...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.artizans.com/images/previews/DEA4145.pvw.jpg" rel="nofollow">...Scientists?</a><br /><br />(and nice one with the DSM-5 reference...Anything in there about that 'Journalist Reality Avoidance (at all costs) Affliction?)<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-64611843445758674912015-10-09T23:29:04.085-07:002015-10-09T23:29:04.085-07:00and VP's Saturday column is a worn version of ...and VP's Saturday column is a worn version of 'they-all-do-it' but does distinguish itself with the backhanded Harperman defense in which calling Stephen Harper a "pathological psychopath" is characterized as Harper derangement syndrome (not sure if HDS is listed in DSM-5 and I can't find a Canadian federal scientist who is willing to comment).<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-66159370279218468992015-10-09T14:40:43.476-07:002015-10-09T14:40:43.476-07:00Thanks Everybody!
Have been climbing in and out o...Thanks Everybody!<br /><br />Have been climbing in and out of the cigar tube the last couple of days, so I missed out on a great comment thread.<br /><br />_____<br /><br />Anon-A-Couple Above--<br /><br />Sometimes I think Mr. Krugman is inside my head.<br /><br />_____<br /><br />Anon-Directly-Above--<br /><br />I agree.<br /><br />Completely.<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-23966065420326727752015-10-09T10:05:46.618-07:002015-10-09T10:05:46.618-07:00Horgan should have every sitting NDP member carry ...Horgan should have every sitting NDP member carry A copy of Norm Farrell's last piece on the BC Hydro debacle and pass it over to these so called MSM reporters and tell them this is what real research and reporting looks like. In fact paper the damn legislature with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-81896419120064228062015-10-09T05:31:36.748-07:002015-10-09T05:31:36.748-07:00It is election season on both sides of the 49th (i...It is election season on both sides of the 49th (is it ever NOT election season in the US?) and Paul Krugman has a topical piece out today...<br /><br /><b>It’s All Benghazi</b><br /><a href="http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2015/10/paul-krugman-its-all-benghazi.html" rel="nofollow">http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2015/10/paul-krugman-its-all-benghazi.html</a><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-187682306933486562015-10-09T05:20:42.852-07:002015-10-09T05:20:42.852-07:00And today VP writes a cover piece for his old budd...And today VP writes a cover piece for his old buddy Bob Plecas in which he SLAMS Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond... for doing her job.<br /><br />http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/vaughn+palmer+quibbling+over+staff+levels+help+youth/11425310/story.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-51288600932251586882015-10-08T15:09:48.015-07:002015-10-08T15:09:48.015-07:00Excuse me, Courtenay, it's Courtenay.Excuse me, Courtenay, it's Courtenay.Scotty on denmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-50929733884861380212015-10-08T15:08:20.946-07:002015-10-08T15:08:20.946-07:00Right on Lew! Good one!
Anon 10:14, ferry will ha...Right on Lew! Good one!<br /><br />Anon 10:14, ferry will have to be outfitted with engines---so far, the cables have failed to work properly, and rumour has it that the hull (yes, the whole hull!) needs redesigning because the cables trail way out behind it---how they're threaded through---before sinking down to the bottom (as they were designed to do in order not to present a navigation hazard to other vessels frequenting Baynes Sound, the sheltered passage to Cortenay and Comox Harbours). But, if we still have the BC Liberals by the time Fiji gets this "cable-ferry," it'll probably be replaced with something equally as efficacious, like nuclear-powered balloons.<br /><br />John Horgan's the man! These reporters need and deserve a good slap.<br /><br />Thanx Ross!Scotty on denmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-36202168205537427132015-10-08T13:12:13.383-07:002015-10-08T13:12:13.383-07:00good on Horgan! to bad we didn't get to see t...good on Horgan! to bad we didn't get to see the exchange and its too bad the political reporters don't take his advise. <br /><br />who actually reads them. They are simply, in my opinion, shrills for the ?B.C. Lieberals. <br /><br />glad you reported on the exchange or we would never have heard about it. e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-9231569325306349212015-10-08T10:31:24.894-07:002015-10-08T10:31:24.894-07:00bears repeating........."Mr. Horgan wasn’t ta...bears repeating........."Mr. Horgan wasn’t talking to a journalist; he was talking to Mike Smyth"<br />motorcycleguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17902810737376075848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-28711067379351864242015-10-08T09:59:47.100-07:002015-10-08T09:59:47.100-07:00Palmer writes, “Pressing a journalist to change th...Palmer writes, “Pressing a journalist to change the subject is rarely an effective technique in news management.”<br /><br />Unless, as is obvious hereabouts, the pressing is done by the journalist’s employer or business customer. Right Vaughn?<br /><br />In any case, Mr. Horgan wasn’t talking to a journalist; he was talking to Mike Smyth.<br />Lewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-86558368378299046962015-10-08T09:01:17.884-07:002015-10-08T09:01:17.884-07:0012 min audio rebuttal
http://www.cknw.com/2015/10...12 min audio rebuttal<br /><br />http://www.cknw.com/2015/10/07/is-the-b-c-lng-industry-sailing-away/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-45914462920206064192015-10-07T20:37:58.178-07:002015-10-07T20:37:58.178-07:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=102&v=J9fKlSGC...https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=102&v=J9fKlSGCxsAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-82303767204617833902015-10-07T20:34:21.861-07:002015-10-07T20:34:21.861-07:00There was a time when I expected the Dean to be ob...There was a time when I expected the Dean to be objective and fair. I recall him telling me that he was hard on everyone. Maybe hard, but not hard equally. I had planned to maintain my subscription to the VSun until the Dean retired, but maybe now I should chuck it.Eleanor Gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-7999177577003453842015-10-07T19:13:02.994-07:002015-10-07T19:13:02.994-07:00Nice column Ross - I remember the last time the ND...Nice column Ross - I remember the last time the NDP had a leader who wasn't afraid to call a spade a shovel was in the 1970s...In fact, I can remember he was actually kicked out of the legislature more than once for saying things not all that different from what Horgan said to Mikey....I think it's long past time for some more plain speaking and not a little anger.James King, Victorianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-15175663258824796162015-10-07T18:05:34.854-07:002015-10-07T18:05:34.854-07:00SH:
apparently the Mother Core has anointed the L...SH:<br /><br />apparently the Mother Core has anointed the Liberals. <br /><br />Thanks Liz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-49260635344247602152015-10-07T12:53:15.306-07:002015-10-07T12:53:15.306-07:00Let's be forthright. There was a reason that m...Let's be forthright. There was a reason that many of us express concern about "journalists" taking favours and rewards from the people and groups directly affected by their coverage. The latter include appearance and speaker fees and the former include exclusive access to government documents, ministers, bureaucrats and political operatives.<br /><br />To keep those benefits flowing, Press Gallery recipients must deliver the goods. Some do that unabashedly, others contrive to appear virginal. One practice is the sham critique, a specialty of the Dean. It is like a fight choreographed for the movie screens. Punches are thrown to land short of the mark or with little force and effect. All carefully contrived to look real.<br /><br />I've heard that senior members of the Press Gallery apply pressure on the occasional newbies who happen along. There is an expectation that reporting and analysis will conform to conventions established by the old hands.<br /><br />What is needed more than anything in political reporting is a commitment to long accepted standards of journalism, including independence and freedom from conflicts of interest. What we need less is time spent by jaded veterans hanging out near Government and Belleville Streets waiting for the sound of a whistle.Norm Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762889793990336381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-56486355406016772042015-10-07T10:14:36.706-07:002015-10-07T10:14:36.706-07:00novel idea use low priced cng to generate electric...novel idea use low priced cng to generate electricity at burrard thermal.<br /><br />cable ferry sold to Fiji in a few years when replaced with a cng and or lithium polymer battery system ship?<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-51159499188369626802015-10-07T09:53:44.137-07:002015-10-07T09:53:44.137-07:00I believe the 'business case' for site C w...I believe the 'business case' for site C without BCUC 'interference' is integral to the common denominator in the TPP.<br /><br />While trying to make sense out of the inclusion of a tiny country like Brunei, population (410,000) and the absence of China and India I find that all the players either want or have natural gas.<br /><br />BC is apparently 'blessed' with limitless supplies of same and if the players could somehow get access at reasonable long term prices then BC of course, given our penchant for potlach, would be well positioned if they had ample power available to liquify the stuff (as our preemy blurted out in her first explanation of the need for site C).<br /><br />Couple this this with her furtive associations with harper and her uncharacteristic quietude on the benefits of TPP to BC leads me to believe that we have once again been hoodwinked by the harpercons and their bedmates in BC.<br /><br />Time will tell.<br /><br />http://themalaysianreserve.com/new/story/petronas-may-defer-canada-lng-projectron wiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395990851263472440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-41993987746583573922015-10-07T09:46:52.060-07:002015-10-07T09:46:52.060-07:00Reporters is no longer a term to be used, perhaps ...Reporters is no longer a term to be used, perhaps conduits is more suited to what they do.<br />So when they were needed to bring ridicule to the NDP fast ferry project they were there, now with the BC Ferry cable ferry fiasco under the Liberal's watch, not much said, no ranting, no front pages, no in depth digging into the cost and what will happen if the cable ferry doesn't work as planned.<br />Is Ritchie Bros lined up to sell it after it sits at the SeaSpan dock for a couple of years?<br />Want the news, go to the Blogs, want the ads go to the old time newspaper reporters, the irrelevant club.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-5879766814994021712015-10-07T09:45:03.350-07:002015-10-07T09:45:03.350-07:00Whenever Ms. Clark or one of her ministers is havi...Whenever Ms. Clark or one of her ministers is having a bad week, Vaughn Palmer comes to the rescue with one of his NDP attack columns,drudging up issues from the nineties or subtle personal attacks through selective language innuendo. But when Ms. Clark demonstrates certain behavior, she is portrayed as feisty, clever, and a brilliant political strategist.His most recent column is enough to grow prickles on a bowling ball and itself proof that the MSM is in the pocket of the B.C. Liberals. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-24049065196083527372015-10-07T09:42:36.955-07:002015-10-07T09:42:36.955-07:00Spin theory- not the science type but politics in ...Spin theory- not the science type but politics in BC?<br /><br />"Ratepayers are already on the hook for $31 billion [$56 billion as of March 2015] in energy agreements to the likes of"<br /><br />http://northerninsights.blogspot.ca/2015/10/shockingly-high-bc-hydro-rate-increases.html<br /><br />http://northerninsights.blogspot.ca/2015/09/financial-fraud-at-bc-hydro.html<br /><br />http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=173220<br /><br />http://www.theprogress.com/news/304285381.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-81370376344553378292015-10-07T09:36:02.774-07:002015-10-07T09:36:02.774-07:00In five years I'll be doaIn five years I'll be doaNorth Van's Grumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571810726275726952noreply@blogger.com