This Day In Clarkland...Marky Mark's Awesome Afterschool Klout Klub Special.

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ThisVille


In which our hero in the back row shouts...

...'Hey, Mr. Kotter. Look over here. I'm still relevant!

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And, don't forget...They only smear those they fear most.


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This Day In #BCPoli...Bloggers, Bloggers Everywhere!

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WinningVille


This morning it was Laila Yuile on CKNW with Martyn Brown and Jon McComb (starts at 35' 40'')

Tonight at 6pm it will be Merv Adey on BlogTalk Radio with Canadian Glen.


Something's happening around here.



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Idiot Bloggers?....Well...You know.
And as your all you Lotuslandian MoCovian/Puffmaster Flashist-type producers who stop by here occasionally (we see you there in the stats)...Give Norm Farrell a call why don't ya...In fact, we dare you to do...And if you don't, I have a feeling that Chris Walker's folks just might.
And, finally, just in case you missed it...Uncle Rafe has taken to using Norm's graphs in his posts, straight-up.

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This Day In Clarkland...The Insanity Of Ms. Polak.

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 Jeebuz.

And whose fault, exactly, is it Ms. Polak?

And don't say the '90's did it.


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This Day In Clarkland: Nevermind The Bollocks...

...Here Comes Another Cable Ferry Breakdown.

From the MoCo:

Another breakdown for the controversial new B.C. cable ferry connecting two Gulf Islands to Vancouver Island has some calling for a contingency plan.

The Baynes Sound Connector was out of service for a few hours again last week, just as people tried to reach Denman and Hornby islands for the long weekend.

"Anything that might give people a bad impression or make it difficult for them to get there, it's really going to make them, I guess you could say, less likely to make the effort to take a holiday on Denman or Hornby," said Frank Frketich, chair of the Denman Island-Hornby Island Ferry Advisory Committee...


And what does BC Ferries have to say?

Well...

You know:

...BC Ferries says the Baynes Sound Connector has mostly performed well...


We await Scotty from Denman's follow-up exposition in the comments.


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The Power Of Song.

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BillionVille


One thousand five hundred voices strong...

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It's Choir!Choir!Choir of Toronto with Rufus Wainright doing Mr. Cohen's greatest hymn about kitchen chairs, etcetera...It's all fantastic, but the last chorus is particularly moving.


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This Day In Clarkland: What's The Problem...

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EverythingVille


...I mean, it's not like the new BC Transit chair is a director of SNC Lavalin or anything:

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Sheesh.


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...That's Worth Everything.

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ThingVille



"There was a girl last night (at a reading) who told me that she grew up in some crappy Central Valley Tea Party town and was just so alienated. She had a really oppressive Christian family. She said she was in a used bookstore and came across a beat-up old copy of Ghost World that changed her life.

To me... That's worth everything."

Daniel Clowes, Author of Ghost World

On WTF June 9th/2016

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This Day In Clarkland...Air Christy vs. Air Canada?

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AllThatJazzVille

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UPDATE, Monday July 4th: I've heard from a reader who was in the Kelowna Airport on Friday...According to this reader, who has been right about a whole lot of stuff in the past,  Ms. Clark was coming off an Air Canada flight from Vancouver...Thus, the best on-the-ground evidence available indicates that Air Christy was not flying that day...Looks like somebody else was flying private that day at that time...We got it wrong and we apologize (this time).

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Our fine premier went to Kelowna for Canada Day.

And, apparently, as noted by Bob Mackin, the very fine $38 million dollar a year PAB-Bot Army told us all about a Clarklandian photo-op in Prospera Place before it even happened. 

Also according to Mr. Mackin, it would appear that Ms. Clark may have hired a private jet for the trip:
 

Gosh.

If Air Christy was flying today, does that mean that the videographer and/or some other member of the entourage has got something against Air Canada?

Or.

Is it possible that the boss herself has some kind of aversion to Jazz?

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We're Big In....Smithers?

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TellsMeVille


The podcast/audio hosting service that I use on the cheap (i.e. for free) has upgraded its stats-stuff.

It could always do this...

But now it can do the following as well...

Which is pretty darned cool (that Smithers number I mean).

Sounds like it just might be time for another 'Northern World Tour'.

This time with music!


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Those numbers are just for the last three weeks or so...Without any real plugging/blog-flogging (i.e. the numbers can be pushed when the pods/tunes are moved up on the main page daily, which is what I used to do with the old 'Sunday Set Lists')...Regardless, I'm always amazed by how many folks actually push the button on all this short attention span warbling... Which, I suppose, is something that could/should be put to good use from a #bcpoli talk point of view if I could just get my act together...
By way of comparison...Linear type stuff gets ~30-50,000 page views per month depending on the extent of the keyboard poundification in any given 4 week period...Still F-troop list stuff, but interesting nonetheless given the increasing fragmentation/atomization of the bloggodome/tubez/twitmachine, not to mention the fact that I suck at phone traffic - probably because of the ancient lay-out and the purposeful avoidance of the Book of Faces.



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This Week In Clarkland...Two Wizards Talking (Behind The Curtain).

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AttentionVille


Wizard #1: How can we rile the Rubes this week?

Wizard #2: How 'bout 'Poor people sell their compass cards for money!'

Wizard #1: Don't be ridiculous.

Wizard #2: How about nurses? There must be some kind of board certification scandal lurking there somewhere.

Wizard #1: Maybe later. Too close to bogus real estate agent certification issues at the moment.

Wizard #2: Got it. Here's one I've been saving for a not-so-rainy pre-long weekend day....'Malls! Filled to bursting with teachers and their school board overlords shopping during Pro-D Days!'

Wizard #1: Brilliant. Let's call Mikey.

Wizard #2: Ya...Let's get Mikey...And then we'll mobilize the intern army, because...They'll do anything!


Indeed.


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Intern Army?...Uncle Bob explains.
And then, of course, there is Marky Mark's Klout Klub.

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This Day In Clarkland...Will The Wizards Now Try To Get Woodford Fired?

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Because, well...

You know.

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All snark aside, this business of some local proMedia members starting to call out Ms. Clark on her word salad garnished with poop-laden pretzellian logic is a very encouraging sign.


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Moonlight Graham...1 Game, 111 Years Ago Today.

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 NotTheAlligatorReportVille


But no at bats.


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This Day In Clarkland...One Member Of The Government Actually Acts In The Public Interest.

DrinkingWaterShouldNotBeLacedWith
ManureVille


Earlier today our fine premier said a bunch of stuff about changes she plans to implement regarding who will enforce existing real estate regulations. Ms. Clark also stated that the penalties for flouting those regulations will be increased.

All of which has a lot of proMedia club members all excited despite the fact that, at least according to the news reports and/or PR puff pieces so far,  Ms. Clark did not propose to actually change said regulations and/or alter the tax regime around real estate transactions in Lotusland in an effort to deal with the underlying systemic problem.

But, regardless what she ultimately does or does not do about a matter of great import to the public, Ms. Clark's big announcement today appears to have deflector spike-spun another announcement from an officer of the legislature right off of the local proMedia radar.

Interestingly, this second announcement will likely really (and truly) do something to help a North Okanagan community deal with a problem that must be fixed as quickly as possible, if not yesterday. The announcement will also help other British Columbians get to the bottom of things when they are stonewalled by the provincial government for no good reason at all.

The following is from Info/Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham's 'message' that fronts her group's report titled 'Clearly In The Public Interest: The Disclosure Of Information Related To Water Quality In Spallumcheen' that was announced/released earlier today...

This report raises some very important public policy issues - issues that get to the heart of determining what is in the public interest.

The relevant facts of the situation are clear. The Steele Springs Waterworks District in the Township of Spallumcheen advised its water users in March 2014 that nitrate levels in the Hullcar aquifer had exceeded Health Canada‘s guidelines for drinking water quality. As a result the water was no longer safe to drink for infants and those with compromised immune systems.

The Ministry of Environment had reasonable grounds to believe that the spreading of liquid manure on agricultural fields was causing pollution to groundwater. The liquid manure was being applied to fields as a source of nitrate fertilizer for crops.

In the two years since the issuance of the water advisory, nitrate levels in the water supply have continued to increase, while at the same time the Ministry has continued to authorize applications of manure on farms over the aquifer. The board of the Waterworks, the Mayor and Council of Spallumcheen, members of the Legislative Assembly, and water users have repeatedly requested that the Ministry disclose the soil test results and analysis that justify the continued application of liquid manure despite rising nitrate levels. The Ministry has not provided this information; neither in response to formal access to information requests nor in response to verbal requests and requests through the media.

The Ministry stated in one response that it had released all of the information it was legally able to and that the federal Copyright Act did not permit the release of information such as soil testing results and nutrient management plans. While part of this report concerns the Ministry‘s duty to properly assist an applicant with their access request, the key focus was on whether the Ministry was obligated to disclose information that is clearly in the public interest. This obligation flows from s. 25(1)(b) of FIPPA – a section that, until very recently was seldom utilized because its threshold for application was inordinately high. Safe drinking water is a basic human need, and many of the residents of Spallumcheen lack confidence in the regulatory actions undertaken by the Ministry. While this is understandable given the lack of information available to the public, I do not wish to suggest that the Ministry has been anything but diligent in taking actions to address the water contamination. However, the reasoning behind those actions, particularly regarding the authorization of the application of liquid manure to fields after the compliance order, has not always been apparent to the public. Public confidence can certainly be enhanced through the publication of the soil test data and the Ministry‘s interpretation of that data.

In this investigation report I have determined that the disclosure of this information by the Ministry is clearly in the public interest in that it will enable the public to assure itself that the Ministry is appropriately discharging its duty in relation to environmental and human health. The disclosure of this information therefore meets the threshold for disclosure under s. 25(1)(b) of FIPPA...


Copyright issues (see bolded passage, done by me, above)?

Reminds me of the time GordCo Inc. refused to divulge information relating to the BC Rail Sale/Not Sale deal by claiming of bankers' privilege.

Or some such thing.


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Interestingly, Bob Mackin has noted a past connection that may make some wonder about how independent Ms. Denham's replacement will ultimately be. 


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Forty Years Ago Tonight: Big Bird In Full Flight...

...On the mound against the damnable Yankees at old Tiger Stadium.


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This Day In Clarkland...A (Very Different) Tale Of Two proMedia Club Members.

InformationFlowBelongsToThe
WizardsVille


Remember back when Stephen Smart was the legislative bureau chief for CBC British Columbia and an uppity blogger by the name of Norman Farrell lodged a complaint with the corporation that he, Mr. Smart, had been put in a position of potentially being in a conflict of interest given the fact that his life partner's job was to control the flow of information from the office of the premier to reporters covering the legislature?

And remember also how the CBC's ombudsperson, Mr. Kirk Lapointe came to agree with Mr. Farrell and the similar complaints and concerns of others?

And remember, too, how the local proMedia howled with protest, from the Vancouver Sun's Craig McInness to Global's Keith Baldrey, and many Lotuslandian proMedia club members in between?

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Now...

Fast forward to the present and ask yourself how many of those same club members have howled since Ian Jessop was fired from CFAX last week just as he was about to start unclogging the legislative info-flow in earnest.

Done asking/scratching your head?

Well, you can always use the Google.

To find.

Essentially.

Crickets.

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Merv Adey has an excellent contextual post up on why the firing of Mr. Jessop is so problematic for members of the Lotuslandian citizenry that would like to learn what is really happening in Clarkland these days.
And where is Mr. Smart plying his stock-in-trade these days?...Well...You know.
A funny thing about all that howling over the Smart/Pointy affair back in the day...The Keef actually proved the point about the conflictyness of the thing when he was trying to, as is so often his want, demonstrate the opposite. 
And here, via Laila, is some very good news...Indeed.


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