To all my friends and the crazy folks who actually come here and read my drivel, may 2007 bring you all peace and happiness. My best of wishes to each and everyone of you.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Happy New Year!!
Just so you know (updated with facts)
In case you have been living under a rock or in a coma until just now, and by some chance missed the news for the past umteen hours. Saddam Hussein was executed at around 10PM EST on Saturday December 30, 2006. Friday December 29, 2006. Just thought you should know that. I will be repeating this news for, well, ever! Because it is important news and deserves to be repeated at nauseating intervals.
Adopt a Nun
Okay, now this is strange, yet innovative...
With many of our Sisters aging, the reality of retirement and its costs has hit home. In 1991, a benefactor, hearing of the plight of the Sisters, suggested that it was time to "adopt our nuns." He didn't intend that people take the Sisters into their homes but into their hearts.
Today, our Sisters' hearts are full of love for their extended family. They pray everyday for their adopters needs and intentions, and are delighted to hear from them. Bonds between many of the adopters and Sisters have formed, thus making us truly one big family.
A suggested donation of $160-$500 will enroll you in the "Adopt a Sister" program for 1 year. Your gift will help provide for the Sisters' retirement needs.
Why pray yourself? Adopt a Nun!
What do Saddam and Elvis have in common?
They are both still walking amongst us! Yes only hours after Saddam was executed, he has been seen walking the streets of Baghdad
A Miracle I tell ya!
Self-clean technology to remove the mud, sweat and tears of wash day for ever. My dreams come true, no more laundry. What shall I do with my new free time on Sundays?
Security Breach
More breaking news....
RCMP apparently break up a coup attempt....
While Prime Minister Stephen Harper and family were relaxing at his country house in Gatineau park early this morning, a vehicle drove through a security barrier. RCMP officers quickly intervened and arrested the suspect, who reportedly simply wanted to be the Prime Minister. Fortunately, the reporters from TABaker Blog are not on the PMSH reporter shit list, so we did have a reporter and photographer on site at the time. TABaker Blog reporter Justin Kidding reports that the event in question was over in mere seconds. The RCMP raced their horses over to, and surrounded the vehicle in question forcing it to come to an abrupt stop. The driver was obviously an animal lover. As the driver was taken away, she was screaming and we quote... "You may have stopped me this time but I will be back. When I come back, you will all regret this and I will personally have you all fired! When will the people of this country wake up and realize, It's time, it's time!" We have no idea what she meant by any of this rant. The driver has yet to be identified but we do have a picture of the suspect vehicle at the scene. 
Saturday, December 30, 2006
What part of FITNESS don't you understand?
Gime gime gime gime! As a child I was told gime's never get. Some people never learn. In this wonderful welfare state we have here in Canada, it is no wonder that things like this abound.
A Beary Tale
Breaking news.... Reporting from Ayles Island...
It has been reported, that no one witnessed this event. But we here at the TABaker blog were determined to find at least one. We left no ice cube unturned as we scoured the Arctic. Finally after searching from ice flow to ice flow, we came across the White family.(picture #1) We found them on the newly formed(in relationship to the age of the earth) Island that was up until relatively recently, the Ayles Ice Shelf. Go figure. Mr White was at the Ayles Ice Shelf at the moment it let loose. As a matter of fact, Mr. White takes credit for the event. He claims that he and his family were in dire need of a stable place to call home. The recent warming trend had melted all the decent ice flows. In fact, the White family were in deed homeless. When Mr. White came to realize that there were no other options but to make a new home for his family he went to work chiseling away at the cliff. After months of work it finally happened. Mrs.White was able to take a Photo of Mr.White perilously close to the edge of the cliff watching it as it slipped away in to the depths below.(picture #2) 
No longer did they have to swim from one small chunk of ice to another to get out of the freezing arctic waters. They finally had a stable island of ice to hunt seals from. A place they could get out of the icy cold waters and relax and just enjoy themselves. It was a moment that truly changed the lives of this family for many years to come. As to the reports that Mr. White in his actions has destroyed unique features of the Canadian landscape, Mr. White had this to say. "Are they nuts? These things are dropping into the waters all the time. They form, they fall, it is called nature. Shit happens. I just helped this one along a little. I had to provide for my family. A bear has got to do what a bear has to do. " Who came blame anyone for looking after their families best interest? Sure not this reporter.
Friday, December 29, 2006
DONE DEAL
A picture is worth a thousand words. So I won't say another word about Saddam Hussein's execution.
Real Action Required
As most of you know, I am not a fan of the Kyoto Protocol. The main reason being, it allows countries to buy their way out of actually doing anything for the environment. That being said, I have no problem with PM Harper giving Allan Amey the BOOT as the people at CanWest News Service puts it. The reason is, as president of the Climate Fund Agency, his job would have been to purchase emission-reduction credits. I do not want one cent of Canadian tax payers money being spent anywhere but in Canada to improve our environment including for the reduction of CO2. I would next expect that this "Climate Fund Agency" will be scrapped completely by PMSH. My fingers are crossed. I know that Dion will be all up in arms over this one. It had his blessing back when he was the do nothing environment minister of the Liberal government in 2005. If you care to read how full of crap he was then, read this. How anyone in this country can agree with spending billions on so called Kyoto units that do not clean up a bloody thing is beyond me. The Clean Air Act, in my opinion, clearly does not go far enough. At the same time it does actually help in cleaning up pollution in Canada which is a good starting point. Now if we could only stop all the ranting and raving out there regarding the environment and sit down like adults and come up with more real solutions to fix the problems, we as a nation would be far better off.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Age of Consent Changed?
It appears that the age of consent has been changed to 101(AB) and 135(BC). I am a little confused. Apparently, Western Canada has become of age, but it is not due to the age of the provinces. It is strangely enough based on the fact that the population of Alberta and British Columbia combined(7.69 million), have surpassed that of Quebec(7.65 million). That and, 2006 "was the year when the West, particularly Alberta, had a greater impact on the country's economy than ever before and generated more attention than ever, as well." (sure sounds like a fourteen year old) Even stranger is that Calgary is given all the credit when it is Fort McMurray that is the designated driver of "a speeding car with a gas pedal and no brakes.". As such, taking Calgary around to the fine dinning establishments, frolicking about and not to mention, the bank. While Calgary gets a billion dollar symbolic 59 storey Bow, that no doubt will stroke the ego of many, Fort McMurray is fighting for decent infrastructure to accommodate its growth. The environmental impact of the whole oil and gas industry has yet to be addressed sufficiently never mind the oil sands projects. Then there is also the problem of filling all the jobs currently available and those being created by yet more projects.Western Canada comes of age, but who and what, is getting screwed?
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Manufactured Outrage!
I got you now you lying no good for nothing neocons!
Updated! as per my critics... ;P
"Mark Holland and his manufactured outrage accompanied with the stamping of the feet, eyeballs ablaze and nostrils flaring"
Above quote compliments of Shades of Clarity via comments at THE WINGNUTERER
Young drivers and Seatbelts
When will they ever learn?
Three decades of seat belt laws are credited with saving thousands of Canadian lives, but a growing number of young drivers are paying the ultimate price for refusing to buckle up.
"We need to explore what happens when they become teens to understand their attitudes and the beliefs."
We do not need to explore or study this one at all. The answer is simple. Ask almost any parent of a teen and the answer will be the same. When your children reach their teens, they become brain dead and think that they are invincible. It is a temporary infliction for the most part and thank goodness for that.
"We know that the higher the rate of alcohol consumption, the more the rate of seat belt use decreases," she added.
It's all part of the risky behaviour that young people are known for, says Raynald Marchand, manager of traffic and safety for the Canada Safety Council.
"Quite often what we'll have is the person that is more of a risk-taking driver, will not just have one risk but many risks," he said.
"They're more likely to be impaired, more likely not to wear the seat belts and so on."
You are not invincible, buckle up and give yourself a chance to enjoy the rest of your life.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Anyone need a Roadie?
My brother has become available with the death of James Brown. Brown had been scheduled to perform in several Canadian cities including Ottawa, Edmonton and Calgary between Jan. 4 and Jan. 14. My bro was to be a part of that tour. Perhaps my workaholic brother will finally take a holiday instead..... who am I kidding...
Very Disappointing to say the least
Don't preach to me about getting tough on crime when you are not following the laws of the land yourself. Get your act together, before trying to amend those acts. I am not impressed!
Monday, December 25, 2006
Canadian News Maker of the Year 2006
“We've been recognized as a fighting force, which we've always been, but we got out of the peacekeeper mentality,” Sgt. Guindo said. “Yes, we are peacekeepers but we are soldiers first. And at times you have to soldier on and then be a peacekeeper.”
Congratulations to each and every member of our forces. They represent true Canadian values, like no other possibly could.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper came in second and Maher Arar was third runner up.
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Good Scouts
Looks like everyone is all geared up for an election. As I pointed out in a post yesterday, Elections Canada is taking applications for returning officers. Now today I see that the opposition leaders are all saying that they too are ready to rock should an election come in the near future. Seems like this spring is the likely timing of an election. The likely culprit to fall the conservative government will be the coming budget in January. Looks like we will be going to the polls yet again this coming February. Yippee Kai eh......... you probably know the rest of that line. My fingers are crossed that a few more people have woken up from their slumber and will not vote for the liberals, NDP, and especially the BLOC. Another minority looks like a sure thing at this point. For whom, is a the question at this point. Which means..... yup you guessed it, another election in a year or so after this one. How long will we keep playing the minority game? This is Canada, and ever since P.E.T. we have been playing it in a different way, so who knows.
Each new day
Alberta-born biophysicist James Till and Toronto physician Ernest McCulloch are considered the fathers of Stem Cell Research. It has come a long way in the four decades when they first charted the existence of stem cells.
Jennifer Molson is a living example of the wonders of stem cells.
Diagnosed with MS at age 21, by the time she was 27 she had accepted the idea life for her would mean a wheelchair.
Thanks to the remarkable work of Atkins and Freedman, she -- a year after the procedure -- got married.
"I walked down the aisle and danced," she said recently from her office at BAE Systems.
Gone are almost all of the reminders of her MS -- a disease where the immune system ravages the brain and spinal cord.
"I've had to educate people -- when they think of stem cells they think of embryonic stem cells," she explained. "I used my own."
After her procedure, she saw her disease work in reverse. Almost each new day brought back an ability she had lost.
From not being able to walk, suddenly she was without her leg braces. Then she ignored her cane while walking out the door.
At 31 years old she seems free of MS. She considers herself cured of it.
"I think this hope is for everyone," she said. "It's just taking time to realize its full potential."
Hopefully that time is just around the corner. You can read the whole article here.
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Has an Election been called?
I was surfing around when I noticed a banner at the top of the Globe and Mail. It is an add for Elections Canada with the words, "Applications must be received by midnight on January 5,2007". When you click on the link it reveals that they are looking to fill 115 positions (returning officers) all over Canada. These positions were posted on Dec.14,2006. Does anyone else find this strange? Are they just being good boy scouts, and being prepared? Among the qualifications is the following:
If you are appointed as a returning officer, you must meet other conditions of employment, among them the following:
You must be non-partisan in politics at the federal, provincial and municipal levels.
You may not participate in organizations that could be perceived as politically partisan.
Those two alone pretty much disqualify 100% of the people I know as well as myself. Damn, missed out on a 10 day all expenses paid trip to Ottawa for the training. Oh well, my riding does not seem to be in need of a new returning officer anyways. Hey Dazz, looking for a part time gig with the gov? They are looking for someone in your riding and everyone knows how non-partisan you are..... not!
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