Category: Environment

Back in the Saddle Again

Back in the saddle again. Blogging, but only a few days a week now. I thought I would start things off again by repeating my very first post way back in September 2016. Kind of gives some raison d’etre to doing this thing. It is a hobby and keeps me somewhat sane and my blood pressure low while trying to watch the evening news:

September 2016:

“This is my personal blog. While I have had this site up in my mind and “to do list” for over 12 months now, this is day one. But hey, I live for procrastination – and sailing!

I live in British Columbia. That’s Super Natural BC. Hippie-dom’s last vestige in Canada and probably on earth. Canada’s Greenie Province of protestors and environ-mentals – the wet coast and the left coast of Canada – Birkenstock paradise – land of fleece vests, Tilley hats, granola crunchers, tree huggers, cappuccino suckers, and…Salt Spring Islanders. Long skirts and gum boots. Hoelay Cliche! And, I am also a poor speller!!

The site’s header reflects one of the island’s a great views – looking east – across the beautiful Saanich Inlet, and the rest of Canada. But don’t eat the shell fish here. It will kill you. And you can’t swim in the water. It will freeze your bollicks, and other things, off.

From this viewpoint you can see the Saanich Peninsula in the distance: Cole Bay, Pat Bay Airport, Brentwood Bay and the famous Butchart Gardens (infamous if you suffer from environmental allergies) down the way south a bit. US Gulf Islands in the near distance, beyond the peninsula, with majestic snow capped Mount Baker on the far horizon towering majestically and menacingly over us all. Just hope the big one never comes. We will be screwed. But then again winds are westerly here. Ha, whew! Vancouver and points east??…you’re screwed. Perhaps the environ-mentals can clap their hands and change the plate tectonics, tsunami dynamics and vulcanology …er.. volcanology of the area, just as they arrogantly claim that they can control the weather and climate. If only they could just increase taxes, destroy the economy and donate everything to Gaia. If only they could just…be happy.

I am a retired Naval Officer. Just about 37 years of dedicated, loyal, unadulterated, blemish free service to her Majesty, the Queen. Yes, her Majesty the Queen, I am proud that I served my Queen and my Country – Canada. By the very essence of the military’s left, right; left, right; left, right cadence I am non partisan but I am very relieved that Harper signed my retirement scroll and not Dion or Justinian. I retired as a Lieutenant Commander, or a Two-and-a-Half in the vernacular lexicon of naval life.

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Why I No Longer Subscribe to the MSM

This is a repost. It is still relevant.

Donald Trump and JD Vance’s official portraits released – NBC Los Angeles

Warning: Trump Derangement Syndrome incoming.

With headlines like these, who needs the MSM anyway:

Trump is a predator: Former Canadian PM.

Trump will start WW III.

Trump as President would pose global danger says UN rights chief (UN Human Rights is an oxymoron, its chief an even bigger OXYMORON)

Carney’s impressive outreach to First Nations…NOT!

Trump is un-American.

Trump causes Global Warming!

Ice berg calving from glacier in BC caused by Climate Change. We’re all goin to die.

Loss of Arctic ice caused by Climate Change.

Arctic Ice expansion in 2016 caused by Climate Change.

Climate Change caused by Trump.

Humdrum Hillary will be just fine.

Hillary linked to Climate Change. Has to outdo Trump’s claim to Climate Change.

Bert Lancaster’s 1956 movie “The Rainmaker” linked to Climate Change.

Republicans urge Trump to quit then vow to support him? duh!

Not to be outdone Republicans claim to be the cause of Climate Change.

Gore said Arctic would be ice free by 2013. Brit scientist claimed 2016.

Both wrong as Arctic ice is expanding at a great rate. Gore and Brit scientist claim credit for Climate Change and blame it all on Global Warming.

Woman claims Trump groped her on a plane 30 years ago. 30 years ago!?!?

Woman claims her memory loss 30 years ago was caused by Global Warming but luckily, climate change brought it all back again.

Clinton and Gore blame Global Warming for hurricanes and extreme weather. 1900 Galveston: anybody remember that one??

Gore said Arctic would be ice free by 2013 and that Mt Kilimanjaro would be snow free by now.

Wrong again.

New claim that current Arctic Ice expansion and heavy snow on Mt Kilimanjaro caused by Global Warming.

Eeee Gads

We’re all going to die! Until hell freezes over.

Jack Nicholson Frozen

Heavy dude. Are you having fun?

Doomed

British Columbia Provincial Parliament Building with Spring Tulips Editorial Photography - Image ...

So, Horgan and then EBY finally got their wish…to be Premier of BC, because, after all, the majority of voters in BC did not want the Libs forming gov’t. They wanted the NDP. So here is the math:

40% of voters voted for the NDP – yess……yess….. We are legitimate, Horgan / Eby were heard to say. Yesss

17% of voters voted for Green – yesss…..yesss…but we are legitimate too, Weaver was heard to say.  Yesss

But those nasty Liberals with 43% of the votes…are illegitimate??????

Well, if Horgan  and Eby handle the books in the same manner as he handles electoral math then we are DOOMED.

Most BC’ers are not interested in jobs or a strong economy at the expense of social  programs. Say what? Well here is another bit of math to chew on. BC’s economic equation:

Strong Economy = Investment and Innovation = Good paying jobs / low unemployment = more spending money for families and individuals = higher tax revenue for the government at all levels = excellent social programs.

Take any one of these elements away and you’re DOOMED with respect to social programs.

Kinder = gone = BC, Alberta and Canadians are doomed

LNG = gone = BC is doomed

Site C = gone = BC is doomed. Stand fast all you proponents of electric  cars.

Coal and gas = gone = doomed.

Forestry / raw log exports (First Nations) = gone = doomed

Rob Shaw: Horgan and Eby begin transition of power

Eby and Horgan coming out of a BC economic forum on future development in the province.

The joke is on us.

On the bright side there will be a high demand for Baristas in this new economy.

Better stock up on sweaters and blankets for the winter.

Take notice all of you hippies in Vancouver and Victoria. There will be indirect consequences for all of this. Jobs! Investment! Innovation! Economic growth!. But then again, that doesn’t matter to hippies anyway. Welfare Wednesdays can’t come soon enough. Have not status here we come!…yess and that is legitimate.

And the Feds under Prime Mortician Snidely Whiplash are following BC’s lead.

Whiplash Snidely

Drat! Let’s blow up the Canadian economy.

WE ARE ALL DOOMED!

 

 

WHO: Countries Should Tax Sugar.

We want to tax sugar to fight obesity… SWEEEEEEET!

From the school of common sense: get our children off their asses and into the playgrounds, sports programs, and throw their Xboxes, IPhones and Tablets into the trash. Bring back play, as the saying goes.

But it’s their right to do what they want. Right?

Kids have no responsibilities therefore they have no rights!

And what about rights. Do you think you have rights? What rights? Think again man or women or ne,ve,ze. This is just a smoke screen and another example of how our individual freedoms and rights are being undermined by government legislators – at all levels. Soon we will be told what to eat, what to drink, what to wear, what to say, what to think, what to watch, what to drive, what bloody light bulbs we have to use.

Legislators will ban herbicides, ban pesticides, ban perfume, ban cologne, ban lawnmowers, ban red meat, ban white meat for its privilege, ban “Monster Truck” shows, ban camping, ban boating, ban contact sports, ban BBQ’s, ban fun. If left unchecked there will be no idling of cars, hey, no driving of cars, no international air travel, no travel at all, no smoking, no swearing, no drinking, no critical thought if you please, no consequences for bad personal decisions or choices, no discipline as it’s always somebody else’s fault. The do good-ers and the activists are having a field day. By the way, have you ever met a happy activist or a happy environ-mental -ist? Nope? Neither have I.

It took me 74 years to become a Grumpy Old Man. These environmental whackos and Social Justice Warriors had that locked up the minute they entered University.

Orwell had it right all along. Only he was well ahead of our times. Oh the horror of it all. People – wake up!!!

Next they’ll want to tax the very air that we breathe. Oh wait, they’re doing that now with their so called Carbon Tax. After all when we inhale we have to exhale, and that my friends contains CO2 – so stop breathing to save the planet. In today’s world telling someone figuratively to “drop dead” has a whole new meaning…THEY MEAN IT! 

They’ll want to tax volcanic eruptions and erections next.

And given the UN’s stellar record of collective security and peacekeeping – Rwanda, Sudan, Somalia – come to mind; their impressive decisions on Human Rights as reflected by the righteousness of the UN Human Rights Council; the inspirational insight that the UN demonstrated with their election of Zimbabwe as the lead nation on the United Nations’ Commission on Sustainable Development, their appointment of Iran to head the committee on the status of women and Libya to chair the Human Rights Council a few years back; and their dynamic organizational skills and efficacy in financial administration as witnessed by their Oil for Food program and the human disaster that is called Haiti, why oh why on earth would anyone with half a brain in their head believe in the conclusions drawn up by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Huh? Huh?

Just saying, that’s all.

Ban sugar? No way. And who is the WHO anyway?

Oh and Chuck Negron died this past week at 83. He was one of the lead singers of Three Dog Night – one of my favorites back in the late 60s early 70s.
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Sad Lisa, Lisa

Given all the crappola out there surrounding COP 27 being held at Shame – el – Shellacking about the danger of livestock flatulance (methane) I thought this post was apropos.

Typical Victorian summer day.

See the source imageVictoria: City of Gardens

Meanwhile:

Mayor of Victoria, Lisa Helps, is not happy about fossil fuels. In fact Victoria hates fossil fuels. But they love to grovel in shyte (sic…ning)

Victoria dumps an average of 82 million litres of raw sewage daily into our world class coastal waters. (…) 

But Victoria’s shyte (sic…ning) doesn’t stink.

So Lisa, get off your butt and ban all cars in the city. Stop being the hypocrite that you and your council are.

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All of this reminds me of an earlier post of mine:

“Hey Jay, what’s a shakin today?”

“Well let’s see George. Quite a bit actually

“California is going to ban cow flatulence George”

“What’s flatulence Jay?”

“Cow farts George. They are going to ban cow farts in California to save the planet!”

“No kidding. You’re ribbing me Jay!”

“I can’t make this stuff up George. Next they’ll ban people from taking more than one breath a minute in order to reduce CO2 emissions. When that occurs you’ll be seeing a whole lot of people walking around LA with puffed out cheeks – both above and below the waist! Holding their breaths and holding their asses. It’s insane George but I’m really happy about this because I won’t have to listen to these Moonbats anymore. Especially the pompous ones lecturing me on how to live as they accept their awards then fly off to their holiday retreats.”

“Wow, something sure stinks in the state of California Jay”

“That’s Denmark George. Something smells in the state of Denmark.”

“It does? They banned cow farts there too Jay?”

“But the Moonbats in California defend their actions by saying that people laughed at Noah too. With his ark George”

“Can you imagine the stink on that ark George? But then again the methane probably kept the water levels at bay by keeping that ark afloat and warm. And when the flooding was almost over somebody, Noah perhaps, lit a torch when he went down into the hold on that ark to see and hear and smell what the fuss, racket and stink was all about. Then, like the burning bush, KA-BOOM, that ark went up in an catechismic explosion.”

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“Holy shit” Noah was heard to say, but in deference to his Lord, the supreme being. Author’s note. Noah saved as he is ejected from his arc!

“The Old Testament’s proverbial shit hit the fan-tail of that ark George.”

“Is that where the proverb Ship.High.In.Transit. comes from Jay? Noah’s ark?”

“Perhaps George but I don’t know for certain. Could be. But it’s probably why no one has found Noah’s ark today. The methane explosion ripped that ark into a gazillion pieces, spread all across the ancient world I would think.”

“Oh yeah, and forced childbirth is the single biggest cause of global warming. I kid you not George. Must be in the grunts and the groans and the flatulence from where those labour intensive green house gas emissions come from”

“Women are giving birth in a greenhouse these days Jay?”

“Arctic melting will cause severe flooding on the shores of Greenland George!”

“Eureka, George”

“You don’t smell all that well yourself Jay.”

No, no, no George. Eureka! Eureka. You know -as in Archimedes and his principal (sic…ning), Eureka. That an object will displace its own weight in water. Arctic ice, it floats, but when it melts the water level in the Arctic Ocean remains the same. But the Moonbats out there will not believe this law of physics and will state categorically and adamantly that Archimedes and his principals (sic…ning) are coming to you from Big Oil.

“Oh and one more thing George. Global Warming will wipe out breakfast cereals by 2070”

“That’s okay cause I like my cereal cold anyway Jay, so I’m not worried.”

“That’s the least of your worries George”

“Man, we are doomed!”

From the Oxymoronic File:

“Safe Injection Sites are springing up everywhere across Canada George.”

“Ban flatulence in cows, and in humans too, as it really is Natural Gas, isn’t it Jay?!”

“You bet George”

“200 protesters recently protesting the latest LNG proposition in B.C. then hopping into their SUVs, pickup trucks and cars for the drive home.”

“Protesters protesting a proposed new cell tower in the local countryside all the while talking on their cell phones to get more protesters out to protest the new cell tower’s construction.”
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“One of the mysteries of life George: Why are there so many sick people in health food stores? Huh? Huh?”

“Dont (sic) know Jay.”

“Bit of trivia George. How many falls are there in Klamath Falls Oregon?How many? Huh, huh?”

“Dunno (sic) Jay. How many?” One set of falls perhaps?”

“Nope. None George. There are no falls in Klamath Falls Oregon.”

Quote of the week

…Militancy is great – for pacifists…

 

“Until next time George”

” By the way Jay, what is (sic…ning)?”

“Well just about everything these days George, everything.”

Lisa, Lisa…..Helps

John

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