Not gonna happen

I don't care what Carney and Smith say about a new pipeline to the West coast, it ain't gonna happen.  Carney has no intention of approving one and I think, although she knows that, Smith has to say it'll happen to satisfy her base and claim she's getting it done.

The conditions are vast, such as getting private-sector buy in before it begins construction -- which won't happen.  And then, of course, the Indigenous have already chimed in saying they'll oppose it.  That was a given.

Carney's also give a year for the 'Major Projects Office' to approve it, after he's taken 18 months to even put it on the table.

So, no, it's not gonna happen and everyone knows it except the cloth heads who keep blindly supporting Carney.  Watch Elie Cantin Natel interview Georgeanne Burke on YouTube for the latter's analysis about Carney and his supporters.

For a country as rich in raw materials as Canada, it's a sin we can't get anything done to get our riches to eager markets.

The phantom pipeline that won't materialize.

 

I morphed

Yesterday, I morphed from writer and commentator to happy little hausfrau.  Made a batch of carrots and celery, like I did when my kids took lunches to school, and also made apple crisp in honour of my Grandmother and Mother.  

 It's apple season, so I  made apple crisp in honour of my Grandmother and Mother.

Handy snack.

  

$500 million

That's what the Jays have given Vladimir Guerrero in a 13-year deal.  That's $38 million a year, $3 million a month and $250,000 a day.

That's absolutely ludicrous!

"They aren't paying me for what I can do, they're paying me for what I did," said Vlad in defence of his absurd and obscene contract.  Seriously?!  Yep, that's what Keith Pelley, CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, and Ted Rogers, executive chair, agreed to.  That's sort of like a party favour you're handed when the party's over and you're heading out the door.  "Thanks for coming.  Here's $500 million."

Guerrero is only 27 years old, but he's already a spent force, judging by his poor performance this year.  And look at the guy, all trussed up and taped in like a Thanksgiving turkey and using his bat as a crutch:

Guerrero's entire left side is a mess.

Baseball's numbers have become farcical.

Sad, but true

Reading about a four-year-old child who was murdered by her father during a custody dispute, I always have the same thought:

It's probably the mother who is the problem.

Granted, to have killed his daughter, the father was deranged, but when I read the words, "Long, protracted custody dispute", I know it's because the mother is blocking access.  That's what happened to B and I, 46 years ago when custody was being decided in his case.  

"I have confidence the father will grant access, but I do not have the same confidence in the mother.  Therefore, I recommend majority custody to the father."  That's what the judge wrote in his decision about who should have majority custody in our case and back then it was very rare for a father to have been given custody.  Still is.

In this case, the little girl in question was the victim of a father who had fought long and hard for access to his daughter, but had finally given up.  "If I can't see her, then she won't", would have been going through his mind when he shot her.  So he killed her and himself.

This poor, sweet child paid an unthinkable price in her parent's custody dispute.

Evidently, many mothers obviously believe in "immaculate conception" because they fight and block the father's access at every turn.  I remember it well! 

It's all so tragic and unnecessary.  May this little one rest in peace.

Is everyone OK with this stuff?

I regularly post what I think is important information on my facebook site, but no one else seems to agree.  With the exception of two fb friends, no one comments or reacts at all.  Does everyone think that what Carney is doing to Canada and the economy is fine?

If so, they're not thinking.  Carney is destroying the country.  He has even proposed a new currency to replace the American dollar in international markets.  Is he insane?  Is no one concerned?  He's sent billions to other countries since he was anointed, while telling Canadians we have to tighten our belts and our debt and deficit explode!

He just appointed his wife as some sort of "ocean envoy" and handed her $82 million to get started -- sort of a Poseidon job.  As for Zelensky, his entire inner circle has been either charged, or arrested, on corruption charges and no one bats an eye?!  He himself has been outed as a drug user by his press secretary -- the one he just fired.  And just to top it off, another $140 million was found hidden in refrigeration boxes in his former defence minister's basement.  WTF?! 

These should be mug shots.

I don't get it??!!  No one bothered about this?  People post inane stuff about puppies and ditties, but nothing about the deliberate destruction of our country.

It's very depressing.  Think I'll have to again cull the herd.

 

And there it is again.........

...the reason no one wants to consult with the Indigenous:  "Consultations can't be rushed," declared AFN Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak.  "You can't put a deadline on moving forward with major projects."  

Cindy, in all her glory putting her foot on progress, as usual.

Well, Cindy, that's why nothing gets done because you take forever to "consult".  In fact, you believe "consultation" means "veto".  It doesn't, but that never stops you because there's never an end date or time limit for consultations with the Indigenous.  Why? Because your funding doesn't depend on anything getting done or built.  If it did, you'd shut down the chatting and start collecting the money.

The government is asking to limit chatting to a year, but apparently, that's not long enough.  Well, what is long enough, Ms. Nepinak?  Two years?  Five?  Ten?

It's absolutely ludicrous.  No wonder Canada's economy is in the toilet and heading straight for the prosperity sewar.  I'm sooooo sick of it.

I'm trying

.....but I'm failing.  I can't really drum up much sympathy for the Nepo movie star babies who have turned deadly, either on themselves, or on their parents.  (And I'm talking as the sister of a young man who committed suicide at age 32 and broke our parents' hearts.)

Today I'm talking about the kids of stars like Ryan O'Neil, Michael Douglas, Rob Reiner, Tom Hanks, Jackie Chan, Paul Newman and Sylvester Stalone and others like the Menendez brothers, Matthew Perry, Mucaulay Culkin, Brittany Spears, Tatum O'Neil, Drew Barrymore....and many others.

Big problem among rich Nepo babies.

Now we have Presley Gerber, son of a super model and billionaire, who just died of an apparent overdose while in a rehab facility -- the latest of many such facilities into which he had been checked.  Watched a video of him talking about how tough his life was and how misunderstood he was.  Have to admit I was unsympathetic.  Seems his parents' billions could not save him. 

I mean, the guy had a personal "sober coach" latched onto him 24-seven and another entire medical team babysitting him, yet he still found a way to use.  So much for money.   

Might a few visits to a couple of homeless shelters have given him some perspective on his breathtaking privilege?  Princess Diana did this regularly.  Granted, it didn't help Harry, but it certainly seems to have strengthened William.  Harry, I'm afraid, allowed his evil shrew of a wife to bewitch him (sexually I'm sure) and influence his chronic "poor me" syndrome. 

Do these kids have too much money?  I think that's part of it.  Matthew Perry's mother was my best friend all through high school and, although we have lost touch, we did talk about how money kept allowing Matthew to continue using.  

After his death his parents, Suzanne and Keith, established the 'Matthew Perry Foundation' to treat people with "substance abuse disorder".  "Disorder"?  It's addiction, but not, I guess, if you're rich and famous.  The substance abuser in my family didn't have the money to keep using, so he cleaned up and has been a model of success since.

I'm also getting tired of people blaming mental health for drug abuse.  I think the drug abuse comes first, not the other way 'round.  I think it's the drug abuse that causes the mental health problems, but putting it first functions as a convenient excuse for whatever heinous acts the addict commits.  I had a cousin who took LSD once and became an instant bi-polar lunatic.  We were roommates in Toronto at the time and I had to move out, she was so crazy.

So, call me callous, but that's my take on it.  I agree with Megyn Kelly on this one.