WHY 16 YR OLDS WILL NEVER GET TO VOTE IN CANADA

There's been ALOT of hubbub over 16 year olds wanting to vote and arguments for both sides as to why and why not.

But here's the truth that everyone seems to be overlooking.

If we as a society can agree that 16 year olds are mature and responsible enough to know whats right and whats wrong  for the country of Canada, then they have a clear understanding of right and wrong.

That said, the Government of Canada would first have to ABOLISH  the YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT.

And that isn't happening anytime soon. 

So have your rally's and tailgate parties.  But until we get rid of the Young Offenders Act, you still cant get into a bar and still wont be able to vote until your at least 18.

X Men Hank...A Mannequin Lover?

In X Men: First Class,  Hank marks the abdomen of a female oriented mannequin with a big X in black tape so that Alex can test out the laser suit that Hank made.

When he does this, after making sure the tape is on secure, Hank then takes his hand and gently cups the mannequins breast.  Hmmm...ok.  Odd thing to do.

WRONG BEER CAN TOSSING FAN ACCUSED?

WELL...
Do we have another classic case of putting the cart before the horse?   Has an innocent fan been wrongly accused and vilified over the internet?

I think what happened is 100% wrong!  But I also think that unless you sign a contract stating so, what happens off hours from work when you aren't getting paid is not your company's business.

Rumor has it the fan accused of tossing the beer can was terminated from his job at Post Media for this event.  His "LAWYER" has advised him to say nothing...hmmm.  That sounds suspiciously like code speak for law suit.

But you be the judge.

https://youtu.be/yJdImbmp4R4

WHY TRADES MAKE A BAD CAREER CHOICE

If I had it all to do over again, would I still pick a trade?  No, I wouldn't.

Invariably, we pick our occupation based on availability of a future mostly based on where we live.   We grow up influenced by the environment directly around us and personal circumstances.

Some of us are fortunate enough to have a solid family unit  to enable us to pick beyond what we see.  Others not so much.  As well times have changed.  You cant do today what I did.

I moved out of my parents house at the age of 17.  I  worked 3 jobs trying to put myself through high school.  When I eventually dropped out, I got a trade.   Today's requirements make a high school diploma a requirement for trade work.  It wasn't always so.  Im not stupid, my circumstances meant a white collar job would be extremely difficult.

Trade work involves being on the front line when an economic recession hits.  There's always insurance for health and dental.  Emergency services are always available. 

There is no such thing as job security.  I have been with my employer 10 years.  Among recent lay offs were a 20 year man and a 10 year man.

Physical labor can be intensive.  Its ok when you are young, but the body inevitably gets older and starts to give out because of it.  You wouldn't in all likelihood have developed arthritis or numerous other diseases from exposure to exotic chemicals, or metals or insulation or any of the other hundreds of materials that can cause career ended illnesses, but when it happens, WCB calls it degenerative.  Your likelihood to encounter WCB increases and you find out how little anyone has your back when you get injured.  And don't ever hurt your back.  WCB pays on charts, not pain.  They cant measure pain.  You could be a liar.

No...If I had it all to do over again, I would not pick trade work.  There's no appreciation or respect for its nature or its toll on the body.

WAYNE GRETZKY BACK IN EDMONTON

Wayne Gretzky is back in Edmonton.  He's in management with the Oilers Entertainment Group so he wont be running the team.  A figure head so to speak is my take on things.  Edmonton sports teams are really class organizations in and around the community.  I was really made aware of I when I had Eskimo Season tickets.  Teams can be controversial, but they really are class organizations.

While the Oilers aren't my favorite NHL team, I still wish them success as their success usually brings this city closer together.  People are nicer.  Its a fact.  And even though I don't cheer for the Oilers, I used to until 87' and they were one of the best teams in NHL history.  How could I not like them growing up.

So welcome back Wayne.  We are very glad to have you back...in all honesty, you never left.

I bought this at a charity auction, but because of my bid, they gave me 2 free Autographed Photo's.  Gretzky's and Messier's Autographs cost me $1300.  Total cost was $2200.  Proceeds went to a Children's Hospital.

Now You See Me 2-hmmm SPOILER ALERT

Hmmm....yeah, not sure what to say.  Henley, was replaced because she was pregnant at the time of filming.  The girl who replaced her reminds me of Kat Dennings minus the boobs.  Not a fan of her replacement.  Funny, but she really doesn't do much.  Doves...yeah.  Dylan isn't convincing as someone playing both sides.  I found the movie to be anti climatic and found the movie to be some what of a let down.  Definitively not as good as the original.   But an enjoyable movie.

The trailer shows the funnier aspects of Daniel Radcliff, but I wasn't endeared to him being in the movie.  Potter Bias?  Maybe, not sure.  Anyone could have played him.  He brought nothing to the movie besides his name.

UNFORTUNATELY...

The WORST vacation I took with my parents was to Universal Studios.  I want to be amazed.  I don't want to know whats up the magicians sleeve.  And Universal Studios forever wrecked that for me with movies.  I wish I didn't know.

And the same with this movie.  I saw a couple of tricks that left me completely baffled and amazed...and then they revealed how they did it.  Totally wrecked the amazement factor for me.  And that's why I mostly don't care for the movie much.  The other reason...I really liked Henley.  At least she had sex appeal or rather I found her to be sexy as hell.

The introduction of Woody Harrelsons brother played by Woody himself is probably the biggest movie fail in this movie.  Don't care for the character and I thought he took away from the movie rather than contributing to it.  He takes away from the believable factor of the movie.  Adds a "stupid" factor.  You keep wondering why they put him in the movie except to lower the value of the movie.

If you want to be amazed...skip this movie.  If you can handle having the tricks revealed, then you should enjoy it...you should enjoy it regardless, but it wasn't as funny/good as the original,  when is a sequal ever?  And the trick reveals really was a HUGE let down for me.  They closed the movie.  The ending doesn't belie another sequal.

The whole reason for the 'being' of this movie is because of one small detail they didn't reveal in the original.  Thaddeus Bradley and Dylans father were best friends and business partners.

Too many side streets in this movie that should have been closed that lead away from the movie IMO.  An ok movie...glad I waited for it to come out on video.  Not worth the big screen experience.

BUT...it is entertaining.  Just accept it and don't think on it.  You'll enjoy it more.

Not 'ILLEGAL'' to Discriminate Against the NDP

WELL...isn't this something...

I found that it is illegal to discriminate under most grounds...EXCEPT...one area I CAN LEGALLY DISCRIMINATE against is Political Affiliations. 

SO...because they are responsible for many of the woes plaguing Alberta,  I will no longer deal  with anyone who IS an NDP supporter or who has ties of any kind to the NDP.

Stuck on the side of the road...stay there...need help...you screwed us...help yourself.  Need a job...you put literally over a hundred thousand people out of work including shutting down 5 towns.  If I had a business,  you would never get hired.  People have committed suicide because of your policies.  You are responsible for the break up of families.  You are the cancer eating this province and because of the destruction you have rained down on Alberta and its people...

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD...I OPENLY ADMIT THAT I WILL DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE NDP AND ITS SUPPORTERS!

Its legal.

TRUDEAU RERUN-SCREW ALBERTA

Some of you are too young to remember.  Most don't know.  But the economic troubles in Alberta is a rerun.

EVERY time the Canadian Liberals are in power, Canada has a 70 Cent dollar.  And why is it its a trudeau at the helm that's dong more to separate the country than unify it?  Why is it the only time Western Canada talks about separating from Canada...A trudeau is ruining (not to be confused with running) the country?  He has made his views about Western Canada known loud and clear.

What have the Trudeau's got against Western Canada, Alberta in particular, when we do so much for Canada's economic stability?  It looks suspiciously like trudeau simply hates us.  We are beneath him.  Put simply...he's a snob.  No that's not a typo...He doesn't deserve his name spelled with a capital letter.  He's beneath me. He's not my prime minister...he's ONLY  a public servant with a large trust fund.  And once he pisses of Quebec (inevitable), the PC's will buy Quebec votes and get elected in 4 years.

The Prime Minister of Canada's job is to run the country, not just Eastern Canada.  To put the interests of Canada ahead of the interest of individual Provinces.  To unite the provinces not take sides.  To promote the country positively and run it with fiscal prudence.

trudeau hasn't done a single one of those things.  In fact, the exact opposite.  Ontario has the opinion we deserve this recession.  We deserve to lose our jobs, our houses.  Hmm...I wonder where they get that pov from.  trudeau and the LIEberals.  Alberta sends over $6 BILLION dollars a year from oil revenue to Ottawa.  Even in a recession, we are expected to pay it.  My cigars, a pack of 5 cost anywhere from $16.00-$21.00 a pack here in Edmonton.  They cost $9.95 a pack in Ontario.

They laugh at us.  They come out West to work when things are good, take our jobs, our money, no thank you.  Just we deserve the hardships we get.  They go back to Ontario, take our money with them, then take another $6 Billion in transfer payments, then publicly insult us and laugh at us.  And all trudeau does is to promote this all the while denying us a pipeline out of the province for our oil so we can be a beneficial player in Canada's, not just Alberta's economic future.

That's not a Prime Minister.  That's a power tripping egotistical deceitful snob with a trust fund and no concept of the realities facing every day Canadians.

But hey, he's got nice hair right?  I hope he enjoys it while it lasts.  His father was bald.   Then we can truly let the laughter begin.

Alberta Separation...Wont Happen

Yes, Alberta is getting raped with transfer payments.  Yes Eastern Canada loves hating us and wishing us ill while laughing all the way to the bank.  Yes elections are over the moment Ontario and Quebec finish voting relegating Western Canadians to non combatants in a war zone and second class citizens inside their own country whose vote holds neither meaning nor importance.  And yes, Western Canada (Alberta in particular) is speculating on separating from Canada. 

And of that list, separation from Canada is the only non reality.  Even for Quebec.

The number one reason...the Indians, natives, Metis, 1st Nations and the rest of the aboriginals have a bigger say than people can remember.  Try building a golf course in Quebec.  They shut down roads, they were armed and there were violent stand offs with the police.  ANY separation deal of any kind would have to include them at the table or there would be hell to pay.  Repercussions be damned.

Alberta is a resource loaded economic power based predominantly on oil.  We would need to establish our own trading partners.  With no pipelines to either BC,  Eastern Canada,  Northern Canada or South to the US,  Alberta would be hard pressed to get their product to market.  This in turn would affect the value of any currency put into play to replace the Canadian Dollar...although it would be nice to no longer deal with a currency people cant take seriously.  We call our dollar the Loonie???  History aside, its insulting.

And what about pre existing deals companies in Alberta have that needed Federal government approval...or funding?  Provincial projects.  Where "half" the money is coming from Ottawa.  Federally funded programs. 

There are 1 million people in Edmonton.  About the same in Calgary.  And maybe a million more in various other communities about the province.  3 million people.  We would need our own police, military and air force.  What we currently have here belongs to Canada, not Alberta.  3 million people.  We wouldn't be able to defend ourselves if the entire city of Toronto up and decided to invade us.

Then there are the banking and medical institutions that would need to be put in place.  A constitution would have to be drawn up.  Think its bad now?

Yes it would be fantastic to draw a line in the sand, give Eastern Canada the one finger salute while playing Billy Joel's "Im Moving Out".  But the simple truth of it is we simply don't have a sufficient enough infrastructure or population to make this a practical reality. 

Its like the Americans saying if Trump gets elected they are moving to Canada.  A lot of huff n puff.  A lot of bitching and whining.  Sure its an alternative, but not a practical one.

Alberta wont separate from Canada.  We cant.  Its not practical.  We have too much to lose.  Unless a population equalization plan is brought into effect, until the population of Alberta is close or equal to that of Ontario...Western Canada will always be the tail the dog wags.

Rachel NOTley Is A DICTATOR!

65% of Albertans do NOT approve of the NDP's Carbon Plan.  But she's pushing it through anyway.  Politicians are supposed to be Public Servants serving the people.  She never campaigned on the issue.  It was NOT part of her platform.  She hid her true agenda knowing she would NEVER get elected if the people knew her true intentions.

This is called being a DICTATOR!  Which she is.  Anyone regardless of their experience who opposes her views is ignorant and doesn't know what they are talking about.  Its actually te other way around.

Her party has driven up taxes, closed 5 towns, driven investment out of Alberta and helped separate Alberta from the rest of Canada.  She wont promote Alberta's oil and has gone on record apologizing for Alberta instead of defending Alberta.  She even told unemployed Albertans and people who lost their livelihood to MOVE TO ANOTHER PROVINCE.  WTF?

Ever facet of business has been hit but she refuses to even consider laying off a single public servant.  Let the lowlifes who actually work for a living with no job security take the brunt of the recession is her view.

The bitch has got to go.  I have never HATED someone in my life.   It took 50 years but she did it.

RACHEL NOTLEY...I FUCKING HATE YOU.  You will never get re elected and I hope the door breaks your ass on the way out and knocks you into oncoming traffic.  I wont shed a tear and would dance on your grave.

I will never recognize you as this province's premier.  A premier helps the province and its people.  Your policies have added to the recession and you don't care one iota about the people.

N ow D irt P oor  is what she has made this province.  I am ashamed to call my self an Albertan thanks to her.