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Enjoy,HARPER: Tell you what. Not only will I put $400 million towards continuing the ecoEnergy Retrofit Programme, but I will set up a fund to forgive up to $40,000 in student loans for doctors and $20,000 for nurses who provide health care in rural and remote communities.
LAYTON: That's it?
HARPER: It's a good deal. Not much different than the deals you previously accepted.
LAYTON: Seriously? You're giving millions to important causes while you're spending billions on fighter jets the country neither needs nor wants. And, for this you expect my support for the budget? What do you take me for?
HARPER: Oh, over the last couple of years we established what you are. Now, we're just haggling over the price.
SOURCE: This 22 Minutes Feels Like An Hour
[http://www.mothercorp.ca/hour22minutes/]
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American regulators have accused International Business Machines of a decade long campaign of bribery in Asia. "What could we do?" one employee of the firm responded. "That's just the cost of doing business over there."
IBM agreed to pay $10 million to settle the civil charges, which allege bribes by IBM subsidiaries and joint ventures from 1998 to 2009 involving over 100 employees. "What could we do?" one employee of the firm responded. "That's just the cost of doing business over here."
SOURCE: Wall Street Infernal
[http://online.wsi.com/article/0,,SB119673301491238418,00.html?mod=home_whats_new_which_u]
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In his explanation for why the United States supported a no-fly zone in Libya, President Obama assured Americans that they would not send any troops into the country. Three days later, American troops had to go into Libya to rescue two American pilots stranded when their plane malfunctioned and crashed in the country. Three days.
I didn't even have time to set up a proper office pool to determine how long it would take before that promise was broken!
SOURCE: The Wawaneesa Group Monthly Newsletter
[http://mnc.com/flexmere/ontologicon/wawaneesa/internal/newsletters/March2011.txt]
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Now, There's A Lawn In Dire Need Of Trimming!
Top down grassroots organizations (noun, oxymoron): a popular protest movement that appears to be led by its individual members, but is actually led by major political interests. EXAMPLE: Tea Party: "Sure, we're a grassroots organization. A Top down grassroots organization! We tell our members what's happening, and they direct their anger towards our political ends. It's a win-win, really...if you don't look at how much most of them will lose from the deal."
SOURCE: Michelle's Obscure Pedantry Page
[http://www.MichellesOPP.ca/blogger.html]
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Prime Minister Has An "Oops, Did I Say That Out Loud?" Moment
Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page has crunched the numbers and issued a report that says that the cost of Canada purchasing and maintaining a fleet of F35 fighter jets will not be $16 billion over 20 years, but $29.3 billion over 30 years.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper shrugged off the estimate, saying, "Does it really matter? If we got the number right, we got a bargain. And, if we got the number wrong, it will balloon the deficit, which will give us even more incentive to cut funding to social programmes and advocacy groups we don't like. I'm sorry, but I just don't see a downside here!"
SOURCE: Glob and Maul
[http://www.globandmaul.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20010310.eladvote0102_@/BNStory/newsDownside2011/]
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Asking Them Politely Wasn't Working
According to a senior defense official, the US military is considering the mandatory evacuation of thousands of American troops and their families in Japan out of concern over rising radiation levels. Be hit by an earthquake and tsunami that severely damages nuclear power plants, contaminating god knows how much of your environment for god knows how long. That seems like an extreme way to get American troops to leave your country.
SOURCE: Bill's Bitter Pills
[http://bill.geekgoons.com/]
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SOURCE: No Comment Quotes
[http://thesepeopleareinsane.psy/update.toshtml]
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The Book Is A Patchwork Quilp Of Ideas
Antonio QuilpA Brief Guide to Brevity is 896 pages long. Do you really need to know anything more about it?
SOURCE: Unread Book News
[http://217.204.42.92/cgi/NGoto/2/64382861?3518]
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Taking military action in Libya is the right thing to do.
We don't know exactly what the mission will be. We can't rule out the possibility that ground troops will be required, although we can't say that they will. We have no idea how long the mission will be for. We don't know how long Arab countries in the region will support the mission. We don't know how their citizens will feel if they pull their support for the mission. We wouldn't know winning conditions or an exit strategy if either of them punched us in the head. We aren't entirely certain who is in command of our side. We aren't sure who the leaders of the civilians we are sworn to protect are, although we're pretty sure that they aren't all Al Qaeda members or supporters.
But, other than, it's the right thing to do.
SOURCE: The Financial Riposte
[http://www.canada.com/national/nationalwhippingpost/financialriposte/story.html?id=27ddccd3-f2f1-7f2f-9f25-a2eb4cc6a346]
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