Salty rich guy offers bribe to remove Notley

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Corporate and union political donations should be unlimited: Kevin O’Leary


Corporate and union political donations should be unlimited: Kevin O’Leary | National Newswatch

 

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After days of dodging important questions from Rebel Media and uncles’ facebook pages alike, Alberta premier Rachel Notley came clean today and admitted that she intentionally created the fire that has caused the evacuation of the entire city of Fort McMurray.

“It is time to confess my sins,” said an emotional Notley at a press conference announcing the news. “Not only did I ignore the wildfire as it spread, not only did I divert resources from firefighters in order to house Syrian refugees and fund gay weddings, I actually travelled in secret to an area outside Fort McMurray and started a fire using gasoline and a flame thrower.”

“I even charged the cost of the gasoline to the taxpayer, proving your conservative friends right yet again,” she added.

Notley went on to acknowledge that she did what she did because she hates the oilsands, the people who work there, and the people of Alberta as a whole.

“Let me be clear. It is the NDP government’s policy to do everything it can to impoverish, endanger, and outright murder each and every person in this godforsaken province. That Wild Rose supporter you knew in highschool has been right about us all along.”

The announcement coincided with a list of future actions Notley would take unless stopped, which include closing the West Edmonton Mall and shutting down the Calgary stampede so the bulls could live on a vegan-run co-op farm where they will help schoolchildren learn to speak Arabic.

Despite their success, the province’s social media deputies were not ready to rest on their laurels, as they were already hot on the trail of Notley’s suspected accomplice: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Rachel Notley admits to personally starting Fort McMurray wildfire - The Beaverton - North America's Trusted Source of News

 

[Angstrom]

... Guessin' you missed the part where auntie Rachel decided that upping corp taxes in the province along with threatening higher prov royalties was a really good idea to do during a recession.

Ain't workin' out all that great right now.

Created a capital strike for themselves have they?

 

[captain morgan]

Until then, it's an extremely poor investment.

hehehe... Coming from the guy that has no clue about investing or investments

Created a capital strike for themselves have they?

Pretty much, although there is a helluva lot of capital presently shopping in the WCSB for deals.

 

[Angstrom]

Pretty much, although there is a helluva lot of capital presently shopping in the WCSB for deals.

Well ya, if you can get those infrastructure for a fraction of the cost it took to built them.

 

[captain morgan]

Money is cheap these days, especially for things like infrastructure.

As for the resource game, there are many that are picking up assets at a big discount and betting that oil/gas starts to climb North again.

This cycle is not really much different from the previous ones.... The story remains the same each time

 

[JLM]

Money is cheap these days, especially for things like infrastructure.

As for the resource game, there are many that are picking up assets at a big discount and betting that oil/gas starts to climb North again.

This cycle is not really much different from the previous ones.... The story remains the same each time

Do you really think so with many tradesman's wages at $30 an hour plus?

 

[captain morgan]

$30/hr for a certified trade is a screaming fantastic deal.

Right now, you won't find that rate even in AB for those people.

 

[petros]

Pretty much, although there is a helluva lot of capital presently shopping in the WCSB for deals.

The lease game.

The faster it escalates the faster x expands. The faster x grows the faster Provincial long term assets grow.

Then there is investing in EOR "green oil".

2t of CO2 going into the ground from a long paid for play for ever t coming out.

It's win-win and it's Canadian tech.

Would moonbats be happy with a green oil pipeline?

 

[captain morgan]

Then there is investing in EOR "green oil".

That is a huge deal out here right now. CO2 being one thing, with the low price of nat gas, many are using that to inject as a stimulant to drive more oil from the existing reserves.

Would moonbats be happy with a green oil pipeline?

You'd think, but then again, they would need some knowledge and something other than their ecophile ideology to guide any form of logic.

 

[JLM]

$30/hr for a certified trade is a screaming fantastic deal.

Right now, you won't find that rate even in AB for those people.

Doesn't speak well for the value of the $ does it. I guess a lot of us old codgers keep thinking a $ is worth sumpin.

 

[captain morgan]

It will be getting a helluva lot worse now that Trudeau has taken on boat loads of debt fro your grandchildren to pay off

 

[petros]

That is a huge deal out here right now. CO2 being one thing, with the low price of nat gas, many are using that to inject as a stimulant to drive more oil from the existing reserves.



You'd think, but then again, they would need some knowledge and something other than their ecophile ideology to guide any form of logic.

NG isn't that great of a solvent as compared to CO2 not to mention SO2 still being problematic.

It's a matter of supply.

More carbon capture or syngas production.

Let the moonbats decide that one.

 

[JLM]

It will be getting a helluva lot worse now that Trudeau has taken on boat loads of debt fro your grandchildren to pay off

I think he probably has boat loads of debt whether he wants it or not. Someone has to restore the people of Fort Mac to where they were and I'm not sure how completely the insurance companies will accomplish that. I don't think we can ignore the fact any longer that the interface around all communities has to be cleaned up to avoid further catastrophes. Why didn't we learn after Kelowna and Slave Lake? If he's smart he'll put every able bodied unemployed person doing that. The payoff will come partly with reduced fire insurance premiums. (If there's any honesty in the industry)

 

[gerryh]

I think he probably has boat loads of debt whether he wants it or not. Someone has to restore the people of Fort Mac to where they were and I'm not sure how completely the insurance companies will accomplish that. I don't think we can ignore the fact any longer that the interface around all communities has to be cleaned up to avoid further catastrophes. Why didn't we learn after Kelowna and Slave Lake? If he's smart he'll put every able bodied unemployed person doing that. The payoff will come partly with reduced fire insurance premiums. (If there's any honesty in the industry)

Just out of curiosity, how far back from the town limits do you want to clear cut? I imagine you also don't want any grass growing in the "fire break" that you are proposing.

 

[JLM]

Just out of curiosity, how far back from the town limits do you want to clear cut? I imagine you also don't want any grass growing in the "fire break" that you are proposing.

I'm not thinking in terms of clear cutting as much as cleaning up dead debris lying on the ground, as I believe the hazard is greater there than from green timber. Grass may be able to be burned off in the fall after the fire hazard has passed. As far as clear cutting is concerned I think I would recommend spacing first.

 

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'I'll go to war with her': Kevin O'Leary vows to battle Notley over carbon tax


“The best outcome is to get rid of her and I’ll do everything I can,” O’Leary said of Notley, referring to the next provincial election set for 2019.

“If that’s not the case, I will definitely be punitive on transfer payments on health care. I’m going to have to push back. It’s going to be nasty. I have to get her back off this carbon tax because we just can’t attract capital … I’ll go to war with her, trust me.”

Notley’s office declined to comment on O’Leary’s remarks. Alberta is slated to receive just over $5.7 billion in health and social transfers from Ottawa in the 2016-17 budget year.

O’Leary told the crowd of over 200 at the Metropolitan Centre that he will go after any province that gets in the way of his goal of three per cent annual economic growth. He took aim at Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne over energy policy and taxation, British Columbia’s Christy Clark for that province’s carbon tax — which he said is no longer revenue-neutral — and Nova Scotia for its ban on fracking.

The main object of his ire over the hour-long event, however, was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom he derided as having “no idea what he’s doing.”

O’Leary, who made his name on the television programs Dragons’ Den and Shark Tank, is viewed as one of the front-runners in the 14-candidate field to become Conservative leader, which will be decided May 27, despite living in the United States.

University of Calgary political scientist Anthony Sayers said he’s not sure if O’Leary’s threat around transfers is red-meat rhetoric designed to attract frustrated Conservative voters or illustrative of a lack of knowledge of the Canadian political system.

Sayers said a prime minister could likely cut transfers of wayward provinces — though it would be complex and it could be subject to legal challenges if it was seen as arbitrary — but the political repercussions would likely be significant.

Such a move would likely unite provinces together against Ottawa and would end up punishing the citizens of the affected province as much as the offending government, said Sayers, who studies Canadian federalism.

“It’s doable but very difficult,” he said. “And to what effect? If you take out too much, all you do is ruin your relationship with the local voters. You might hurt Rachel Notley, perhaps, but actually you’re hurting Albertans.”

Kevin O’Leary vows to ‘go to war’ with Rachel Notley over carbon tax | Calgary Herald

 

[Danbones]

yeah well, the "have" voters won't mind not having their money wasted all over the place

I'm not thinking in terms of clear cutting as much as cleaning up dead debris lying on the ground, as I believe the hazard is greater there than from green timber. Grass may be able to be burned off in the fall after the fire hazard has passed. As far as clear cutting is concerned I think I would recommend spacing first.

As far as fire prevention goes, cleaning dead fall in the nearby bush areas, and closer in to civilization, even raking out the leaves and collecting garbage, is key

 

[mentalfloss]

O'Leary is already lying.

 

[JLM]

Just out of curiosity, how far back from the town limits do you want to clear cut? I imagine you also don't want any grass growing in the "fire break" that you are proposing.

"Clear cutting" wasn't what I proposed. Under brush was more what I had in mind. Grass is perfectly safe as long as it is mowed regularly. Common sense is what is required here, whatever you do is not going to be 100% safe, but there's measures that can be taken to slow the fire down. The "town limits" have very little to do with it. Depending on the terrain and climate I would guess somewhere between 100 yards and a 1/4 mile from any developed areas would help. For that precise answer the experts should be consulted. I'm not one of them. I just throw out ideas for others to fine tune.