NB Kleptocracy and NB Power Emergency Measures

Video Source: Charles Leblanc
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In response to "N.B. unveils new emergency fuel supplement" - CBC News Oct 7, 2009
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danfour wrote:
We borrow money to feed a bloated and corrupt 'crown corporation' whose controllers seem less like the people and more like the dukes and kings of old?

Where does NB Power get off charging the rates they do giving the CEO huge, retroactive bonuses while Pt. Lepreau sits idle for an extra 18 months?

Oh right - these 'hands off' crown corps (and Private-Public Piracy) just take their cues from the kleptocrats of both parties - voting themselves massive pension hikes in the middle of a giant flood with the leg. cameras turned off.

A government that votes in the dark will soon leave its citizens in the same condition.

CG on Swine Flu Vaccination

In response to:
"Two days left to vote!!! Will you take a Vaccine to fight the Swine Flu???"on the Charles Leblanc blog
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Magos wrote: Does anyone know the source of this ingredient list?

All I find are blogs linked to other sites without any links to the primary source. Unless I can verify the ingredient list from something linking to the primary source then I have no idea what is credible.
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Dan F said...

I found some interesting tidbits going over the package inserts for one of the swine-flu vaccines approved by the FDA (http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM182401.pdf)

1. They have zero evidence that it or a similar vaccine work to prevent the flu "There have been no controlled clinical studies demonstrating a decrease in influenza disease after vaccination with AFLURIA"

2. "Thimerosal, a mercury derivative, is added as a preservative; each 0.5 mL dose contains 24.5 mcg of mercury"

3. It is being tested for adverse reactions against a placebo also containing mercury.

4. The drug maker's list of possible adverse reactions totally belies the soothing propaganda we've seen about this (unnecessary) vaccine in the media. I guess they've got their asses covered if it turns out disastrously:

- "Serious allergic reactions, including anaphylactic shock, have been observed during postmarketing surveillance in individuals receiving AFLURIA.
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- The following adverse reactions also include those identified during postapproval use of AFLURIA outside the US since 1985.

Blood and lymphatic system disorders: Transient thrombocytopenia

Immune system disorders
Allergic reactions including anaphylactic shock and serum sickness

Nervous system disorders: Neuralgia, paresthesia, and convulsions; encephalopathy, neuritis or neuropathy, transverse myelitis, and GBS

Vascular disorders: Vasculitis with transient renal involvement

Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders: Pruritus, urticaria, and rash

General disorders and administration site conditions: Influenza-like illness (e.g., pyrexia, chills, headache, malaise, myalgia), injection-site inflammation (e.g., pain, erythema, swelling, warmth), and induration
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Neurological disorders temporally associated with influenza vaccination, such as encephalopathy, optic neuritis/neuropathy, partial facial paralysis, and brachial plexus neuropathy, have been reported.

Microscopic polyangiitis (vasculitis) has been reported temporally associated with influenza vaccination.
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There are no data to assess the concomitant administration of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine with other vaccines.
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Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine or AFLURIA. It is also not known whether these vaccines can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity.
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Neither Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine nor AFLURIA has been evaluated in children. Safety and effectiveness in the pediatric population have not been established.
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Neither Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine nor AFLURIA has been evaluated for carcinogenic or mutagenic potential or for impairment of fertility."
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Yeah - that all sounds real safe for a vaccine against a virus that is by all accounts far less deadly than the common flu.

Kleptocracy 101 and Bermudan Puppets

In response to:
Democracy 101 - First Topic!
Kelly Lamrock
September 21st, 2009

FIRST DISCUSSION TOPIC: BUDGET PRIORITIES
Tax Cuts vs. Social Spending
The biggest challenge in any budget is making sure that people see their priorities are reflected when they look at a budget’s priorities. This isn’t always easy, because there is no one priority everyone agrees upon.
Full Article
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Dan F said...

"Is it more important to reduce taxes, or ask people to pay for social spending?"

How about asking the biggest company in the picture province to pitch in?

At least don't fold to every demand the Bermudans make and splash out the public financing - mill upgrades, liquor stores put in their dilapidated buildings, constant advertising in their propaganda rags - if they're not going to be contributing anything*.

At least don't make it so obvious or ridiculous when favored companies are given the taxpayer's hard-earned money (loan guarantees to build bridges to nowhere, bank / golf-course bailouts) - and whatever you do, don't vote yourselves massive pension hikes during the middle of a giant flood when the legislature cameras are out...

* Other than secret financing and backing during elections and political constant interference after the vote.

Bermudan train station turns into liquor store

In response to:
Historic N.B. train station gets new lease on life as a liquor store
Anonymous - The Canadian Press
September 18th, 2009

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government says Fredericton's York Street train station will become a liquor store, ending years of controversy about the future of the building.

The vacant and run-down structure was placed on the Heritage Canada Foundation's list of the 10 most threatened heritage sites in the country in 2006.
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The building sits on land owned by J.D. Irving Ltd., and its exterior will be restored by the company.
Full Article
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Daniel Fitzgerald, Nijmegen wrote:

Way to go Irving, foist another one of your 'liabilities' onto the taxpayer.

Selling the railway ties for years in your propaganda rags, no coverage of the rapidly disintegrating historical monument - making untold millions on gassing up the truckers who took over the freight.

Now in order to not let the former crack-den / fire-trap fall to the ground, we've got to move our most profitable industry under your control?

That Nieuwe Braunschweiggers will cheer as the biggest public menace finally clears up its mess (on our dollar, in effect) is a tribute to the continued success of big-buck, corporate-controlled media.

It's pretty impressive how these Bermudans continue to get away with it.

Censure and Censorship on the David W Campbell blog

In comments on the David W. Campbell blog:
Back in black… so to speak
April 21st, 2009
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In response to Anonymous:

“be polite and respectful, or you get the hell out.”

How quaint, and how 1960’s. The musings of someone who has been vilified the most, for his biased unfounded weird views, would want censorship. We know that.

You neglect to mention what started this? Besides the ongoing simmering of posters who post with inaccurate information and who get set straight by my ability with google aided by the number of books I have read. Well believe me, when someone accuses you,out of the blue, for what I already mention several times slipping in one ear and out the other like the numb sensitive bunch you always been, you won’t like it too good. But I knew what this guy was like when I first hit this blog. Someone so without it that even mckenna left him behind.

Well the die been cast, by specious innuendos, by someone to cowardly to retract so I will step up my insults to anyone who tries to post bull, when the correct information is easily accessible.
Again, your opinion, or vote has no value, when there can be no action to take. Again its because your knowledge of computers and internet is as limited as any other subject you venture into. I am just thankful that I am not in that category.

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Dan Fitzgerald wrote:
Sounds like a lot of nothing about nothing.

I enjoy commenting on Charles' blog because he's got about a dozen topics per day and a fairly active readership.

Mr. Campbell's obvious yet seemingly unconscious corporate lackey spin makes commenting on his posts pretty tempting... Had his policy on comments been more lenient back in the day (see links), I might have been commenting more here, the above rhetoric by the anonymous coward is way less cogent and much more degrading than what I was saying here:

http://davidwcampbell.com/?p=1979
http://censurergeneral.blogspot.com/2008/09/nau-pharmaceutical-benefits-management.html

When did you stop censoring?

On the anniversary of the NB Kleptocrat Pension Swindle

In response to Charles Leblanc: "PISSED OFF FORMER LIBERAL MINISTER VAUGHN IS LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR SUPPORT TO SAVE THE FERRY AT GAGETOWN!!"

In comments, Dan F said:
I believe this is the only tangible copy of Kleptocrats discussing their pay / pension boost (combined discussion of bills 53 and 54 at around 53 minutes into this recording): http://myginch.com/QSLS/media/qpupload/NB-legislature-300408latenight.mp3

More from my liveblog of that day: http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/04/nb-tenancy-securities-act.html.

Recall, according to the CBC, the video equipment was 'taken out' by floodwaters the day before - what a bunch of hogwash - the cameras were out that day for the same reason Charles is banned from the building: Kleptocrats can't handle scrutiny of their devious actions.
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Bill 53 - An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly Act
http://www.gnb.ca/legis/bill/pdf/56/2/Bill-53.pdf

(a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the
following:

25(1) Commencing April 1, 2008, each member of the Legislative Assembly shall be paid an indemnity at the rate of $85,000 per year.

Since they were on camera for this other bill - they barely mentioned what this law was doing, more salary / pension raises apparently:

Bill 54 - An Act to Amend the Executive Council Act
http://www.gnb.ca/legis/bill/pdf/56/2/Bill-54.pdf

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Section 5 of the Executive Council Act, chapter E-12 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended
(a) in subsection (1) by striking out “twenty thousand dollars” and substituting “$52,614”;
(b) in subsection (2) by striking out “thirty thousand dollars” and substituting “$79,000".

2 Section 6 of the Act is amended by striking out “fifteen thousand dollars” and substituting “$39,500”.

3 Subsection 6.1(2) of the Act is amended in the portion preceding paragraph (a) by striking out “January 1,

4 This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2008.

Amerika, Drugs and Fake Christians

In general response to:

"Worse than that, the general public might become aware that a nondescript apartment building was also a drug den where underage drinking, dope smoking and other unmentionables were happening on a regular basis."

on the Burton Front - April 15th, 2009 (1)
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Dan F said:
How's your love-affair going with the US these days Anselm?

http://cryptogon.com/?p=8061

Guess that's what you get when you have several druggies as presidents in a row, eh?

Too bad their puppeteers can't do us all a favour and go get high on grass.

Just about anything would be better than their constant self-enrichment in generating Armageddon and endless wars at everyone else's expense.

Do you think Jesus would take money from arms dealers before he'd smoke a joint?
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