Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Monday, 8 July 2013
Saturday, 6 July 2013
Trinity Bellwoods Park
I live near the western edge of downtown Toronto. Our local park is Stanley Park, basically a dog toilet. Hijacked by off leash dog activists. The much larger Trinity Bellwoods Park is only two blocks away. I did a feature on Trinity Bellwoods a while back which included photos. It is a huge urban park that is well used by the community.
Like all public property in downtown Toronto activists and artists feel it is their exclusive jurisdiction. Their puritanical rules prevail. They make the rules and the rest of us can go to hell.
The latest alcohol crackdown at Trinity Bellwoods is an example. Matt Gurney of the National Post has written a great piece on the issue in today's paper. The artist-activist crowd wants a crackdown on open bottles of beer and wine in Their park. The police have written over 200 tickets in the last two weeks. Typical overreaction by the moral minority.
This is precisely why I bought a boat. It was because I wanted a place where my friends and I could crack open a beer in the great outdoors within the shadow of the CN Tower. Anti-fun local councillors like Michael "apple falls close to the tree" Layton and Adam "No Fun" Vaughan have no jurisdiction on my boat. Artists and extreme leftists can wag a finger in my direction but I can display my middle finger back at them.
I pay for public spaces with my taxes but long ago lost the right to enjoy them. They are the exclusive realm of the artistic crowd who insist on scrubbing any signs of laughter and joy from the downtown core.
Like all public property in downtown Toronto activists and artists feel it is their exclusive jurisdiction. Their puritanical rules prevail. They make the rules and the rest of us can go to hell.
The latest alcohol crackdown at Trinity Bellwoods is an example. Matt Gurney of the National Post has written a great piece on the issue in today's paper. The artist-activist crowd wants a crackdown on open bottles of beer and wine in Their park. The police have written over 200 tickets in the last two weeks. Typical overreaction by the moral minority.
This is precisely why I bought a boat. It was because I wanted a place where my friends and I could crack open a beer in the great outdoors within the shadow of the CN Tower. Anti-fun local councillors like Michael "apple falls close to the tree" Layton and Adam "No Fun" Vaughan have no jurisdiction on my boat. Artists and extreme leftists can wag a finger in my direction but I can display my middle finger back at them.
I pay for public spaces with my taxes but long ago lost the right to enjoy them. They are the exclusive realm of the artistic crowd who insist on scrubbing any signs of laughter and joy from the downtown core.
Random Thoughts
I started to read a book.... got bored..........I'll try again next year.
If you believe that Tory house rag Toronto Sun has an ounce of credibility as a newspaper read the "editorial' tribute to Marjory LeBreton. The flowery article about her integrity is untimely, inaccurate and whitewashes her leadership during the Senates most public scandals. She presided over the Senate when the Canadian public respect for the institution is at its lowest point ever.
I will say this about Marjory LeBreton, she set the bar lowest for ass kissing Conservative Prime Ministers. Her devotion to Brian Mulroney was so intense that you had turn away to avoid gagging. It took her some time to get over the demise of the Progressive Conservative party but she soon became Harper's Chief bag carrier. A Senator for decades, never accountable to the Canadian public, not there to represent the people of Ontario as was her constitutional mandate but an over the top partisan follower of the Dear Leader of the day.
I was the first to publicly call him out but the more your read about Senator Mike Duffy the more you wonder if prison food is in his future. His plea to the judge to avoid incarceration would be epic and required textbook reading at law schools.
That Mike Duffy thought an unelected Senator could pass over elected MP's for a cabinet post, what was he thinking? An incredulous Senator, Cabinet Minister Marjory LeBreton mused.
Bob Rae has been retained by aboriginal groups to represent them in negotiations against the Government of Ontario over mining royalties in Northern Ontario's "ring of fire". Just when you thought that decades of Rae screwing Ontario taxpayers ended with his resignation from the House of Commons. It is the gift that just keeps on giving.
Why does the myth that Conservative governments are great stewards of the economy persist against all the evidence to the contrary? Canada never had greater prosperity than under Chretien and Paul Martin. Harper and Flaherty have been failures on the economy. Look at the growth in the US and compare it to Canada. Our economy is in neutral while US recovery is in full bloom. Go back and check the Mulroney years of deficits. Not even Marjory LeBreton can polish that turd.
If you believe that Tory house rag Toronto Sun has an ounce of credibility as a newspaper read the "editorial' tribute to Marjory LeBreton. The flowery article about her integrity is untimely, inaccurate and whitewashes her leadership during the Senates most public scandals. She presided over the Senate when the Canadian public respect for the institution is at its lowest point ever.
I will say this about Marjory LeBreton, she set the bar lowest for ass kissing Conservative Prime Ministers. Her devotion to Brian Mulroney was so intense that you had turn away to avoid gagging. It took her some time to get over the demise of the Progressive Conservative party but she soon became Harper's Chief bag carrier. A Senator for decades, never accountable to the Canadian public, not there to represent the people of Ontario as was her constitutional mandate but an over the top partisan follower of the Dear Leader of the day.
I was the first to publicly call him out but the more your read about Senator Mike Duffy the more you wonder if prison food is in his future. His plea to the judge to avoid incarceration would be epic and required textbook reading at law schools.
That Mike Duffy thought an unelected Senator could pass over elected MP's for a cabinet post, what was he thinking? An incredulous Senator, Cabinet Minister Marjory LeBreton mused.
Bob Rae has been retained by aboriginal groups to represent them in negotiations against the Government of Ontario over mining royalties in Northern Ontario's "ring of fire". Just when you thought that decades of Rae screwing Ontario taxpayers ended with his resignation from the House of Commons. It is the gift that just keeps on giving.
Why does the myth that Conservative governments are great stewards of the economy persist against all the evidence to the contrary? Canada never had greater prosperity than under Chretien and Paul Martin. Harper and Flaherty have been failures on the economy. Look at the growth in the US and compare it to Canada. Our economy is in neutral while US recovery is in full bloom. Go back and check the Mulroney years of deficits. Not even Marjory LeBreton can polish that turd.
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Great Canada Weekend Cruises
I finally had the H-Girls on the Irish Brawler this past weekend. Not surprisingly they drew a crowd. We had a record 9 people onboard. I thought that might be a little tight, but it was a great group and a perfect mix. It was a great trip. I also had a more laid back group out on Monday with Gloria and the authentic Irish boys, not F-Irish as they are fond of calling guys like Jimmy and I. That is Fake Irish.
I have no doubt that when the H-Girls agree to another trip I will have to use a boat hook to keep the boys away from the Brawler. The only downside was Bereza's insistence on filling every available moment with either actions, or incessant chatter. You can't rest with Bereza around. Constant questions, barking orders, changing the radio station, it is exhausting.
I have no doubt that when the H-Girls agree to another trip I will have to use a boat hook to keep the boys away from the Brawler. The only downside was Bereza's insistence on filling every available moment with either actions, or incessant chatter. You can't rest with Bereza around. Constant questions, barking orders, changing the radio station, it is exhausting.
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