PeeCee Mob at Work

Brendan Eich was the Senior Tech Officer of Mozilla for years. A few weeks ago he was promoted to CEO.
Yesterday he quit under protest after the  PeeCee mob raised a ruckus about his personal beliefs and the fact that he donated to the California proposition 8 fund in 2008.

The web browser Mozilla is something I began to use as a means of avoiding Microsoft many years ago. Not ever did I give any consideration to the politics of the management. And, why should I or anyone else for that matter?

Except of course for the self righteous and vindictive  Politically Correct mob in support of their pet agendas.

Because to them, no man has a right to think or do anything they do not approve and anyone who
opposes them must be silenced and punished.

These people are nothing but vitriolic little fascists.

OMMAG

The Canadian Standards Association .... more BS

http://www.restorecsa.com/news/article/responses-from-the-provinces

Dear Minister Moore,
a) Could you kindly advise:  What is the intention of the Industry Canada; to enforce the Minister’s Determination or to concede the provincial view?

Your urgent response is appreciated.

b)
1. Is the Prime Minister’s Office in error when they advise that the CSA is “within the jurisdiction of the Minister of Industry, James Moore”?
2. If Industry Canada is not responsible for the CSA, could you kindly advise which Federal Department does have responsibility for CSA oversight?

Your urgent response is appreciated.

The CSA is acting without authority and with blatant impunity to the rule of law.
The Provinces are allowing this to happen and now seem to be set on the same path.

Where are the adults?

OMMAG

Australia's GM Division Dead

The concept of "Too Big to Fail" holds no water in the land of Oz ...

Holden Motors Shutting Down ...

Australian Broadcasting Corp ... ABC (the equivalent of CBC in Canada) Blames the Conservative government ... of course.

They fail to mention that in spite of decades of taxpayer funded subsidies Holden Motors was losing money and losing it big time. Holden just waited out the end of the subsidies and once it was clear that there was no more coming ... pulled the plug.

Other factors include, UAW style compensation and benefits (unsustainable) and pension plans.

Never mind of course, government environmental restrictions that are beyond absurd.

Australia is a tiny domestic market and there is NO place for manufacturers to export to.

Ford had already announced that it was shutting down Australian operations in 2016.

Toyota remains the only manufacturer in Australia.

Labour governments have effectively wiped out 20 years of economic prosperity in the three year term of Julia Gillard. I'm sure Australians thank her for her service.

OMMAG

Guitars and Politics

Four years of abuse of office by Democrats. Political influence in US regulatory and enforcement agencies. Was Gibson a test of their abilities?

Gibson was targeted by DoJ in 2009 ...   for violations of  the"Lacey Act" concerning the purchase and import of woods from "unauthorized" or banned sources. The act itself is a complicated mess that depends on both arbitrary designations of endangered species and environmental risk in addition to specious local regulations created in the regions where the specialty woods are sourced.

Besides the apparent over reach of regulators through the auspices of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, I thought at the time that this ought to have been a problem for the every US based guitar manufacturer. In the course of watching for further news in regard to there was no evidence  that Fender or any of the lesser string instrument makers were facing ay such investigation or charges. The subsequent failure by Gibson to successfully fight the charges in the legal realm and their eventual admission of guilt seemed to put an end to it.

It turns out however, that others have been keeping an eye on that story and there is now a theory that seems to fit with that very unequal application of the law and law enforcement.

In light of the recent exposure of US Government agencies systematic targeting of POLITICAL opponents to the Obama government and the Democrat party, it does not seem too far fetched that as early as 2009 in the first year of the Obama administration, that we find evidence of politically motivated attacks on American business and individuals. And so, it turns out that the executive management of privately owned Gibson were Republican supporters while at least some of their competitors were substantially supportive of Democrats.

As written in the article  from HOT AIR:

"While all this was going on, there was plenty of reason to suspect that there was politics of some sort involved. With Democrats in control of the White House and the Senate, it didn’t seem much of a stretch to think that the eco-warriors were in full throated, chest thumping mode and they would be pushing the limits to show how much they were doing to save the planet. The Gibson story, with its hook of endangered forests and evil manufacturing giants stripping the land, was a perfect fit. But I don’t think many of us imagined that even the Obama administration would be so blatant as to simply launch a police state style attack on a company which supported their enemies while leaving friendly, Democrat donating competitors alone. Or at least I didn’t."

Basically ... we have reason to suspect that Obama's team of rabid weasels have been at this sort of thing since 2009. 

Like Buying Russian Bride !

So Tesla Motors is planning to sell their cars direct ... by internet!


http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/tesla-plans-short-circuit-car-dealers-194619627.html

Like Russian mail order web order brides ... I suppose. They are ALL beautiful and sexy in the advertisement photos. But, you are going to be really surprised by the reality of living with one. High cost, high maintenance, tempermental and really uninterested in meeting your expectations. Sure, you'll get to take her out a few times before the shine wears off. And, you'll get plenty of attention for a while. Then... when you think you have it all figured out and try to get her to go along with your daily routines .... you learn the ugly truth.

But Seriously ... with the highly public failures and flame ups of these expensive status symbol toys ...  with the fact that the buying public is becoming increasingly less interested in electric vehicles ... with awareness of the problems and pitfalls associated with all EVs .... do ya think that maybe ... just maybe it is getting tougher by the day to find some dealer who really wants to take on a low volume, high cost luxury item that is going to have lots of very expensive spares and repairs?

Can you imagine a car dealer actually wanting to take on the high cost of mostly pissed off customers and non-existent manufacturer support? "In case of problems, return your electronic appliance to an authorized service center in the original packaging." Just like the Apple computer you bought online!

Ya sure ... and just like your computer or Russian bride ... be prepared to kiss her goodbye or pay for a replacement. If you are THAT gullible.

OMMAG

I Had This On My Wish List ...

But ... sadly even the dream of having and riding a revived and updated Norton motorcycle seems to have been crushed. Although for those few who did manage to get their hands on one ... the future is $$$ Rare and Collectable$$$ .....
The Norton Revival ... Is a Scandal ...

H/T to Hellforleathermagazine.com

So regrettable .... but ... If I had been able to pony up ... I might have succumbed to the scam myself.

OMMAG

States of Stupidity

Illustrations from The People's Cube

There's a new sort of corporate law being promoted in a couple of states as a sort of "Carrot" to the federal "Sticks" being swung about by the Washington "Change Makers".

The state of Maryland has passed a version and the state of Vermont is in the process of creating a special class of corporation called a "B" (for benefit) class corporation that will receive special protection by the state in matters involving competition and free market transactions of their debt and shares.

All a business has to do to be granted the "special" status is undertake a 90 minute interview with regulators and incorporate certain "language" into their charter.

If everything goes according to plan government bureaucrats will be granted the power to enforce whatever notions of political correctness and progressive social policy they see fit while seeing to it that private investors will be suitably constrained from exercising their prerogatives.

Read More ....

Now where have we seen this sort of thing before?

OMMAG

Call Me Thumper

At least temporarily ... because the old adage about saying something nice or nothing at all just allows a lot of things that should be slammed and slammed hard from getting the unpleasant attention they deserve.

I tried ... oh I tried! To keep the foot floppin .... but some things just NEED to be said...........



And so it is with the case of Bookseller McNally-Robinson who just this last week (Dec. 29) filed for bankruptcy protection.

So what did them in?

Well ... in my view a couple of things...
One- and ingrained liberal naivete
Tw0- Stemming from that willful blindness ... a decision to bank on the "Center" of the Canadian Universe ... as our self proclaimed betters in The Big Smoke .... as they should be! Right?

That's where the money and the literati reside is not?

From the Financial Post:

"Iconic downtown Toronto book stores Pages and David Mirvish Books closed their retail outlets this year after decades of operation. Nevertheless, the low-margin business of book sales is holding up, with overall sales rising 3.8% in Canada in the third quarter, according to BookNet Canada."


Well it seems NOT... eh?

What passes for literacy in many places these days consists of nothing more than occasional purchases of discount romance novels and drooling episodes over the pages of rags like the Toronto Star. The closest most people these days come to actual literature is reading about it in the review by some quasi erudite snob in a newspaper such as already mentioned or possibly as a category of "Jeopardy".

Well? Ain't that the truth?

And so Toronto being the cultural leader of all Canadians and the great trendsetting metropolis that shows all us rubes how things are supposed to be .... performs exactly as should be expected. That is .... leading the way down the cultural toilet.

Holly dear Holly .... what did you expect? Hanging with the likes of Gordon Sinclair will get you nothing but a load of idiotic ideas and indigestion.

File this under "F@rk" Toronto baby... Pearls Before Swine.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year TOO !

OMMAG

Obama's Respect for Constitution, Supreme Court and Congress

You know the same kind of institutions he's got problems with at home!

On Honduras it's a slam dunk...

Obama has decided the Castro/Chavez take on the situation was best: reinstall President Zelaya.

Early on June 28, members of the Honduran military temporarily arrested President Manuel Zelaya. Within minutes he was on a plane bound for Costa Rica. In San Jose, Zelaya denounced the military's intervention as a "coup d'etat" and a "brutal kidnapping." The military's actions, while swift and arbitrary, came after President Zelaya defied virtually every Honduran political and legal institution and propelled his citizens to the verge of polarizing violence. Zelaya's swift removal from Honduras probably saved many lives.

Yep that's what lefty scumbag wanna be dictators do!

Obama likes Zelaya's style and wants him BACK in POWER!

Just like Hugo Chavez.


You could call this a glimpse of things to come.
Are We Lumberjacks?

Time for a Beer!

OMMAG

Once In A Few Years ...

I get sick.

Not just snot blowing or allergy miserable sick ... but head pounding mule kick to the back of the neck sick.

It started on friday this time .................a back of the throat sinus tickle that produced an intermittent cough that would not be stopped.

Saturday was a teaser with everything seeming to clear.

Then ............. Sunday 4 A.M. the rude awakening.

Said mule caressed my cranium and I was taken by a fit of coughing that would allow no air into my lungs due to the windpipe being swollen shut with inflammation from the toxic products of my sinuses.
Some time spent with my head under a hot shower loosened things up enough to ingest some suitable meds.. and I made it through the morning.Further medication and a day spent on the couch got me to bedtime. Only to repeat the process this morning.
Had to phone in sick ... which I hate to do just on general principles.

Good thing the US Open held the final round this morning otherwise I'd have Had to watch daytime TV of some sort. Too bad it didn't start till sometime after 8am.

BTW ever seen a 1955 movie titled The Sniper?

The gist of the story is that a mamma hating girly man can only relieve his pent up hostility by killing women. A semi gripping psycho-thriller that holds up pretty well until the police psychologist starts lecturing the SF cops about his thought that "If Only" the disturbed (twisted MF) boy had gotten the correct medical attention as a youth he would be AOK and a few dozen women would still be alive.

Personally I was hoping the cops would punch the doc out and shoot the crap out of the Moffo girly man sniper.

In Sickness and in Health...

OMMAG

BTW - Guess which park that is right across the street chose today to bring in the monster lawnmowers with the diesel tractors? ....... for two and a half hours!!!

From One Extreme to Another

A hat tip to my friend Barry who tipped me to this...................




No surprise that MSNBC Thinks they can blame business schools for all the worlds financial problems.

And surely there are some grains of truth in there about the mercenary zeitgeist of many freshly minted MBAs who think they're going to out hustle the junk bond kings and the corporate cowboys of the 1980's.

But anyone ...... I repeat ANYONE that thinks a Humanities degree is the answer to the questions implied in this piece of wishful thinking by Mathew Stewart... and that includes Mat himself... Is and Ass of Epic proportion.

Even the Subheading to the Title :

"Economic crisis has exposed the myth of business-school expertise"

Is a real piece of poo because it's not the MBAs who created the fiasco of the century.

It's the Politicians who caved in to the social activists in matters of fiscal policy who bear the shame. And just as surely as this is the whole truth ... mark my words! ... These dummies have the supreme joker and a whole court of fools at the helm now.

The Community Organizer in Chief and his cohorts are hell bent on dismantling the most successful economic structure since the days of Rome ..... and The MSM ... Like MSNBC are cheerleading all the way!

You see it's not news that the MBA is an overblown accreditation .... people who actually do business have known this for years. And typical of the MSM ... they are just discovering the fact.

Also, typically they are bent on weaving this bit trivial observation into their on going memes.

So just to repeat what should not need to be repeated ... The MSM as a group, ARE the stupidest most incompetent people on the planet. That or completely devoid of integrity.



OMMAG

This Is Important to Canada?

Update! And Stay Out!

"British MP Galloway to speak via video after court leaves Canada entry ban"

Even CP added some meat and context this story now that the courts refused to back down to the moonbats. Of course they did bury it at the
BOTTOM of the article.

If you think that supporting and encouraging terrorist loving loons is what Canada should be all about ....... Then Jump on The Galloway Train!



"TORONTO - Canadian lawyers for George Galloway say a decision denying the British MP entry into the country is arbitrary and should be overturned."

And WHO pray tell is paying these lawyers?

A sample of the Galloway defense club : From of course ... CBC


Some Galloway Background Collected By Marc Landers of USS Neverdock. The best blog world chronicler of Britain's demise.

Galloway .. convicted of fraud and still sitting in Parliament?

I guess it would be expecting too much of Canadian Press to put a little context around this matter.

OMMAG

The Magic Of Hope!

After all it was just too much to ask that the whole plan be evaluated for risks and consequences before they started handing out $Billions of tax payers dollars.

Details just aren't what juveniles do!

Now just like you'd expect of 10 year old mentalities, they are incapable of focusing on the BIG picture.

Rather than ask where nearly $50 Billion is being spent ........

The Children want to renege on the contracted pay packages that brokers are owed.

You know the fact is that most of these bonuses go to the guys who actually carry the water in the investment and finance business?

So the Great Community Organizer in Chief wants to go after them while ignoring

THIS:

Bailout Benefits

Banks got $22.4 billion in collateral, $27.1 billion in payments from a U.S. entity to retire credit-default swaps and $43.7 billion tied to the securities-lending program, AIG said in a statement.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. led beneficiaries, with $12.9 billion, followed by Societe Generale SA, France’s No. 3 bank, with $11.9 billion, and Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s biggest lender, with $11.8 billion. AIG and the Fed had previously refused to reveal the counterparties, saying the contracts were confidential and that the information could damage AIG’s business prospects.

States, including California and Virginia, got $12.1 billion tied to guaranteed investment contracts.

And of course the Prosecutor and Chief Political Grandstander of NY state is looking for easy targets too.

The USA is in the hands of juvenile chiselers and ignoramuses.

God Help Us!

OMMAG

Serving Notice

Bumped........................... this thing is dated a bit, being written before the anointing of the "0"
But it is still poignant in the clarity with which Mr.Knox nails the underlying issue.

When any group of people conspire to stick millions of taxpayers with the bill simply because their own actions and behaviours have put them in an untenable position such as the auto industry and others are doing it is wrong. Given that the current US administration is going along with this insult to the working people of America and even working hard to carry it as far as possible it seems that it is well past time for more voices such as Gregory Knox's to be given the chance to be heard.

A group of self indulgent children have their hands on the bank accounts of America.



To the Big 3 and friends:

Gregory Knox, Pres.

Knox Machinery Company

Franklin, Ohio

Gentlemen:

In response to your request to contact legislators and ask for a bailout for the United States automakers, please consider the following, and please pass this on to Troy Clarke, President of General Motors - North America for me.

Politicians and Management of the Big 3 are both infected with the same entitlement mentality that has spread like cancerous germs in UAW halls for the last countless decades, and whose plague is now sweeping this nation, awaiting our new “messiah”, Pres-elect Obama, to wave his magic wand and make all our problems go away, while at the same time allowing our once great nation to keep “living the dream” Believe me folks, The dream is over!

There's much more in this response to the open letter GM's Troy Clarke, where he implores one and all to get on the political bandwagon for taxpayer funded handouts.

Read the whole thing compliments of Morning Glory.

OMMAG

Arguing For The Enforced Subsidy of Third Rate Talents!

It's CRTC Time Again and the usual lot are out in force demanding that

You and I pay for crap we do not want just because the producers of said crap say so.

Add in the crowd of "More Government is What we NEED!" harpies and the self serving bureaucrats of the quasi-governmental commission and you may just find your self paying for all the crap that you have been free from for the last 20 years or so.

The recording industry as a whole is in a pickle and they want government to fix their problems.
That means that YOU are going to pay!

Whether you Never Even Buy or listen to music you will pay.... if the supporters of this have their way:
"............ cultural groups proposed a mandatory tax based on a percentage of broadband revenues, with the money going to Canadian new media content. But the companies that pipe the Internet into Canadian homes have insisted they will pass any such tax directly onto the consumer Internet bills."

For more comprehensive analysis you may want to read: Michael Geist

For my money however ... Brett Lockhart of Mississauga, ON nails it with : " ...... his public submission that the CRTC should stay away from the Internet and that the existing regulations for TV and radio have a "real air of socialism."

Yep!

OMMAG

Formula One - Fat Heads Butt Heads

I'm a big fan of F1 racing and I've been watching the evolution of the sport under the tutelage of Bernie Ecclestone with some amusement and a lot of frustration.

The Montreal Grandes Prix is on Bernie's chopping block of financially unrewarding venues...
As reported....

He scoffed when an interviewer for CJAD asked whether his demand - reportedly $175 million over five years, plus advertising and attendance revenues - was unreasonable.

Ecclestone said many other places around the world pay far more to host the race. He said the offer to Montreal was actually a steal, compared with what others pay.

Mayor Gerald Tremblay had called it unreasonable.

"Unreasonable compared to what?" Ecclestone replied in his radio interview.

"We do business worldwide and nobody else thinks we're unreasonable. We've got a queue of people that want races. So we can't be unreasonable."

Well actually Bernie .... you can apparently .......... and most of the time you get away with it!

Nevertheless...... I get a big kick out of someone telling the butthead politicians their full of crap.

OMMAG

Wednesday is Hump Day!

Sadly we have a Hump Day Hump of The Week !

My pathetic brother in law who seems to think the world owes him.

Sad little boy who for some reason is going through a divorce ( wonder why eh?)

Has his poo in a knot about his mother who has alzheimer's and is institutionalized.

Thanks for all the help and cooperation on taking care of that bud!

Thinks he .... everyone is out to get him.

Well no we're all just tired of your BS pal!

OMMAG

By the way ... one more email like that and you'll have something else to be worried about!

I'm Rooting for the Little Guys

Bell Mobility Dealers Suing ...


I spent thirty plus years in the telecom game and I've seen Bell and their bretheren bastards screw the public, their customers and every business they deal with on a regular basis.

I hope the Independent dealers win this one for all of us. And Personally .... $200 million is far too little.

Oh yeah! The dealers already have $135 million in lawsuits outstanding against Bell ......

Sue the bastards! Wring their nuts like a used towel at the car wash.

Scuse me while I relish my shadenfreude


OMMAG

People Will be Going to Jail

And not just those crooks who have been fiddling the books at Fannie and Freddie....

There are a host of big name Democrats on the Boards and there are lots of unanswered questions.

With the US public looking like they are about to be hosed for close to a $Trillion by the government in order to bail these scummy SOBs out I say start cheering for the FBI, SEC and DoJ.


Anyone who thinks that the bailout is about the man in the street isn't thinking about it at all.

"The government probe into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac widened as the mortgage giants disclosed yesterday they are under investigation by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. "

This saga should be called "The Fleecing of America" ..... story at The Washington Post

Clintons, Obama, and a host of others connected to this stinking pile of poo.

Many links to related stories at USS Neverdock

OMMAG

That Sensation of Having Things Going Away

As the Mainstream media types who are mostly just hacks being paid to be hacks gradually discover how much of an impact the Blog World is having on their presumptive home turf and entitlement it is becoming ever more obvious that they are afraid.

How can I say they are afraid?

Because vitriolic lashing out without any actual understanding is the hallmark of the intimidated.

This Post ! by M.A.D. highlights some of the self justifying contortions we are witnessing ( if we bother to look).

I see it as fear unmasked.... the desperate clutching and grasping at anything within reach as they see their assumed right of privilege falling out of their grasp.

Best of all is the willingness to attribute all of their own blatant failings to their newly recognized nemesis.



OMMAG