Oh my goodness. What a great find!.I was perusing an antique mall in Calgary today (most Calgarians will know which one,) when I found a steal of a deal. UN-believable, Gary Dornhoefer, as they say! It was a BS-O-Meter. Yes that's right, a BS-O-Meter..Made in some Balkan nation, it claimed to accurately measure the dishonesty and distortion of a politician or civil servant — in other words, how big of a jerk they really are..So, man oh man, I could not believe my luck. I was so excited to get this home, and try it out..The first test did not go well. I tried it on The Boy Genius in the PMO, none other than Justin Trudeau, our current Idiot-In-Chief. But, it didn't work. And I was cursing it, thinking I lost my $25 bucks. But, I monkeyed with the wiring a bit and lo and behold, it was working again. I felt like Mr. Spock in The City on the Edge of Forever, Star Trek episode!.So here was the first test. A quote from the Boy Genius himself, courtesy media reports: "The fight against terrorism requires our intelligence services to continue to be flexible and to be creative in their approaches... But every step of the way they are bound by strict rules, by principles and values that Canadians hold dear, including around the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and we expect that those rules be followed.".It was a response to the allegation in a newly published book by U.K.-based writer Richard Kerbaj — The Secret History of the Five Eyes — that one of CSIS' contractors helped traffic three British teenage girls to Islamic State extremists seven years ago..Well, the BS-O-Meter hit '9' on a scale of 10, signifying complete and total hogwash..OK, let's move on to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, whom we all know and love!.“This is a province that I absolutely love,” she said. “It is a warm, kind, diverse province, full of people who believe in their communities and support their neighbours. That is the Alberta I grew up in.”.Yikes-arama-dama! The Balkan device also hit the roof, registering about an 8.5 on the scale. Which suggests everything she said is total malarkey. In fact, she probably wants revenge and will do her utmost best to destroy the oil industry and and the agriculture industry just to please her Rasputin-like Green Master..OK, and then we have outgoing Premier Jason Kenney. What can you say about him taking potshots on the deck of the Titanic. This week he defended Lieutenant-Governor Salma Lakhani. She suggested she may not automatically pass a Sovereignty Act bill proposed by UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith. .“(Lakhani) was asked unprompted questions by media and I think she gave general answers about her duties as lieutenant-governor, that if she faces something problematic, she would take on expert advice and consider all the constitutional principles,” Kenney told Edmonton radio station CHED..Kenney said the proposal put Lakhani and the entire province in a potentially chaotic and dangerous bind..“It’s really the anarchy act or, as one conservative constitutional scholar puts it, the Alberta suicide act,” said Kenney..I switched on the BS-O-Meter. OMG, it went off the dial, and started to smoke! I shut it off, and let it cool down. I was afraid it was going to explode. God knows what that suggests, but I guess we all know by now what Jason is about, don't we? He's always had some kind ulterior motive and a golden parachute awaits him. You could almost call him 'Damage Boy,' if he were a comic super-hero..Well, not so much on the 'super.'.Then I thought, how about we test Danielle Smith's response? Why not? Let's be fair..“The lieutenant-governor is an unelected figurehead appointed by the prime minister, that plays a wholly ceremonial role in our system of government,” Smith said. “She does not have authority to refuse assent to bills democratically passed in the provincial legislature.”.She then added an additional brilliant touch..“Never in our province’s history has an outgoing leader of a party so brazenly and inappropriately inserted himself into the election of his successor,” she wrote. "I urge him to do a better job of acting like a responsible statesman.”.I looked at the BS-O-Meter. What the ... nothing, it didn't register!.I played the quote again..Nothing! It did not register anything! The needle never moved..Well I thought, that speaks for itself. Danielle, speaking as always not from notes but from her heart. Which is why she probably should be the next UCP leader..And then I tried none other than RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki. Truth be told I had to hold my nose, because I literally can't stand this horrid woman. Canada’s top Mountie blamed conference-call misunderstandings on allegations she’d pressured Nova Scotia mass shooting investigators to release sensitive information to benefit the Liberal government’s impending gun control legislation..What?!.“I did not interfere in the investigation around this tragedy,” Lucki said. “Specifically, I was not directed to publicly release information about weapons used by the perpetrator to help advance pending gun control legislation.”.Wow! The machine went wild, but stopped at "9.8" on the dial. I guess we all know what that means..No explanation necessary. But a resignation should be in order. Why this woman still has her job is a mystery wrapped in an enigma..And lastly, I had to do this one, I just had to..None other than Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, who was questioned by reporters about the status of the infamous ArriveCAN app that's irritating so many Canadian travellers. .“We've done things during the pandemic that I never thought we as a country or the world would do,” Alghabra says. “And everything we've done, our government's done, is kept in mind the health and safety of Canadians.”.Alghabra adds, “Courts and labor tribunals and other bodies have looked at the justification for mandates and for other public health measures and found them to be constitutional given the situation we're in.”.Of course, nobody bothered to tell him the pandemic was largely over in the rest of the world, along with its idiotic restrictions. Only in Canuckistan airports and on Air Canada/WestJet flights, must people wear face masks..It's ridiculous. And the whole world is laughing at us..Anyway, that was that for my Balkan device..There was a big rustling sound, followed by a mini explosion ... the needle, some metal springs and parts went flying. There went my $25 bucks, up in smoke!.And I'm not that great at fixing things folks so let's just say, Mr. Alghabra takes the cake, and then some. And I'm not talking lemon poppy-seed..And so, the moral of this story is quite simple. You get what you pay for, and what you vote for..Now, I wonder if this bloody thing has a warranty?
Oh my goodness. What a great find!.I was perusing an antique mall in Calgary today (most Calgarians will know which one,) when I found a steal of a deal. UN-believable, Gary Dornhoefer, as they say! It was a BS-O-Meter. Yes that's right, a BS-O-Meter..Made in some Balkan nation, it claimed to accurately measure the dishonesty and distortion of a politician or civil servant — in other words, how big of a jerk they really are..So, man oh man, I could not believe my luck. I was so excited to get this home, and try it out..The first test did not go well. I tried it on The Boy Genius in the PMO, none other than Justin Trudeau, our current Idiot-In-Chief. But, it didn't work. And I was cursing it, thinking I lost my $25 bucks. But, I monkeyed with the wiring a bit and lo and behold, it was working again. I felt like Mr. Spock in The City on the Edge of Forever, Star Trek episode!.So here was the first test. A quote from the Boy Genius himself, courtesy media reports: "The fight against terrorism requires our intelligence services to continue to be flexible and to be creative in their approaches... But every step of the way they are bound by strict rules, by principles and values that Canadians hold dear, including around the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and we expect that those rules be followed.".It was a response to the allegation in a newly published book by U.K.-based writer Richard Kerbaj — The Secret History of the Five Eyes — that one of CSIS' contractors helped traffic three British teenage girls to Islamic State extremists seven years ago..Well, the BS-O-Meter hit '9' on a scale of 10, signifying complete and total hogwash..OK, let's move on to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, whom we all know and love!.“This is a province that I absolutely love,” she said. “It is a warm, kind, diverse province, full of people who believe in their communities and support their neighbours. That is the Alberta I grew up in.”.Yikes-arama-dama! The Balkan device also hit the roof, registering about an 8.5 on the scale. Which suggests everything she said is total malarkey. In fact, she probably wants revenge and will do her utmost best to destroy the oil industry and and the agriculture industry just to please her Rasputin-like Green Master..OK, and then we have outgoing Premier Jason Kenney. What can you say about him taking potshots on the deck of the Titanic. This week he defended Lieutenant-Governor Salma Lakhani. She suggested she may not automatically pass a Sovereignty Act bill proposed by UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith. .“(Lakhani) was asked unprompted questions by media and I think she gave general answers about her duties as lieutenant-governor, that if she faces something problematic, she would take on expert advice and consider all the constitutional principles,” Kenney told Edmonton radio station CHED..Kenney said the proposal put Lakhani and the entire province in a potentially chaotic and dangerous bind..“It’s really the anarchy act or, as one conservative constitutional scholar puts it, the Alberta suicide act,” said Kenney..I switched on the BS-O-Meter. OMG, it went off the dial, and started to smoke! I shut it off, and let it cool down. I was afraid it was going to explode. God knows what that suggests, but I guess we all know by now what Jason is about, don't we? He's always had some kind ulterior motive and a golden parachute awaits him. You could almost call him 'Damage Boy,' if he were a comic super-hero..Well, not so much on the 'super.'.Then I thought, how about we test Danielle Smith's response? Why not? Let's be fair..“The lieutenant-governor is an unelected figurehead appointed by the prime minister, that plays a wholly ceremonial role in our system of government,” Smith said. “She does not have authority to refuse assent to bills democratically passed in the provincial legislature.”.She then added an additional brilliant touch..“Never in our province’s history has an outgoing leader of a party so brazenly and inappropriately inserted himself into the election of his successor,” she wrote. "I urge him to do a better job of acting like a responsible statesman.”.I looked at the BS-O-Meter. What the ... nothing, it didn't register!.I played the quote again..Nothing! It did not register anything! The needle never moved..Well I thought, that speaks for itself. Danielle, speaking as always not from notes but from her heart. Which is why she probably should be the next UCP leader..And then I tried none other than RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki. Truth be told I had to hold my nose, because I literally can't stand this horrid woman. Canada’s top Mountie blamed conference-call misunderstandings on allegations she’d pressured Nova Scotia mass shooting investigators to release sensitive information to benefit the Liberal government’s impending gun control legislation..What?!.“I did not interfere in the investigation around this tragedy,” Lucki said. “Specifically, I was not directed to publicly release information about weapons used by the perpetrator to help advance pending gun control legislation.”.Wow! The machine went wild, but stopped at "9.8" on the dial. I guess we all know what that means..No explanation necessary. But a resignation should be in order. Why this woman still has her job is a mystery wrapped in an enigma..And lastly, I had to do this one, I just had to..None other than Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, who was questioned by reporters about the status of the infamous ArriveCAN app that's irritating so many Canadian travellers. .“We've done things during the pandemic that I never thought we as a country or the world would do,” Alghabra says. “And everything we've done, our government's done, is kept in mind the health and safety of Canadians.”.Alghabra adds, “Courts and labor tribunals and other bodies have looked at the justification for mandates and for other public health measures and found them to be constitutional given the situation we're in.”.Of course, nobody bothered to tell him the pandemic was largely over in the rest of the world, along with its idiotic restrictions. Only in Canuckistan airports and on Air Canada/WestJet flights, must people wear face masks..It's ridiculous. And the whole world is laughing at us..Anyway, that was that for my Balkan device..There was a big rustling sound, followed by a mini explosion ... the needle, some metal springs and parts went flying. There went my $25 bucks, up in smoke!.And I'm not that great at fixing things folks so let's just say, Mr. Alghabra takes the cake, and then some. And I'm not talking lemon poppy-seed..And so, the moral of this story is quite simple. You get what you pay for, and what you vote for..Now, I wonder if this bloody thing has a warranty?