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” The herds are at the gate Muriel.”

The Trans Pacific Partnership talks have stalled over Canada's unwillingness to drop it's Dairy subsidies.

The Trans Pacific Partnership talks have stalled over Canada’s unwillingness to drop it’s Dairy subsidies.

” We should have spent less on boiling oil and more on renewables ‘.

" The contraction is almost exclusively in the energy sector,the rest of the economy is growing ".[Stephen Harper]

” The contraction is almost exclusively in the energy sector,the rest of the economy is growing “.[Stephen Harper]

Trickle down.

Stephen Harper " The current economic downturn is only temporary."

Stephen Harper ” The current economic downturn is only temporary.”

“If we adjust our carbon emission target for 2020 we won’t have to worry about 2050. “

Premiers meeting and Brad  Wall: political expediency no match for father time or mother nature.

Premiers meeting and Brad Wall: political expediency no match for father time or mother nature.

“You my dear,draw water.I on the other hand,quaff Adam’s ale”.

Hard to swallow: Nestle takes an unlimited amount of water from an aquifer near Hope B.C. for $2.25 per million litres.

Hard to swallow: Nestle takes an unlimited amount of water from an aquifer near Hope B.C. for $2.25 per million litres.

Greek play.

Germany is the banker as Greece rolls the dice.

Germany is the banker as Greece rolls the dice.

“What would Socrates have done?” “He’d question the question”.

Greek voters reject the stiff bailout terms offered by the EU.

Greek voters reject the stiff bailout terms offered by the EU.

Crafty diner: What will be eliminated from the Buffett?

Heinz merger with Kraft expands food larder for Warren Buffett.

Heinz merger with Kraft expands food larder for Warren Buffett.

Running on the .05 gauge.

Ballots for the Vancouver transit vote are mailed out over the weekend.

Ballots for the Vancouver transit vote are mailed out over the weekend.

Riding the gravy train.

Demoted Translink CEO Ian Jarvis works to keep his $422.000 salary +$83,7000 in bonuses while his interim successor,Doug Allen will pull in more than $1,000 a day during the hunt for a replacement.

Demoted Translink CEO Ian Jarvis works to keep his $422.000 salary +$83,7000 in bonuses while his interim successor,Doug Allen will pull in more than $1,000 a day during the hunt for a replacement.