John Bacon

My first thought was that the legs looked too long in relation to the body. However, that my be an illusion because the tail and markings definitely look like a cougar.

Jays sign Estrada. http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-reach-two-year-26m-agreement-with-estrada/

Some people have mentioned using empty pop bottles. I am not sure how long it takes for them to break down; but it may solve the issue of foam absorbing water. Placing the bottles in there and then adding foam to fill in the spaces between may be a good idea. You could even fill the bottles with foam before capping them.

The dump will start tomorrow: http://www.brandonsun.com/national/breaking-news/montreal-will-begin-sewage-dump-wednesday-coderre-344731372.html

More info on the asian carp found in the Great Lakes. http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/asian-carp-caught-in-lake-ontario-weren-t-born-locally-1.2650585

http://www.gibbssports.com/biski

Metro East Anglers had a good day collecting coho eggs on the Credit today. There should be lots of fish to stock for future years. https://www.facebook.com/MeroEastAnglers/photos/pcb.10156194449790282/10156194449155282/?type=3&permPage=1

Technically they don't. If only the kids are fishing, then the adult does not require a license to watch over them. If the adult wants to fish themselves, then they need a license.

There is a lot of raccoons with distemper. I am not sure if it would cause those symptons or not. I don't think humans have to worry about distemper; but I think that dogs and cats can catch it.

Moonshine is illegal. I am pretty sure that that is the phtoto that was being referenced.

And they will be going up another 10% on January 1, 2016.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/body-wearing-life-jacket-pulled-154025856.html

I remember reading a comparison between Holland the USA a few years ago. Marijuana use in both countries was similar; but the USA had a higher percentage of harder drug users. The theory presented was that the dealers in Holland only sold marijuana while US dealers also sold harder drugs. Since marijuana was legal in Holland, and harder drugs were not, the dealers would not want risk their legal business by selling illegal drugs. In the USA where dealers were already breaking the law by selling marijuana they were more likely to also sell harder drugs. The US dealers didn't have a legal business to risk. Since the dealers in Holland were unlikely to sell harder drugs, pot users were less likely to graduate to other drugs. The availability of a legal high to customers probably made them less likely to experiment with illegal drugs as well. In Holland the customers are not taking a legal risk by using marijuana; however, they would be if they tried harder drugs. In the USA the dealers are already taking a legal risk by selling marijuana. Likewise users are also taking a legal risk by buying a using it. There is not a lot of additional legal risk by graduating to harder drugs. All of this resulting in fewer users from Holland graduating to harder drugs. Hopefully, legalization in Canada can lead to lower usage of some other drugs.

Are you near Innisfil? I saw the picture on FaceBook; the poster claimed that it was off Highway 11 near Innisfil.

Those words are cherry picked from a longer quote 'The concept of net energy must be applied to renewable sources of energy, such as windmills and photovoltaics. A two-megawatt windmill contains 260 tonnes of steel requiring 170 tonnes of coking coal and 300 tonnes of iron ore, all mined, transported and produced by hydrocarbons. The question is: how long must a windmill generate energy before it creates more energy than it took to build it? At a good wind site, the energy payback day could be in three years or less;in a poor location, energy payback may be never. That is, a windmill could spin until it falls apart and never generate as much energy as was invested in building it. Clearly, the concept of net energy is crucial if we want to find a policy that will see us through the Energy Sustainability Dilemma."'

I disagree. The LIberals tend to do better in cities where there are more corporations. The Conservatives do better in more rural areas where there are fewer corporations. When corporations were allowed to make political donations to the federal parties, the bulk of their donations were to the Liberals. That is one of the reasons the Liberals had to adjust to the new donation rules; they no longer received corporate donations. At the provincial level where corporations are still allowed to make donations; they donate mostly to the Liberals.

My main point is that cuts are not all due to attrition. Nurses are still losing their jobs.

Some positive news: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/toronto-blue-jays-reliever-aaron-loup-available-game-220946765--mlb.html

Somebody beat you to it https://www.facebook.com/streetfx/videos/10155829991915112/

It is not just through attrition. My co-workers wife was laid off from Sick Kids hospital. If fact, her whole department was eliminated. That was before this year; but it was still during the McGuinty/Wynne years when they were supposedly restoring all of the cuts by Mike Harris. As far as the increase in the total number of nurses. How does that compare to the increase in population? Ontario's population has increased significantly since 2003; obviously, we will need more nurses.

Understatement of the month.

Not all of them. Some have traded draft choices to Toronto.

Are you sure it wasn't Mark Mulroney? I saw his name mentioned. He is also a son of Brian Mulroney. But, as a Managing Director of the National Bank of Canada, he would probably be taken more seriously than his older brother.

Income splitting benefited me, and I was not in a high income tax bracket last year.

If you are worried about being stuck with your choice forever, Harper would make the most sense. He would be the easiest to get rid of in the next election. The Liberals and NDP plan to change the voting process to bring in ranked balloting and/or proportional representation. Ranked balloting heavily favours the Liberals. If that is passed, we are literally may be stuck with the Liberals forever. Or, at least for our lifetime. Proportional representation would help the NDP in most elections. Harper has committed to holding a referendum before making any changes to the election process. At least we will get to choose if we make change the election process; and if we do change, we have a say in what changes are made.