Kim Jong-un Death Wish - Some Thoughts

The teachers function is to help create the structure of the subject in the student's mind.
Northrop Frye, On Education, p.13

Well, here we are, Ole Kim Jong-un the head hermit of the hermit kingdom, has moved a missile south and is now in the process of fueling it. So what is the big deal? If he fires it, it won't even get to stage two. With the presence of a hulking Ticonderoga  cruiser, with the latest  RIM 161-SM-3's on board, nothing will get past. The Yanks use these missiles to shoot down satellites in space! And again at Mach 8.0!! it will not take long to catch a hulking multistage missile at launch. Then there is that ever present carrier group and that is on station, and that lurking Ohio Class boomer boat. Our little friend Kim Jong-un is whooped before he even starts.

RIM - 161 - Can you hear me now Kim?

What is really bugging the Oracle of Ottawa is all the misinformation that has surrounded the recent antics of the hermit kingdom of late. The Oracle of Ottawa simply does not believe that the hermits of the hermit kingdom even have a nuclear weapon. The so called first detonation only measured a crummy 5 kilotons in yield, and was an underground detonation. Any one who knows anything about nuclear weapons knows that it is much harder to make a small atomic weapon then it is to make a large one. The idea and basic theory is easy, but it takes a super power to actually do it, or to make some one appear to have done it. If you catch the Oracles drift.

Ohio Class SSBN - Wait for it...

What the Oracle of Ottawa strongly suspects is that the hermits of the hermit kingdom simply filled an old underground bunker with all their past date ordinance and threw in some old nuclear medical waste, along with some ammonia fertilizer and old diesel fuel, and lit the sucker off. Look we did a A-bomb! Well the Oracle of Ottawa didn't buy it from second one. This was the greatest spin jerk of the century so far..You and I dear reader are closer to getting an atomic weapon the the hermits of the hermit kingdom.

And what does this present situation say about the peasant Chinese of the Peasants Republic of China? Think it out people, they are putting up with this nutter threatening nuclear war right on their own doorstep! Does this all add up to you? The Oracle of Ottawa firmly believes that the Chinese are getting all Sun Tzu with the situation, thinking that us gajuns in the West are buying their crap. Yes sir Bubba, the Chines have a dog or two in this piss up. And they better watch out in case we the stupid gajuns start figuring it out...

Margaret Thatcher - The Other Eulogy

Why does the way of the guilty prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
Jeremiah, 12:1, NRSV

The Oracle of Ottawa first heard of Margaret Thatchers passing while still in bed this morning on the CBC Radio News. The first impression that crossed the Oracles mind was there goes the old style vulgar media's TV schedule for about the next two weeks. She had a nice long retirement didn't she? And as a Baroness, she also sat in the House of Lords. And, much to the amazement to the Oracle of Ottawa, she was on the speaking tour until quiet recently! So lets see, one government pension, one pay check from the House of Lords, and those wacking speaking fees! Talk about triple dipping! Isn't it ironic that as the warrior for unrestricted capitalism, she sure got to feed deep at the trough of the public tit. And to add insult too injury, she seems to have had the utter luxury that she didn't deserve, of dying in her sleep, no doubt with her face to the wall. 

Margaret Thatcher - Ronald Reagan

 Maggy Thatcher was born a no count shop girl. She made full use of all the socialist tools of the time to better her life. And then she spent the rest of her life making damn sure that your kids will never have the same opportunities! No doubt many a tear will be shed all over the United Kingdom tonight, after enjoying a good horse and kidney pie and over the best adulterated scotch. No doubt there will be many people at her funeral, mostly old trade unionists, that want to make sure that she really is dead. Did you hear that she passed away at suite of rooms at the Ritz Hotel in London! Where is your grandmother dying? How utterly evil and criminal is that? The ninth circle of hell is certainly going to be receiving a monster upgrade shortly.

The real legacy of Maggy Thatcher is that she was the sharp tip of the spear point of the New World Order, that we all suffer under today, and will continue to suffer under, until we finally get wise and take our world and lives back. She was instrumental in the "downfall" of the Eastern Block. Now we have gangster states, that makes the old days of grey Marxist - Leninism look some what idyllic! Is your life as a working person better now or was it your parents and grandparents that really enjoyed life more than you as you are sweating through it now? I know it is embarrassing, you don't have to give an answer.

But there was the Falklands, wasn't there? Well after thirty years it has all finally dawned on the Oracle of Ottawa that Maggy didn't really give a sheeps shit about a bunch of sheep herders far and away. It appears now to the Oracle of Ottawa that it was all about who was going to dominate the huge export weapons business. And it sure as hell was not going to be the French! A little MI-5 and a dash of MI-6 and you can make anything happen. All for the good of the GNP! And the friends that you are dancing with at the time. Mark the Oracles words folks, it will all come out about 50 to 75 years from now, the history of the future will not match the history of today, of that you can be most certain.  

 In closing, the Oracle of Ottawa has to agree wholeheartedly and with out any reservation with the statement of Gerry Adams:  "the great hurt done to the Irish and British people during her time as British prime minister. Here in Ireland her espousal of old draconian militaristic policies prolonged the war and caused great suffering." And that war in all its flavors still goes on. And it will continue until we finally rise up and end it, once and for all...

 The above represents the Oracle of Ottawas sentiments exactly...

In Canada We Are Not Saved

Hyenas will cry in its towers, and jackals in the pleasant palaces; its time is close at hand.
Isaiah, 13:22, NRSV 

Many of the frequent flyers of this awesome blog, probably thought many times, when the Oracle of Ottawa prophesied of the future, that the Oracle of Ottawa had slipped his clutch plates. Like the time that he foretold the Conservative Party of Canada's game plan in reducing Canada and its workers to third world status. There were also probably many smiles when the Oracle of Ottawa foretold how in the very near future, how the use of Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW's) were going to be used to destroy all labour unions and all the middle class of Canada. Well the Oracle of Ottawa gets the most important last laugh. The future is here.

Short the Royal Bank!!

The Royal Bank of Canada is the largest Schedule I bank in Canada. Last year, at the time of this writing, it made over seven billion dollars in profit. (2012) It was on the way home today from the usual tour to the Ottawa Valley that the Oracle of Ottawa first heard of the breaking iGate scandal on the car radio from the CBC. The Oracle of Ottawa was incensed at the news. It seems from the news report that the scum upper level minions of the Royal Bank have fired 45 Canadian IT workers that were probably pretty expensive, and are planning to replace them with TFW's from India! But the 45 Canadian lads still have a little bit of time left, you see, they have to train the third world TFW's that are stealing their jobs! You can't make this shit up.

Once the Royal Bank of Canada was one of the best employers and the safest place in Canada to park your money. Then if number one wasn't high enough in Canada and being the 53rd largest corporation on earth, they have gone wal-mart on us who have made them what they are today. The Oracle of Ottawa has put this down to the management shitting in its own nest, by letting cheaper "outsiders" into the most inner sanctum of the tent.

Jason 'The Fuck Up' Kenny visa's what visa's

 The Oracle of Ottawa, needless to say, was not very impressed. The Oracle of Ottawa has a lot of "assets" at the Royal Bank of Canada at present. How safe is my money going to be when all the digital information that it is now stored in, going to be safe in the hands of insect third world TFW's? Any one that has ever had anything to do with these near useless hypocrite people soon find out that the biggest fuck-ups in the world, essentially originates from East Asia, or as the Oracle of Ottawa call it; TFW central. Thank you very much indeed! If the Royal Bank of Canada will betray its own employees, with their own money, (think about it...), how the fuck are they going to treat you dear valued customer??

But alas, there may be deliverance. It seems that the news had the same effect on many Canadians as it had on the Oracle of Ottawa. Why it was in the next news slot on CBC radio, that that skank useless skank Kellie whats her name, of the 'Harper Government', was panting that there was surely a mistake that had been made. Then you knew the thing was really gaining traction, when on the National CBC TV broadcast, you had that fat greasy biped, whats his name; Jason The Fuck Up - That Nobody Likes, the present immigration minister, was all but shitting himself in his best grovelling begging position. (The makings for a great attack ad in the next election...) It seems that the bottom of the spiral has been reached, and more than a few Canadians actually DO care.

By the way, let the Oracle of Ottawa warn you all, the stock of Royal Bank of Canada could be a teenager very shortly. (i.e. a stock worthless than twenty dollars...) And for all the Oracles friends in the European Union and the United States, avoid taking any of your new business to the Royal Bank of Canada. And if you have funds and / or securities there now, monitor closely, and start a plan B, if you follow the Oracles drift. Have a nice day...and if you can, buy a ton of put options down the scale, you will probably really really well in the near future.... I mean really, this could be just the tip of the iceberg, like those recently defunct investment banks that cratered in 2008...               

Royal Bank of Canada - The Grand Finale?? Turn it up and enjoy...

Sordid Sun

Stops like sordid sun though

essential languided moan my smear
lake a diamond milking place, them
swim an have arm winterly tounge
sleep apparatus blood scream sausage sky will
you and the fory goddess frantic
only leave by crush only water 

Blue Jays - 2013 Home Opener

Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.
Proverbs, 27:17, NRSV

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. All investors know that the worst stock picks one can make is the stock that was hot last year in the hope and / or belief that they will certainly be hot in the coming next few years. It is hard to believe that Alex Anthopoulos didn't read Moneyball by Michael Lewis ! Perhaps he should have compromised and went out to see the movie during the last off season! Moneyball was the story of the the Oakland Athletics, with a payroll of under 40 million, went on to compete and utterly kick ass against teams like the New York Yankees who had a payroll at the time of 125 million! But this is the kind of crap that is going to happen when the general manager is equipped with an arts degree...

Alex - Last season?

The Moneyball method is a lot like the Warren Buffet method of picking stocks. Or what the old school of investors calls "value investing". Trying to buy the next World Series using the New York Yankee method of more money than brains does not always work, especially in the new and present world of Major League Baseball. But at least Alex filled all the seats of Sky Dome once this season.

One could tell that the spin doctors and marketers were given full and total run of the event. Some things the Oracle of Ottawa liked, and a lot of things the Oracle of Ottawa did not like at all. The Canadian flag display that covered the whole outfield was pretty impressive and looked great on an HD flat screen. But the absence of the French verses of of Oh Canada were a total fail. Surely there is one singer available in Toronto that is familiar with Canada's both official languages. The absence of John Farrell grieved the Oracle of Ottawa very deeply. And that replacement! Were the hell did the Blue Jays get this guy? At the old rummy baseball sweat flea market held in the off season in the Dominican Republic? From total class to no class in one iteration, so to speak. But John was better looking than Alex, and you just can't have that can you?

The Oracle of Ottawa also has to comment that the new team song totally sucks! And that band? Never heard of them and will probably be soon forgotten. It appears to the Oracle of Ottawa that the Blue Jays organization put out the honor of the position to the bidding recording companies. And the no-name band managed to cough up the highest amount of (wasted) loot. It may have been good marketing, but the band still sucks.

Another high lite of the evening was the choice of Geddy Lee to toss out the first pitch of the game. (By Tor and the Throw Dog?) And he was serious. He was in top form, that sinker was no stinker! He had a way better night than R. A. Dickey! The final good high light of the night was the return of the great Greg Zaun. The Oracle of Ottawa likes Greg Zaun. But give him back his elegant lapel microphone please! That fruitty face boom mike made the Oracle of Ottawa think that he was suffering a flashback to a Madonna concert. And if possible start working Greg Zaun into the role of play by play when possible, it would be like Vin Scully, on LSD...

Canadian Tradesman And The 'Productivity Gap'

A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water.
Proverbs, 11:25, NRSV

Once a upon a time in Canada it was a really good roll to be a tradesman. This period was the best from about 1950 up to about 1980. The Oracle of Ottawa remembers, for example, how good it was to be a truck driver way back then. Just someone with a Teamsters card driving someone elses gear, was just outstandingly awesome. A lot of guys that the Oracle of Ottawa knew of made more than most lawyers at the time!

Someday soon Comrade!

 Then starting around the 1980's it all took a shit and steep power dive. The big rig union drivers and a lot of other serious well paid trades came in for "Union discipline", and the Oracle of Ottawa has to admit now that it has all been a success. But it is not the success that the upcoming period of  "Management discipline" that is soon going to happen, and will never again stop, will be.

The Oracle of Ottawa snorts in utter contempt, when he sees stories on the old vulgar media, going on about the worsening shortage of tradesman in Canada. Why it is all so bad, that some monster corporations my have to fold up and just go out of business! Well, bring it on! The Oracle of Ottawa will certainly enjoy watching that happen. If the whole god damned greed driven employee fucking edifice collapsed in front of my very eyes, the Oracle of Ottawa would come in his pants, and heartily enjoy it.

Now the Oracle of Ottawa keeps hearing a lot about the 50 billion dollar 'productivity gap'. The one that goes on the most about this is Amanda Lang, which left the Oracle of Ottawa in much distress. The back room Bilderberg Group bastards finally got to her. The strange thing is that if you enter the term 'productivity gap' at Wikipedia nothing comes up! It is not a recognized or notable idea in the field of economics! But what does come up is the well recognized and very cited concept of the Productivity paradox. This concept basically states that with all the bull shit technology, and networking, and interconectedness we should be producing our arses off! But the reality is that as more and more of this useless gadget "innovation" becomes available, the average productivity of the Canadian worker continues to fall! Now the Oracle of Ottawa loves such ignorant economics.

The reality is that no one will come out for trades because there is nothing in it for them. Save and except a crummy job that just might pay, someday, above minimum wage. When, and until,  the situation returns to full union and worker power, it looks like the managers (manglers?) will soon be building all those tar sand structures and pipelines by themselves. You can't unblock a shitter with a laptop and C++, and you can't drive a big rig with an I-Phone. We don't need any more useless innovation, like a soccer ball that generates electricity(?), or the yappings of the likes of the eternally scummy Kevin O'Leary...the "entre-pren-whore". 
 

HMCS Toronto - Taxing Kim Jong-un's Dope?

I am too wasted to eat my bread.
Psalm, 102:4, NRSV

It was with great interest and wondrous amazement that the Oracle of Ottawa greeted the news of HMCS Toronto's huge Arabian Sea drug bust of over half a ton of pure heroin! They say on the CBC that the street value is somewhere in the vicinity of 100 million dollars. But where the hell would a half a ton of heroin originate from? The CBC news story hinted that it could be from Afghanistan. And this, to the Oracle of Ottawa, just doesn't sound right. Does it sound right to you?

HMCS Toronto

Now the only thing that is going to be wilder than this feat of high seas policing is the first day back in Halifax when the Mounties try and walk the drug sniffing dogs through the lower decks! The damn critters will be going totally nuts. Try and picture it. The dog(s) will be more confused then Herring Cove on Fathers Day! 

Could you imagine a shrewd Afghanistan tribal leader putting such a huge load all in one place? The Oracle of Ottawa doesn't see it either. From the Oracles sources, the warlords move their junk in small batches over land to Iran and then on through to Turkey.  And even more interesting than where the load came from, one should ask where the blazes it was going. After some thought the Oracle of Ottawa has come up with another plan.

Could it possibly be that the HMCS Toronto has intercepted a wholesale load from North Korea Could this huge load have once been the property of one Kim Jong-un? He tried this, (or was it his Dad?), with a much larger ship to Australia, and all was going well until the Aus cops seized a mere fifty bricks of heroin and then sank the ship!