atomic energy of canada limited

I don't know how much ("taxpayers"/public) R&D money was invested in AECL since the 1940s, but in 2011 its technology sold for a mere $15 million, plus 15 years of royalties, which could net a return of ... (as much as!) ... $285 million.

In 2009 alone, it received $651 million in federal support. Optics: someone got a sweet deal. And it wasn't Linda Keen, the president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission or any nuclear remediation people. I await the Canadian Taxpayers Federation report on this debacle.

Candu reactor, "CANada Deuterium Uranium"

Predictions. CBC is kind of a Crown Corporation, so it will go to Quebecor for $1.75. Canada Post, au revoir. The Bank of Canada and Royal Canadian Mint will get sucked into the U.S. Federal Reserve vortex of Fraser Institology um, City of London mergerness. Canadian Museum of Civilizational History, almost fini ($25 million). Military Museums, who knows, just say yay! illegal settlements, fait accompli. The Young Royals and The Baby will make many appearances during times of comet tails, Jesus, and Heavens to Betsy what's-her-name will look like a nice brunette Mary and madonna, just like a Warhol suddenly is on the Sotheby's market with #99. The U.S. will default on its debt, so the wars will be free!

That's how Minister Flaherty will balance his books, with fire sales.

gorilla town

There is something strange going on with the gorillas at the Calgary Zoo.

gorilla, with a knife

A keeper was fired this year because, after accidentally leaving a knife in the western lowland gorilla enclosure in 2009 (that's how that one got a knife). He also left the kitchen door unlatched and in March the male gorilla beat him up. Now, with a new keeper, it just happened again, twice in less than a year that the western lowland gorillas got in the kitchen.

CTV: Animals moved to higher ground

I'm not sure what's so difficult about using a proper latch for a kitchen. Then, there was the big flood. Almost all of the animals were safely evacuated, including the hippos, even though they nearly went downstream as wild,wild riverhorses in a new river zoo.

Flood-ravaged zoo nearly lost hippos canoe.ca

Mama mia. Dr. Jake Veasey: “There was the potential of hippos swimming out of the building and into the flooded Bow River” and concern about the big cats. Plan: In holding cells at the Calgary Court Centre.