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Posted on 09/10/2013 6:16:57 AM PDT by 1raider1
A Lake County judge has ruled Indianas so-called right to work law unconstitutional.
During a legal challenge launched by Local 150, Judge John Sedia took issue with the part of the law requiring unions to represent workers while making illegal for them to require membership dues.
The right to work law here is unsafe, unfair and an unnecessary law and now its been ruled unconstitutional, so we couldnt be more pleased, said Jeff Harris, spokesman for the Indiana AFL/CIO.
The court in Lake County has said (to the legislature), youre requiring this statute, youre requiring citizens and organizations in this state to provide services without compensation and thats got to be problematic for any legislature or any attorney general, said Stephanie Jane Hahn, an attorney who specializes in employment law.
Read more: http://fox59.com/2013/09/09/judge-rules-against-indianas-right-to-work-law/#ixzz2eUlyFDOW
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Judges... again thwarting the will of the people.
I messed up. This was actually reported 9/9/2013.
Lake County, I presume, is Gary?
I am against Unions but if you belong to one you should pay the dues. You should not be REQUIRED to join a Union though. Take that out and pass the law again.
That does seems stupid...
How could they force the unions to represent people who were NOT dues-paying mambers?
I may be unclear on all the facts.
Yes, Gary, Hammond, etc.
The right to work is unconstitutional?! What planet are we on?
I don't think the judge has the authority to decide that
A county judge throws out a state law?
Is that even possible?
Agreed - what were the legislators thinking? Was this snuck in as a poison pill by the bad guys?
An unwanted so called "service".
Like the homeless man that rubs a dirty rag on your windshield at a red light and then wants you to pay him for his "service".
Typically the issue is the company doesn't have to act as a dues collector and perform payroll withholding of union dues.
I wonder if that is what is really going on here?
A county judge?..............
Judge John Sedia took issue with the part of the law requiring unions to represent workers while making illegal for them to require membership dues.
All you need is one greedy idiot and a few dollars.
Don't tell anyone, but.... IT'S ABOUT THE MONEY. IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY.
It is not at all uncommon for employees who have opted out of union membership to be required to pay a small (relatively) fee to pay for the benefits the union still provides; namely, collective bargaining for wages.
It's the law in Alabama and right to work works fine.
You are correct.
Pretty soon the "right to posts" that question judges decisions will be banned. Our rights are diminishing (as the people cheer).
That makes sense to me, but it will require companies to have different levels of pay. Oh...gosh....they might even be able to pay on merit those who aren't in the union.
If I were those workers I would BEG to not be represented by the union.
Yes, and I am NO fan of unions, but I do not believe a law that requires them to represent people who have not paid for said representation is patently unfair. I don't know about whether it's constitutional, however.
Just so I'm clear; if I'm a teacher and can choose NOT to join the union, are you saying I should be made to pay union dues just because the union is still representing all teachers as a whole when it comes to negotiating wages?
Everything is a right if it is from a liberal, but your real rights, the OBVIOUS ones are NULL when it conflicts with their liberal progressive world view of GOVERNMENT ONLY "rights."
Just so I'm clear; if I'm a teacher and can choose NOT to join the union, are you saying I should be made to pay union dues just because the union is still representing all teachers as a whole when it comes to negotiating wages?
On a side note, I don't think the results of collective bargaining should apply to non-union members either. 'Course, it would mean that union member teachers would probably get paid more, causing non-union members to consider becoming members, or incentivizing the district to save money by hiring non-union members.
I agree that it is unfair if non-members are being represented without paying fees, but my understanding is that the union can negotiate the collection of fees from non-union members to pay for their collective bargaining expenses.
I agree that it is unfair if non-members are being represented without paying fees, but my understanding is that the union can negotiate the collection of fees from non-union members to pay for their collective bargaining expenses.
I did that a while back. It was the Beck decision. You pay agency fees to cover collective bargaining work.
These lawsuits are an important part of America's realpolitik. We need to discuss, openly and publicly, the concepts found in our Constitution. The voters are simply too ignorant as to the words and meaning of this most important contract.
Do you have the right to free association? Free thought? What about the Commerce Clause? If we revisted that we might find Wickard v. Filburn a beneficial tool. If an individual farmer feeding his self-grown food to his own family can affect interstate commerce, how much more do state, county and local laws limiting or directing commerce affect interstate commerce?
This is worth exploring.
notice the judge did not state no membership required. The judge said you have to pay money.
IOW someone might have paid the judge.
"I messed up. This was actually reported 9/9/2013."
well congrats on having another thread where Freepers don;t even look at the date and still post LOL
During a legal challenge launched by Local 150, Judge John Sedia took issue with the part of the law requiring unions to represent workers while making illegal for them to require membership dues. ...
The court in Lake County has said (to the legislature), youre requiring this statute, youre requiring citizens and organizations in this state to provide services without compensation and thats got to be problematic for any legislature or any attorney general, said Stephanie Jane Hahn, an attorney who specializes in employment law.
If right-to-work laws are "unconstitutional," as this judge has claimed, there must be a great many states in violation of the US Constitution. Currently, some 24 states--almost half--plus the territory of Guam have right-to-work laws in place. (For the record, those 24 states include my home state of Tennessee.)
how much more do state, county and local laws limiting or directing commerce affect interstate commerce?
Surely a rhetorical question regarding one of the most BOZO decisions in legal history IMHO.
This is worth exploring?
This, along with every other unconstitutional "law" foisted upon "the people" by folks in robes, needs to be dumped by a Congress inspired to do their JOB.
The same plaintiff lost his case in federal court. This case was based, in large part, on the claim that a provision of the State Constitution was violated (a claim which required a stretch of the imagination, in my opinion). The judge wasn't all that confidant in his opinion, however, because he stayed his own decision pending appeal.
Nope, I think we embrace it. Turn the fire hose on them for a change. Use that case to beat up every anti-commerce, crony capitalist law across the local, county and state landscape of America.
You put together a top notch legal team focusing only on Commerce Clause. Fund them and let them light the fire. Then once we retake the WH, put them in charge of litigating these one at a time. Smash them and hard.
Once people get a taste of liberty, they're not likely to just let it go, especially if it costs them money.
Yep as well as the Well run fiefdoms of Hammond East Chicago and Whiting. Otherwise know as the peoples republic of lake County, where more dem office holders are indicted per capita the nearby cook county. A brief taste of some of Lake County Hijinks Skip to comments.
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EAST CHICAGO | Former City Councilman Frank "Frankie" Kollintzas fled the country and a prison term that he warned in a letter he couldn't face.
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Miller pronounced a sentence of 11 years and four months Thursday to an empty chair at the defense table in his South Bend courtroom after being told the 62-year-old man used either a false passport or a possibly a Greek passport, under the name Fotios Kollintzas, to board a Swissair flight Tuesday afternoon to Zurich, Switzerland.
Kollintzas wrote a letter to the court the day he fled complaining he hadn't slept well since his arrest in 2003 in the sidewalks-for-votes case and that he didn't deserve "to go to prison until I die or become an old man."
The judge issued an arrest warrant for Kollintzas.
U.S. Attorney Joseph Van Bokkelen said, "I will vigorously pursue him." Kollintzas, however, could find sanctuary in Greece, since that nation doesn't return American fugitives who receive Greek citizenship, he said.
He said Kollintzas is a native-born American, but his parents immigrated from Greece. Kollintzas' cousin, Evangelos Kollintzas of Schererville, fled there two years ago to avoid trial on a federal extortion charge.
The judge said Frank Kollintzas' sentence was a "just punishment" for misappropriating nearly $24 million in public funds five years ago to give free concrete driveways, patios and sidewalks to voters to ensure his re-election and that of the former Mayor Robert Pastrick's administration in the 1999 primary election.
There was no reaction Thursday to the announcement of Kollintzas' disappearance from the crowd of his supporters in the courtroom.
A work associate of Kollintzas, who asked to remain anonymous, told The Times Thursday she and another fellow worker last saw Kollintzas Tuesday afternoon. He met with one of his lawyers that day at the city school administration building, where Kollintzas was on the payroll as director of facilities.
Kollintzas apparently left his car in the school parking lot outside an administration building called the warehouse. A member of his family came to drive it away.
His 62nd birthday was Tuesday, and his family had planned a celebration at his home that evening. "But he never showed up," she said. She said his family told others they didn't know where he was. "No one has heard anything. This is like a bad dream," she said.
Van Bokkelen, who was present in court for the sentencing, and Theodore Poulos, lead counsel of Kollintzas' defense team, both said they suspect Kollintzas fled after the judge sentenced his co-defendants, Edwardo Maldonado, former city controller, and Joe De La Cruz, former fellow city councilman, to eight years and six years in prison, respectively.
Poulos said in his sentencing argument, "I don't know why he isn't here, but he continued to insist on his innocence and facing a sentence in such a draconian range... that would put him in prison until age 73 or 75."
He said Kollintzas would have received the same sentence if he had robbed and wounded a bank teller.
Van Bokkelen said the sentence was fair and a warning to others under investigation to cooperate or face a similar price.
He said, "I think the Maldonado sentence (Friday) did scare him. I think Kollintzas hedged his bets up to the last moment."
Kollintzas was supposed to have been sentenced Friday along with Maldonado and De La Cruz, but the judge granted Kollintzas a six-day delay because Poulos had to appear in another court Friday.
Van Bokkelen said he doesn't think that was a ruse. "I think Ted was as shocked as anybody. Ted's client betrayed him. I take him at his word that he wanted to (be sentenced) first."
Van Bokkelen said he never considered detaining Kollintzas before sentencing, despite vague rumors he might flee. He said no federal judge was likely to detain someone like Kollintzas who had lived and worked in Northwest Indiana all his life.
The three-hour sentencing — described as surreal by one government source — featured defense lawyers praising Kollintzas' integrity. "He's done a world of good," Poulos said.
The judge ran through the ritual of explaining how he arrived at the sentence, the amount of restitution ($25.5 million) and the right of appeal to an absent defendant.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Hollar argued that with Kollintzas "getting on an airplane and leaving the country, there was no more powerful statement he could make" in answer to evidence Kollintzas led and organized the corruption that swept the city.
The judge read out a long list of witnesses who implicated Kollintzas in the sidewalk scheme and said that his escape counterbalanced all the good attributed to his private and public good works over the last four decades.
Miller said 25 people wrote him to praise Kollintzas. "He did not return their support today," the judge said.
So the law says that you are not required to be a part of the Union but the Union is required to represent you? That doesn't sound fair. If you don't want to be part of the Union then you shouldn't have to join. But if the Union negotiates a pay raise for their members then you shouldn't be covered by it.
And there in lies the problem!
If I do not want to be in the union, but a union exists, BY LAW the company will only negotiate with the union for wages and NOT me personally - even though I am NOT in the union.
Basically, the company gets the benefit of less union members (maybe over time enough to dissolve the union) but until then, individuals are SCREWED unless they are FORCED to pay union dues for services that they don't want!
Kinda seems like Obamacare in some ways - huh?!?!? Just keep paying, sooner or later, you will enjoy some type of benefit in some manner or way. And for that, the Democrats want us to say, "Thank you?"
Actually, I heard about the story this morning, while listening to the radio. When I googled the article all it said was that it was posted eight hours before I read it, which would have made it around Midnight on the ninth. My mistake was not looking at my calendar and thinking TODAY was the ninth.
I leave room for it occasionally being about the caliphate, as I believe is the case for Barry and his administration's MB infiltrators, but then, extremist Islamists will freely give of their money and blood and their children's blood to service that end.
"youre requiring citizens and organizations in this state to provide services without compensation and thats got to be problematic for any legislature or any attorney general,"
In that case, you are requiring citizens to provide all sort of freebies and pensions to union communists without compensation therefore it should be unconstitutional in that state.
Actually, both should be unconstitutional for all states.
I'm thinking the judge could have easly issued a much smaller in scope injuction. He could have simply ruled against the requirement for the union to represent individuals that were not dues paying members and left the rest of the law in place.
While I can't recall the legal term, I believe that there is a a principle in jurisprudence that is similar to "do the least harm". It would seem to me that this judge has seriously violated that principle.
The statute doesn't require that the union represent anyone who is not a member. The statute merely provides that union membership shall be made a condition of employment.
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Exeter Chiefs coach Rob Baxter has made two changes in his back division where injuries rule out Phil Dollman and Gonzalo Camacho
Exeter Chiefs coach Rob Baxter has made two changes in his back division where injuries rule out both Phil Dollman and Gonzalo Camacho.
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It would be a fantastic achievement if we could finish with a win, primarily because of the pressure Leinster are under pressure to come here and win and chase a bonus point," said Baxter.
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Exeter Chiefs: 15 Luke Arscott, 14 Ian Whitten, 13 Sireli Naqelevuki, 12 Jason Shoemark, 11 Matt Jess, 10 Gareth Steenson, 9 Kevin Barrett, 8 Richard Baxter, 7 James Scaysbrook, 6 Tom Johnson, 5 Dean Mumm, 4 Tom Hayes (c), 3 Hoani Tui, 2 Neil Clark, 1 Ben Moon.
Replacements: 16 Jack Yeandle, 17 Carl Rimmer, 18 Craig Mitchell, 19 James Hanks, 20 Ben White, 21 Will Chudley, 22 Ignacio Mieres, 23 Nic Sestaret.
Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Isa Nacewa, 13 Brian O'Driscoll, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Luke Fitzgerald, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O'Brien, 6 Kevin McLaughlin, 5 Devin Toner, 4 Leo Cullen, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Richardt Strauss, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Heinke Van der Merwe, 18 Michael Bent, 19 Rhys Ruddock, 20 Shane Jennings, 21 Issac Boss, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Fergus McFadden
Date: Saturday, 19 January
Venue: Sandy Park Stadium
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Referee: Romain Poite (France)
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Debates of May 31st, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #131 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was changes.
- Question Period
- Access to Information
- Committees of the House
- Species at Risk Act
- Income Tax Act
- Petitions
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Business of Supply
- King George Public Community School
- Regional Development
- Retirement Congratulations
- Rocky Mountain House
- Lou Gehrig's Disease
- 2011 Manitoba Flood
- Ride to Remember
- Youth
- National Health and Fitness Day
- Youth Involvement in Politics
- Veterans Affairs
- ME/CFS Awareness Month
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- Government Policies
- The Budget
- The Environment
- The Budget
- National Defence
- Fisheries and Oceans
- The Environment
- Employment Insurance
- Employment Equity
- Employment Insurance
- Employment
- National Defence
- The Environment
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Ministerial Expenditures
- Canada-U.S. Relations
- Mining Industry
- Foreign Affairs
- Employment Insurance
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Rail Transportation
- Natural Resources
- Government Programs
- Employment Insurance
- Public Safety
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Artifacts
- Presence in Gallery
- Points of Order
- Business of the House
- Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act
- Business of Supply
- Food and Drugs Act
- Housing
- Government Priorities
- 41st General Election
Access to Information
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
I have the honour to lay upon the table, pursuant to subsection 39(1) of the Access to Information Act, a special report of the Information Commissioner, entitled "Measuring Up: Improvements and Ongoing Concerns in Access to Information 2008-2009 to 2010-2011".
This report is deemed permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
Procedure and House Affairs
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Joe Preston Elgin—Middlesex—London, ON
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(a), I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 26th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs in relation to a question of privilege: the free movement of members within the parliamentary precinct.
Procedure and House Affairs
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Joe Comartin Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
Mr. Speaker, I wanted to take the opportunity to respond to the report. My party, the NDP, has prepared a dissenting opinion with regard to the recommendations that came from the procedures and House affairs committee.
This is a very important issue with regard to the practice of the privileges of our members of Parliament. We have a long tradition of an absolute right to unimpeded access to the House. There have been a number of times that the committee in the past has looked at this in the way of a motion as a result of determinations by yourself, Mr. Speaker, and other speakers, your predecessors. We have consistently retained that right as an absolute. It was always expressed as an absolute.
What I am very concerned about in the report that came out through the majority of the committee members on the government side is that it made no finding of breach of privilege in this case. It is quite clear from the facts that at least several members have been improperly impeded on those occasions from accessing the House in order for them to do their parliamentary work.
We have recommended in the dissenting opinion that there be a finding that privileges were breached and then, as the main report does, made some recommendations. Unfortunately, the main report made a major concession, as we saw it.
There is always this issue of a balance between the historical absolute right of our members of Parliament to access the House and precinct unimpeded versus—and this is where we get into the balance argument—the question of security.
The security issue, Mr. Speaker, as I am sure you are quite aware, only comes up as a significant concern when we have international visitors and the risk is raised significantly. For instance, when the President of the United States was here, there were problems. When the Prime Minister of Israel was here, there were problems, which is what this is about.
The government side is saying in the report, in effect, that security trumps. We are saying no, there are alternatives. We set those out in three very specific recommendations, that there are alternatives, that the absolute right should remain and that security can still be taken care of and all those concerns met. That is why we presented the dissenting report.
Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons With Disabilities
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Ed Komarnicki Souris—Moose Mountain, SK
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 5th report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons With Disabilities, in relation to the main estimates 2012-13.
Species at Risk Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
François Lapointe Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-426, An Act to amend the Species at Risk Act (funding of atlassing)
I rise in the House today to introduce a bill to amend the Species at Risk Act. My bill deals specifically with the funding of atlassing or enumeration.
The enactment amends the Species at Risk Act to ensure that funds for the enumeration of a species, in connection with the financing of programs and measures for the conservation of wildlife species, are paid to the persons responsible before the enumeration of the species begins; that is the essence of this bill.
I would like to thank the hon. member for Laval—Les Îles, a member of the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development, for supporting this motion.
I have received statements from at least half a dozen associations and organizations in eastern Quebec alone. They have been promised funding in November or December to enumeration of a species. Endangered species often come to Canada in March, April or July, but the organizations receive the funding only in September or October. In some cases, the organizations have almost missed the opportunity to enumerate the species because they have to find a bank that will loan them money to hire people with the appropriate expertise to do the atlassing or enumeration.
At any rate, since it would not cost the public purse any extra to pay those people on time, this new measure would allow the organizations to do the atlassing with no administrative problems.
I personally believe that the House should take care of this simple administrative formality and pay them on time so that they can hire competent people and ensure the future of endangered species in Canada.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)
Income Tax Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Tyrone Benskin Jeanne-Le Ber, QC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-427, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (income averaging for artists).
Mr. Speaker, this is a proud and humbling moment for me. I have lobbied for this for at least a decade before joining the House.
This bill would help independent artists who do not have access to employment insurance and the Canada pension plan during feast or famine years. All independent artists can have a number of lean years. Then, if they are blessed, they will land something that shoots them up into the stratosphere. The bill intends to make it a little easier in regards to averaging their tax burden for that year over four or five years.
Many artists have looked for this. I know members of the House on the opposite side have heard that for a number of years. It would bring a sense of fairness to the people who contribute to this country in large measure.
Therefore, I stand here today to introduce this bill.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
International Co-operation
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
André Bellavance Richmond—Arthabaska, QC
Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to present a petition on behalf of residents of my riding who support international co-operation, and in particular an organization called Development and Peace.
They have signed this petition denouncing the cuts affecting non-governmental organizations whose reputation is beyond reproach and which have been involved in international co-operation for very many years.
In the case of Development and Peace, $35 million will be eliminated over five years, and this is completely unacceptable. This organization supports over 250 partners in 40 countries.
In essence, this petition calls for the funding to Development and Peace to be restored and for Canada to increase its international aid.
Wine Industry
Routine Proceedings
May 31st, 2012 / 10:10 a.m.
Dean Allison Niagara West—Glanbrook, ON
Madam Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to the House a petition that I received from my constituents in my riding of Niagara West—Glanbrook. The petitioners call upon the House of Commons and Parliament to vote in favour of Bill C-311, an act to amend the importation of intoxicating liquors act (interprovincial importation of wine for personal use).
With over 40 wineries in my riding of Niagara West—Glanbrook, this piece of legislation is near and dear to me and my constituents. I echo the sentiments of these petitioners and urge all of my hon. colleagues to vote in favour of the bill.
There is a pressing need to modernize the 1928 federal Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act with a personal exemption for the purchase and shipment of wine across provincial borders. Allowing interprovincial importation of wine for personal use would greatly benefit not only the hard-working men and women of my riding but also Canadians from coast to coast who would soon be able to experience the extravagant array of wines grown not only in Niagara Peninsula but across our great nation.
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON
Madam Speaker, I have a petition from a number of residents in my riding, which I will attempt to summarize.
These petitioners are very concerned about the effects of poverty. Ten percent of Canadians live in poverty in a country that is incredibly rich. Among those are aboriginal people, recent immigrants and persons living with disabilities. We know that one in eight children in this country live in poverty.
The petitioners ask the Government of Canada to implement Bill C-233. This bill would require the federal government to develop and implement a strategy for poverty elimination in consultation, of course, with the provinces, territories, municipalities and aboriginal governments. Civil society is very concerned about the effects of poverty on our entire community.
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Kevin Lamoureux Winnipeg North, MB
Madam Speaker, residents of Winnipeg North have made a fairly strong statement by signing petitions regarding the government's decision to increase the age to apply for OAS from 65 to 67. They believe that people should continue to have the option to retire at age 65 and that the government should not in any way diminish the importance and value of Canada's three major seniors programs: OAS, GIS and CPP.
Rights of the Unborn
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
David Tilson Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Madam Speaker, I have three petitions.
The first petition is mainly from the county of Grand Valley, the village of Grand Valley, the town of Orangeville and the town of Shelburne in my riding.
Canada's 400-year-old definition of human beings says a child does not become a human being until the moment of complete birth, contrary to 21st century medical evidence. Parliament has a solemn duty to reject any law that says some human beings are not human.
The petitioners call upon the House of Commons and Parliament assembled to confirm that every human being is recognized by Canadian law as human by amending section 223 of our Criminal Code in such a way as to reflect 21st century medical evidence.
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
David Tilson Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Madam Speaker, the second petition is from basically the same towns in my riding. It is similar to the first, but it is worded differently.
Canada is the only nation in the western world and in the company of China and North Korea without any laws restricting abortion. Canada's Supreme Court has said it is Parliament's responsibility to enact abortion legislation. The petitioners call upon the House of Commons and Parliament assembled to speedily enact legislation that restricts abortion to the greatest extent possible.
The Environment
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
David Tilson Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Madam Speaker, my third petition is from people all over Canada who are concerned with the proposed megaquarry in Melancthon Township in Dufferin County, It would be the largest open-pit quarry in Canada, at over 2,300 acres.
The petitioners are concerned with a number of things, one of which is that the proposed megaquarry threatens the Grand and Nottawasaga River watersheds, including various freshwater fish species. The petitioners ask that the Government of Canada conduct an environmental assessment under the authority of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act on the proposed Highland Companies' megaquarry development.
Human Rights
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Elizabeth May Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Madam Speaker, I rise today to present two petitions. The first relates to human rights, particularly in China.
This petition is from members of the public in Mississauga, Toronto and the vicinity who are offended by the continued persecution of people practising Falun Dafa or Falun Gong within China.
The petitioners call on the Government of Canada and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to impress upon the Chinese government the importance of human rights to Canada.
The petition is timely as we are creating more investment opportunities for China without environmental reviews as a driving force behind Bill C-38. It is important that we give this petition attention.
Shark Finning
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Elizabeth May Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Madam Speaker, the other petition is from residents of my own constituency of Saanich--Gulf Islands, residents from Mayne Island and Saturna Island, who are calling upon the House to take action to end the practice of shark finning. More than 70 million sharks are killed annually through this barbaric practice for the purpose of one important ceremony, but one dish should not wipe out a species.


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Skip to comments.Pain of Hamas boycott worse than feared for Gaza's people
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The international boycott of Hamas is having some unintended consequences.
Staff at the Palestinian Authority's environmental protection agency are grounded for lack of petrol money and are no longer able to monitor levels of industrial waste and sewage entering the water supply.
Surgeons at Gaza's biggest hospital have suspended non-essential surgery for lack of sutures, laboratory kits and anaesthetics.
The owner of a once-prosperous supermarket is pondering whether he can extend the credit limit of customers - who long since ran out of cash - without going broke himself.
As the World Bank re-ported at the weekend, the economic crisis confronting the Palestinians is even worse than that projected when international donors announced a cut-off of direct aid to the Hamas-led government.
Its own estimate that personal incomes would sink by 30 per cent this year while the number of people living in poverty would rise from 44 to 67 per cent of the population appears, in the words of the report, to have been too rosy.
The paper was prepared ahead of Tuesday's Middle East Quartet meeting in New York at which the US, European Union, United Nations and Russia will have to decide whether restrictions on aid will force Hamas to modify its stance towards Israel or, more likely, as the World Bank warns, provoke a humanitarian crisis, increased violence and the collapse of the PA.
The poor, many living in refugee camps in Gaza and the West Bank, have had to adjust to living on humanitarian handouts since an Israeli ban on day labourers entering Israel deprived them of their readiest source of income.
The latest crisis, however, has begun to hit the middle classes, among them government employees who have remained at their desks in spite of facing a third straight month without pay.
Nabil Zakout, assistant director-general of the PA's Environment Quality Auth-ority, has not had a pay slip since March 5.
Mr Zakout's income was always modest - the equivalent of $500 a month for a senior grade post. With a $25,000 mortgage and four children to feed, he is surviving on loans from relatives until the money runs out.
Like most of his staff, he still turns up for work every day. "It's better to be employed with no pay than not to be employed at all."
But the British-trained water engineer is concerned about the wider impact of the crisis.
"There can be very serious consequences if institutions can't operate. In our case, water and air quality can deteriorate if we can't monitor," he says.
At Gaza's Shifa hospital, 1,300 doctors, nurses and administrators - also unpaid since March - are struggling to maintain essential services.
"Ninety per cent of people in the Gaza Strip depend on government health services," says Ibrahim al-Habash, hospital director. "We've suffered in the past but now it's worse and there is a real shortage of medication and other supplies. On top of that, some staff can't even afford the fare to work any more."
Ismail el-Jadba, a vascular surgeon, gets by on the salary his wife earns as a physician with Unrwa, the UN refugee agency not affected by the aid boycott, plus work at a private out-patient clinic. "That used to bring me Shk500 ($110) a day. Now it's down to Shk50."
Many of the 160,000 public employees now survive on credit - their combined debts amount to $340m, according to the European Commission - or on help from their families. "Palestinians are very close and what little they have they share," said Mr Zakout. "We haven't lost our social fabric. We're not that western yet".
At the Lebanon Paradise supermarket, an elderly veiled woman has come to beg for change. "A woman like that would never have done such a thing before," says Imad M'ttar, the owner, as he counts the day's takings - Shk1,940 ($430).
In the same day, he gave credit to trusted customers of twice that amount. "This store used to take $5,000 a day. Now no one has any money. I've had to lay off five of my 10 staff. I deal with a lot of government institutions and they always paid up. Now they want me to double their credit".
So far, few are blaming Hamas for their plight, in spite of the fact that the Islamist group's refusal to recognise Israel, lay down its weapons and abide by existing agreements provoked the international boycott.
"I didn't vote for Hamas or for Fatah," says Mr Zakout. "At the beginning of the boycott, we believed the west would eventually see our point of view because everyone knew it was a free and democratic election. Who's suffering? Not Hamas ministers or Fatah leaders but the people."
There is, nevertheless, concern that a deteriorating economic situation will exacerbate tensions between Hamas and Fatah. Three men were killed in clashes between the two factions yesterday. The mood is made worse by daily shellfire that booms almost constantly from the northern Gaza Strip as the Israeli army responds to sporadic rocket fire by militants.
Hamas insists that Palestinian steadfastness will prevail. "They have misunderstood the Arab mentality," says Khalil Abu Leila, a Hamas leader in Gaza. "As long as the pressure increases on Hamas, the more popular it will become. If it accepts conditions, its popularity will decrease
The West should revist the no money policy. Like, in 2016.
Life is tough and shi'ite hasppens..
Listen, I have a whole box of single edge razors I'll donate if the palis promise to use them to cut their own wrists.
Yup. If they're not blaming Hamas yet, then they're not hungry enough.
Hamas was VOTED in. These people are getting just what they wanted. This isn't the case of a dictator imposing it's will; it's a "nation" of islamofascists and terrorits who are suffering.
It's about time.
Gotta suck electing terrorists to be your leaders.
Especially if you are incapable of taking care of yourself.
Are not these the same people that celebrated 9/11? Doesn't this mean we can celebrate their demise at the hands of "reality"? Shoosh, they have their state and now find out they have nothing to eat. Well I am sure that the PA will set things straight real quick.
Wonder if they're still cheering 9/11?
LOL ... yeah, what you said.
Well, I guess when you spend all your available funds on nail-embroidered dynamite homicide-suicide vests and ground-to-ground missles for murdering as many infidels as possible, you can't pay for local necessities like public sanitation and hospitals. So sad.
I'm just glad we aren't subsidizing these absurdities any longer, and hope that we and the rest of the non-islamofascist world stick to that policy in the future.
Yet Hamas dismisses Western demands that it recognize Israel and renounce violence. Hamas fears an about-face would hurt it politically by making it look weak, said pollster Nader Said of Bir Zeit University. The militant group's exiled leaders, beholden to hard-line states Iran and Syria, have also crushed any compromise ideas floated by Hamas leaders in the West Bank and Gaza. For now, most Palestinians blame the West and Abbas for the crisis, and believe the new democratically elected government is being treated unfairly by the international community, said the pollster.
"Listen, I have a whole box of single edge razors I'll donate if the palis promise to use them to cut their own wrists."
That's essentially what they did by electing Hamas. It's what they did by bombing Israeli civilians in terrorist attacks, which is why the day laborers aren't allowed into Israel anymore (notice the article didn't mention that detail).
In short, it's what the Palis have done for decades, namely commit cultural suicide on the altar of Islam, so in fact your idea is redundant...
So bad Western people don't share with each other like good Arabs? And yet they expect their aid to come from the bad Westerners and not their Arab brothers?
Someone smart should explain this to me.
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Oh yeah, one other thing: Didn't Iran and a bunch of other Islamist jerks promise billions for the PA and Hamas? Guess their word isn't worth all that much, eh? Then again, that's no surprise...
Yup. If they're not blaming Hamas yet, then they're not hungry enough.""
No, its too soon!
Gee, ya know, I almost could feel sorry for the Philistines...............but then I remember how they danced and whooped it up on 9/11....and have the gall to appear before us with hands outstretched for a handout, moaning about how they need money, infrastructure breaking down, etc., etc., etc. When they see fit to stop terrorism, homicide bombings, declaring jihad everytime a butterfly breaks wind, and mooching off the American taxpayer, I'll see if I can find some sympathy for the Philistines.
"So bad Western people don't share with each other like good Arabs? And yet they expect their aid to come from the bad Westerners and not their Arab brothers?
Someone smart should explain this to me."
It's just your basic cognitive dissonance. Their core beliefs are "Muslims Good, Arab Dictatorships Good, Infidel Westerns and Jews Bad." Facts that contradict those core beliefs are simply ignored.
It's just like liberals. Their core belief is "GWB is Evil/the Anti-Christ." Facts that contradict that core belief are simply ignored...
The only way for Muslims to succeed is to keep the sheep poor.
Prosperous people don't need to get their reward or 72 virgins in the next world.
What a silly statement!
Of course it can't have "unintended" consequences. The very purpose of a boycott is to force the killers to choose survival or destruction. Survival, of course, beginning by abandoning the goal of destroying the state it claims to own: Israel. And the decision to begin to create a civilized society, if it is possible to do so after five generations of single-purpose murdering existence.
The "palestinians" are simply a tool, a weapon, of the Umma. It has performed exactly as intended.
I have no doubt that some did, but certainly not all of them.
All they have to do is recognize Israel and renounce violence to get the money.
IOW, be careful of what you wish (or vote) for.
You asked for it, pallies, and you got it!
But, but, but, but, didn't BBC and Reuters and NBC and CBS and Jimmy Carter all tell us that the reason Palestinians voted for Hamas was because they weren't "corrupt" like Fatah and they had a well-run infrastructure of health care services, food banks, day care centers, and recreation facilities?
Could BBC and Reuters and NBC and CBS and Jimmy Carter all lie to us?
Try telling that to the media. Soon enough George Bush will be blamed.
What a silly statement!
Of course it can't have "unintended" consequences. The very purpose of a boycott is to force the killers to choose survival or destruction. Survival, of course, beginning by abandoning the goal of destroying the state it claims to own: Israel. And the decision to begin to create a civilized society, if it is possible to do so after five generations of single-purpose murdering existence.
The "palestinians" are simply a tool, a weapon, of the Umma. It has performed exactly as intended.
I would surmise from their most recent election that a majority of palenstenians did indeed celebrate 9/11.
Maybe it's that noxious hag who was filmed handing out candy on 9/11. Screw all of them. They made their bed of nails, now lie in it.
Perhaps the Saudis or Kuwaitis will provide some aid..................
Still waiting...................
Yeah, well choices have consequences. The palis made their choice, these are the consequences.
Ain't democracy wunnerful??
Shi'ite does happen. Recall that Hamas was planning on assassinating Abbas. Since when does terrorism and treason win elections? Everything that comes their way is deserved. The Palis must rise up and throw these terrorists out on their own and, if necessary, with violence. Otherwise, they will die of starvation, disease, and lack of medical care. So be it.
Let the Berkeley liberals take care of the Pals!
Exactly! In the looking glass logic of the Islamist, this is an opportunity. It dumps the old, footsi PLO/FatAss and will leave the stronger Hamas victorious, the West supplicating and the Death to Everyone still in place. Watch for more real and 'created' video of paliwog suffering. Sofar everything is working to Hamas's benifit. For now. Rice/Bush the EU are idiots if they go crawling back, begging Hamas to forgive them.
Oh man, this is good. Where are the scumbag saudies and iran in all this??? They hate the palis just as much as they hate the Jews. They use them for cannon fodder and the palis are way to dumb to see it.
You could buy a lot of food and medice for what it costs to build one indoor ski slope in the middle of the desert.
My semantics donation: If the libbies think that there is an anti-Christ then does that mean they acknowledge that Jesus is Christ? They can't create one out of a vacuum. LOL!
Did anyone else chuckle when they saw this. Trying to picture the PA EPA and its functions, while its people strap on bomb belts...
Oh my gosh. We have to rush them money right away!
No Mr. Z, we wouldn't let our bretheren suffer the way your people are about to suffer. We are not a third world shiitehole. We are a dignified people that pull together when adversity strikes. Where are your muslim buddies?
All they have to do is renounce terrorism, accept Israel's right to exist, actually stop terrorism, embrace peace and they will have prosperity and a good life.
I still wouldn't give them a chunk of money. If they want help, it will be in the form of "teaching a man to fish" not simply giving him fish.
I was going to post a question to the thread, asking where the tiny violin pic is. Glad I scrolled down first. Perfect.
They could just close 95% of the mosques. There's a huge amount of sewage emanating from them.
An Israeli soldier stands by bags containing 550 kilograms (1212 pounds) of TNT explosives at a navy military port in the coastal Israeli city of Ashdod May 9, 2006. Israel thwarted an attempt by Palestinians to smuggle explosives to the Ashdod May 9, 2006. Israel thwarted an attempt by Palestinians to smuggle explosives to the Gaza Strip by sea from neighbouring Egypt last week, the military said.
Oh, so you'd rather all starve and die than compromise.
It's not that we don't understand.
It's that we don't care.
Have a nice day.
Well, some of the money Israel owes them for taxes that Israel collects on their behalf. I agree with you though.
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Skip to comments.Tea Party Express Co-Founder Backs Immigration Overhaul Efforts (Teams w/ Grover Norquist)
Posted on 05/14/2014 7:07:17 AM PDT by kristinn
Sal Russo of the Tea Party Express broke the news in an op-ed titled Conservatives Need to Fix the Broken Immigration System, published by CQ Roll Call early Wednesday morning.
In that piece, the longtime GOP operative and consultant argued that conservatives should be at the forefront of reform so the law reflects the just interests of the United States, not misty-eyed ideals of some of the liberal do-gooder reformers.
That means no special pathways to citizenship that allow undocumented immigrants to cut in line, Russo cautioned, but rather some reasonable procedures that require the 11 million people who are here illegally obey the law, pay taxes and come out of the shadows.
We have to get them right by the law in exchange for legal status, but not unbridled amnesty, Russo wrote. This should include penalties, background checks to root out criminals, and the requirement that they learn English, understand the Constitution and be committed to our basic freedoms.
A source familiar with the rationale behind Russos decision to make public his support for an overhaul told CQ Roll Call that Russo was urged to speak out by the Partnership for a New American Economy.
The coalition of 500 Republican, Democratic and independent mayors and business leaders united in making the economic case for streamlining, modernizing, and rationalizing our immigration system will compliment the rollout of Russos op-ed with a Wednesday afternoon conference call, the first in a monthly series of such calls focused on the need to fix the broken immigration system.
The calls will be moderated by Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, and Russo will be among the first slate of guests.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.rollcall.com ...
?Here is what we should do- Since Libtards have been harping on "immigration reform" we should make a plan that does everything we want and CALL IT "immisgration reprm" and then puish its passage.
Use the libtards' own tactics
Stop importing everything.
Bring back JOBS.
Then start talks about amnesty and all the rest. But jobs have to be here first.
Sorry Sal old boy, surrendering to an invading force isn't "fixing" anything.
Yeppers. And notice how they are implying the Tea Party is on board here with Amnesty?
This is really bad news.
So they want us to lose? Are we sure they are not democrats working within the Republican Party. Isn't there a rule in rules for radicals that says to infiltrate and destroy within?
The nature of our government is that legislation is worthless, laws mean nothing, and paper is but paper.
Nothing will be enforced except for the amnesty provisions of any legislation. Just like we don't enforce any of the laws on the current books.
Don't any of these ass hats understand this? Why would any new laws be enforced while current, good law, is not enforced?
POTUS is basically a dictator, no matter who it is, so this is all words are wind tripe.
Voters need to get a freaking clue. You don't have to be a genius to see this.
Any one who teams with Grover (I am really just a muslim in disguise) Norquist is no better than a cheese eating surrender monkey.
Borders, language, culture....until the US starts caring about those three things the missies and commies will win
Yup.Grover Al Norquist is a political suicide bomber inside the wire.
1. If they won't enforce the laws we have NOW, what makes any thinking American believe that they will enforce any future law that does anything but facilitate MORE illicit migration?
2. Once illegals are normalized, what's to stop new alien migrants from stepping into the slots that will be abandoned by our esteemed new citizens or "legalized" class of migrants?
3. Why the big push? What is the emergency for Americans? Certainly it's hard to live in a country that you have stolen into and defrauded. It bloody-well should be!
2 choices really, either have a plan such as this with NO MORE welfare of any kind or continue the existing welfare programs with strict immigration controls. Either/or. Can't have it both ways otherwise the nation's economic death spiral is assured......
I have a hard time trusting anyone who speaks of this 'shadows' nonsense.
Or, we could enforce our sovereignty and stop the government from playing social engineer. But wheres the fun for politicians in that?
Agree!! Plus, anyone who "teams" with Grover Al Norquist needs to be completely ignored.
Stop the entitlements and enforce our EXISTING laws and our *immigration problem* will fix itself.
Norquist is toxic
Send the illegals home - fix the border - then we talk about WHO WE WANT AS OUR NEIGHBORS...
I don't want anyone living here who got here by breaking the law. It's a bad start and a telling one.
Agreed. I have come to believe he voted for O and will continue to support any mussie he can find
Simple "overhaul":
Enforce laws against employing illegals like you enforce drug laws. Asset forfeiture for *anyone* involved in the hiring, including the homeowner who hired the lawn care company who employed the illegal.
Even if you don't make the end consumer liable, and make only the business liable (who can conduct a check) there won't be a job for illegals because no farm owner will want to lose his farm because he employed illegal farm workers.
No deportation needed. They'll all go home.
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Watch for more of this as opportunists, leftists and Dem undercover activists will co-opt and infiltrate and "use" the Tea Party name for their own purposes.
They've taken over and control just about everything else in this country. The "Tea Party" name is a nice piece of ripe fruit dangling in front of the leftists' eyes. Watch them start plucking it in every way possible this summer just to confuse and demoralize Tea Party supporters across the country.
We have to remain vigilant, especially on conservative forums.
The same bunch tried to seize control of freedomwatch too but were defeated.
I thought Freeper Syncro is Sal Russo. Yes? No?
If so, please explain how you believe it will/could actually happen.
If not, what would be a workable solution that might actually (in reality vs. one's dreams) be implemented?
In a sane world. A common sense world would start with closing the borders, shutting off the welfare spigot and penalizing employers who hire the illegal invaders. But ANY immigration bill will be stripped in conference and be stuffed with blanket amnesty.
Immigration Overhaul = Enforce it
This whole idea devalues citizenship in the United States and is driven by a bunch of what the late Col Robert McCormick of the Chicago Tribune would call "One Worlders". There is never any mention of an American citizens rights in foreign countries particularly Mexico.
This regime can't even protect its ambassadors never mind sticking up for Americans operating in foreign countries by applying the same restrictions to foreigners from those countries put on Americans. With what's known as reciprocity to foreigners from those countries who are operating here worse yet illegally.
Nicely played
This article with it's added (Teams w/ Grover Norquist) is an attempt to smear Sal Russo, the Tea Party Express and the Tea Party Movement in general.
Exactly what this thread wants you to think.
The "Tea Party" name is a nice piece of ripe fruit dangling in front of the leftists' eyes. Watch them start plucking it in every way possible this summer just to confuse and demoralize Tea Party supporters across the country.This article and thread are serving that purpose.
Rand Paul's immigration speech...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.
Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.
Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reformLatinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
[but he's not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
Thanks kristinn.
Appears Russo fell for Leftist sources tricks, and has now soiled the credibility of the TEA Party movement by announcing what they advocate.
Reform is BS. We have laws that work if enforced.
This guy should be left on the side of the road to the next rally
After this 11 million become Democrat Party supporters and voters, what will we do with the next 11 million?
Interestingly, many of the next wave might be anti-communists fleeing from communist governments in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and of course, Venezuela.
Don't think that Obama and Holder will let this group in.
"As Mr. Wilson speaks, Mr. Bush is headlining a fund-raiser for Mr. Simon just down the street — to which Mr. Wilson wasn't invited. "We have to turn the page," says Simon campaign strategist Sal Russo."
Russo ignored immigration in 2002 Gov race.
I stopped reading right here because if this person is stupid enough to think there are 11 million illegal alien criminals in the US instead of 40 million then nothing they have to say is useful or truthful.
I don't care who this leader of the Express is, he needs to resign...NOW.
Here is what we should have: a pathway to deportation.
This is why the TEA Party isn't a party at all, but a way of thinking about America and American ideals.
Well conservatives, you sat on your collective asses being the smartest people in the room.
Now it's coming back to bite you.
If I were a member of the American left, I'd be peeing in all your faces too.
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The Dems infiltrated the GOP a very long time ago. now they're after the Tea party.
The proof isn't on me, it's on you and the others that see an article and go on a witch hunt.
Where is the proof of what you are espousing?
How did the conference call go, you have a report on that?
That means no special pathways to citizenship that allow undocumented immigrants to cut in line, Russo cautioned, but rather some reasonable procedures that require the 11 million people who are here illegally obey the law, pay taxes and come out of the shadows.
what a hopeless nitwit this guy is.
what he's suggesting is a 3/5ths compromise.
15 minutes after such a law were passed — the homosexual nazis and the illegals would be demanding that the illegals be given full citizenship.
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Question 1 of 30
The 1982 Broadway musical "Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?" features a song called what?
"Little Fat Girls"
The lyric "but does God love little fat girls too?" is one for the space capsule.
"Time to Cry in the Shower"
"The Bishop"
Question 2 of 30
"Les Miserables" is a …
comic opera
sung-through musical
Since there's no spoken dialogue, it's considered a sung-through musical.
jukebox musical
Question 3 of 30
"Les Miserables" made its premiere where?
the West End of London
The hit show started its life with a run in London.
Question 4 of 30
What famous stage actress was the original Fantine on the West End?
Stockard Channing
Bernadette Peters
Patti LuPone
LuPone dreamed a dream in the London production.
Question 5 of 30
What show (and later film) features the song "Suddenly, Seymour"?
"Little Shop of Horrors"
"Little Shop" premiered in 1982.
"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"
Question 6 of 30
Where did "Little Shop of Horrors" first open?
the West End of London
To be fair, it was off-off Broadway, meaning that it was at an even smaller venue.
Question 7 of 30
Where did the original show NEVER run?
But a bit of a trick; the original production never ran on Broadway, but it did make its premiere there in a 2003 revival.
the West End of London
Question 8 of 30
Let's get into film. What '80s musical movie did Jim Henson direct?
A dark film for the kids.
"The Muppet Movie"
"The NeverEnding Story"
Question 9 of 30
In the 1982 film "Victor/Victoria," who plays the cross-dressing lead?
Liza Minnelli
Carol Burnett
Julie Andrews
Victoria dresses up as Victor, who dresses up as Victoria.
Question 10 of 30
Who wrote the music for "Victor/Victoria"?
George Gershwin
Stephen Sondheim
Henry Mancini
Mancini won an Oscar for the score.
Question 11 of 30
What Disney musical film came out in 1989?
"The Little Mermaid"
Ariel and the gang made a splash late in the '80s.
"The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh"
Question 12 of 30
What musical film debuted in 1984 with a famous singer in the lead role?
"Purple Rain"
Prince became a household name with the film "Purple Rain."
Question 13 of 30
The 1984 cult hit "Breakin'" is about what musical trend?
salsa dancing
break dancing
It's about break dancing. Really, you should get that one.
Question 14 of 30
What now-famous musician was in both "Breakin'" and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"?
Ice-T was in the movies. John Legend would've been cool, though.
Ice Cube
John Legend
Question 15 of 30
Ice- T also featured in a 1985 film loosely connected to "Breakin' 2" called what?
"Rappin'" didn't do so hot.
Question 16 of 30
"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" had a run of how many shows in its 1982 Broadway opening?
While there was a successful U.S. tour before it, the Broadway show didn't do so hot and only had five shows.
Question 17 of 30
What is the name of the T.S. Eliot book that the 1982 Broadway hit "Cats" is based on?
"Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"
Old Possum is in good with the cats.
"Cats of the World, and Where to Find Them"
Question 18 of 30
What "Cats" song is NOT taken from Eliot's original words?
"The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball"
"Old Deuteronomy"
Trevor Nunn wrote the lyrics to "Memory"
Question 19 of 30
"Starlight Express" made it onto Broadway in 1987. What set it apart from other musicals?
The actors are all naked.
The actors speak Esperanto half the time.
The actors are all roller-skating.
All the actors are roller-skating. At the risk of editorializing, it's fair to say that "Starlight Express" is objectively bonkers.
Question 20 of 30
1984's "Sunday in the Park With George" is based on what?
a painting
"A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat inspired the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.
a novel
another play
Question 21 of 30
"42nd Street" debuted on Broadway in 1980. Before that, it was …
a successful touring show
a film
The 1933 film was adapted for the stage in 1980.
Question 22 of 30
The 1980 film "Xanadu" takes its name from what?
a nightclub in the film
a Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem
Both are correct. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan/A stately ... nightclub decree?
Question 23 of 30
Barbra Streisand starred in what film musical of 1983?
"Funny Girl"
"A Star Is Born"
And don't forget she also directed and co-wrote the screenplay for "Yentl."
Question 24 of 30
What song is featured in "Yentl"?
"Papa Don't Preach"
"Papa, Are You With Me?"
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?"
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?" is sung by Streisand, of course.
Question 25 of 30
What 1988 musical proved to be one of the most expensive flops in Broadway history?
"War and Peace"
"Carrie" is the stuff of (regrettable) legends.
Question 26 of 30
The off-Broadway show "Nunsense" started off as ...
a public access show
a novella
a line of greeting cards
The resourceful nuns were originally on greeting cards.
Question 27 of 30
1987's "Into the Woods" retells the stories from what author?
the Brothers Grimm
Charles Perrault
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Perrault get dark fast.
Question 28 of 30
1985's "Big River" was a Broadway production based on what book?
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
The show, based on "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," won Tonys for best musical, book and score that year.
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
"Little House on the Prairie"
Question 29 of 30
"Miss Saigon" premiered on the West End in 1989. What is the story based on?
an opera
It's based on "Madama Butterfly," an opera by Puccini.
a film
a book
Question 30 of 30
Lea Salonga played Kim in the original "Miss Saigon." What other famous character has Salonga given voice to?
Ariel in "The Little Mermaid"
Princess Jasmine in "Aladdin"
Salonga provided Jasmine's singing voice.
Belle in "Beauty and the Beast"


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The governor held a conference call with media outlets outside of the Boston area today. He maintained that the legislative plan, which includes a three-cent gas tax., would ask drivers outside of Boston to shoulder too much of the cost of Boston area transit services.
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Legislative leaders say, however, that their plan would ask far less from strapped Massachusetts taxpayers. And it would boost funding for regional transit agencies like the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority, based in Springfield.