"E. Barry Bruyea" wrote in message
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> On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:56:13 -0700 (PDT), "Bruyea'sFables"
> <
brewn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 3:51:57 PM UTC-7, E. Barry Bruyea wrote:
> >> People have lost count on how many items you've posted that were shown
> >> to be outright lies, but you carry on being totally pathological.
> >
> >Then maybe YOU should recall at least one of those lies. And post it
> >here?
Let's go for the longest running one: What's my name?
> Replicating all of your crap would use up too much bandwidth and only
> accomplish what the posters in this group already know.
OTOH, I had all this compiled in a file ... but it hasn't been updated since
she was condemned to the kill-file of the hopeless.
Here are some of Karen's "truths" and "facts":
Karen's fact: Government support for Canada's banks cost $3,400 per
taxpayer.
Actual fact: The government turned a profit providing support for Canada's
banks.
Karen's fact: Cocaine is produced in Afghanistan.
Actual fact: Cocaine is produced virtually solely in South America.
Karen's fact: Elimination of the penny will result in gasoline being priced
to the nickel.
Actual fact: Gasoline was priced to the 1/10th of a cent when we didn’t
have that coin.
Karen's fact: The U.S. has sold nuclear weapons to the highest bidders for
years.
Actual fact: The U.S. has never sold a nuclear weapon to anyone.
Karen's fact: Benjamin Netanyahu threatened a "pre-emptive nuclear strike
whether the United States backs us or not".
Actual fact: Karen made up this quote out of whole cloth. And her response
to being busted on this lie was "Oh well".
Karen's fact: Where the tax on an item increased when the HST replaced the
PST and GST, it was the Federal government's fault.
Actual fact: No, it was the Province's.
Karen's fact: Harper recently announced CPP changes that started in January,
2012.
Actual face: The changes were announced in 2009.
Karen's fact: Harper changed the CPP deduction amounts for 2012.
Actual fact: The legislation that sets the formula for the annual CPP
deduction has been in place since 1997.
Karen's fact: CPP contributions go into the Federal government's general
revenues.
Actual fact: CPP contributions have been held separately since the program
was started more than 40 years ago.
Karen's fact: President Talabani of Iraq is involved with the Taliban of
Afghanistan.
Actual fact: No, he's not.
Karen's fact: Ships sailing to Cuba are currently being stopped and
inspected by the US Navy.
Actual fact: No, they're not.
Karen's fact: The US will be suspended from the UN for not paying UNESCO
dues.
Actual fact: No, they won't.
Karen's fact: The most recent Nanos poll (Feb., 2012) was conducted over two
months.
Actual fact: No, it wasn't.
Karen's fact: Voter turnout was down in 2011 from the last election in 2006.
Actual fact: Voter turnout was up in 2011 from the last election in 2008.
Karen's fact: The F-35 fighter will cost Canada $49 billion because "65 x
$75 million = $49 Billion".
Actual fact: 65 x $75 million = $4.875 billion
Karen's fact: The F-35 fighter price doesn't include the engine.
Actual fact: Yes, it does.
Karen's fact: The provinces can start gun registries of their own after the
Long Gun Registry is killed.
Actual fact: The Supreme Court of Canada has already decided that regulation
of firearms is solely a Federal responsibility.
Karen's fact: The US invaded "various countries" in their pursuit of Osama
bin Laden.
Actual fact: The US invaded one country: Afghanistan.
Karen's fact: The US military has used chemical weapons in almost every
conflict.
Actual fact: The US military has not used chemical weapons since WW I.
Karen's fact: Israel has threatened to attack Iran with nuclear weapons.
Actual fact: No, they haven't.
Karen's fact: The Tories have proposed a cut to health-care spending.
Actual fact: The Tories have proposed that health-care spending increase by
[GDP growth + inflation], but never less than 3%.
Karen's fact: Private clinics bill OHIP, and then get the rest from the
patient.
Actual fact: It is illegal in Canada to charge a patient for a service
covered by a provincial health plan.
Karen's fact: The Tories broke the law when they quit the Kyoto Treaty.
Actual fact: Canada is exercising the Kyoto Treaty's withdrawal mechanism
Karen's fact: The Liberals only had one year after signing Kyoto to
implement changes, before Harper came to power.
Actual fact: The Liberals had eight years, one month, and twelve days.
Karen's fact: China imports oil from (among others) Singapore.
Actual fact: Singapore has no oil reserves.
Karen's fact: Jamaica is going to become a republic, and leave the
Commonwealth.
Actual fact: Jamaica is looking at becoming a republic, but has no plans to
leave the Commonwealth.
Karen's fact: I'm originally from Wakefield, Michigan.
Actual fact: No, I'm not.
Karen's fact: I'm using multiple ISP's.
Actual fact: No, I'm not.
Karen's fact: I've used a myriad of aliases.
Actual fact: No, I haven't.