Good evening, welcome to Wednesday's Late Nite Radio. Tonight, we present an old folk music standard called She Moved Through The Fair. Commonly believed to be a traditional song, it is in fact a hybrid of sorts: in 1905 Composer and musicologist Herbert Hughes transcribed an old Irish air he'd heard on his travels, and later collaborated with Irish Poet Padraic Colum in writing/arranging the song in its current form.
Here then, without further ado, Anne Briggs performs a lovely, haunting version of She Moved Through The Fair.
Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.
From Drudge: "FOXNEWS snubbed again by President Obama (only TV network not called on)... Developing..."
Lovely song there, thanks. I saw Richard Thompson perform this in Calgary just before Christmas; it was like hearing it for the first time, although I'd heard it often enough before.
New Australian Continent Wide Low Temperature Record Set For April
[A new Australian record was set early this morning, a temperature of minus 13 degrees, at Charlotte Pass on the Snowy Mountains.
This is the lowest temperature recorded anywhere in Australia in April and is 13 below the average.]WUWT
http://wattsupwiththat.com/
At least the CBC responded to my questioning as to why it would air the Gore Fraud. Responded with more drivel and blatant lies, that is. I am not surprised.
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Dear Ron
Your correspondence with the Office of the Ombudsman was forwarded to me for response. It has come to my attention that we may not have replied to you. If so, please accept my apology and allow me to offer our reasoning for airing An Inconvenient Truth.
As you may know, An Inconvenient Truth won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It also garnered considerable public reaction and stimulated debate on this import subject. We felt that our viewers would be keenly interested in the program, and judging by the number of viewers, they were indeed.
As for the debate over climate change, or global warming, I do not pretend to be an expert, but I believe strongly in the integrity of the documentary. Facts in this debate always seem to be in dispute, and perhaps more than facts themselves, the interpretation of them. As programmers, we can and do seek to reflect the scope of the debate.
There have been countless stories on climate change presented by CBC News. Our science strand, The Nature of Things has covered the story closely. CBC Newsworld has broadcast about a dozen documentaries from around the world on this subject in the last three seasons. Among them, notably Doomsday Called Off and Everything’s Cool take issue with the prevailing views on climate change. The issue of climate change has been a longstanding one, as evidenced by the number of documentaries aired on this subject. I have no doubt it will continue to be one of the most important issues of our time.
CBC will continue to cover this story, and in documentary programming we will continue to strive for fairness and accuracy, while reflecting the ebb and flow of the debate.
Thank you for your interest in our programming.
Yours truly,
Michael Claydon
>>> CBC Ombudsman 1/12/2009 11:06 AM >>>
Dear Ron
I write to acknowledge your e-mail which I am sharing with Michael Claydon, the area Executive Producer of Documentaries, along with the request that your concerns be addressed.
Yours truly,
Vince Carlin
Ombudsman, CBC
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"Thank you for your interest in our programming."
WTF !! I haven't watched ANY ! CBC programs in a decade !
"I have no doubt it will continue to be one of the most important issues of our time."
Ya, sure. It is NOT ! an important issue of our time. The CBC is trying to make it so because fear mongering is what our beloved media does.
"As for the debate over climate change, or global warming, I do not pretend to be an expert, but I believe strongly in the integrity of the documentary."
Can you believe that !!?? Pravda was never this bad.
Ron,
The killer line in Carlin's screed was this: "I believe strongly in the integrity of the documentary."
What integrity?! Even a British court realized that it was a propaganda piece. But not the CBC.
Remember though that the Toronto Broadcasting Corporation is the same one that thinks it's perfectly okay to publish a constant stream of hate from Heather Mallick. And your tax dollars & mine keep it all moving forward. :-(
If Obama had followed George Washington, the British could have overturned the whole Revolution thingy by just going to Court!
From the Associated Press(http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gS_wCwVf04MPhiRv1lwDohnZy8gAD97SBFS80):
"In speaking to reporters Wednesday, Holder also said it is possible the United States could cooperate with a foreign court's investigation of Bush administration officials.
Holder spoke before the announcement that a Spanish magistrate had opened an investigation of Bush officials on harsh interrogation methods. Holder didn't rule out cooperating in such a probe.
"Obviously, we would look at any request that would come from a court in any country and see how and whether we should comply with it," Holder said.
"This is an administration that is determined to conduct itself by the rule of law and to the extent that we receive lawful requests from an appropriately created court, we would obviously respond to it," he said.
Pressed on whether that meant the United States would cooperate with a foreign court prosecuting Bush administration officials, Holder said he was talking about evidentiary requests and would review any such request to see if the U.S. would comply."
If King George III had brought legal action, alledging loss of tea or other generally illegal activities in the Washington administration, the big Owe would have provided the King with Paul Revere's itinerary and the names and addresses of all members of the previous administration. After due justice, he would have turned back the clock and surrendered the colonies - just to prove that he was so much more in tune with European sensibilities - and apologized for past U.S. arrogance.
Words fail, bobz.
Yes, the new president's Attorney General goes to Europe and says the U.S. might cooperate with "a foreign court's investigation of Bush administration officials."
It's not a sick joke, it's not April Fool's Day. This new "president" is not a friend of the USA, he's an opponent, operating on behalf of the international community. Even during Obama's campaign, when details about his past -- about his pastor, about his associates -- were emerging, who could have imagined how this guy is turning America out?
Vile.
Since 1954 Edmonton has been served by a local TV station named CFRN. A few years ago CTV stripped the station of its local call letters; the CFRN suppertime news became "CTV News, " and the familiar metal letters "CFRN" were removed from the building on Stony Plain Road -- you can still see the stains -- and supplanted with the CTV corporate logo.
Last week the CEO of CTV, Federal Liberal fundraiser Ivan Fecan gave a presentation, to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. He opened, "Thank you for the invitation to discuss a matter that is vital to the social fabric of Canada, the future of local television."
"Local is worth fighting for. In fact, we believe that the foundation of our broadcasting system is local broadcasting. And if we cut those roots, we will lose something invaluable as a nation. Local is the comfort zone for our audiences. Local is the glue that binds. Local is where people live."
Pretty shameless.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew /show/CTVShows/20031023/corp-default
Does anyone know what happened to "Blackkettleblogspot" It has been removed today. It is an Alberta blogger, IIRC his name is Tim Dormain. Don't know if it has anything to do with it's disappearance but he posted a particularly critical article against Premier Stelmach with references to the Albert Human Rights Commision yesterday.
mid island mike
Very interesting thoughts from Victor Davis Hanson about Obama's first 100 days can be heard at the beginning of this.
MORE LIBERAL HYPOCRISY
There is no doubt in my mind that the CBC is the "silent" right arm of the Liberal Party of Canada. Please ponder on the following facts for a moment.
From Mar. 28-1995 to April 10, 2009, the CBC's Fifth Estate ran a series of nine--one hour long, complex and expensive programs (documentaries) that focused on Brian Mulroney, Karheinz Schreiber and the dealings they may have had together in or about 1988. If anybody has any idea on what the cost of these programs were to the CBC, aka the Cdn taxpeyer, I would appreciate a reply.
On the other hand, SPONSORGATE involved well over 100 million dollars. Is it coincidence that the Firth Estate began broadcasting the Schreiber-Mulroney incidents at about the same time that Sponsorgate was in full swing. (1996-2004) Isn't it odd that not one editon of The Firth Estate ever delved into the mechanics of Sponsorgate??
What a perfect smokescreen to divert Canada's attention towards Mulroney, and away from Sponsorgate. It's interesting to note that several RCMP officers investigated Mulroney and his dealings with the aibus affair, not one charge was ever laid. And while Mulroney did successfully sue Canada for the investigation, his ordeal was far from over.
Why has no one ever questioned the motives of the CBC?? Why were they given an unlimited sum of money to produce the nine--one hour long documentries that often involved travel to Europe, (Germany, Switzerland etc.) Those questions need to be answered.
General Welfare Motors has recently announced that they will close 400 some dealerships across Canada. Was it wise to pay bailout $$ to Ontario auto manufacturers that will in turn close smaller dealerships, many in rural Western Canada?? Total laid off workers, about 3000. I'm sure the same scenario will unfold in the USA, time ten. It seems paying Peter to pay Paul never works.
Stronger actions than our politically correct Politicians would, heaven forbid, ever take.
[ A British vacationer is being hailed a hero after he thwarted gun-toting pirates attacking a cruise ship — by throwing a deck chair at them.] Fox
See, it's not so hard. Imagine what a destroyer would do !!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518343,00.html
As painful as it is to listen to the "presidential address" - OH MY HEAVEN - we are in for a rough ride in North America in the next little while
I get no schadenfreude in saying this - I'm Canadian - we are tied to the US in many ways - but oh my heaven - I'm afraid
Tonight I'm left to ponder the GM "recovery plan" or more precisely the plan to reduce the dealer net by 310 franchises by Jan 1, 2010. Can someone please take the time to explain to me how dumping franchises will help the cause? Dealers that have had to pay for EVERY friggin' thing they've gotten since day one from tools to network access? Someone please tell me? WTH is it going to really accomplish? Is it optics? Is it, the union wanting everyone to suffer equally. I'm baffled, so please someone tell me, HTF does GM plan to save money by killing it's best customer?
Anyone?
To me it's like the parts department getting rid of the service department.
Erik, I'm with you there, amigo! But I sense that change is afoot. I sense a fundamental revolution within the Republican Party, throwing out the RINOs and giving Americans a true alternative to this Big Government nuttiness!
Plus, if America is attacked by terrorist (God forbid), Obama's presidency will be over since most Americans will suddenly wake-up to the Reality Series that is his tenure.
I just checked out the Twitter feed of the hatemonger at the T.O. Star.
Wow, I thought I had seen some pretty terrible things at the Daily Kos but she seems intent on setting some new records on the Anger Barometer!
Robert W - yep, if there's even a whiff of a "terrorist attack" - by whomever whichever group - that will be a death knell for BO - oh by the way - I would never name my dog after my own initials - that is so pretentious!!
Erik, I hope & trust that the more intelligent folks at the CIA are carefully documenting how Obama & co. are dismantling their operations. So if/when something occurs, there will be a direct line of responsibility of how it could have been prevented.
Note: I'm wincing at talking about this because I clearly and obviously hope no such attack ever occurs but if it does then those knowing moving back to a September 10th mindset MUST be held responsible for their part in it.
A big shout out and thanks to 'Matt' for continuing to post videos from Michael Coren's show!
Here's a segment from the latest one, talking about the uninspired, uninteresting television that is put out by the CBC.
Stephen Harper turns 50 today. For some reason I always remember this one because it's the same day as tax filing deadline (there's a joke to be made in there somewhere, but I'm not sure what it is).
the bear: "Can someone please take the time to explain to me how dumping franchises will help the cause?"
Well, their sales are dropping. They are going to be owned by a union and the US gov't ... what do you think that will do for sales?
So, as far as GM is concerned they can't have most of their dealers failing (and they would be failing), or pick the about half of them and hope they succeed. I think their problem will be keeping "enough" dealers while they collapse, I believe that there are lots that want to bail now.
There must be a lot of prime real estate tied up with dealerships but unless I am mistaken that belongs to the dealer. Does anyone know if they are co-owned?
Check out this video clip from last year's campaign. Bambam literally gives John McCain the finger:
http://bigsole.blogspot.com/2009/02/lie-to-me-obama-gives-mccain-finger-or.html
What a class act.
Thanks, Vitruvius, for that enchanting version of "She Moved Through the Fair" by Anne Briggs, a fascinating singer who, by rights, should be known by everyone. What an amazingly clear and haunting voice. Astonishing that Wikipedia doesn't cite her version of this song.
They do, however, mention Van Morrison's, accompanied by The Chieftans, on his album "Irish Heartbeat." It prompted me to pull the CD off the shelf and listen to Van's rendition: The Chieftan's accompaniment was suitably wistful, but Van can't begin to compete with the dulcet tones of Brigg's voice.
Jack Frosst: "Why has no one ever questioned the motives of the CBC?? Why were they given an unlimited sum of money to produce the nine--one hour long documentries that often involved travel to Europe, (Germany, Switzerland etc.) Those questions need to be answered."
Why not write the Ombudsman, for the record, with these questions and your MP? The LPC is hermetically sealed by the CBC, they have a hands-off policy towards them when it comes to any investigation into the scandals involving Liberal leaders or their party.
I smell a rat, too, when it comes to the continuing, ad nauseum, investigation into the Mulroney/Schreiber affair. It's old, stale "news," aka a witch hunt -- a diversionary tactic, for sure, on the part of the CBC to protect their political party of choice. It's a scandal in itself that the taxpayers of Canada are footing the bill to cosset, protect, and promote the LPC.
FIRE. THEM. ALL.
Thanks, Vitruvius, for that enchanting version of "She Moved Through the Fair" by Anne Briggs, a fascinating singer who, by rights, should be known by everyone. What an amazingly clear and haunting voice. Astonishing that Wikipedia doesn't cite her version of this song.
They do, however, mention Van Morrison's, accompanied by The Chieftans, on his album "Irish Heartbeat." It prompted me to pull the CD off the shelf and listen to Van's rendition: The Chieftan's accompaniment was suitably wistful, but Van can't begin to compete with the dulcet tones of Brigg's voice.
Jack Frosst: "Why has no one ever questioned the motives of the CBC?? Why were they given an unlimited sum of money to produce the nine--one hour long documentries that often involved travel to Europe, (Germany, Switzerland etc.) Those questions need to be answered."
Why not write the Ombudsman, for the record, with these questions and your MP? The LPC is hermetically sealed by the CBC, they have a hands-off policy towards them when it comes to any investigation into the scandals involving Liberal leaders or their party.
I smell a rat, too, when it comes to the continuing, ad nauseum, investigation into the Mulroney/Schreiber affair. It's old, stale "news," aka a witch hunt -- a diversionary tactic, for sure, on the part of the CBC to protect their political party of choice. It's a scandal in itself that the taxpayers of Canada are footing the bill to cosset, protect, and promote the LPC.
FIRE. THEM. ALL.
Apologies for double post. About half the time, I click "Post" and my comment doesn't show up. I have to shut down my connection to SDA and come back to see if it actually posted. Weird. 'Am doing that on another thread right now.
'Bye!
Ural, if they wanted to bail they would have already. I don't see dealers lining up in Canada (and Canada is my primary concern) to have their heads cut off like obedient little chickens.
Caught this link over at Watt Up With That...
Fat people cause global warming which just means they're trying to create a new carbon credit market.
(poster JimB, in this thread)
Re dealership contraction.
This desparately needed to be done years ago (20) dealers are expensive to support and even more difficult to keep Inline in terms of quality control for service and sale methods. Lots of them are awful at both.
Thy also compete with each other and demand thatvthey have differentiation - that's why Olds buick gmc plymouth and other redundant brands were kept alive far too long.
Calgary has eight Chrysler dealers if memory serves and a half dozen or more less than thirty miles away. Toyota has two or three. Red deer has two literally across the street from one another. Imagine safeway or walmart having stores insuch density.
Ron -- you have a perfect opportunity to take CBC at their word. In their letter they say:
As programmers, we can and do seek to reflect the scope of the debate . . . and CBC will continue to cover this story, and in documentary programming we WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY, while reflecting the ebb and flow of the debate.
You could suggest that they air "Global warming swindle" (is that still circulating?). I found it a compelling counter to GORE. You could also suggest that any airing of Gore's or similar one sided views allow for a follow-up dabate. Or even -- if they acknowledged that there is a debate and invited viewer comments. So far I do not see much attempt to strive for fairness or accuracy. Nor are they covering the "scope" of the dabate.
Hey! How about those savvy Quebec voters!
Canada's corrupt, spoiled, self-centered,embarrassing, disgracefully expensive and needy AS*Hole "sibling". Soon to bring us another corrupt, spoiled, self-centered, embarrassing, disgracefully expensive and needy AS*Hole Liberal government.
1. City politics - SHDM saga now a police matter
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/SHDM+saga+police+matter/1543306/story.html
2.Provincial politics - PQ links companies owned by Liberals to public funds
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090429.wquebec0429/BNStory/politics/home
3.Federal politics - Quebec poll buoys Liberals
SSSSSHHHHHHHH ( adscam ) Je me souviens !!!!
(Via SWJ; NYT warning) John Markoff and Thom Shanker, Panel Advises Clarifying U.S. Plans on Cyberwar
The United States has no clear military policy about how the nation might respond to a cyberattack on its communications, financial or power networks, a panel of scientists and policy advisers warned Wednesday, and the country needs to clarify both its offensive capabilities and how it would respond to such attacks...
Show me the numbers that prove dealers are expensive to keep. You won't find them, dealership franchises are a source of income.
Angry is pulling in the comments with this.
Beware of “Ted”, aka Cerberus*.
STOPIGGY, aka The Grim Reaper.
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“Coalition Fallout: Michael Ignatieff reaps what he sowed
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 06:08 PM
Comments: 76
None of this should come as a surprise. It is Liberal conceit, born of Michael Ignatieff’s own self-importance, that the Liberal Party can force an election at the time of its choosing. When will that be? In the fall, say the Liberal insiders.
Of course, this is nonsense. The Liberals can’t force anything.”
http://stevejanke.com/archives/286644.php#respond
* From Greek mythology:CERBERUS is the Three-headed guard dog of Hades.
Hades = PET’s PET Cemetery.
Free Sample from Cerberus: “The party is more united right now than it has ever been in my lifetime except maybe in 1981.”
Pete D
Re: provincial politics PQ links Liberals
Go have a read of the Comments
"Guilty by Association Syndrom strikes again at the globe comments"
Charest = Mulroney = Harper = Spin = Anything but Liberal theft of Taxpayer monies.
In case you were wondering:
Economists Niels Veldhuis and Milagros Palacios estimate that for a Canadian family with an average income of $71,764 in 2008, $10,293 of their total tax bill of $31,535 comes from paying income taxes.
On top of that, are:
- Sales taxes, $4,542
- Liquor, tobacco, amusement and other excise taxes, $1,782
- Auto, fuel and motor vehicle licence taxes, $770
- Social security, medical and health taxes, $6,403
- Property taxes, $2,787
- Import duties, $286
- Profits tax (capital gains, etc.), $3,302
- Natural resource taxes, $586
- Other taxes, $783
All of which totals $31,535 in taxes, or 43.9% of the average Canadian family's income.
The Fraser Institute also notes we pay more in taxes than on food, shelter and clothing combined.
Last year, the average family paid $14,895 for shelter, $7,955 for food and $2,768 for clothing, for a total of $25,618, or 35.7% of income, compared to a tax bill of $31,535, or 43.9% of income.
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/04/30/9299441-sun.html
Global Warming Ruled a Religion by British Judge
A fired British executive is suing his former employer on the grounds that he was unfairly dismissed due to religious views – his belief in global warming.
“In the first case of its kind, employment judge David Sneath said Tim Nicholson, a former environmental policy officer, could invoke employment law for protection from discrimination against him for his conviction that climate change was the world's most important environmental problem.”
Bryanr:
The Globe and Mail comment section reminds me of that old saying:
"The wise man never argues with the fool; casual observers may not be able to
tell which is which."
ulianov, want to tell me where it once says "coalition" in that article you linked?
the bear,
"I don't think anybody has seen the likes of this," he said. "Let's be realistic, I don't think any dealer wouldn't look at anything that comes across his desk as far as an exit strategy.""
- In business talk this means "show me a way that I can make profit turning this turkey into a X"
"Mr. DesRosiers said dealerships are now changing hands with no value attached for goodwill. That means buyers are effectively buying only the land the dealerships sit on and placing no value on the actual business."
- In business talk this means "I can turn this turkey into a parking lot"
http://tinyurl.com/cn8p5u
Ottawa - doing the things that an asteroid can't do
"Ottawa's inaction could result in extinctions"
http://tinyurl.com/cboq3r
Fairness Doctrine 'unconstitutional'
Clarence Thomas: Controversial policy 'deep intrusion' into broadcasters' rights
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=96594
This is a stpry worth following with the Dutch Royal Family
http://tinyurl.com/cneajp
Wonder who was driving the car?
Guilty by Association again! Isnt that right Ulinov
Over at Angry he Nails it pretty good though, How are the Liberals going to take down the conservatives when they are going to require the votes of 1 or atleast 2 of the other opposition parties & they are not going to take down the Conservatives when they are also Tanking in the Polls or Take a chance at losing seats & votes which in turn would jeopardize the much required Federal Funding rec'd. for votes.
Also isn't it strange all the Layton hype we have seen over the last few weeks in the msm Referencing the the same issue Layton needs Harper in order to survive.
Funny though when you have a Minority Govt I repeat Minority Govt, Politics makes strange bedfellows.
Under my bus!
Now thats funny, I don't care who you are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfL-Oj1rQ-c&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpajamasmedia%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded
h/t pajamas media
Sadly Stephen, the first thing I thought of was; now how many ways will they appease and protect this lone crazy 'car driver'?
O Canada lOves* O.
Ivison/MSM speak for you: "Canadians lowered their defences and surrendered, seduced".
Speak not for "Canadians", Ivison; your arrogance is showing.
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"Canada starts to feel the bite of new U.S. protectionism
National Post ^ | 2009-04-29 | John Ivison
When Barack Obama came to Ottawa in February, Canadians lowered their defences and surrendered, seduced by the new President’s promises that the United States would stand by its international trade obligations and resist protectionism.
It was an object lesson in why politicians should be judged on results, not their intentions. The reality is that Canada and the United States are engaging in skirmishes that threaten to erupt into an all-out trade war.
John Hayward runs an industrial equipment company, Hayward Gordon, in Halton Hills, Ontario, but is in the process of transferring some of his company’s manufacturing capacity to the United States from Canada, with the loss of Canadian jobs, because he is being shut out of the American market by President Obama’s stimulus bill."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241105/posts
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*"Canada's love affair with Barack Obama - Canada - Macleans.ca
Canada's love affair with Barack Obama. We love him, with an asterisk. The broad-band smile, the Lincolnesque bearing, the sense of the man as an avatar of ..."
Kinsella registers as lobbyist for NL in nationwide tobacco lawsuit..
ulianov, aka V.I. Lenin, aka Ulyanov, aka Lenin passed on his "swine flu" to Stalin who signed a pact with the fascist Axis* as early as 1922.
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"The Facts on Fascism
Yes, it is indeed similar to fascism.
Since my April 2 column that compared Barack Obama's economic policies (and others) to those of Italy's Benito Mussolini, I have been denounced on the pages of the Economist, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Toronto Star, and the New York Times (less strongly denounced there than in the others, oddly enough), and by Chris Matthews (and guests Tony Blankley and Larry Sabato) on Hardball, and also had the idea made fun of by CNN morning hosts while they played a rather tame and sober interview they had done with me on the subject.
Never mind that in the New York Times on April 7 , David Leonhardt went farther, comparing the policies to the economics of Hitler in the course of saying that was a good thing because Hitler's economics worked."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241126/posts
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*"The Avalon Project : Supplementary Agreement to the German-Russian ...
The Treaty signed at Rapallo, on April 16 1922, between the German Reich and the Russian Socialist Soviet Republic shall apply, mutatis mutandis, ...
avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/rapallo_002.asp