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  2. Stephen singing trumps Stelmach’s Dropping Balls
    After fumbling the ball for Albertan’s for so long, it seems that Ed Stelmach has finally had his own drop.
    A third Greenpeace media stunt in Alberta in the past month has triggered an unusual response from the premier.
    “Security-wise, this is obviously a real concern and the fact that we’re coddling people that are breaking the law, trespassing, getting on site, and putting people on the job site at risk,” Stelmach said.
    “It seems like tourists are coming from other countries telling us how to develop our resources responsibly with the goal in mind of harming our economy, putting Albertans out of work and damaging our quality of life.”
    Wow!
    This stance is surprising, because the last time Greenpeace came around putting on the pressure (saying something about ducks, I think), Stelmach announced $2 BILLION to be spent on carbon sequestering!
    A bunch of granola bullies come looking a second time for some more Alberta lunch money from the fumbling, push over Premier. . The one that’s been dropping the ball for so long. They probably remind him of those dead ducks, which in turn make the Premier think about himself and his immediate future.
    And that’s when his balls dropped, enabling him to make such a bold public statement.

  3. If Slick Eddy had any ball he would cancel that BS $2 billion sequestration joke . It would knock a little of the $7+billion deficit he created buying votes.

  4. Vit: Thank you so much. I really needed this peace of mind tonight, as I have a big interview tomorrow. Will be first on the play list in the morning.

  6. Wanna take bets on Danielle Smith being the next premier of Alberta? I’m not kidding. Watch for after the leadership convention to see if any existing MLAs bail on the Conservatives and cross the floor. Stelmach has some sharp people in caucus…and they’re all on the back benches, cringing at his performance.

  8. But enough about Stelmach, I heard that the Canadian Forces have some of the best sharpshooters anywhere in the world. They’d soon clean up the smoke-stacks, or whatever these idiots have climbed onto.

  9. Larry:
    A little water in minus-three weather should do the trick.
    Could even freeze up the locks on their chains.

  16. Michael Moore’s new movie was great at ridiculing all the right people and giving numerous laughs. The name should have been “The Banksters Hide Out” and not Capitalism. Sometimes you have to go with the Studio.

  17. “Music and the Rise and Decline of Western Civilization
    From the desk of Fjordman on Fri, 2009-10-02 12:56
    This text overlaps with a few of my earlier essays like Why Muslims Like Hitler, but Not Mozart. I have had some interesting discussions with Ohmyrus, the essayist who runs the Democracy Reform blog. He is a Chinese man who appreciates aspects of Western civilization that many Westerners have forgotten or rejected. He is not unique in this regard. One of the best books about European culture is Defending the West by the former Muslim Ibn Warraq, who was born in the Indian subcontinent. As a native European it is strange to notice how some (non-Muslim) Asians apparently appreciate my civilization more than intellectuals in my own country do. The Iranian-born ex-Muslim Ali Sina denounces Western Multiculturalism in his book Understanding Muhammad, which I have reviewed online:
    “If any culture needs to be preserved, it is the Western, Helleno-Christian culture. It is this culture that is facing extinction….We owe our freedom and modern civilization to Western culture. It is this culture that is now under attack and needs protection.””
    http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4110

  18. Hobson’s Choice:
    Islam’s suicide or socialism’s stomach?
    …-
    “Bomb at U.N Food Office in Pakistan Kills at Least 3”
    urlm.in/ddmd
    “Food Bank Collects Thousands of Pounds of Food”
    urlm.in/ddmg
    …-
    GUSTAVE LE BON and the Crowd
    “Socialism is in fact nothing but the religion of the Stomach.”
    http://www.fulltable.com/crowd/07.htm

  19. Liberal Ignatieff’s “right of passage”(sic).*
    Latest from PET Cemetery’s Liberal Discord Newspaper.
    Liberal Ignatieff is chopped liver.
    …-
    *“‘Well, Jesus, is that what we have for leadership?’”
    *“”We’re going to hell in a hand basket.”
    *“But the Quebec MP who is the most serious candidate to replace Mr. Ignatieff is neither Mr. Coderre, nor Mr. Cauchon, but rookie Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), said the Liberal MP who asked not to be identified.”
    Ignatieff must think thoughts:
    *“has to do some in-depth thinking”.
    *”Liberal MP Albina Guarnieri (Mississauga East-Cooksville, Ont.), one of the class of ‘88 MPs who is the chair of Mr. Ignatieff’s tactics committee, the so-called “Kitchen Cabinet,” said the criticism against the leader and his team is a right of passage for new leaders.”
    …-
    *“Grit battle over Outremont could impact Liberal candidates nationally
    But Liberals say Michael Ignatieff will take stock and turn things around.”
    http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/grit_battle_outremont-10-5-2009

  22. O’s a what?
    Probably? O’Narcissist in the clOset? In the Oval Office?
    Says liberal-leftist:
    *”What I suspect is that the president is probably a clinical narcissist.”
    The MSM was/is O’s “enablers”.
    wOw!
    SDA gets results.
    …-
    “New Republic Editor-In-Chief: ‘President Is Probably a Clinical Narcissist’
    This is highly ironic.
    While the New York Times house “conservative,” David Brooks, continues to shower love upon President Barack Obama, editor-in-chief Marty Peretz of the liberal New Republic has become highly critical of The One.
    Just how critical? Well, here is Peretz using a Financial Times report on the humiliating Olympic snub of Obama in Copenhagen as the platform to launch a withering critique of the president’s self-defeating attitude:
    As the FT went on to say, the IOC “delivered an astonishing snub” to the president “by eliminating Chicago in the first round of voting.” Chicago was dumped before Madrid was dumped and before Tokyo was dumped. Had the Obama folk not done any canvassing which would have alerted them to the fact that they were jet-setting to a humiliation? Maybe Michelle’s presence added to the over-confident sense of invincibility. Moreover, how could they lose with Oprah Winfrey in tow?”
    “And now for the money quote:
    What I suspect is that the president is probably a clinical narcissist. This is not necessarily a bad condition if one maintains for oneself what the psychiatrists call an “optimal margin of illusion,” that is, the margin of hope that allows you to work. But what if his narcissism blinds him to the issues and problems in the world and the inveterate foes of the nation that are not susceptible to his charms?
    If Obama is a “clinical narcissist” that would make the MSM his enablers since months before he was elected president, they were already portraying him in images and print as having a saintly halo image.”
    http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/10/05/new-republic-editor-chief-president-probably-clinical-narcissist

  23. Cbc has an article up about another Khadr. This time it is Abdullah who is trouble for his anti-western actions. As usual,some are crying racism in the comments.—http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/10/05/to-khadr-court.html — Once ‘Little Mosque’ is finally cancelled,cbc may produce a mini-series on this family’s plight. Theme music,’All you need is love’ sung by Bob Rae.

  24. Was last night’s episode of CBC’s Battle of the Blades the first?
    I’ll admit that I liked the concept of beauties and the beasts competing. Seeing guys that used to fly into the corners with no regards for their own safety holding hands and skating delicately with figure skating stars was something that worked for me.

  26. Once again, another school board is having to look at removing “To Kill a Mockingbird” from the classroom because someone is upset over the use of the N word in the book.
    I remain completely in awe of people who can so completely miss the point. Poor Harper Lee must shake her head in disbelief every time this comes up.
    The school board in question? Centre of the known universe. Natch.

  27. I just checked the temp. at Eureka Station, Nunavut. Monday, 9:07 AM CST (Sask) the temperature is -15°C! Do icebergs melt at that temp?? I doooon’t think soooo!

  29. Click here first.
    Last I heard they are worth 10 cents. Down 98% since March 08.
    Wiki says Al Gore owns about 10% of CCX. Does that mean Gore is now worth $100 Million X 0.02 = only $2 Million ??
    [ According to Richard Freeman and Merry Baker in their enlightening article “Carbon Trade Swindle Behind Gore Hoax,” here’s what the global warming sales pitch is designed to create: “The centerpiece of the U.S. emerging market for carbon emissions trading, is the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), created in 2003 as a “voluntary,” or pilot agency, part of a London-based network positioned to reproduce the oil bubble on a scale orders of magnitude greater and more dangerous, while at the same time, destroying what’s left of the physical economy.
    The idea is that if governments cap CO2 emissions, then the “market” will take off for the buying and selling of emissions “allowances.” This is the whole point of the “cap-and-trade” plan for CO2. If it sounds crazy, it is. But Gore is just one of the most visible parts of the elaborate (and bi-partisan) schemes that have been set in motion under cover of climate change. Gore’s personal financial involvement is blatant, especially through Goldman Sachs-a large shareholder of CCX, and in 2004, the creator of Gore’s very own London-based hedge fund, Generation Investment Management.] Leland Lehrman

  30. It appears the drive-by media are already throwing Iffy’s more sulky and petulant comments down the memory hole.
    Yesterday it was “When asked in an interview today what he thought of Mr.Harper’s performance, Mr.Ignatieff is reported to have rolled his head around and started singing the beginning words to the Beatles classic: “what would you do if I sang out of tune?” He then stopped, smirked, and said that Stephen Harper has “been out of tune for four years.””. (Sorry, I can’t find the original quote attributed anywhere anymore, and ceratinly not in Ivison’s writings. Can anyone else find it, or was it just a figment of RA’s imagination?)
    Today it’s “I’m very envious of his piano talents; I don’t take that away from him. I’m glad he had fun”.
    Funny, that.

  31. Vitruvius, thank you very much for the PAV’s Nessum Dorma from 1982 — his primo prime period if memory serves. Saw the PAV twice, once with the three tenors (Pavarotti, Domingo, and the other guy!) in Vancouver where he shocked by NOT doing Nessum Dorma; I figure he must have judged that he was past it at this juncture. Also, at the MET a few years ago while visiting with my daughter. Sadly, he was just going though the motions in a marginal opera which name escapes me. The family still chuckles over his indifferent efforts with the obligatory sword.
    That’s just personal anecdote, not intended to diminish this towering artist –surely, the best tenor of the century. You couldn’t mistake the voice, eh? I like how some criticis refer to its warm silvery tone.

  33. Thanks Vit for reminding me why I have a few Pavarotti cds that we enjoy.
    Slick Eddy, a Liberal in disguise. That descriptor also seems to include Nicholson. More intrusion.

  35. Johann @1:17, No,Iggy did say something very similar to that. He was then asked again about 5 minutes later and this time he gave a much more diplomatic answer.He got a second chance from the media. Today,during question period,he tried to reference the singing again and came up with some crap about Baird and Harper being in a submarine under the water,possibly referring to the song ‘Yellow Submarine’. The man is not a leader.

  36. And the fiscal Conservative Policy of the Week goes to: The Bloc?!?!?
    OTTAWA — The Bloc Quebecois is calling on the federal government to drastically shrink the civil service and to impose a special surtax on the income of the wealthiest one per cent of Canadians as a means to eliminate the deficit.
    The BQ, like the other opposition parties, said Monday that the plan sketched out by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to eliminate Ottawa’s deficit over the next five years involves keeping employment insurance premiums artificially high.
    “This is a tax on working people and we’re completely against it,” said Bloc MP Jean-Yves Laforest, his party’s finance critic.
    http://www.canada.com
    When the Cons are behind’s the Bloc’s, there’s more than just lies to criticize them for…they’re just another bunch of politicans lining their pockets and laughing at you.

  37. Slick Eddy, a Liberal in disguise. That descriptor also seems to include Nicholson. More intrusion.
    Posted by: Ken (Kulak) at October 5, 2009 1:56 PM
    Ken – there has never been any [i]less[/i] intrusion for the past 3 decades.
    The faux Cons or the Libranos are the only ones in charge – and a guy can’t tell them apart.

  38. BC banned trans fats at restaurants and the swarms of faux-conservatives are rattling sabers arguing that it’s socialism and people must be free to eat trans fats. How much more stupid can they become? It would be interesting to watch. So many stupid people pronounce stupid ideas under the banner of conservatism, that it’s clear, that the concept is being thoroughly discredited by the moles.

  39. Swine flu tops tr-fats by a hogpen mile.
    Stupid faux liberal-lefties hoping to cut off our supply of bacon, hocks, hams, porkpies. Mmmmm …
    Hands off our pork.
    …-
    “Hand-Washing Won’t Stop H1N1
    It’s become conventional wisdom that simple soap and water can protect against the flu, but the science suggests otherwise.”
    http://www.newsweek.com/id/215435

  40. Wallyj – That’s hilarious! But can Rae pull it off? Well we told him he would if he didn’t leave it alone.

  41. CBC ‘Battle of the Blades’.
    I tuned in expecting to see a full tilt no duff knife fight of leading Liberals . . .

  42. Aaron, I believe the “conservative” argument would run thus: it’s fine for the government to provide good objective information on the possible dangers of trans fats (by the way, to my knowledge, there is no definitive scientific proof of the relationship between fat consumption and heart disease) and possibly to legislate disclosure requirements, but to allow people to make their own decisions.
    Do you favour a ban on alcohol? A ban on cigarettes (both from which the government receives large income)? How about a ban on highway speed, say, above 50 kms/hr? Wouldn’t that save a great number of lives? How about a ban on popcorn butter at the cinema?
    Are you aware that it is now illegal to smoke on restaurant OUTDOOR patios in Vancouver, even though there’s also no proof of the dangers of “second hand” smoke which would be very highly diluted outdoors. I believe the beach is next? Also I’ve heard it proposed that smoking in your own car within city limits be banned.
    Get my drift? Thin wedge? Slippery slope. In loco parentis tyranny!
    Conservative = grownup, not advocacy of unhealthy food.

  43. Me No Dhimmi – indeed. I can’t understand Aaron’s thinking here at all. He’s accused us at SDA of being a bunch of commies as far as he’s concerned (you have Aaron, although I can’t find the thread); now he says it’s okay for the govt. to regulate the serving and consumption of a certain kind of cooking oil!?
    Odd.
    AtlanticJim @10:56 – and every time the same issue comes up re. Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain … hmmm, I was going to say “rotates in his crypt”, but I’d much prefer to believe he’s laughing his otherworldy fundament off.

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