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Anyone else think that Danny boy spent more time on the beach than in the hospital in the last little while?

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2010/02/25/13027086-qmi.html

Dat jess don't look healthy...........

Another impressive surprise from Steve Martin..

Thank you Vit. Glad to have seen this performance.

Here's a little story suitable for the "Has the world has gone crazy?!?" file:

I appears an Ottawa animal shelter has run out of clients, so now they're accepting Lebanese refugees.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/02/21/ottawa-dog-rescue.html#socialcomments

(sorry for the CBC link)

There are a couple other links to Mr. Martin's works in the SDA Late Nite Radio archive, TG, including an interesting interview in the second half of this Charlie Rose show. It's kind of a cliché thing to say, yet I do think that, based on all I've read and watched and heard of Mr. Martin's life and works, he is indeed a good example of what the words consummate entertainer were coined to describe.

AtlanticJim - I wonder where Danny will go to get his melanoma treated.

BTW it was interesting to read at your link that he's split up with his wife and he's boycotting the CBC out of petulance. I bet he figures his career is over.

Apparently one of the Republicans mentioned him at the Health Care Reform Summit today. "It's my heart, it's my life". (He's never quoted just the same way twice.)

It looks like Iggy has been talking to his Russian buddies to help them in their Olympic whining [my boldface] Or they read Travers at the Star:

“The abject cruelty shown by Canadian soldiers in international conflicts is scantily referred to, as indeed is the utter incapacity of this county to host a major international event, due to its inferiority complex, born of a trauma being the skinny and weakling bro to a beefy United States and a colonial outpost to the United Kingdom, whose Queen smiles happily from Canadian postage stamps.

“Maybe it is this which makes the Canadians so...retentive, or cowardly.”

Posted by: AtlanticJim at February 25, 2010 11:05 PM

Maybe he went for a hike on the Appalachian Trail?

You think?

Yesterday's minimum temp at Eureka Station, Nunavut--minus 38.1C Do icebergs melt at that temp??

Yesterday's minimum temp at Eureka Station, Nunavut--minus 38.1C Do icebergs melt at that temp??

I'm sorry for posting comment twice. I'm sorry for posting comment twice. I went to the dentist the other day, I swallowed his mirror. Since then, nothing has been the same the same.

Very droll, Joe, brilliantly written ;-)

It's nice to see this video Vit.

Although I have been very disappointed with Steve's screen performances in the recent years, I am very glad he has decided to act on his banjo and blue grass talents.

Hope he doesn't flop his Oscar co-host gig.

Vitruvius @ 11:19pm... suggested I see this interview...
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including an interesting interview in the second half of this Charlie Rose show.''

http://tinyurl.com/y8poyc6

Absolutely top notch!

And the first half with Jerry Sienfeld was very much worth watching as well.

The PBS video takes a while to load and you sit through a few ads.. [ads on PBS]??

Steve Martin, like most outstanding talent is a hard working intellect. Very inspiring.

Killer comedian; killer banjo musician, killer dancer, writer...actor.. You gotta see this!

Thanks again Vitruvius.

Lev wrote: "Maybe he went for a hike on the Appalachian Trail?"

My extrapolations are going wild....

That interview, TG, is actually part of the famous Small Dead
Animals Distinguished Lecture, Documentary & Interview
Symposia series (it was our 2009-03-22 symposium), which
you might like to check out further ;-)

All AGW scientists are experts in tautology.

Um, actually, no they're not. Because, you see, tautology essentially means true by definition. And, sadly, the AGW so-called scientists are wrong, that is to say, false, also known as not true; ergo, by definition, they are not tautological. If they were to say, for example, that if the temperature warms by ten degrees then the temperature warms by ten degrees, then that would be tautological. On the other hand, there's nothing tautological about running around making totally unsupported claims predicting that the temperature will go up ten degrees, and worse, claiming that, without any good data, that would necessarily be a bad thing. Frankly, it's appalling.

We should boycott the Russian Winter Olympics citing lack of security, that will play with their minds, which is what they really live for anyway (mind games, the last resort of the socialist).

Either that, or we should just show up and kick their ass in front of their own fans.

Like in 1972.

Gaddafi reverts to type and declares jihad on Switzerland.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/7321934/Colonel-Gaddafi-calls-for-jihad-against-Switzerland.html

Thanks, in advance, Vitruvius, for the interview with Steve Martin on Charlie Rose. We watch Charlie Rose's show every night on PBS, 5:00 p.m. time slot where we live. 'Don't have time to watch it now: BIG SNOW (like, around 5cms, in TO this morning!), so have to leave plenty of time to get to work.

Listen! Listen! Joe Joe: Some kind soul here, I think it was ebd, gave me a tip on how not to double post. If your comment doesn't show up, click on the refresh button. It's worked every time for me. Click ... voila! comment appears appears.

Fraud Beat: A Joint Report by AGW & Swine.

The Best from manbearpigs: WHO & UNOIPCC.
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"Swine Flu Casualties Far Below White House Projections, Latest Mortality Data Show

New statistics on the H1N1 swine flu strain show that it is no longer a “pandemic” in the United States, and that fatalities here never came close to the levels projected by the White House last fall."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2459688/posts
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"Breaking News: IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri to face independent inquiry
26 02 2010

Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC Chairman

Excerpts from the Telegraph article

By Geoffrey Lean, in Bali

Rajendra Pachauri, the controversial Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is to face an international inquiry into the performance of his organisation.

Environment and Climate ministers meeting in closed session in Bali last night insisted that an independent review should be carried out following the publicising of mistakes in its last report, and a row surrounding Dr Pachauri’s robust response to his critics. If his management is found to be at fault his position could become untenable.

Participants in the unprecedented meeting – held at the annual assembly of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Governing Council in Bali – were sworn to secrecy over the decision and it is only expected to be announced after its detaled scope and composition have been worked out by UNEP and the World Meteorological Organisation, the two UN agencies that oversee the IPCC’s work."
http://wattsupwiththat.com/

Fraud Beat: A Joint Report by AGW & Swine.

The Best from manbearpigs: WHO & UNOIPCC.
...-

"Swine Flu Casualties Far Below White House Projections, Latest Mortality Data Show

New statistics on the H1N1 swine flu strain show that it is no longer a “pandemic” in the United States, and that fatalities here never came close to the levels projected by the White House last fall."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2459688/posts
...-

"Breaking News: IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri to face independent inquiry
26 02 2010

Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC Chairman

Excerpts from the Telegraph article

By Geoffrey Lean, in Bali

Rajendra Pachauri, the controversial Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is to face an international inquiry into the performance of his organisation.

Environment and Climate ministers meeting in closed session in Bali last night insisted that an independent review should be carried out following the publicising of mistakes in its last report, and a row surrounding Dr Pachauri’s robust response to his critics. If his management is found to be at fault his position could become untenable.

Participants in the unprecedented meeting – held at the annual assembly of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Governing Council in Bali – were sworn to secrecy over the decision and it is only expected to be announced after its detaled scope and composition have been worked out by UNEP and the World Meteorological Organisation, the two UN agencies that oversee the IPCC’s work."
http://wattsupwiththat.com/

Only time I've ever seen any talent in Steve Martin, he certainly isn't any good at humour, I generally rush to the channel changer every time he appears, though I don't doubt he could do ballet too, as in Swan Lake.

Martin is lame.
But he is somewhat saved in "Planes,Trains, and Automobiles."
I still laugh when I see that movie.

I am strangely drawn to this cartoon.

chutzpahticular wrote:
My extrapolations are going wild....

Certain governor went for a hike and ende up in Argentina.

The party of Tommy 'Eugenicist' Douglas has come a long way

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/bill+seeks+outlaw+genetic+discrimination/2615425/story.html

NDP MP's bill seeks to outlaw genetic discrimination
Increased use of genetic testing is leaving Canadians more vulnerable to discrimination on the basis of their genetic characteristics, a Winnipeg MP says

Oh my goodness, SDA and XKCD together at last!

Loving the xkcd!

Thanks Vitruvius for that REVELATION (Martin doing song and dance). I will watch it again later, but I think I saw that interview (perhaps tipped by you yourself earlier). I was struck by his intellect and even more by his unearned humility! I seem to remember his tearing up, recalling what an appreciative fan told him about some positive impact he had on his family.

Bottom line for me: just looking at Steve Martin makes me feel good. What he DOES is a bonus.

Says Wikipedia: "Gregory Hines was buried at Saint Volodymyr's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Oakville, Ontario, in Canada"

A New Yorker; but he had an ex-wife named Jessica Koslow and a daughter named Daria - perhaps that's a clue. Interesting, anyway.

He was the first tap-dancer I ever saw on the screen; he was wonderful.

I’m a Locofoco, are you? I'm even considering a new handle. Me Locofoco?

Imagine a political movement that says it’s committed to “equal rights”—and means it. Not just equality in a few cherry-picked rights but all human rights, including the most maligned, property rights. Imagine a movement whose raison d’être is to oppose any and all special privileges from government for anybody.

snip

In American history no such group has ever been as colorful and as thorough in its understanding of equal rights as one that flashed briefly across the political skies in the 1830s and ’40s. They were called “Locofocos.” If I had been around back then, I would have proudly joined their illustrious ranks.

The Locofocos were a faction of the Democratic Party of President Andrew Jackson, concentrated mostly in the Northeast and New York in particular, but with notoriety and influence well beyond the region. Formally called the “Equal Rights Party,” they derived their better known sobriquet from a peculiar event on October 29, 1835.

For years, I thought "tautology" was the study of tension. I guess I was too high-strung.

we all know CBCpravda is the shill of the Liberal party, but do they have to make it so obvious, quoting Iggy and then showing charts that show he is worse off then any of the leaders. bizarre.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/02/25/ekos-poll.html?ref=rss&loomia_si=t0:a16:g4:r4:c0:b31143824

Seems as though the IOC/COC have their collective knickers in a knot...

"IOC probes women's hockey team celebration"

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/c...entid=23534188

The preliminary trial of the 3 Mo's accused of offing the 4 inconvenient females in Kingston is expected to wrap up today. I thought that the prelim was waived,but I could be wrong. If I am right,expect a quick sentencing, and the burial of the facts will be done with as quickly and with as little fanfare as the burial of the women... How is it possible that a mass murder can be swept under the rug to protect the reputation of an oppressive religion? A religion whose militant arm is killing our soldiers.It's a pity. ---http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/02/26/kingston-shafia-pretrial-rideau-lock.html?ref=rss&loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r2:c0.0989906:b31146182

Related to the above story. ---http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/02/26/ottawa-israel-apartheid.html ---. I am a strong believer in education. However,if you send a child to university these days without first making sure that they can think on their feet,you will be doing them a great disservice.

Al Gore's Weather (AGW):

Moi 'fesses. It's Moi fault. Mea Gulpa.
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"Snow 'Hurricane' Spreads: New York, New England Buried in Snow With Heavy Winds

The endless winter of 2010…kept not ending today, with more than 18 inches of snow crippling New York City, and two to three feet measured in its suburbs and other parts of the Northeast.

An ABC News count found more than 500,000 homes and businesses without power -- meaning, with an average of three people per household, that about 1.5 million people may have been affected. Power companies measure outages in terms of "customers" -- the number of bills they send out -- not the number of people without light.

It was so bad in New Hampshire that even the state Emergency Operations Center needed a generator. Gov. John Lynch has declared a state of emergency so that 330,000 customers without power can get help."

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/snow-hurricane-snowicane-snowstorm-spreads-york-england-ohio/story?id=9954071

World Trade Tower Conspiracy is really nothing being done at WTC Ground Zero.

http://tiny.cc/2UbnZ

So we can't call them climatautologists? Dang. It had such a nice ring to it.

No, but you could call them climatoughtologists, because
they're always trying to tell us what climate ought to do,
the problem being, of course, that climate doesn't care.

halfwise said "So we can't call them climatautologists? Dang. It had such a nice ring to it.

The ring you speak of is "truth".

AGW or "climate change" is a true definition because climate changes every second of every day, so any changes in climate will automatically make any claims by climate change scientists true because they are saying climate changes - a sunny day is due to climate change, a blizzard is due to climate change and so forth - tautological, so it is essentially impossible for any statement made about climate change to be incorrect. Granted the AGW scientist title does not lend itself as well as Climate change Scientist to tautological statements. I trust you get my drift, or "slant" on the definition and how it could be applied to the whole climate change hoax.

Thanks...mikeg81 at February 26, 2010 1:54 PM

This is not really a story, however it is interesting how the [MSM?] tried to stir it into one.

Mikeg81's link doesn't work... this one seems ok..

http://tinyurl.com/yexkpop

'' The players drank cans of beer and bottles of champagne, and smoked cigars with their gold medals draped around their necks on the ice surface at Canada Hockey Place after their 2-0 win over the U.S. on Thursday night.

Among those drinking were Quebec City's Marie-Philip Poulin, the youngest player on Team Canada and its fourth-line centre, who scored twice in the first period. The 18-year-old Poulin turns 19 next month, but right now would be under the legal drinking age in B.C. ''

Smoked cigars?.. Well why not. They sure smoked the opposition!

As long as there were no male jiggle dancers, then there is no need for IOC whigs to get snippy.

Something they can do at the drop of a made in China Olymic pin.