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Welcome to the Wednesday (EBD) Late Nite Radio. In honour of the fact that yesterday was St. Paddy’s day, aka the day on which sensible people go straight home after work in order to avoid encounters with drunken revelers of every ethnic background wearing “Kiss me, I’m Irish” t-shirts, tonight we feature the walking distilleries known as The Pogues performing a song written by their — highly flammable — lead singer Shane MacGowan called If I Should Fall From Grace With God.
Please move small pets and elderly family members to a safe area, and refrain from throwing beer bottles.
You are invited, as always, to provide your Reader Tips in the comments.

28 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. Put down that blog – you’re drown-ding baby polar bearsz:
    “German greenies calculate that a blog which gets 15,000 hits or more a month….pumps out 8 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.”
    If you write a short blog post about about the Machs Grün programme and put its logo in the sidebar, Machs Grün will plant a tree that will neutralize your blog’s carbon emissions.
    Keep hope alive.

  2. Too late EBD …. I already drooled on myself and pasted the wall with an empty bottle …”Whiskey in the Jar-O”

  5. Sarah Palin:
    “The Obama Administration reaches out to some of the world’s worst regimes in the name of their engagement policy. America and our allies watch as sanctions are eased on Cuba. Letters are written to Iran’s mullahs only to see that regime start killing protestors in the streets of Tehran. Envoys are sent to North Korea as they continue to defy the world’s demand to give up their nuclear weapons. The Burmese military junta’s representative is allowed to travel to our nation’s capital. The President’s envoy for Sudan talks about giving that genocidal regime ‘gold stars,’ while the President shakes hands with Venezuela’s tyrannical leader. In the midst of all this embracing of enemies, where does the Obama Administration choose to escalate a minor incident into a major diplomatic confrontation? With Iran, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea or Burma? No. With our treasured ally, Israel.”

  6. Calling all favors
    “Tuesday, the Department of Interior said it had sped up an announcement to increase the supply of water to California’s Central Valley, a hot issue for California Democratic Reps. Jim Costa and Dennis Cardoza, as well as the state’s two senators.
    Before the House voted on health-care legislation in November, Mr. Cardoza helped secure a commitment from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to consider the lawmakers’ request for drought assistance…”
    If these two change their votes on BaraCare to “aye”, they could become known as the Water ‘Rats. (What would Moley think?)

  7. They have an accordian in the band, can’t be all that bad; better than hip-hop gangsta rap crap.

  8. This snippet of exaggeration is from a CBC story.— “Just 20 years ago there were 100,000 tigers in Asia, but now only 3,200 remain in the wild, according to Willem Wijnstekers, the secretary general of the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES.”— The fellow Willem W. works for the UN. These a-holes cannot help themselves,they have a legitimate cause in the plight of the tiger,yet they still mess with the numbers.On a related note,if people were not shamed into donating their disposable charity income towards saving the thriving polar bear,possibly enough money could be raised to make a real difference for the dwindling tiger population.— http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/15/tech-un-species-cites.html

  9. I was on a tour bus in Montana. We drove by a town named Garyowen. “Why do they call it Garyowen?” I asked.
    The bus driver said, “It’s named after an old Irish drinking song.”
    A women (stranger) beside me whispered, “All Irish songs are drinking songs.”
    Re: Shane Macgowan. Both thumbs down!!

  10. I heard Gary Owen was Custer’s marching song. seems Garyowen is near Little Big Horn if I remember correctly.

  14. Shane MacGowan, both thumbs up! Reminds me of pleasant, but mentally foggy evenings in Cape Breton and Newfoundland. The Pogues may have been better, but I’ll never know. Thanks Vit for a great March 17 musical selection. Appropriate and appreciated.

  16. The natural end result of Socialism: “faceless homogeneous automatons”.
    “Greeks have traded dhimmitude status for a European citizenship that seeks to transform them into faceless homogeneous automatons who must rely on the state to take care of them from cradle to grave.”
    …-
    “Greek Dependence Day
    An article by Stavros Nassis
    This month marks the anniversary of Greek independence. If the Greek patriots of 1821, who fought a life or death struggle against the vast Ottoman Empire could see the present state of affairs, I am sure they would be crying bitter tears. One hundred eighty nine years later their progeny have squandered the very freedoms that they fought so hard for.
    Not much has changed since the days of the Sultan’s rule. The average Greek still lives in a world dominated by bribes and nepotism in which he must hide as much of his income as possible to avoid the onerous taxes. Before independence, the Turks used to kidnap the strongest and smartest Greek children to be trained as the Empire’s shock troops, the Janissaries. Nowadays, Greek children are the victims of another type of insiduous paidomazema (gathering of children) that takes the most talented and promising youngsters away from Greece because they have no future there. Even worse, Greeks now silently countenance genocide in the form of widespread, easily obtainable abortion on demand perpetrated against hundreds of thousands of innocent unborn Greeks. A genocide infinitely more efficient than anything the Turkish or Nazi occupiers could have devised. Greeks have traded dhimmitude status for a European citizenship that seeks to transform them into faceless homogeneous automatons who must rely on the state to take care of them from cradle to grave. During the Ottoman oppression Greeks were able to retain their culture and language by clinging to their Orthodox faith. Within the European Union however, that faith is being replaced by a corrosive imposed secularism whose new twin Gods, global warming and multiculturalism are intent on destroying the very things that preserved Greekness.
    To make matters worse, the EU has foisted upon unsuspecting Greeks a monetary system that encourages a standard of living that is unsustainable and unaffordable because it is based on borrowing. Borrowing which is readily encouraged because it means greater consumption of the goods produced by the more industrialized states within the Union like Germany. Runaway government spending also fuelled by borrowing, is a direct result of the cradle to grave social welfare model that the Europeans themselves fostered. Now they complain when poorer countries like Greece try to emulate the policies that have been ruinous in the richer countries of the Union. The Ottomans have been replaced by a state apparatus that is just as authoritarian and alienated from its subjects. Greeks have become the victims of European and homegrown pashas every bit as corrupt and uncaring as the Turkish ones they kicked out. Unlike the Ottomans, however, who took full advantage of the entrepreneurial spirit and the work ethic of their Christian subjects, albeit for their own narrow purposes, the Greek elites at the behest of their masters in Brussels, have virtually expunged them in their headlong rush toward a multi-cultural, socialist nanny state. A state which by the way, employs a significant portion of the population, who gorge themselves at the public trough at the expense of the larger productive, mostly self-employed, segment of society, one of the hardest working in the world, surpassed only by the South Koreans. Every year the public sector awards itself increasing benefits, vacations, salaries, and pensions, all paid for by the private sector drones who have to work 12 hour days to make ends meet. Unfortunately there are fewer and fewer wealth-creating self-reliant Greeks thanks to a pitiful birth rate and a mind numbing, mediocre educational system to fund the entitled few who retire at 58 and expect their due, the rest of the country be damned.
    Like many others, I cheered Greek entry into the European Union.”
    http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4357

  17. Another cut to the AGW arts.
    More, please.
    …-
    “UN meeting rejects ban on polar bear trade
    Canada, along with Norway and Greenland, led the opposition to the U.S. proposal
    A U.S.-backed proposal to ban the international trade of polar bear skins, teeth and claws was defeated Thursday at a UN wildlife meeting over concerns it would hurt indigenous economies and arguments the practice didn’t pose a significant threat to the animals.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/un-meeting-rejects-ban-on-polar-bear-trade/article1504205/
    http://www.bluelikeyou.com/2010/03/17/province-of-toronto/#comment-77730

  18. Listening to the Pogues, the Irish blood starts flowing, the foot starts tapping, the urge to jump up and DANCE is overwhelming.
    My girls would say this music is just too happy.
    ‘Don’t know what it is about the Irish: the happiest/saddest people on the planet. ‘Good thing they’ve got some powerful saints praying for them.

  21. Why We Fight
    “Why We Fight” contains never before released footage of the Afghanistan Special Forces, Strike Force Lion, who describe their own personal reasons why they continue to fight the war against terrorist threats within their country. Strike Force Lion is a hand selected elite group of Afghan fighters trained by U.S. Special Forces in Khost Province.

  22. An extemporizing Joe Biden, referring to Irish prime minister Brian Cowen who was standing onstage beside him:
    “His mom lived in long island for ten years or so, God rest her soul, and…uh, um, although she’s…wait, your mom’s still, your mom’s still alive, is your dad passed….”

  23. O’statue?
    …-
    “BREAKING — Gibbs: Obama cancels his trip to Indonesia (Slip Sliding Away)
    Politico.com ^ | 03/18”
    …-
    “Barack Obama Statue in Indonesia Moved Due to Complaints
    Last December, Indonesians honored their favored son by erecting a statue of President Barack Obama that depicted him as a 10-year-old boy. The statue was initially placed in a park in the Indonesian capital, but it has since caused public outcry. Authorities have now moved the statue to the grounds of the elementary school Obama attended as a boy.
    The bronze statue, inspired by a childhood photograph of a 10-year-old Obama in shorts with a butterfly perched on an outstretched thumb, had been targeted by critics since it was erected in the Jakarta park last December.
    Detractors argued that an Indonesian hero should have been honored instead, noting that Obama still could pursue policies that hurt Indonesia’s interests. Source: Obama Statue Removed From Indonesia Park Amid Backlash, NewsOne
    The statue was so controversial that at least one Indonesian man had initiated court proceedings to have it moved.”
    http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/02/17/barack-obama-statue-in-indonesia-moved-due-to-complaints/

  24. Israel as the ‘National Homeland of the Jewish People’: Looking Back and Ahead
    As Israelis and Palestinians prepare for proximity peace talks, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has spoken of the need to preserve his state’s Jewish, democratic character. In doing so, he has sought Arab acknowledgment of this concept while pledging to maintain equal rights for all groups within Israel. Why has this issue reemerged with such significance in the current round of negotiations?
    To discuss the history and future of Israel’s Jewish identity in political and diplomatic context, The Washington Institute invited Tal Becker and Hussein Ibish to address a special Policy Forum on March 16, 2010…

  26. AGW Fraud.
    …-
    “European emission trading rocked by scandal over recycled carbon permits
    EUROPE’S emissions trading system was in uproar yesterday amid a mounting scandal over “recycled” carbon permits.
    Two carbon exchanges were forced to suspend trading as panic hit investors fearful that they had bought invalid permits.
    BlueNext and Nord Pool, the French and Nordic exchanges, suspended trading in certificates of emission reduction (CERs) when it emerged that some had been illegally reused.
    Concern that used and worthless permits were circulating caused the spot price of the certificates to collapse, from €12 ($17.87) a tonne of carbon to less than €1.
    The scare erupted after Hungary said last week that it had sold two million CERs submitted by Hungarian companies to satisfy their carbon emission allowances under the EU’s emission trading system (ETS).
    Carbon permits submitted by companies every year to the national register are usually cancelled.
    However, Hungary exploited a loophole …”
    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/european-emission-trading-rocked-by-scandal-over-recycled-carbon-permits/story-e6frg90o-1225842148852

  27. The great Gaels of Ireland, are the men that God made mad./ For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad. Chesterton.

  28. kate, thought you’d might like this juxtaposition. took poor phd all of a few minutes to step in it.
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/female-bloggers-take-on-margaret-wente/article1504975/
    phdinparenting:
    Thanks Margaret. A lot of people in my community have said you know very well that it isn’t true that most bloggers are male and that you wrote this just for the page views. I’m not one to make that type of accusation, because it is made frequently of me too, but I do wonder why you didn’t spend 5 minutes checking your facts?
    phdinparenting: Margaret, Is it possible you are not only reading current events, but also primarily reading conservative leaning current events? That could be why it is male dominated. In my experience, women who use their voices are not usually right-wing. Although there are exceptions there too.
    Margaret Wente: Right-wing women: You must be kidding! I hate to tell you, but many of the most popular female bloggers are right wing. Michelle Malkin. Melanie Phillips. Small Dead Animals here in Canada. I could go on.

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