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The caring/sharing, fair play-minded Left: High Noon In Wisconsin.

Highly recommended. Do read.

h/t David Thompson

High noon is in the National Republican Party too. The media jumped the gun (again!). Here is a update for Conservatives and Christians who only listen to msm. Excellent information on all three candidates.

http://scripturalscrutiny.com/2012/05/13/christians-and-conservatives-rally-now-dr-paul-out-polls-obama-and-scores-major-multi-state-wins-over-romney/

Cops, Witnesses Back Up George Zimmerman's Version of Trayvon Martin Shooting

http://gma.yahoo.com/cops-witnesses-back-george-zimmermans-version-trayvon-martin-203258749--abc-news-topstories.html?nwltr=icymi_gma_more

I found this you-tube video of "innocent' bar patrons being pepper-sprayed in Montreal on the cbc site.

It is in French,the beautiful language of the permanently upset,so I don't understand much of it. But from the cbc story,a patron threw a chair at the riot cops and they responded.
The owner is upset because the 'beautiful people ' took off and didn't pay their tabs.

The manager is a fool. I've worked for more than a few years in bars. He knew that his location was a prime place to watch the rioting children. He wanted to capitalize on that. Good for him,I would do the same. Heck,I'd have charged a premium and advertised ...but I would not have allowed tabs.

BTW,the cbc story allows comments but the moderators are usually journalism students from Ryerson who don't understand journalism. They are moderating to the best of their limited abilities. They may be actually duller than the students in Montreal.

http://youtu.be/GGGVPZN9Jjw

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/05/20/quebec-student-protest-pepper-spray-people-on-a-bar-patio.html

I hated disco. I lived thru' it. I sit with my 2 year old listening to old BG's and she loves it. I miss Maurice, he was the only one I could relate with... if you want to see what livin' at the top of the world feels like... this is it... watch Robin at 3:12 and tell me you wouldn't trade your shoes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W42rMjYWlk&feature=fvsr

Re Ms Universe.

It's been a long time since I lived in Canada, but are there no female women up there that are at least as pretty as your male women?

A couple years back, the Miss Canada who sported the camel toe was a looker.

The faces of the Montreal riot. The third one says he is not a student,he was just acting out because people were always calling him 'Danielle Perdrix'.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/05/18/metro-bombing-suspects-get-bail.html

Too hilarious for words (the video doesn't get going until about the 2 minute mark):

NC Teacher to student - You can be arrested for talking badly about Obama

Don't worry about the students, though. Tomorrow, they'll hold a restorative circle, and everything will be all right.

Dystopian Optimist, apparently you've never heeded the warning implied in the camel toe in the tent parable.

Next year the Pacific Coastal Sasquatch will demand inclusion; dude lopes like a lady.

@ KevinB

Good One!

Rest in peace, Robin Gibb.

His 1984 LP How Old Are You is pretty darn good. Here's the title track:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXSY6yEmiK8

Need help at a Poll here. This cancer is starting to metastasize. Please vote NO.

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/144877

AGW warmistas foiled again.

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"Ice warnings halt UK rowers' Atlantic crossing"

"ST. JOHN'S, NL - Two British adventurers who were planning a record-setting row from St. John's, NL, to Bristol, England, have called off their expedition after warnings from Canadian ice experts."

"Experienced rowers Roz Savage, 44, and Andrew Morris, 48, had joined forces to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a bid to raise environmental awareness."

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20120520/rowers-olympics-ice-atlantic-crossing-120520/

chutzpahticular:

"apparently you've never heeded the warning implied in the camel toe in the tent parable."

What can I say? I was impressed.
That toe can join the Canadarm and Ookpik in the Canadian Hall of Fame.

Awesome tweets at AnarchistProblems twitter feed!

While trying for a Darwin award, this guy films bikers from his Prius and gets too close.

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=234695&title=Motorcyclists%20hit%20by%20swerving%20vehicle

"That toe can join the Canadarm and Ookpik in the Canadian Hall of Fame."

Dystopian Optimist, alas, Miss L. Toe has moved on to the coveted title of Circumpolar Leader for a Sustainable Future and is relishing her personal growth within the SLIC Internship Program.

Beauty contests and the Canadian Hall of Fame are for show offs.

Check your 'dystopian optimism,' whatever the heck that means, against *this* example of altruism in practice. Rada Vukovic is the real meal deal.

http://www.iisd.org/slic/

A fine PJ Media article about educational fraud and make believe:

"The Unteachables: A Generation that Cannot Learn by Janice Fiamengo

“. . . the need to protect students from the stigma of failure became an article of faith amongst progressive educators. For them, the stultifying apparatus of the past had to be entirely replaced. Memorization itself, the foundation of traditional teaching, came to be seen as an enemy of creative thought: pejorative similes for memory work such as ‘rote learning’ and ‘fact-grinding’ suggest the classroom equivalent of a military drill, harsh and unaccommodating. The progressive approach, in contrast, emphasizes variety, pleasure, and student interest and self-motivation above all.

“It sounds good. The problem, as traditionalists have argued (but without much success), is that the utopian approach hasn’t worked as intended. Rather than forming cheerful, self-directed learners, the pedagogy of self-esteem has often created disaffected, passive pupils, bored precisely because they were never forced to learn . . . .

“[Hilda Neatby in the 1950s]: “. . . The bored ‘graduates’ of elementary and high schools seem, in progressive language, to be ‘incompletely socialized.’ Ignorant even of things that they might be expected to know, they do not care to learn. They lack an object in life, they are unaware of the joy of achievement. They have been allowed to assume that happiness is a goal, rather than a by-product. . . .

“Of course, the progressive approach has advantages, not the least of which is that it enables university administrators to boast of the ever-greater numbers of students taking degrees at their institutions. . . .

“Despite the admittedly important emphasis on character formation in our schools — on tolerance, anti-racism, refusal of bullying, and so on — it seems that we have failed to show students what real achievement looks like and what it will require of them.”

http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-unteachables-a-generation-that-cannot-learn/

Kyrie eleison!

This kind of story goes along with yesterdays discussion of Golden Rice and the progressive vs. conservative brain. Every year progressives convince themselves that an abnormal amygdala is responsible for conservatives dysfunctional worldview - it's a scientific fact, y'know. The blog post, written by a neuroscience, points out that:

"The results of this study suggest that there is a correlation between conservatism of the individual and gray matter volume of the amygdala. Using peer-reviewed journal articles, let’s look at a few other things that have this kind of association…(chart at blog)
If we interpret this in the same way that Holland did, by oversimplifying the brain into one concise function, then we can say that extroverts and those with bipolar-disorder are extra fearful and more likely to be conservatives. Similarly, those with narcolepsy, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, high-risk for alcohol dependence, Alzheimer’s, post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and pedophilic tendencies have significantly reduced fear (and probably more likely to be liberal)."

The Republican Brain (or how Liberal journalists distort science to confirm their bias)
http://www.politicalmathblog.com/?p=1771

Comment #1 @ PJ Media for the above artic1e, "The Unteachables: A Generation that Cannot Learn" by Janice Fiamengo,

by Andy Gump (formerly Oscar the Grump)

"Education is like a pyramid. If you want to build it to a point you have to have a sound foundation. When I taught high school math, I had students who had to use their fingers to add up numbers. I had to try to teach them Algebra, had no remedial math courses for them. If you want to try to do something really frustrating try to teach Algebra to somebody who can’t add two numbers, doesn’t know how to multiply or divide. Yet this was my task. To top this, we had a whole curriculum based on standards and the students were tested on those standards. If the students did a poor job, it was the teachers fault because those standards were used to judge the teacher. Under rational circumstances, you don’t try to teach Algebra to students who have no idea of what number theory is, don’t know fractions etc. I had many a student try to tell me that adding 1/2 to 1/3 equaled 2/5. I swear to G-d this is true. Yet this type of student is graduated from high school to join the rational thinking masses. This really scares me to death. These idiots out number us 200 to 1. They can be told anything and they will believe it. Yes, they have the right to vote. How can these idiots, who can barely read, are ignorant of basic math, watch television for their ideas of the world, love their sex and drugs, be given such a privilege as to decide the destiny of our country?"

BINGO! And we (math teachers and others) have had this very same discussion here many times. Hope is a Christian virtue, but, honestly, sometimes I despair . . . Kate's "The Children are our Future" series is right on.

Perhaps Jack Layton is rolling over in his grave:

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120520/mulcair-oilsands-dutch-disease/

Mulcair really is a piece of work. He puts his foot in his mouth and is too pompous and arrogant to back off an inch. He never explains what his solution to the "problem" is but nevertheless opines "we're leaving the largest ecological, economic and social debt in our history in the backpacks of young people and we're telling them they'll pay for it. We're going to be the first generation in Canadian history to leaves less to the next generation than what we ourselves received if we continue this way."

Is he referring to energy development or manufacturing and coal fired power generation in central Canada? So far this guy is the greatest political gift of all for PMSH.

Meanwhile, Brian Topp runs interference for him:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/brian-topp/raw-resources-remembering-history-in-order-not-to-repeat-it/article2439053/

No let's not repeat the error of the NEP, but of course "lament" unspecified, though increasing,foreign ownership of resource companies. IOW no NEP just FIRA. Apparently, according to Mr Topp, we should be responsible not only for the pollution we cause by resource exploitation, but also for how the products are utilitzed elsewhere. No, Chinese manufacturers are not responsible for polluting the crap out of their country, with government cooperation; the evil producers are responsible for selling it to them. Wow!

Oh BTW Exxon favours a carbon tax. Topp, give your head a shake, they want to put a price on carbon so they can trade credits. He asks why do we ship raw products all over the world (and obviously cause poor people to pollute there). Oh let's see - rabid opposition to refineries? Why don't we diversify our energy uses, to nuclear for example? Same answer.

Here's the solution both agree on, make the "polluter" pay. To whom do "they" pay and what does the receipient plan to do with booty? If you want to know who the paying polluter is, look in the mirror.

Both these guys live in an ivory tower with no understanding of how our industries have cleaned up their act. For instance, let's compare bird deaths from the oil sands (and their miniscule contribution to overall pollution) with bird deaths from wind turbines (with their miniscule contribution to power needs)? No, that's OK let's fastrack windfarms through environment assessment, but any slack that goes to energy companies is "dismantling our environmental regulations so that we can ship raw unprocessed resources to Texas and to China."

If Mulcair thinks this harebrained approach will gain him seats or power he is sadly mistaken. Both the Liberals and Bloc are poised to try to win back their seat base and will fight to win their share of the "progressive" vote.

Moderate voters will abandon the NDP in droves as they reinforce the view they are unfit for power and have no problem destroying national wealth to "save" future generations.

It seems we in Canada now have our own narcissist in residence. All in all from my "non-progressive" perspective - a good day.

Is there anything that Obama can't BE? (Other than a decent President?)

Barack Obama says that according to family lore, he has Cherokee roots.

"Ms. Warren's claims are current and well known, but President Obama's claims were made back in 1995, when his memoir, Dreams from My Father, was published. On pages 12 and 13 of the 2004 paperback edition, the President unequivocally asserts his Cherokee ancestry:"

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/21/Like-Warren-Obama-Claims-Cherokee-Ancestry-But-Offers-No-Proof

"Jack says:
May 21, 2012 at 1:08 pm

Tonight a lot of the “Quebec Elite” are probably not going to sleep well.

Fascinating."

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"Quebec corruption inquiry could expose links between Mafia, politics and construction"

"MONTREAL — A public inquiry endowed with wide-ranging powers will begin hearings on Tuesday into the inner workings of Quebec’s construction industry, and experts are warning the contents may not be pretty.

The long-awaited inquiry threatens to implicate dozens of businesses, local and provincial governments, political parties, and even explore links to organized crime.

Given the size of the companies at the heart of the inquiry, its findings could also reach well beyond Quebec’s borders.

One of the central figures in the controversies that have beset the province in recent years is Tony Accurso, whose network of construction companies have dominated the public-contract market in and around Montreal.

Accurso was arrested last month on fraud and conspiracy charges relating to an alleged kickback scheme in a Montreal suburb.

[More]"

http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2012/05/21/quebec-corruption-inquiry-could-expose-links-between-mafia-politics-and-construction/#comments

China bypasses Wall Street to *directly* buy U.S. government debt.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/21/us-usa-treasuries-china-idUSBRE84K11720120521

"(Reuters) - China can now bypass Wall Street when buying U.S. government debt and go straight to the U.S. Treasury, in what is the Treasury's first-ever direct relationship with a foreign government, according to documents viewed by Reuters."

I says pardon?!?

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2012/05/20/let-kids-be-kids

"Lord Selkirk School principal Stormie Duchnycz is among a growing number of educators bringing some risk back to recess."

Awesome!

O's Booker: a "prodigious" Twitterer.

"Mr. Booker, a prodigious user of social media, has 1.15 million followers on Twitter,".

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"‘Enough is enough’: Democratic mayor breaks ranks with attack on anti-Romney Obama ad"

"It is the kind of friendly fire only someone with Cory Booker’s charisma, media savvy and future prospects could – almost – get away with.

The Newark, N.J. mayor and fast rising Democratic star broke the rules of the American Sunday morning political talk shows by criticizing the team he was supposed to defend."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/worldview/enough-is-enough-democratic-mayor-breaks-ranks-with-attack-on-anti-romney-obama-ad/article2439085/

"Canada axes green advisory body (green parasites kicked off the dole)"

"The C$5.2 million funding for the NRTEE will cease as of 31 March next year under a wide-ranging omnibus budget bill C-38 that is currently before Canada's House of Commons. The legislation seeks to speed up natural resources projects such as oil and gas pipelines, and repeal the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act.

The Canadian government is to mark the 25th anniversary of its green business advisers by closing the agency down.

John Baird, Canada's foreign affairs minister and pointman for next month's Rio+20 Earth summit in Brazil, said this week that the National Roundtable for the Environment and Economy (NRTEE) would have its funding cut in 2013 because of the availability of information from thinktanks, the internet and universities.

Baird told reporters that Canadian taxpayers should not have to pay for an organisation that has produced 10 reports promoting a carbon tax – "something that the people of Canada have repeatedly rejected"."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2886443/posts

Hey! Hey! BHO. How many kids did ya fool today.....?

"“Hope and change? That’s a lie. What’s the answer? Occupy,” they chanted."

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"Chicago NATO protesters turn anger on Obama"

"CHICAGO—The Windy City survived. NATO survived. And the protesters, notwithstanding spasms of police clashes that left a trail of gashes and a few broken bones, even they got out alive.

Echoes of 1968, when Chicago convulsed over Vietnam? Hardly.

By Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama took to the NATO Summit podium to confirm an “irreversible” course to end the Afghan war, the remnants of demonstrations that peaked on Sunday took a final turn, turning on Obama himself.

Or rather Obama’s 2012 national campaign headquarters, where several hundred demonstrators led by Occupy Chicago and Veterans for Peace laid bare their defiance."

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1181986--chicago-nato-protesters-turn-anger-on-obama

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"Columnist: Hillary Clinton will be veep candidate"

http://dailycaller.com/2012/05/21/columnist-hillary-clinton-will-be-veep-candidate/