Wild Mountain Thyme, the musical paean to pastoral summer romance commonly misattributed to Robbie Burns, was actually written in the 1950s by Northern Ireland's Francis McPeake. Like so many folk songs, though, its true origin dates much farther back; the lyrics and the melody are clearly based on The Braes o' Balquidder, a song written by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill in the late 1700s that derived its own melody from an even earlier traditional air. Tonight, to mark the summer solstice, we listen to the great balladeer Liam Clancy singing Wild Mountain Thyme, under the title Will Ye Go Lassie, Go.
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Of anonymous "sources" and the lying liars who "quote" them:
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US per-person debt to Increase 7 Times Faster Than Italian Debt in the next five years.
It's a good time to be a student in Manitoba:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/greenpage/Manitoba-schools-to-teach-sustainability-Selinger-to-Rio-summit-159769235.html
I think I've heard this song sung by someone else a while back.
I saw this:
http://therightnewz.com/?p=2874
But Glenn Beck is the crazy one...
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/1699437929001
Remember that little fluff that the left had about the f35s not being able to use our refueling tankers?
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/06/19/lockheeds-comprehensive-qa-on-the-f-35/
A: O’Bryan: “We anticipated a number of the operators would want probe-and-drogue refueling in the F-35A and we kept that space empty on the F-35A to accommodate probe and drogue refueling. We‘ve done a number of studies – funded studies, not projects – funded studies to evaluate that, paid for by the countries who want that to happen. It’s a relatively easy … doable change.”
Rod Dreher, who blogs at TheAmericanConservative.com, pops over to the BBC; and tells of a part of the Spanish Empire inhabited by Americans that declares independence from Spain in... 1820?
Welcome to St. Francisville, Louisi-yana, capital of the short-lived West Florida Republic.
Young Palestinian Christian woman doing something for which she'd be stoned to death in Gaza.
Excerpt from Roger L. Simon's "Are Liberals the New Squares? at PJM:
"What makes modern liberalism the mess that it is today is that it is mainly composed of people who desperately wanted to be cool in high school – wanted to be Abbie Hoffman or Eldridge Cleaver – but never were. Their longing – this need to be Abbie – has clouded their thinking and their ability to perceive reality, placing us all in a mess along with them."
The newest clip with Nigel Farage .
Tonight on The National, CBC stabs public service brothers and sisters in the back!
Sandy Denny checkit out on Youtube
Excerpt from jwkozak91's 12:46 link about an internal Treasury Board report showing that federal civil servants take an average of 18 sick days a year - 2½ times as much as the private sector average - at a cost to Canadian taxpayers of more than $1 billion a year:
Yeah, that neo-con fascist Harper is enough to make you sick, eh?
Also sung by Tommy Makem - a superb duo!! The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem were truly great. Thanks for bringing them back.
9 billion spent on green programs to create 910 jobs. Helluva deal.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/9-billion-stimulus-solar-wind-projects-made-910-final-jobs-98-million-job
Sometimes the universe does unfold as it should. Julian Assange's troubles make me smile.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-20/assange-faces-arrest-over-embassy-asylum/4082552
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/20/godfather-global-green-thinking-steps-out-shadows-at-rio-20/?test=latestnews
The world should be spared from this old socialist fool -- somehow -- someway ..
Anyone surprised?
Canadian government employees earn more, work less: study
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/insight/government-employees-earn-more-less-study-145457542.html
Here is an interesting little nugget:
"Among the least-informed respondents, Democrats and Republicans picked the wrong answer in roughly equal numbers. But among better-informed voters the story was different. Republicans who were in the fiftieth percentile gave the right answer more often than those in the ninety-fifth percentile.
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/06/25/120625fa_fact_klein#ixzz1yQW65qAw"
In other words, Republicans are far better informed than Democrats, far far better informed.
That's why they think we are stupid.
"An Ottawa man whose obesity played a factor in whether he was fit enough to be a father has lost custody of his children after a judge ruled Wednesday that his two boys will be put up for adoption.
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The father was described as a “loving” and “intelligent” father who held deep hatred for the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa.
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The ruling also noted that the 38-year-old father showed no signs of abuse toward the boysSuperior Court Justice M. James said in his ruling:
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“(The father) also has achieved stability in his personal life. He has lost a substantial amount of weight through daily intensive exercise and dieting. (The father’s) weight loss regime is itself a full-time job. So is parenting two high-needs children. One will inevitably have to give ground to the other.
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The judge has now ruled that the boys be put up for adoption.
Both boys are in foster care, one in a home run by a single mother with five other children.
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The man acknowledges that he’s not perfect, but he says he’s a good father.
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“The only thing they have against me is my weight. I’m not too fat to be a dad. I can be a good dad. I almost ate myself to death but these days I eat really healthy meals,” he told the Citizen."
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and finally ... "The father’s health issues are magnified by his anti-authoritarian traits"
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Child%2Bcustody/6815127/story.html
My questions are...
Are YOU too fat to have children?
Do you only feed your children canned vegetables?
Are your children exposed to non government approved thinking?
ect...
ejm, another green creep from the past also made an appearance at Rio.
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/06/19/prove-us-wrong-or-stand-down-kerrys-hourlong-floor-speech-on-climate-change/
"'Rio+20 Has Become the Summit of Futility'"
"Twenty years ago, the United Nations summit held in Rio de Janeiro paved the way for landmark agreements on the climate and the environment. This year's meeting, on the other hand, has been widely criticized for its lack of vision in the face of accelerating degradation of the planet. German commentators are critical as well."
"Left-leaning daily Die Tageszeitung writes:
"Essentially, the Rio+20 summit was over before it was officially opened."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/widespread-criticism-of-rio-environment-summit-a-840181.html
That is good news maz2.
Bad nooze for O'narcissist. Ergo, bad for all?
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"Yikes! Philly Fed factory index plunges deep into the red"
"Philly Fed factory activity plunges"
"NEW YORK — Factory activity in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region contracted for a second month in a row in June as new orders tumbled, a survey showed on Thursday.
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank said its business activity index dropped to minus 16.6 from minus 5.8 in May, far below economists’ expectations for a reading of zero, according to a Reuters poll."
http://business.financialpost.com/2012/06/21/philly-fed-factory-activity-plunges/
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"Outlook darkens as Europe sinks, China struggles"
"The downturn in the euro zone’s private sector is becoming entrenched and Chinese factories are finding the going increasingly tough, business surveys showed on Thursday, painting a darker outlook for the world economy."
"Earlier data from Germany, Europe’s largest economy, showed its manufacturing sector contracted at its fastest pace since June 2009, while its service sector barely expanded, posting its lowest reading in seven months."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/asian-pacific-business/outlook-darkens-as-europe-sinks-china-struggles/article4359160/
Has the CBC revealed how much Peter Mansbridge makes for his 4 nights a week gig on the National?
Has the CBC revealed how much Peter Mansbridge makes for his 4 nights a week gig on the National?
"Kenney launches crackdown on foreign criminals who abuse appeals process to delay deportation"
"New legislation introduced today by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney will crack down on foreign criminals who delay deportation to their home countries by utilizing Canada’s lengthy appeals system, and make it easier for the government to deport them."
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/20/kenney-launches-crackdown-on-foreign-criminals-who-abuse-appeals-process-to-delay-deportation/
Of O'narcissist: "Fast and furious hasn’t been discussed a lot in the mainstream media, which is why the facts can seem so preposterous when you read them for the first time."
"Be patient, conservatives. It took nearly eight months for the Watergate break in to become a national news story. But when it finally did, it toppled a President."
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"The Fast and Furious scandal is turning into President Obama's Watergate"
"Obama is repeating many of the mistakes that led to Nixon's resignation in 1974"
"Fast and furious hasn’t been discussed a lot in the mainstream media, which is why the facts can seem so preposterous when you read them for the first time. But the story is slowly unraveling and the public is catching up with the madness. On Wednesday, the The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt over his decision to withhold documents related to the “gun walking” operation – documents that President Obama tried to keep secret by invoking executive privilege. The question of why the Prez intervened in this way will surely hang over the investigation and the White House for many months to come. Be patient, conservatives. It took nearly eight months for the Watergate break in to become a national news story. But when it finally did, it toppled a President."
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100166854/the-fast-and-furious-scandal-is-turning-into-president-obamas-watergate/
Ich Bin Ein Kaput Rot-Green.
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"Don't Complain, Do Something! It's Time for Business to Take Lead on Environment
Inter-governmental attempts at environmental protection have failed. It is time for environmentalists to recognize that fact and turn to industry. The "Green Economy" has become the new watchword at the Rio summit. But can Starbucks, Shell and Nestlé really save the planet? A Commentary by Philip Bethge more..."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/rio-summit-shows-need-for-business-to-take-leading-role-on-environment-a-840188.html
"First they came for yadda yadda yadda...zzzzzzzzzzzz.
"Snatching children from parents who hold “inappropriate” political views is nothing new,"
WTF.
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.ca/2012/06/multi-culti-child-snatchers.html
"Has the CBC revealed how much Peter Mansbridge makes for his 4 nights a week gig on the National?"
Shirley you jest.
@ Shirley
The status quo still stands.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-cant-compel-cbc-to-disclose-mansbridges-salary-minister-says/article2253894/
O'Watergate File.
"in a motion filed just before midnight ET on Wednesday".
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"Drone strikes: Obama moves to block release of files on kill programme"
"Court motion says administration can not admit whether drone programme exists because of national security concerns"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/21/obama-blocks-drones-kill-list-release
A Pigs-at-the-Trough Morality Tale.
Political Red-Green Pork Dies.
"Enviropigs created at the University of Guelph."
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"Genetically engineered pigs killed after funding ends"
"Bona Hunt said that the university received "many generous and well-intentioned offers," but there was "absolutely no opportunity for this to occur, as adoption, donation or transfer of the animals would represent a breach of protocols and Canadian policies."
Added Bona Hunt: "Releasing the Enviropigs would also have violated Canadian regulations for the containment and use of transgenic animals, and possibly compromised consumer safety and market protection."
The University of Guelph had previously filed an application with Environment Canada to permit the GE pig to be farmed commercially, and cleared an important hurdle in February 2010. At the time, the department determined the GE pig did not harm the environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and accepted the University of Guelph's notice of significant new activity — meaning the GE pig could be farmed commercially."
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Genetically+engineered+pigs+killed+after+funding+ends/6819844/story.html
Mansbridge: 4 nights a week?
But doesn't he, like teachers, spend many many hours a week researching and preparing his nightly newscast?
My guess is $300-$400K.
Public servants: PAY.
I prepared a income tax return this year for a lady who I had thought had retired in mid-2011. BUT, her income was just as high as in 2010.
The mystery was solved when she explained that, yes she had stopped work in June 2011 but continued to be paid until June of this year.
... Oh, I replied.
This is very common in "public service".
Bill O'Reilly's commentors seem to have the right image of Obama but Bill still can't seem to get that Obama is simply not able to meet the requirements of the presidency.
http://www.billoreilly.com/newslettercolumn?pid=37415
More fantasies of the Earths doom by the Left.
Study: Obesity Could Lead To Depletion Of Earth’s Resources
“Increasing population fatness could have the same implications for world food energy demands as an extra half a billion people living on the earth,” the study concluded.
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2012/06/21/study-obesity-could-lead-to-depletion-of-earths-resources/