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Syria is a front-runner for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council:

As part of the U.N.'s 53-nation Asian group, Syria’s candidacy would be virtually assured of victory due to the prevalent system of fixed slates, whereby regional groups orchestrate uncontested elections, naming only as many candidates as allotted seats.

[…]

This past November Syria won unanimous election to two human rights committees of UNESCO, the U.N.’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

h/t Weasel Zippers

I've been writing for over five years at Tom MaGuire's JustOneMinute and I'd like to report a Herman infestation. Any suggestions as to how to shake the wraith loose? Other than shunning, of course.

Sun News blacked out on Bell Fibe TV tonight around 8:00 p.m. in Toronto. (And no other stations.)

Clear, indisputable evidence of racism in numeric form:

Poll: Number Of Americans Who View Obama As An Extremist Surges 7 Points To 47%…

Related:

Americans are more likely to say the 2010 healthcare law upheld by the Supreme Court last week will hurt the national economy (46%) rather than help it (37%)...

They obviously wouldn't hold that opinion if the healthcare law had been the signature achievement of a completely incompetent white fifth-columnist/proto-communist president.

Melinda (10:14), in the absolute best-case scenario other commenters will ignore the troll. That's by far the best and most effective way of dealing with trolls. I can't count the number of times I've gone to delete a troll's comments only to find that the thread contains ten or twenty responses to the troll. Since many of these troll-referencing comments also contain other, more legitimate comments on/references to the actual subject matter of the post, you can't really delete them without leaving a thread comprised of a contextless series of responses to something that's no longer there for reference.

In short, I'd say beg your commenters not to respond to trolls. It's never worked here, but hey, it's worth a shot…

The Vancouver Humane Society has taken a page out of the PETA playbook.

" Just three months old – Would you abuse a baby to entertain a crowd? "
Idiots.

http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/1075-vhs-calgary-stampede-a.jpg

http://tinyurl.com/ctsr6tr

Re: "In His Car."

What better memories than driving around with your favorite girl with the radio on, just enjoying the night.

My fondest memory is that of a girl named Betty-Lou who loved to go out on country roads at night and shoot jackrabbits with a spotlight and a .22 during the winter months. (Among other things she liked doing in my Galaxie 500.)

We`d pick up a six pack of Calgary, a couple of boxes of Winchester Super X, and head for the back roads.
Thanks EBD--you never cease to amaze me!

So, how much is Alberta gonna hafta pay for this?

Montreal Gazette: Quebec schools to start
'Swim to Survive' program

QUEBEC CITY — Starting in September, Grade 3 pupils across the province will have the possibility of taking “Swim to survive,” a course aimed at preventing death by drowning.[...]

A lot of useful info on the UN to be found here:

http://www.akdart.com/un.html

O's tepid party: "http://t.co/9fN2GuT9 - 'tepid' is the word of the week"

"Jobs report for June reveals just 80,000 new hires."

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"Disappointment as US economy added 80,000 jobs in June - live coverage"

"Tepid US economy adds a disappointing 80,000 new jobs in June"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/06/us-jobs-report-released-live

TO's polar bears are melting.

Switch on the Red-Green PV solar cells/windmills!

"The blackout left homes and businesses without air conditioning after a day in which the city had posted an extreme heat alert for the second day in a row."

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"Power restored after blackout hits thousands of customers in downtown Toronto"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/power-restored-after-blackout-hits-thousands-of-customers-in-downtown-toronto/article4393923/

We stand on guard, perhaps leaning a bit...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBI68Il4Zsc

Left-liberal drool from MSM/G-M.

"Commentary
There are better ways to help foreign strippers than kicking them out of the country"

What's with the Sun news blackout by Bell?
Are we not showing up to riot again?

Neo-AGW PR/Mao Stlong* Lepolt.

WUWT: "I look forward to Bill McKibben and James Hansen going to China to protest in the streets."

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"Lights go dim on another energy project"
"Geothermal losses pile up"

"A geothermal energy company with a $98.5 million loan guarantee from the Obama administration for an alternative energy project in Nevada — which received hearty endorsements from Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid — faces financial problems, and the company’s auditors have questioned whether it can stay in business.

Much like Solyndra LLC, a California solar-panel manufacturer with a $535 million federal loan guarantee that went bankrupt, Nevada Geothermal Power (NGP) has incurred $98 million in net losses over the past several years, has substantial debts and does not generate enough cash from its current operations after debt-service costs, an internal audit said."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/4/lights-go-dim-on-another-energy-project/

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"CO2 emissions – China is the big hockey stick in the room"

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/07/06/co2-emissions-china-is-the-big-hockey-stick-in-the-room/

*UNaBomber Maurice Strong's nephew is ex-Liberal leader Bob Rae.

Strange, until you know why.

SIGN IN A STORE WINDOW.

'WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH 1000AL QAEDA TERRORISTS THAN WITH ONE SINGLE BRITISH SOLDIER!'

This sign was prominently displayed in the window of a business in
CAMPBELTOWN, SCOTLAND.

You are probably outraged at the thought of such an inflammatory statement.

However, we are a society which holds Freedom of Speech as perhaps our greatest liberty.

After all, it is ONLY A SIGN.

You may say 'What kind of business would dare to post such a sign?'

Answer:
A FUNERAL PARLOUR.

(WHO SAID SCOTTISH UNDERTAKERS HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOUR?)

YOU GOTTA LOVE IT!!!

= God Bless Scotland =

Bluetech (10:19), Sun News is down due to a technical problem, not because Bell has blacked it out. It wasn't available last night on Shaw either.

And another green marvel bites the dust. God bless the generous taxpayers.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/4/lights-go-dim-on-another-energy-project/

"Man with tiny brain shocks doctors"

Come on, guess where he "works"...
You'll never gue....., What?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12301-man-with-tiny-brain-shocks-doctors.html

Everyone a Harlot - some thoughts on the current culture.

More Guns, Less Crime

"Particle may prove part of a pantheon"

"It is everywhere and nowhere. It has held the universe together since the beginning of time – or at least since the Big Bang 13.7bn years ago – yet it took a superhuman engineering effort and $8bn of public spending to conjure it into existence for an infinitesimal fraction of a second.

The Higgs boson is an unimaginably tiny package of mysteries and contradictions. By giving substance to all matter, it may go some way to justifying the “god particle” tag beloved by the media but hated by most scientists, who oppose sensationalism and the idea of deifying a physical concept."

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7279a79a-c696-11e1-963a-00144feabdc0.html

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"Darwin vs Morality: Part I

From the desk of Richard Cocks on Wed, 2012-03-07 06:53

Trying to Find a Biological Basis for Morality

There are certain kinds of arguments philosophers call ‘self-defeating’ because if you turn out to be right you are wrong and obviously if you turn out to be wrong you’re wrong. Trying to find biological foundations for morality is one of these kinds of arguments. A very clear example of a self-defeating argument would be to argue that rational argument is impossible. If I am rationally convinced by your argument, then rational argument is possible, not impossible and the argument is disproven. If you cannot persuade me because rational argument is impossible, then likewise the argument fails. The problem of course is that you must rely on the very thing you are hoping to prove does not exist.

One might wonder how any such arguments get propagated. Like a magician’s tricks, misdirection is needed. The audience for a self-defeating argument must have their attention fixed on one item before the very concept that is being rejected is reintroduced in support of the argument. Typically the reintroduced concept is not noticed because the concept is one that has won widespread acceptance and is used either implicitly or explicitly on a near daily basis. Ironically, the argument might excite our interest precisely because it seemingly challenges just such a foundational and fundamental assumption or set of assumptions."

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4915

18-94 blackbirds baked in a Red-Green Pie.

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"Wind farms get go ahead as long as 'no more than 94 birds' killed per annum"

"Wind farms can go ahead as long as the turbines kill less than 94 birds every year, according to the Government."

"Environmentalists have fought the decision for three years because of the risk to sandwich terns, a protected species"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/9381700/Wind-farms-get-go-ahead-as-long-as-no-more-than-94-birds-killed-per-annum.html

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More Telegraph:

"Pupils to study maths up to 18 to address numeracy crisis"

'Cute song. 'Never heard it before.

I figure that Robin's voice was acceptable (it wouldn't be today) because all of us were used to cartoon voices, e.g., Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, etc.

Mom was home back in 1963, so in his car was where you could let your hair down ... and a few other things ...

You sure that's not Alvin and the Chipmunks?

mojo: Alvin, Simon, and Theordore plus Robin?

Batb, re the voice, I think it's more that coyness was a lot more acceptable back then. It was actually considered attractive (Exhibit A: Marilyn Monroe) as opposed to annoying/irritating.

See, some changes are for the better...

Well I for one, would never abuse a baby calf at any stampede.

I'd kill it..cut it up... BBQ it with fava beans and a nice chianti....urp.

Eat beef.... PETA fundraising be damned.

Photos of women that feminists hate

http://dailykenn.blogspot.ca/2012/06/photos-of-women-that-feminists-hate.html

blametrudeau at July 6, 2012 12:55 AM

Great find on the UN. Thanks for the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uarIOILFARs&feature=related

From a link at the same sight, is Jay and the Americans singing "Only in America". This band played at the Regina Ex. in 1966. I was a usher at the grandstand show so I got to see them every night - that voice, that music - haunting and uplifting. I think the young Jay is the reason that so many early baby boomers (like me!) like Marco Rubio. If Rubio could sing like Jay, he could (re)set America on Patriotism!