For tonight's listening pleasure we bring you a great live rendition of Neil Young's hit song, Rockin in the Free World, performed by Pearl Jam in Toronto in 2011. Ignore the political genesis of the song or focus it on the residents of the Eastern U.S. who are currently struggling to rebuild their lives after the recent devastation.
On a personal note, I'd like to share the story of a longtime friend of mine who, this past year, bicycled across North America. Pretty amazing IMO!
Your inspiring and insightful reader tips are most welcome in the comments.
Top secret Obama meeting during Banghazi incident
Biden makes appearance 18 seconds in.
Robert,
Thank you for that. There's a reason why the grunge guys and the punk guys love him...I've seen him a bunch of times and nobody, nobody rocks like Neil. Look at the joy on his face and on the face of the band during this jam...priceless!
There's an irony in the song which I don't think even Neil gets.
Why Justin Trudeau is good for conservatism in Canada...
http://www.poletical.com/trudeau-conservative-dream.php
Steve, I actually do understand why left-leaning people are inclined to blame George Bush, Stephen Harper, Margaret Thatcher, etc. for all of the world's ills. There always will be problems in any society. In a capitalist society there will always be people doing exceptionally well financially and others not doing so well. So the easiest thing for the likes of Neil Young to do is blame "the right".
However, when a Leftist gets in power - be it Barack Obama or Francoise Holland or whomever - and things get even worse because their socialist policies disincentive the producers, suddenly Young and his ilk have nothing to day. Or even worse, they blame interference from the right as the reason why their beloved Leftist leaders couldn't effect positive change.
Such views of left-leaning musicians and actors is childish at best.
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A humorous invention but still pretty hilarious:
Pauline Marois's Top Ideas to make Quebec a distinct society:
1) Quebec will now have its own time zone. They will be 1 hour and ten years behind the rest of North America.
2) The Office de la langue Francais will hire $1.5 Million new language police over a three year period. These new positions will be filled by the 500,000 Quebecers who lose their jobs in each of the next three years once their economy goes down the drain.
3) Bill 101 will be amended to now restrict the use of English in households with more than 2 occupants.
4) There will now be a new department in the government dealing with multinational companies looking to invest in Quebec. This new department will consist of a team of 2 psychologists who will assess the mental stability of the directors of the investing company and their employees wishing to relocate to Quebec and force their children to attend French schools.
5) The new highest personal marginal tax bracket in Quebec will be increased to 58%. This increased rate will be phased in over 4 years, but in order to compensate for taxpayers who will relocate to other provinces or who will be making less with a dead economy, the new highest marginal bracket in Quebec will be $30,000.
6) Tuition freezes will be granted, however Quebec Pension Plan payments will only start when you reach the age of 90.
7) Corruption laws will be introduced to ensure that any kick-back arrangements between private industry and government leaders will be done so completely in French.
8) The cities of Hampstead, Cote St. Luc, Westmount, TMR, and Montreal-West will be merged in to one mega-city which will be called "A vendre, pas Cher".
9) The Quebec French Dictionary will have two corrections: "Majority" will be defined as anything over 50% or, over 15% if it's what the PQ wants. Secondly, the word "Racism" shall be defined as only meaning attacks or restrictions against the language or religion of the majority of the population in Quebec.
10) Tourists coming to Quebec must be able to pass a French literacy exam prior to entering the province in order that we avoid those unpleasant instances when they are greeted at a store, hotel or restaurant in a language they don't understand.
Re: Biking across Canada.
Great adventure--thanks!
There`s a young lad who left Eastend Saskatchewan on the Frenchman River and is canoeing to New Orleans in memory of his uncle who died of heart attack.
www.canoetoneworleans.com
Very interesting.
The Choice - an historical perspective of next Tuesday's presidential election, by Charles Krauthammer
Why Was There No October Surprise? Because Every Freakin’ Day for the Last Four Years Has Been an October Surprise
http://pjmedia.com/zombie/2012/11/02/why-was-there-no-october-surprise/
It's an exhaustive list..........and unending
"[...Much more to come soon! This is a work in progress that will be added to throughout the day. Keep refreshing the page for updates...]" so little time, so much to mishandle........
First South Park had its famous "Blame Canada" schtick. Now Leftards across America have a new Blame Romney meme.
The sad thing is that probably a lot of Obama cult members believe it! :-(
I went on over to Dick Morris' site for the first time and it's pretty interesting I gotta say. There are actually real people who think Obama has this in the bag and that the hurricane is a big boon for Obama.
The Debt Star
Robert, I wonder if any single one of those bratty, super-entitled older Gen x fans were singing along to an Athem against them.
Stupid hippies acting like Mommy lies about being when she was young.
Like Neil Young, a professional fake for a generation of fakes.
They still believe in utopia, idiots.
Dale
Wow, that redlined me.
I'm 37 and those fans are every single thing I hate about my generation.
Like stupid little girls singing old U2 songs.
About blood in the streets, singing with love in their eyes.
Like good little hypocrites.
GRRRR /rant
link related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQZLPV6xcHI
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bloomberg: the O'dopehead of the left.
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"Bloomberg cancels New York marathon amid furor over Sandy aftermath
Globe and Mail"
"Bloomberg Backs Obama, Citing Fallout From Storm
New York Times"
"Bloomberg Endorses Obama, Citing Climate Change - NYTimes.com"
Just watched the news on WXYZ Detroit.
They are calling for everyone to make a donation to the Red Cross in aid of the victims of hurricane Sandy. And here I thought I heard Obama promising
to pull out all the stops and provide full funding
for the relief effort.
Could it be that he's running out of other peoples money?
maz2 link is broken.
SDA effect happens :)
Left-wing lunacy in spectacular focus...just read at Newsbusters,that Nanny Bloomberg doesn't want the National Guard coming in to help,because of ..gasp...GUNS!
Left-wing lunacy in spectacular focus...just read at Newsbusters,that Nanny Bloomberg doesn't want the National Guard coming in to help,because of ..gasp...GUNS!
Sammy I feel bad that does't surprise me anymore.
Guys with rifles used to be trusted, then the TSA happened.
Remember when a cop wasn't allowed to grope little girls?
Bill Maher spews this threat out:
Bill Maher on HBO's Real Time Friday might have said one of the most disgraceful things uttered during the 2012 campaign season.
"If you're thinking about voting for Mitt Romney, I would like to make this one plea: black people know who you are and they will come after you"
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/11/03/maher-if-you-vote-romney-black-people-know-who-you-are-and-will-come#ixzz2BArAtocq
Mao Stlong* Lepolt.
*Ex-Liberal leader Bob Rae's uncle, c/o Red China.
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"Despite near-suicidal wailing over China trade pact, it's no big deal
Andrew Coyne: Even its detractors admit the agreement is not hugely different from parts of NAFTA, or from the two dozen other FIPAs Canada has signed with other countries"
http://www.nationalpost.com/index.html
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"Beijing clamps down on taxis and model aircraft in run-up to 18th Party Congress."
"The Communist Party is under pressure, and it is determined that nothing can be allowed to spoil a smoothly running 18th Party Congress in Beijing."
"To guard against protest, cabbies are in the front line of a gigantic, and sometimes eccentric, security crackdown. They have been ordered to remove the handles of their car windows in case passengers wind them down in order to throw out seditious leaflets or ping-pong balls with slogans critical of the party. In the same spirit, they have been warned them against taking passengers with too many bags."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9652885/Beijing-clamps-down-on-taxis-and-model-aircraft-in-run-up-to-18th-Party-Congress..html
Re: Leader Post article by Bruce Johntone, today`s paper:
"Axing credit is poor policy"
He refers to the Sask. Party and axing the saskatchewan tax credit on films.
http://www.leaderpost.com/business/Axing+credit+poor+policy/7493090/story.html
All I know is that I worked on the making of the Tommy Douglas story, and we got screwed really well. We had to hire a lawyer to get paid.
As for the Regina Leader Post., I wish they made up their mind if they want to be a newspaper or a blog. Now you have to comment on their articles (online edition) using Facebook. Screw that noise.
Bill Maher is -a liberal, works in liberal media, a pothead, a leftist comedian. In other words suffers from a severe, delusional world-view of grandeur/elitism.
Like most champaigne socialists, posesses a wicked/vicious streak he can barely contain.
Always displays a wolf-like sneer/smile which his mom found charming .........untill he ate her with a chianti and fava beans.....
Joe Fontana is still in some trouble,though it's hard to tell because our media betters are giving him the Benghazi treatment.
The people of London have started a petition to have him take a break. The London city council had a vote on the same thing and it did not pass. AND a couple days ago Joe was asked about his troubles and he pointed to his poppy and said something along the lines that our veterans died to provide him with due process. He later apologized.
Except for the Sun media,this story is not happening.The G&M hid a 3 minute video of Fontana saying that it is nothing,and the CBC did one article on the subject. That is so they can say they covered it.
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/10/31/london-council-votes-down-motion-for-embattled-mayor-to-step-down
You know how Maher thinks you're a creepy racist? Projection is not just a river in Egypt.
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My opinion was not approved. I feel special, almost loved, Had 15 min before, JIDF hated for it.