In tonight's diversion en route to the tips Australian quartet The Seekers, backed by a symphony orchestra, give an open-air performance of their 1966 pop confection Georgy Girl.
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In tonight's diversion en route to the tips Australian quartet The Seekers, backed by a symphony orchestra, give an open-air performance of their 1966 pop confection Georgy Girl.
The comments thread is open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
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Public school teachers send their kids to private schools at a rate that's two times the national average. Members of Congress? Three to four times the national average.
In a move brokered by Hizb ut-Tahrir, leader of counter-extremism group Quillam, Tommy Robinson has quit his position as leader of the English Defense League.
The Krugtron .. . In 3 very savvy parts.
http://johnhcochrane.blogspot.ca/2013/10/krugtron-parts-2-and-3.html
Who'dv thunk. The Soviets think Obama is a tyrant.
http://en.ria.ru/world/20131010/184060360/Obama-Administration-Erodes-Press-Freedoms-CPJ-Report.html
Study found the IRS suppression of the Tea Party swung the 2012 election:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/study-finds-irs-suppression-of-tea-party-swung-2012-election/article/2536756?custom_click=rss
Michelle Obama decides you can't exercise is there's even the slight possibility you could get bruised. Raising weenies is paramount.
http://postalmag.com/blog/?p=2149
The US shutdown still leaves some views open from the Canadian side.
https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1381282_569819336398435_549966523_n.jpg
Well, there is a reason for that and that is....
I do hope someone publicly points this out when they protest en masse "for the children".
Thank you for the link to The Seekers. It was like a door to my childhood when Georgy Girl and Downtown were sung by those marvellous female voices. It is great to note that some of them are still very much with us. Perhaps soon we could have a song in honour of one who has passed on but was also one of the best, Karen Carpenter. Thanks again, John.
Tired? Depressed? Politically exhausted? Need a laugh??
Enjoy!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsF3HspQY6A&feature=player_detailpage
I do believe that would be former Soviets. :-)
Of course. Sometimes my keyboard fingers move faster than my thought process :)
Performers in suits and ties and a dress? What we have lost! Thanks for posting this
Snow Report for Neo-AGW PR: Das Gut!
Ich Bin Ein "Winter Strikes Unusually and Severely".
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"Snow Falls Weeks Early In Munich! …Meteorologist: “Winter Strikes Unusually Early And Severely”!"
"Meteorologists warned us that snow was on the way and would fall below the 500 m elevation in southern Germany and elsewhere. Moreover, they warned us that this winter could be one of the worst in 100 years for Central Europe.
No one knows if it’s really going to be such a winter, but one thing is sure: it sure is starting out like one! At least in parts of Central Europe."
http://notrickszone.com/2013/10/11/snow-falls-weeks-early-in-munich-meteorologist-winter-strikes-unusually-early-and-severely/
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This is all you need to know about Obama's pick for Fed Chairman:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/big-labor-very-happy-with-janet-yellen-pick/article/2537045
We are so effed!
"Snow falls early this year in Northern Arizona"
"It was one of the earliest snows people could remember, but overall everyone agreed the snow mixed beautifully with the fall colors."
Gallery: H/T Buffalo Bub.
"Cold October storm sweeps across Arizona"
http://www.abc15.com/gallery/news/news_photo_gallery/cold-october-storm-sweeps-across-arizona
AlMohammed Journal.
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"Egypt: Canadians Loubani, Greyson leave for home; refuse to talk to Canadian media before flight"
http://www.newswatchcanada.ca/
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"More on those burdens on the Canadian taxpayer, John Greyson and Tarek Loubani"
"The fact that Peto is one of Greyson and Loubani's most ardent supporters, and that she shares their beliefs is significant.
At a sparsely attended rally at Ryerson University earlier this week that drew more media than spectators, Peto was one of the people tied in with the organizers, including Greyson's sister Cecilia and Ryerson "Social Justice" professor Winnie Ng. It was unusual for Peto to be front and center at such an event recently. Prior to late 2010, she was at the forefront of Canada's anti-Israel fanaticism, but the exposure of an anti-Semitic thesis she wrote for the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education made her an embarrassment to them.
The thesis, which was both facile and laughably absent of actual research even brought the academic standards University of Toronto into disrepute. Essentially, her thesis, which paralleled the sort of writing one can find from neo-Nazi authors, asserted that Jews are privileged racists who use the Holocaust to perpetuate the myth of their own victimhood while advancing the cause of an "oppressive" Zionist Jewish state.
The anti-Semitism of her thesis was condemned by, among others, Ontario Liberal Cabinet Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins, who is not a right-wing reactionary by anyone's standards."
http://eyecrazy.blogspot.ca/2013/10/more-on-those-burdens-on-canadian.html
Wynne Liberal's Cooking Lesson & Itchy&ScrewYou Shew Busted.
Liberal Kathleen's Tipping Point/Cascade Preference Moment.
"I want to know what you’re making for Thanksgiving dinner this year! Send me your ideas with #LoveONTfood on Twitter and Instagram.—
Kathleen Wynne (@Kathleen_Wynne) October 09, 2013"
"But it quickly spiraled out of control. The very first reply suggested the premier should be jailed."
The Perils of Twitless Turkey Kathleen.
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"@Kathleen_Wynne Bread and water..which is what you should be getting in jail..
— Donna Parker (@flutterbye146) October 9, 2013"
"@Kathleen_Wynne None of your business, CALL THE DAMN ELECTION.
— randy mcneil (@randy_mcneil) October 9, 2013"
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"Kathleen Wynne accidentally invites criticism on Twitter
Happy holidays? Not quite"
http://o.canada.com/technology/internet/kathleen-wynne-accidentally-invites-criticism-on-twitter/
H/T bubba Brown:
http://www.bluelikeyou.com/2013/10/10/what-will-it-take/#comments
Where is Ontario PC leader Hudak?
"PROTEST DETAILS
What: Hwy 402 anti-wind turbine rally
Where: The Forest on ramp to Hwy. 402 travelling to Strathroy
When: Oct. 19, starting 10 a.m. at Michigan Line"
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"Anti-turbine activists taking protest to Hwy. 402 for mass rally Saturday"
"The road to Ontario’s wind turbine industry — heralded by many, hated by others — goes through Southwestern Ontario.
Now, anti-turbine activists plan to grind traffic to a halt on a stretch of one of the region’s busiest highways, Hwy. 402, with a mass rally next Saturday as they ratchet up their protest against Ontario’s growing number of wind farms.
“We can’t take this anymore — we won’t take this anymore,” vowed Esther Wrightman, an anti-turbine activist and member of the Middlesex-Lambton Wind Action Group.
Organizers are asking people to bring their tractors, pickup trucks, front-end loaders and signs to the protest that’s expected to start in the morning at the 402’s Forest on-ramp and continue to Strathroy."
http://www.lfpress.com/2013/10/10/anti-turbine-activists-taking-protest-to-hwy-401-for-mass-rally-saturday
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ONTARIO DEMAND:
15,696 MW
Liberal Wynne's Wind Output:
117 MW
http://www.ieso.ca/
End of life on Earth ? Sooner please.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2454094/Could-life-Earth-end-March-16-2880-Scientists-predict-giant-asteroid-collide-planet-38-000-miles-hour.html