22 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. Re: Wabash Cannon Ball.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZiQ89_s67Q
    This a later version by Johnny Cash, who married June Carter. And please EBD, don’t misread this, I loved your version. I just want to reiterate the video I once witnessed when listening to Johnny Cash live. Above the stage in the crowded auditorium was a 16MM video of the Wabash Cannon Ball as shown in the above Youtube feature.
    Check out the scene at about 1:23. If that’s not enough to give you goosebumps, nothing ever will!
    Enjoy!!

  2. Tony Abbott starts to cave:
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11173557/Australias-Parliament-House-lifts-short-lived-veil-ban.html
    The reason we should not allow veils in public is because they go against one of the most fundamental tenets in Western culture, namely that we do not hide our identity. Throw that away, and you might as well throw away half our culture.
    I had high hopes for Abbott, but I am beginning to think we will never again see leaders like Reagan or Thatcher.

  3. O’bola.
    “Reuters said the crowd walked out on Obama.”
    …-
    “The Return of the Face”
    “Senator Elizabeth Warren is reported in the Washington Post as preparing the Base for hard and heavy tidings. “The game is rigged, and the Republicans rigged it,” Warren said to loud cheers.
    At least there were cheers for Warren. The president would have welcomed some in Maryland, where he was stumping for Anthony Brown. Reuters said the crowd walked out on Obama. “A steady stream of people walked out of the auditorium while he spoke, however, and a heckler interrupted his remarks.” And this was friendly territory.”
    http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2014/10/19/the-return-of-the-face/#more-39987

  4. “Rally Attendees Leave Event After Obama Began Speaking
    The thrill is gone”
    “Many attendees of an Obama campaign rally headed for the exits shortly after the president began speaking Sunday evening.
    Speaking at campaign rally in Maryland for Democratic candidate for governor Anthony Brown, Obama either ignored or didn’t notice the movement of attendees out of the event.
    The White House pool report described the mass exodus as “unusual” and one reporter present tweeted it was “weird.””
    http://freebeacon.com/politics/rally-attendees-leave-event-after-obama-began-speaking/

  5. Two pieces at Dyspepsia Generation with executive summaries, so I don’t have to. And of course links to the articles
    In light of the JT hyperventilating in these pages, and paraphrasig one of Kate’s popular thread titles, It Probably Doesn’t Matter.
    Vote All You Want. The Secret Government Won’t Change.
    http://dyspepsiageneration.com/?p=107307
    Look Out for Obama’s Legacy
    http://dyspepsiageneration.com/?p=107301
    Considering, for example JT’s Islamic pandering, ask yourself the question: Did the putative immigration hawk Kenney change anything?

  6. AGW Regress & Meltdown Report.
    “Prices for these specialty commodities went berserk between 2009 and 2011 due to concerns about tight supply and rising demand from industries like green energy, consumer electronics and electric cars.”
    “just as demand for the metal is set to soar because of its use in electric vehicle batteries.”
    …-
    “RB Energy meltdown highlights tough times for lithium, rare earth firms”
    “just as demand for the metal is set to soar because of its use in electric vehicle batteries.”
    http://business.financialpost.com/2014/10/17/rb-energy-meltdown-highlights-tough-times-for-lithium-rare-earth-firms/

  7. Steam locomotives jingle and roar. They don’t rumor, they rumble. Come see the Frisco Meteor 4-8-4, oil burning (in Oklahoma naturally), Number 4500 in original livery. You can see it on display as you go past the refineries. I suspect that may be the last 4-8-4 passenger Locomotive (Steam Locomotive) you will ever see. It is monstrous and beautiful!

  8. In some of the oldest versions of the song the listeners were enjoined to listen to tales (rumours) surrounding the legendary train.
    I’d love to see the Frisco Meteor!

  9. I received this email from “Justin”:
    Robert —
    I need you to take action.
    We’re preparing Team Trudeau for the most important day ahead: Election Day, 2015 and you can make a big difference in our readiness.
    The race is on — your help now will ensure we stay competitive with Stephen Harper and the Conservatives in the lead up to Election Day — less than one year away!
    Donate $3 right now to help us hit $350,000 by midnight October 31.
    Everyone who donates will receive an excerpt of my new book, Common Ground, published by Harper Collins. It just launched today and I look forward to sharing it with you.
    Robert, with your hope and hard work we can drive positive change for Canada.
    Thank you.
    Justin Trudeau
    PS. You can always donate by phone at 1-888-542-3725. Our lines are open today from 9am until 7 pm ET (if you have trouble getting through, please try again).
    As it is a free call, may I suggest you all call, press ‘0’, leave the phone off hook and walk away. Jam up their automatic system.

  10. Mao* Strong Report.
    …-
    “The world is about to find out China’s threshold for pain”
    “Stay laser focused on China for the next 60 hours.
    What happens over that time period could significantly shift what happens in that country both economically and politically.
    On the economic side, the country will release data on three crucial metrics — GDP, retail sales, and industrial production. This is key in understanding whether the Chinese economy is staying its rough course to normalization, or veering off the rails.
    Politically, Communist party leaders are gathering for the Fourth Plenum. In this meeting they’ll discuss the legal future of the country — or, as the party put it, issues related to ‘governing the country according to law.’”
    http://business.financialpost.com/2014/10/20/the-world-is-about-to-find-out-chinas-threshold-for-pain/
    …-
    “China is again slowly turning in on itself”
    “Chinese leaders are falling back on what they know. And what they know are tactics drawn from the 1950s and ’60s — ones being used now: party rectification movements, politicized anticorruption purges, televised self-confessions by social media celebrities, foreign corporate investigators and alleged terrorists.
    And this is dangerous, because it risks taking China backward. And not to the Deng era, but to far more unstable ones that preceded him.”
    http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-1019-minzner-end-of-china-reform-20141019-story.html#page=2
    *Liberal Justine’s favourite dictator.

  11. PET Cemetery Report.
    “*Trudeau sat down with various interviewers (including the National Post’s Jonathan Kay)…”
    …-
    “The book on Jonathan Kay”
    “Or is it a reflection of a private business arrangement with the Liberals that Kay kept hidden from his readers until another newspaper revealed it last weekend?
    That’s when the Toronto Star dropped the bombshell that Kay assisted in the creation of Trudeau’s new book.
    Suddenly Kay’s thoughts on Trudeau look different.”
    http://www.torontosun.com/2014/10/20/the-book-on-jonathan-kay
    …-
    “*Trudeau sat down with various interviewers (including the National Post’s Jonathan Kay)…”
    http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/17/justin_trudeau_turns_his_life_into_an_open_book.html

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