Tonight, NoëlCoward’s melancholy ode to the Half Caste Woman.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
19 Replies to “Reader Tips”
Mollie Hemingway: What Your Neighborhood List-Serv Tells You About The Demise of America.
Good column. Mollie Hemingway is one of the sane people. We need ’em.
h/t instapundit
The Iraqi police related that some of them also fired, and then, to a man, ran for safety just prior to the explosion. All survived. Many were injured, some seriously. One of the Iraqis elaborated, and with tears welling up, said “They’d run like any normal man would to save his life.” What he didn’t know until then, and what he learned that very instant, was that Marines are not normal. Choking past the emotion, he said, “Sir, in the name of God, no sane man would have stood there and done what they did. They saved us all.” What we didn’t know at the time, and only learned after I submitted both Yale and Haerter for posthumous Navy Crosses, was that one of our security cameras recorded some of the attack…
Read “Six Seconds” here.
h/t americandigest.org
Israeli judo team treated poorly in Morocco (from Jerusalem Post)
Israel’s delegation to the Judo World Masters event in Rabat, Morocco, returned home on Monday night after an unpleasant experience in the Muslim country.
The unhappy stay began immediately with the delegation’s arrival. The Israelis were held for eight hours at the airport in a room without food, water or chairs, with local officials claiming that there was a problem with their visas.
The athletes and coaching staff were ultimately afforded entry into the country following pressure by the International Judo Federation, but when they arrived at the competition’s venue they discovered that the Israeli flag was missing alongside the flags of the rest of the countries.
The Israelis also received a hostile reception from the crowd every time they competed and were unhappy with the officiating at the event.
“What happened in Morocco was a disgrace,” said Israel’s former world champion Yarden Gerbi, who finished the under-63 kilogram competition in fifth place on Saturday.
“As an Israeli, I’m embarrassed to have had to wait eight hours at the airport and embarrassed to hear the boos towards my teammates. And all of this because we are Israelis.
We came to participate in a sporting competition without any politics. This is a disgrace for Morocco and the organizers. I hope no Israeli, or anyone else for that matter, ever experiences something like this.”
Robots are learning to modify their behavior by trial and error without new code input. Why should that send up red flags ? Perhaps because it’s human nature to see how far we can take it. Or perhaps because the “Terminator” movies are no longer far fetched. http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/25/brett-deep-learning-robot/
That was a very good article about the Marines doing their job. I could not find the video, but it was not necessary, the picture told the story.
A contrast …
Today on CBC’s’power and politics’ the three parties discussed the situation in the ME.
The NDP defense critic, Jack Harris, said a lot, and nothing.
The Liberal party’s defense critic, Joyce Murray, drifted off into an enchanted eco-forest where hairy tree-planters rode scented unicorns.
The Liberals do not support bombing ISIS. They support a ‘slow and steady’ training of Iraq and Pershmerga forces in a non-combat role.
BUT, they also want more humanitarian aid to flow to the refugee camps because that is where ISIS is recruiting. They also want us to bring in 25,000 refugees from the area.
Evan Solomon, to his credit, asked her to explain why the people fleeing ISIS were vulnerable to being recruited by ISIS.
Joyce said (I’m paraphrasing);
‘it is because they are living in terrible conditions, therefore they might opt to join their tormentors to improve their situation.’
I don’t have a link to the piece. The whole PnP show can be found at the CBC site.I don’t know how to capture the pertinent part.
The idiocy starts at the 1hr 18 minute mark. Watch it today, it is headed down the rabbit hole.
I do have a link to another Liberal saying basically the same thing.
Justin’s “star” candidate, Ret.Gen Leslie says that the Yazidis trapped on the mountains need winter wear or they may become radicalized and attack Canada. Same idea. http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Politics/Power+&+Politics/ID/2544792964/
The last 2 minutes are spectacularly inane, especially when they come out of the mouth of a “soldier”.
Leslie would never be a marine.
Two different occasions, two different Liberals, both with the same message, ‘Don’t hurt ISIS, help their victims or else’.
BTW, JT’s updated bio at the Lib site no longer mentions that he is a Catholic. Hmmm… Is Omar A. wagging the shiny pony’s tail ?
Russia Is Using Mobile Crematoriums to Hide Ukraine’s Dead(May 26, 2015) http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-26/putin-burns-his-dead-to-hide-ukraine-aggression
>Russia is so desperate to hide its military involvement in Ukraine that it has brought in mobile crematoriums to destroy the bodies of its war dead, say U.S. lawmakers who traveled to the war-torn country this spring.
Brazil is considering various changes to the electoral system in response to popular unrest to corruption and do-nothing political operatives for life.
Although nothing is finalized, the Main points are:
1. End to proportional representation
2. End to obligatory voting
3. Limit of 1 term http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2015/05/novo-relator-da-reforma-politica-propoe-fim-do-voto-obrigatorio.html
Via google translate:
Majority or distritão system, who are elected top rated members in every state and top rated councilors in each municipality
It proposes the end of compulsory voting
Wonder if Chretien asked Vlad Putine any questions on his actions in Ukraine when he paid him a visit? Apparently this is of no interest to the media in this country.
It is not only ISIS that wants civilization to go back to the 7th century. It is also not surprising that the United Church of Canada is onside with that.
“The fossil fuel divestment movement, started by environmental group 350.org in November 2012, has started to gain traction abroad but so far failed to take hold in Canada.” http://www.newstalk650.com/content/carbon-divestment-fails-catch-canada
Your are right. Mollie Hemingway is one of the sane people.
This insanity seems to have a life of its own. How do we stop it?
Citoyen MulcairBloc: “in heavy denial”.
H/T JackNDPBloc.
“‘That’s not true,’ Mulcair denies report NDP repayments will start July 1”
…-
“NDP Leader Tom Mulcair was in heavy denial Wednesday after a report that the NDP will have to start repaying millions in alleged improper spending by July 1.”
“CTV News Channel: Mulcair on party’s expenses”
NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair speaks to reporters in Ottawa about the party’s expenses.”
“CTV News Channel: ‘In denial about expenses’
Mercedes Stephenson says NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair is in denial about the party’s expenses.”
“CTV National News: Parliament to collect from NDP
CTV has learned Parliament will start collecting money from the NDP by refusing to cover expense claims. Laurie Graham has details.” http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/that-s-not-true-mulcair-denies-report-ndp-repayments-will-start-july-1-1.2393435
Methinks the NDP have a blind spot on this issue and are now vulnerable to attack from both Grits and Tories on ethics.
They should admit they’re in the wrong and get on with it. Even given the historical malfeasance of all parties, surely this will be used to question their judgment and thus fitness for government.
Mollie Hemingway: What Your Neighborhood List-Serv Tells You About The Demise of America.
Good column. Mollie Hemingway is one of the sane people. We need ’em.
h/t instapundit
The Iraqi police related that some of them also fired, and then, to a man, ran for safety just prior to the explosion. All survived. Many were injured, some seriously. One of the Iraqis elaborated, and with tears welling up, said “They’d run like any normal man would to save his life.” What he didn’t know until then, and what he learned that very instant, was that Marines are not normal. Choking past the emotion, he said, “Sir, in the name of God, no sane man would have stood there and done what they did. They saved us all.”
What we didn’t know at the time, and only learned after I submitted both Yale and Haerter for posthumous Navy Crosses, was that one of our security cameras recorded some of the attack…
Read “Six Seconds” here.
h/t americandigest.org
useless optimism http://waltherpragerandphilosophy1.blogspot.ro/2014/03/useful-optimism.html
Old news by now on interwebs but the Comments there now are worth a quick read.
Silly journalists…
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/selfparking-volvo-plows-into-journalists-after-owner-neglects-to-pay-for-extra-feature-that-stops-cars-crashing-into-people-10277203.html#
A heartfelt and poignant read, thanks EBD.
Israeli judo team treated poorly in Morocco (from Jerusalem Post)
Israel’s delegation to the Judo World Masters event in Rabat, Morocco, returned home on Monday night after an unpleasant experience in the Muslim country.
The unhappy stay began immediately with the delegation’s arrival. The Israelis were held for eight hours at the airport in a room without food, water or chairs, with local officials claiming that there was a problem with their visas.
The athletes and coaching staff were ultimately afforded entry into the country following pressure by the International Judo Federation, but when they arrived at the competition’s venue they discovered that the Israeli flag was missing alongside the flags of the rest of the countries.
The Israelis also received a hostile reception from the crowd every time they competed and were unhappy with the officiating at the event.
“What happened in Morocco was a disgrace,” said Israel’s former world champion Yarden Gerbi, who finished the under-63 kilogram competition in fifth place on Saturday.
“As an Israeli, I’m embarrassed to have had to wait eight hours at the airport and embarrassed to hear the boos towards my teammates. And all of this because we are Israelis.
We came to participate in a sporting competition without any politics. This is a disgrace for Morocco and the organizers. I hope no Israeli, or anyone else for that matter, ever experiences something like this.”
China knows they have about 18 months to exploit the leadership vacuum in the USA as well as knowing the value of Obama’s line in the sand. The clock is ticking. Not to mention that from a financial standpoint,……they pretty well own the west. I’m taking bets on which countries will be thrown under the bus.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11630185/US-China-war-inevitable-unless-Washington-drops-demands-over-South-China-Sea.html
Robots are learning to modify their behavior by trial and error without new code input. Why should that send up red flags ? Perhaps because it’s human nature to see how far we can take it. Or perhaps because the “Terminator” movies are no longer far fetched.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/25/brett-deep-learning-robot/
That was a very good article about the Marines doing their job. I could not find the video, but it was not necessary, the picture told the story.
A contrast …
Today on CBC’s’power and politics’ the three parties discussed the situation in the ME.
The NDP defense critic, Jack Harris, said a lot, and nothing.
The Liberal party’s defense critic, Joyce Murray, drifted off into an enchanted eco-forest where hairy tree-planters rode scented unicorns.
The Liberals do not support bombing ISIS. They support a ‘slow and steady’ training of Iraq and Pershmerga forces in a non-combat role.
BUT, they also want more humanitarian aid to flow to the refugee camps because that is where ISIS is recruiting. They also want us to bring in 25,000 refugees from the area.
Evan Solomon, to his credit, asked her to explain why the people fleeing ISIS were vulnerable to being recruited by ISIS.
Joyce said (I’m paraphrasing);
‘it is because they are living in terrible conditions, therefore they might opt to join their tormentors to improve their situation.’
I don’t have a link to the piece. The whole PnP show can be found at the CBC site.I don’t know how to capture the pertinent part.
The idiocy starts at the 1hr 18 minute mark. Watch it today, it is headed down the rabbit hole.
I do have a link to another Liberal saying basically the same thing.
Justin’s “star” candidate, Ret.Gen Leslie says that the Yazidis trapped on the mountains need winter wear or they may become radicalized and attack Canada. Same idea.
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Politics/Power+&+Politics/ID/2544792964/
The last 2 minutes are spectacularly inane, especially when they come out of the mouth of a “soldier”.
Leslie would never be a marine.
Two different occasions, two different Liberals, both with the same message, ‘Don’t hurt ISIS, help their victims or else’.
BTW, JT’s updated bio at the Lib site no longer mentions that he is a Catholic. Hmmm… Is Omar A. wagging the shiny pony’s tail ?
Tired of your old job! Low pay, no benefits, boredom! A job to kill for!
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-may-21-2015-1.3081675/help-wanted-executioners-needed-in-saudi-arabia-to-address-workload-1.3081701
Russia Is Using Mobile Crematoriums to Hide Ukraine’s Dead(May 26, 2015)
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-26/putin-burns-his-dead-to-hide-ukraine-aggression
>Russia is so desperate to hide its military involvement in Ukraine that it has brought in mobile crematoriums to destroy the bodies of its war dead, say U.S. lawmakers who traveled to the war-torn country this spring.
Brazil is considering various changes to the electoral system in response to popular unrest to corruption and do-nothing political operatives for life.
Although nothing is finalized, the Main points are:
1. End to proportional representation
2. End to obligatory voting
3. Limit of 1 term
http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2015/05/novo-relator-da-reforma-politica-propoe-fim-do-voto-obrigatorio.html
Via google translate:
Majority or distritão system, who are elected top rated members in every state and top rated councilors in each municipality
It proposes the end of compulsory voting
Wonder if Chretien asked Vlad Putine any questions on his actions in Ukraine when he paid him a visit? Apparently this is of no interest to the media in this country.
It is not only ISIS that wants civilization to go back to the 7th century. It is also not surprising that the United Church of Canada is onside with that.
“The fossil fuel divestment movement, started by environmental group 350.org in November 2012, has started to gain traction abroad but so far failed to take hold in Canada.”
http://www.newstalk650.com/content/carbon-divestment-fails-catch-canada
Your are right. Mollie Hemingway is one of the sane people.
This insanity seems to have a life of its own. How do we stop it?
Citoyen MulcairBloc: “in heavy denial”.
H/T JackNDPBloc.
“‘That’s not true,’ Mulcair denies report NDP repayments will start July 1”
…-
“NDP Leader Tom Mulcair was in heavy denial Wednesday after a report that the NDP will have to start repaying millions in alleged improper spending by July 1.”
“CTV News Channel: Mulcair on party’s expenses”
NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair speaks to reporters in Ottawa about the party’s expenses.”
“CTV News Channel: ‘In denial about expenses’
Mercedes Stephenson says NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair is in denial about the party’s expenses.”
“CTV National News: Parliament to collect from NDP
CTV has learned Parliament will start collecting money from the NDP by refusing to cover expense claims. Laurie Graham has details.”
http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/that-s-not-true-mulcair-denies-report-ndp-repayments-will-start-july-1-1.2393435
Albertazuela socialist news: Math is hard.
…-
“Rachel Notley says fiscal challenges bigger than expected”
(CBC)
…-
“CNRL says uncertainty over new Alberta gov’t delays its plans”
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/05/27/cdn-natural-rsc-alberta-spending-idINL1N0YI24R20150527
” Omar Khadr: Out of the shadows, a collaboration between the CBC, the Toronto Star and White Pine Pictures, airs on CBC-TV at 9 p.m. local time, Thursday, May 28. ”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/omar-khadr-tells-his-guantanamo-story-in-new-documentary-1.3089953
Well that didn’t take too long, did it ?
Methinks the NDP have a blind spot on this issue and are now vulnerable to attack from both Grits and Tories on ethics.
They should admit they’re in the wrong and get on with it. Even given the historical malfeasance of all parties, surely this will be used to question their judgment and thus fitness for government.