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  1. No Neil Young?
    Stevie Vaughn was an excellent player but I don’t think he influenced that many people.

  2. What a terrible list. Jimmy Page ranked ahead of both Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. Not on your life. And no Freddie King or Buddy Guy. Rock and roll guitarists stole more riffs off those two than they could begin to count. And Peter Green or Mick Taylor could play rings around the many noodlers on that list. And why include Django Reinhart if you are not going to include Charlie Christian or Wes Montgomery?

  4. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11907/turkey-greece-invasion
    Turkey Threatens to Invade Greece
    Turkey’s ruling party, and even much of the opposition, seem intent on, if not obsessed with, invading and conquering these Greek islands, on the grounds that they are actually Turkish territory.
    “The things we have done so far [pale in comparison to the] even greater attempts and attacks [we are planning for] the coming days, inshallah [Allah willing].” – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, February 12, 2018.
    The head of the state-funded Directorate of Religious Affairs, the Diyanet, has openly described Turkey’s recent military invasion of Afrin as “jihad.” This designation makes sense when one considers that Muslim Turks owe their demographic majority in Asia Minor to centuries of Turkish persecution and discrimination against the Christian, Yazidi and Jewish inhabitants of the area.
    Turkey is a member in NATO but not the EU. This could get dicey over there.

  7. Indeed, nor Grant Green, Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, or, as Hendrix put it regarding the real number one:
    “Kenny Burrell that’s the sound I’m looking for.”

  8. Trump jr is in India this week promoting some real estate deals. He also gives a foreign policy speech that PM Modi will attend. He must have called ahead and arranged meeting unlike bongo.

  10. Looks like Justin, Sophie and the kiddies are having fun cavorting about doing a series of photo-ops in India. This may be all that gets accomplished. It’s a family holiday at our expense, it doesn’t look like the serious business is going too well.

  12. PET POT Cemetery Report.
    Stupid Liberal Justine’s multiculturalism’s Sikhs killed-blew apart 331 Hindus.
    …-
    “Trudeau’s Sikh Problem
    We suspect Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, now off in India, will be pressured by the media there to answer to their belief that Canada is a hotbed for separatist Sikh extremism.
    There is real validity to this.
    The 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182, while it may seem like a 100 years ago, was planned on Canadian soil, carried out on Canadian soil, and still represents the greatest mass murder in our country’s history with the death of 331 innocents, including dozens of children, being blown out of the sky.
    Only one person, Inderjit Singh Reyat, was ever convicted in the atrocity while the men acquitted are still idolized among Sikh extremists in British Columbia and the Greater Toronto area for their bloody-handed commitment to a separate Sikh country of Khalistan in the Punjab region of India.
    Attend virtually any Sikh parade or festival, and you will see posters celebrating these men as heroes to the cause.
    It makes for dodgy politics, particularly among the Trudeau Liberals who look upon the 500,000 Sikhs living in Canada as a very important voting bloc.”
    http://jacksnewswatch.a2hosted.com/trudeaus-sikh-problem/

  13. Elections commissioner examining Liberal MP Majid Jowhari’s fundraiser
    The office of the elections commissioner is examining a fundraiser organized by Liberal MP Majid Jowhari that is opposed by his own Richmond Hill riding association but endorsed by federal party headquarters.
    Mr. Jowhari, an Iranian-born Canadian who has advocated for closer ties to Tehran since his election in 2015, has organized a $150-a-plate fundraiser scheduled for Feb. 23 at Le Parc Dining and Banquet in Markham, Ont.
    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elections-commissioner-examining-liberal-mp-majid-jowharis-fundraiser/article38025822/
    Closer ties with radical Islamic Tehran? Another admired dictatorship? Why is this not surprising for the Liberals. Birds of a feather.

  14. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/02/19/justin-from-canada-attempts-backup-option-for-trade-mistakes-fails-miserably/#comments
    The basic issue is a simple one; for the U.S. NAFTA has a fatal flaw. Canada and Mexico are used by China and Asian nations as a way to work-around direct trade with the U.S. and use NAFTA as a backdoor into the U.S. market. It works out great for Canada and Mexico, but terrible for the U.S. It’s a structural issue and no amount of negotiation is going to remove the fatal flaw unless Canada and Mexico agree to terms that are directly against their current financial interests.
    Ergo POTUS Trump is positioned to withdraw.
    Trying to keep the U.S. in NAFTA, but understanding the likelihood of exit, Justin from Canada originally approached China for a big trade deal. Justin didn’t find Happy Panda in his discussions; instead he found The Red Dragon behind the Panda mask. China was willing to talk trade, but China tiered their approach because Canada is only valuable to China as long as the NAFTA door is open. Without NAFTA China has no use for Canada.
    Justin left China with dragon burns and immediately realized his trade cards were getting weaker by the day…. so he had to sign-up for the Trans-Pacific-Partnership. Unfortunately for Justin, though some think he didn’t realize the consequence, signing TPP guaranteed POTUS Trump would exit NAFTA.
    Read the whole damn thing! Now we know why Trudeau and the liberals backed out of the TPP originally. It wasn’t over gender issues or equality. He was told signing TPP guarantees NAFTA exit. Trudeau got played, big time. Now what does he do? His only way out is to go along with Trump on the China deal. Essentially pissing off his base who he has wratched up against trump and his white, nationalist base. Trudeau, liberals, progressives, the Canadian media have been increasingly demonizing whites, conservatives, Republicans, christians, bi-lateral trade agreements. How does Trudeau make this idealogical flip? He can’t. Remember how liberals always double down when shown they are wrong.
    It would be wise for Scheer and the loyal opposition to pay real good attention here (and read the article from Sundance above).

  16. Lists are dumnnnnn mmmmmkkaaayyyy !? I was pleased to see Steve Howe and Brian May on the list, but as much as I admire the songwriting skill, and percussive guitar of Pete Townsend … he’s no guitar “great”. And I dearly love John Fruisciante … but … many guitarists ahead of him (although I LOVE the surf-sound of that fender jaguar). Joe Walsh is missing from the list (shamefully). My personal bias showing but, not a single Steely Dan guitarist starting with the recently departed Walter Becker (I believe he wrote the guitar solos for Bohdittsatva … try writing THAT let alone play it) and, Denny Dias, Skunk Baxter, Larry Carlton, Rick Derringer, Elliot Randall
    This list is heavy on the metal head shredder, speed players. Speed does not equal composition, writing, musical timing. The spaces BETWEEN the notes are as important as the notes (as any music aficionado understands). TBH … I am never interested in a top-xx list of anything that leaves out the “composition” music writing skill of the player … along with those who create their own “signature sound” (that’s called talent AND creativity).
    I am more interested in lists of “the greatest guitar solos in Rock Music” (and other genres) to determine the TOTAL guitarist … their technical skill to go along with their writing skill. Wherein, you will find;
    Keith Richards … wrote some of the most memorable riffs and lead in all of rock
    Billy Gibbons … ZZ Top
    Robbie Kreiger … nobody wrote/played the psychelic sound better
    Neil Young … Cortez the Killer grunge delight.
    Ted Nugent … Nuuuuge!
    Randy Rhodes … Ozzy
    Allen Collins … Skynard Freebird
    Kirk Hammett … Metallica

  17. AGW RIP.
    Human AGW caused “water levels rose 100 meters (328 feet) at the end of the Ice Age”? NOT.
    “According to the INAH, water levels rose 100 meters at the end of the Ice Age, flooding the cave system and leading to “ideal conditions for the preservation of the remains of extinct megafauna from the Pleistocene.”
    The Pleistocene geological epoch, the most recent Ice Age, began 2.6 million years ago and ended around 11,700 years ago.”
    …-
    “Ancient Mayan bones uncovered in Mexico at world’s largest underwater cave
    Archaeologists exploring the world’s biggest flooded cave in Mexico have discovered ancient human remains at least 9,000 years old and the bones of animals who roamed the earth during the last Ice Age.
    A group of divers recently connected two underwater caverns in eastern Mexico to reveal what is believed to be the biggest flooded cave on the planet, a discovery that could help shed new light on the ancient Maya civilization.”
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/20/ancient-mayan-bones-uncovered-mexico-worlds-largest-underwater/

  21. list should more accurately be billed Greatest Rock players, with a nod to Blues and maybe Jazz. Acoustic, country pickers are ignored, which is a mistake.In terms of influence, just think of Maybelle Carter, Tony Rice and the incomparable Doc Watson. All three knew their way up a fingerboard and redefined the way acoustic music was performed.

  22. …-
    PET POT Party Cemetery Report.
    Stupid Liberal Justine say, Moi am not snubbed now; nor, have Moi ever been snubbed.
    …-
    “Trudeau hasn’t met with senior officials in India…yet”
    “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is navigating some complicated ground on his official visit to India. He’s been accused of being soft on a Sikh separatist movement, snubbed by India’s Prime Minister, and not working hard enough. Abigail Bimman reports.”
    https://globalnews.ca/video/4034606/trudeau-hasnt-met-with-senior-officials-in-india-yet/?utm_source=Homegnca-kingston&utm_medium=MostPopularVideo&utm_campaign=2018

  24. The libranos must have convinced an Indian businessman to purchase a condo (250m) in Vancouver in order to have any kind of a trade announcement for bongo to make. Probably in exchange for a Canadian passport.

  26. PET POT Cemetery Report: “major snub”.
    Stupid Liberal Justine ask, Sikh kirpan? Wot’s a Sikh kirpan?
    “Vivek Dehejia, professor of economics at Carleton University in Ottawa told the BBC that the Indian government’s lukewarm reception of Canada’s popular prime minister amounted to a “major snub.””
    …-
    “Quebec’s top court upholds kirpan ban at the legislature” (660news)
    …-
    “Is India’s government ‘snubbing’ Canada’s Justin Trudeau?”
    NEW DELHI — Justin Trudeau, Canada’s heartthrob leader who has near rock star status in liberal circles, is stumbling to make a good impression on his week-long trip of India — at least according to the local press.
    Indian media reports that the government here has “snubbed” the Canadian prime minister and that his delegation has had trouble meeting with counterparts here. To top it all off, Trudeau misspelled “Gandhi” in a now-deleted tweet sent from the revered Indian leader’s ashram.
    Trudeau, so often praised for dazzling on the world stage, is apparently being given a cold shoulder by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Modi did not greet Trudeau at the airport with one of his famous bear hugs, instead sent a junior agricultural minister to do the honors, media reports noted.
    Then, Modi was out of sight when Trudeau visited his home state of Gujarat, and the social media savvy Indian leader hasn’t even sent Canada’s first family a welcome tweet.”
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/02/20/is-indias-government-snubbing-canadas-justin-trudeau/?utm_term=.16a097c86bc5

  27. “What these angry progressive hatchet-men flailing at Peterson’s accomplishments don’t realize is that to his audience, it rather looks like they don’t care about the fate of hundreds of thousands of young men as much as they care about winning an argument on transgender pronouns.”
    Or, Because Feminism;
    https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/jordan-peterson-is-helping-disillusioned-boys-become-men.-heres-why-liberal?utm_content=buffer69199&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

  28. A good read as it goes through the history of anti-trust suits in the U.S.: Standard Oil, IBM, AT&T, Microsoft and how they apply to Google. Grab a coffee.
    Build a better search algorithm and Google will crush you.
    The Case Against Google
    Once Foundem.com was available to everyone, the company’s honeymoon lasted precisely two days. During its first 48 hours, the Raffs saw a rush of traffic from users typing product queries into Google and other search engines. But then, suddenly, the traffic stopped. Alarmed, Adam and Shivaun began running diagnostics. They quickly discovered that their site, which until then had been appearing near the top of search results, was now languishing on Google, mired 12 or 15 or 64 or 170 pages down. On other search engines, like MSN Search and Yahoo, Foundem still ranked high. But on Google, Foundem had effectively disappeared. And Google, of course, was where a vast majority of people searched online.

  29. agreed.
    the ‘best’ is ALWAYS subjective in the arts.
    my daddy introduced me to the BEST guitarist I have ever, ever, ever heard. utterly flawless. truly. e-v-e-r-y friggin note spot on.
    who would that be? one of the missing. Chet Atkins. NOT a rock musician however.
    *my* personal fave is forever Jimi.
    captcha ALTO !! my *other* fav music genre is classical, including certain operas like Carmen.

  30. PET POT Party Cemetery Report.
    Recall-impeach this narcissistic asinine Stupid Liberal. It’s an embarrassment to Canadians.
    “Canadian PM Justin Trudeau announces 5,000 new jobs in Canada & a billion dollars in new investment at Canada-India Business Forum in Mumbai.”
    …-
    “I am very lucky that I was a teacher, for me its all about curiosity.”
    “Visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Indian Inc has committed USD 1 bn, to create 5,000 jobs in Canada.”
    http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/justin-trudeau-in-india-live-updates-canadian-pm-in-mumbai-on-day-4-meetings-with-business-leaders-bollywood-biggies-on-agenda/1072468/

  31. I recall back in the sixties, seeing an interview with Jimi Hendrix, where the interviewer asked him, “What’s it like to be the world’s greatest guitar player?”. Jimi replied, “I wouldn’t know: ask Rory Gallagher.” And Rory is just another of the long litany of obvious omissions that should have been on this list.

  33. If you want to even be considered, there are three criteria you must meet just to get in the door. You must be able to play by ear immediately whatever you hear. You must be able to theorize what would be a proper compliment to any melody, and you must be able to read music. That alone kicks most of those people off the list. The criteria for these lists seems to be more of a fanboy thing.

  34. Wow! I am watching Milo hosting a segment on Alex Jones saying that all the school shooters have been on behavior modifying drugs. That’s the difference from prior years when school shooting were unknown. Instead of letting kids punch each other and determine their pecking order separating leaders from followers, they try to control natural behavior with drugs. It hasn’t worked.
    Milo wouldn’t agree but another thing I have read is that with big families homosexuality, transsexualism, and similar afflictions were rare because siblings and extended family members policed behavior.

  36. So. Now the latest school shooter was driven by “toxic masculinity” …
    *sigh*
    I would argue that the Cruz was NOT privileged … and THAT may have been the cause of the shooting. That he was fatherless … DENIED the “privilege” of a father … of an intact family. A real family … not some hybrid excuse of a family fostered by HER. Because the “village” sure didn’t help this deranged killer.
    https://thefatherlessgeneration.wordpress.com/statistics/
    Statistics aren’t very supportive of “the village” replacing fathers.
    Will the school kids (with Soros funding) be marching FOR fathers ? FOR intact families? If not, they are wasting their time.

  37. AGW RIP.
    “UK weather models confirm HISTORIC FREEZE as Scandinavian and Siberian systems hit” (expressco)
    …-
    “Delingpole: NOAA Caught Adjusting Big Freeze out of Existence
    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has yet again been caught exaggerating ‘global warming’ by fiddling with the raw temperature data.
    This time, that data concerns the recent record-breaking cold across the northeastern U.S. which NOAA is trying to erase from history.
    If you believe NOAA’s charts, there was nothing particularly unusual about this winter’s cold weather which caused sharks to freeze in the ocean and iguanas to drop out of trees.”
    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/20/delingpole-noaa-caught-adjusting-big-freeze-out-of-existence/

  38. PET POT Cemetery Report.
    Wapo sees that Stupid Liberal Justine sells Canada as a elohtihs.
    Recall/impeach this asinine premature dotard who is turning Canada into a world-class laughing-stock.
    “There seems to be no end to the Indian snubbing of the Canadians, even as the Trudeaus are trying their best to disarm the Indians with a charm offensive.
    Why is India being so rude to Trudeau? Answer: It has to do with the Sikhs.”
    …-
    “Why India is being really rude to Justin Trudeau
    India is giving Canada’s Justin Trudeau a royal snub.
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi routinely lands up at the airport to receive world dignitaries. From the moment a world leader sets foot on Indian soil, Modi’s photo ops begin. Who can forget the famous Modi hug reserved for world leaders?
    Modi’s Canadian counterpart, Trudeau, is equally an ace at producing visuals of himself doing things. When they landed in New Delhi on Feb. 17 on the beginning of the Canadian prime minister’s week-long trip to the country, the Trudeaus came out of the plane with a namaste, the traditional Indian greeting. But Modi wasn’t there to receive them. No Modi hugs for Trudeau. Instead, Modi sent his junior minister for agriculture. Modi hasn’t even welcomed Trudeau to India on Twitter, instead busying himself campaigning for a state election in the south.
    It gets worse.”
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/02/20/why-india-is-being-really-rude-to-justin-trudeau/?utm_term=.1967050c7510

  39. Don’t see why reading music would be a priority, many great pickers would miss such a list. Don’t know if Chet Atkins read, possibly, but after he already was a master player. Doc Watson obviously did not and his playing didn’t suffer because of it.

  40. PET POT Cemetery Report.
    Herewith Stupid Liberal Justine’s & the Green Blob’s kneecapping of Canada.
    Here is the evidence.
    …-
    “‘We can wait no longer’: Newfoundland unveils plans to double oil production by 2030” (FP)
    …-
    “‘A self-inflicted wound’: Pipeline delays to cost Canadian economy $15.6B in 2018, says Scotiabank
    ‘The sooner governments move to allow additional pipeline capacity to be built, the better off Canada will be'”
    “Kinder Morgan Canada’s $7.4-billion Trans Mountain expansion, TransCanada Corp.’s US$8-billion Keystone XL and Enbridge Inc.’s $8.2-billion Line 3 replacement project are the three major export pipelines that could shrink the discount considerably, the bank said.”
    While all three have been approved by the Canadian government, they remain mired in court challenges from environmental groups or local communities, and have delayed their anticipated in-service dates. Line 3 is also awaiting approval from regulators in Minnesota.”
    http://business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/a-self-inflicted-wound-pipeline-delays-to-cost-canadian-economy-15-6b-in-2018-says-scotiabank

  41. PET POT Cemetery Report.
    Stupid Liberal Justine’s legacy: a broken bankrupt elohtihs country.
    …-
    “Trinidad Drilling Considers Sale as Canadian Exploration Slumps
    Strategic review also may result in asset divestitures
    Wells completions increased just 1.8% in Canada last year
    Trinidad Drilling Ltd., which provides contract drilling services in North America and the Middle East, is considering selling itself as years of slumping exploration in Canada weigh on revenue.'”
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-20/trinidad-drilling-considers-sale-as-canadian-exploration-slumps

  42. Dinosaur Death Watch.
    …_
    “Judge rules shouting ‘vulgar’ slur FHRITP against reporter not a crime
    Justin Penton, 28, acknowledged he yelled the offensive phrase at NTV reporter Heather Gillis, but a judge said the incident did not constitute a criminal offence.”
    “”Something more than emotional upset and a momentary interruption in a conversation is needed to constitute the criminal offence of causing a disturbance in a public place. And that more is not present in this case,” Flynn wrote.”
    http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2018/02/20/judge-rules-vulgar-slur-against-reporter-was-not-a-public-disturbance.html

  43. I hadn’t heard that bongo had misspelled Gandhi but I’m not surprised. When his 3rd kid was born he tweeted out the kids name…misspelling it.

  46. …-
    “Indian Government Denies Snubbing Canadian PM Justin Trudeau”
    http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/02/20/indian-government-denies-snubbing-canadian-pm-justin-trudeau/
    Selected Commments:
    “What the heck is Obama doing there?
    Lil Justin was treated like the child that he is.
    ‘Human Up” Justin you are being totally snubbed.
    Did Pajama Boy go to his safe-space for hot chocolate and coloring books?
    Trudeau is a twit. Never had a fulltime job in his life and doesn’t now.
    Trudeau – Making Canadia Mexico Again.
    Justin Trudeau–Canada’s national fruit.
    Definite snub”

  47. Despite not constituting a criminal offence, the judge also commented:
    “It was a vulgar and offensive comment which was offensive to all right thinking people, but is not caught by the criminal law as presently enacted.”
    Flynn noted it’s open to Parliament to broaden the law as was done in England where statutes protect against intentional harassment but also “alarm or distress.”
    I’m sure Sock Boy will get right on this and pass a law that under no circumstances should a woman’s feelings ever be hurt.

  49. AGW Kills.
    …-
    “UK weather models confirm HISTORIC FREEZE as Scandinavian and Siberian systems hit”
    “Health experts have warned vulnerable people to take extra care with extreme cold weather likely to worsen some health conditions.
    Dr Thomas Waite, of Public Health England’s PHE) Extreme Events team, said: “Over 65s, those with conditions like heart and lung diseases and young children, are all at particular risk in cold weather as their bodies struggle to cope when temperatures fall.”
    https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/921055/UK-cold-weather-forecast-snow-BBC-Met-Office-weather-freeze

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