Up early, worked hard and I'm just now finally able to wind down a little, so there won't be anything new up tonight unless I get a second wind.
Also, I've got another dog show weekend ahead (in Vermillion, SD this time), a ton of stuff to do before I go the first leg tomorrow, and will be offline for good Thursday morning. I may invite a few guests to pinch hit - but keeping in mind that both DOMINION Day and July 4th in the US are around the corner, posting (and readership) is likely to be slow on any account.
Ya'll behave, eh?
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What do you mean , offline for good?
Posted by: fubar at June 29, 2005 12:44 AMHey, you can trust us, Kate.
As for me, on Dominion Day I'll be flying an old Red Ensign I got from my dad. He fought under it in the Second World War. How about the rest of you?
Oh Boy, More heated debate, firworks and animated mud - slinging coming up ... eh?
73s TG Can't wait.
I mean, offline until I get back. (ie: No hotel room connections, etc.)
Posted by: Kate at June 29, 2005 2:04 AMHave a great July 1st, Kate. I'll be celebrating here in London with other expats. Then it's the weekend followed by another party for July Fourth with American friends.
Yes, it's one of those serendipitous years when the 1st and 4th bracket a weekend!
Makes me a bit nostalgic for the Niagara Peninsula! We would start the party on Friday and then, at some point in the weekend, nip across to New York State to continue the revelry through Monday...
War of 1812 be damned!
Posted by: JJM at June 29, 2005 5:01 AMWhat kind of dogs?
Posted by: Kyla at June 29, 2005 6:41 AMAhhhh..lucky you Kate...no modern"conviences"!!
I will be celebrating Dominion Day remembering what my two grandfathers told about WWI,WWII,and Korea,and passing some on to my grandkids(our schools sure don't)
Per Ardua Ad Astra
Kate:
Though I'm a native of Washington state, my parents grew up in South Dakota. I hope you thoroughly enjoy your visit - and on route, you don't want to miss the Corn Palace in Mitchell. Here are some URLs:
http://www.cornpalace.org/newpages/webcam.html
http://www.cornpalace.org/
Mark Steyn gives Kate props
Mark Steyn: I read a wide range. They come and go, but I’m still reading many of those I mentioned to you last time round, like Natalie Solent in Britain and Tim Blair down under. Going back to my earlier point about the dullness of many newspaper comment pages, look at, say, Saskatchewan: it’s got a yawnsville newspaper - The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix – and one of the sharpest bloggers on the planet, Kate McMillan. I don't know Miss McMillan, never met her, doubt I ever will, but she's a thousand times pithier and more insightful than the fellows holding down the columnar real estate at the Star-Phoenix. Someone should snap her up just for the sharpness of her headlines, one-line squibs, and nifty asides. It's the same with the Power Line guys vs. the Star-Tribune in Minnesota.
Posted by: shippers at June 29, 2005 10:02 AMI've long wondered if Kate isn't actually Mark Steyn in drag... I've noticed that several of the stories that Kate mentions get put on Steyn's site or link directly to SDA.
On a more serious note, SDA, Steynonline and LGF are the only 3 sites I visit daily with SDA being the most regular (like 4 or 5 times a day). Congrats Kate!
Dominion Day eh. Good on you, I refuse to use that vapid term "Canada Day". Piss on the politicos.
Posted by: John B at June 29, 2005 10:47 AM
wednesday, june 29, 2005
From Hostage-Taker to President
The newly “elected” president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was a key figure in the 1979 takeover of the US embassy in Tehran; here’s a photograph of Ahmadinejad holding the arm of a blindfolded American hostage:
LGF
Just new to SDA and am really enjoying the contents. Seems like lots are of the same mind politically and are at a loss as what to do to fix Canada. At least from the west.
Carla seeking a ban on the media as it against her "rights"
She doesn't have any - The lowest of the low or at least just above her former partner.
Happy Dominion/Canada Day to all.
Thousands riot in China, attack police, burn cars
Posted by Righty_McRight
On 06/29/2005 10:14:15 AM PDT · 5 replies · 69+ views
Reuters ^ | June 29, 2005
BEIJING (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese rioted in a dispute sparked by a lopsided roadside brawl, set fire to cars and wounded six police officers in an outburst likely to worry communist leaders in Beijing desperate to cling on to power. The official Xinhua news agency, in a rare report on a local disturbance, blamed Sunday's riot in Chizhou in dirt-poor eastern Anhui province on a few criminals who led the "unwitting masses" astray. The violence was the latest in a series of protests which the Communist Party, in power since 1949, fears could spin out of control and become...
freerepublic.com
Do not, repeat, do not, advise Captain CSL AdScam Martin about these rioters. He would wish to send an expeditionary farce to protect his assets in China. Martin would jump out of his Boxer Rebellion shorts; or, perhaps send MSM/SSM to inerstigate the fortune cookies.
Egg, loll on $$$$$$$$$$$$$Librano$$$$$$ faces.
OTOH, Martin: Fundamentally, our stake in the great experiment of Chairman Mao de Dung is safe, secure, and solid, as stated by BS in the Common House last year.
Posted by: maz2 at June 29, 2005 1:38 PMHi Kate, long time lurker here...
In addition to the Corn Palace mentioned above, may I suggest you try and make your way over to the Black Hills? You won't be disappointed.
And congrats on the Steyn thing.
Posted by: Lydia at June 29, 2005 3:39 PMI've been through the Black Hills often. If we weren't dragging my dad's 5th wheel, I'd have the bike loaded.
Oh well, next time!
Someone asked about the dogs: http://www.katewerk.com/minuteman.html
Posted by: Kate at June 29, 2005 11:54 PM