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July 9, 2008

Reader Tips

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Tuesday night vintage music show, here are Benny Goodman and his big band performing These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You, with vocals by Helen Ward (1936, 2:43).

Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.

Posted by Vitruvius at July 9, 2008 12:01 AM
Comments
The lesson here isn’t that we have yet another form of “discrimination” to combat, its that if you are educated don’t sound like you aren’t, and if you aren’t educated try reading a book instead of hanging out at a street corner, bar or stoop. Cultures of ignorance should not be tolerated under some banner of multiculturalism.

Excellent comment from Mike B. in this article.

Posted by: shaken at July 8, 2008 11:31 PM

I just watched a cbc special on climate change.Extremely balanced,only thing missing was a little blurb at the end " Paid for by the liberal party of Canada" (and you). It was as evenly balanced as an enviromental debate between Suzuki and Gore. Pull.The.Plug.

Posted by: wallyj at July 9, 2008 12:02 AM

One of my favourites,Mr.V. Thank you. Roxy Music also does a great version of this song.

Posted by: wallyj at July 9, 2008 12:05 AM

How about a little Hank Willams. Go to Youtube, enter Hank Willaims--Jambalya (with Betty Boop cartoon,) It's a whopper!!

Posted by: Lone Ranger at July 9, 2008 12:13 AM

Interesting newsstory I heard on the CBC's "The World at Six" this evening (7-8-2008)

It dealt with the work of a team from the Canadian Museum of Nature working on Ellesmere Island.

From the nature.ca website:
"The other major focus of the exhibition is a specific locality (known as the Beaver Pond site) at Strathcona Fiord in the west central area of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. The locality is believed to be four to five million years old, based on the fossil mammals found there. At that time, the High Arctic was much warmer than today, with a boreal forest ecosystem similar to modern-day Labrador. It was inhabited by bears, three-toed horses, tiny primitive deer (deerlets) and small beavers belonging to the genus Dipoides."

From the CBC Report:
"There's no other site I know of at this latitude that really produces this range of fossils and this much background information on the paleo environment," he said.
Rybczynski said they also hope to determine the age of deposits in the area, currently believed to be up to five million years old.
"There's evidence of course of a much warmer climate because it's a forested, completely different ecosystem from what we see today," she said."

The CBC reporter did not clue into the implications of this regarding today's debates on global warming.

The Earth has been much warmer in the past (forests in the high arctic) and instead of warmer temperatures destroying all life on Planet Earth...it flourished.

Warmer temperatures promoting life? Imagine that.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/07/07/arctic-fossils.html

http://nature.ca/museum/press/2008/pr08-06-13_iceage_e.cfm

Posted by: Dave in AB at July 9, 2008 12:19 AM

Wally J., I believe it's actually a Bryan Ferry solo track rather than a Roxy music track. Great version though!

Posted by: nv53 at July 9, 2008 12:21 AM

Good article in the Nat.Post about the 'poor' Libs.They are broke flatter than pi** on a plate!It's the headliner story over at Bourque.

Posted by: Sammy at July 9, 2008 12:27 AM

Enjoy this visual along with the music, if you so choose.

Posted by: shaken at July 9, 2008 12:28 AM

You're welcome, Wally, and thanks for the Roxy Music tip. Their performances of The Main Thing (video may not be safe for work, but the rhythm is great, just minimize the video window, close your eyes, move your hips, and you'll be fine ;-) and Avalon (both 1982) are two tunes that I much enjoy, yet I was not aware of Bryan Ferry et al's version of These Foolish Things Remind Me of You, a 1973 version of which is available at that link, so thanks to you too. By the way, here's the inimitable Mr. Frank Sinatra performing his version of These Foolish Things Remind Me of You, in 1946.

Posted by: Vitruvius at July 9, 2008 12:48 AM

The Queue. Such a wonderfully civilized British tradition.

British Burglars on the other hand won't need to queue at all.

Posted by: Drained Brain at July 9, 2008 1:02 AM

Google must hand over all data about who watches what on you tube to viacom inc. cnnmoney.com july 4th..some great commentaries on youtube

Posted by: cosmos at July 9, 2008 1:46 AM

Who knew Country music was an aphrodisiac?

Babies linked to Colo. festival

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The effects of an annual music festival in Grand Junction, Colo., may appear months after the last act plays — nine months, to be precise.

A health official says her agency sees far more pregnant women in the weeks after Country Jam, which was held last month and featured Tim McGraw, Clay Walker and Sugarland.

Nurse-Family Partnership supervisor Wanda Scott says her agency normally sees 25 to 30 pregnant women a month but the number jumps to almost 80 about five weeks after the festival. She gave her findings to Mesa County commissioners Monday.

Scott’s program helps first-time mothers with low incomes. The average age of clients is 19.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2008/07/08/6101491-ap.html

Posted by: Revnant Dream at July 9, 2008 2:24 AM

Todays Heads Up-

"Girl on the Right" Wendy Sullivan is guest panelist on CTS-TV Michael Coren Show today, July 09, at 8pm Eastern, repeating next day at noon. Other panelists are regulars Marilyn Churley and David Menzies.

Reminder of tomorrows one-on-one interview with David Frum.

Posted by: MadMacs of Bytown at July 9, 2008 7:15 AM

More proof that the civil service is so Liberal as to be a national security hazard:

"OTTAWA - A confidential document insecurely posted on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's computer network laid out sensitive plans to turn over food inspections and labelling to industry and led to the firing of the scientist who stumbled upon them.

Luc Pomerleau, a biologist with a 20-year "unblemished record" in government, said he was fired last week for "gross misconduct" and breaching security because he sent the document to his union. Mr. Pomerleau, who is a union steward, was also deemed "unreliable," which means he no longer has the security clearance to do his job or work again in the public service."

www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=d086157a-4a17-4719-952c-8a577b0b05df

Posted by: Eter at July 9, 2008 7:47 AM

I see Snoop Dogg played at the Ottawa Bluesfest recently.

Snoop Dogg is an felon who has served time in a federal pen, and who openly brags about being a pimp, and by pimp I don't mean a guy who dresses flashy but who traffics in women. A slave owner who exploits young women who are often on drugs or from harsh backgrounds. He is affiliated with the "Crip" criminal organization, and states so openly.

The lyrics to his songs include death threats, bragging about killing police, massive hatred of women who are invariably referred to as bitches and hos, and liberal use of the word "nigger".

He shouldn't be allowed into our country, let alone invited to a blues festival.

Posted by: Eter at July 9, 2008 7:55 AM

GLobe and mail poll:

Do you support aggressive action in combatting climate change even if it will drive up the cost of fuel?

Yes 59% 2392 votes

No 41% 1644 votes

Posted by: Earl the Pearl at July 9, 2008 8:10 AM

This one is for the penny's and the batb's and the lookout's of the world:

"Two-thirds back Morgentaler Order: poll"

- 3w.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=640921

Posted by: QE at July 9, 2008 8:35 AM

MDS files $1.6B suit against AECL and government over MAPLE cancellation

www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080709.wmds0709/BNStory/Business/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080709.wmds0709

Posted by: JM at July 9, 2008 8:59 AM

I would like to point out a potential emerging issue that most people are probably not aware of.

Apparently in Canada it is not illegal to naked short sell stocks. This is not the same as shorting a stock which means that you borrow the stock from a broker first and then sell it. It means that it is perfectly legal in Canada to sell a stock that you did not borrow first. This is the same as counterfeiting as the buyer of the stock is not getting real shares. This issue speaks to the integrity of the Canadian markets themselves. Some companies on the TSX and venture have millions of shares that are outstanding that do not really exist.

http://www.financialsense.com/metals/crime/main.html

Posted by: Kevin at July 9, 2008 9:10 AM


"The Plight of Christians in the Middle East
By Jamie Glazov

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Pierre Rehov, a French filmmaker who has filmed six documentaries on the Palestinian Intifada. One of his recent documentaries, Suicide Killers, explores the psychology of suicide bombers. It is based on interviews with the victims of suicide bombers, the families of suicide bombers, would-be bombers themselves, and experts on suicide killer mentality. He has just completed a film: "First Comes Saturday, Then Comes Sunday," which explores the plight of Christians in Lebanon, Egypt and Palestinian Territories. He is also working on a film, "Proliferation," which documents the contagion of suicide killing around the world, including inside the U.S. He recently moved to the U.S."
[...]

"Tell us about the film you just completed.

Rehov: It’s a film that was inspired by the horrible episode at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem in 2002. If you remember, after a series of deadly suicide attacks, which had ravaged Israel, the Israeli government finally decided to eliminate the terror infrastructure inside Palestinian territories. A large military operation took the IDF inside Jenin, Bethlehem and other areas and fierce battles ensued, as Israeli soldiers fought Palestinian gunmen.

In Bethlehem, about 100 Palestinian terrorists and wanted criminals found refuge in the Church of Nativity. The IDF organised a siege which went on for a few weeks, while international media could film, for free, their prime time show at Israel's expense. From time to time, the Palestinians inside would fire at the soldiers, hoping for retaliation.

During their stay, they desecrated completely this Christian holy shrine. They used priests, monks and nuns as human shields. They behaved like barbarians. But nobody reported the real facts. Nobody really took the side of the poor Christians locked up with those Palestinians. The international media was silent on this crime. The only thing the media could report, day after day, was that the IDF was putting a Christian shrine under siege, risking Christians lives, and not providing those "poor" Palestinians with food or water, which actually was a lie.

FP: So what angle does your film take?"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042855/posts

Posted by: maz2 at July 9, 2008 9:10 AM

The old priest lay dying in the hospital. For years he had faithfully served the people of the nation's capital. He motioned for his nurse to come near.


'Yes, Father?' said the nurse.

'I would really like to see Ex prime-ministers Jean Chrétien and Brian Mulroney before I die,'
whispered the priest.

'I'll see what I can do, Father.' replied the nurse.
The nurse sent the request to the prime minister's office and waited for a response. Soon the word arrived, ex prime-ministers Jean Chrétien and Brian Mulroney would be delighted to visit the priest.

As they went to the hospital, Jean commented to Brian, 'I don't know why the old priest wants to see us, but it will certainly help our images and might even get me re-elected someday. Brian said it was a good thing.

When they arrived at the priest's room, the priest took Brian's hand in his right hand and Jean's hand in his left.
There was silence and a look of serenity on the old priest's face. Finally Brian Mulroney spoke. 'Father, of all the people you could have chosen, why did you choose us to be with you as you near the end?'

The old priest slowly replied, 'I have always tried to pattern my life after our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.'
'Amen,' said Brian.
'Amen,' said Jean.

The old priest continued, 'Jesus died between two lying thieves. I would like to do the same.'

Posted by: Joe Molnar at July 9, 2008 9:14 AM

The Human Rights Commissions are about to create another problem.

http://yourhome.ca/homes/article/456898

"Adequate housing is a critical element of an individual's quality of life," said Commission chief Barbara Hall. "Without housing, health care, education, food, clothing, and employment are irrelevant."

The passage of a similar law in France has led to the following situation:

"In France the presence of squatters and large numbers of immigrants both legal and illegal triggered the call for automatic free housing for all those in need. It came to be called DALO ("droit au logement opposable"). Roughly translated: "the inalienable right to housing that a court cannot deny you".

The outcome there has been that squatters and illegal immigrants can now demand housing, or demand to be compensated by the state.

http://tinyurl.com/5c4wfu

Posted by: Lori at July 9, 2008 9:36 AM

Quebec's "identity" crisis solved.
Vive le buerre.
Vive le Quebec libre.
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"Psst! Spread the word.

Legal yellow margarine is coming to Quebec.

The cabinet appears to have sounded the death knell for the off-white margarine distinctive to Quebec, the last province to rule that margarine can be any colour as long as it is not yellow."

"Don't reach for your glasses, that margarine is yellow
Quebec cabinet approves change. Vegetable oil industry welcomes news that long-standing roadblock is coming down"
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6yy4ou

Posted by: maz2 at July 9, 2008 10:04 AM

"Roughly translated: "the inalienable right to housing that a court cannot deny you". "

In Ontario many of these 'squatters' already have an ally. They're known as "The Landlord and Tenant Board".

They can have landlords jumping through hoops in trying to evict tenants that feel its their right to live 'rent-free'.

www.ltb.gov.on.ca/en/About_Us/STEL02_111397.html

Posted by: JM at July 9, 2008 10:13 AM

Wonderful, Joe Molnar (though I don't think Mulroney's quite in Chretien's category). A good laugh: many thanks!

Posted by: lookout at July 9, 2008 10:16 AM

Amir Taheri, A vicious attack on India’s crucial role in Afghanistan

For almost a year the Bush Administration in Washington and the Karzai Government in Kabul have been putting out feelers to India to give its aid to Afghanistan a military dimension. There are signs that elements within the coalition of Manmohan Singh, the Indian Prime Minister, may be interested.

So, was Monday's bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul a warning to Delhi not to deepen its involvement in Afghanistan? The attack that claimed 41 lives, including the military attaché, and injured 141 was the biggest in Kabul since the fall of the Taleban in 2002...

Posted by: Charles MacDonald at July 9, 2008 10:23 AM

A faint glimmer of hope for Blighty:

Melanie Phillips, A Moral Revival?

David Cameron’s speech about putting morality back into British life was certainly an event. The Tories have avoided the m-word like the plague since the ‘back-to-basics’ debacle under the Major administration. This was a notable decision by Cameron to put his head into the jaws of the alligator. So far he has emerged not only unscathed but with many respectful and admiring noises in reaction...

We as a society have been far too sensitive. In order to avoid injury to people's feelings, in order to avoid appearing judgemental, we have failed to say what needs to be said. We have seen a decades-long erosion of responsibility, of social virtue, of self-discipline, respect for others, deferring gratification instead of instant gratification.

Instead we prefer moral neutrality, a refusal to make judgments about what is good and bad behaviour, right and wrong behaviour. Bad. Good. Right. Wrong. These are words that our political system and our public sector scarcely dare use any more... Refusing to use these words -- right and wrong -- means a denial of personal responsibility and the concept of a moral choice...


Posted by: Charles MacDonald at July 9, 2008 10:26 AM

Wind turbines -- scads and scads of 'em. And a few natural gas powered vehicles:

T. Boone Pickens, My Plan to Escape the Grip of Foreign Oil

Posted by: Charles MacDonald at July 9, 2008 10:53 AM

James Kerian, Stork Economics

If you ask a child where babies come from, you can get a lot of interesting answers, but traditionally the most common answer is that they come by stork. Children tend to have a similar understanding of economics. If you ask them where their allowance comes from, the two most likely responses are “Daddy’s wallet” and “Mommy’s purse.” In both cases, nothing is created, just transferred. Babies are transferred by storks, and wealth is transferred by parents.

...Most of us grow up to understand that God allows us to participate in the procreation of babies, but unfortunately very few ever realize that God allows us to participate in the procreation of wealth. Rather than procreation, most people assume what is commonly referred to as a zero-sum view of economics. In this view, wealth can neither be created nor destroyed but only transferred from one person to another. This, essentially, is stork economics...

Posted by: Charles MacDonald at July 9, 2008 10:54 AM

An entirely reasonable and factual approach to dialogue with Muslims:

(ghost of a flea)

"Commenting at Rantburg, McZoid offers an alternative communication strategy:"

I communicate with members of the terror cult, all the time. I tell them to disregard that vulgar murder manual, the Koran. And I say that their so-called 'prophet' was a pedophile and a fraud.

Reminder: the phony 'prophet' was a sex-toy to an heiress to a wealthy trade family. When she turned 55 - Muhammad was 40 - he was so depressed at his lack of young booty that he went on a cave retreat. When he returned home he claimed that an angel began passing 'revelations' to him. He had no success in recruiting people until he organized a robber gang. Happy with the 'division of the spoils' (Anfal; a chapter of the Koran), the con-man promised his pigeons heavenly rewards if they fought to the death. Of course, the 'angel' assigned him 20% (khums tax) of the booty, and allowed him unlimited wives (he took 13; one at 6 years of age). His lies have resulted in the mass murder of at least one half billion people, and the extinction of ancient cultures.

Posted by: irwin daisy at July 9, 2008 11:34 AM

And an entirely effective means of dealing with would-be Muslim terrorists:

"China kills five Muslims training for 'holy war': state media
7 hours ago"

BEIJING (AFP) — Chinese police killed five Muslims in its far northwest who were planning to wage a "holy war" against the nation's majority Han population, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.

The five were killed on Tuesday when police raided their hide-out in Urumqi, the capital of the Muslim-populated Xinjiang region, Xinhua reported, citing local authorities.

Fifteen people, all Muslim Uighurs, were at the apartment and all had been wielding knives when police conducted the raid, the report said, without mentioning any heavier weapons such as guns.

"The suspects confessed they had all received training on the launching of a 'holy war.' Their aim was to kill Han people, the most populous ethnic group in China whom they took as heretics, and found their own state," Xinhua said.

Posted by: irwin daisy at July 9, 2008 11:38 AM

maz2, yes, the powerful Quebec dairy lobby folded on yellow margarine.

Like many useless, political causes, they eventually go - with out even a whimper, let alone a fight.

[Quebec's 14,000 milk producers seem to have run up the yellow -- or white -- flag, accepting the notion that margarine made from vegetable oils and butter made from milk can co-exist in grocery shelves.
"It's over," admitted federation spokesman Jean Vigneault. "The margarine producers can toast their victory with a glass of Canada Dry."]WFP

Reminds me of the USSR, Berlin Wall folding overnight - because so many suddenly realized they had been had.

Global Warming Fanaticism next to bite the dust !?

Already happening - in Europe, of all places. The inventor of the Kyoto Hoax.

[STRASBOURG (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers took a first step towards lowering EU biofuels targets when a European Parliament panel backed a proposal to draw just 4 percent of road transport fuels from renewable sources by 2015.

The EU plans to get 10 percent of road transport fuel from renewable sources such as biofuels by 2020, but the target has been attacked by environmentalists, who say it contributes to rising food prices and deforestation.]Reuters



Posted by: ron in kelowna at July 9, 2008 11:46 AM

W. Thomas Smith, Jr., Will Israel Strike Iran?

[S]ources inside the U.S. intelligence and Defense communities are telling us, there is an increasing “probability” that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) will soon strike Iranian nuclear facilities. The strikes -- if they take place -- will be far more extensive than that which occurred during the strike against Iraq’s Osirak nuclear facility in 1981. The new strikes will target much more than just the nuclear sites. The extent to which America will or will not provide support will depend on multiple variables. And the strikes will not be over in a single night...

Posted by: Charles MacDonald at July 9, 2008 12:02 PM

Liberalism is a mental disorder. Symptoms include a morbid fascination/obsession with abortion & death of authority figures.
Calling Dr. Freud.
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"Former lieutenant-governor returns Order of Canada in protest

A former New Brunswick lieutenant-governor says he'll return his Order of Canada in protest of Dr. Henry Morgentaler being named to the order.
Gilbert Finn, 87, who served as the province's lieutenant-governor from 1987-94, said he doesn't hold the same values as Morgentaler, a leading abortion rights advocate in Canada.
A former rector at the University of Moncton and a leading Acadian businessman, Finn became a member of the Order of Canada in 1974 and an officer in 1979.
That distinction is tarnished by Morgentaler's appointment, Finn said."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6qfs9e
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"St. Catharines Libs joke about PM assassination

Yes, you read that heading right. As I have been advised through a news release from my MP, Conservative Rick Dykstra, and from what Steve Janke has written on his blog today, the St. Catharines Liberal Riding Association has joked about the friendly fire murder of PM Harper and his wife Laureen — while simultaneously suggesting that decorum should change in the House and Commons.

What are Liberals thinking? Obviously not much more than regaining power. Here is the news release from MP Rick Dykstra’s office in its entirety:

C/P at Jack’s Newswatch. Update: The supposed “joke” is on page three of the newsletter in a section by the local president of the association. If this was done by a Conservative riding association, it would be the top story on every news cast in Canada. We’ll now see if the mainstream media are biased in favour of the Liberals."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6hh7zy

Posted by: maz2 at July 9, 2008 1:12 PM

(PDF warning) Nader Habibi, Managing the Oil Wealth: Foreign Assets of GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] Countries

Posted by: Charles MacDonald at July 9, 2008 3:10 PM

Heh.

Kyoto Kultists are mentally ill:

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23991257-25717,00.html

PSYCHIATRISTS have detected the first case of "climate change delusion" - and they haven't even yet got to Kevin Rudd and his global warming guru.

Writing in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Joshua Wolf and Robert Salo of our Royal Children's Hospital say this delusion was a "previously unreported phenomenon".

"A 17-year-old man was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne with an eight-month history of depressed mood . . . He also . . . had visions of apocalyptic events."

(So have Alarmist of the Year Tim Flannery, Profit of Doom Al Gore and Sir Richard Brazen, but I digress.)

"The patient had also developed the belief that, due to climate change, his own water consumption could lead within days to the deaths of millions of people through exhaustion of water supplies."

But never mind the poor boy, who became too terrified even to drink. What's scarier is that people in charge of our Government seem to suffer from this "climate change delusion", too.

Read it all...

Posted by: Warwick at July 9, 2008 3:18 PM

Posted by: Kevin at July 9, 2008 9:10 AM

It's not a 'crime' Kevin, nor is it de-stabilizing. It's called a contract with margin requirements. The credit risk lays with the writer. Who will run like a deer to the slimey politicians for public funds if the crud hits the fan.

Government should not backstop private risk, but should only ensure the viability of the financial system. A naked short does not do that. Tell your politicans though, to stop rewarding financial supporters with public funds.

THAT is the crime.

Posted by: hardboiled at July 9, 2008 3:19 PM

The "joke".
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On another thread, shaken said: "See, ladies, how much the Liberals really care about women? It looks as though they are willing to damage your businesses!"

Liberals and Citoyen Dion care about women?
...-

"Liberals make jokes about murdering Stephen and Laureen Harper"


Angry* asks "I wonder if mentioning Laureen Harper takes this into the realm of hate, instead of merely really terrible and inappropriate political commentary."

Angry* goes on to quote Kinsella.
Is the RCMP investigating? Has the Liberal Party committed a crime?
*http://stevejanke.com/archives/268145.php

Posted by: maz2 at July 9, 2008 3:56 PM

"I've been invited to speak to caucus this week about the "soft jihad"

This Friday at 10 a.m. I have been invited to make a presentation to caucus on the use of "lawfare" by foreign Islamic radicals and their domestic enablers.

My thesis is simple: foreign-born jihadis have teamed up with politically-correct busy-bodies to use our own laws to undermine our freedoms -- especially our freedom to criticize them. It's a "soft jihad", and it's been a more effective strategy than the "hard jihad" of terrorism, in terms of undermining our way of life. I've been invited as an expert witness in the subject -- an expertise I regret having earned the hard way, as the target of a half-dozen such nuisance suits, both in defamation and "human rights" law.

The caucus I'm speaking to, however, isn't the Conserative Parliamentary caucus in Ottawa. It's the bi-partisan Congressional Human Rights Caucus in Washington, D.C. The office of Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) has invited me to make a presentation to that caucus's Task Force on International Religious Freedom. Rep. Franks co-chairs the caucus with Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)."
http://tinyurl.com/5wg3td (ezra)

Posted by: maz2 at July 9, 2008 4:56 PM

This is how real Torontonian men cruise women. Westerners take notice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acERZQIAjUk

Posted by: maple stump at July 9, 2008 6:05 PM

I always said it, now I can begin to show it. Climate change is another mental illness.

Doomed to a fatal delusion over climate change

PSYCHIATRISTS have detected the first case of "climate change delusion" - and they haven't even yet got to Kevin Rudd and his global warming guru.

Writing in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Joshua Wolf and Robert Salo of our Royal Children's Hospital say this delusion was a "previously unreported phenomenon".

"A 17-year-old man was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne with an eight-month history of depressed mood . . . He also . . . had visions of apocalyptic events."

(So have Alarmist of the Year Tim Flannery, Profit of Doom Al Gore and Sir Richard Brazen, but I digress.)

"The patient had also developed the belief that, due to climate change, his own water consumption could lead within days to the deaths of millions of people through exhaustion of water supplies."

FOR the rest:

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23991257-25717,00.html

Posted by: Revnant Dream at July 9, 2008 7:23 PM

Belmont Club says:
" the days of testicles in boxes is not over."
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"When in doubt, don't"
[...]

"The story of the tactic applied by the Soviets during the earliest days of the Lebanon chaos is a case in point. When three of its citizens and their driver were kidnapped and killed, two days later the Soviets had delivered to the leader of the revolutionary activity a package containing a single testicle- that of his eldest son-with a message that said in no uncertain terms, never bother our people again.” It was successful throughout the period of the conflicts there. Such an insightful tailoring of what is valued within a culture, and its weaving into a deterrence message, along with a projection of the capability that can be mustered, is the type of creative thinking that must go into deciding what to hold at risk in framing deterrent targeting for multilateral situations in the future. At the same time this story illustrates just how much more difficult it is for a society such as ours to frame its deterrent messages-that our society would never condone the taking of such actions makes it more difficult for us to deter acts of terrorism.

Moscow finds limited but savage threats very useful indeed. It recently admitted to killing dissident Russian intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko to send a pointed message, proving that the days of testicles in boxes is not over."
http://tinyurl.com/6bpkfl

Posted by: maz2 at July 9, 2008 8:20 PM

More on the Butter Freedom Award to Quebec's Premier Jean Charest.

Watson surmises it's a ploy to enforce/keep/retain the socialist "supply management" cartel.
BTW, the Arabs' "supply management" cartel, aka,OPEC, has revenues of more than a trillion US dollars.
Citoyen Dion wishes all Cdns a Happy Buerre Day.
Ole-O!
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"At long last, margarine freedom
William Watson, regulation, supply management, margarine
Quebec’s move may be a concession to preserve supply management
By William Watson"
http://tinyurl.com/6gr8ds (NP)

Posted by: maz2 at July 9, 2008 9:09 PM

Barf is barfing on Angry's blog.
Barf Alert.
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"Liberals make jokes about murdering Stephen and Laureen Harper"
[...].

From comments:
"* Archie
Garth Turner Canada's greater fool. Weren't you the one that called the PM a political whore. Then allows this type of liberal sick humor on his blog. Taking the high road doesn't suite you Garth, because we all know you as the Liberal Snake Oil Salesman."

"* Garth Turner MP

This was not on my blog. People tried to post it, but the delete button was handy. This kind of comment, made in jest or not, has no place in politics. -- Garth"
http://stevejanke.com/archives/268145.php

Posted by: maz2 at July 9, 2008 10:10 PM

Now why would Iran have to do this?

Charles has the lowdown.

LGF

Posted by: qwerty1 at July 9, 2008 10:32 PM

Re: "'poor' Libs.They are broke flatter than pi". The Libs were screwed by Chretien with his donation reforms. Any one have ideas on why Chretien would have done this? I think enough people in his party at the time said it was a dumb idea.

Posted by: LindaL at July 9, 2008 11:48 PM
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