Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our regular Saturday night show, here, courtesy of a related reference from the always gracious and delightful Mr. David Thompson, is Wolff performing Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams ¤ (5:05), episode eight of his A Boy and His Tuba series. Nota bene: there is no pre-recorded audio in this video, and the entire sequence is live without edit. Oh yeah? Well I'd like to see you do that by yourself with a tuba and a bank of envelope filters and sequencers, honey.
Like I always say, what a species! You make it, we'll break it: Guaranteed. Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.
Am watching it a third time. Brilliant!! Is this guy an Aussie. Shorely shoyuld be given an Auzziesca!
Posted by: RW at June 27, 2009 9:55 PMVitruvius, how could you post this after I have viewed it? Are you currently in Australia ... which would account for this guy beiong an Aussie>???
Posted by: RW at June 27, 2009 10:00 PMExcellent Vitruvius, just plain excellent entertainment.
Thanks,
Pat
Sir Sandford Fleming weeps, RW.
Posted by: Vitruvius at June 27, 2009 10:05 PMI humbly submit a juxtaposition: California - not broke enough.
California Air Resources Board will pay cash for clunkers.
I guess that the air resources board will pay for those clunkers with an IOU.
Posted by: Mike at June 27, 2009 10:08 PMNew Preamble to the US Constitution.
Highlight "We the sensible people of ... hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other liberal bed-wetters."
http://www.theabsurdreport.com/2009/new-preamble-to-the-constitution/
You gotta watch his other vids that explain all. Brilliant! Give the man an Aussiescar
Posted by: RW at June 27, 2009 10:16 PMI'm sure this guy's ISP is astonished by the sudden trafic. Watch all his vids. Great. just great.
Posted by: RW at June 27, 2009 10:25 PMHey, isn't it called YouTuba ???
Posted by: RW at June 27, 2009 10:33 PM
The Post-American Presidency
JOHN BOLTON
July/August 2009
Judging a new American President's national security policies after six months in office is a perilous enterprise, especially in the case of Barack Obama, where constant incantations of "change" and serial criticisms of his predecessor are the order of the day.
http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/the-post-american-presidency-features-july-09-john-bolton-obama?page=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0
THE COST OF DIVERSITY AT ANNAPOLIS
A vote of "qualified" for a white applicant doesn't mean s/he's coming, only that he or she can compete to win the "slate" of up to 10 nominations that (most typically) a Congress(wo)man draws up. That means that nine "qualified" white applicants are rejected. SAT scores below 600 or C grades almost always produce a vote of "not qualified" for white applicants.
Not so for an applicant who self-identifies as one of the minorities who are our "number one priority." For them, another set of rules apply. Their cases are briefed separately to the board, and SAT scores to the mid-500s with quite a few Cs in classes (and no visible athletics or leadership) typically produce a vote of "qualified" for them, with direct admission to Annapolis. They're in, and are given a pro forma nomination to make it legit.
Minority applicants with scores and grades down to the 300s with Cs and Ds (and no particular leadership or athletics) also come, though after a remedial year at our taxpayer-supported remedial school, the Naval Academy Preparatory School.
Posted by: Brent Weston at June 27, 2009 10:55 PMWas that by the Thompson Twins? I guess some people really get bored; oh well it's harmless, better I should think than sitting around with a bunch of losers doing drugs.
Posted by: Larry Bennett at June 27, 2009 11:16 PMwith link:
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/opn/2009/06/14-47/Guest-Column-The-cost-of-a-diverse-Naval-Academy.html
I'm convinced that the average Canadian/American has the intellect of a cow flop. For two days the media have been bombarding us with Michael Jackson, Jackson, Jackson - with scarely a let-up. I don't blame the MSM. They know their audience and they give the boobs what they want. Would you believe that, yesterday, the Calgary Herald devoted its entire front page to a colour photo of the great man?
Slow news day? Hardly, with Iran descending into hell and the USA continuing on its path to economic suicide.
The Herald devoted about 20 column inches to the US Congress' 3,000 page energy bill. If it gets past the Senate, the U.S. will lose its position as the world's leading economic power, much sooner rather than later. Better brush up your Mandarin, folks. But, that's just dreary old political stuff of interest only to a few policy junkies , and Jackson rocks.
And how about the TV interviews, with people, mostly of the female persuasion, old enough to know better, blubbering as though they had lost family members and avowing that their lives will never be the same never be the same.
What has turned North American minds to mush? There's more to idiocy than the Jackson mania. What percentage of adult Canadians could name the top 5 Pittsburgh Penguin players, and what percentage could name 5 Canadian cabinet ministers and their portfolios? Heh.
Is it the result of 50 years of ridiculously easy living or could it have something to do with the virtual collapse of the public education system? Could it have anything to do with our rapid transition from the bluestocking 1950s to the booze-drenched 21st century where, every weekend, a huge fraction of our national productivity gets puked into toilets and onto sidewalks? What the hell has happened to us as a people?
Posted by: Zog at June 27, 2009 11:55 PMTim Hudak is the new leader of the PC Party of Ontario.
http://www.stephentaylor.ca/
Posted by: batb at June 28, 2009 12:06 AMZog: "What the hell has happened to us as a people?"
"Without a vision, the people perish" (The Good Book).
I can think of two things you haven't mentioned, though I concur with your suggestions of 50 years of easy living, the complete collapse of our "education" (read, lib-left propaganda) system, binge-drinking, celebrity-worship, etc.
The relegating of marriage and the nuclear family to the dustbin of history is having a catastrophic effect on society. Married moms and dads provided the most secure homes for kids, and the home provided a model for how to behave in a civil manner. When moms spent 24/7 with their kids (I did, but I was an anomaly all through the '80s) they had a very high incentive to teach their kids to be polite and thoughtful of others and that politeness and thoughtfulness seeped into our schools and onto our streets.
No more.
The other thing you forgot to mention was the role that faith played in our then civil society. When most households went to church and had some modicum of respect for the Bible, God's Word, and the importance of faith in their lives, the idea that we were to "love our neighbours as ourselves" was at least in the collective psyche, even if we, ourselves, didn't follow "the rules" all that well. When we actually worshipped the living G*d, there was no reason to fill the human need-to-worship with the adulation of celebrities and their decadent lifestyles -- which have become the model (G*d help us) for the lifestyles of far too many of our young people.
Now that Christianity and the Church have been churlishly thrown under the bus, one of the underpinnings of our modus operandi is gone, to our great detriment. The Scripture points out that one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is discernment of spirits: the ability to distinguish between good and evil, right and wrong, healthy living and self-destructive living, etc.
Without the ability to tell the difference between opposing ways of doing things, without a scale that measures what's good, better, best and what's bad, worse, and worst, we're snookered, we descend into chaos where everyone has their own scale or no scale.
That's where we're at now, and who says that our civilization can't fall? Rome and Athens fell once they descended into raw individualism and depravity; there's no reason we might not do the same.
Posted by: batb at June 28, 2009 9:04 AMAutopsy on Goreacle finds "cold".
Second autopsy cancelled due to "bad news".
"The bad news: temperatures are actually going to fall to 14 C this afternoon and the winds are going to howl."
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"Rain to end, cold to follow"
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Rain-to-end-cold-to-follow-49339312.html
Posted by: maz2 at June 28, 2009 9:11 AMAutopsy on Goreacle finds "cold".
Second autopsy cancelled due to "bad news".
"The bad news: temperatures are actually going to fall to 14 C this afternoon and the winds are going to howl."
...-
"Rain to end, cold to follow"
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Rain-to-end-cold-to-follow-49339312.html
Posted by: maz2 at June 28, 2009 9:12 AMMuslim terrorist allowed by the Canadian government of PM Harper to return to Canada gives communist salute:
"Abousfian Abdelrazik raised his right arm and clenched his fist".
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"Chanting supporters greet Abdelrazik
The Gazette (Montreal) - 32 minutes ago
Abousfian Abdelrazik (right), accompanied by his lawyer Yavar Hameed (left), arrives at Pearson Airport in Toronto yesterday. Abousfian Abdelrazik raised his right arm and clenched his fist as he walked down the ramp outside the international arrival ..."
urlm.in/cqwg
From the WTF is Harper thinking file
"If you look at the whole scandal of what happened in Britain, this will allow parties to give all those kinds of gifts, those were gifts of services and money, to MPs in secret," he said.
"It will allow the parties to buy off MPs in secret and make it much more likely that they will toe the party line instead of representing voter concerns."
http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/691497
(Via SWJ) Steven Pressfield, "It's the Tribes, Stupid"
This five-part series is about war in Afghanistan, ancient and modern. I'm not doing this for money or politics. I'm a Marine and I don't want young Marines and soldiers going into harm's way without the full arsenal of history and context.
What's my thesis? That the key to understanding Afghanistan today is not Islamism or jihadism. It's tribalism. The tribal mind-set (warrior pride, hostility to outsiders, codes of honor and resistance to change) permeates everything. Think of these videos as a mini-course in tribalism. I invite discussion. Tell me I'm crazy, tell me I'm wrong. If you agree, tell me too...
richfisher at 9:34, I agree, this is the kind of move that is likely to turn-off real conservatives. In the absence of any explanation from PMSH I have to agree with the Green Party's position.
Posted by: glasnost at June 28, 2009 11:24 AMVery entertaining 'vit'. Great selection.
Posted by: Merle Underwood at June 28, 2009 11:42 AMSounds Of Settled Science
Manitoba crop heat units to June 21 2009 are up to 35% below normal. Food production may be sketchy.
Consumers of food should be praying for some global warming.
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/climate/wad00s00/cropwxrep.pdf
Posted by: ron in kelowna at June 28, 2009 12:16 PM*
"I don't know much about selling drugs, but if I was a dealer
I probably wouldn’t advertise it on Facebook. You guys are
f@cking geniuses. The group was probably started by the
cops, if they were smart."
*
Posted by: neo at June 28, 2009 12:28 PMZog "I don't blame the MSM." (for mushy minds)
Dumbing-down the news has no effect on the reader ?!
A dumb teacher is conducive to intelligent students?
Slacker parents instill work ethic in off spring? Michael Moore leaves his audiences well informed?
Journalists may have started out chasing the tabloid market, but so many of them believe the prevalent junk that it seems normal to them - and so, help spread the disease.
batb, I agree with you that the decline of the family is a tremendous detriment to out society. When 40% of Canadian children are born outside of this vital structure we are facing a perilous threat to our survival as a nation. The most important crisis we face is our declining birh rate. As Steyn states: Demographics is everything, the rest is just details.
IMHO the waning of religion has nothing to do with our loss of focus or morals as a society. Almost none of my extended family and friends has any interest in religion but we all have brought up our children to have respect for each other and our society. Our values were taught to us by our parents by the way they lived their lives and guided ours not through the fear of some god but by love and kindness.
The vast numbers of priests and religious figures charged with abuse of their followers puts a lie to your idea of the church teaching morals. Organized religion does best when it can force its adherents to stop thinking, ie Islam. Its greatest threat is when people start to question as it begins to lose its power.
You want to believe in some mythical god go ahead but don't blame my reasoned decision to reject your belief as responsible for our society's decline.
Blame leftist school curriculums of no failure or personal responsiblity, the "me" mentality of public unions looting the public treasury, politicians catering to political correctness, diversity and multiculturism or the allied host of liberalism supporters pushing our society off the cliff and I am with you.
Posted by: Dave at June 28, 2009 12:51 PMAMEN, Dave - you nailed it !
Posted by: ron in kelowna at June 28, 2009 1:23 PMbatb,
We're on the same frequency except with regard to religion. Zog is an atheist, and so are many of my family. Nevertheless, we were all raised subject to ye auld "Protestant ethic" - otherwise known as dour Presbyterianism. We don't lie, cheat or steal, and I believe that most of us are fairly good thinkers.
Posted by: Zog at June 28, 2009 1:36 PMAGWarmites, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are charged with cooking data/using fraudulent data to advance fraudulent AGW.
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"An Australian look at USHCN: 20th century trend is largely if not entirely an artefact arising from the “corrections”
"The corrected data from NOAA has been used as evidence of anthropogenic global warming yet it would appear that the rising trend over the 20th century is largely if not entirely an artefact arising from the “corrections” applied to the experimental data, at least in the US, and is not visible in the uncorrected experimental data record.
This is an extremely serious issue. It is completely unacceptable, and scientifically meaningless, to claim experimental confirmation of a theory when the confirmation arises from the “corrections” to the raw data rather than from the raw data itself.
This is even more the case if the organisation carrying out the corrections has published material indicating that it supports the theory under discussion. In any other branch of science that would be treated with profound scepticism if not indeed rejected outright. I believe the same standards should be applied in this case."
urlm.in/cqxj (WUWT?)
Posted by: maz2 at June 28, 2009 4:04 PMDave, ron in kelowna, Zog: You may not realize it, but you and your families, G*d bless them!, have been living off the capital of 2000 years of Christianity: You said it yourself, Zog, the "Protestant [work] ethic.
Dave: "The vast numbers of priests and religious figures charged with abuse of their followers puts a lie to your idea of the church teaching morals."
I'm sorry to disabuse you of your statistics, Dave, but there are no "vast numbers." Perhaps 3 to 4% of priests (granted, much too high a number of clergy) have been abusers. The vast majority of priests (I know many, how many do you know?) live sacrificial lives and help others 24/7.
"Organized religion does best when it can force its adherents to stop thinking, ie Islam."
Again, I hate to disabuse you of your stereotype, Dave, but I'm talking about Judeo-Christianity not Islam. You know? The religion[s] that have given the world Michaelangelo, Bach, Beethoven, etc., etc. and that have also been the founders of the public school system, universities, hospitals in Canada. Check it out. I'm not being hyperbolic.
You'd be surprised at what we take for granted in our society, including the social safety net (food kitchens, food banks, clothing depots, In and Out of the Cold programs) that Christian churches provide.
But, who would know? 'Just thought I needed to introduce you to the reality of how much we rely on our churches for the good of society.
Posted by: batb at June 28, 2009 5:25 PMDave, perhaps G*d is "mythical" to you, but I can assure you G*d is not a myth for me or for countless millions of Christians around the world.
He is the living and Mighty G*d, Creator of the Universe, King of Love, Healer, Redeemer, Shepherd, Teacher, Friend, Counsellor, Prince of Peace, and so much more.
In a so-called "diverse," "open," and "tolerant" society, it saddens me -- and, yes, irritates me -- that those who do not believe in G*d are so cavalier in their insistence that faith is just "a myth" and that it is responsible for all the ills in the world.
When I hear these accusations, it's clear to me that the propaganda purveyors in our schools and media have done their jobs well. It's clear to me that those who repeat the lies about the Church are, obviously, strangers to Christianity and have never volunteered their time in a soup kitchen, giving free counselling, providing clothing for the homeless, or dinner and a place of hospitality for street people.
If these services had to be provided by the government (at the municipal, provincial, or federal levels) it would cost the taxpayers more than we could ever afford.
Be very careful of the stones you throw. They could disable a volunteer service a needy person relies upon.
Posted by: batb at June 28, 2009 5:47 PMBut batb, having kicked the superstition and fear, we didn't all rush out and commence raping and pillaging. Of course we retained our Judeo-Christian culture. My dear old grandfather - an atheist and a flaming Communist was one of the most decent, community-spirited men I ever met. He had a Methodist preacher brother, and they remained good friends to the end although, in my estimation, the preacher was a layabout and a bit of a rounder.
In Morocco, I had a Muslim landlord (a Berber) who was kind, completely honest and scrupulous in his observation of zakat. You would probably say that he had good Christian morality but, I don't think that he would have liked that!
Posted by: Zog at June 28, 2009 5:53 PMBut batb, having kicked the superstition and fear, we didn't all rush out and commence raping and pillaging. Of course we retained our Judeo-Christian culture. My dear old grandfather - an atheist and a flaming Communist was one of the most decent, community-spirited men I ever met. He had a Methodist preacher brother, and they remained good friends to the end although, in my estimation, the preacher was a layabout and a bit of a rounder.
In Morocco, I had a Muslim landlord (a Berber) who was kind, completely honest and scrupulous in his observation of zakat. You would probably say that he had good Christian morality but, I don't think that he would have liked that!
Posted by: Zog at June 28, 2009 5:54 PMFunny how that works.
Posted by: Vitruvius at June 28, 2009 5:57 PMcharles macdonald - yes, as I've been saying for years, the key to understanding Afghanistan is indeed tribalism. But, it's also a key to understanding Islam and jihadism, for Islam is a tribal sociopolitical ideology.
And I question whether the nuclear family, as a hardworking economic unit, is a result of a religious ideology or simply due to the rise of a middle class. A middle class emerges when the population gets above a certain threshold, beyond the organizational capacities of a tribal political system.
The middle class is focused, not around the extended family (tribal kin) but around the nuclear family. This small family is expected to be relatively self-sufficient as an economic unit; it is mobile, enabling the expansion of the economy to develop new towns and lands. It is intellectually mobile, enabling the development of new technologies.
In Europe, it certainly began along with the development of the Protestant ideology - but, I think this is an intellectual correlation rather than a linear causation. The Protestant ideology focused on the individual as a reasoning, questioning self-motivated agent. My point is only that this ideology emerged at the same time as the middle class emerged, and I don't think that one can say that the ideology developed FIRST and caused the second. They developed together.
Posted by: ET at June 28, 2009 5:58 PMZog: "In Morocco, I had a Muslim landlord (a Berber) who was kind, completely honest and scrupulous in his observation of zakat. You would probably say that he had good Christian morality .."
No, I wouldn't! Nor would I say that if you are not a Christian you can't be an honest, loving, caring person, your grandfather being a perfect example. That's not what I'm saying!
'Funny how when someone says what they believe (in) something, say A, immediately others rush to the conclusion that because you believe (in) A you, therefore and obviously, believe B, C, and D.
No! I am a believing Christian (after 14 years, long ago, of being apostate -- and very much in Dave's and ron in kelowna's way of thinking!). I recognize the benefits to individuals and to society of 2000 years of the Christian Church and lament the gross inaccuracies and lies of those in this more "enlightened" age who gleefully and, I regret to say, often sneeringly, diss the Church and believers.
At least, get the facts straight. G*d knows, human beings who belong to the Church, are fallen individuals, broken, imperfect, often selfish sinners. We all fall short of the glory of G*d. But, the first thing we know, is that we are loved and redeemed by G*d and, then, that we are called by that same G*d to love and serve others, to be His hands, feet, and heart for the world.
That we often fail in that endeavour is an unfortunate fact, but that we often succeed, however imperfectly and falteringly, should be cause for celebration and encouragement, not disdain and contempt. It seems to me that to kick sand in the face of our forefathers' and mothers' faith has greatly weakened the fabric of our society and that we have now exhausted the moral and ethical capital they put "in the bank" for future generations.
Posted by: batb at June 28, 2009 6:23 PM
Islam: a death cult.
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"Iran 'has arrested 2000' in violent crackdown on dissent
Times Online - 1 hour ago
More than 2000 Iranians have been arrested and hundreds more have disappeared since the regime decided to crush dissent after the disputed presidential election, a leading human rights organisation said yesterday."
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"Battle for Iran shifts from the streets to the heart of power"
"guardian.co.uk"
Charles Mac.....
In less pedantinc words.... You have hit the nail on the head!
Now whack it a few more times.
Posted by: OMMAG at June 28, 2009 7:01 PMSpeaking of betrayals and unsound words, Chavez, that best friend of Obama, has accused the US and Obama, of being involved in the coup and removal of Chavez's friend, the President of the Honduras.
Oh, and another of Obama's friends, Ahmadinejad, has accused the US and Obama, of supporting the Opposition in Iran.
Gosh, all that hand holding and assurances of friendship by Obama - gosh, it seems to be having the opposite effect. Nobody's being kind to their citizens and the world in return for Tea With Obama. The dictators are instead, energized and extremely outspoken against the US.
Posted by: ET at June 28, 2009 7:22 PMhttp://hotair.com/archives/2009/06/28/iran-arrests-eight-british-embassy-workers/
Iran arrests eight British Embassy workers
posted at 8:00 am on June 28, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
"The diplomatic feud between Iran and the UK deepened today as the war of words escalated. Following the expulsion of two British diplomats from Iran and the reflexive expulsion of two Iranian diplomats from the UK, the regime arrested eight employees of the British Embassy in Tehran for their supposed role in the protests.
The mullahs may have momentarily succeeded in repressing the street demonstrations and open defiance of the regime, but they lost their legitimacy over the last two weeks, and they know it. That’s why they’re trying so desperately to frame the Brits for the protests, in an attempt to discredit them. But when millions of people face off against the armed forces of a dictatorship, it’s usually at least the beginning of the end for the tyrants. And as we’ve been saying, this stopped being about Mousavi after the first few days of the crisis."
How 8 embassy staff orchestrated the protest of millions stretches credulity.
Cheers
Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group "True North"
I would have to agree with batb here. The fact that some priests do not follow the precepts of their ethical religion, does not deny that ethical religion, merely themselves.
Posted by: RW at June 29, 2009 7:30 PMI would have to agree with batb here. The fact that some priests do not follow the precepts of their ethical religion, does not deny that ethical religion, merely themselves.
Posted by: RW at June 29, 2009 7:31 PMI would have to agree with batb here. The fact that some priests do not follow the precepts of their ethical religion, does not deny that ethical religion, merely themselves.
Posted by: RW at June 29, 2009 7:31 PMET at June 28, 2009 7:22 PM
...but ... but ... but, yes We Can. We Are The World :-)
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