today's gardening tip:

found out it was the squirrels nipping and stealing my squash plants.

but to pick them before ripe would be a waste also.

not so says a green thumb friend; my butternut and pepper squash can be picked while still a tad green and will ripen off the vine at room temperature.

but only if squirrels and such are getting to them first.

I managed to harvest about 15 good sized ones this way.

Not a tip, but it might make your evening.

New Yuck Times columnists William Safire dies of cancer. WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO! THAT'S ONE LESS!

The first wind turbine has been built, and will soon be ready to go on top of Grouse Mtn. in Vancouver, forever changing the famous view. No one was asked about it, it just now appeared. The evironmentalists are elated. Just wait until the first majestic bald eagle has its regal head crowned or removed by one of the blades!

Diet tip:
You burn more calories eating a stalk of celery than you absorb from the stalk of celery.

Michael Moriarty points out four people well worth listening to in his latest piece, "America's French Revolution III: An interlude..."

[Who else would write that Omaba's aiming at "Marxist transubstantiation"?]

They tell us that they are wind turbines. They are actually designed to reverse and the generator becomes a motor so that they can us them as fans to either speed up or slow down the rotation of the planet. That way they can slow the rotation of the earth while the sun shines on farmers fields and speed it up crossing desert areas. This will increase crop yields. I know it sounds far fetched but no more than thinking you can generate any significant amount of electricity with windmills.

mike

You see, this kind of thing just p*sses me off to no end.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Tories+risk+Quebec+with+seat+shuffle+Experts/2038597/story.html

Further to my previous post, the Count is on record as stating:

"It's clear that when the population increases in a province, there must be a change in the distribution of seats, but we must also maintain a good balance with Quebec."

First he pays lip service to the basic democratic principle of rep-by-pop, then throws that principle under the bus by indicating "balance" must be kept with Kay-bec. Well sorry, Iggy, those are two mutually exclusive things.

Yes, I know we don't have purified rep-by-pop in this country (for example, P.E.I. has 4 MPs), but the fact that a sizable amount of Kay-beckers would be offended that Ontario, B.C. and Alberta should receive more MPs due to population growth really grates.

Maybe this is a made-up story, and the so-called experts are wrong. I'd like to think this is the case. Sadly, I'm not optimistic.

So hows that Obama appeasement thing working for you?

* Iran test-fires short-range missiles...
* 'Could reach Israel'...
* Revolutionary Guards begin war games...
* Venezuela exploring uranium deposits with Russia...
* China to display upgraded missiles in parade...
* India raises nuclear stakes; Can make high-yield weapons...

Links at Drudge

An utterly fascinating documentary tonight ( repeated several times) on CBC Newsworlds' Passionate Eye "The Link" by David Attenborough ( again it is CBC, so He and the originating show are NOT accredited)exploring the earliest (Eocene) most perfect (95% complete) proto-primate yet published yclept Ida ( pronouncing Norse EEiDA).
When you see the hands you may perhaps perceive a distant relationship to Herr Beethoven.
Slange

This is truly amazing display of talent and very moving. Kate and Vitruvius will most likely enjoy this immensely.

Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who just won Ukraine's version of "America's Got Talent." She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and "sand painting" skills to interpret Germany's invasion and occupation of Ukraine during WWII.

http://ca.video.yahoo.com/watch/5771163/15113200

Hows the 'youth' thing working for Obamaites ??

Globe, Wednesday, Neil Reynolds: The United States is the most "progressive" country in the world, because no other nation gets 70% of its government revenue from the highest 10% of income earners.

Thursday, widely reported: Polygamy charges against two "religious leaders" in Bountiful, B.C., were quashed yesterday, because of "prosecutor shopping". The government had sought the opinion of two special prosecutors, both of whom advised against proceeding with the charges. So it found a third. But B. C. Supreme Court judge Sunni Stromberg-Stein decided that this was not within the attorney general's jurisdiction.

Apparently, it was feared that a successful Charter challenge to the law could strike it down and make polygamy legal in Canada.

To which I would ask: so what is failing to prosecute going to do?

And: what did the prosecutors learn in law school?

Finally, during the gay marriage debate a few years ago, a lot of naysayers said it would open the door for polygamy, but proponents said that was ridiculous. Now apparently it isn't so ridiculous. Personally I think gay marriage can be supported on other grounds -- but not polygamy.

Globe, Saturday: Margaret Wente explains the difference between "dual-career" families and "dual-income" families. Many women choose part-time work voluntarily. The so-called "wage gap" is a non-issue. Tell your local feminist the news!

Globe, Saturday: Israel has its own version of religous extremists, the Haredim. They're growing faster than any other segment of the population, they are exempt from military service, and a lot of them are on welfare. Secular Israelis are starting to emigrate, fearing the country could be lost if they gain too much power.

Star, Saturday, Thomas Walkom.

Keynes was right (1): Free markets don't always work, and government action could rectify the market's faults.

Keynes was right (2): We need global economic coordination, international institutions that could stabilize finance and trade.

All nonsense, of course. First, we don't have anything remotely resembling a "free market"; we have a mixed economy, with some freedom and some controls. The free market (or capitalism) is based on voluntary trade between individuals of goods and services for mutual benefit. His argument is that freedom is faulty and that coercion is necessary in human affairs. Note also that the vast amount of controls in the economy were allegedly intended to "stabilize finance and trade" themselves. Controls distort people's economic decisions, thereby causing production to decline, wages to suffer, and a large class of unproductive government bureaucrats to emerge.

Colin: The ROC has been appeasing Quebec since the last shot was fired on the Plains of Abraham. They whine and pout, we appease. Why should we expect them to react any different? The liberals are the greatest appeasers but only to those that can help them. Quebec needs to go it alone for a while (like forever). They would be like the teen who moves out and suddenly realizes he has to cook and do laundry and pay rent etc. Rude awakening but necessary in the process of growing up. Quebec obviously isn't interested in growing up.

mike

Who the 'F is "john"? Making fun of someone dying of cancer?! Clearly must be a Rabid Leftist TROLL!!!

Question: Does anyone know what Richard Warman is up to these days???

BZZZZZT, zap.

Global Warming Cancelled.

Move on folks, nothing more to see.

Ding Dong, the Stick is Dead

The quote of the week is:

I hardly know where to begin in terms of commentary on this difference.

- Steve McIntyre, Climate Audit in Yamal: A “Divergence” Problem

Possible to get the troll's comment at 10:25 pulled?

Looks like just another lefty moby to mine eyes.

Larry Bennett said: "The evironmentalists are elated. Just wait until the first majestic bald eagle has its regal head crowned or removed by one of the blades!"

Amherst needs stinking windmills that knock.
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>>> "Wind turbine truck knocks down power line"
urlm.in/dcdl

sparkyoo said:

"Look at the bigger picture, at least someone is investing money in the county/ province in green energy."

John
Safire was a conservative columnist who at one time referred to Hillary Clinton as a "congenital liar". He was also Nixon's speechwriter and a life-long friend who stood by him to the end.
Hardly the type of guy who's death I would celebrate.

John
Safire was a conservative columnist who at one time referred to Hillary Clinton as a "congenital liar". He was also Nixon's speechwriter and a life-long friend who stood by him to the end.
Hardly the type of guy who's death I would celebrate.

Goreacle's Retreat: quotes.

"it's winter again in the Arctic".

"As winter ice closes in on remote Arctic communities".

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/701930
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Ice hockey, anyone.? Bring your own Mann hockey stick.

The ice worms are nesting again*.
*http://www.lyricsdownload.com/unknown-when-the-ice-worms-nest-again-

"Socialism is in fact nothing but the religion of the Stomach."*

Da proof? Socialism's Canadian Gulags.

"It seems easier to be on welfare and not work."**

"Joanni Sallerina, mayor of this hamlet of about 1,150 people. "And once they start working, they have to pay the high cost of rent. It seems easier to be on welfare and not work."**

"The high cost of nourishing the North

"As winter ice closes in on remote Arctic communities and closes off supply routes, the most basic necessities become precious, and pricey, commodities"
**http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/701930
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*GUSTAVE LE BON and the Crowd
Socialism is in fact nothing but the religion of the Stomach. ... a survey of the contributions of Gustave Le Bon to Social Psychology", American Journal of ...
www.fulltable.com/crowd/07.htm

Atlanticjim: He's not likely your everyday troll, but rather an anti-Semite or possibly a Nazi.

MSM exposed for the lying, cynical bhjdhwks they are/it is.

MSM = GoosePuffin POS.
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"Rachels Story "Cooked"?

I'm sure most of you have seen the article written by Rachel Cooke on The Negative One, it seems that her editors thought it could use a little goose with the "Conservatives on their knees" line, as Rachel tells me in an email today.

The sentence to which you refer, in brackets, was not, I'm afraid written by me. It must have been added without my knowledge. I certainly wouldn't have written it myself. You could probably tell from my piece that I am somewhat sceptical about Mr Ignatieff.

RC"

http://plattytalk.blogspot.com/2009/09/rachel-recants-on-iggy-article.html

Acronym NAACP = It's nOt funny. Mural Of Lenin/Stalin is Ok.
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"NAACP Plans Protest of Obama Mural in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. - The NAACP (web | news) says it's planning to protest a mural depicting President Barack Obama (web | news | bio) as the Joker from Batman on the side of a Richmond strip club.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says its state conference, Virginia Commonwealth and Virginia Union college chapters plan to hold a news conference at noon Monday at 15th and Main in Richmond to express their outrage.

The organization says it will address the community's reaction to the mural and ongoing racial hostility.

(Excerpt) Read more at wjla.com"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349930/posts
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Scroll down to O'socialism.

The Soviets did not wish to die, the Iranians do...
http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/09/graduating-out-of-axis-of-annoyance.html
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children of paradise?
http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/ahmadinejads-demons

Coderre stepping down as libs Que 'enforcer'...presser at 11 eastern..this could be delicious.According to Bobby Fife he's not happy.Delicious!

Bobby Fife will bend over backwards to make sure Iggy doesn't 'wear' this Quebec problem.I'm very interested in watching the MSM as they try to sweep it under the rug, tho I'm glad to see Coderre out.
Speaking of MSM...Platty is a must read.

Brown's Britain where bureaucrats romp freely over civil rights and the state lays claim to your children.:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8277378.stm

"England's Children's Minister wants a review of the case of two police officers told they were breaking the law, caring for each other's children.

Ofsted said the arrangement contravened the Childcare Act because it lasted for longer than two hours a day, and constituted receiving "a reward". It said the women would have to be registered as childminders.

"To think that they would waste their time and effort on innocent people who are trying to provide for their families by returning to the workplace... Surely their time and effort would be better placed elsewhere."

Ahhhh but it's not a waste of time dear, it's the whole game plan - total subjugation, total surveillance, total reliance and total obedience. Read the bureaucrat's planning manual - 1984

Just to prove my point:
I linked to CTV to read about PMSH and the economic update, and front and center is a picture with Iggy and Coderre all smiles, no mention of anger or dissention. I added a comment...it likely won't be posted, so I'll post it here.
'So there is some tension in the Liberal party? Who knew? That picture makes it look like one happy family!!No mention from CTV that Iggy is not a good leader, but always the sly mention that 'Harper' holds the reigns tight in the CPC party.
Watch the media continue to hide the puffin poo.
I'll be surprised if the comment gets posted.'

Re: CBC programming.

Does anyone have any reliable information that would confirm why CBC is not featuring the program "Wild Roses" for the new 09-10 season? One of Cbc's better soaps, a story that revolved around "oil, love and turf wars" in Alberta. That leaves only "Heartland" that is filmed west of Ontario.

My guess is that the story was about Alberta, and perhaps I needn't look for another reason. Opps--almost forgot. Nobody lives west of Winnipeg!

curious_george

A: .22 magnum with hollow point--careful to to hit the sqaush.

B: Siamese cat hiding under leaves.

C: Peanuts laced with strychnine. Illegal im most parts of Canada.

AtlanticJim - thanks for that comment re John. I always loved Safire's books on the English language. Cheers, Erik

[The departure of Mr. Coderre, who announced his decision in Montreal, is be a blow to the Liberal Leader in Quebec. Colleagues said Liberal organizers in the province are “furious” about the outcome that saw his work on recruiting candidates challenged and overturned.] Jane Taber

So Jane, just who is pulling the Liberal's backroom strings? They must be all powerful, no? Desmarais? Maurice Strong? Chretien? (wonder what wk is thinking?)

I wonder if the threat went something like this; 'Well, ya know, Iggy, you are toast if the Canadian Media is instructed to dump on you, so back off and accept Cauchon, the next chosen one.'

Space Ace reporting from Roswell*.

Liberal Hezbollah’s “Draft Emma for LaSalle-Emard” campaign has dissolved into stardust.

Key words: UFO, Liberal Ignatieff’s “confiance homme”, Beam Me Up.
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“Space case Denis Coderre claims UFO sighting!”

Awesome. He MUST have been “kidnapped, and they tinkered with his modesty and inherent human goodness. It explains a lot.”

http://lepolitico.blogspot.com/2007/06/space-case-denis-coderre-claims-ufo.html
Video here.
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*Roswell UFO Incident – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roswell UFO Incident was the alleged recovery of alien debris, including corpses, from an object which crashed near Roswell, New Mexico, USA, …
Background – Contemporary accounts of … – Alien accounts emerge
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_UFO_Incident

Posted by: Joe Citizen at September 28, 2009 10:23 AM

You watch CBC?

Really?

They get two hours a year from me on 11/11 for the National Service. Dats it.

Sidewinder* Delivers the Goods to Mao Stlong*.
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"Bombardier venture awarded Chinese contract

The Associated Press - ‎34 minutes ago‎
TORONTO - Train maker Bombardier Inc. said Monday its Chinese joint venture has been awarded a $4 billion contract to build 80 high-speed trains for China's railway ministry."
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*Sidewinder Liberal Ad$Cam Chretien, Aka The Snake:

*"China's Canadian cousins

Canadian powerbrokers are the biggest western players in contemporary Chinese affairs. Engaged in the Peoples' Republic of China are Maurice Strong, AWOL since his alleged ties to the United Nations Oil-for-Food scandal put him on the suspect list and former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien who faded not into the sunset but into the Orient. (Canada Free Press)"

http://www.primetimecrime.com/Articles/RobertRead/Chinaasiantriads.htm

Liberal Ignatieff: F-ailure.
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“Liberal MP Brian Murphy tries — and fails — to disrupt the economic report card presentation

Just received an email from New Brunswick. From inside the secure facility where Prime Minister Stephen Harper is reporting on economic progress — a report demanded of him by Michael Ignatieff and the Liberals — I hear that Liberal MP Brian Murphy (Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe) tried to disrupt proceedings:

Brian Murphy tried to crash the PM’s event with a handful of protestors. They carried homemade signs “Report Card Update F-”

Oooo, an F-minus! That’s even worse than an F!

Needless to say, Murphy’s merry band never made it past the first layer of security.

So who in Michael Ignatieff’s office approved of this stunt? Who thought it would look anything other than pathetic? And finally, how is that Brian Murphy and the Liberals can give the Report Card and F (oops, and F-minus) without having actually seen it?

I mean, the Liberals wanted these report cards in the first place. So you’d think they’d want to read them.”
http://stevejanke.com/archives/292915.php

Goreacle Report: Mirror posting = Heavy traffic.

Why?

This is BIG News.

Nothing yet in MSM; only on blogs.
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"MIRROR POSTING of Climate Audit Article on Yamal a “Divergence” problem
28 09 2009

Note this a mirrored posting of Steve McIntyre’s Climate Audit post. The Climate Audit Server is getting heavy traffic and is slow to load – here is the article exactly as he wrote it yesterday. -Anthony

Yamal: A “Divergence” Problem
by Steve McIntyre on September 27th, 2009

The second image below is, in my opinion, one of the most disquieting images ever presented at Climate Audit.

Two posts ago, I observed that the number of cores used in the most recent portion of the Yamal archive at CRU was implausibly low. There were only 10 cores in 1990 versus 65 cores in 1990 in the Polar Urals archive and 110 cores in the Avam-Taymir archive. These cores were picked from a larger population – measurements from the larger population remain unavailable."
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/09/28/mirror-posting-of-climate-audit-article-on-yamal-a-divergence-problem/#comments

Jean LaPierre reported on ctv that He has inside Bad News for Ignatieff, That there are more resignations coming.
See Coderre Resigns on ctv.ca for the vid.

Maz/Re Steve janke's
Murphy Is he not the one that wanted to Hang Mulroney High, Bring him to the Hoc & hang him high.
Maybe Murphy is the party connection to WaferGate?

bluetech: "Bobby Fife will bend over backwards to make sure Iggy doesn't 'wear' this Quebec problem."

I kind of figure that Bobby Fife bends over a lot ... in the shower, to defend the Lib$, to make sure his golden locks don't show any grey.

The guy's a complete wimp and Librano shill who's got the kind of puckered-up kisser you just want to smack.

You know, the media in Canada are about the worst friends the Librano$ could have. They're the kind of friends who, when you've got a piece of spinach stuck between your teeth and a pile of dandruff on your black suit, tell you, "hey, you're looking GREAT!"

Hey, I don't care if they keep telling the Librano$ that they're wonderful, they're everything Canadians need, that the CPC and PMSH are just too awful: Go ahead Giggles, Bobby, Mr. Oliver, et al. Keep telling the Lib$ how stellar their party is. Your propping them up gives them a false sense of confidence, while they make utter fools of themselves.

Bring it on, Liberal shills in the MSM. I'm enjoying this spectacle: the Liberal train wreck that's happening right before our eyes.

Somali-Canadian's Kenyan passport problem claims falling apart:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/09/28/lawsuit-mohamud.html

Who said that GPS is useless? Not this NB farmer:
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/804617

batb
Most cogent thing I've read all day. Well done!

Thanks, atric. Your comment is a great night cap!

Cheers!

batb...right on! I just watched Fifer...poor guy was close to tears, stumbling, picking his words ever so carefully trying to explain to Marcia just how bad it was for the Libs that the party was suffering this little Coderre problem and Iggy not controlling his party members.
Big change from his smugness calling Harper the control freak and the CPC MP's knuckledraggers.
And the PM's report card? Short and sweet with footage of the Lib MP's applauding Iggy in the house.
CTV is pathetic.

The good news is now we know fewer people are falling for the MSM bias...polls are proof

Be careful what you wish for.
"Gay U.S. couples can't get divorces for Canadian marriages"
"Several of those couples have since approached Oregon lawyer Beth Allen looking for a divorce, but Oregon doesn't recognize gay marriage, or divorce, so they can't get a divorce there, she said.
As well, a residency requirement in Canada's Divorce Act requires one of the two married people to live in this country for a year before a divorce can be granted, and those U.S. states which recognize gay marriage also have residency requirements for divorce."
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/09/25/bc-gay-couples-divorce-canada-marriage.html

Visions to Nightmares to Fade to Black.

Announcement from Board of Management of the PET Cemetery:

RIP, Liberal Ignatieff.
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"Four Quebec Liberals resign positions in support of Coderre"
"Démissions au PLCQ en soutien à Denis Coderre"
urlm.in/dcjf
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"Liberals file no-confidence motion

The Liberal Party filed a notice of motion of no-confidence Monday because it no longer trusts the Conservative minority government, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said."

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/09/28/liberals-non-confidence028.html