This is interesting:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/11/19/breaking-news-story-hadley-cru-has-apparently-been-hacked-hundreds-of-files-released/

and the files:
http://ftp.tomcity.ru/incoming/free/

"Many a truth is spoken in jest"

A funny clip

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obamas_home_teleprompter

Bourque headlines/links(sic):

"TD VICE-CHAIR BLASTS TORY "THUGS""

"CLIMATOLOGISTS BAFFLED BY GLOBAL WARMING TIME-OUT"

"NEAR-RECORD COLD POSSIBLE IN FAIRBANKS FRIDAY"

http://www.bourque.org/

Chris, you beat me to it, I was going to post the Onion's Obama Teleprompter bit.

It's pretty funny.

I think the onion teleprompter bit was at SDA a few days ago.

this is the fourth mention?

Heh....creative design

The first time I heard Pretty Woman I was in my older cousin's 1963 Chevy Impala SS, two tone blue, 327, automatic, buckets, console with a small cue ball shift knob. He'd been drafted, and was heading off to Nam and was leaving the car in my father's care for the duration of his tour. I loved riding in that car, listening to the radio (it had TWO speakers, one in the front and one in the middle of the back seat), waiting all the while for Petula Clark to sing "Down Town". Pretty Woman came on and they played it twice in a row, my cousin and I instantly promoted it to our number one. I was 11 and my cousin 19, that was the 'Best' that summer in Texas just before I started junior high and my cousin went to war. Thanks Vit for the memories, I could smell the honey suckle and the Impala.

Here: http://www.prisonplanet.com/with-hurricanes-at-thirty-year-low-gore-turns-to-photoshop.html you will find a long (2h:24min) movie, Fall Of The Republic.
Interesting look at the global warming cult.

On the lighter side: having fun with ads.

Re Roy Orbison
At the PBS Seattle, every so often they have a fund riser, more often then not they have this show “Roy Orbison and friends”.
Have watched it something like 20 times, and will watch it more as it comes. There is something unusual about this concert. It was taped at the Coconut Joe’s in LA in the 80’ if I’m not mistaken.
You can really see that the musicians and the singers are doing what they are doing because they really enjoy playing music together; it is some kind of magical.

Re Roy Orbison
At the PBS Seattle, every so often they have a fund riser, more often then not they have this show “Roy Orbison and friends”.
Have watched it something like 20 times, and will watch it more as it comes. There is something unusual about this concert. It was taped at the Coconut Joe’s in LA in the 80’ if I’m not mistaken.
You can really see that the musicians and the singers are doing what they are doing because they really enjoy playing music together; it is some kind of magical.

2 posts?
Sorry.

Lev
I think you're thinking,
'Roy Orbison / Black and White Night'
This DVD folks is as good as it gets. A Christmas present to yourself, perhaps.

I saw him live at the Center of the Arts in Regina. He gave a wondeful performance. Thanks "V"

I saw him live at the Center of the Arts in Regina. He gave a wondeful performance. Thanks "V"

I like Roy Orbison, but I think Pretty Woman is on the mundane side. In Dreams and Blue Angel, on the other hand, are really quite wonderful.

Just wanted to repost something I had placed elsewhere. I'm offering to coordinate the 1st ever "SDA Left Coast Summit" (aka a coffee!). We can meet at a time & place hopefully convenient for everyone, somewhere in the Metro Vancouver area.

Two people have contacted me so far. Drop me a line and I'll add you too: b1@pocketpollster.com

Robert

Here's a video conversation between Ann Althouse (a slightly right-of-center law professor) and Michelle Goldberg, an extreme Rabid Leftist.

Althouse is not a fan of Sarah Palin. But Goldberg is the Poster Girl for Elitist Leftists everywhere. I've met similarly unattractive women like her in Vancouver & Seattle. They're convinced that they're smarter & wiser than you about everything.

P.S. If you can stand listening to Goldberg until about the 25 minute mark, you'll hear her explain why Barack Obama is "such a great president" and give several reasons why she loves him. Ughhhh.

Video - Latma on Ft. Hood attack

Caroline Glick

http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2009/11/video---latma-on-ft-hood-attac.php

"Oprah Winfrey to End Her Program in 2011"

Back in the day (80's) she used to have ppl on who said they were kidnapped by UFO's, and a whole bunch of washed up celebs. O. contributed to the "tabloid TV" phenomena, which Phil Donahue later complained drove him off the air, when O's early celeb-filled shows beat him in the ratings.

Never underestimate the perceived collective power of a bunch (let's estimate millions) of women with nothing better to do than watch soap operas (or Oprah and clones) every day.

In this market segment, thinking is not a necessary qualification to get into an "Oprah" (or similar show) as an audience member.

Display some rabid genuflection and you're in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laugh_track

Some of these shows reached the level of show trials and were proud of it.

Thank God for Kate.

Lev, re the PBS program with Roy Orbison and friends, my husband and I BOUGHT it, to help PBS out and to have this classic on hand. Every once in awhile, they pan to the audience and there's ANOTHER of Roy's friends!

It's a timeless performance, from everyone, all in the service of song: Because it's Roy's show, all egos are parked at the door.

What a guy. RIP, Roy. Thanks, Vit.

So PPaul, who are the cud chewers going to gravitate to now?

Obama's Elf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_B5UrI7nAI

Hey, folks, how does it feel to be a "thug"?
Many commenters here are Conservative supporters, according to Frankie McKenna we're supporting thugs, therefore we're aiding and abetting thuggery.

Wonder how long any other employer would put up with their hires going out mouthing off politically?
Appears he feels its safe to do so from his perch at TD.

The Tyranny of NICE*.
(H/T Kathy Shaidle)

"The Daily Mail says the British government’s health rationing body, NICE, has decided that 18,000 pounds is too much to pay for extending a liver cancer patient’s life by six months."

"Health care spending in Canada to hit $183.1 billion."
urlm.in/dodb
...-

"Green eggs and ham

The New York Times published a joke in December 1942 about a soldier writing home to his mother from camp. “The food in this camp is absolute poison. And such small portions.” The Dean of the Harvard Medical School, Jeffrey S. Flier, writes that the same thing is true about health care “reform”: it will take everything that is bad about the current US system and give patients more of it. In the process, it will also take everything that is good about the status quo and give people less of it in the future. The bad news is that certain food items in the camp will remain “absolute poison”; the good news is that it will be available in really generous portions. Flier analyzes the current system’s problems:

Our health-care system suffers from problems of cost, access and quality, and needs major reform. Tax policy drives employment-based insurance; this begets overinsurance and drives costs upward while creating inequities for the unemployed and self-employed. A regulatory morass limits innovation. And deep flaws in Medicare and Medicaid drive spending without optimizing care. …

In discussions with dozens of health-care leaders and economists, I find near unanimity of opinion that, whatever its shape, the final legislation that will emerge from Congress will markedly accelerate national health-care spending rather than restrain it. Likewise, nearly all agree that the legislation would do little or nothing to improve quality or change health-care’s dysfunctional delivery system. The system we have now promotes fragmented care and makes it more difficult than it should be to assess outcomes and patient satisfaction. The true costs of health care are disguised, competition based on price and quality are almost impossible, and patients lose their ability to be the ultimate judges of value."

http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/11/19/green-eggs-and-ham/#comments
...-

*The Tyranny of Nice -- Kathy Shaidle, Pete Vere, Mark Steyn (book)
In this new book, Kathy Shaidle and Pete Vere expose Canada's powerful Human Rights Commissions: how they censor citizens and ruin lives -- using your tax ...
www.thetyrannyofnice.com

Is a Thug the same as a Thief?

Dingwall Dings us again!!

Entitlement knows No Bounds
G&M nov.19/2005

Dingwell billed the mint $39,789 in expenses for appearing at the committee.

Eli Lake, Sara A. Carter and Barbara Slavin, Taliban chief hides among Pakistan populace

Mullah Mohammed Omar, the one-eyed leader of the Afghan Taliban, has fled a Pakistani city on the border with Afghanistan and found refuge from potential U.S. attacks in the teeming Pakistani port city of Karachi with the assistance of Pakistan's intelligence service, three current and former U.S. intelligence officials said...

The development reinforces suspicions that the ISI, which helped create the Taliban in the 1990s to expand Pakistani influence in Afghanistan, is working against U.S. interests in Afghanistan as the Obama administration prepares to send more U.S. troops to fight there...

Hi Kathy,

My first time posting though I am a regular visitor for the last 3 years. I watched the Michael Coren show on Wednesday and Thursday and took exception to his opinions on our Prime Minister's visit to Chabad House in Mumbai. Posting my letter to him - sorry but it is a bit long.

Dear Mr.Coren,

It's been some time since I got a chance to watch a live broadcast of your show. I normally record them and then watch them later since your 6:00 pm slot is a tad too early for me.

Anyway, you started the show with our Prime Minister's visit to Chabad House in Mumbai on Wednesday and brought up the topic again on Thursday. As a first generation,extremely proud to be Canadian with Indian roots, I was very disappointed when you talked about the pogroms against Muslims. I love my birth country and as a minority Christian I never felt that I faced discriminations there but in fact, was part of the colourful, chaotic tapastry of life in India. Islamic history in India has been aggressive, violent and extreme. In the 600 odd years of Mughul rule, it has been conservatively estimated that 80 million Hindus were killed with thousands of temples being distroyed and ransacked. Even the British favoured the Muslims over the Hindus seeing in them fellow monothiests.

At partition time, it was a Muslim leader - Jinnah, who insisted on a separate homeland. With this historical background and given that India has 800 million plus Hindus today , the violence against the Muslim community is a blip compared to the (Islamic) slaughter being perpetrated in countries like Pakistan, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, Phillipines etc. It doesn't in any way make what happens in India right, but it should be viewed in the right context.

Additionally, did you know that the Indian government has special job reservations for Muslims in government institutions, the Government funds madrassas across the country - those same madrassas that teach no science or math but focus entirely on the Koran and hatred of the Infidel. The government also sponsors the annual Haj pilgrimage of thousands of Indian Muslims. Bear in mind that graduates of madrassas are virtually useless in the job market - knowing the Koran doesn't get you very far. Every Friday, thousands of mosques across the country broadcast fiery sermons over their loudspeakers extorting the faithful to hate India, give generously to Jihad and kill Infidels - this is not hearsay, I have personally heard thousands of these sermons. Their loudspeakers carry their hate-filled words across whole neighbourhoods while Indians listen in disgust.

Undoubtedly, Muslims in India bear the larger poverty burden but the fault lies as much with their leaders as with the Government. When the government rolls out a family planning program urging Indians to have 2 or less children, they cannot target these programs towards the Muslims because of religious reasons and hurting their sentiments. Thus Hindus and other minorities now have smaller families and are lifting themselves out of poverty and educating their children, but Muslims still believe in dozens of children. Most Indians believe they are under seige by the Muslim minority and that having children is one way of taking over the country through sheer numbers - sounds farfetched but this belief is rampant among non-Muslim Indians.

I'm sorry to make this sound like a history & social lesson rolled into one but my point is that India treats its Muslim minority much better than any Muslim majority country treats its minorities and your use of words like 'pogroms' evokes images of vile persecution which is simply not the case. As a Canadian, I am extremely proud of our Prime Minister's visit to Chabad House. If you had read the Indian newspapers you would know that the Jewish couple were tortured for over 6 hours and the pregnant lady had her baby carved out of her body while still alive. The doctor who performed the autopsy was horrified at what was done to them and said that he had nightmares for weeks- what was their crime? being Jewish was enough to condemn them.

To conclude, In a city of 15 million souls the Muslims took time out to seek a Jewish symbol in a crowded, congested part of the city and I am so proud that PM Harper did the same.

PrisonPlanet time.

MUST READ!!!! Says:
November 20th, 2009 at 5:46 am

http://blogs.news.com.au/heral.....cked#63657 Hadley hacked: warmist conspiracy exposed?

Bourque has posted this

angus reid for the toronto star
11/20/09

conservative 38%
liberals 23%
ndp 17%
bq 11%
grn 10%

leaders approval rating
harper 34%
layton 24%
ignatieff 12%

momentum
harper -9
layton -10
ignatieff -41

Surviving in Argentina
"It’s only a matter of time until you guys see crime getting worse than it already is.

Get an alarm, get a dog, secure your home.
Buy a handgun and if you don’t have one, and START CARRYING IT EVER SINGLE DAY. And for the love of God, when I say carry it, of course I’m not even bothering to mention the obvious: Know how to use it. That means self defense shooting lessons ( not just target practice) and somewhat regular practice sessions.

Even more important than all the guns in the world, you need to develop safety habits.

I don’t understand how some people can worry enough to carry a gun, but don’t see the basic common sense behind locking your car’s door.

Recognize the people around you, look for suspicious behavior, be extra alert when going in and out of your home, keep your house locked and do not open your door to strangers.
This is obvious for most, but again, you’d be surprised how naïve people can be.
These are simple things to do, and they are essential in keeping your family safe during high crime."

to all the righties that resent government regulation:

dolton mguilty's ontariariario lieberal banned pit bulls during their first term. howls of protest from the rabid (pun intended) right wing.

no such ban in jolly ol' england. look what happened at a train station there recently involving a pit bull and a lab seeing-eye dog.

3w.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23771565-pitbull-savages-womans-guide-dog-at-station.do

BBC: Commuter cat is star of bus route

"NANNYGATE: GRITS THROW RUBY UNDER THE BUS(sic)"
http://www.bourque.org/

"Nannygate news

Just a few minutes ago, the House of Commons unanimously endorsed a report produced by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration which included the following recommendation,"

"Recommendation 7 The Committee recommends that the authorized bodies in the provincial and federal governments investigate the allegations of the former live-in caregivers in the Dhalla residence and take measures as appropriate. Further, the Committee requests that these government bodies, upon completion of their investigations, send the result to the Committee.

The Liberals had a chance to amend the motion in the House today, but perhaps they were asleep at the switch?"

http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2009/11/nannygate-news/

Regarding that Angus Reid poll showing CPC 38 and Lib 23. The poll was done for the Toronto Star.

Try to find a story on the Star's web site today that references the poll.

What does it say when a newspaper pays to commission a poll, then doesn't publish the poll results in its pages?

The feds have no clue if firearms licensing affected crime rates at all. Developing.

Looks like Iggy doesn't need the big K help anymore, per K's site. Heh.

"Look people, pay your taxes, and DO AS YOU ARE TOLD. Gads, I mean, if people would just pay, and pay exactly what we tell them to, then it would save so much time...."

Canadians shouldn't buy drugs on the Internet: RCMP

By Kim Bolan, For Canwest News ServiceNovember 20, 2009 10:00 Comments (2)

Canadians ordering prescription medication online are being warned that they may be illegally receiving counterfeit products manufactured overseas by criminal organizations.

Canadians ordering prescription medication online are being warned that they may be illegally receiving counterfeit products manufactured overseas by criminal organizations.
Photograph by: Bill Keay, For Canwest News Service

VANCOUVER — Canadians ordering prescription medication online are being warned that they may be illegally receiving counterfeit products manufactured overseas by criminal organizations.

And the products claiming health benefits are full of other chemicals that could make them sick, the RCMP and Canada Border Service Agency said at a joint news conference, part of an INTERPOL and World Health Organization initiative in 26 countries called Operation Pangea II.

Posted by: curious_george at November 20, 2009 11:34 AM

Yep. And next, the owner gets sued for millions, criminal charges arise, financial ruination through civil suits, the offending dog gets put down, public awareness and education occurs, and a sad little bit of life unfolds.

Not all rainbows and floral farts, this mortal coil be.

And personal responsibility dictates the actions and societal mores we reside within, not some force fed pablum of the nanny state, banning anything with potential to harm.

I think these are constructs of a mature, civil society, rather than the trappings of a fascist/Marxist construct of - as some more eloquent than myself may state - the Religion of the Stomach*

(with gratitude and acknowledgment to maz2 & Gustav LeBon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Le_Bon)

No mention/use of the word Liberal and/or Liberal Party by GlobeMail/MSM.

We know that this is the Liberal Party of Ad$Cam Chretien, MartinJr, Kinsella, Dion, Hezbollah Coderre, Iffy, et al.

Oh… the Liberal party is the party of Liberal TDGreen McKenna.

Rewrite:

Liberal Party “Sponsorship player in court today”.
…-

“Sponsorship player in court today

Gilles-André Gosselin faces 19 counts of fraud, in relation to 13 government contracts awarded between 1997 and 2000″

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/sponsorship-player-in-court-today/article1370440/

personal responsibility dictates the actions and societal mores we reside within"

soooooo mr brainfart, what to do with those who feel no societal mores within? let them rampage thru said society so as to not taint the land with any regulation?

can you expand on how preventing a totally unwarranted attack by a 4 legged thug on a gentle working breed translates into marxism? do give us all a page citation out of kommunist manifesto by ol' Karl eh?

Re small dead animals:

My son just received his minor's permit in mail and is as proud as a kid can be. Now he can whack some ground squirrels, but is dreaming of a yote.

Where in Ontario can we go hunt coyote?

George, you don't even know it was a terrier, needless to say pit bull. Just like Ontario tried to ban pitbulls (a non-existing breed) and banned all muscular terrier crosses in that bid, you are going all out Al Gore when you have no facts to substantiate your claim. Are you competent enough to correctly classify a dog by footage from CCTV camera? Then you should work for AG of Ont.

Warrens going to concentrate more on Municipal & Prov. politics on his blog.
So is this a lead to a future run in either provincial or municipal.
Who Knows? only warren. i dont agree with his political affiliation, But thats not to say he may not do such a bad job looking at the mess from some of the current & retiring ones.

Posted by: curious_george at November 20, 2009 2:18 PM

not at all incurious_george. Now, let's see where we are. You are an 'information technology' professional working in the public sector, no?

It would explain your deference to statism. And the techno-geek part augers well for your intrinsic fear of other people and their potential actions.

It speaks to someone who does not have deep and sustained social connections.

After all, advocating unrestrained regulation is really all about insecurity. A left-wing reflex, as it were.

Anita, that's a great letter and I hope Coren reacts to it. As you know from personal experience muslims are a destructive force in society that we ignore to our peril.

Why does the Indian government allow these mosques to spread their message of death to the infidel. Surely this encouragement to murder people must be crime that can be fought. It has gone beyond free speech in calling for violence.

Four commercials being aired in Australia re 'climate change'. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/11/19/climate-skeptics-party-run-4-television-ads-in-australia/

Update to GlobeMail/MSM story cited November 20, 2009 2:18 PM.

Updated story by GlobeMail/MSM does not use the word Liberal and/or Liberal Party.

Rewrite headline:

Liberal Party "Sponsorship player pleads guilty to fraud".
...-

[Liberal Party] "Sponsorship player pleads guilty to fraud"

"Gilles-André Gosselin billed $655,276 in fake invoices"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/sponsorship-player-pleads-guilty-to-fraud/article1370440/

Neil Macdonald takes another crack at Sarah Palin. he even tries to whitewash his earlier smears of her:
"(Speaking of which, I should note here that I once broadcast a story, during the Republican convention, on the widespread, and ultimately false, speculation in the U.S. media about whether Palin had actually given birth to her disabled son, Trig; or whether her daughter Bristol was actually the mother. The story prompted complaints and a report by the CBC Ombudsman.)"
www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/19/f-rfa-macdonald.html#socialcomments

Makes me wonder if all he was reporting on was the rumour why didn't he report that everybody knew they were BS two days before he reported on them? Not that his report actually was on the rumours, his report was the rumour.
Seems he's the most biased reporter in the world, or the most incompetent.

Jonathon Kay at the National Post has the scoop on the original smear by Macdonald:
network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/09/03/jonathan-kay-the-cbc-s-appalling-smear-on-sarah-palin.asp

Another ACORN tape. According to Breitbart, there are more.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575988,00.html

bryanr: "Warrens going to concentrate more on Municipal & Prov. politics on his blog."

Oh no! That means my prediction on another blog might be coming true: Apparently, Kinsella is a friend of John Tory's.

Tory had better not put Kinsella on his mayoralty team; that would be death to his attempt to woo Toronto Conservatives -- not a good idea, seeing as Tory IS a Conservative.

Dave: "Anita, that's a great letter and I hope Coren reacts to it. As you know from personal experience ..."

... Mr. Coren doesn't like to be corrected. I thought that that's what you might be going to say.

Once upon a time, when I tried to explain some issues from a Catholic point of view in Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ, Coren wrote me a nasty note, which completely flummoxed me, and blocked me from sending him any more e-mails.

Agreed Anita's letter is GR-8 and just hope that Coren's inflated opinion of himself doesn't prevent him from seeing the facts of the matter, especially as Anita has lived in India and knows what she's talking about.

A few months after my e-mail, BTW, Coren wrote an article in which he revealed that he had come around to the point of view I had tried to explain to him. Whether or not I was unblocked from access to his e-mail, I have no idea, because I've never e-mailed him again, nor would I ever attempt to.

CBC & Liberal Iffy "lament" the Lost Separatist Coalition.

It's Iffy's fault.

"A strident plan to bring down the Conservative government last fall has somehow mellowed, or melted, into a lament from leader Michael Ignatieff."
...-

"Opportunity knocks for the NDP?"

http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2009/11/opportunity-knocks-for-the-ndp.html

maz2: CBC & Liberal Iffy "lament" the Lost Separatist Coalition.

It's Iffy's fault.

Yup, that's the new Librano and media mantra -- all the better to shine the spotlight on Bob Rae, the new Liberal poster boy, my dear.

These Liberal$ are so transparent! The Lib Backroom Boys, including the Puppet Masters at Power Corp, are at it again.

"Bye, bye, Iggy!" as they rewind the tape of the Count being parachuted into Lakeshore-Etobicoke, and "Hello, Bobby!," as they fast forward Le Rae onto the Librano Throne.

'Notice who's been answering questions on behalf of the Leader of the Opposition in the past few days? Yup. It's Power Corps' guy Rae.

'All so predictable. 'All so despicable.

From Tom Gross in the National Post:

Number of AP reporters assigned to story:
   • ObamaCare bills: 2
   • Palin book: 11

Number of pages in document being covered:
   • ObamaCare bills: 4,064
   • Palin book: 432

atric at November 20, 2009 6:52 AM

So PPaul, who are the cud chewers going to gravitate to now?

www.canadacomments.com