One of the most humourous posts in 2004 was a post by Jeff Goldstein from Protein Wisdom. It was a blank post entitled, “Dog Whistle”. It garnered quite a few comments if I remember correctly.
Kate responded.
Funny thing about dog whistles, only dogs and cats can hear the ultrasonic sound.
For non-dogs, Michelle Malkin has helpfully compiled a list of the nudge-nudge, wink-winks.
Apparently there are a lot of dogs at MSNBC.
H/t: EBD
Sun News Network?
Hello? Is there anyone there?
Via, johnbrooks
Robert W. (Vancouver) in the comments brings an update from Sun’s Facebook page
“As many of you have noticed, our website is currently down. The Sun Media servers went down last night and are being worked on. We will be back with your uncut hard news and straight talk soon enough.
We thank you for your patience.”
I’m sure they’ll mark the printers
With a warning that says, “Not to be used for counterfeiting firearms.”
h/t: Instapundit
Writing the narrative
Democrats aren’t all that hyped about voting this go-around.
“Republicans’ greater enthusiasm about voting is a troubling sign for the Obama campaign, especially given the fact that registered voters are essentially tied in their presidential voting preferences and that Republicans historically vote at higher rates than Democrats do.”
So, I guess that quote explains why we have all those D+6 to D+11 polls, eh? If you can’t con ’em, poll ’em.
Yeah, we complain a lot
Sometimes it takes an outside view to remain objective.
I think I agree
It is the most spectacular night view of earth.
Do yourself a favour and full-screen the video with the volume up.
Y2Kyoto: We Don’t Need No Stinking Twisty Bulbs
New research funded by the National Science Foundation has scientists warning consumers about the potentially harmful effects energy-saving CFL light bulbs can have on skin.
Can we go back to the pennies per bulb from North America vs. the dollars per bulb from China, now please?
What We Really Need Is Democracy
With a totalitarian party to vote for.
Mohamed al-Zawahiri, brother of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, has said that the 572 military detainees pardoned by President Mohamed Morsy on Thursday included 25 leaders of Islamic Jihad and Jama’a al-Islamiya.
Probably what November and December will look like in America.
h/t: dmorris
You didn’t build this Pres. Obama, America did.
Via Ace of Spades,
A week after my father arrived in New York, he and a friend were walking around Manhattan in pure wonder. They got to midtown and stood in front of Bloomingdale’s watching well-dressed people come in and out. They discussed it amongst themselves that they would obviously have to show evidence that they had money, or proof of income, or some other paperwork to get inside. Surely this store for the wealthy wouldn’t just let them in. They watched and watched but didn’t see people getting stopped. They walked slowly through the doors and found no one gave them a second look.
RTWT.
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Quixotes Last Stand links to a Law and Economics Prof studying the implementation of Ontario’s Green Energy Act. Read the study. To call it damning of Ontario Premier McGuinty would be generous.
This is a sorry and sobering story of how a combination of unreflective environmental fundamentalism, a massive feeding-frenzy by corporate rent-seekers, and political hubris has the makings of an economic disaster for a province already in serious fiscal difficulties.
Another one of those pesky Profs who use real numbers. Bastards.
Interestingly enough, the study is for Energy Probe Research Foundation. They are described in the study as:
Energy Probe is the consumer and energy research team at EPRF, active in the fight against nuclear power, and dedicated to resource conservation, economic efficiency, and effective utility regulation.
This seems to differ from how they describe themselves on their web page.
Part of the conclusion:
The environmental assessment process for industrial wind turbine projects fails to meet all of these preconditions and hence justifies, with little or no qualification, the cynical view of the regulatory process. Only the role of the courts in policing administrative due process in this context remains to be tested.
h/t: pkuster
Genesis, the King Obama version
Jonathan Swift, eat your heart out.
1 In the beginning Govt created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the economy was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the ATMs, and the Spirit of Govt was hovering over the land.
3 And Govt said, “Let there be spending,” and there was spending. 4 Govt saw that the spending was good, and that it separated the light from the darkness. 5 Govt called the spending Investments, and this he did in the first day.
That which can’t go on forever, won’t.
Der Spiegel releases a story saying the IMF and Germany would not throw anymore money down the Spartan Hole.
In order to clarify it’s position, the IMF has said:
The IMF is supporting Greece in overcoming its economic difficulties. An IMF mission will start discussions with the country’s authorities on July 24 on how to bring Greece’s economic program, which is supported by IMF financial assistance, back on track.
Clear?
h/t: maz2
#OccuChat
“@RealJamesConrad: To all right wing trolls: You have been asked nicely to stop disrupting #occuchat! NOW GO AWAY! ”
Hardee Har Har! I remember well all the OWS bums leaving when asked to.
Penn State
“It is not enough in a situation of trust in the commonwealth, that a man means well to his country; it is not enough that in his single person he never did an evil act, but always voted according to his conscience, and even harangued against every design which he apprehended to be prejudicial to the interests of his country. This innoxious and ineffectual character, that seems formed upon a plan of apology and disculpation, falls miserably short of the mark of public duty. That duty demands and requires that what is right should not only be made known, but made prevalent; that what is evil should not only be detected, but defeated. When the public man omits to put himself in a situation of doing his duty with effect it is an omission that frustrates the purposes of his trust almost as much as if he had formally betrayed it. It is surely no very rational account of a man’s life, that he has always acted right but has taken special care to act in such a manner that his endeavours could not possibly be productive of any consequence.” – Edmund Burke
Joe Paterno failed the test. The football team failed the test. Penn State University failed the test. The protests and rioters failed the test.
I could care less if they shut down all NCAA sports at that place for the rest of time.
Sometime tomorrow Penn State will receive the punishment from the NCAA. It won’t be enough.
The civil suits, now, they may well be another matter.
Update: Sanctions
- $60M fine
- Four year Post season ban
- Four year reduction of grants in aid from 25 to 15
- Five years of probation
- Vacation of wins from 1998 to 2011 reflected on Paterno’s stat sheet
- Waiver of transfer rules and grant in aid retention (team players can go anywhere)
- There may be individual penalties.
You know you’re on the side of light when….
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez has signaled a preference in the U.S. presidential campaign by comparing Mitt Romney to his own challenger.
Chavez, who is up for re-election a month before U.S. President Barack Obama, has in recent weeks expressed a clear preference for the man currently in the White House.
Justice
Sex assault victim and Twitter 1,
Predators and Judge 0.
h/t: Drudge
Power
EBD is away, Kate’s showing a dog or three and Sask Power decided we didn’t need any, so posting will be light for the forseeable future.
There are a few posts scheduled and hopefully they’ll pop up. If you’ve anything interesting, throw it in the Readers Tips thread.
Y2Kyoto: Rascist, now too
Oh, and it’s the end times as well….
The writer hits them all: drought, sea levels, forest fires, consensus, end times, media bias. the ‘well-respected’ IPCC. It’s like the entire decade of fluff all rolled into one article ending with the inevitable call to arms.
Good for a chuckle, at the least.
h/t: Climate Depot
I don’t mean to belittle their belief….
Henry Guasch, 19, of Mountain View, said that after crossing the coals while chanting his mantra of “Cool moss,” he felt powerful.
It’s Probably Nothing
U.S. Retail Sector Now at Worst Level Since Summer 2009
At least 15 of the 20 big U.S. retailers within the retail sector missed their sales estimates for the month of June, highlighting the weakness in consumer spending.
And a bonus,
The only thing left is for the Fed to announce a third round of quantitative easing (QE3). But at this point, I don’t know if the stock market’s reaction to such a move would be overly positive.
Ya, think?
h/t: Gateway Pundit