Terry Sawchuk remembered.
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
Those Moderate Muslims!
VS the moderate Chinese: “China plans to fight terror with dozens of new cities”
h/t Larry
David Cameron’s Britain
Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and the sun never sets on the Islamic Caliphate;
UK Independence Party (Ukip) leader Nigel Farage has called for Britons who have travelled to Syria to fight for Islamic State (IS) militants to be stripped of their UK citizenship. […]
On Wednesday, the party demanded that the Government strips militants with joint nationality of their UK citizenships, while British nationals could have their passports withdrawn. Those who do not hold UK citizenship but have been granted the right to live here should immediately have that right revoked, the party added in a statement.
Ya think?
What’s The Opposite of Diversity?
University! College newspaper can’t be called ‘The Bullet’ anymore because it’s too dangerous
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
109,631,000 Americans lived in households that received benefits from one or more federally funded “means-tested programs” — also known as welfare — as of the fourth quarter of 2012, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau.
h/t peterj
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Your Tax Dollars At Work
In a story that sounds almost too ridiculous to be true, both La Presse and the Toronto Star are reporting that John Baird’s Twitter account is being investigated by Graham Fraser, Canada’s language watchdog – after someone complained that the foreign affairs minister’s tweets were mostly in English.
Reader Tips
Q: What happens when guy quits his street gang, starts combing his hair, and stops doing the wild things that he did before?
A: He bores his girlfriend to death.
That there’s The Shangri-Las.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Heat, Friction, Whatever
The Sound Of Settled Science
Science unlocks shocking secret of that big glowing ball in the sky: ‘unexpected link between solar activity and climate change’
#graveyardofpoliticians
I have warned the political class time and time again, not to use Twitter for anything beyond public service announcements – because the only people on Twitter for politics are people who want to hurt you.
Luckily, my advice goes largely unheeded.
Bin Laden is Dead And Journalist James Foley Is Dead
Another good day for a golf game: American journalist beheaded by ISIS
Update: He played a round of golf immediately after delivering his remarks
(Bumped)
The World Still Has Too Many Reporters
“…fuelling fears of Nutella shortage“ (h/t Michael)
They’re Here To Teach Us
Artists Katy Albert and Sophia Hamilton, aka Mothergirl, tell us that their work “exhibits a strategically refracted or misrepresented view of current political and philosophical discourse, creating a space where viewers are challenged to think critically about their own relationships with feminism, consumerism, and representational visuality.”
Which is why they spent 90 minutes standing by an onramp hitting themselves with pillows.
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
As “the most influential foreign policy adviser of his generation,” Fareed Zakaria is a busy man–not just as the host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” but also as an editor-at-large at TIME, and a columnist at the Washington Post. Since his post-9/11 famous (or infamous) Newsweek story, “Why Do They Hate Us?” Zakaria has made the list of Foreign Policy’s “Top 100 Global Thinkers,” alongside modern-day Aristotles like Thomas Friedman and Malcolm Gladwell. “My friends all say I’m going to be Secretary of State, [but] I don’t see how that would be much different from the job I have now” he allegedly told New York Magazine in a 2003 profile (a quote he later disputed). More importantly, Zakaria is a decorated journalist, having won a Peabody for his work on CNN, a Deadline Club Award for his “Why Do They Hate Us?” column, a National Magazine Award for his Newsweek work, two Overseas Press Club Awards, and an accolade from the Indian government for his contributions to journalism.
He’s also a plagiarist.
Reader Tips
Tonight, just in case you’ve forgotten how to do it, Run C&W will tell you how to go about Walkin’ The Dog.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Oh, Shiny Pony! Caption Contest Winner
After a lengthy deliberation by the judges, we are ready to announce the winner!
But first, the Runners Up:
“As Justin announces Liberal platform support for 4th trimester abortions.” – MOOSEMILK
“I want a pony with more than one trick!” – JJJ
And tonight’s Shiny Pony goes to …
“In fact I _do_ remember the exact moment I became a Conservative.”
Drop me an email, Brent and I’ll send you a list of books to choose from.
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Photo credit: Saskatoon Star Phoenix
Contest closes Sunday at midnight, the winning caption will receive a free book from the SDA Free Book Library.