41 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. Michael J. Totten, Blasphemers, Unite!
    Egypt’s Grand Imam Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi threatened “severe” consequences if the Dutch government doesn’t ban Parliamentarian Geert Wilders’ anti-Islamic film Fitna. It makes no difference to Tantawi and other perpetually outraged Islamists that the Netherlands is a sovereign country with its own laws. Ever since Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini condemned Salman Rushdie to death for writing the supposedly offensive Satanic Verses – and sent death squads after him and his publishers around the world – radical Islamists have seen it as their right and duty to enforce their own unilateral anti-blasphemy laws on the human race…

  2. Where’s The Goreacle when you really need him.
    Lloyd’s warns of a lack of natural disasters
    This article appeared in the Guardian on Friday April 04 2008 on p26 of the Financial section. It was last updated at 08:45 on April 04 2008.
    Lloyd’s of London warned yesterday that an absence last year of natural disasters or man-made accidents was putting pressure on firms to reduce premiums in 2008.
    The world’s oldest and biggest insurance market said that though the lack of major disasters had allowed firms to push up profits 5% in 2007, underwriting margins were being squeezed
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/04/insurance.insurance

  3. Caroline Glick, Column One: Fear of Democracy
    IT IS axiomatic that freedom of expression is the foundation of human freedom and progress. When people are not allowed to express themselves freely, there can be no debate or inquiry. It is only due to free debate and inquiry that humanity has progressed from the Dark Age to the Digital Age. This is why the first act of every would-be tyrant is to take control of the marketplace of ideas…
    Like all anti-democratic movements, today’s political Left seeks to silence debate and so undermine democracy, first, by demonizing anyone who doesn’t agree with it and then by passing laws that criminalize speech or override the people’s right to decide how they wish to live.

  4. The video is indeed extraordinary.
    Rick Richman, A Nuclear Iran and the Future of Israel
    Dr. Daniel Gordis, Senior Vice President and Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, appeared on April 2 at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, speaking on the topic “The Year 2048: Can Israel Survive to the Age of 100?” followed by a dialogue with Rabbi David Wolpe…
    The video above is the colloquy regarding the question of bombing the nuclear facilities of Iran. Dr. Gordis’ answer (“The minute Iran has the bomb, it’s over. . . . Israeli life is over as we know it”) is a remarkable analysis of the existential stakes involved, whether or not a bomb is actually employed.

  5. Rebecca Dana, What’s Next for Newsmagazines? Fading Publications Try to Reinvent Themselves Yet Again
    The weekly newsmagazines have been declared dinosaurs as far back as the late 1980s. But now that 111 employees at Washington Post Co.’s Newsweek have taken buyouts, including many longtime editors, it’s clear that their cultures are finally being blown up and reinvented. And some say that’s not such a bad thing…

  7. For the Conservative Film buffs among us. Interesting comments about the tanking of the latest Hollywood piece of anti-war tripe(http://www.libertyfilmfestival.com/libertas/?p=9495):
    Don´t worry, it may do better abroad where we really want the message to spread.
    In fact, the foreign share of the take seems to be disproportionately high with these movies. And some of them weren´t even released everywhere. Does that mean that domestic audiences actively shun these movies or that foreign audiences seek them out? The first explanation seems more plausible.
    Percentage of foreign grosses:
    Rendition – 61 %
    Redacted – 91 % (still less than a million)
    Lions for Lambs – 71 %
    Valley of Elah – 74 %
    The Kingdom – only 45 %

  8. I had thought that the Cons would have brought up drug policy and redeinfed and augmented their platform. But its’ been discussed very little – especially in ‘conservative’ blogs and public discussions across this country. Given the place is a socialist backwater, you’d figure conservatives could easily own another piece of public policy from the Libranos.
    I think its’ topical, especially as drug use is the centre of the recent Sask Party’s ritual cleansing of its’ supporters (ie: Kate).
    For those of you interested in conservative policy on drug use, I suggest watching Penn & Teller’s Showtime episode of ‘Bull*hit’, linked below.
    For those ‘conservatives’ out there of the passing moralist variety, hopefully you’ll keep an open mind.
    http://www.drugwarfacts.org/economi.htm
    http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/prevepisodes.do?episodeid=s2/war

  9. I had not noticed this before. http://www.informath.org/apprise/a5620.htmOne of the global warming crowd’s sources has been accused of fraud in some of the Chinese climate data. Also in this, http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/cold-hard-facts-take-the-heat-out-of-some-hot-claims/2007/08/17/1186857765035.html?page=fullpage Douglas Keenan had to use a freedom of information law to get the data out of these people. So much for open scientific inquiry, eh?

  10. Martin B – I almost went to that movie called ‘Rendition’, fortunately I glanced at the poster outside the theater and realized that it was not about WWII or New Zealand or Ireland…I thought they had made Leon Uris’s novel “Redemption” into a movie! I saved myself 15.00 but I wonder if there were others like myself ‘tricked’ by the name? Could explain those high box office revenues.
    Excellent links Charles McDonald. Thanks.

  11. Yet another CTV poll gone wrong.
    Perhaps it’s time the partisan hyperventilators and professional grievance collectors give it a rest.

  12. I liked the part where one Chinese weather station,touted for it’s continuous history, had been moved 41km at some point. Also, the data claimed great continuity through all the worst of the Cultural Revolution, etc. Yeah, right.

  13. Dennis Ross, The Pakistan Paradox
    But what about the model we have now been using in Anbar province in Iraq? The Sunnis in the “Sons of Iraq” and the “Awakening Councils” have become our partner in fighting Al Qaeda in Iraq. Al Qaeda produced a backlash among the Sunnis and we have seen the benefit of supporting these groups. Is it possible to cultivate a similar realignment in Pakistan? Could the A.N.P. approach be one that we should support in a similar fashion?
    One thing is for sure: There has been a change in Pakistan, and it is being driven by those who are emphasizing democratic processes and the rule of law. We should be on the right side of this. What’s more, we have little choice. Pakistanis are moving in a direction that we cannot stop but should try to channel. That is common sense and good statecraft.

  14. For your weekend reading pleasure:
    Rikkie L.K. Leung, Digital Democracy: How the American and Hong Kong Civil Societies Use New Media to Change Politics
    New media, based primarily on the Internet, which allows users much more autonomy to create and distribute content than traditional mass media, are being heralded as the savior of government by and for the people… Can new media actually boost democratic participation and change politics in a lasting way? Or is such optimism as inflated as internet stocks during the dot com mania at the beginning of this millennium?
    [You can read the introduction in HTML, but the full document (72 pages) is only available in PDF. Sorry.]

  17. Entire item from Fox pasted here. Can you decipher this?
    …-
    “U.N. Forecasters: Global Temperatures to Decrease
    Average global temperatures in 2008 are forecast to be lower than in previous years, thanks to the cooling effect of the ocean current in the Pacific, U.N. meteorologists say.
    The World Meteorological Organisation’s secretary-general, Michel Jarraud, said it was likely that La Nina, an abnormal cooling of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, would continue into the summer.
    If the forecast holds true, global temperatures will not have risen since 1998, prompting some to question climate change theory.
    A small number of scientists doubt whether this means global warming has peaked and the Earth has proved more resilient to greenhouse gases than predicted, but Jarraud insists this is not the case and notes that 1998 temperatures would still be well above average for the century.
    “When you look at climate change you should not look at any particular year,” he told the BBC. “You should look at trends over a pretty long period and the trend of temperature globally is still very much indicative of warming.””
    More at Belmont Club:
    ” Global Warming revisited”
    “patrick neid said…
    Yes its always in another five years….
    My concern is we are not addressing the only thing we are certain about–the sun will burn out in about 5 billion years. You know its never to early to start worrying.
    All I can say is there had better be global warming otherwise we are going to have to deal with hundreds of millions of people who will be looking for reparations/therapy for having been duped into wasting their lives worrying about bogus Malthusian science.
    Well, I suppose we could blame it on Dick Cheney and be done with it!”
    http://tinyurl.com/36nrbp

  18. Backflash to Jeancula and Roseanne. Central Nova is the place.
    …-
    “SKOKE-ING THE FIRES OF ANTI-GAY SENTIMENT
    By: Dalton Camp
    From: The Toronto Star (Sunday, October 2, 1994)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The Liberal Member of Parliament for Central Nova, Roseanne Skoke, has
    declared her opposition to lesbians and gays being protected from
    discrimination in the Human Rights Code. In her view, homosexuality is
    immoral, un-Canadian, un-Christian and contrary to Canadian values.
    Since Skoke’s opinion is contrary to the legislative intentions of the
    Liberal government, the Prime Minister was pressed to comment, which he
    did by making allowances. That is to say, homophobia, as a form of
    self-expression, is an okay thing in a free country; besides, Jean
    Chretien cannot assume responsibility for the views of all of his
    supporters in the House, but only for a majority of them.
    Implicit in the Prime Minister’s endorsement of free speech was the
    possibility he may have disagreed with Skoke’s opinion. This is
    reassuing, even though, it needs saying, he missed an opportunity to
    remind the member for Central Nova of the importance of getting it right
    before declaiming on what’s wrong. Skoke’s premise is that homosexuals
    are demanding “special rights” in seeking protection against
    discrimination in the Human Rights Code. She is wrong, and apparently
    willfully so.
    Skoke has consulted ehr constituency executive on the issue — the wrong
    issue — asking its members if they approved of “special rights” for
    gays and lesbians. Not surprisingly, the executive voted “No.” Janet
    Rosenstock, a member of Skoke’s executive, has written to the press to
    clarify the distinction between what the executive voted on and what the”
    http://tinyurl.com/4qyyt3

  19. Warning – Ontario moonbat alert.
    Just got the following information emailed to me by CILA.
    26206
    To: All Ontario Municipalities
    The Council of the Township of Galway-Cavendish & Harvey adopted the
    following resolution at their Council meeting on January 22nd, 2008:
    WHEREAS handguns have the sole purpose of killing people;
    AND WHEREAS many lives are being lost by the use of handguns;
    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Township of Galway-Cavendish & Harvey
    petition the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario to ban the
    ownership of handguns;
    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be forwarded to Prime Minister
    Steven Harper, Premier Dalton McGuinty, Barry Devolin, MP, Laurie Scott,
    MPP, and to all Municipalities in the Province of Ontario for consideration
    and endorsement.
    Please present this resolution to your members of Council for their
    consideration and endorsement.
    Yours truly,
    Natalie Garnett, MA, CMO
    Clerk
    ngarnett@galwaycavendishharvey.ca
    I have no idea where this township is located in Ontario but people like Natalie Garnett are some of the strongest arguments for western separatism. There’s a gun show coming up real soon and I’ve decided I’m not going to put off buying a .45 auto any longer. Maybe I’ll buy my wife one too.

  20. If Newsweek went away, it would be cause for celebration. As for gun restrictions, move here. We have plenty of waiting houses and lots of guns for sale.

  21. Maz2,though your post is relevant to Lukiwski’s current predicament,unfortunately it doesn’t matter to the media.It was said by a liberal and they still get a free pass. Someone ,I didn’t catch who,said yesterday that this proves the conservatives are a party of homophobes. Now I find that very offensive,but it is OK to slander the right when you have righteous indignation and the media in your pocket.

  22. Loki- No one in Ontario knows where it is either.
    Must be a Cult living in the forest somewhere.
    Looks like the name is derived from an Irish Potato served at a burger joint.

  23. From our favorite “left wing kook”
    The point I am trying to make is that you cannot draw a line that marks where the air ends and I begin. There is no line. The air is stuck to us and circulating through our bodies. We are air. It is a part of us and it is in us. Air is not a vacuum or empty space but a physical substance. We are embedded in a matrix of air and if you are air and I am air then I am you, we are a part of this single layer that encompasses the planet. We are embedded in that air with the trees, the birds, the worms and the snakes, which are all a part of that web of living things held together by the atmosphere or the air.
    http://www.climatechangecorp.com/content.asp?contentid=5240

  25. It is between Peterborough and Madoc on Highway 7. Actually pretty close to the handgun club I belong to.

  26. OOps, correction. North of Peterborough and east of Bobcaygeon. Three shooting ranges I know of are real close to this area. Local politicians are trying to get gun clubs banned in their municipalities.

  27. Does anyone know how to access CBC’s archives for news programs from previous days?
    Yesterday morning, there was an excellent example of their relentless attempts to turn Harper positives into negatives. Hiscox was interviewing some retired general named Drapeau and they were going on about how Harper’s success in getting about 1000 American troops to help out in Kanahar was actually a bad thing.
    I remember hearing her “suggest” that this would endanger more Canadians since American troops represent the true “face of the enemy.” And then there was talk about how having the American aid would hurt our Canadian cultural idententity. It was great stuff…but I can’t find it.
    Any ideas?

  28. The committee is of several minds about this/this/this/this =12 + use of handtasers.
    “The committee’s investigation is one of more than a dozen launched”
    Idiots! All of them.
    …-
    “Mental health group: Police use of Taser far better than a gun”
    “the Schizophrenia Society says the shock weapons are far preferred to a gun.
    The society’s John Gray says [sic] has seen people volunteer to be jolted with a Taser, but hasn’t heard of anyone volunteering to be shot by a gun.”
    http://tinyurl.com/5vurnc (canpress)

  29. Outcry? Tough.
    More audits, please. Faster, too. Get it done.
    Notice the pejorative, “Tory”.
    …-
    “New Tory policy to audit [Indian] reserves prompts outcry” (SlopPail)

  31. “Tibetan nuns to greet Olympic torch with freedom songs
    LONDON (AFP) — Four Buddhist nuns who have between them spent over 50 years in a Tibetan prison are planning to sing for their homeland’s independence this weekend, as the Olympic torch passes through London.”
    http://tinyurl.com/67kkxb
    Mao Stlong say, 50 yeals goody.

  33. Mugabe’s “Stahlhelm or war veterans”.
    …-
    “Mugabe launches chilling fightback
    Robert Mugabe began his last-ditch fight to stay in power in Zimbabwe, sending his self-styled “war veterans” to march ominously through the capital, Harare, yesterday, silently taunting the country with the threat of a return to the violence and intimidation that has characterised previous election campaigns.”
    http://tinyurl.com/4964ct (independent)
    Stahlhelm or war veterans: National Socialism was there first. Scratch a socialist; you will find a pervert. Ask socialist lberia.
    National Socialism’s armies included: “and the 200,000 grey-clad Stahlhelm or war veterans”.
    “Blood Purge”
    “One had only to scan the greedy, sensual, plug-ugly face of Storm Troop Chief of Staff Ernst Roehm; one had only to reflect that all Germany knew of his bull-like philandering with effeminate young men (TIME, March 20, 1933), to decide that since Chancellor Hitler stomached Captain Roehm there was probably no comrade he would not stomach. Historically last week Adolf Hitler retched at last and in his retching there was blood.”
    http://tinyurl.com/6s7nck (time)
    The purge marked the coup which brought the Wehrmacht, the “defence force”, aka the Prussian war machine, to power in Germany. The rest followed.

  35. Bryceman 6:28 said . .
    * * Does anyone know how to access CBC’s archives for news programs from previous days? * *
    Looking for Hiscox and Drapeau . .
    Try cbc.ca/news/
    At the bottom of the page enter *Hiscox*
    You get a mixed page of news items. .
    Hit *Sort by Date* and check around the time you recall seeing the *Drapeau* Story.
    CBC links are long, [197 characters in this case]. Copy the long URL and paste in into
    TinyUrl.com and you get a short URL like ..
    http://tinyurl.com/69zaz3
    I didn*t see Drapeau right away. You may have to recall the headline words.
    = TG

  37. Bryceman,
    This was interesting on Drapeau,
    Secrecy and the MPCC – Lawyer
    For his thoughts on how to balance national security and public accountability, we were joined from Ottawa by Colonel Michel Drapeau, a lawyer who specializes in security, military and access-to-information law.
    AND: The Current: Part 2
    Evan Soloman in Iran
    We offered a little taste of hip-hop popular with many young people in Iran, one of the few forms of Western style expression they have.
    http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2008/200803/20080314.html
    ========================== CBC/The current
    = TG

  41. Why Exxon Won’t Produce More
    Even with prices at the pump near all-time highs, ExxonMobil isn’t projecting increased oil production. Here’s why
    Businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2008/db20080319_269345.htm?chan=search
    = TG

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