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  1. john gordon miller teaches journalism at ryerson in trawna and has done so for 21 years according to the bio on his website – prior to that he was a reporter – editor for some 20 years “mostly” at the toronto star. hmmmm.
    on june 5, 2008 mr. miller posted an article on his blog entitled “Steyn: I beg to differ”. this was, in turn, picked up and re-posted by regan ray at j-source (the canadian journalism project):
    http://jsource.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=2514
    mr. miller is truly a well-intentioned socialist but appears to have a thought process not firing on all cylinders when it comes to free speech – does any of this sound tiresome or all-too familiar? there were 72 comments and i suspect a good many come from the ranks of working journalists. you can read them all at the link above but a summary of reaction for sda readers to comrade miller’s written opinion is as follows:
    9 comments doublepost/neutral/off-topic
    1 comment in agreement
    34 comments disagree
    27 comments strongly disagree

  2. Vitruvius, that is one of the oddest pieces of ephemera I’ve ever seen in my life. Holy smokes. Just when you think you’ve seen everything…
    Here’s one for the SDA beer drinkers — it’s archival footage showing the combined members of the Pogues and the Dubliners working up a most delightful din as they perform the shaggy-dog-story-of-a-song “Irish Rover.”
    The Irish Rover — as you’ll hear — was a giant ship — twenty seven masts — that set sail with one million bales of rags, two million barrels of stones, three million horsehides, four million barrels of bones, five million hogs, six million dogs and seven million barrels of porter. She’d been at sea for seven straight years when the crew became afflicted with measles, then the ship got lost in a fog, eventually striking a rock and rolling over fully nine times. Only one man survived to tell the tale — and he’s the guy singing about it.
    A couple of amusing details to note: during the opening you can see an applauding audience member wielding a cigarette; then, onstage, Shane McGowan’s smoking one too when he’s not drinking beer. Pre-EU, obviously.
    Also — anyone who’s been in a band will find this amusing — at the start of the last verse, around 3:15, you can see Shane McGowan start to sing the wrong verse; he catches himself instantly, but he’s already earned the disapproving “how many times did we rehearse this” glance of his elder, the rather pompous Ronnie Drew. McGowan is a bit steamed, and for the rest of the verse looks — and sings — like a chastened but resentful delinquent, but then, mischievously, at the end, he, uhhh, how you say, re-seizes the song most forcefully, throwing the band into happy overdrive. A hoo ha ha ha ha.
    Skaal!
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=6RjQYUXX00w

  3. Hard to believe that the world was once black and white!! A colorless void where men were men and women played Xylophones!! Now that is the kind of world that I love!! We had two channels, CBC and CTV. Saturday afternoon we’d watch “Cowpoke Cavalcade.” Four hours straight of “shoot em up” westerns in Black and White. That’s where I met Tonto and Silver. We’ve been friends ever since!!

  4. Lone, I think this one predates my Red Rider Saddle Ring Carbine BB gun: ~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbMwEs-xJz8~
    I remember Grandpa playing this one on the old RCA. He served with the Royal Canadian Dragoons in WW1 and had many friends who had been “On The Road”.

  5. I’m glad you liked that EBD. And if I may riff off your comment… 

    Twenty-seven masts? You were lucky.
      We only had a three-masted clipper.
    Clipper? Oh, we used to dream of a clipper.
      There were 170 of us on a two-masted schooner.
    Masts? You were lucky.
      We used to have to spend 16 hours a day
      holding up our beadsheets to the wind.
    Wind? Luxury.
      We used to have to get up three hours
      before we went to bed and work 27 hours
      a day on the oars in the bowels of the ship.
    Right.
      Ship? We didn't have a ship. We had to make our
      voyages carrying everything on our backs while
      swimming, unpaid and for permission to swim,
      and then the captain would slash us in two with
      a cutlass before we went to bed.
    Aye.
    And you tell that to kids today.
      They won't believe you.

  6. Gunney99: I can still smell the odour of the gun oil on my “Red Ryder” Do you recall the “whap” of the copper coated BBs as they struck the breast of the English Sparrows and brought him to his final moment. I felt like a true warrior, especially after I had wrung it’s neck! I hope Ann Murray isn’t reading this!

  7. Lone, you beast!
    Here’s one from my Training days. Yes we actually got paid to watch this.
    ~http://youtube.com/watch?v=N4q977Tnmig~

  8. Compare this trial in Australia with what the Islamists are doing here. This article is about the incident 2 years ago. The simularities are like from the same script. I read a post at Ezra’s that had a bit about this . I backtracked to find the entire incident. Its scary how close in tactics they use to persecute these Ministers as they are Styen or Ezra with the Six. Using of course the Auzzie variation of the HRC’s.
    http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20954553-25717,00.html

  9. “All that hysterical fearmongering about Aids spreading among sexed-up western youth was a pack of lies.”
    “The exploitation of Aids”
    http://tinyurl.com/4zn6mb (guardian)
    …-
    “HIV/AIDS
    Activist prisoner wins award
    GLORIA GALLOWAY”
    Globe-Mail

  11. A group of greenies is taking Canada to court over Kyoto, in a class action suit. Should’nt they have to prove that all cdns are in favor of Kyoto first. Could those of us against Kyoto take this green group to court for stupidity or something. They are not speaking for me.

  12. *
    Toronto “Red” Star publishes outrageous report that Canadian military is complicit in child rape…
    “Canadian soldiers serving in Afghanistan have been ordered by commanding officers
    “to ignore” incidents of sexual assault among the civilian population, says a military
    chaplain who counsels troops returning home with post-traumatic stress disorder.”
    *

  14. Gandhi, Churchill, and the British Withdrawal from India
    AEI Bradley Lecture, 2 June 2008
    Arthur Herman, author of the New York Times bestseller How the Scots Invented the Modern World, discusses his new book Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age.
    Dr. Herman will discuss the forty-year rivalry between these two political icons, and reveal how it led inevitably to the British exit from India. He will also show how the humanitarian catastrophe of partition and ethnic cleansing in post-independence India and Pakistan offer powerful lessons for American policy in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    [Audio and video webcasts of the lecture available under “Event Materials”]

  15. Patrick Clawson and Michael Eisenstadt, The Last Resort: Consequences of Preventive Military Action against Iran
    Accepted wisdom suggests that preventive military action against Iran’s nuclear program would entail significant risks and uncertain prospects of success. Much of the public debate surrounding these risks and uncertainties has focused on strictly military-technical considerations. Although important, these issues do not address the key political and contextual questions underlying any discussion of prevention and deterrence. For example, how would Iran — and the international community — respond to military strikes? Would such action convince the regime to permanently abandon its nuclear activities, or would Tehran simply rebuild? And what effect would such action have on subsequent diplomatic or military efforts?

  16. A few months ago there was an earth hour where we were all asked to turn off lights etc to reduce ghg. With all the floodss and evacuations and other destruction in the US, and thousands evacuated, how much were ghg emmissions lowered during this period. It stands to reason that all those homes were not using power, cars were not driven, public transit was stopped etc.
    And when all the destroyed property is replaced or rebuilt, what will that do to the so called recession in the states.
    Obama was out sandbagging in Illinois, guess that proves he can’t walk on water. Could it also mean he is just another ordinary human, not some messiah.

  17. (Via SWJ) Sarah Baxter, Get Osama Bin Laden before I leave office, orders George W Bush
    President George W Bush has enlisted British special forces in a final attempt to capture Osama Bin Laden before he leaves the White House…
    The Special Boat Service (SBS) and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment have been taking part in the US-led operations to capture Bin Laden in the wild frontier region of northern Pakistan. It is the first time they have operated across the Afghan border on a regular basis.

  19. charles macdonald – Bin Laden hasn’t been seen, as a living entity, for about seven years. Some claim, and I tend to accept their opinion, that he’s dead.

  20. Have you been wronged? Mislead?
    RBC, TD, BMO, all avoided by me.
    Class Action Notice Guidelines. Detailed information on RBC Dexia Investor Services’ Class Action Notice Guidelines, including filing instructions. …
    http://gmi.rbcdexia-is.com/rt/gss.nsf/ClassActionHomePage?OpenForm
    The law firm of Girard Gibbs LLP (girardgibbs.com) announces that it is has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of persons who purchased …
    ** (2) the auction rate securities were only liquid at the time of sale because RBC Dain Rauscher and other broker-dealers were artificially supporting and manipulating the auction rate market to maintain the appearance of liquidity and stability; (3) RBC Dain Rauscher and other broker-dealers routinely intervened in auctions for their own benefit, to set rates and prevent all-hold auctions and failed auctions; and (4) RBC Dain Rauscher continued to market auction rate securities as liquid investments after it had determined that it and other broker dealers were likely to withdraw their support for the periodic auctions and that a * freeze * of the market for auction rate securities would result.**
    tinyurl.com/4lfrhw
    William Lerach has been called the * class action king *. [TD and CIBC also.]
    tinyurl.com/4f7hmj
    Squeeze the sheeples. = TG

  21. Surprise from TO’s socialist Premier McGuinty.
    Socialists choose State-owned OPG.
    OPG is a spawn of State-owned AECL.
    …-
    “The Darlington nuclear station in Clarington, a fast-growing community about 80 kilometres east of Toronto, already has four reactors operated by Crown-owned Ontario Power Generation.”
    “OPG got the nod over Bruce Power, a private consortium that operates the Bruce Nuclear Station on Lake Huron.” (g-m)

  22. I see the Liberals repealing the Campaign Finance laws limiting business donations.

  23. It’s so bad that premiers Jean Charest and Dalton McGuinty recently rounded up their ministers for a giant Central Canada cabinet meeting and weenie roast. They all signed “historic agreements” and got their pictures taken.
    Ontario-Quebec is now “Central Canada,” chirped McGuinty, the Maxwell Smart of Canadian politics. He looked like he had just found the place on a map. Even better, the Ontario premier reassured us that the Great Central Canada Photo-op was for the general good of all.
    http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Columnists/1062350.html

  24. “George Orwell once wrote that politics was closely related to social identity. ‘One sometimes gets the impression,’ he wrote in The Road To Wigan Pier, ‘that the mere words socialism and communism draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, nature-cure quack, pacifist and feminist in England’. ”
    LOL
    Thanks for the link Andrew….Posted by: Andrew at June 16, 2008 11:50 AM

  26. ET: “Some claim, and I tend to accept their opinion, that he’s dead.”
    Then we can stop searching once we recover his remains and drag the corpse around the walls of Ilium.
    Next step, courtesy of Vince Vance & The Valiants:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tr8GTzdUMvg

  27. charles macdonald – I doubt we’ll ever find his body. And why bother? The focus ought to be on what’s happening now, with Islamic fascism and its gradual devolution into pure criminality devoid of any ideology.

  30. The CBC (well, through an AP article, that’s good $1B spent, non?) can’t even end a sentence before contradicting themselves in the very same sentence!
    Here’s the story: “Honda rolls out new zero-emission fuel cell car”
    The offending sentence? (Emphasis added is mine.)
    “The FCX Clarity, which runs on hydrogen to generate electricity, emits only water from its tailpipe and none of the gases believed to cause global warming.”
    Uhm, okay. Even a cursory Wikipedia review would have shown them how stupid this sentence is.
    Further, it isn’t really a zero-emission vehicle. I mean, where do they get the hydrogen from? It’s not like there’s a hydrogen lake out there.
    I’ll borrow a sentence from another cause with which I wholeheartedly agree: FIRE. THEM. ALL.

  31. “Non-profit group aiding Tamil Tigers added to Canada’s list of terror groups
    By THE CANADIAN PRESS
    TORONTO – A non-profit group supporting the Tamil Tigers has been added to Canada’s list of known terrorism groups and banks have been instructed to seize its assets, Minister of Public Safety Stockwell Day said Monday.
    The World Tamil Movement has been designated as a terrorist group based on reasonable grounds to believe it has participated in or facilitated a terrorist activity, or is knowingly acting on behalf of, at the direction, or in association with a terror group, the government said.
    Day would not comment on how much money the group had been sending overseas but said it was a “significant” amount.
    “The dollars are significant enough and it’s not dollars alone,” he said.”

  32. “MONTREAL – Construction and engineering firm SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) has won a US$150-million contract to build, operate and maintain a seawater desalination plant in Algeria.” (canpress)
    …-
    “Water Scarcity Could Affect Billions: Is This the Biggest Crisis …
    By the middle of the century, it says that, in the worst case, no fewer than seven billion people in 60 countries may be faced with water scarcity,”
    (commondreams)

  33. Yes, Johann, some people are quick to forget (ignore) the fact that water vapour is the most prevalent, and effective, greenhouse gas. CO2 is a minor GHG that loses its effect on a marginal basis – quite the opposite of the AGW theory “floated” about by its proponents.

  34. An “expert” calls for a study, er “a major study”, into the “toxic” bureacracies of the State.
    Imagine the MSM putting out this!
    Look at the word “investment”. There is no investment/no risk/no return in State bureaucracies; they are as black as a hole in the ground can be.
    The stars cannot be seen from the bottomless black hole of State bureaucracies.
    …-
    “Public sector ‘a toxic place to work’
    It’s time for a major study into what is ‘sabotaging taxpayers’ investment’: mental health expert
    Kathryn May, The Ottawa Citizen”

  35. (Via Israpundit) Kathy Shaidle, Dear Mr. Siddiqui
    The difference between what the Nazis said about the Jews and what people today are saying about radical Muslims is…
    What we’re saying about radical Muslims is true…

  38. AssPress.
    …-
    “Here’s Our New Policy On A.P. stories: They’re Banned *******
    Posted on 16 June 2008 by Jack
    The stories over the weekend were bad enough – the Associated Press, with a long history of suing over quotations from their articles, went after Drudge Retort for having the audacity to link to their stories along with short quotations via reader submissions. Drudge Retort is doing nothing different than what Digg, TechMeme, Mixx and dozens of other sites do, and frankly the fact that they are being linked to should be considered a favor. After heavy criticism over the last few days, the A.P. is in damage control mode, says the NYTimes, and retreating from their earlier position. But from what I read, they’re just pushing their case further.
    They do not want people quoting their stories, despite the fact that such activity very clearly falls within the fair use exception to copyright law. They claim that the activity is an infringement.
    […]
    So here’s our new policy on A.P. stories: they don’t exist. We don’t see them, we don’t quote them, we don’t link to them. They’re banned until they abandon this new strategy, and I encourage others to do the same until they back down from these ridiculous attempts to stop the spread of information around the Internet.”(jacks)

  39. It’s time for a major study into what is ‘sabotaging taxpayers’ investment’: mental health expert
    Kathryn May, The Ottawa Citizen” Posted by: maz2 at June 16, 2008 4:19 PM
    Despite the breadth of solutions offered in the article, I think it’s pretty simple. So, in the spirit of saving money, here goes:
    Motivated people respond well to being empowered, autonomous, and treated with respect.
    Oh, dang. All of these are not innate to a bureaucracy. Nor non-value added process centered task performance – versus a results oriented organization.
    How does one get a leopard to change its’ spots? This shrink looks like they believe you just have to tell the leopard.
    Sounds like a large, immeasureable, process oriented task being proposed. Hey….wait a sec….

  41. Johann at June 16, 2008 2:42 PM
    . . . touches upon corporate, [Honda] PR ads. .
    ** Here’s the story: *Honda rolls out new zero-emission fuel cell car*
    The offending sentence? (Emphasis added is mine.)
    *The FCX Clarity, which runs on hydrogen to generate electricity, emits only water from its tailpipe and none of the gases believed to cause global warming.* **
    ============ Johann
    ExxonMobile had a *We are so goddie green* PR ad on TV, [Glen Beck], today.
    They make a lithium battery separator film that is patented, in Huge rolls like newsprint.
    Let me fill in the picture. Every Lithium pack that uses the ExM. film will withdraw a royalty payment from the purchaser*s wallet.
    ========== TG
    Ge boasts about their water purification ability.
    GE bought a water purification process from a professor who developed it at tax dollar supported McGill University Montreal for Million$.
    Let me fill in the picture. The patented process will siphon off royalties from every City, Village and Town that uses the process into the GE bank account.
    Ge need not lift a finger.
    I am a profit loving free-enterpriser, yet when a single corporation can reach into everyone*s wallet for at least 25 years, it seems wrong. = TG

  42. Al Gore,high priest of the-sky-is-falling cabal,has endorsed Obama,the only man who can stop the sky from falling. Gee,I never saw that coming !!!

  43. The fuse at the end of The Red Chinese Dragon’s tail has been lit. Is the tail connected to the Dragon’s head?
    …-
    “Beijing can’t muzzle outrage over deadly collapsed schools”
    “Victims’ parents keep issue alive despite efforts to suppress debate”
    “After allowing the issue to be discussed openly in the first days after the quake, Chinese authorities soon began a systematic campaign to quell the debate, worried that it could grow into anti-government protests.
    Domestic media were instructed to tone down their coverage of the issue. Parents of the dead children were barred from entering some of the collapsed school sites last week. Foreign journalists were blocked from entering the sites, and at least seven were detained by police when they tried to visit last week.
    Parents who tried to file a lawsuit were dragged away from a court building by police.
    Beijing has tried to defuse the issue by promising investigations and offering compensation to parents. It pledged to introduce tougher building codes for schools and other public buildings in earthquake zones. And it ordered local governments to conduct new safety inspections to identify dangerous school buildings.
    But in the media and on the Internet, the debate has continued to flourish, despite the government’s efforts.”
    http://tinyurl.com/476lzk (g-m)

  44. I think this story is huge and Janke at AGWN has it posted. Only saw one newspaper report about it.
    The lib. carbon tax plan is now wrapped up with trying to eliminate child poverty in 5 years….along with who knows what other grand schemes Dion also has. It seems he is going to try to sell this concoction during the summer.
    There should be howls of protest at this stupidity NOW. (2 links)
    Under ‘Paying the carbon tax long after the environment is no longer a concern’….read it all.
    http://stevejanke.com/archives/266757.php#respond
    AND
    http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080615/Carbontax_auditor_080615/20080615?hub=Canada

  45. I tink dat da carbon tagz jould go direct to da first nation has payments for da resi dense shall schools.– der will be non more hincome tagz for da natives hever agin-Borat Dion

  46. Who’s behind a better lithium-ion hybrid/EV battery? Why, it’s Exxon Mobil
    When we write about Exxon Mobil here on AutoblogGreen, we mostly do it to point out just how much money they make. In 2006, after all, the company did make $1,252 every second. Sometimes we write about their shady ethanol studies or other ways the giant oil company is trying to buy off scientists. What I’m saying is that it’s not too often that we say somewhat nice things about Exxon Mobil. Today we do. The AP has a story about Exxon’s new greener car announcement.
    Apparently, the latest technological advancement the company is working on (with Japan’s Tonen Chemical) is a new film for lithium-ion batteries that would make electric and hybrid cars more efficient and affordable. Exxon will release more information at the Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition (aka EVS23) in Anaheim. I’ll be attending that conference, and will make sure to bring you more details from Exxon. [Source: AP via CNN Money]…
    The CNN link yields a not found 404 error.
    autobloggreen.com/search/?q=Exxon&searchsubmit=
    http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Dec_3/ai_n21131961
    = TG

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