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Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Wednesday night comedy show, here is the inimitable chazan Shepsil Kanarek performing his famous Audition sketch (8:34).

Note the “Eggs […] is good for the voice” line at 2:55 ~ you’ll need that to understand a later part of the sketch. Now how much would you pay for that? But wait, there’s more, a clip at 7:50 from Menasich Goodman’s famous sketch. Because, remember, our motto here in the SDA LNR studios is: What, from eclectic you want, already?
A few quick links from Kate:
David Thompson, on Female privilege.
Maggie’s Farm is going green!
B’nai Brith – celebratin’ diversity….
As always, yours are welcome in the comments.

36 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  3. I’m going green with Maggie’s Farm and Kermit. Tomorrow I’m going to do my yard work dressed in nothing more than a frog would wear. Hallelujah; I’m goin Green.
    KERMIT

  4. Found this to be informative.
    Daniel Pipes: Canadian Islamists host a neo-Nazi
    A just-finished, very large Islamist conference in Toronto (the Toronto Star says it attracted 7,000 participants) called “Reviving the Islamic Spirit” featured such stars of the Islamist circuit as Tariq Ramadan and Siraj Wahhaj. It also hosted a neo-Nazi named William W. Baker.
    Baker was exposed in February 2002 in the Orange County Weekly in a major investigation by Stan Brin, titled “Hour of White Power: Reverend Robert H. Schuller relies on a man with ties to Neo-Nazis to build religious understanding.” Brin established Baker’s close ties to Willis Carto, the “dean of American neo-Nazi politics,” and revealed Baker’s many other insalubrious activities, including his chairmanship in 1984 of a neo-Nazi organization called the Populist Party. Soon after, the Crystal Cathedral’s Schuller expelled Baker and cut all ties to him.
    But the news has not gotten out. William W. Baker stills gets invited to – and paid by – reputable institutions. In October 2003, Campus Watch exposed Baker’s presence at an event sponsored by the Muslim Student Association at the University of Pennsylvania.
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1053128/posts

  7. George W Bush on the Pollster thread said:
    “So, my Canadian friends, just because you live in a left wing liberal country,”
    Well, George, the TORedStar has this Good News:
    “anti-poverty activists longed for the days when Liberal prime ministers Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin used their influence to push their summit counterparts to open their wallets and do as much as possible for the world’s poor.”
    …-
    “Harper has changed Canada’s progressive image”
    “TOKYO–Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who just wrapped up his third Group of Eight summit, has redrawn Canada’s image at the influential annual meetings from a force for progressive change to that of a hard-nosed, conservative player in world politics.”

  8. Harper and the other G8 leaders also discussed Burma for the first time at a Summit according to Canadian Friends of Burma.
    Chair’s Summary:
    We call on the authorities of [Burma] to lift all remaining restrictions on international aid and to improve the transparency of the incoming aid to the cyclone-affected areas. We expressed concern about the current political situation in [Burma]. We call on [Burma] to foster a peaceful transition to a legitimate, democratic, civilian government. We encourage the authorities of [Burma] to engage all stakeholders in an inclusive and transparent political process. In this context, we call on [Burma] to immediately release political detainees including Aung San Suu Kyi. We strongly support the UN Secretary General’s good offices mission and urge [Burma] to cooperate fully with Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari. We are prepared to respond positively to substantive political progress undertaken by [Burma]. G8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, (Kyoto, June 27, 2008),
    Chairman’s Statement: Foreign Ministers remain committed to ensuring aid reaches those affected by Cyclone Nargis; we therefore call on the authorities of [Burma] to lift all remaining restrictions on the flow of aid and to improve access for foreign aid workers to the affected areas. At the same time, the Ministers expressed concern about the current political situation in [Burma]. We call on [Burma] to foster a peaceful transition to a legitimate, democratic, civilian government. We encourage the authorities of [Burma] to engage all stakeholders in an inclusive and transparent political process. In this context, we call on [Burma] to immediately release political detainees including Aung San Suu Kyi. We strongly support the UN Secretary General’s good offices mission and urge [Burma] to cooperate fully with Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari. We are prepared to respond positively to substantive political progress undertaken by [Burma].
    Full text link: http://www.g8.gc.ca/2008-G8ForMinChairSummary-Kyoto-en.asp

  9. lilli marlene,
    yes , one and the same. CBCpravdas archive only has his junior high yearbook picture in their archives.

  11. An interview with Bat Ye’or:
    Ruthie Blum, One on One: A ‘dhimmi’ view of Europe
    ‘I always thought I’d be writing novels,” says Bat Ye’or, her wistfulness somehow adding an extra touch of class to her thick French accent. “Not such serious work.”
    Given the gravity of her subject matter, and what some might consider her alarmist way with words, this is hard to believe. But then, so is the historian’s life story, which is the stuff that sagas are made of…

  12. New from RAND Corporation:
    Keith Crane, Rollie Lal and Jeffrey Martini, Iran’s Political, Demographic, and Economic Vulnerabilities
    Iran is one of the United States’ most important foreign policy concerns. It has also been an extraordinarily difficult country with which to engage. Ironically, while the leadership has been hostile to the United States, Iranian society has evolved in ways friendly to the United States and U.S. interests. This monograph assesses current political, ethnic, demographic, and economic trends and vulnerabilities in Iran.
    [As always, a summary and the full document are available in PDF only.]

  13. Cheng Li, China’s Fifth Generation: Is Diversity a Source of Strength or Weakness?
    Washington should understand that the political survival of the Chinese Communist Party is the most important consideration for this new generation of leaders.
    Although fifth generation leaders will probably respond to challenges and crises with more confidence than their predecessors, this new generation cannot afford to be arrogant. Increasing factional checks and balances will constrain these leaders in making new foreign policy initiatives.
    Though interested in promoting bilateral cooperation with the U.S. on various issue areas, the new generation of leaders will likely reject any lectures from the U.S. regarding how China should behave in the modern world.
    [Full document in PDF only.]

  16. Irfan al-Alawi and Stephen Schwartz, Our survey shows British Muslims don’t want sharia
    Soon after Archbishop Williams’s gaffe the Centre for Islamic Pluralism conducted a field survey of attitudes towards sharia in the main Muslim communities in Britain. We visited Birmingham, Manchester, Bolton, Bradford, Sheffield and Leicester, in addition to ongoing and extensive investigations in London’s East End. Interviewees included imams, muftis (legal authorities), spiritual shaykhs, British Muslim barristers and solicitors, social workers and rank-and-file mosque attendees. The full results will be published, with similar data from Germany, Holland, France and Spain, next year.
    Our survey was made easier by Muslim debate over the Williams affair. The overwhelming majority of our sample — we estimate a minimum of 65 per cent — brusquely repudiated the imposition of sharia in Britain and even expressed resentment at the interference of individuals like the Archbishop in British Muslim affairs.

  17. A comment from “Duggy” on the climate change article at http://tinyurl.com/6algp4
    “Having recently completed a Continuing Education Course on Climate Change I noted the following:
    1) Stefan’s Law defines whether a planet warms up or cools down. The two parameters which determine this are Emissivity and Albedo.
    2) The latest International Panel on Climate Change report fails to mention Stefan’s Law and barely mentions either Emissivity or Albedo. Oh dear!
    3) A simple calculation reveals that a 1% increase in global cloud cover would more than compensate for the doubling of current Co2 levels. Have they not noticed this?
    4) Mars has Co2 levels of 80% or more and is very cold. However Venus has 90% Co2 and is very hot. Earth, of course has very little Co2 and lots of water and therein perhaps lies the real driving force that determines our cosy temperature.
    5) Rain forests produce cloud cover and so do sunspots and particulates in the atmosphere.
    6) The scientific community has very sparse knowledge on the past, present and future behaviour of the earth’s Albedo, so what are they on about?
    7) Many hours surfing the internet reveals a vast store of often blinkered data, riddled with assumptive conclusions.
    8) It appears to this observer that the need to secure the next grant has effectively closed down the debate on the issue of global warming [or cooling]. Meanwhile we have a bunch of technically illiterate politicians hell bent on poverty creation.”

  18. Who said this: “prickly Sandra Buckler.” about a woman who is recovering from thyroid cancer?
    Hint: her Christian name is Jane. ‘Nother clue: she hacks for the Glob-Pail. More clues: Her alias is “Giggles”. Her “co-host” is Mr. Mcgew.
    Give up?
    Giggles reveals more ’bout the cobber, the friend of You-Know-Who: “The son of a schoolteacher and a farmer from Young, Sask., a village about 100 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon,”.
    Look at this inside stuff Jane slathers on: “His wife, Kelly Sherwood, is the sister of Stacey Gairdner, who is the assistant to Laureen Harper.” How awful!
    …-
    Taber: “prickly Sandra Buckler.”
    “The man behind Corn Cob Bob takes over PM’s communications”
    http://tinyurl.com/6mpd3d

  19. Sorry, I’m still reeling from the mental image old Gunny99 doing yardwork in his alltogether.

  21. “In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many”
    “In the four-missile version of the image released Wednesday by Sepah News, the media arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, two major sections (encircled in red) appear to closely replicate other sections (encircled in orange). (Illustration by The New York Times; photo via Agence France-Presse)”
    “Updated, 9:33 a.m., Agence France-Presse has retracted the image as “apparently digitally altered.””
    “As news spread across the world of Iran’s provocative missile tests, so did an image of four missiles heading skyward in unison. Unfortunately, it appeared to contain one too many missiles, a point that had not emerged before the photo appeared on the front pages of The Los Angeles Times, The Financial Times, The Chicago Tribune and several other newspapers as well as on BBC News, MSNBC, Yahoo! News, NYTimes.com and many other major news Web sites.”
    http://preview.tinyurl.com/6ry6ll

  22. “Frank Gehry: the Bilbao Effect is bulls**t”
    ““I do think architecture is a profession that deserves to have its masterpieces and occasionally somebody manages to eke one out. Not everybody can do it and, God knows, I didn’t know I could.”” (Applause)
    On the other hand, the proles must be trained to see:
    “”To the untrained eye it [Gehry’s Serpentine Pavilion in London] looks like a collapsing tower of Jenga bricks.”
    http://preview.tinyurl.com/5pzty4

  24. Mao Stlong China say, Geolge is a jokel. China has bettel lecold on envilonment.
    …-
    “President George Bush: ‘Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter’
    By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor and Urmee Khan
    Last Updated: 7:52AM BST 10/07/2008
    George Bush surprised world leaders with a joke about his poor record on the environment as he left the G8 summit in Japan.”
    http://preview.tinyurl.com/6938k4

  26. Al Gore will probably want to convert Manhattan into a power plant when the whole island is awash in global warming.
    Israeli company to build sea wave power plants in China
    Electricity shortages in China are worsening every day and current energy sources are problematic: fossil fuels increase the country’s already intolerable levels of air and environmental pollution; nuclear power plants and hydroelectric stations are highly susceptible to earthquake damage; typhoons make building wind farms extremely difficult, and solar systems are costly…
    The Tel Aviv company’s system produces renewable and clean energy from sea waves, which it claims have the potential to supply four times more energy per square meter than wind power. The system’s advantages are high efficiency, ability to modulate energy storage capabilities, and relatively low cost for construction and generation of electricity…

  27. Son Tay Raid MH-53M Pave Low IV Retired
    The museum’s [National Museum of the US Air Force] MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter, serial number 68-10357, carried the command element during the mission to rescue American prisoners of war from the Son Tay prison camp near Hanoi, North Vietnam in 1970.
    After Vietnam, it flew in many more combat engagements including Operation DESERT STORM and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. After 38 years of service, its final flight was a combat mission in Iraq on March 28, 2008…
    “We checked the records and found that this fleet of only 72 aircraft has racked up a combat record of 140 Silver Stars; an average of two Silver Stars per airframe over their lifetime,” said Lt. Gen. Wurster. “It is hard to believe that any other aircraft in Air Force history could have such a remarkable and compelling story of heroism.”

  28. Lehman Brothers slashes NYTCo price target
    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/07/lehman_brothers_slashes_nytco.html
    Virtually announcing to the world that the New York Times Company is in the process destroying shareholder value, investment bank Lehman Brothers is telling investors that its 12 month price target for a share of New York Times Company stock is $8 a share, down 46 percent from $15.06 at the time the report was published.
    Lehman sees ad revenue declining even faster than it had previously predicted, along with acceleration in the decline of earnings per share. It warns investors away from an asset play here, no doubt because the Sulzberger family is committed to keeping the company intact. So the only way the company’s shares should be evaluated is on the basis of its rapidly deteriorating fundamentals.
    Worst of all, Lehman sees a possible dividend cut ahead. That would be painful for many members of the ruling family, and could threaten Pinch Sulzberger’s control eventually.

  29. Poll at ctv/canada a.m. has gone miserably wrong! 73% think Khadr should remain in comfy,cozy,Gitmo! wqonder what the giggling twits on the show will have to say about this???
    BTW,anyone else notice how same show is turning into a National Enquirer ‘lite?’Marci Ian spent most of the week talking about the Madonna/A-Rod scandal,and the ditzy weather girl hasn’t got a clue to rattle around her empty head.And this passes for a “news’ program??? It almost makes cbc look watchable.

  30. Old Sol causes (gasp) “at least half”? Can’t be true. Sol causes 100% less 1% by volcanoes. That’s right, no?
    …-
    “Cleaner skies means more global warming
    London, July 10 : For past three decades, Europe has been following the trend of saying goodbye to air pollution and smoky chimneys but a new study has shown that cleaning up the skies has allowed more of the sun’s rays to pierce the atmosphere, contributing to at least half the global warming that has occurred.”
    http://www.britainnews.net/story/380688

  31. John Coleman, founder of The Weather Channel, refutes Global Warming:
    “I love this civilization. I want to do my part to protect it.
    If Al Gore and his global warming scare dictates the future policy of our governments, the current economic downturn could indeed become a recession, drift into a depression and our modern civilization could fall into an abyss. And it would largely be a direct result of the global warming frenzy.
    My mission, in what is left of a long and exciting lifetime, is to stamp out this Global
    Warming silliness and let all of us get on with enjoying our lives and loving our planet,Earth.”
    The rest of his speech can be found at:
    http://www.kusi.com/weather/colemanscorner/19842304.html

  32. Kate, are you aware that someone posting as Anon, at Crux of the Matter, is blaming you and your readers for the problems the liberals are having re Jennifer. He/she claims that you organized a plan to have your readers call GreenShift and pretend outrage, misunderstanding, threatened to boycott etc. Also says, wait till her lawyer is outed and how he/she is being paid.
    I think you have to take him to the HRC.
    I know I never phoned her. Anyone here guilty.

  36. I apologize for the length of following, from the “Daily Reckoning” website, but it is interesting reading:
    “How could a state – the American state – founded on the ideal of individual liberty become so powerful? How could a state embodying the idea of America become so anti-American? It is true that all Western states have followed the same route during the 20th century, and that their citizens have lost many of their traditional liberties. But how can we explain that this also happened in America? In many areas, the conditions of individual liberty and privacy have become even worse than in other countries.
    Consider a related paradox. Canada remained a British dominion while America became an independent country. The Canadian state (federal and provincial governments) was in theory unlimited; the American state was trusted with the sacred mission of protecting liberty and was formally constrained by the Bill of Rights. Now, look what happened. At least during the 20th century, virtually all slippery slopes started in the U.S., many years, sometimes decades, before being imported into Canada. The U.S. federal income tax was established in 1913; in Canada, it started in 1917. The U.S. feds introduced unemployment insurance in 1935; the Canadian feds in 1940. The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913; the Bank of Canada in 1935. The American New Deal was imitated by a Canadian Conservative government after a lag of a few years, and much resistance. Born in 1934, the SEC predates its first Canadian sister by 11 years and, even then, securities regulation remains, to this day, a provincial jurisdiction north of the border. Money laundering legislation was introduced in American law in 1970, and plagiarized in Canada only in 1991; the more severe American laws of the 1980s and 1990s were imitated by the Canadian federal government only in 2000. Up to the 20th century, even the right to keep and bear arms was, in some respects, as well protected in Canada as in the U.S.
    The creeping up of government ID papers, mainly the driver’s license with photograph, started in the U.S. a few decades ago, before being imitated in Canada, during the 1980s and 1990s. The ubiquitous use of the Social Security Number in the U.S. predated by ten years or so the proliferation of the Social Insurance Number in Canada. The war on drugs, the catch-all crime of domestic violence, the feminist legislative agenda, the environmental craze, the corporate governance witch-hunt, the prosecution of sexual harassment writ large, the anti-smoking jihad, the fat hunt – all these crusades started in the U.S. and were only later embraced by Canadian governments.
    There are glorious exceptions where Americans remain freer, but it is seldom completely black and white. Taxes are lower in America than in Canada, but this is only since the 1960s. Self-defense, the right to keep and bear arms, and free speech have resisted better in America, but have also been under attack. Private health insurance is not prohibited in the U.S. as it has been for a few decades in Canada, but 40 per cent of health expenditures come from the taxpayer (compared to 70 per cent in Canada) and the industry is tightly regulated. At any rate, it is only since the ’60s that individual liberties have been under heavy attack in Canada. It is as if, in Canada, the state had simply forgotten to legislate, to regulate, to control, except for importing tyrannical fads from elsewhere, including from the Land of the Free.
    How could a country founded on the ideal of individual liberty, with a state devoted to the mission of protecting it, slide down the road to tyranny as fast as, and sometimes faster than, other countries? The economic analysis of politics suggests some explanations. With hindsight, the Founders probably did not take seriously enough the danger of the state, as illustrated in Madison’s argument for a federal government that would be kept in check by the States and the will of the citizens. Perhaps the state is so dangerous that trusting it with any glorious mission is looking for trouble, even if this mission is the protection of liberty. Consider France and America. In both countries, the typical citizen thinks that his is the country of the rights of man, and that everywhere else in the world people are in chains. In both countries, the state has become an irresistible force for surveillance and control – more advanced in one country or the other depending on the people’s capacity for resistance and the vagaries of history and culture. Compared to these two monsters, the mission-less Canadian state remained humble for a long time, and protected individual liberty by its lack of ideas and initiative.
    Failure and Hope
    We must admit that the idea of America is, if not dead, in great danger. Can you imagine that any of the admirers of America I have cited, or any of the Founders, would see today’s America as a free society? It is certainly less unfree than many other countries in the world. It may or may not be less unfree than other Western countries, depending on which area of human activity is considered. But it is far from the idea of America.
    Not all hope is lost. Some barriers to power remain in America, and some powerful symbols of the idea of America survive. The right to keep and bear arms seems to have recently regained some lost ground. Freedom of speech is still better protected in America than anywhere else. More importantly, it is in America that the advancing steamroller of the state is meeting the most resistance.
    If liberty and civilization have any future, the world needs the idea of America.”
    Rush Limbaugh? No. Larry Kudlow? No. This piece was written by Pierre Lemieux, a professor at the University of Quebec at Outaouais.

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