37 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. Canoe is headlining a story about Palin’s church.
    I don’t recall a single story at Canoe about Obama’s.
    I do know that the pastor that says God Dam* America worries me more than a pastor that claims he can pray away the gay!

  2. Yeah, just imagine if he said “God Damn Gays” But it’s okay to damn your country (AND ALL WHITE PEOPLE) to hell.

  4. Well, now we know why Edmonton was #2 on the TSN power rankings!
    To all you fans of Edmonton, you are about to find out what a drought actually feels like.

  5. AtlanticJim:
    While I agree there should be balance in the media when reporting on the religious activities and beliefs of the Presidential/VP candidates, I don’t think there is anything untoward in the CANOE story.
    I also agree with Doug. The pastor who encourages his flock to pray for a gay is in no way scary and most certainly not as scary as a pastor who rants, raves and screams “God damn America!” to his flock.

  7. Holy cow, National Review Online got Bill Whittle to write an article for them. It’s as inspiring as usual. Put his book “Silent America” into your Amazon cart.
    I have made three attempts to post a link to this great article and they have failed waiting for APPROVAL which of course will never happen.
    I am reduced to describing how to get to this article. Go to the National Review homepage (it’s the two words of the name followed by dot com) and you will see a link to Bill Whittle’s article entitled “Proud of the GOP”. Don’t know how long this will be there. Sure wish I could post a F’ING LINK.

  8. Here is another attempt to post a link to Bill Whittle’s article
    article.nationalreview.com/?q=MzM3ZWNhZmVhMDY2MDcxOGYzMWFmNWFkNGE2YTI4MGI

  10. randall g @1:49 AM
    That link worked fine for me. Excellent piece of writing. I’ve come to expect no less from Bill Whittle, he is a treasure.

  12. BBC reports:
    “”The tactic used by the “green gang” is to label anyone who dares disagree with their view of climate change as some kind of nutcase who denies scientific fact,” he said.”
    …-
    “Sammy Wilson’s view on climate change has angered environmentalists
    The Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has angered green campaigners by describing their view on climate change as a “hysterical psuedo-religion”.
    “In an article in the News Letter, Mr Wilson said he believed it occurred naturally and was not man-made.
    “Resources should be used to adapt to the consequences of climate change, rather than King Canute-style vainly trying to stop it,” said the minister.”
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7599810.stm

  13. Do yourselves a favour folks, look up the listings for this weekend’s repeats of the Glenn Beck show on Headline News. He had the Motor City Madman on for an hour last night and it was classic!!
    Talk about red meat conservative…..lol
    The transcript is at Beck’s page at HLN. Of the many quotes, this is one of my favourites,
    “NUGENT: It was bizarre. I scared hippies. I think I…
    BECK: Got to shake your hand. Here`s another quote for you, quote of the day: “I scared hippies” and “I live to live.” I love this guy. ”

  14. And, right on cue, start up the big scary machine at the Mop & Flail:
    “Fearing Harper could win a majority, rivals sound early alarm”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080906.welection06/BNStory/politics/home
    I can just hear it now: hidden agenda! Hidden agenda!
    Somehow, though, I tend to think that this time such a tactic will backfire, seeing as how Stephen Harper hasn’t publicly eaten a puppy or shot a kitten in over three years.

  15. New terms cropping up on the web:
    Palinesque: strong, smart,grace under fire
    Palintology: “dig,baby,dig”
    Any others?

  17. randall – thanks so very much for telling us about the Bill Whittle article in the NationalReview.com.
    Wow. terrific.
    And the other articles are great as well, but his…outstanding.
    Thanks again.

  18. M. Citoyen Dion! Attention-la!
    STOPIGGY!
    …-
    “Quebec media see little hope for Dion
    “The poll came a day after La Presse’s front page predicted an electoral “disaster” in Quebec for the Liberals. “Without money, organization and imposing candidates, Stephane Dion’s Liberal party is headed straight for the slaughterhouse, according to several influential members,” the paper reported. The members in question remained anonymous, of course. But the story was a clear sign that Mr. Dion has failed to heal the rift his leadership victory created among Liberal troops in Quebec, most of whom had sup-ported(sic) Michael Ignatieff.”
    http://tinyurl.com/6mug9b (np)

  21. Dion’s Mascot: Big Carbon Footprint. Kyoto stays home.
    “the Liberal campaign team will be depending on Air Inuit’s Boeing 737.”
    …-
    “Liberals spending a load of money to run a dirty campaign
    No, not negative advertising. It’s about airplanes, and the stinky expensive gas-guzzler that the Liberals are barely able to get their hands on.”
    “And they’re off into the wild blue yonder! The Liberals, the Conservatives, and the NDP are arranging air travel for the upcoming election campaign. The Liberals are in a bit of trouble, and not just because they can’t get a plane just quite yet:”
    Specifically, Air Inuit flies a 737-200, while Air Canada is leasing A319-100s. Poking around, I worked out these numbers for the campaigns.
    Fuel Flow Rate:
    * A319-100 (Conservatives/NDP): 660 gallons/hour
    * B737-200 (Liberals): 920 gallons/hour
    Campaign Fund Burn Rate (335.3 cents per gallon):
    * A319-100 (Conservatives/NDP): $2200/hour
    * B737-200 (Liberals): $3100/hour
    Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9.6 kilograms of carbon dioxide per gallon of jet fuel):
    * A319-100 (Conservatives/NDP): 6,336 kg of CO2 per hour
    * B737-200 (Liberals): 8,825 kg of CO2 per hour”
    http://stevejanke.com/archives/272660.php

  22. Thanks for the link randall. Bill Whittle’s smart insights as usual:
    “Immediately came T-shirts saying I AM SARAH PALIN. HER STORY IS MY STORY. There is a lot of Obama swag out there, too, but none of it says HIS STORY IS MY STORY. Hold that thought till November 5.”
    “Sarah Palin has stolen Barack Obama’s glamour. She’s stolen his excitement, robbed his electricity, burgled his charisma, purloined his star power, and taken his Hope and Change mantra, woven it into a cold-weather fashion accessory, and wrapped it around her neck.”
    And seated it on substance, I might add.

  23. “Sarah Palin has stolen Barack Obama’s glamour. She’s stolen his excitement, robbed his electricity, burgled his charisma, purloined his star power, and taken his Hope and Change mantra, woven it into a cold-weather fashion accessory, and wrapped it around her neck.”
    Or strung up a moose with it…

  25. Fight your way past/through the bs-spin, the booing and hissing by the CanPress/MSM to find these details and more.
    “… MacKay also announced that one of Canada’s oldest reserve units would be returned to active duty for the first time since being stood down in 1965.”
    “The Halifax Rifles”
    …-
    “Defence minister announces permanent army reserve presence in Arctic
    HALIFAX — The military will establish a permanent army reserve in Canada’s North as part of Ottawa’s effort to protect Arctic sovereignty, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Friday.
    Although MacKay released few details during an announcement at a military trade show in Halifax, he said the unit would be established in Yellowknife.
    The complement would likely consist of 100 soldiers over time, depending upon the need, MacKay said.
    He added the unit could be used to augment other proposed initiatives in the Northwest Territories, including a deepwater refuelling station at Nanisivik and an Arctic Training Centre in Resolute.
    “This reserve unit covers an enormous amount of land mass and they will also work closely with the Canadian Arctic Rangers,” said MacKay.
    The Rangers are a largely aboriginal group of reservists considered the military’s eyes and ears in the North. They are primarily used for sovereignty patrols and are known for their ability to operate in harsh Arctic conditions.”
    http://tinyurl.com/5mg4sj

  26. Mao Stlong say, weathel goody hele in China now, Boob. Smog not gone, howevel.
    Rots a ruck, Boob. Say herro to Jean & Paur and Powel Colpalation.
    Sclew Halpel.
    Youl loving Uncle, Mao Stlong.
    …-
    “Rae predicts Liberal ‘success’ in election”
    (ctv)

  30. http://tinyurl.com/676lg6
    Gagliano hopes to leave sour grapes behind
    Prominent player in sponsorship scandal denies favoritism in obtaining $550,000 federal loan to purchase Quebec winery.
    Note: They can’t even proof read their byline.
    “favourtism”

  31. Ding! Dong! The Witch/Troll is Dead. Palinized.
    “She wasn’t going to “stay home and bake cookies”, she was going to reform the health-care system: if we elected her husband, we were thus going to get “two for the price of one”. With those words, Hillary Clinton launched herself into America’s national consciousness.”
    “She became an archetype, the Female American Politician.
    More than that: she became the archetype of the Powerful American Woman. She herself once explained the hostility she inspires as the misdirected fury of men who were angry at a “female boss” or other female authority figure. They felt bad about being subordinate to a woman at work, so they took it out on her.”
    …-
    “Sarah Palin brings the Hillary Clinton era to an end
    Whether or not Sarah Palin wins, for American women, politics will never be the same again, says Anne Applebaum”
    http://tinyurl.com/5tptzk (telegraphUK)

  32. Today’s Britain
    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,416741,00.html
    A wounded British soldier home from Afghanistan on sick leave was forced to spend the night in his car after a hotel refused him a room.
    Corporal Tomos Stringer was told by staff at Metro Hotel, in Woking, that it was company policy not to accept members of the armed forces as guests. The 24-year-old had traveled to the Surrey town to help with funeral preparations for a friend killed in action.

  33. Barf Alert: Barf on a hawg? Barf’s into leather?
    Take him down.
    …-
    Observant said:
    “You just don’t know Garth …. and his new hawg motorcycle riding it in full leathered glory on the 401 between Halton and London …”
    Halton John adds:
    “Don’t forget the food bits in his beard, his terrible breath, his incredibly short memory, his bad advice, his failure at nearly a dozen businesses, and his weird and unusually high opinion of himself,”
    …-
    “Lisa Raitt to run for Conservative Party in Halton” […]
    http://stevejanke.com/archives/272661.php
    Observant said:
    “Misogynist, biker-dork Turner is facing his demise as a politician now that Lisa Raitt is the CPC candidate for Halton. From wikipedia:
    The current CEO of the Port Authority is Lisa Raitt, who was appointed by the Board of Directors in 2003 after holding positions including Corporate Secretary/In-House Counsel 1999-2001 and Harbour Master 2001-2003; at the time Ms. Raitt held the distinction of first female Harbour Master in Canadian ports history.
    …………..
    Next to Raitt, Turner looks like an old biker dude … and Lisa has had to deal with tough longshoremen so she’s gotta be tough as nails …. our Sarah Palin ….????!!!!

  34. Mohammad rides again.
    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,418025,00.html
    A 17-year-old Pakistani girl forced to marry a 45-year-old when she was only nine was reportedly killed by her parents, according to the Weekend Australian.
    The murder has intensified despair among human rights workers in Pakistan over a recent spate of “honor killings,” in which two women and three teenage school girls were buried alive in Baluchistan Province because they wanted to marry the men of their choice.

  35. (PDF warning) Thomas Donnelly and Gary J. Schmitt, Musa Qala: Adapting to the Realities of Modern Counterinsurgency
    Musa Qala had been marked by the Afghan government as a critical battleground from the start, although such far-flung towns paled in importance to Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital and home to almost two-thirds of the Helmand population. The British established Camp Bastion near the provincial capital as their headquarters… From there, the British units that made up the 16 Air Assault Brigade began long-range patrols and, as encounters with the Taliban increased, more heavily armored “maneuver outreach groups” to try to interdict Taliban movements. Over time, British forces were dispersed throughout the countryside, with several mid-size forward operating bases and an increasing number of smaller “platoon houses.” These fortified, mud-walled outposts were a British version of a classic counterinsurgency tactic, one that had proved successful in Northern Ireland. But dispersing such small forces in the far reaches of Helmand would tax the British Army to the limits of its resources…

  36. Michael Sheridan, North Korea ‘uses doubles to hide death of Kim’
    Is Kim Jong-il for real? The question has baffled foreign intelligence agencies for years but now a veteran Japanese expert on North Korea says the “dear leader” is actually dead – and his role is played by a double.
    The expert says Kim died of diabetes in 2003 and world leaders including Vladimir Putin of Russia and Hu Jintao of China have been negotiating with an impostor…

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