Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Thursday night wild-card show, here is M. Maurice Chevalier performing Thank Heaven for Little Girls from the movie Gigi (1958, 2:29).
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Found this at http://www.ejectejecteject.com/archives/000194.html
“RE: Barbara and not volunteering at church anymore.”
“I had the same experience. After years of volunteer work, taking vacation days to teach a “genius” class of bright kids from our church school (itself clearly a social crime in the brave, new and disgusting “Beneath the Wheel” world of leveling education), I was told I had to undergo vetting for criminal behavior. I told them to go to hell, a place they profess a deep knowlege of. Others, more compliant, will take my place, and argue that it is not so bad, and well intended. Like helping the Jews by resettling them in the East, perhaps?”
“The mark of the socialist is to classify, since that is simplier than having to think. Thus to the nazi, Jews were a class of subhumans, and to Pol Pot’s murder squads, those who wore glasses were intellectuals, thus a threat to the perfect agararian society, and should be shot. To the racketeers of the Left, white men, who largely were the inventive and operational core (for whatever reason) during most of the development of Western Society have to be the class of oppressors (although very few ever were). But why? Because that is where the money is! Western Culture brought us the toilet, the telephone, antibiotics, photography, ships of the sea and air, institutionalized curiosity (a.k.a. Science) and the engineering that makes science useful. It made freedom possible, because it made us rich (well, overall). But like the Nazi’s, who went after the Jews with invented claptrap and insane ideas, because the Jews were where the money was, the rise of the sensitivity culture is a piracy culture, an extortionist racket.”
“At the root of this piracy is the legal system, which has developed an infuriating, disproportionate ability to collect damages beyond all proportion. Thus churches and corporations, being largely productive(the magic word is “have assets”) are thrown open to ruin by the disconnect between the jury awards and reason, since the eithical spine of the jurors themselves is the pivot. Most jurors are well meaning, but suckers for spending other people’s money (as are, co-incidentally, your governments, which in the midst of a developing depression, want an even larger division of your labor…why should (socialist) public pensions and salaries and other comforts be inconvenienced by your troubles?). What has really created a problem is that as socialist dogma in the public schools spreads it has infected jury pools with irresponsible, self-absorbed free-lunch types. At least in part because of this, sexual abuses, and God forbid, personal slights and perceived unkindness, which we all know will occur from time to time, become the fodder for disproportionate and destructive awards extracted from well-meaning and/or productive organizations. Small wonder then that the “touchy-feely” elements of the legal rackets promptly step forward with antidotes for the very venoms they spew. The price is reasonable! Just a few thousand dollars per session, or per backgrounder, plus the decency, dignity and presumption of innoncence once promised to us as citizens, and always deserved by decent people. So what if you get thrown under the bus by the indifference of law and the vile greed of the hyperbolic, extortinate left: on the one hand they have the opportunity to extravagantly loot productive organizations, on the other to to make money immunizing against lawsuits. What’s not to like?”
“This degrades society and wastes resources, but it is easier for institutions and corporations to become the handmaidens of fraud-peddling social engineers, abusing and insulting volunteers or employees, rather than take a principled stand against this abuse.”
“This is truly a high tech middle ages that is evolving. The age of reason is over.”
Posted by: Brendan | November 25, 2008 7:17 AM
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From a Toronto Star article on Tuesday …
The Canada Council awarded this year’s $25,000 Governor General’s Literary Awards poetry prize to one Jacob Scheier, 28, of Toronto.
Two of the three jury members were poets Di Brandt, who helped translate a poem for the collection, and Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, who “blurbed” the book (as the article puts it).
Brandt denied any conflict of interest in a comment to Quill and Quire …
But a very common objection to Canada Council grants is their you-scratch-my-back-and-I’ll-scratch-yours nature. This looks like a classic example.
From the “Giving-The-MSM-A-Break-For-A-Change” department…
Source: http://www.zombietime.com/reuters_photo_fraud/
Theory F: Reuters and other news agencies always support the underdog in any conflict.
In tune with the sort of “bleeding heart” liberal ethics held by most in the journalism trade, Reuters staffers always tend to sympathize with whoever is perceived as the victim or underdog, regardless of their moral history. The struggle then comes down to this: who can lay claim to victims status, and thus get favorable media coverage? According to this theory, Hezbollah managed to gain the upper hand in the victimhood competition by identifying themselves with the Lebanese people. Israel lost the victimhood sweepstakes because Israel is too organized and efficient in its response to Hezbollah rocket attacks, whereas Lebanon was more chaotic and emotional.
A quick survey of how the media has covered a wide variety of historical events tends to confirm this theory. Whoever is perceived as a victim at any particular moment earns media sympathy, even if sometimes it leads to absurd contradictions. Frequently, for example, when someone is murdered, the media idolizes the victim. But later, when the murderer is convicted and sentenced to death, suddenly he assumes the victim mantle, and the public is treated to tales of his awful childhood, and of how the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment. Similarly, and more to the point, in the 1945-1948 period, Jews were appropriately perceived as the victims of the Holocaust and of massive population displacement duiring WWII, and as a result the media supported the creation of Israel in 1948. But as soon as Israelis stopped acting like victims, and started to create a successful society that overshadowed its neighbors, little by little Israel as a whole lost the sympathy of the media. Whoever fails, loses or lags behind in any situation will always receive the most positive media coverage.
There is no real moral component to this philosophy. In “underdog ethics,” nobody bears responsibility for his or her plight. And as a result, Theory F proposes that Reuters and other media do not politically sympathize with the aims of Hezbollah per se, but only slant coverage in favor of Hezbollah because they were sustaining the most damage in the war. If the tables were turned and Hezbollah had superior firepower and invaded Israel, the media would favor the victim once again — but in this case, it would be Israel.
There is a great deal of overlap between the Underdog Theory of Media Bias, and the sort of diffused “cultural Marxism” that pervades much of modern society, in which “oppressed” third-world peoples are always portrayed as more virtuous than any “colonialist” state. Because Western-style democracies always create wealthier and more powerful societies than do other political systems, the cultural Marxists in the media will always bias coverage against developed countries and in favor of less-developed countries.
Food for thought, at least.
Wednesday’s Globe and Mail featured an op-ed article by CJC legal counsel Mark Freiman, defending the appalling Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act.
He says hate propaganda isn’t just about “overt promotion of violence against identifiable minorities”, and that threats and intimidation are “just as likely to be implicit and insinuated”. And “Looking for proof of violent intent misconceives the danger and adds an unnecessary formal hurdle to attempts to protect against it”.
The problem, as we have seen in recent months, is that legitimate commentary on social and political issues has been attacked under s.13 to stifle dissent. That path leads to Auschwitz or the gulag. Also, “identifiable groups” usually means those that are defined by leftists, like visible minorities, women, or gays, but not those that rightists might suggest, like businessmen, landlords or doctors, who are then fair game for hatred. This is hypocritical, but it ties in with the phony issue of power that the left twists for its own malicious purposes.
Thursday’s Toronto Star contains another column by Haroon Siddiqui on the same issue. He quotes Alan Borovoy of the CCLU: “Let’s just take one statement that Steyn made: ‘Not all Muslims are terrorists, though enough are hot for jihad to provide an impressive support network.’ I interpret that as saying that a significant number of Muslims support terrorism … How much worse can you get? Doesn’t that expose them to hatred? This looks to me like an awful exercise in rationalization by those who say this isn’t hatred.”
If Borovoy said this (to Siddiqui personally, apparently), he’s an ignoramus. Recent historical events, including those of this week, have demonstrated the truth of Steyn’s words time and again. Obviously most Muslims, like anybody else, just want to get on with their lives, and just as obviously there has been terrorism associated with many other causes. But to try to suppress the truth by claiming that it promotes hatred is shocking and disgusting.
There is no reason to fear Muslims generally, just as there is no reason to become anti-Semitic based on the depredations of the CJC. But it is sheer malevolence to deny that terrorism exists and that some of it comes from people claiming to use Islam as a justification, however misguided they may be under the doctrines of that religion. Any attempt to suppress truth — as in, it “is no defense” — is totalitarian and has no place in the law in a free society. That is basic civil liberties.
Eric Margolis was just on CTV,telling us that the reason this slaughter went dowm in Mumbai was because the muslims are marginalized.They don’t have a feeling of belonging.What a fool.Why does ctv feel the need to give an apologist forthe slime airtime? This is BS.Did Manson get time to tell his side of the story? Why he felt the need to kil? Eric,you are an idiot,a useful idiot,but just the same an idiot. Go hang with your buddies,until they kill you.
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
She never worked out how to go to the loo.
As you may or may not know, “Buy Nothing Day” is almost upon us!
From their website, you’ll find some hilarious suggestions they have for protesters:
Whirl–mart
This activity has the advantage of being most likely to piss off security personnel. You and nine of your closest friends silently drive your shopping carts around in a long, inexplicable conga line without ever actually buying anything.
Credit card cut up
Volunteers stand in a shopping mall with a pair of scissors and a sign offering a simple service: to put an end to extortionate interest rates and mounting debt with one considerate cut. Be careful though: in some first-world countries, carrying scissors in public can get you arrested as a “terrorist”.
Zombie Walk
The cheerful dead wander around malls, marveling at the blank, comatose expressions on the faces of shoppers. The zombies are happy to be among their own kind, but slightly contemptuous of those who have not yet begun to rot.
“Glaciers in Norway, Alaska, growing again
Scandinavian nation reverses trend, mirrors results in Alaska, elsewhere.
After years of decline, glaciers in Norway are again growing, reports the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE). The actual magnitude of the growth, which appears to have begun over the last two years, has not yet been quantified, says NVE Senior Engineer Hallgeir Elvehøy.
The flow rate of many glaciers has also declined. Glacier flow ultimately acts to reduce accumulation, as the ice moves to lower, warmer elevations.
The original trend had been fairly rapid decline since the year 2000.”
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/11/27/glaciers-in-norway-alaska-growing-again/
According to The Telegraph, Indian authorities are claiming that some of the Mumbai terrorists are British nationals.
CTV announces cutting 105 jobs while the President and CEO of CBC is quoted as saying “While others are contemplating and predicting layoffs we are going to put in place, and move forward with, solutions that do not include layoffs.”
CUT. THEIR. FUNDING.
Mumbai: Everybody knows it’s about poverty and marginalization of a minority. Poor things. They have every right to kill people.
“Turkish couple let off by terrorists for being Muslims,”
(Times of India)
MUMBAI: When faced with a volley of gunshots, while sipping coffee at the Oberoi Hotel on Wednesday night, Ali Arpaciouglu, a Turkish citizen on a business trip to Mumbai, chose to escape through the hotel kitchen and down a flight of stairs that opened onto the road outside.
This was probably one of the best decisions he took. On the other hand, his business partner, Meltem Muezzinoglu, and her husband, Seyfi, both Turks, when faced with the same situation, decided to dash out of the restaurant and head upstairs instead. When terrorists laid siege to the hotel, the Muezzinoglus were held hostage….
The Muezzinoglus, however, found themselves in a hostage situation, along with a group of foreigners. That night, they shared a room with three foreigners – all women. Two machine-gun-wielding terrorists stood guard over them the whole night.
All the hostages were asked to reveal their religion. When the Muezzinoglus said they were Muslims, their captors told them that they would not be harmed. The other three Caucasian women were removed from the room next day, and the terrorists informed the Muezzinoglus that they had been shot….
Sun Media summons the “expert”, “”University of Ottawa political historian and constitutional expert Michael Behiels”, to the rescue with the hoary, moribund cliches:
“”Harper is going for broke. He’s going to play all his chips, all his cards,””.
However, >>>>> research shows/survey says:
“Should political parties get a taxpayer subsidy?
Yes 12%
No 88%
Total Votes for this Question: 832”
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/poll_results.html
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“Opposition set for all-out war
Rival parties consider all options, even toppling government”
” University of Ottawa political historian and constitutional expert Michael Behiels is convinced Harper is determined to trigger his own defeat to take another stab at winning a majority before a deep recession sets in.
‘PROVOKE CRISIS’
“He’s got the Liberals on the ropes and he’s using the funding of political parties as a way to provoke the crisis,” he said. “I think he’s angry he didn’t get the majority. He came so close, and now the longer he waits and the deeper the recession gets the chance of coming out smelling like a rose is diminished. So it’s best to catch all the opposition off guard, force them to defeat the government and browbeat the governor general into giving him another election as soon as possible.”
Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean could ask the Liberals and NDP to form a coalition. Despite the high cost of another election, Harper could try to convince Canadians he needs a majority to shepherd the country through the economic crisis.
“This is politics at its highest form of gambling. Harper is going for broke. He’s going to play all his chips, all his cards,” Behiels said.”
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2008/11/28/7561396-sun.html
Message to Taliban Jack Layton (NDP).
>>> “A Canadian-led task force”.
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“Coalition forces strike into heart of Zhari district – killing 21 Taliban
ANIZAI, Afghanistan – A Canadian-led task force has completed a major operation in the heart of the Zhari district that has left 21 Taliban dead and several others in custody.” (canoe)
By MONTE SOLBERG
“OK, I’ve had it. Watching some of the national media whip themselves into a frenzy about whether Canada is going to have a deficit is so wildly out of context that it almost makes me weep. ”
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/Columnists/Solberg_Monte/2008/11/27/7560611-sun.html
Is Taliban Jack Layton (NDP) really in “talks” with Jeancula (Liberal)?
Who is their “high-profile spokesman”?
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“Taleban’s ex-spokesman shot dead
A former high-profile spokesman for the Taleban has been shot dead in eastern Afghanistan.
Mohammad Hanif was killed at his home in the province of Nangarhar along with three other people who were believed to be his relatives.
Another official said the others killed were Dr Hanif’s cousin, brother-in-law and nephew and that the attack may have been linked to a family feud.
Dr Hanif began speaking for Afghanistan’s former rulers in October 2005.
He was held in January 2007 in the border town of Towr Kham in Nangarhar soon after entering from Pakistan.
Afghanistan’s intelligence agents released a video in which Dr Hanif alleged Taleban leader Mullah Omar was living inside Pakistan.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139592/posts
“The poll helps explain why outgoing Liberal Leader Stephane Dion had so much difficulty during the election campaign trying to sell his Green Shift platform that proposed a carbon tax in order to encourage emission reductions.”
Liberal Citoyen Dionky’s mea culpa supplied gratis/no charge by the MSM.
Dionky is “outgoing”? Kyoto Dionky is dead; buried in the PET Cemetery.
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“Efforts to support global climate-change falls: Poll
PARIS – There is both growing public reluctance to make personal sacrifices and a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the major international efforts now underway to battle climate change, according to findings of a poll of 12,000 citizens in 11 countries, including Canada.
Results of the poll were released this week in advance of the start of a major international conference in Poland where delegates are considering steps toward a new international climate-change treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.
There already are reports emerging that some countries, such as coal-dependent Poland, are pushing for special treatment to avoid making major commitments to slash carbon emissions during a global economic downturn.”
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=f0a1687c-decd-4c72-9d0e-7e6dd92d4ebe
Pat Nixon(sic) is on a junket with Gigi and Jean-Daniel et al on your tab.
Pat says she has left Richard home alone in Calgary; however, she says:
“”I am going to come back to Calgary on fire.”” Wowser!
Will Checkers, the mutt, be waiting with his speech?
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“Mustard seed boss invigorated by trip
W hen Pat Nixon returns from a visit to four European countries with the Governor General,
he expects he’ll have a lot to share. The state visit, which began Monday with Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean, her husband Jean-Daniel Lafond and a delegation of other Canadians, is visiting Hungary, the Slovak and Czech republics and Slovenia.
Nixon, chief executive of the Mustard Seed Street Ministry in Calgary, is one of the delegates on the trip.
“This will be marked as one of the most valuable experiences of my life,”Nixon said early Thursday in a phone interview from Bratislava, Slovakia. “I am going to come back to Calgary on fire.”
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=3d379182-1152-4cb8-a223-a29047770ba7
Meteor Fragments Found:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081128/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_meteorite_3
Stay Gigi Stay. CanPress is bluffing about an “erupts”.
Here is your cue from the MSM: “perhaps the coalition being discussed between the Liberals and the NDP”.
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“Governor General could come home if constitutional crisis erupts” (canpress)
Battered U.S. media prays for its bailout
With advertising sales running off a cliff and share prices collapsing, some companies may not weather the crisis
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081128.RADHOCRACY28/TPStory/Business
Mission Accomplished.
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“War in Iraq ends for international forces
President Bush’s “coalition of the willing” is set to all but disappear from Iraq by the end of the year, with 13 countries, including South Korea, Japan, Moldova and Tonga preparing to withdraw their few remaining troops.
Britain, Australia, Romania, Estonia and El Salvador are the only nations, apart from the US, that plan to remain after a UN mandate authorising their presence expires on December 31.
London must still reach an agreement with Baghdad, however, to keep its 4,100-strong contingent on the ground into the new year. Failure to do so in time would leave British troops without legal cover and they too would have to leave.
“We are going to say farewell to 13 different nations in the space of two and a half weeks,” said Brigadier-General Nicolas Matern, a deputy commander for Multi-National Corps Iraq, which oversees the US military’s coalition partners.
“We started off with 35 countries but it has steadily been going down … As from December it is going to go all the way down,” he told The Times.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139824/posts
“The Thrill Of Victory
Iraq: Nineteen months after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared the war “lost,” a freely elected Iraqi Parliament signs a security pact with the United States. We won. It is the terrorists and their appeasers who lost.
While Americans sat down for Thanksgiving dinner deciding what they were thankful for, the Iraqi parliament Thursday passed an agreement with the U.S. that set a date certain for American withdrawal, as war critics wanted. But it was based on conditions on the ground, as the Bush administration insisted.
The conditions on the ground are that the jihadists are a spent force that lost the war as well as the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. Province after province has been returned to Iraqi control, and the young Iraqi nation appears both willing and able to defend itself.
Under the terms of the agreement, U.S. forces will withdraw from Iraqi towns and cities by June 30, 2009, and the entire country by Jan. 1, 2012. The deal could still be rejected by the Iraqi people in a referendum scheduled for July 30, a key Sunni demand to get their agreement, but by then U.S. troops will no longer be a visible presence in urban areas.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139822/posts