63 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  6. Sorry, but violinists are a dime a dozen. While I generally detest the clarinet as an instrument [a cat being de-balled without anesthesia comes to mind], I give it to Zohar on points.

  8. @Vitruvius (9:45 PM):
    I offer, as a kind of rebuttal, a quote from an author that James Bovard’s circuit considers to be a genius:
    “The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has any rightful claim to your money, or that he intends to use it for your own benefit … Furthermore, having taken your money, he leaves you, as you wish him to do. . . He does not keep ‘protecting’ you by commanding you to bow down and serve him; by requiring you to do this, and forbidding you to do that.”
    -Lysander Spooner
    [ Source: http://www.angelfire.com/mn/rongstadliberty/QuotesNS.html ]

  9. Yes, point taken, Daniel, still, “serial killer” doesn’t grok in general either, I mean, other than the occasional one here or there. Perhaps the problem with politicians is that they listen to humans !-)

  11. I am fascinated and appalled by Barack Obama and Michael Ignatieff. There is the same playing with reality and playing mind games. After a while, you wonder if you are the one who is crazy.

  13. a very interesting, and topical, SDA Late Nite Radio selection Vitruvius… I enjoyed that & thank you.

  16. Ahh, an excellent choice, Vitruvius. We do not get out very often to the symphony but your selection tonight reminds me of an evening a few years ago at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington, Delaware where we had the privilege of seeing Mr. Perlman live. It was an individual performance and not part of an orchestra. I had several of my children with me; we all enjoyed our evening. Thank you for the memories.

  17. Daniel – I’ve never had the opportunity to listen to a cat getting de-balled with or without a numbing agent but I do know cats as I have had a couple of them grazing around the house for the last 12 or so years.
    It seems to me that while getting de-balled without the numbing agent a cat is more likely to sound like “bag pipes” rather than a clarinet. My father played the clarinet – sounded nothing like a cat.

  19. A topic seldom discussed on SDA….(sports)…….but listening on delayed feed radio tonight, I realized that over time, my tolerance for that know-it-all from the Centre of the Universe, Bob McClown on Sportsnet’s Prime Time Sports has reached a new low. Actually I’d have to look way up to even get to disgust. On the occasion that my channel surfing happens to land him, it’s only the topic or a featured guest that will hold my viewership.
    If ever there was a more egotistical, self-important, [‘look at me, man, with my kool shades, nifty upturned collar, 5 day stubble, dramatic open-mouthed pause- (by the way, your buck-tooth visage belie any sense of coolness] jerk’, I’d be hard pressed to name him.
    Seems anything truly Canadian- the CFL, curling, hunting, Sidney Crosby, Don Cherry, small-town/rural Canada, Harper, rightwing politics/values, this asswipe will demean!
    But I guess that’s Toronna.
    Please help me… am I going off the deep end?

  20. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m pretty amazed and in awe with the protesters in Iran. They’re pretty darn brave.
    Contrast them with those here in Canada who don’t vote … because it’s too difficult to spend a few minutes to a few hours to go to the polling station once every few years.

  22. Ha ha ha that genius Jon Stewart does it again
    …just last week Jon Stewart ripped those who fear the Mullahs, observing, in apparent seriousness, that Iran “appears to have one of the more vibrant democracies in the Middle East.”

  25. Robert W.
    Democratic women against Obama, thanks for expanding my horizons, what’s with all the cats?

  26. Snagglepuss:
    Sorry I have to completely disagree re:mccown.
    The arrogance is simply a put-on.
    The shades he wears are because the TV lights caused him to have migraines.
    He is arguably the best sports talk show host in North America if your interests are in the business of hockey more than in the athletes themselves. (he gave up interviewing athletes long ago claiming that they were boring- I agree).
    It should be noted that he is regarded as one Off the pioneers of sports television – he created one of the first of not the first sports news shows.
    And his interviewing and provocative analysis skills are
    Second to none.
    He thinks the olympics are a money-burning corrupt joke, that the NHL needs to get out of lousy fan markets, that there is no way Toronto should get either the olympics or a NFL team (and his opinions have been instrumental in preventing both from happening), and most importantly he is not afraid to call a spade a spade.
    For the record I am not a leafs fan and I am not from toronto.

  27. I posted this last night @ 10:00 p.m., but it didn’t get through the filter with the three links to the CBC:
    The National with Peter Mansbridge tonight made my day. He had a rather hard-hitting interview with Iggy, who deflected every question, which made me look up from my computer more than perfunctorily. Amazingly, Mansbridge looked unimpressed by the answers Iggy was giving.
    Then, his At Issue Panel, Andrew Coyne, Allan Gregg, and Chantal Hebert, gave Iggy a failing grade. Not one of them had anything redeeming to say about him, concurring that he looked weaker and weaker as the day went on.
    Rex Murphy was the icing on the cake. He referred to the Iggster as a “dramatic prince” and “an eloquent vacillator,” among other colourful descriptions.
    I can’t imagine that the Count is going to sleep well tonight.

  28. Attack ad from Dion, er Dion redux.
    Liblogs are mocking/laughing at IggyDion.
    Iggy is Dion redux.
    …-
    “This Time We Mean It”
    “Now on Double Secret Probation”
    http://calgarygrit.blogspot.com/
    Commenter:
    “Stooner said…
    Oh christ here we go again..Dion redux.
    Canadians NEVER want an election. Can’t someone in this party get a set of balls?”

  29. Iggy Hamlet :
    To election, or, not to election; perhaps to retreat to Moi villa in Provence; there to brood and wait, and wait, and wait, and ……….
    …-
    “Michael Ignatieff Calls a Little League Ball Game:
    “Was that last pitch a ball or a strike? As the umpire, this is what your parents want me to decide. I am not stubborn, nor do I seek confrontation. The strike zone is subjective. Some might say that pitch caught the inside corner. Others might argue it was too high. I’m going to reflect and get back to you in the 7th inning. Play ball!”
    Michael Ignatieff’s Shoelace Gets Stuck in an Escalator:
    “This is clearly a regrettable situation. Should I awkwardly bend down and yank on the lace, freeing myself before the steel step vanishes into the Jaws-like top grate? Or should I convene a press conference and condemn the lace for failing to intimidate me with hypothetical injury?”
    Michael Ignatieff Talks to Himself in the Shower:
    “By using a 2-in-1 product, I streamline the once separate acts of shampooing and conditioning. However, I will continue to use two different soaps for my body and face until manufacturers produce a cleanser that demonstrably meets the deodorizing and exfoliating needs of all Canadians.”
    Michael Ignatieff Shops for a New Lawn Mower:
    “No rosy projections. Please. Not at this time, not during a recession. Gas or electric? Mulcher or bagger? Will it extirpate the weeds and help build greener turf? These are the tough questions I am asking, even though you just said you were going on a break. Friend, this is not a game.”
    Michael Ignatieff Addresses His Skydiving Instructor Seconds Before a Planned Jump:
    “You keep saying, ‘JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!’ I am a reasonable person. I am ready to jump. I want to jump. But, clearly, that does not mean that I will jump. Note my words: There is no coalition between the altitude, weather conditions and the prospect of plummeting to my death. Nevertheless, take me back to the hangar. I need more time.”
    …-
    Iggy:
    “”I’ve said that the report fails to meet the needs of Canadians and I can’t continue my support on this basis. It’s perfectly clear. But I’ve also said Canadians don’t want an election … .
    “I’ve been very clear that if the Prime Minister reaches out and provides honest answers to the questions that Canadians have, we can continue to work together.”
    – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff at his news conference yesterday”
    Vinay Menon
    http://www.thestar.com/news/columnist/article/651…

  31. Further to Gord’s note, The Bobcat is a big supporter of the CFL and, believe it or not, curling. I think he claims to have once played it.
    I frequently don’t agree with his opinion, but it is always well thought through and rational.
    For the record I am a Leafs fan and I am from Toronto.

  32. Robert W 12:35.. You are right Canadians are so apathetic about governance of this country. But cancel a hockey broadcast or Tim Horton’s makes an announcement that their doughnuts are no longer being made fresh daily and all hell breaks loos.

  33. Batb: CBC posted @ 6:36
    I had to check my channel guide & my medications to make sure i was actualy hearing what i was hearing on CBC.
    And did i hear the comment either on CBC or CTV that some Liberals are Now taking second thoughts on their Mesiah, is he Now their Hamlet!

  34. “The 45 day Work Year”
    . . . a Liberal campaign slogan that will resonate across the land, because “The Land is Strong” once worked and gave us Trudopia.

  35. Question:
    Why is the Leader of the Opposition meeting in person with the Prime MInister a big showmanship news event?
    Harper and Manning met all the time with Chretien and Martin to hammer out bills and amendments to Liberal bills.
    They just picked up the phone and arranged meetings.
    No big deal.
    But Ignatieff says he has not met with Harper since January????
    Why not? Did he not have anything to contribute? No ideas to share? No Lectures to help Harper “get it into his head blah blah?
    Or, does Ignatieff feel so regal and entitled that he expects the leader of the country to track him down and beg for his wisdom?
    Very sad state of affairs. And there is no excuse besides arrogance or just plain incompetance on Ignatieff’s part.

  36. Further to Fritz’s post re Iran, I followed his link and found these photos. They’re both shocking and inspiring.
    Bruce: I’m guessing there are so many cats on that website I linked to as an homage to PUMAs.
    Rob C: Quick story: In 1996 I worked down in Mexico City. I distinctly remember driving out to the airport one day, past endless little children juggling and begging at every stop light. I then flew home to Vancouver and immediately went over to the home of some close friends. They were all up in arms about Rogers reverse billing. After 15 minutes of their complaining I just had to leave. Quite a contrast in hardship!

  37. Hey, I didn’t catch much news yesterday. What day in the summer is the federal election?
    Or did Iggy fold like a cheap suit aka Stephane Dion Redux?!?
    LOL

  38. “The Hamilton Spectator June 16
    CALEDONIA – A group of Haldimand citizens have decided enough is enough and are moving to set up a Caledonia civilian militia after police did nothing about a native smoke shack being moved onto privately owned farmland.”
    It’s finally gotten to this point. There are many people who wouldn’t approve of a militia ordinarily, but in these circumstances, what’s left? Last week about a dozen natives marched up a local expressway in morning rush hour, acting in solidarity with a cause two hundred miles away in Cornwall. And the police escort them, instead of arresting them.
    (Sorry no link – have to learn how to do that sometime.)

  40. Heh. Ignatieff to seek “clarity” in meeting with PM.
    That is because HE does not understand government or government spending protocols and cannot read so many confusing answers and words in reports, Hansard, on interactive web sites, etc.
    He wants to be spoon fed and Harper will have to “dumb it down” for this neophyte inexperienced wanna be politico to finally “get it”.
    Point: Ignatieff says the isotope crisis is SO confusing that he demanded Harper prepare for him a dumbed down two page report so HE can pass judgement on it.
    Heh. Coles Notes for Political Dummies?

  41. Headline:
    **”Ignatieff to seek ‘clarity’ at meeting with Harper”.
    Your ex-leader, Citoyen Dion, cribbed/copied his Clarity Act from Stephen Harper’s bill C-341.
    Here* is clarity, Iggy.
    Iggy, shake hands with PM Clarity.
    Meet PM Harper and Bill C-341: clarity.
    *”Harper soon introduced Bill C-341, the Quebec Contingency Act (Referendum Conditions), which laid down stringent conditions for Quebec to secede. Years later, in 1998, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered its response to the reference on secession, spelling out a doctrine that vindicated Harper’s vision.
    When the Chrétien government finally passed the Clarity Act, in 2000, it fell short of Harper’s bill, failing to lay out what the government would do if Quebec passed a unilateral declaration of independence — the most likely path of secession.”
    *urlm.in/cpmm
    **urlm.in/cpmn

  42. Michael Ignatieff Addresses His Skydiving Instructor Seconds Before a Planned Jump:
    “You keep saying, ‘JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!’ I am a reasonable person. I am ready to jump. I want to jump. But, clearly, that does not mean that I will jump. Note my words: There is no coalition between the altitude, weather conditions and the prospect of plummeting to my death. Nevertheless, take me back to the hangar. I need more time”
    Hey! Wait a minute! ~no this will work!! I love how this all is so connected. We can stop global warming and end the economic crisis if we all simply jump together and in unison. If done precisely at the right juncture of the earth, then it would move the tectonic plates which would cause earth’s continents flow and return to Pangea thus eliminating the polar ice caps altogether!! Not only would it end world hunger but it would create such global unity as never seen before since the Terrassic period.
    I love the ‘sticknean’ theory. Its absolutely brilliant.

  43. Obama to beg and plead with the Hermit Kingdom for permission to board ships sending nukes off to terrorists.
    Plan B is taddle on them to the UN who will issue their usual template letter:
    “WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will order the Navy to hail and request permission to inspect North Korean ships at sea suspected of carrying arms or nuclear technology, but will not board them by force, senior administration officials said Monday.”
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/world/asia/16korea.html

  44. ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA; NEWS TO BE ANCHORED FROM INSIDE WHITE HOUSE
    http://www.drudgereport.com/flashaot.htm
    ————————————————-
    “The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn’t have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions…”
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31373407/ns/politics-white_house/

  47. “Listening to the Antarctic Ice Shelves – they say “no climate change”
    From the Australian
    Ice shelves stable over six years
    ANTARCTIC ice shelves are showing no sign of climate change, six years of unique research have shown.
    Previously on WUWT we discussed the media’s fascination with “melt” when it comes to ice shelves cracking off. Then there’s also this picture that keeps getting recycled. Now there’s the “ice listeners” that hear no change.”
    “Here’s the article in the Australian
    Scientists from Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology are using acoustic sensors developed to support the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty to listen for the sound of icebergs breaking away from the giant ice sheets of the south pole.
    “More than six years of observation has not revealed any significant climatic trends,” CUT associate professor Alexander Gavrilov said yesterday.
    Professor Gavrilov and PhD student Binghui Li are investigating whether it is possible to detect and monitor significant changes in the disintegration rate of the Antarctic ice shelf by monitoring the noise of ice breaking.”
    http://wattsupwiththat.com/

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