Reader Tips

Reader Tips 49 Comments
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation, here are Count Basie, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan, and Papa Jo Jones et al, performing an excellent version of Dickie’s Dream ¤ (6:53).

“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of truth and
knowledge will be shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.”
— Albert Einstein

 
Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.

49 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  4. Thanks Gord Tulk – Proof that Global Warming enthusiasts can be a danger to Ranger and harmful to all the other pussies out there.

  5. These guys needn’t have rehearsed to do this, they were born to do it. The only down side was seeing Billie but not hearing her.

  6. Lames Lovelock, revered old environmentalist-scientist guy who came up with the “Gaia Theory”, which is apparently a big deal, says: “I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while.“
    And he’s one of the less bad ones, sort of. Of Climategate, he says: “Fudging the data in any way whatsoever is quite literally a sin against the holy ghost of science.”
    Warning: Guardian link.

  8. Thanks vitruvius – a perfect quotation.
    As Homer wrote, “Oh, for shame, how the mortals put the blame upon us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given”.

  10. Re: EBD’s comment on last night’s “Reader Tips” about my liking (or disliking) classical music.
    Years ago, I got caught racing on the highway with my Dodge Dart 340 4V dual exhaust. I was racing a Nova 350 4V–I was ahead until the RCMP highway patrol foiled our plans.
    We couldn’t afford the fines, we didn’t want jail, so the judge gave us a fine option program, that was relatively new back then. The guy in the Nova had to cut trees for the city, I chose to work in drug-alcohol rehab centre. Trust me–$1000 is s a lot of money at $3.50 per hour.
    That was in the heyday of LSD, or “acid” as it was known back then. These guys (acid heads) would come in off the street, they were so spaced out they couldn’t tie their shoes or crack an egg.
    My job was to wheel the crippled ones in their chairs, and entertain them by playing crib. They all talked like EBD. They knew everything about everything, they loved to humiliate people around them, and yes, a lot of them loved classical music. Of course I was just a country hick, none of them liked country music, and I really didn’t care because I was just there to pay off my fine.
    This one “a-hole” came in the centre three times. He was always talking about pie in the sky dreams and yes, classical music. On the fourth try, he left the centre one night and drove his Triumph into a 36 inch poplar tree. The steering post and his skell were one and the same. Sweet dreams EBD!

  13. Under the laws passed by the US federal government, corporations are required to immediately restate their earnings to the SEC and stockholders any time their liabilities take a new hit, including health care liabilities. Some big corporations have already done so. But that contradicts the “New Truth” of expanded coverage and reduced costs. So it is off to congress to do some SPlaining how they could be so rude as to report the facts. Yikes!
    “It’s been a banner week for Democrats: ObamaCare passed Congress in its final form on Thursday night, and the returns are already rolling in. Yesterday AT&T announced that it will be forced to make a $1 billion writedown due solely to the health bill, in what has become a wave of such corporate losses.
    …
    Commerce Secretary Gary Locke took to the White House blog to write that while ObamaCare is great for business, “In the last few days, though, we have seen a couple of companies imply that reform will raise costs for them.” In a Thursday interview on CNBC, Mr. Locke said “for them to come out, I think is premature and irresponsible.”
    Meanwhile, Henry Waxman and House Democrats announced yesterday that they will haul these companies in for an April 21 hearing because their judgment “appears to conflict with independent analyses, which show that the new law will expand coverage and bring down costs.”
    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704100604575146002445136066.html

  14. Joe Citizen – Try not to take everything so personally, you, like me, are just a name on the screen..The trick is to wait quietly for the first time EBD trips up, or says something dumb (he does you know?), after all, revenge is a dish best served cold. And think about it, would you really want to be as nasty as you perceive him to be? On second thought, don’t answer that question!

  15. weather: The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure.
    whether: Used to introduce alternative possibilities

  16. Thanks larben. Are you referring to EBD as in “Elementary Brain Disorder?” I’ll try and remember that.

  17. oh really Joe Citizen, what’s the point? seriously, a swastika yesterday and today “elementary brain disorder”? let it go.
    Plenty of folks make comments regarding things they don’t care to read, or things they don’t agree with after reading them, you don’t need to carry this in your pocket all day.
    I think that the Reader Tips idea is to have a forum for the sort of media event that is not covered so much in the msm, that’s seeded by a musical selection, not everyone (myself included) loves classical music or Jerry Lee Lewis, nobody forces us to watch the seeding of Reader Tips, nor to comment that there’s been a terrorist bombing in Moscow, as that’s well covered without obvious bias in the msm.
    let it go.. breathe.

  18. Black Mamba, putting democracy on hold, in order to fight global warming? nice_catch. Time to re-arm? dunno… Do girls still think army types are sexy? jaja!
    Zombie, obviously from http://www.zombietime.com has posted some interesting fotos of the Searchlight Rally in Nevada that took place over the weekend… including the left’s point of view on page 2 at…
    http://pajamasmedia.com/zombie/2010/03/29/searchlight-vs-l-a-rival-rallies-reveal-stark-rightleft-divide/
    interesting, I can see what appears to be “my relatives” at both rallies, fortunately my kids would be with me. 😉

  21. Well, thank you very much, Joe! But you’re taking my comment way too seriously. It wasn’t a personal attack; the only point I was making was that there are thousands of visitors to SDA every day, and not every one of them feels compelled to chime in every time they don’t like a particular piece of LNR music. Why would they? If you don’t like a particular selection, fine, I’m just pointing out that your verdict isn’t of *daily* interest to everyone else. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.
    Here’s my reader tip: the federal government has just given a bit of money to a Canadian magazine for horse lovers.
    James Moore:
    “Our Government is proud to help magazines that speak to Canadians’ interests and passions. Horse-Canada magazine is an excellent source of information for horse-lovers throughout Canada.”

  22. an island about the size of Al Gores house disappears and its global warming. the sea level is only rising at 5mm per year and the island is 2 meters high and has been there since 1974, looks like more sinister forces are at work as it would take 400 years at this rate, maybe erosion?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Talpatti_Island
    it appears that the MSM has math problems too.

  23. Doggone facts: Arf? Barf? Marf?
    “The article breached Clause 1 (Accuracy)”.
    In other “news”:
    “Success For “God Particle” Search Machine”.
    …-
    “First blog faces censure by PCC
    Former Radio 4 Today editor Rod Liddle has become the first journalist to have an online blog censured by the press watchdog.
    A complaint was upheld by the Press Complaints Commission after the writer and columnist claimed on the Spectator website that the “overwhelming majority” of violent crime in London was carried out by young Afro-Caribbean men.
    Stephen Abell, director of the watchdog, said it was “a significant ruling” to make against a newspaper or magazine blog for inaccuracy.
    A reader complained after Liddle wrote in December that “the overwhelming majority of street crime, knife crime, gun crime, robbery and crimes of sexual violence in London is carried out by young men from the African-Caribbean community”.
    Mr Abell said: “This is a significant ruling because it shows that the PCC expects the same standards in newspaper and magazine blogs that it would expect in comment pieces that appear in print editions.
    “There is plenty of room for robust opinions, views and commentary but statements of fact must still be substantiated if and when they are disputed. And if substantiation isn’t possible, there should be proper correction by the newspaper or magazine in question.”
    The article breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice, the PCC concluded.”
    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100330/tuk-first-blog-faces-censure-by-pcc-6323e80.html

  24. Margaret Wente:
    “Mr. Ignatieff doesn’t have a clue how to change the Liberals. He doesn’t even have a clue about where to find the middle of the road. He thinks Canadians care about Afghan detainees. (They don’t, although they care very much about democracy, and they don’t like to see Parliament snubbed.) He seems to think Canadians are overwhelmingly supportive of abortion. (They’re not. Sixty per cent, including a number of Liberal MPs, think it’s morally wrong.)
    “Meantime, Mr. Harper is steadily shrinking the role of federal government, beneath the radar, without debate. He is quietly transforming Canada into a more private, more regional, more entrepreneurial country, with more prisons, less shared purpose, and health care that is fragmenting into many different variations. We really ought to talk about this. But Mr. Harper isn’t about to bring it up. And Mr. Ignatieff has no alternative to offer.”

  26. Muslim = “Ottawa imam”.
    MSM is using “Muslim” in its reports. It’s a breakthrough.
    …-
    “Ottawa imam ordered out of Canada
    Egyptian’s work permit refused; Muslim community fears further disruption”
    “The imam of Ottawa’s main mosque has been told to leave the country before Canadian immigration authorities kick him out.
    A March 11 letter from the Niagara Falls office of Citizenship and Immigration Canada told Khaled Abdul-Hamid Syed: “This refers to your application for work permit and documents for your accompanying family members. Your application as requested is refused. …”
    http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Ottawa+imam+ordered+Canada/2742916/story.html

  28. If only they were just as serious about Prairie Fire
    http://cbs2chicago.com/local/militia.group.hutaree.2.1597138.html
    “This case “is an example of radical and extremist fringe groups which can be found throughout our society. The FBI takes such extremist groups seriously, especially those who would target innocent citizens and the law enforcement officers who protect the citizens of the United States,” said Andrew Arena, head of the FBI’s field office in Detroit.”

  29. maz2 @8:03 – this should be interesting. Rod Liddle is a virtuoso, and I suspect he’s been trying to pick a fight like this for a while. Britain is in many ways a very censorious country, as I’m sure people have noticed.

  30. Ben Macintyre, Winston Churchill: an unlikely adviser in the Afghan conflict
    General Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, has found an unlikely adviser in the continuing struggle against the Taliban. This new counsellor is British, a former journalist, soldier, writer, painter and politician. He is also dead, and the last time he was anywhere near Afghanistan was in 1897.
    Winston Churchill has come to the aid of the Allies…

  31. Joe Citizen – You missed your chance on the all consuming horse story that has everyone so excited! Wake up and pay attention.

  32. Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making. – Milton

  33. Socialism for Mummies/Dummies.
    Socialism’s Pyramid Scheme is older than Ancient Egypt.
    …-
    “[Socialist] Labour’s strategy to slay the new evil: a dread of old age”
    (TimesUK)
    …-
    “‘Door to Afterlife’ Found in Egypt One of Many Worldwide
    Forget Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.”
    Today, archaeologists in Egypt proudly announced their discovery of a 3,500-year-old “Door to the Afterlife.”
    Standing nearly 6 feet tall, the false door is made up of a solid slab of reddish granite intricately engraved with numerous hieroglyphics and carved to create the illusion of a series of concentric door frames stretching off into an infinite horizon.”
    http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/door-to-afterlife-found-in-egypt-one-of-many-worldwide/19419161

  35. O’s socialism at Belmont Club: O’s progressive.
    …-
    “cfbleachers:
    maineman, I do not lament our imperfections and I am thrilled that the resources now available give us a better chance at digging the truth out of the dirt.
    I’m willing to get my hands dirty and work hard for it.
    What I do lament, however, is that there are those who are intent on stealing truth. On gang raping it. On subverting it at every turn.
    And those folks have the entrenched vehicles for disseminating it in mass quantities. That is a threat to our nation, our system of self-governance, of everything we hold dear.
    I don’t mind debating a different worldview. If one does so with an open mind, BOTH points of view usually expand.
    When one side resorts to lies, distortion, fakery, and actively suppresses facts and evidence, it is not debate, it’s fraud. It’s cheats the process.
    When one engages in a criminal enterprise to cheat the truth and to openly lie to people about nearly everything, it’s systemic intellectual warfare.
    I believe, maineman, that “issue spotting” is no longer enough. It is not enough to say “oh, there they go again…we caught them”. There is a sepsis of lies and distortion that has metastasized within our body politic. We have to stop treating the symptoms. The disease is raging and rampant.”
    “The Man in the Mirror”
    http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/03/29/the-man-in-the-mirror/#comments

  40. Al Gore’s Weather (AGW): Lirpa Loof? Not.
    …-
    “Another alarmist puzzled by the lack of warming”
    http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/another_alarmist_puzzled_by_the_lack_of_warming/
    …-
    “Thought Spring had sprung? Here’s the snow
    For those who thought Spring had sprung… some snow.
    Scotland and Northern Ireland were buffeted by blizzards today as Arctic winds fought off the approach of Spring.
    Severe weather warnings are in place in both parts of the country with forecasters warning of snow falls of up to 60cm on high ground, with severe drifts.
    The freeze is due to last well into tomorrow, with temperatures in the rest of the country staying well below average for the time of year and a damp Easter weekend in prospect.”
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article7081477.ece
    P.S. Scots wha Snow, laddy.
    “Storms and snow sweep across Scotland
    Up to three inches of snow fell today and more to follow as storms and high winds strike Scotland”

  42. maz2 @ 8:38 a.m. has a link to an Eygptian iman being told that he is not welcome in Canada. In the article,one of the iman’s followers comments- ““The high-handed antics of Citizenship and Immigration would only exacerbate Muslim-Christian relations,” said Ben-Tahir.” That is an odd remark,almost a threat,but does this man believe that our gov’t is run by Christians ? Or does he lump all non-believers into one despised category? I think he should be given a second look.

  45. Juxtapose?
    http://www.winnipegsun.com/money/2010/03/30/13406721.html
    “One-fifth of Canadian households struggle to pay for their homes because of a lack of supply of affordable private housing, according to a study by an independent think tank released on Tuesday.
    “The quality and cost of housing are major factors in the health of Canadians,” said Diana MacKay, the board’s director of education and health. “However, about one-fifth of Canadian households do not have the resources to afford both good-quality homes and other health-enhancing expenditures.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/start/business-planning/canadian-workers-enter-the-entrepreneurial-era/article1516374/
    “A host of factors appear to be spurring the move, including the desire for more flexible working hours and *higher earnings*, along with economic factors such as the layoff of a spouse, the study said. ”
    Do not have the resources… higher earnings…
    Do not have the resources… higher earnings…

  48. Why is Canada in Haiti? The ClintonClones are there.
    Get out of Haiti. Haiti is a sinkhole disaster.
    Haiti’s Voodoo socialism is the natural end result of socialism:
    >>> ““It’s to escape misery so we can return to poverty.””
    “Jean-Max Bellerive, the Prime Minister, is realistic. “Our goal at the moment isn’t to escape poverty,” he admitted recently. “It’s to escape misery so we can return to poverty.””
    …-
    “The cry from Haiti — ‘We want to escape misery to return to poverty'”
    “These patients are a metaphor for Haiti as its Government seeks $3.9 billion (£2.6 billion) for reconstruction over 18 months and $11.5 billion over the next decade. Superficially it appears to be healing. In truth it remains a broken country.”
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7082065.ece
    …-
    “Britain turns off Haiti aid and delivers a snub to New York donor conference
    Britain has pledged no new aid for the reconstruction of Haiti and will be the only big economy not represented at ministerial level at a landmark donor conference in New York today to plan the country’s future, The Times has learnt.
    As Hillary Clinton and the former President Bill Clinton lead a top-level American delegation to the conference, Britain will be represented by Philip Parham, the Deputy Ambassador to the UN. Brazil, France, Canada, Spain, Japan and the Irish Republic as well as the US are sending senior ministers.”
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7082075.ece

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