19 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. Nursing home in Pheonix has the new approach to dealing with difficult seniors.
    “And Beatitudes installed a rectangle of black carpet in front of the dementia unit’s fourth-floor elevators because residents appear to interpret it as a cliff or hole, no longer darting into elevators and wandering away.”
    http://tinyurl.com/25rmkx3

  2. More standoffish behavior in the ME.
    From the Assyrian International News Agency:
    “The car explosion that went off in front of Saints Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria killed 21 and injured 96 parishioners who were attending a New Year’s Eve Mass. According to church officials and eyewitnesses, there are many more victims that are still unidentified and whose body parts were strewn all over the street outside the church. The body parts were covered with newspapers until they were brought inside the church after some Muslims started stepping on them and chanting Jihadi chants.
    “According to eyewitnesses, a green Skoda car pull up outside the church shortly after midnight. Two men got out , one of them talked shortly on his mobile phone, and the explosion occurred almost immediately after they left the scene. On the back of the Skoda was a sticker with the words ‘the rest is coming.’
    (…)
    “After the blast, traumatized Copts were angered by chants of ‘Allah Akbar’ from Muslims and began hurling stones at the Mosque…”
    Videos at the link.
    (Via Snaphanen.dk)

  3. So, is there any significance to the fact that it was a green car?
    BTW, the violinists in the selection for tonight are great performers.

  4. Thanks again EBD for such wonderful selections – growing up I had a recording of David and Igor Oistrakh playing this – it was a favourite of mine – what a heavenly piece – thanks for the memory trigger!

  6. *
    wanna know what life in iggy’s nanny state would look like?
    and btw… this isn’t just about spanking, the law could
    preclude… “picking up a child and removing them
    from a situation against their will.”
    *

  7. Right now at 11 pm Mtn, KTLA tv from Los Angeles is featuring extreme weather video of falling snow, snow on the ground and ice covered freeways just miles north of the LA city centre.
    And of course rain and sleet.
    Oh man what’s next, the infamous Insider Slider?

  10. AGW* Progress Report: AGW Death Watch, candles, and O’s AGWFiat.
    …-
    “India shivers in deadly cold snap”
    “An intense spell of cold weather has disrupted life across northern India, reportedly claiming two dozen lives.
    The capital, Delhi, has been hit worst by the cold snap, along with Indian-administered Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
    In Leh in Kashmir, temperatures dropped to -23.6C – this winter’s lowest – on Sunday, weather officials said.
    Delhi, which is experiencing one of its coldest winters in years, has been hit by thick fog which disrupted flights.
    Sunday was Delhi’s coldest day this winter with temperatures dipping to 7.8C – cold by the standards of the Indian capital.”
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12106386
    …-
    “Eco-bulb cost to treble: Makers cash in as the ban on old-style bulbs kicks in”
    “The price of energy-saving light bulbs will treble as the final supplies of traditional bulbs dry up, industry experts have warned.
    The Government has ordered energy companies to scrap the subsidies that have kept the price of eco-bulbs artificially low for the last few years.
    At the same time, manufacturers are increasing wholesale prices to take advantage of the European ban on ‘energy guzzling’ old-style bulbs.”
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1343554/Eco-bulb-cost-treble-Makers-cash-ban-old-style-bulbs-kicks-in.html
    …-
    “U.S. to impose new emission rules on power plants, refineries”
    “The Obama administration has announced plans to impose new greenhouse-gas emission rules on power plants and refineries, a move that will increase pressure on the Harper government to introduce its own national emissions regulations in 2011.”
    (globe-mail)
    (*H/T Mao Stlong, and his nephew, Canadian Liberal leader Bob Rae.)

  11. Liberal Iggy’s socialism vs AGW:
    Just a wee drap in the bucket.
    “while avoiding painful austerity measures.”
    Our Enemy, The State.
    …-
    “European nations begin seizing private pensions”
    “Hungary, Poland, and three other nations take over citizens’ pension money to make up government budget shortfalls.”
    “Old women eat lunch in a retirement home in Budapest Dec. 13, 2010. Hungarian lawmakers rolled back a 1997 pension reform, allowing the government to effectively seize up to $14 billion in private pension assets to reduce the budget gap while avoiding painful austerity measures.
    Bernadett Szabo/Reuters/File”
    “People’s retirement savings are a convenient source of revenue for governments that don’t want to reduce spending or make privatizations. As most pension schemes in Europe are organised by the state, European ministers of finance have a facilitated access to the savings accumulated there, and it is only logical that they try to get a hold of this money for their own ends. In recent weeks I have noted five such attempts: Three situations concern private personal savings; two others refer to national funds.”
    http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/The-Adam-Smith-Institute-Blog/2011/0102/European-nations-begin-seizing-private-pensions?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fcsm+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+All+Stories%29
    …-
    “Scots warned as Arctic conditions are set to return”
    “Scots are being braced for a second wave of last month’s Arctic conditions.
    Forecasters have warned of sub-zero temperatures with rain, sleet and snow forecast across Scotland.
    A band of snow is expected to move in from the north-west this evening with the chance of a few inches settling in the central belt.
    And Thursday is expected to see a return of the cold Arctic blast from the north.”
    http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/editor-s-picks/scots-warned-as-arctic-conditions-are-set-to-return-1.1077647

  13. Fox News is reporting, as of 1030EST today, that the Number 5 Freeway in LA is closed due to blowing Global Warming, er I mean snow.
    Al Gore must be in town.

  15. PET Cemetery Report:
    Welcome. Come on down.
    Ad$Cam is here, says Liberal Iggy.
    …-
    “Michael Harkov says:
    January 3, 2011 at 9:59 am
    New ABACUS poll –
    http://abacusdata.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Abacus-National-Poll-Political-Parties-Top-of-Mind.pdf
    Based on first mentions, it is clear that the Liberal Party brand is severely damaged and the negativity associated with the party extends beyond Michael Ignatieff’s leadership. These results suggest that the Sponsorship Scandal continues to hurt the Liberal brand and the residual effect is a lasting association with corruption, arrogance, and dishonesty. Most troubling for the Liberal Party is that very few respondents mentioned positive phrases or words about the Liberal Party. Instead, comments described the party as having weak leadership, being dishonest and corrupt, and divided.
    Yep, bring on that election!”
    http://www.bluelikeyou.com/2011/01/02/federal-election-2011/#comment-58222

  18. Those Mossad types, when they’re not training sharks to attack the innocents…
    (yes, Black Mamba, I read it). but B.Hussien said that muslims were hurt in the attack too!
    … Does Mossad have a Skoda fleet? ha!
    “According to eyewitnesses, a green Skoda car pulled up outside the church shortly after midnight. Two men got out, one of them talked shortly on his mobile phone, and the explosion occurred almost immediately after they left the scene. On the back of the Skoda was a sticker with the words “the rest is coming” (video of car explosion and Muslims shouting “Allah Akbar”)…”
    kudos to Jim Hoft:
    http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/01/pure-evil-islamists-scream-allahu-akbar-outside-coptic-church-after-new-years-blast-video/

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