31 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. QOTD:
    “If I had a dollar for every time that capitalism was blamed for the problems caused by government, I’d be a fat filmmaker with a baseball cap.”

  2. folk rock? folk rock ?????? I thought that ‘kumbaya’ stuff was seriously *unwelcome* at sda.
    watch this post get obliterated now. right eb?

  3. No beagle folk rock is a trip down memory lane. Back to a time when we were young and clueless. Its the same kind of wistfulness we feel when we read your inane posts. Young and clueless, no morality, no responsibility, ah yes those were the days my friend we thought they would never end….
    Then we grew up, took on the world and left our liberal ways behind.

  5. Thanks EBD. Sounds like a better Springsteen … AFAIK Thompson hasn’t misadventured into political commentary.

  7. Please, *please* don’t respond to beagle. Ever.
    If no one responds to his inane, stunned, utterly non-contributing little deposits I can delete them – as I have happily done on many occasions – but once he becomes the subject of an ongoing conversation, it becomes functionally useless – and confusing to the thread – to do so.
    Thank you.

  8. SDH, Ironically Christy Moore’s “Ordinary Man,” written in ’87, is prescient of the economic devastation of the green movement relocating factory jobs to Asia. “I never missed a day, Nor ever went on strike for higher pay” doesn’t fit with Thatcher staring down striking coal miners. Enjoyed the song.

  9. Nice work ctv and Lisa LaPhlegm..tonite on the Nat.she refers to convicted Lib senator,as a “former Liberal!”..the mention of the word Liberal came at the end of a VERY brief bit..no long drawn out analysis by Bimbette Bobby Fife,or Oliver.

  10. Here’s a great example of Thompson’s superb guitar playing and his ability to write a compelling and complete narrative in short, deft strokes.

  12. Just read that Stockwell Day is going to announce tomorrow that he will not be seeking re-election. He has put in 25 years and I think he’s done his time.
    Very family oriented man-he’ll be missed.

  13. I’m sorry to hear that, Lorraine. Hopefully he’ll be back at some point in the future.

  17. Revnant Dream I find the “Gun Walkers” much more dangerous. The DOJ and ATF allowing guns to cross the border unrestricted. No charges against the dumbarse that thought that one up.
    How did ATF figure they were going to get the guns back except at the scene of a crime? Hundreds of automatic weapons on a border you don’t control. Hope, Change, WTF.

  18. Sorry EBD, moment of weakness, won’t happen again.
    WalterF, causality is lost on these people, but they can write some brilliant music, except Springsteen, his lyrics are horrible.
    Stock seems to be gone for good.

  22. Neo-AGW Progress Report.
    It’s TIME: man-made global warming causes “Daylight Saving Time”. Yessiree, bub.
    …-
    “Is Daylight Saving Time Bad for Your Health?
    TIME – Meredith Melnick – ‎42 minutes ago‎
    Once again, it’s time to turn the clocks forward (at 2 am Sunday) for Daylight Saving Time. The yearly change is sure to cause more than a few missed brunch dates, and perhaps some confusion over why the …”
    (googlenews)

  23. Widespread ramifications: nice MSM words.
    From the birthland of the Red-Green watermelons.
    Der government is a pressured vessel now.
    Ich Bin Ein Chain Reaction.
    …-
    “Reaction to Japan Catastrophe”
    “Accident Triggers Nuclear Power Debate in Germany”
    “The nuclear accident in Japan has sparked a discussion about atomic power in Germany, where a massive anti-nuclear protest was already planned for Saturday. A senior Green Party politician has said that some German plants are vulnerable to the same kind of failure as happened at Fukushima 1.”
    “Saturday’s nuclear accident in Japan looks likely to lend new impetutus to the ongoing debate about the safety of nuclear power in Germany.
    The first reaction of German Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen was to assure the public that Germany would not be at risk if there was a meltdown in the Fukushima 1 plant, the scene of Saturday’s explosion. “We assume that damage to our country can be ruled out,” Röttgen told reporters on Saturday, explaining that the distance between Japan and Germany, plus the weather conditions and wind direction in the crisis area, meant that Germany was not in danger.
    Meanwhile, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle left a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Hungary early to return to Berlin for discussions about the situation in Japan. German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to hold a crisis meeting on Saturday evening with Westerwelle and Röttgen to discuss the consequences of the reactor accident. A government crisis task force has been set up in Berlin to address the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
    The German government is under pressure. Members of the governing coalition parties — the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) — fear that the accident will reignite a long-running debate in Germany about extending the operating lives of the country’s nuclear plants. On Saturday, Environment Minister Röttgen, referring to the “current emergency situation” in Japan, criticized “political discussions” about the safety of nuclear power plants in Germany and the question of extending their operating lives. “I think this is totally out of place,” the minister said.”
    http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,750545,00.html
    http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2011/03/11/a-wired-world-in-its-own-mirror/#comment-148409

  24. Very interesting comment from David Akin on Primetime Politics (cpac) last eve..with ‘apologies’ to cbc’s Louise Elliott sitting beside him. They were discussing the costs of the fighter jets,and David pointed out,that the expense would be spread out over many yrs,and the yearly cost would be 1 Billion dollars….exactly what the taxpayers fork over to fund the CBC! Needless to say Ms.Elliott did not look impressed.Why isn’t this info being put out there,and why not use it to defund the cbc?

  26. Only in Manitoba:
    http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/teens-get-one-day-jail-sentences-for-deadly-beating-117723433.html
    TWO Winnipeg teens have each been given a one-day jail sentence for a deadly beating at Gimli’s Icelandic Festival.
    The 19-year-olds, who can’t be named because they were youths at the time, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the August 2008 attack that killed 29-year-old Martyn Hendy.
    Crown and defence lawyers struck a deal in which they jointly proposed a one-day sentence to be counted at their appearance in court last Friday. The killers were also given the maximum period of three years supervised probation.
    http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/winnipeg/2011/03/10/17572686.html#/news/winnipeg/2011/03/10/pf-17574871.html
    Friesen is facing a count of assault with a weapon. He has yet to be formally charged, pending an appearance in court.
    Police suggested Thursday the man could be facing additional charges. Investigators are consulting with the Crown about pursuing charges under the federal Aeronautics Act and pointed to a section that carries a maximum penalty of a $100,000 fine, five years in prison, or both.

  27. Sorry for cutting off some info, the second “criminal” is someone who mistakenly used a laser pointer on our new police helicopter in Winnipeg.

  30. Of Liberal Iggy’s O’Harvard buddy and Mohammedanism’s misogyny, hatred of women.
    …-
    “… the U.S. isn’t about to take the lead, because no one wants to risk being the new George Bush. Obama least of all.
    So there’s your comparison. A president who takes action he knows is unpopular but actually gets something done, or a president who does nothing for fear of the backlash? Or try this: if you had a chance, would you rather be an Iraqi right now, or a Libyan rebel faced with a resurgent Gaddafi regime?”
    “Kelly McParland: The Bush doctrine versus the Obama retreat”
    http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/03/11/kelly-mcparland-the-bush-doctrine-versus-the-obama-retreat/
    …-
    “Phyllis Chesler: Turning a blind eye to Islam’s brutal treatment of women”
    “My feminist generation believed in universal human rights — one standard for all. I still do. Therefore, I have taken a strong stand against the persecution of immigrant women and dissidents. I now submit affidavits on behalf of women who have fled the threat of such killings and who are seeking asylum in the United States.
    Those of us who condemn the plight of such women, who are mainly Muslims and ex-Muslims, have been demonized in activist circles as “Islamophobes” and racists because we do not, in the same breath, blame America, the West or Israel for their suffering. Many Western academic feminists are so afraid of being condemned as “racists” that this fear trumps their concern for women’s rights in the Arab and Muslim world.
    Islamic gender apartheid, which has penetrated the West, is characterized by normalized daughter- and wife-battering, forced veiling, female genital mutilation, polygamy, purdah (the segregation or sequestration of women), arranged marriage, child marriage and first-cousin marriage. Girls and women often are honour-murdered if they resist such practices, if they wish to divorce a dangerously abusive husband, or if they are viewed as too independent, too modern.
    Today, at its most extreme, Islamic gender apartheid is characterized by acid attacks, public stonings, hangings, and beheading of women in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia and Saudi Arabia — countries in which female rape victims are jailed, tortured and executed.
    Feminists should be crying out from the rooftops against these practices. Some are. I am. Yet, many Muslims, as well as many intellectually “progressive” Western infidels, are not. They are welcoming the imposition of Islamic religious law, Sharia law, not only in the Middle East but also in the West.
    I have published two academic studies and nearly 100 articles about honour killings, both in the West and in the Islamic world. An honour killing is a collaborative conspiracy carried out against one victim, usually a young girl, by her parents, brothers, uncles, grandfathers, sisters and male cousins. Her relatives believe that her “impure” behaviour has shamed and dishonored them.
    An honour killing is not the same as a Western domestically violent femicide.”
    http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/03/12/phyllis-chesler-turning-a-blind-eye-to-islams-brutal-treatment-of-women/

  31. Cross posted on the earthquake thread: Guess what might have caused the quake? No, really, have a guess before you click the link.

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