In tonight’s tippity amusement, from 1936, comedic quartet Yacht Club Boys (Billy Mann, George Kelly, Jimmy Kern, and Charles Adler) sing The Government Takes Away.
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In tonight’s tippity amusement, from 1936, comedic quartet Yacht Club Boys (Billy Mann, George Kelly, Jimmy Kern, and Charles Adler) sing The Government Takes Away.
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Neat-o:
“Scientists at the University of Alabama found seventeen lost pyramids, more than 1,000 tombs, and 3,000 ancient settlements using a new technique. Infra-red imaging….was used to highlight different materials under the surface. Because the ancient Egyptians built houses from mud brick, which is must denser than surrounding soil, they left a clear fingerprint that the researchers could identify as tombs, pyramids or homes.”
Further to Kate’s excellent post the day after the election about our Twitter-less reality, this is beyond hilarious.
“Math is hard. So I’m going to become a journalist!”
I, and my fellow Vancouverites, are clearly cheering on our Canucks. While they definitely have a good chance to win the Stanley Cup, the real question is, when will they be ready to face the stiff competition Down Under?
Robert w- HAHAHA- Awesome.
Vegemite … yum … on a buttered toast … when you don’t have bacon.
Have any of you ever had vegemite before? I haven’t but my Aussie friends claim to love it. What exactly does it taste like?
Vegemite tastes like very salty roast beef puree.
Robert – Get a jar, you can get it in Vancouver mate. Use a light spread on buttered toast.
It goes great on toast, eggs, females …
Robert! Just when I thought hope was dwindling for taking my game to the next level, I see that.
I’m going to start my training in the morning!
I wonder if they will take a Canuck (no pun intended)
When will Canadians find out what happened to Canada’s National Gold Reserves. Around 700 Metric Tonnes was reported by Canada to the IMF in 1985, by 2002 only 18.6 Metric Tonnes remained. It was mainly sold off during the Government of Chretien, the money from the sales was never reported on the books of the Government of Canada or by the Bank of Canada… Gold Reserves Reported to International Monetary Fund
(millions of ounces except as otherwise noted)
Country end-1985 end-1993 end 2002
Canada (ounces) 20.11 6.05 0.60
(tonnes) 625 188 18.6
Lost gold?
Send out Jimmy Durrante to find it.
After all, he did find the Lost Chord.
We’re happy little Vegemites
As bright as bright can be.
We all enjoy our Vegemite
For breakfast, lunch, and tea.
Our mummies say we’re growing stronger
Every single week,
Because we love our Vegemite
We all adore our Vegemite
It puts a rose in every cheek.
It’s my understanding that the Aussies were charged with war crimes for feeding Vegemite to Turkish prisoners after the battle of Gallipoli. The horror of it!
National Post, Wednesday, May 25. Is three the new six?
http://www.nationalpost.com/three+earlyfor+ABCs+some/4834959/story.html
“A tutoring firm says Canadian parents’ interest in pre-kindergarten tutoring has skyrocketed, even as one expert warns against pushing children too hard too soon.”
“The Junior Kumon program offers twice-weekly classes and daily homework drills to help kids sharpen their math and reading skills, for parents looking to get a jump on their offspring’s education.”
“Linda Cameron, an associate professor at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, says the best way to teach children in the age group is simply through play and daily activities such as counting stairs as they climb or playing word games in the car.”
“Our society’s intense focus on the importance of early childhood has given rise to the ‘myth’ that any educational opportunity missed in the first few years is gone forever, Ms. Cameron says, but what’s most crucial for children at that stage is simply bonding with those who love them. Anxiety over standardized test scores and academic expectations is creeping down to ever-younger age groups, she says, and marketers are eager to offer parents a solution.”
All this sounds good to me. But note that it’s the exact opposite of what’s been flogged for years by people like David Crane in the Toronto Star, researcher Dr. Fraser Mustard, and the entire “high-quality” child care crowd.
If it’s really true that what is “most crucial for children at that stage is simply bonding with those who love them”, then that should kill government-run daycare deader than dead.
Mao Stlong Lepolt.
Math too hald fol Moi nephew Bob.
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“CNews | Canadians content with new Parliament
OTTAWA – Canadians seem to have little in the way of buyer’s remorse when it comes to the radically re-shaped House of Commons they elected on May 2, a new poll done exclusively for Sun News Network shows.”
“Harper ‘trying to annihilate the opposition’: Easter”
“Campbell: Will Bob Rae save the Liberal Party?”
http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/
soooo I guess it boils down to a choice between ‘leftists’ and republican tyranny:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/15/967374/-UPDATEDx2And-so-it-begins-Emergency-Financial-Mgr-fires-entire-government-of-Benton-Harbor,-MI
Vegemite on toast? I’d rather spread axle grease on it. It’s worse than grits on toast.
O’zero: the O’zero.
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“The Arab Sprung”
“U.S. President Barack Obama has called for Saleh to sign the deal but analysts said Washington has little leverage in Yemen even though it has sent about $300 million in aid to help prop up Saleh’s government.
“What options do we have to force a resolution? Almost zero,” Barbara Bodine, a former US ambassador to Yemen, told Reuters.”
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2011/05/26/14885/#comment-160494
Comments:
“1. stoicheion
It looks like the Obomination has lost another ally in the War on Islamic terrorism.
It wasn’t much of an ally but still….
What is that now? Egypt, Tunisia, Libya ( although the Duck of death is a recent convert to the WoIT and is a bigger loss then most realise it is possible to argue that he was never a ‘switch’ and just left the dark side as a temporary expedient) So he is ahead of Carter on points. Three, perhaps with more to come?
Excuse me but I see this as retrograde movement.”
It’s the NY Slimes, stoopid.
“Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.”
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“Reading Can Also Make You Dumb”
Facebook: New York Times executive editor Bill Keller argues that social networks are making our brains go mushy.
The Internet makes us stupid. It robs us of our souls, leads to a flattening of our personalities and reduces our attention spans. This nonsense is now being spouted from an unexpected source: Bill Keller, the executive editor of the Internet-savvy New York Times.”
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,765031,00.html
It is my understanding that vegemite is the Australian version of marmite. Marmite is readily available in Canada (at least around here), I just always had a hard time finding where they keep it in the grocery store until I could get inside the mind of the grocers. It is a delicious spread for buttered toast but you will find it in the baking section next to the bread making yeast because on the label it is called “yeast exctract”. I encourage all people who have never had it to give it a try. Just remember to spread it very thinly until you have become an addict.
OMG, via Instapundit, these lines were written about Charles II of England, but who do they remind you of?
“Here lies our sovereign king,
Whose word no man relies on.
Who never said a foolish thing
Or ever did a wise one”
As to Marmite, it is good on toast spread veerrry thin. A little goes a looooong ways. I had it in Australia, but I have never tried it since.
Socialism’s natural end result: death by suicide, death by “gunned us down”.
“He spread out his arms as if he were trying to fly. He landed on a bench in the back.”
H/T socialist Liberal leader Bob Rae, (Mao Stlong’s nephew).
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“Leap of Desperation”
“The Protest that Shook Romania”
“Last December, a Romanian man made headlines when he leapt off a seven-meter-high balcony in the parliament in Bucharest. Adrian Sobaru’s protest against the country’s austerity measures has made him a hero for some and sparked a debate over Romania’s future. But what did his gesture really mean?”
“He got up at three in the morning, but without telling his wife why. He took out a white T-shirt and, with a dark marker, wrote on it: “You have gunned us down. You have killed our children’s future. You can take away our money and our lives, but not our freedom.”
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,764791,00.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gN6_yADjKxRdVkuecR3BTM0zJ_lw?docId=6963476
Huffington Post has opened a Canadian division,with reports from David Suzuki,Liz May,and Meg Tilly.
Should provide some balance now that Sun-TV has swept Canadian News to the far,far right.
Don’t all SDA’ers rush over there at once.
Latest from HuffPoo:
Ici Taliban Jacques Bloc ensembles.
18 + Jacques = 19 Quebecers.
The rest of the 43 shadows are Canadians?
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“18 Quebecers in shadow cabinet
Montreal Gazette”
The NuBeeQue party is going to cast a long shadow.
Minuteman: I first tried marmite when my wife and I were in Wales a year and half back. And yes, I tried a tiny bit on the corner of my toast. Once you get used to it, it’s good stuff. Vegemite’s not quite so strong, and if I’m not mistaken, is for the vegan folk.
I like Vegemite. It tastes like Marmite. It’s salty and tangy and full of b-vitamins. You should never turn down a Vegemite sandwich.
Some people prefer it as a spread mixed with butter.
Hiss boo heckle Taliban Jacques Bloc.
Jacques: Why were you naked?
Tell Canadians why you were naked, Jacques.
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“With shadow cabinet in place, Layton vows NDP won’t heckle its rivals”
(G-M)
“Astronomy Picture of the Day — Supernova Sonata”
[Credit: Alex H. Parker (Univ. Victoria), Melissa L. Graham (Univ. California, Santa Barbara / LCOGT) ] Title Image: Kepler’s Supernova Remnant – Chandra (X-ray) / Hubble (Optical) / Spitzer (IR)”
“Explanation: To create a sonata from supernovae, first you have to find the supernovae. To do that composers Alex Parker and Melissa Graham relied on the Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) Legacy Survey data of four deep fields on the sky monitored from April 2003 through August 2006, adopting 241 Type Ia supernovae. Enchanting to cosmologists, Type Ia supernovae are thermonuclear explosions that destroy white dwarf stars. Then, they gave each supernova a note to play, the volume of the note determined by the distance to the supernova. Fainter, more distant supernovae play quieter notes. Each note’s pitch was based on a stretch factor measured by how fast the supernova brightens and fades over time relative to a standard time history. Higher stretch factors play higher notes in pitches drawn from the illustrated Phrygian dominant scale. Of course, each supernova note is played on an instrument. Supernovae in massive galaxies were assigned to a stand-up bass, while supernovae in less massive galaxies played their note on a grand piano.”
“Click on the image or follow these links (Vimeo, YouTube) to watch a time compressed animation of the CFHT Legacy Survey data while listening to the Supernova Sonata.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2725666/posts