52 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. This cartoon was posted in the comments a few years ago, but…here it is again: The 24 types of Authoritarians.
    They’re all recognizable and familiar types. CBC executives, producers and reporters, for example, fit perfectly into the “Public Mandate” category.
    (h/t wordaroundthenet)

  2. “The comments of Prime Minister Harper should be saluted. He’s the first Western leader who has come up with the clarity that has been missing in the last ten years.
    Had Prime Minister Harper been the President of the United States we would have won the War on Terror by now. But instead we’ve got someone in the White House today who’s apologizing, and in fact giving the impression that it was the United States that attacked muslims, not vice versa.”
    . . .
    [then in response to lawyer Paul Champ]
    “These sharia Bolsheviks, these bleeding-heart white liberals are a dime a dozen in Canada, and what they do not understand is that as a muslim I am the first line of defence – the islamists will get me and slit my throat long before Mr. Champ ever comes into the picture. I would gladly exchange my position with his white privilege and then discuss this issue. Let him go to Pakistan.”
    Tarek Fatah in response to Stephen Harper and liberal lawyer Paul Champ.

  5. The end of empire comes with a busted bag.
    No Paper Or Plastic? LA Shoppers Wary Of Proposed ‘Nightmare’ Ban
    http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/09/07/no-paper-or-plastic-la-shoppers-wary-of-proposed-nightmare-ban/
    Related:
    US falls to 5th in global competitiveness, survey showsThe U.S. has tumbled further down a global ranking of the world’s most competitive economies, landing at fifth place because of its huge deficits and declining public faith in government, a global economic group said Wednesday.
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44423519/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/t/us-falls-th-global-competitiveness-survey-shows/?GT1=43001

  8. Modern day example of a mad scientist. This man stated in a documentary called TechnoCalyps (downloadable as a torrent at pirate bay and other sites – 2 parts) that no-one is going to stop him from being god and that he is willing to shoot you if you try to stop him.
    http://www.humancloning.org/seed.htm

  9. “Absolute brilliance: Gibson Guitars CEO to attend Obama’s jobs speech as guest of Republican Congresswoman”
    …
    Eh.. absolute brilliance would have been if the Gibson CEO had just shown up instead of warning the Obamster in advance.

  11. R-CALF: EPA Declares Hay a Pollutant
    “Has the Environmental Protection Agency declared hay a pollutant?” an audience member asked. Callicrate responded affirmatively and explained that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently initiated a formal enforcement action against his Kansas feedlot for, among other things, failure to store his hay in a pollution containment zone. “Now that EPA has declared hay a pollutant, every farmer and rancher that stores hay, or that leaves a broken hay bale in the field is potentially violating EPA rules and subject to an EPA enforcement action,” Callicrate said. “How far are we going to let this agency go before we stand up and do something about it?”
    http://www.northernag.net/AGNews/tabid/171/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4708/R-CALF-EPA-Declares-Hay-a-Pollutant.aspx

  15. North of 60
    So littering gets one sub-human status?
    Do you ever listen to what you say?…And…If a bear shits in the woods and nobody baggies it how many Unicorns die?
    Show your math.

  18. If a bear shits in the woods it rots. If you discard a plastic bag because you’re just too damn lazy to re-use it, then it doesn’t rot, it litters. Are you that stupid or just ignorant.
    I’ve been using a pair of re-usable shopping bags from Cdn Tire for two years now. They wash just fine. It’s way better than a pile of plastic bags in a landfill. Are you proud of how much you waste?
    I’ve been a frugal conservative all my life. It has nothing to to with ‘environmental’ or ‘green BS’. It’s called being personally responsible and not expecting others to clean up after you. Phuckin nanny state entitlement lieberal socialists are always expecting someone else to take care of them and clean up their messes. I expect better from the people on this forum.
    Be responsible for yourself, and the mess you make with your life. The world does not owe you a living.

  19. Asbestos shopping bags…hhhmmmm…There may be a market but only if they’re endorsed by Saint Layton.
    The Postumous Patron Saint of Asbestos.

  20. North of 60
    You have no inkling of what I waste or don’t. None.
    What you do have is gassy aspersions and two old bags.
    Just out of curiosity…who signs your cheque?

  21. Everything plastic is made from, the petroleum based resin and the powdered rock filler the resin ties together to make the plastic object, comes from the earth itself.
    And plastic does degenerate over time.
    I know this from personal experience having worked in a plastics plant and mixing some of the plastic by hand for about 3 years making PVC and ABS back in the 20th century.

  22. Yeah, sure, whatever…
    Does your mommy still pick up after you and clean up your messes?
    Be a responsible adult and don’t treat the planet as your personal garbage dump.
    Littering is for asswholes. The choice is yours.

  23. Oz
    I miss the good old days when we had lead water pipes and clay sewer pipes.
    Of course I chewed my share of lead paint off the windowsill.

  24. There was a post here a few months ago about the fact that some researchers had tested reusable fabric shopping bags for bacteria, and found the majority of them heavily laden with potentially disease-causing varieties.
    So, if you use cloth shopping bags, you have to launder them in hot water, and then dry them, to ensure that they are safe to carry your groceries.
    Figure the cost of the energy to heat the laundry water, the cost of the energy to run the washing machine, and the cost of the energy to dry the bags, and the disposable plastic ones, which cost a fraction of a cent to make, start looking pretty darn responsible.
    And I “recycle” mine, by using them as trash bags, which reduces the number of purpose-made trash bags I buy.
    That is a problem with many of the so-called “green” alternatives. They look good at first glance, but dig a little deeper, and you find that the Law of Unintended Consequences is ready to be proven once more.

  26. Pretty well everywhere I’ve been in the States they call them ‘sacks’, not ‘bags’. Is California different? Maybe it’s all the Canadians who live there.
    If I remember correctly, most plastic ‘sacks’ are made of polyethylene, which is derived from natural gas, not the sludge remaining after oil is refined.

  27. “So the Dalai Lama and friends want to stop the Alberta-Texas pipeline. I don’t have the words…”
    I saw the Dalai Lama interviewed on 60 minutes a year or so ago and he stated that he was a marxist. At that point he lost any moral authority he had over anything as far as i am concerned.

  28. Butt, butt, but … Nic vs MaryJ.
    Survey says, experts agree, poll shows …
    …-
    “B.C. leads country with lowest smoking rates
    Vancouver Sun – Gordon Hoekstra -” ‎
    “Study to smoke out cannabis truth
    By BILL KAUFMANN, QMI Agency”

  29. I’m afraid that the Dalai Lama reminds me of Jack Layton.
    He seems like a nice guy and he smiles a lot, but what has he ever done, actually done, for mankind?
    He travels around a lot, gracing various causes with his presence and benedictions (now he sounds like Obama) and appears to be a celebrity for celebrity’s sake.
    I’m tired of these hail-fellows-well-met, always being used by the Leftards. The Dalai Lama would be far more effective if he stayed on a mountain top meditating. Who needs his facile preaching?

  30. “The major threat is still Islamicism,” he* said.”
    Da proof is …
    …-
    “Suspicious Chemicals”
    “Two Terror Suspects Arrested in Berlin”
    “Police in Berlin arrested two terror suspects on Thursday, raiding their apartments and a Muslim cultural center. The two men allegedly amassed chemicals that could be used to make bombs.”
    http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,785104,00.html
    …-
    “*PM’s terrorism ‘rhetoric’ slammed”
    “Liberals, NDP critical of Harper’s plan to adopt sweeping changes to laws”
    http://www.vancouversun.com/news/terrorism+rhetoric+slammed/5369278/story.html

  32. Sitting here anxiously awaiting Obama to give his new 400 billion dollar stimulus and massive new jobs speech..
    The suspense is exhilarating!
    –
    We need to buy milk.
    Should I use paper or plastic?

  34. gordinkneehill, ditto in our household.
    North of 60, if you consider yourself a conservative then stop using the classic rhetoric “is the same sort of sub-human” as the left uses to exterminate people who do not agree with them or their policies.
    British PM David Cameron a liberal statist in disguise.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034900/Tory-plot-ambush-David-Cameron-join-forces-Labour-Eurosceptics.html
    “*PM’s terrorism ‘rhetoric’ slammed”. Good for PM Harper. Finally a Canadian leader calling a spade, a spade.

  35. Robert: I agreed, why does Sun news have Kat meat on???? I turned the news on only to hear his one sided BS, Liberal a$$ kissing. I thought that Sun would have more class then to have that idiot on.
    If this becomes a regular thing, I might re think paying for Sun news.

  38. This is the strangest energy policy imaginable:
    “the province’s current requirement to become energy self-sufficient by 2016, a policy that Hydro says is driving up its costs. Under the Clean Energy Act, BC Hydro needs to have enough capacity to meet its domestic needs even when water supplies are critically low – with the base set at a severe drought recorded in the 1940s”…Dr. Weaver said his research underscores the need to increase the province’s clean-energy supply. His models forecast more summer droughts in the future, with a significant impact on the water reservoirs that produce much of B.C.’s hydroelectric power.
    So, basically, the existing Clean Energy Act forces BC to be self-efficient based on worst case scenarios from the past and GIGO models of possible future droughts – just to prevent the import of even one MW of evil fossil fuels from adjacent jurisdictions. That will cause a lot of unnecessary (taxpayer subsidized) overbuild of electricity capacity that will either sit idle or be sold below the production cost to places like Alberta. Economically, it makes much more sense to import power when needed to supplement peak load requirements or work around Gaia’s moodiness
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/clarks-hydro-policy-threatens-to-collapse-bcs-climate-change-progress-scientist-says/article2157488/
    **BTW isn’t the chosen “expert”,Weaver, also the AGW zealot suing Dr.Bell?
    “Andrew Weaver, the Nobel laureate climate scientist…Dr. Weaver, Canada Research Chair in climate modelling and analysis at the University of Victoria,”…Dr. Weaver said his research underscores the need to increase the province’s clean-energy supply. His models forecast more summer droughts in the future, with a significant impact on the water reservoirs that produce much of B.C.’s hydroelectric power.

  39. Synchro,
    “I miss the good old days when we had lead water pipes and clay sewer pipes.
    I don’t know about the clay sewer pipes, but the lead water pipes have been replaced by the glass BONG.
    Of course I chewed my share of lead paint off the windowsill.”
    I never smoked anything good enough to make me do that.

  40. O’s war:
    “*And you know what? They’ve got a war, they got a war with us and there’s only going to be one winner.”
    …-
    “Hoffa* On Tea Party: ‘Let’s Take These Sons Of Bitches Out!’”
    http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/hoffa-on-tea-party-lets-take-these-sons-of-bitches-out/
    …-
    “Longshoremen storm Wash. state port, damage RR”
    “LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of Longshoremen stormed the Port of Longview early Thursday, overpowered and held security guards, damaged railroad cars, and dumped grain that is the center of a labor dispute, said Longview Police Chief Jim Duscha.
    Six guards were held hostage for a couple of hours after 500 or more Longshoremen broke down gates about 4:30 a.m. and smashed windows in the guard shack, he said.
    No one was hurt, and nobody has been arrested.”
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2775370/posts

  41. Re:shopping bag bans and unintended consequences
    BIN liner sales in SA have doubled since free plastic shopping bags were banned more than two years ago. And most bin bags are made of thicker plastic than traditional bags, which means they take longer to break down in the environment…The figures have raised concerns about whether the plastic bag ban has been effective in reducing waste sent to landfill…
    Zero Waste SA chief executive Vaughan Levitzke claimed in January 2009 the ban would not lead to a significant rise in the number of bin bags bought.
    “Research shows purchase of bin liners will not increase significantly, compared with the reduction of plastic shopping bags,” he said.
    http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/bin-line-sales-double-nation-average-after-plastic-bag-ban/story-e6frea6u-1226119243127
    hat tip to Andrew Bolt’s blog

  42. To Rick Perry’s climate scientists – Step up to the plate NOW!
    Last night Perry was unwilling to name some of the thousands of scientists who refute climate alarmism. The media and the Gore-ites are now using that as proof Perry is weak/wrong on global warming science.
    It is high time. It is high noon. The science and the facts are on Rick Perry’s side.
    A public statement by these climate scientists now could bury the biggest scam the world has ever seen. Bury it for good.

  43. I do like that Donald Peers. It’s just as well he’s an honest man. If he became a criminal, what kind of jury could try him?

  47. syncro @3:09AM – “Of course I chewed my share of lead paint off the windowsill.”
    Ah, that makes a certain amount of sense.
    As for the Dalai Lama, well. Tibet was never the enlightened, civilized hippy (I know, contradiction in terms) paradise people like Richard Gere imagine. In fact it was a feudal society which practiced slavery. Obviously that doesn’t make it nifty to be invaded by the ChiComs, but still. I don’t see why I should have a massive amount of time for Mr. Llama. (I know. I like spelling it that way.)
    http://godknowswhat.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/the-dalai-lama-saint-or-sinner/

  48. xiat! It’s a Red-Green execution.
    “Agents began executing their search about 7:30 a.m., Sohn said. Most of the activity appears to be concentrated at the old Solyndra buildings located at 901 Page Ave., as agents wearing FBI vests and jackets are scurrying back and forth in one of the parking lots.
    More agents arrived in SUVs at 8:40 a.m.
    Contact Lisa Fernandez at 408-920-5869.”
    http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18851389?nclick_check=1

  49. Socialist Red-Green McGuinty watches from the Palace balcony as the Cossacks swirl their sabres.
    ““Look them in the eyes,” he added.”
    ““tell them you’re going to kill that plant and kill those jobs.””
    Go Hudak! Go!
    …-
    “McGuinty dares Hudak to cut jobs as new green energy factory announced”
    “LONDON, ONT.—Samsung will open another new green energy factory creating 200 jobs, Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty said Thursday.
    He issued a dare to his chief rival Tim Hudak, the Progressive Conservative leader who has said he would tear up the government’s $7-billion deal with Samsung to create 16,000 solar and clean energy jobs.
    McGuinty challenged Hudak to come to London — where the Liberals are hoping to hold four seats in the Oct. 6 election — and “tell them you’re going to kill that plant and kill those jobs.”
    “Look them in the eyes,” he added.”
    http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/provincialelection/article/1050914–mcguinty-dares-hudak-to-cut-jobs-as-new-green-energy-factory-announced

  50. maz2,
    I wonder if Dalton would be willing to look Ontario taxpayers in the eyes and come clean on the true cost of each green job “created” by his absurd energy policies. It might be a good debate question.

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