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  3. Goon Show? Gong Show? Gently Show? Garden Show?
    BBC Presents:
    “Idiot in Brussels” … Amadeu Altafaj Tardio.”
    “viewers could clearly see Altafaj gently remove his ear-piece”.
    …-
    “‘That idiot in Brussels’: BBC forced to apologise for interview ‘ambush'”
    “BBC red-faced over ‘idiot’ interview”
    The BBC has apologised to the European Commission spokesman who walked out of an interview after being repeatedly called an idiot.
    The BBC has apologised to the EU after a Brussels official was repeatedly called an “idiot” when taking part in a flagship news broadcast on the eurozone debt crisis.
    TV bosses said they contacted European Commission economic affairs spokesman Amadeu Altafaj Tardio to apologise for “discourtesy” that led him to walk off the Newsnight show during a video-link appearance from Brussels on Wednesday night.”
    “The clip turned into an internet hit – and piled on discomfort for Britain’s state media giant, already under fire for an interview with a self-styled independent trader who claimed bankers were “dreaming of another recession” so they can make more money.”
    Play video:
    http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/that-idiot-in-brussels-bbc-forced-to-apologise-for-interview-ambush-20110930-1kzwq.html

  4. http://www.newt.org/21st-century-contract-america
    We need to move like the wind to save our great nation. Honestly, I believe the only candidate capable of legislating with the necessary speed and accuracy is Newt Gingrich. It may require some dispassion to elect him. Desperate times call for disparate measures. This (IMHO) is the framework of a very strong plan.

  6. Rush tears apart the Solar industry as nothing but a slush fund. If his numbers are correct the sums are staggering. (Its one of his classic spiels.)
    It’s not about the green industry and it isn’t about green jobs. It’s about getting green into the Democrat coffers. I mean, come on, folks, 45 permanent jobs resulting from $1 billion in loans, start-up costs for solar industry firms? Forty-five permanent jobs at between 16 and $23 million a job? That’s not what this is about. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who is really, really wrapped up deep in this, and if there needs to be a fall guy on this, that’s who it’s going to be. Mark my words. Steven Chu said — and he’s a Nobel Prize winner, by the way, right along with Obama. “If we want to be a player in the global clean energy race, we must continue to invest in innovative technologies that enable commercial-scale deployment of clean, renewable power like solar. Solar generation facilities, like the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, help supply energy to local utilities and create hundreds of good, American clean energy jobs.”
    Right, at a mere $16 million per job! Anybody stop and think maybe we can’t afford to be a player in “the global clean energy race” if it’s $16 million a job? Or maybe this isn’t the role of government? Maybe this is something that the private sector would do better. “The Crescent Dunes facility will generate power using concentrated solar power technology, in which a series of mirrors direct sunlight onto a receiver at the center of the plant,” kind of the way you used to kill ants with a magnifying glass — except we’re looking to power whole cities with this, which we can’t do. And in the process, how many birds and insects are these people going to kill?
    The vid is up at the right scoop but the transcript is here:
    http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2011/09/29/abc_news_commits_random_act_of_journalism_on_solyndra
    (scroll halfway down the page,,,that’s when he really gets going)

  7. Sharia law, coming to a bank near you.
    Apparently, the Dhimmis cannot pay interest on loans, it is against their fascist religion.
    So, HSBC has a nice little ol vehicle for the Dhimmis. They pay no interest on their mortgage!
    Sweeeeet huh?
    Minor detail……the bank owns half the house, now, and at the time of sale……..

  11. I’m getting tired of seeing solar energy getting slagged here on SDA…it will have its place, and Canada has some of the leading technologies with companies like Quantum Solar out of Vancouver.
    Just because a bunch of American parasites are milking gov’t subsidies and have no incentive to ever be commercially viable, doesn’t mean that companies that are bringing the technology forward, with private venture capital funds, should be tarred with the same brush.

  16. “I’m getting tired of seeing solar energy getting slagged here on SDA…it will have its place, and Canada has some of the leading technologies with companies like Quantum Solar out of Vancouver.”
    You are right, solar technology does have it’s place. Like trickle charging our rv battery when on vacation. When I can find another economical use for it, I will post it on SDA.

  17. “You are right, solar technology does have it’s place. Like trickle charging our rv battery when on vacation.”
    Congratulations! You bought 57-year-old technology, and based on what I’ve seen in Cdn Tire, you probably paid between 15 and 20 times what it was worth. You of all people should have some interest in seeing the technology improve and become more cost effective. Otherwise you’re just as big a patsy as the Obama administration with their inane “green” subsidy programs that, if anything, discourage innovation.

  18. “Congratulations! You bought 57-year-old technology, and based on what I’ve seen in Cdn Tire, you probably paid between 15 and 20 times what it was worth.”
    LOL!!! You are right buddy, solar ain’t cheap.

  19. Old Lori
    Your link was better, thanks.
    If it helps: We’re not choosing friends here,
    we’re choosing weapons.
    One might very well think he is an S.O.B.
    I choose not to cast that stone.
    I will concede however, he’s my kind of S.O.B. 😉

  20. Agreed ∞ ≠ ø. We need someone with the intellect and real experience of Gingrich. He’s right on so many things, like education, national defense, Islam, immigration, etc. Electability aside, I’d take him over any of the current crew.
    In one way, and without sarcasm, I can say that I don’t really care if he treated his previous wives like crap. Maybe he’ll treat Europe like crap – and that would be a good thing.
    By the way, his current wife seems pretty freakish, far from ideal “first lady” material. The women are definitely his Achilles’ heel. AT 68 now, he’s also kind of old

  21. “I’m getting tired of seeing solar energy getting slagged here on SDA” says turtle, “it will have its place”
    Right you are and its place is on top of every motor home and holiday trailer. Otherwise it is a huge scam and deserves to be slagged not only here but everywhere. If it is viable it would be paying its own way without any government grants, loans or regulations designed to guarantee its success.

  22. Mao Stlong* Lepolt.
    Confucius say, you wan Plize? How much you pay?
    “A girl holds the cash value of the first Confucius peace prize after receiving it on behalf of the recipient, Lien Chan, former Taiwan vice-president, in Beijing last December.”
    …-
    “China’s rival to Nobel peace prize is scrapped after one year”
    “Authorities pull plug on Confucius prize marked by disorganisation and negative headlines”
    “A Chinese attempt to establish an alternative to the Nobel peace prize appeared to have flopped after just one award ceremony when the government confirmed on Thursday that the group overseeing the award had been disbanded.
    The Confucius peace prize was launched last December in a riposte to the Nobel committee’s honouring of the jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, a decision that embarrassed and infuriated Beijing.
    But less than nine months later the Association of Chinese Local Art, which initiated the prize, said it was cancelling the award in a statement posted on the website of the ministry of culture.”
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/29/china-nobel-confucius-prize-scrapped
    …-
    “China tech stocks dive on threat of US fraud probe”
    “Chinese internet stocks have dived in New York trading after the US Justice Department said it was considering launching a fraud investigation.
    The news was disclosed by Robert Khuzami, director of enforcement at the US financial services regulator.
    Youku, which models itself on web video firm Youtube, was among the hardest hit, falling 18%.”
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15120276
    *Liberal leader Basement Bob Rae’s Uncle Mo Strong.

  24. The 32nd of never:
    “(Greece) may be looking into kicking the can into the next century. One of the options that Greece is looking at is offering a 100-year bond in return for outstanding short-term debt, said a banker at one of the institutions advising Greece, who said he saw the plans being studied…”
    “A 100-year bond to restructure the debt would have the advantage of sending a strong signal to the market that Greece’s financial problems had been put away for a very long time.”

  25. “China: Chinese Banks Close to Collapse. Fears of zero growth
    The Chinese Financial Index fell by 24%, more than that of European and American bank stocks. Chinese banks are plagued by insolvent debts due to loans to local governments and the stagnant property market. The country’s growth, currently estimated at 9.5%, is at risk
    Thursday, September 29, 2011
    By Asia News
    Hong Kong (AsiaNews / Agencies) – The listings of Chinese banks have dropped to very low levels, raising fears that a collapse could wipe out the country’s growth. This is what emerges from news announced today by Bloomberg, according to whom the MSCI index for the Chinese financial sector fell 4% this month, much more than all the European, American and Japanese banks.
    The problem is very serious, even though in the last 12 months the index has recorded 104 billion in earnings. Chinese banks’ troubles are being caused by insolvent bonds offered to local governments, as well as by loans made to support the building boom that has left 50 percent of newly-built houses unsold, and by slowing global economic growth, which penalizes Chinese exports to Europe and the United States.”
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2785851/posts
    …-
    “PRE-MARKET SELLOFF GETTING WORSE: Germany Getting Crushed, Dow Futures Off Over 100
    Joe Weisenthal
    Sep. 30, 2011, 5:57 AM
    Yesterday saw a huge initial surge, a big mid-day collapse, and then a big turnaround.
    And now markets are sliding again.
    US futures are pointing down about 0.5%.
    European markets aren’t moving particularly dramatically, but are down.
    Commodities are actually up a little, with copper having stopped Wednesday’s bleeding.
    Today should be particularly interesting. It’s the last day of the quarter, and since it was so violent there could be a lot of last-minute moves/window-dressing, etc. as managers look to pretty up their portfolios before sending out statements to clients. Stay tuned.
    UPDATE: The market selloff is getting worse on this last day of the quarter. Dow futures are off over 100. Europe is really not looking so hot. Germany is off over 2.5% right now.”
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2785850/posts

  27. My previous comment was incorrectly posted to this thread. Sorry ’bout that (Firefox 7 spazzes out when you hit the Tab key and force-loads “the next page” of Web content rather than moving to the next editable field; I wish I could figure out how to turn this “feature” off…).

  28. I’m getting tired of seeing solar energy getting slagged here on SDA…it will have its place, and Canada has some of the leading technologies with companies like Quantum Solar out of Vancouver.
    Posted by: turtle at September 29, 2011 11:57 PM
    I agree with you turtle. I think that solar energy does have a place and will improve. I looked up Quantum Solar. Quantum dot technology does seem to offer a new and useful approach. They claim that they can eventually rival coal power for cost and efficiency–we’ll see. But if it could replace coal, especially in places like China where they are building two coal plants per week. That’s staggering.

  30. Jokers of the leftist religion:
    Liberal McGuinty, Gov. Perdue*, and Liberal leader Basement Bob Rae’s China Uncle Mao Stlong, aka Maurice Strong.
    “*First she claimed to have just been joking.”
    …-
    “Smokes for votes offer a ‘joke’: Grit”
    “A senior Liberal official has been caught on tape during a party training session bragging she gave cigarettes to residents at a Toronto shelter to get them to vote.”
    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/OntarioVotes/News/2011/09/29/18762756.html
    …-
    “*First she claimed to have just been joking.”
    “Her thoughts were similar to those of Maurice Strong, the former Trudeau ally who was the godfather of the UN’s environmental programs, who in 1990 told a reporter that he’d been fantasizing about a scenario:
    What if a small group of these world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries? In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring this about?
    Mr. Strong claimed it was only a plotline for a novel he was thinking of writing. And I don’t for a minute think he actually imagined it would be possible to get away with such manipulation of economies and nations. But I do suspect it was more than the outline for a thriller. I do suspect Mr. Strong wished it were possible.”
    “*Lorne Gunter: Another politician who doesn’t think voters are smart enough”
    http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/09/30/lorne-gunter-nc-governor-an-arrogant-lefty-snob/
    Reply

  32. Our Supreme Overlords^H Court has spoken: Insite shall remain open. The federal government must exempt them from federal drug laws. Drug addicts have the absolute, nobody-shall-deny, Charter-given RIGHT to shoot up their drugs in taxpayer-funded clinics.
    And the ruling was freaking UNANIMOUS!
    Notwithstanding clause, anyone?

  37. Bless you, Liberal Dalton McGuinty.
    …-
    “Teacher bans ‘bless you’ for sneezing kids”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/teacher-bans-bless-you-for-sneezing-kids/article2186457/
    …-
    “Explosive Toronto Star expose reveals how Ontario government allows teachers union to keep secret student sexual and physical abuse by teachers”
    (newswatchcanada)
    …-
    “Bad teachers: Ontario’s secret list”
    “Here are some of the people licensed in Ontario to teach your children.
    A teacher who disciplined students by warning they would “spend time with a pedophile” and if the behaviour got worse it “would be without vaseline.”
    A high school teacher whose female students said he called them “sluts,” “pole dancers,” “whore” and commented that tongue studs were for “oral sex.”
    A teacher who shut Grade 8 students in a storage cupboard to discipline them.
    A teacher who repeatedly took photos of Grade 8 girls with his cellphone.
    A drunk teacher who sexually assaulted a store clerk.”
    http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1062168–meet-your-teachers

  39. Mao Stlong* Lepolt.
    Moi “biggest real estate bubble in human history” bigger than Ramses IV’s Egyptian Pyramid Scheme.
    H/T *Liberal leader Basement Bob Rae, Mo Strong’s nephew.
    …-
    “Chanos calls China syndrome”
    “China is in the midst of the biggest real estate bubble in human history—“Dubai in 2007 times 1,000.” And Sino-Forest, the less-than-meets-the-eye Canadian forestry play in China? That fits a pattern: Promoters “find a different investment hype, a story, to get people excited. In the 1990s, it was the Internet, and now it’s China. Unbridled growth.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/chanos-calls-china-syndrome/article2183539/
    …-
    “China Says Electricity Shortages to Continue into Winter”
    The National Energy Administration says hydroelectricity, which accounts for 16 of total power generation in China, has dropped due to this year’s drought”
    “(Beijing) – Acute power shortages will continue in parts of China in the upcoming winter and spring seasons, particularly in the southern and central regions where most of the country’s hydropower power stations are located, an energy official told a press conference on September 29.”
    http://english.caixin.cn/2011-09-30/100311151.html

  41. Next to the the Clifford Olson link above from the CBC there’s a story titled “Violent Mob Storms Saskatchewan Hospital”.
    Well, that got my attention. Are the homocidal, gun-clingin’ peasants finally rioting with pitchforks and torches against the ghost of Tommy Douglas? I had to know; yet the story at the ceeb lacked context, somehow.
    I admit I did have my suspicions but after I googled: “La Loche, Saskatchewan” they were… I got more suspicious. I headed to the comments:
    “As if a newstory like this isn’t horrifying enough, we have to decend into comments like about ethnicity (Denesuline people with 95% first language retention) and that the police should pull out of the community. When riots happen in other cities, and people of many ethnicities throw down, we don’t see comments about Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton being terrible places to live or what ethnic groups were involved in the riots…” said some public discourse guardian whose name I can’t be bothered to go back and look up. (Emphasis mine.)
    Dear CBC, either report a damn story or don’t. This is why we hate you.
    Dear CBC commenters – you are smug, clueless morons. This is why we hate you.

  42. Black Mamba…It’s probably just a coincidence,but yesterday was cheque day for those who prefer that I work rather than them.

  43. You stopped quoting too soon, Black Mamba:
    La Loche…its also a gold mine for the study of infectious diseases not common in other areas,
    and
    What were the police thinking to start chasing ATV’S AT that time of morning.
    They could have killed someone !!
    The police have made some very, very poor decisions !

  45. Holy smokes!
    Joker Liberal Dalton dumps Nikki.
    Give the Man a cigar.
    “An Ontario Liberal campaign official who was recorded making a smokes-for-votes comment has resigned.”
    “Cigarettes for votes offer a _joke,_ Liberal official says”
    “Holland, operational vice-president for Ontario’s Liberals, was taped making comments about bribing the homeless with smokes during a campaign training session on July 16.”
    http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/30/smokes-for-votes-comment-completely-unacceptable-mcguinty

  46. Mao Stlong Lepolt*.
    We have a more. Would it be Bob Rae*?
    …-
    “Snafu as China space launch set to US patriotic song”
    “It was supposed to be a patriotic tribute to China’s technological prowess. Instead, a video showing the launch of China’s first space station module inadvertently glorified the country’s biggest rival.
    A video animation put together by state television to mark the highly publicised launch of Tiangong-1 — or “Heavenly Palace” — is set to the music of “America the Beautiful”, a patriotic song about the United States.
    China sees its ambitious space programme as a symbol of its global stature and Internet users who recognised the tune were surprised at the choice of music for the space launch — a proud moment for the Asian nation.
    “At the time, I was eating in a hotel with foreigners from an American company and Chinese clients and we were watching the live broadcast,” posted one user on Sina’s Weibo, China’s answer to Twitter.
    “All the Chinese there wanted to disappear,” he said of the embarrassed response.
    It was unclear whether the choice of song — which includes the line “America! America! God shed His grace on thee” — was a mistake.
    The video, which is more than a minute long and can be accessed on broadcaster CCTV’s English-language website, features only the music from the song and not the lyrics (http://newscontent … ileId=117772).”
    http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-snafu-china-space-patriotic-song.html
    (H/T #35 Charles at Belmont Club.)
    *Mao’s nephew.

  47. Stan – Huffpo is officialy doing a better job reporting Canadian news than our beloved CBC is. At least the words: “Clearwater Dene River First Nation” showed up towards the bottom of the piece. (There was even a reference to gangs.) They were sort of obliquely referring to some other incident, not this one or anything, but still, that’s at least a nudge and a hint, so thanks Zsazsa.

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