47 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  2. Ilkka at The Fourth Checkraise:
    “Before the election, Atwood and all her likes made it perfectly clear that they have absolute zero interest to listening to or having any kind of dialogue with Rob Ford and his voters. So I really can’t see what duty Ford now has to listen to them. Hell, if anything, he has been far too generous with them. If I were Mayor Ford, Toronto would by now have started construction of several homeless shelters, halfway houses, dope shooting galleries and social housing tenements in The Beaches and other trendy liberal neighbourhoods, and began a ‘forced busing’ program to increase the sorely lacking diversity of schools in liberal communities by bringing in students from the less privileged neighbourhoods such as Jane & Finch. ”

  3. On the lighter side . . .
    While I frequently have a lot of legitimate complaints about the dregs that have wrecked my hometown of Vancouver on Canada’s Left Coast, on days like today I’m vividly reminded of why I love it here. Here are some photos.

  4. I think Five Feet of Fury gets to sleep in on Sundays now. Personally, I can’t figure out how Law (assuming what they say about him is true; I haven’t researched it) can walk into a church without bursting into flames.
    (Identical twins are odd. Sometimes they develop their own weird little languages as children. I suppose they can’t help it.)

  6. Thanks for the pictures Robert. The most beautiful city I’ve visited, with some of the oddest people I’ve ever come across. And that dog’s the neatest dog ever. What a face.

  9. EBD, how did you know that I looooove The Proclaimers? Their “Sunshine on Leith” is one of my favourites!

  11. 60. We demand implementation of a peoples mic reaching from coast to coast to coast with simultaneous translation in both official languages.
    And colour TV, and air-conditioning.

  12. Blackmumbles
    “Identical twins are odd.”
    I know, as I have a set, but than they are female so odd is the order of the day:-))))

  15. Oh – clocks, people. 2:00AM will be 1:00AM (I’m pretty sure that’s what’s happening.)

  17. The Euro elite are totally out of touch with the modern world
    The realities of 21st-century politics are finally catching up with the guardians of the single currency.
    It is astonishing to hear the very same people who said Britain would be consigned to irrelevance outside the euro now insisting that we have a neighbourly duty to prevent its implosion: we do have such a duty, but it is based on hard-nosed self-interest, not obligation to the continental sages who – betraying their ignorance of history and its magnificent unpredictability – once insisted that their grand projet would inevitably succeed.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8871973/The-Euro-elite-are-totally-out-of-touch-with-the-modern-world.html

  19. Demand #32
    That those responsible for the financial collapse be charged and sent to jail.
    Demand #33
    That all non-violet prisoners be released from jail.

  20. Black Mumba
    “(Do they communicate psychically do you think?)”
    Do they communicate…….with all the noise they make chattering, I hope so
    psychically …they don’t do drugs:-)))
    do you think…not usually, it hurts the brain

  21. Aah, Robert…we oughta meet up some time. I used to work in Stanley Park as a natural history interpreter, and sometimes I can’t help but forget how wonderful this city can be when I am forced to think about the crappy people who inhabit it. Thanks for this.

  23. Globe and Mail, Saturday, Nov. 5, Margaret Wente.
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/occupiers-are-blaming-the-wrong-people/article2226104/
    “[Name redacted] is one of the faces of Occupy Toronto. She believes the capitalist system has robbed her of her future. At 28, she’s studying for a master’s degree in sociology at Laurentian University in Sudbury. She’s also the single mother of two children. ‘I’m here because I don’t know what kind of job I could possibly find that would allow me to pay rent, take care of these two children and pay back $600 each month in loans,’ she said.”
    “Just what kind of jobs did she imagine are on offer for freshly minted sociology graduates? Did she bother to ask? Did it occur to her that it might be a good idea to figure out how to support her children before she had them?”
    “It’s not the greedy Wall Street bankers who destroyed these people’s hopes. It’s the virtueocracy itself. It’s the people who constructed a benefit-heavy entitlement system whose costs can no longer be sustained. It’s the politicians and union leaders who made reckless pension promises that are now bankrupting cities and states. It’s the socially progressive policy-makers in the U.S. who declared that everyone, even those with no visible means of support, should be able to own a home with no money down, courtesy of their government. In Canada, it’s the social progressives who assure us we can keep on consuming all the health care we want, even as the costs squeeze out other public goods.”
    It ain’t the capitalist system that’s wrecking anybody’s future, it’s the fact that we have so many taxes and regulations that capitalism can’t operate properly any more.
    The usual thoughtfulness from Margaret Wente.

  24. National Post, Saturday, Nov. 5. Jonathan Kay.
    http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/death+campus+protest/5662203/story.html
    “At Harvard this week, a group of pro-Occupy activists walked out of their introductory economics class to protest the university’s allegedly pro-laissez-faire bias. The media treated it like a big deal: But in fact, just 70 students – 10% of the class – walked out. They were booed by the others as they left.”
    These people are protesting against reality. They’re protesting against the truth. They’re protesting the fact that two plus two equals four.
    “Reality always avenges itself” – Ayn Rand

  25. Here’s a clue for the The Sagacious Iconoclast.
    Regardless of what Stats Canada says about declining crime rates, in the 50’s and 60’s, all the doors and windows didn’t need to be bolted and locked 24 hours a day.
    Small fluctuations in crime rates over short periods mean little.

  27. Re: Vancouver, I fail to see how a collection of large boxes sticking up, cluttering up the landscape, is attractive. They may be useful and necessary, but they aren’t exactly pretty to look at.
    Oh well, suppose everyone has their own particular box to be trapped in…

  29. “NCDC data shows that the contiguous USA has not warmed in the past decade, summers are cooler, winters are getting colder”
    “While the United States is not the world, it does have some of the best weather data available, no pun intended. Given the NCDC data for CONUS, it certainly seems to me that warming has stalled for the United States in the last decade.”
    http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/11/05/ncdc-data-shows-that-the-contiguous-usa-has-not-warmed-in-the-past-decade-summers-are-cooler-winters-are-getting-colder/#more-50527

  30. Mohammedanism = Death Cult.
    …-
    “World Muslims mark Eid al-Adha”
    “MINA, Saudi Arabia – Muslims around the world marked the Eid al-Adha feast on Sunday overshadowed by the Arab Spring as hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia were warned of dangers and urged to rally around their rulers.”
    (googlenews)
    …-
    “150 Die In ‘Heinous’ Islamist Attacks In Nigeria”
    “Bomb and gun attacks targetting police stations and churches in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu left dozens of people dead and at least 100 injured, witnesses said on Saturday. The attackers bombed a city police headquarters, three other police stations and several churches in Damaturu…
    (Excerpt) Read more at congoo.com …”
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2803203/posts

  31. ’Love the twins—their music, and their neat accents! I’ve never even heard of Craig and Charlie: my loss. I’m pleased to see all the videos available, which I’ll check out later. (Thanks, Mike A. and EBD.)

  32. Americans For Prosperity,
    What was for dinner? while those outside were busy tossing a senior to the floor, throwing themselves in front of a legally driven car, shouting for revolution? & money for nothing… the constant threats to a young reporter that simply asked questions…
    This is what was being discussed inside… The Great One, Mark Levin.
    http://babalublog.com/2011/11/a-clarion-call-for-action/#comments
    “We’re here to draw a line in the sand. And we’re here to take a stand. And our message is clear: Take your hands off our wallets, get out of our homes and automobiles, leave our farms and businesses alone, we will choose our doctors, we’ll eat whatever the hell we want, and stop teaching our children trash. We are Americans, not subjects. We are not the masses.”

  34. Looking for advise.
    Would like to get a billboard on the 401 corridor that says the following.
    Sharia law is incompatible with the charter of rights.
    Or
    Have a picture of the young prince with the caption..
    In countries that are compliant with sharia law this man would be arrested for being a catholic.”
    Any suggestions on how to make it happen?

  37. “MINA, Saudi Arabia – Muslims around the world marked the Eid al-Adha feast on Sunday overshadowed by the Arab Spring as hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia were warned of dangers and urged to rally around their rulers.”
    (googlenews)
    and guess who wants to be their leader….I wonder if we’ll see the same level of ingratiating groveling at Christmas ?
    from whitehouse.gov
    The White House
    Office of the Press Secretary
    For Immediate Release
    November 05, 2011
    Statement by the President on Hajj and Eid al-Adha
    Michelle and I extend our greetings for a happy Eid al-Adha to Muslims worldwide and congratulate those performing Hajj. Thousands of Muslim Americans are among those who have joined one of the world’s largest and most diverse gatherings in making the pilgrimage to Mecca and nearby sites.
    As Muslims celebrate this Eid, they will also commemorate Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son by distributing food to those less fortunate around the world. They join the United States and the international community in relief efforts to assist those struggling to survive in the Horn of Africa and those recovering from the devastating earthquake in Turkey.
    The Eid and Hajj rituals are a reminder of the shared roots of the world’s Abrahamic faiths and the powerful role that faith plays in motivating communities to serve and stand with those in need. On behalf of the American people, we extend our best wishes during this Hajj season. Eid Mubarak and Hajj Mabrour.

  38. Solar Winter.
    A freebie from Neo-AGW PR.
    Here’s a snip from O’sland.
    …-
    “Voters Face Snow, Severe Storms and Cold on Election Day”
    “Cold for Rockies and Northern Plains
    Highs will fail to climb out of the 30s across much of the Rockies and the far northern Plains. The Front Range of the Rockies and the remainder of the northern and central Plains will only reach into the 40s.”
    http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/57400/voters-face-snow-severe-storms-1.asp

  39. EUrope’s socialism: Brown vs Red vs Western Civilization.
    …-
    “Far right on rise in Europe, says Demos report”
    “Study reveals thousands of self-declared followers of hardline parties and groups”
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/06/far-right-rise-europe-report
    …-
    There is also: The affinity of the socialist brothers.
    “*Every clandestine or semi-clandestine movement is riven into “affinity groups” who are supposed to coordinate but who in practice simply fight to survive — not the simply the police — but more often, their fellows.”
    The socialist brothers: Red Joe and Brown Adolf.
    “The Butchery of Hitler and Stalin”
    “James Kirchick on Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder.”
    “There were moments reading this book when I was forced to shut it closed, an experience utterly alien to me. Like any reasonably historically-aware individual, I considered myself familiar with the carnage that overtook Europe in the earlier half of the 20th century: the gas chambers and the gulags, the mass shootings and show trials, the wanton disregard for human life and the heinous ideas which compelled people to, actively or passively, play a part in the deaths of tens of millions of fellow human beings. Reading about this period, there comes a point when the sheer scale and horror of the events which took place — the instant incineration of tens of thousands of civilians, for instance — desensitizes one from appreciating the sheer terror and physical pain that individuals endured.
    Even with the knowledge of these attrocities, there is still little than can prepare a reader for the grisly accounts of the Ukrainian Famine that Timothy Snyder details in Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. Of course, I knew something about the widespread starvation that afflicted Ukrainians in 1932 and 1933. This mass culling was directly caused by Josef Stalin’s collectivization policies, which were comprised of seizing private farms and exporting whatever food was grown to the rest of the Soviet Union and beyond. Those who have studied the event in-depth will not find anything new in Snyder’s account. But most readers, I imagine, will reevaluate their conception of the depths of human depravity when they read, in particular, about the widespread cannibalism that became rampant in what Robert Conquest has referred to as “one vast Belsen.” These are tales that one imagined lay only in the realm of zombie films: parents cooking and eating their own children, children in a nursery eating each other, a starving toddler literally eating himself.”
    http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/80201
    *H/T Belmont Club
    “The 19th Mansion”

  41. Robert W, many thanks for the Lotus Land pics.
    Very nice.
    Seldom has a reader tip resonated with me as much as yours. I’m an obsessive motorcycle rider.
    Recently, the MC was in the shop for a couple weeks and I decided to spend some time on the False Creek north seawall and the Stanley Park seawall E. toward downtown with my new camera.
    I was flabbergasted that:
    a) I had never been on either (but of course had often walked the SP seawall Coal Habour-English Bay).
    b) And that I sometimes think of leaving on stupid political grounds.
    In fact, upon returning home I told my wife: “When next we start entertaining the idea of leaving Vancouver, we must spend some time on the seawall(s) and disabuse ourselves of such a nutty notion.”

  42. Mark Ruffalo, B grade actor.
    Caught him ranting on the Ceeb about the XL pipeline.
    Moonbat leader, OWS supporter, and, better yet, 911 TROOFER.
    It just doesn’t get any better than that.
    These people need some serious institutionalizing, their madness is being taken seriously by a young, dumb, and naive sector of society.

  44. Lest We Forget.
    On This Day.
    “Canadians, instrumental in securing victory,”.
    “The Battle of Passchendaele”
    “On Nov. 6, 1917 Canadian troops captured Belgium’s Passchendaele ridge, ending a gruelling offensive that had begun on July 31, 1917. The Battle of Passchendaele is remembered for its atrocious conditions, heavy casualties and Canadian valour. Canadians, instrumental in securing victory, earned a total of nine Victoria Crosses for their courage.”
    http://archives.cbc.ca/on_this_day/11/06/

  45. Timely Maz2. The hell of being wounded and drowning in the shellholes full of water at Passchendaele reminds me, yet again, that there isn’t anyone alive today – no person, no political party, no country – that is worthy of the sacrifice paid by those young men.
    RIP

  46. An on-line poll has gone horribly wrong already.
    http://cfax1070.com/
    (scroll down a bit, and look for the ‘CFAX News Poll’ on the right side pane).
    Looks like “the 99%” is more like “the 7%”.

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