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In tonight’s Tips music three different groups of ethnic Ukrainian choristers, from Trenton and Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Baltimore, Maryland, perform at the 2009 Festival of Ukrainian Christmas Carols held at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, PA.
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  1. Freedom from American cultural influence is apparently more important than freedom from starvation, repression, and torture:
    “Seeing how South Korea has turned out — its Koreanness utterly submerged in neon, hip-hop and every imaginable American influence, a romantic can allow himself a small measure of melancholy: North Korea, for all its faults, is undeniably still Korea, a place uniquely representative of an ancient and rather remarkable Asian culture. And that, in a world otherwise rendered so bland, is perhaps no bad thing…” — Simon Winchester in The Times (UK).

  4. The Telegraph (UK):
    “Arsonists attacking commercial properties with links to people’s homes could be shot by police during future riots, an official review of police tactics has recommended.
    “The use of firearms could be justified given the ‘immediacy of the risk and the gravity of the consequences’, legal advice published in the review said.”
    An overwhelming number of respondents – 82 percent, the last time I checked – at this online poll agree.
    In other, related, good news,
    “Young offenders jailed in the wake of the summer riots were attacked by fellow inmates who had seen their home towns targeted. Criminals already in custody and worried about their families and friends being caught up in the disturbances turned on the perpetrators once behind bars, prison inspectors revealed.
    “Some rioters also revealed they had been ostracised by their own relatives while other said their families were considering moving home because of the animosity from neighbours…”

  6. The half circle of the crescent marches on. Obama smiles.
    “Bosnia moving toward Sharia law”
    Another American war that paved the way for another sharia state. It seems there can be no critical analysis of the repercussions of America’s war in Bosnia and Serbia that paved the way for a militant Islamic state in the heart of Europe.
    http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/

  9. george @ 10:03 p.m.:
    That legal action sounds to me like a call for the Bank of Canada to give out free money. If Rocco Galati is involved, it’s probably not something we’d like to see succeed …

  10. Finnish officials threaten to take children away from parents who don’t feed their kids enough carbs:
    “(Ursula Schwab, a clinical nutrition specialist) said ‘A strict low-carb diet is very fatty, and it suppresses hunger. If you down eggs and bacon for breakfast it will take hours before you can even imagine eating again.'”
    Mangan:

    “Imagine that: bacon and eggs for breakfast leaves you so satisfied that you’re not hungry until lunchtime.

  11. Actual NY Times headline: “Easing Anxiety Of Fretful Asia Is Task of Heir”
    Question: How stupid are they at the NYT?
    North Korea has been using the exact opposite strategy for sixty years – and these idiots think the ‘Great Successor’ is going to change that?

  12. Russia supports Canada’s decision to pull out of the Kyoto Protocol,
    says its foreign ministry, reaffirming Friday that Moscow will not take on new commitments.
    *********************************************
    Polar Bears will be swimming from Moscow to Canada…

  15. Sorry to double post but this is worth it.
    FALSE FRONTS, AT HOME AND ABROAD
    That’s to say, we borrow money from China to give to China. Oh, don’t worry. It’s only a few million, and most of it goes to “promote clean energy.” It sounds so reasonable when you put it like that. Who among us hasn’t borrowed money from his loan shark in order to buy his loan shark a hybrid?
    http://www.steynonline.com/4698/false-fronts-at-home-and-abroad

  17. This is what the deep end looks like.
    “LePage’s taxpayer versus welfare recipient numbers mostly right”
    http://bangordailynews.com/2011/12/19/politics/lepages-taxpayer-versus-welfare-recipient-numbers-mostly-right/
    “….governor said 445,074 Mainers paid taxes in 2010 while 453,194 received some sort of “state welfare.”
    If you are a socialist/fascist, you have to ask yourself a question; how long can this kind of society last?
    In case you have difficulty with the answer, let me help. This kind of society is at the end of its useful existence. If there was not an existing infrastructure built by free enterprise, this society would be lights out. Sort of like North Korea. http://americandigest.org/ page and a half down on your right.

  19. Left-liberal tax ripoff: FAIL.
    “The museum announced last week it will not be ready to open in 2013 as planned. The museum may not even be open in 2014.”
    …-
    “No federal bailout for human rights museum: MP”
    “MP Steven Fletcher, in Winnipeg Tuesday for an unrelated announcement, said the federal government has already invested $100 million in capital costs and earmarked more than $20 million a year in annual operating funds “in perpetuity.””
    http://www.ottawacitizen.com/federal+bailout+human+rights+museum/5888784/story.html

  20. Flashback: Mao Stlong* Lepolt.
    …-
    “Our man in North Korea
    by Judi McLeod
    January 13, 2003”
    “The big question of the less than one month old New Year is: Where on earth are we going with Canadian business man Maurice Strong out on the centre of the world stage? To be more specific, what precisely is Strong doing in North Korea?
    We do know that U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sent a special envoy to North Korea last Monday “to assess the humanitarian situation” as Pyongyang came under global pressure to shut down a suspected nuclear arms program.
    We know that North Korea, only last Friday threatened a Third World War, boldly claiming it could hold its own in a ‘fire-to-fire standoff’.
    We now know that two North Korean envoys met in Sante Fe, New Mexico, with Governor Bill Richardson, a former U.N. ambassador and diplomatic troubleshooter.
    We do know that Strong is now in North Korea.
    Strong, a special advisor to the secretary-general, is the architect of the Kyoto Protocol.
    According to unidentified U.N officials, the Canadian “has been involved in humanitarian operations in North Korea for some time.”
    http://www.canadafreepress.com/2003/main012003.htm
    *Liberal leader Bob Rae’s uncle Mo, c/o Red China.

  24. Looks like Alberta is two for two in having useless wastes of oxygen as premiers. First the Keystone XL support (sarc) and now defending Chiquita’s ban on oilsands fuel, Redford has certainly put the “red” in the “have” province. Actually, considering her payback for the teachers and her comments on increasing the so called “sin” taxes, this latest bit of verbal diarrhea shouldn’t have come as a surprise.

  26. and still nobody wants them….even if they’ve already paid for them
    Chevy Volt Costing Taxpayers Up to $250K Per Vehicle
    Analyst: ‘This might be the most government-supported car since the Trabant’
    full story here: http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/16192
    Each Chevy Volt sold thus far may have as much as $250,000 in state and federal dollars in incentives behind it – a total of $3 billion altogether, according to an analysis by James Hohman, assistant director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
    Hohman looked at total state and federal assistance offered for the development and production of the Chevy Volt, General Motors’ plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. His analysis included 18 government deals that included loans, rebates, grants and tax credits. The amount of government assistance does not include the fact that General Motors is currently 26 percent owned by the federal government.

  27. Neo-AGW Progress Report.
    “but contain mercury.”
    “Afterwards, a new storm is predicted to form, which could usher in a white Christmas for millions.”
    …-
    “Ontario backs down on incandescent bulbs”
    “Energy Minister Chris Bentley confirmed Wednesday that Ontario is scrapping a five-year-old promise to make it “lights out” for incandescent bulbs in 2012 by banning stores from selling them.”
    http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1105206–ontario-backs-down-on-incandescent-bulbs?bn=1
    …-
    “Nor’easter Could Bring White Christmas to Millions”
    http://abcnews.go.com/US/noreaster-bring-white-christmas-millions/story?id=15203438

  28. EU socialism: fade to socialism.
    “people said: ‘hang on a second, if the banks need that much in short term loans they really are in trouble’.
    The big question is what will they do with the cash?”
    …-
    “Markets slide as cheap loans optimism fades”
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

  29. “Wild game meat not welcome at Ontario food banks”
    “Jeff Jedras: Ban on bloggers gives Liberals a self-inflicted black eye”
    Meatheads welcome to schadenfreude. Gemutlikeit. Enjoy.
    …-
    Jeffy throws up the gauntlet:
    “If all this talk of building an open and accessible party is real and not just empty platitudes, the Liberal Party should either put up or shut up. Our doors are either open, or they’re not.”
    http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/12/21/jeff-jedras-ban-on-bloggers-gives-liberals-a-self-inflicted-black-eye/
    …-
    Rancid left-liberalism:
    “This year for the first time the Safari Club International’s donation of deer steaks and ground venison was rejected by a food bank in Lanark, Ont. The meat was cut, wrapped and frozen at a provincially licensed butcher shop.”
    http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/12/21/wild-game-meat-not-welcome-at-ontario-food-banks/

  30. “LOOKS LIKE WE ARE RAPIDLY MOVING FROM WATER MELON WATERLOO TO WATER MELON ARMAGEDDON.
    QUOTE (sic)”
    In a sudden new development, your correspondent has learned that Norfolk Constabulary have decided that climategate is too big for them to handle. According to an un-named source, they intend to hand over the inquiry to another force.
    This follows on the heels of a ‘request for a contact’ at Norfolk Constabulary by Lord Christopher Monckton in connection with his intention to have the police investigate revelations in the ‘climategate’ emails placed in the public domain.
    This is much bigger news than the raid at Tallbloke Towers, when police from three forces seized computers belonging to yours truly, on the basis of information supporting a warrant which has not yet been revealed.”
    http://lunaticoutpost.com/Topic-Breaking-News-Norfolk-Police-to-hand-over-Climategate-inquiry
    http://wattsupwiththat.com/

  31. NDET, National Domestic Extremism and Terrorism unit is on the scene.
    …-
    “UPDATE 5.43pm GMT I’ve got my wires crossed on this it seems. Apparently the Norfolk Constabulary, along with the assistance of the Metropolitan Police and the National Domestic Extremism and Terrorism unit (Golly!) are to revue the evidence so far assembled in order to decide the future direction of the investigation.”
    http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/breaking-news-norfolk-police-to-hand-over-climategate-inquiry/

  32. OReily interviewed Clinton last night and he was fairly positive about NEWT. Hmmmmm… something stinks there.

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