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Years ago my brother and I were riding in the back seat of our dad’s car listening to a local radio station when a comedy routine about a pitch-and-tempo-challenged singer giving it the old college try made us laugh ourselves sick. It wasn’t until years later that we realized that what we’d thought was a world-class piece of comedic satire was in fact an actual hit song, recorded by a reluctant and insecure young non-singer who had been plucked off the streets of Philadelphia and thrust into the spotlight by talent scouts searching for an attractive teen idol, vocal talent be damned. Here it is, for your weekend listening pleasure: Fabian’s 1959 smash hit Turn Me Loose.
I know, it’s not that bad, but it still makes me laugh.
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  2. “Yes!! He didn’t say it!”
    In this post at Danish blog Snaphanen, “Julia Caesar” describes a tense scene being played out in a Swedish television studio: Tobias Barkman, a crime reporter for a Swedish newspaper, is being interviewed by a TV host named Anna Hedenmo. The reporter talks about the killings that have been happening in a lawless “parallel world” in Malmo where no one ever calls the police. When the politically correct host asks him “What is this world? Describe it!” the reporter makes uncomfortable, evasive physical movements. The TV host presses on, asking “Why is this happening in Malmo“?
    (Google translation, cleaned up for grammar):

    In a fraction of a second, his whole future is at risk. He knows that if he pronounces the unmentionable it is all over for him. So long to his work on Sydsvenskan, his career Finito. For a second, the television studio goes quiet. Should he fall into the trap and say the words that would never pass Anna Hedenmo’s lips? Anxiety can be glimpsed in his eyes, but he glides rapidly from the boa constrictor’s death grip. He says:
    “It’s the hard question. There is no one else who has reviewed their city’s crime as we have done.”
    The relief fans out in waves from Agenda Studio like a relief tsunami thundering out over the whole of politically correct Sweden. Those who have made heavy investments in the public lie sat tensely watching their TVs expecting rich returns. And now – a deep breath! He did it! Sydsvenskans crime reporter Tobias Barkman has saved his skin and the honour of political correctness. He has crossed the finish line a victor…

  3. His acting wasn’t much better than his singing, EBD, or am I thinking of Kookie Byrnes? Didn’t Fabian play on some ’50’s T.V. program?

  8. homophobia is fear of homosexuals, from the Greek mythology: Phobos the god of fear.
    The Greek word for hatred is misos, as in Misanthropy a generalized dislike, distrust, disgust, contempt or hatred of the human species or human nature.
    So the correct term is Homomisos [or Mishomo]. A dislike, distrust, disgust, contempt or hatred of homosexual activities.
    Don’t assume that dislike, distrust, disgust, contempt or hatred in any way equals fear. This twisting of terminology is nothing more than a lame attempt to presume some fearful control over the straight society that despises them.
    A perfect example of what happens when people see what they want to see not what’s written.

  9. Obama is doing some fancy backtracking after insisting that Catholic institutions would have to cover their employees for abortions, contraceptives, morning after abortion pills, etc.,
    Catholic schools (and others) are being told that they will have to teach this same program within their schools or risk de-funding. Well I’m paying taxes to support this garbage, and I say we want a voucher system where our share of the education tax goes to the kind of schooling we approve of. It won’t be the public shcools.

  12. Hey, Kate, can we have an open thread for the best nicknames for Obama? The best the lefties could do for GWB were “Shrub” and “Bushitler”. The right is so creative, great new ones just seem to be flying out of the woodwork these days. Forget TOTUS and Bambam – how about President Food-stamp, or one I just heard today – President Banksta Lawn Jockey.

  16. The American transformation from a free Republic to a Dictatorial State.
    Pelosi Hails Radical Leftist Van Jones As a “Leader Of The Future”…
    Van Jones, the former Obama Administration green czar who resigned in controversy, appears on the fast track to a political comeback — emerging as a star at this weekend’s California Democratic convention and lauded by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as a “leader of the future.”
    http://weaselzippers.us/

  17. Mao Stlong* Lepolt.
    Mao knows nuttink: “they knew nothing about any self-immolation and hung up.”
    …-
    “Panda diplomacy has become an integral part of the People’s Republic of China’s relationship with the international community, representing a national symbol of goodwill and the country’s desire for better relations.”
    “Cuddly pandas bound for Calgary, but not until 2018”
    “‘Rock stars of the animal kingdom’ returning”
    http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Cuddly+pandas+bound+Calgary+until+2018/6140281/story.html
    …-
    “Tibetan nun sets self on fire in west China in latest protest against Beijing”
    “Government and police officials reached by telephone in Aba said they knew nothing about any self-immolation and hung up.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/tibetan-nun-sets-self-on-fire-in-west-china-in-latest-protest-against-beijing/article2335465/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Home&utm_content=2335465
    *Maurice Strong, c/o Red China, is Liberal leader Rae’s uncle.

  18. Neo-AGW Progress Report.
    … and now, over to you, Peter, er Roger, for the wheather …
    “I no longer have the strength to fight, nor do the people working with me,” said Turkovic.”
    …-
    “BBC’s Weather Test washout: Bid to check accuracy of forecasts vanishes in storm of wrangling that no one predicted”
    “A row between weathermen threatens to wreck a BBC-funded project to test the accuracy of Britain’s weather forecasts.
    The study, estimated to have cost tens of thousands of pounds of licence fee payers’ money, has been devised by the BBC’s senior environment analyst, Roger Harrabin.
    But seven of the eight forecasters and bodies asked to take part have not agreed, with two blaming Mr Harrabin for undermining the study’s credibility, claiming that his reputation is tarnished by his close links to green groups who believe in man-made climate change.
    Last year The Mail on Sunday reported that Mr Harrabin accepted £15,000 in grants from the university at the heart of the ‘Climategate’ scandal in which scientists were accused of exaggerating the effect of climate change. He used the money from the University of East Anglia’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research to fund seminars run by an ‘ad hoc’ partnership of himself and a friend.
    The BBC Weather Test was trumpeted as the first assessment of the reliability of forecasting after a series of blunders including the Met Office’s forecast of a ‘barbecue summer’ of 2009 that never was and the failure to warn the public of the very cold winter of 2010.”
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099922/BBCs-Weather-Test-washout-bid-check-accuracy-forecasts-vanishes-storm-wrangling-predicted.html
    …-
    “50,000 people remain stranded in snowbound Serbian villages”
    “This is more than unbelievable; there is no possibility of clearing (snow). All our roads are blocked. We don’t know what to do,” said Muniz Turkovic, mayor of Sjenica.
    “We are trying to reach the sick–doing that on skis–to deliver food. I no longer have the strength to fight, nor do the people working with me,” said Turkovic. “We are doing everything just to feed people.”
    http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/12-Feb-2012/50-000-people-remain-stranded-in-snowbound-serbian-villages

  19. Neo-AGW Progress Report.
    … and now, over to you, Peter, er Roger, for the wheather …
    “I no longer have the strength to fight, nor do the people working with me,” said Turkovic.”
    …-
    “BBC’s Weather Test washout: Bid to check accuracy of forecasts vanishes in storm of wrangling that no one predicted”
    “A row between weathermen threatens to wreck a BBC-funded project to test the accuracy of Britain’s weather forecasts.
    The study, estimated to have cost tens of thousands of pounds of licence fee payers’ money, has been devised by the BBC’s senior environment analyst, Roger Harrabin.
    But seven of the eight forecasters and bodies asked to take part have not agreed, with two blaming Mr Harrabin for undermining the study’s credibility, claiming that his reputation is tarnished by his close links to green groups who believe in man-made climate change.
    Last year The Mail on Sunday reported that Mr Harrabin accepted £15,000 in grants from the university at the heart of the ‘Climategate’ scandal in which scientists were accused of exaggerating the effect of climate change. He used the money from the University of East Anglia’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research to fund seminars run by an ‘ad hoc’ partnership of himself and a friend.
    The BBC Weather Test was trumpeted as the first assessment of the reliability of forecasting after a series of blunders including the Met Office’s forecast of a ‘barbecue summer’ of 2009 that never was and the failure to warn the public of the very cold winter of 2010.”
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099922/BBCs-Weather-Test-washout-bid-check-accuracy-forecasts-vanishes-storm-wrangling-predicted.html
    …-
    “50,000 people remain stranded in snowbound Serbian villages”
    “This is more than unbelievable; there is no possibility of clearing (snow). All our roads are blocked. We don’t know what to do,” said Muniz Turkovic, mayor of Sjenica.
    “We are trying to reach the sick–doing that on skis–to deliver food. I no longer have the strength to fight, nor do the people working with me,” said Turkovic. “We are doing everything just to feed people.”
    urlm.in/lcmb

  20. Free Freeze Day.
    H/T AGW
    …-
    “Today Is “Food Freedom Day””
    http://www.cfra.com/?cat=1&nid=84315
    …-
    “Record cold this morning; another freeze tonight”
    “Channel 4 meteorologist Rebecca Barry says the low at Jacksonville International Airport dropped to 24 overnight, breaking the existing record low for the date by 2 degrees.”
    http://www.news4jax.com/news/Record-cold-this-morning-another-freeze-tonight/-/475880/8631432/-/6ku18uz/-/index.html

  21. Fantastic speech by Daniel Hannan at CPAC 2012 (h/t Blazing Cat Fur):
    http://www.therightscoop.com/full-speech-daniel-hannan-at-cpac-2012/
    A sample:
    ” … small government, big citizen …”
    “Honour the vision of your founders, cleave to the most divine Constitution devised by human intelligence. Don’t be the generation that cuts itself off from the wisdom of your fathers and disinherit your children. Never be afraid to speak to and for the soul of this nation of which, by good fortune and God’s grace, you are privileged to be part.”

  22. The use of the word, “ALLY” on the LGBTetc.etc.(what will they add next?) signs in the classrooms says it all. It acknowledges that this is not a neutral issue, but one where there are definitely two, opposing sides—and that the school’s altogether on the side of the LGBTetc.etc. crew.
    Now, if the other side were allowed to articulate their multitude of legitimate concerns, not only about the lifestyle, but about the appropriateness of indoctrinating our children, at least the playing field would be level. However, our progressive school systems have arrogantly and unilaterally decided that the matter is “settled”: the Alinsky treatment is in full swing—as in a baseball bat to anyone who dares to speak up.
    There are many people, especially those who hold traditionalist views about sexual morality and who worship other Gods, who feel like outcasts and “untouchables” as the public school systems impose the “Gay is Good” ideology and Gaia worship—or else. These utter hypocrites are despicable: in the name of “equality” and “tolerance”, they’ve created gulags where no deviation from the jackboot-imposed party line is allowed. There is more intolerance, bigotry, and bullying in our school systems than there ever was—and it’s not the “minorities” who are the victims.
    (Another aspect of the bureaucrats’ dishonesty: they seem to take a perverse pleasure in running roughshod over the rights and sensibilities of Christians. However, I note that the pro-LGBTet.etc. signs are not in evidence in schools with lots of Muslim students. Why would this be? That the boards are trying to support/appease, at the same time, two favoured groups, that are diametrically opposed to one another and are most definitely not allies, promises some fireworks somewhere along the line. When it does, it’ll be a pleasure to see the apparatchiks get burned.
    I’d like to see the media pursue this gigantic double standard. It’s a very interesting and newsworthy story.)

  25. “Wooing Saadi Gaddafi”
    “On Saadi Gaddafi’s 35th birthday, an SNC-Lavalin executive allegedly sent two dozen red roses to his hotel room in Toronto, a sentimental gift to a dictator’s son with whom the company had nurtured a close bond.
    The wooing didn’t stop at flowers.”
    http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/11/saadi-gaddafi-snc-lavalin/
    …-
    “Martin’s Libya trip welcomed by Canadian business”
    “The prime minister also met with Canadian business leaders looking for contract work in Libya and joined Montreal-based SNC Lavalin in celebrating a potential $1-billion deal for further work on the Great Man Made River project.”
    “Lavalin president Jacques Lamarre says it was crucial for Martin to come to Libya to boost Canadian business.”
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2004/12/19/martin-libya041219.html

  26. Listening to music on You-Tube this morning and an ad from “Third Choice” came on between videos. Never heard of them before, so I went to their website but it is a Facebook page and I am no longer on Facebook. Anyhow, I wondered if you guys knew of the new anti-Harper campaign?
    http://www.thirdchoice.ca

  30. Hey, I had pictures of Fabian plastered all over my bedroom wall. Don’t you dare say anything about his lack of talent! To be honest, I didn’t even know what had made him a teen idol, but teen idol he was, and I was — well — a teen.

  33. Thirdchoice = PSAC
    Typical leftist unionized nonsense, eat the rich BS from our favourite federal government union of socialists.

  34. Olympics? AGW?
    The killing fields of AGW/Red-Green.
    Any sighting of Liberal Citoyen Kyoto Dionky/Suzuki/OurCBC?
    …-
    “Police in Bosnia said the roof of a sports center in downtown Sarajevo that was used for ice skating events in the 1984 Winter Olympics collapsed Sunday under the weight of heavy snow.”
    “Girl survives Kosovo avalanche that killed nine family members”
    “Rescuers have pulled a 5-year-old girl alive from the rubble of a house flattened by a massive avalanche that killed both her parents and at least seven of her relatives in a remote mountain village in southern Kosovo.”
    “Amid subfreezing temperatures Sunday, local villagers used shovels bared fierce snowstorms to dig deep into the snow-covered rubble — all that remained of the one-story brick houses that housed the Reka family. One more person is believed missing.
    “No bigger tragedy has ever struck this region,” said local district official Behar Ramadani. “Two brothers with their wives and children have been killed.”
    The girl, identified as Asmira Reka, was recovering in hospital in the nearby town of Prizren. Doctors said her life was not in danger, but she had lost both her father and mother in the avalanche, and had been buried for more than 10 hours.”
    “Twenty horses were killed when the roof collapsed on a barn housing them in Badia Tedalda, one of the central Tuscan towns hardest hit by the snow, the ANSA news agency reported, citing Mayor Fabrizio Giovannini. In Le Marche, regional civil protection crews reported thousands of cows, pigs and other farm animals killed.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/girl-survives-kosovo-avalanche-that-killed-nine-family-members/article2335577/

  35. Mao Stlong*’s Killing Fields.
    “Outsiders are not supposed to see this.”
    …-
    “Tibetan acts of self-immolation rise amid the battle for hearts and minds”
    “Special report: in Aba, a remote town on the Tibetan plateau, the Guardian witnesses how Chinese authorities are trying to quell dissent through security, propaganda and ‘re-education'”
    “On the roof of the world, Chinese paramilitaries are trying to snuff out Tibetan resistance to Beijing’s rule with spiked batons, semi-automatic weapons and fire extinguishers.
    Every 20 metres along the main road of Aba, the remote town on the Tibetan plateau in that is at the heart of the current wave of protests, police officers and communist officials wearing red armbands look out for potential protesters. Dozens more paramilitaries sit in ranks outside shops and restaurants in an intimidating show of force.
    At the nearby Kirti monastery, Chinese officers in fire trucks keep a close eye on pilgrims prostrating themselves, in case their devotion turns to immolation.
    Outsiders are not supposed to see this.”
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/12/tibets-acts-self-immolation-china
    *Liberal leader Rae’s uncle Maurice Strong, c/o Red China.

  36. Knacker at February 12, 2012 12:09 PM, I’d never heard about it before, but if you look at the small print down at the bottom of the page it says “Public Service Alliance of Canada” Surprise. Surprise.

  41. “Greetings 1%er’s and welcome to occupy the Marriot.”
    Ann Coulter at CPAC. My favourite Obama line; “He’d probably make a lovely next-door neighbor, as long as you’re not Chinese. Then he’d be constantly borrowing stuff.”
    Part one; http://youtu.be/cRKVJo3GTgk

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