Stompin’ Tom Connors, at 77, RIP
“We must regretfully announce today the passing of the Great and Patriotic Stompin’ Tom Connors. He died this March 6th 2013 with his Family seeing him off. His family have given us a message from Tom that he wanted passed along to all of you upon his death:
“Hello friends, I want all my fans, past, present, or future, to know that without you, there would have not been any Stompin’ Tom.”
“It was a long hard bumpy road, but this great country kept me inspired with it’s beauty, character, and spirit, driving me to keep marching on and devoted to sing about its people and places that make Canada the greatest country in the world.”
… more at (The Hockey Song / youtube it.) http://blazingcatfur.blogspot.ca/2013/03/stompin-tom-connors-dead.html
Alvin Lee dead today at 68 ….
NYU history prof and Hugo Chávez admirer Greg Grandin:
Chávez was a strongman. He packed the courts, hounded the corporate media, legislated by decree and pretty much did away with any effective system of institutional checks or balances. But I’ll be perverse and argue that the biggest problem Venezuela faced during his rule was not that Chávez was authoritarian but that he wasn’t authoritarian enough. It wasn’t too much control that was the problem but too little.
Yes, the eternal complaint of our domestic would-be rulers on the progressive left: not enough government control.
Paul Rahe’s articles on the troubles in the Roman Catholic Church: A Lavender Mafia?
(AP) – The formal announcement by the Venezuelan government that Hugo Chavez has died sent shockwaves through the ranks of the Hollywood elite, who had long been the Venezuelan leader’s staunchest supporters. Throughout the day, celebrities struggled to cope with the devastating loss…
Whaaaaat? No comments on the upcoming Jack Layton CBC paid for by “we the people” movie? Geeeeee!
Grieving Celebrities Struggle To Find Replacement Dictator.
EBD…hilarious. And the really funny,or extremely disgusting, part is,the so called stars mentioned could read that and go,oh my…lookie…I got mentioned….but they forgot my outfit!
Neo-AGW Progress Report.
>>> “This new study indicates it is emissions from small to moderate volcanoes that have been slowing the warming of the planet,” said Neely, a scientist at the University of Colorado at Boulder.”
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“Volcanic eruptions may counter the effects of global warming and help keep the planet cool, according to a new study that explores why the Earth hasn’t warmed as much as predicted over the past decade.”
“Are volcanoes taking the heat off global warming?” http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/are-volcanoes-taking-the-heat-off-global-warming-1.1184525?google_editors_picks=true
Well, this certainly puts Hugh Laurie up there in the entertainer category. Being a Black Adder fan I was amazed and impressed by his portrayal of Gregory House, a complex character to say the least. I can’t really watch the show, House mainly because he does play it so well, a genius with many personal demons.
also on the thread of entertainers, the wife and I were saddened by the passing of Stompin’ Tom. He was kind of unique in the world of Canadiana. God speed sir, and may heaven have an endless supply of plywood to stompin’ on.
David Pryce-Jones: Chávez’s useful idiots.
Stompin’ Tom Connors, at 77, RIP
“We must regretfully announce today the passing of the Great and Patriotic Stompin’ Tom Connors. He died this March 6th 2013 with his Family seeing him off. His family have given us a message from Tom that he wanted passed along to all of you upon his death:
“Hello friends, I want all my fans, past, present, or future, to know that without you, there would have not been any Stompin’ Tom.”
“It was a long hard bumpy road, but this great country kept me inspired with it’s beauty, character, and spirit, driving me to keep marching on and devoted to sing about its people and places that make Canada the greatest country in the world.”
… more at (The Hockey Song / youtube it.)
http://blazingcatfur.blogspot.ca/2013/03/stompin-tom-connors-dead.html
Alvin Lee dead today at 68 ….
NYU history prof and Hugo Chávez admirer Greg Grandin:
Yes, the eternal complaint of our domestic would-be rulers on the progressive left: not enough government control.
Paul Rahe’s articles on the troubles in the Roman Catholic Church: A Lavender Mafia?
Grieving Celebrities Struggle To Find Replacement Dictator.
Read the whole thing. Quite funny.
Re: Buddy Bolden`s Blues. Thanx EDD!
Re: Stompin Tom Connors. May God keep his soul.
If you like horses…………
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K5ZmDkhqhW8
Whaaaaat? No comments on the upcoming Jack Layton CBC paid for by “we the people” movie? Geeeeee!
Grieving Celebrities Struggle To Find Replacement Dictator.
EBD…hilarious. And the really funny,or extremely disgusting, part is,the so called stars mentioned could read that and go,oh my…lookie…I got mentioned….but they forgot my outfit!
My tastes are simple. This is
Bertie Wooster’s Dr. House’sHugh Laurie’s best song.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivLMbrNzbWE
the F-35 disaster rolls on.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/06/f-35-design-problems-make-night-flying-impossible-increase-risk-of-being-shot-down-u-s-pilots-warn/
When all the sane laws are already on the books, the insane ones have to move forward.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130307/POLITICS02/303070361/Michigan-agency-rescinds-order-Boy-Scouts-put-smoke-alarms-tents?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s
“Isolated Canada insists on being a polar bear bad guy: Walkom”
“Enlightened nations want to ban international trafficking in polar bear parts. Canada doesn’t.”
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/03/06/isolated_canada_insists_on_being_a_polar_bear_bad_guy_walkom.html
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“Proposal to Ban Trade in Polar Bear Parts Is Rejected”
“The polar bear proposal had been put forward by the United States, but faced opposition from Canada, Greenland, and Norway, all of which have polar bear populations. A compromise proposal by the European Union that included export quotes and tagging to help control illegal trade also was rejected.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/world/asia/proposal-to-ban-trade-in-polar-bear-parts-is-rejected.html?_r=0
Syrian rebels seize U.N. Peacekeepers. Arab Spring working out well and as planned.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2013/03/07/20635786.html
Mass transit…20 random hitchhikers…etc.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2289518/Birmingham-stabbing-Schoolgirl-16-killed-bus-morning-rush-hour.html
“Olivia Chow ‘considering’ running for mayor of Toronto”
“Chow, a popular former councillor and widow of former NDP MP Jack Layton,”.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/07/olivia-chow-considering-running-for-mayor-of-toronto/
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“He came on a bicycle. I escorted him down and he went away on his bike.”
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/04/29/layton-found-in-toronto-bawdy-house-former-cop
Neo-AGW Progress Report.
“By Justin Doom”
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“Earth Warmer Than in Most of the Past 11,300 Years”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-07/earth-warmer-than-in-most-of-the-past-11-300-years.html
Skunk Works is at it again!
American exceptional-ism is view again as they are developing truck-portable fusion reactors. The reactors are expected to be capable of powering 50-100 thousand homes. Prototype expected to roll out by 2017.
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/5388/Nuclear-Fusion-in-Five-Years.aspx
Neo-AGW Progress Report.
>>> “This new study indicates it is emissions from small to moderate volcanoes that have been slowing the warming of the planet,” said Neely, a scientist at the University of Colorado at Boulder.”
…-
“Volcanic eruptions may counter the effects of global warming and help keep the planet cool, according to a new study that explores why the Earth hasn’t warmed as much as predicted over the past decade.”
“Are volcanoes taking the heat off global warming?”
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/are-volcanoes-taking-the-heat-off-global-warming-1.1184525?google_editors_picks=true
Well, this certainly puts Hugh Laurie up there in the entertainer category. Being a Black Adder fan I was amazed and impressed by his portrayal of Gregory House, a complex character to say the least. I can’t really watch the show, House mainly because he does play it so well, a genius with many personal demons.
also on the thread of entertainers, the wife and I were saddened by the passing of Stompin’ Tom. He was kind of unique in the world of Canadiana. God speed sir, and may heaven have an endless supply of plywood to stompin’ on.