I recently had the great pleasure to attend an annual hot-air balloon festival in Tigard, Oregon. Here’s one video I put together from the event and here’s a more humorous time lapse compilation.
Your lofty or more down to earth reader tips are welcome in the comments.

Here is an interesting report on certain Bilderberg’s assembly of socialist aristocrats or rather fascist clique or cabal if you like, of rich scum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgHVeTGv2HA&list=PL55856C8C629B274A
Many may have little respect of RT or Russian TV, however, if you look critically, it really does not matter that it is RT. You have to admit though that the Ruskies like to stick it to the western so called capitalists.
Would like to draw attention of the difference between capitalists and free enterprise.
As the communist manifesto said, the capitalists are the people with money to do usury. They of course are the bankers.
They actually have nothing to do with free enterprise other than try to make money sucking the free enterprise dry.
They are what you may call a low life scum…. the bottom feeders….. the scum of the earth so to speak.
The free enterprisers on the other hand are people that actually work, their aim is to make money by selling stuff they make to people that want to buy the stuff that they make.
The socialist aristocrats would like to throw snow at the difference so the proles don’t get mad at them.
So the memo from the socialists/fascist cabal is that it’s capitalists that are at fault here. The thing is that it is actually true.
They don’t separate the two.
The suggestion here is that those two enterprises are not the same. In fact these are not the same.
The free enterprisers are those that do the actual wealth production in this world.
The capitalists are those that do their very best to thwart the enterprise where they see no significant profit.
Just ask those that lost business while being on the edge of yes or no, working on their enterprise to make it.
Re: Balloons.
I thought I saw Justin Trudeau blowing in the red one!
This is what we’re down to at the UN. With all the problems in the world I’m sure Angela Jolie will be the voice the world waited for with bated breath.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_UN_SEXUAL_VIOLENCE_JOLIE?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=
“We have Edward Snowden to thank for this insight into the interaction of an uncanny club, the Alliance of Five Eyes. Since World War II, the five Anglo-Saxon countries of Great Britain, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada have maintained close intelligence cooperation, which apparently has gotten completely out of control.”
Little ol’ us ? Who would have thunk !!
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/jakob-augstein-data-spying-programs-threaten-german-security-a-907577.html
Mayor Ford has decided that being politically correct is safer than being despised by the left. By the way….when is heterosexual pride week ?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/06/24/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-pride-week-proclimation.html
“The Bloom is Off Bloom Energy”
“In 2010, fuel cell manufacturer Bloom Energy unveiled its “Bloom Energy Server.” The unveiling and subsequent press attention claimed that these “Bloom Boxes” were green, efficient and represented the future of energy production. But three years later it appears that Bloom Energy’s success can be attributed to savvy PR and government subsidies—not a superior product. After reviewing Bloom’s products in the real world, it appears that not only are Bloom Boxes functionally the same as natural gas power plants, but they are less efficient.
It Started with a Fawning Media”
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2013/06/18/the-bloom-is-off-bloom-energy?NewsWatchCanada.ca
O’narcissist’s sole legacy*.
Is TOTUS’s rant re “runaway global warming” and/or “climate-change”?
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“With an eye on his legacy, President Barack Obama will unveil Tuesday sweeping plans to help save the planet from runaway global warming by curbing greenhouse-gas emissions.”
“Obama climate-change speech to be combed for Keystone clues”
(g-m)
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*O’narcissist’s sole legacy:
“This is his sole legacy: a massive post-traumatic stress disorder.”
http://www.globalpolitician.com/default.asp?25109-barack-obama-elections/
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/irs-sent-7319518-refunds-one-bank-account-used-2706-aliens
This report came out in the summer of 2012; I don’t recall it getting any coverage before or being raised during the election campaign. I wonder if the same thing happens in Canada?
‘Love the Humpty Dumpty balloon!
Do you have to take Gravol before going up, up, and away?
You really have to watch this one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_-Ie6JQquM
Eloquent commentary by a Muslim on the reality of creeping jihadism (not for the feint of heart):
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3784/islamists-jihadis
For [the Islamists] all look alike, as, in general, corpses do: from Yemen to Mauritania, from London to Australia. Same hirsute look, same crazed eyes, same surreal sales pitch, same signs and anger and same convulsions of the body inhabited by a demon made of ink and verses. And all this proceeds from south to north, from your neighbors towards you. This accursed Salafi flag everywhere wants men to prostrate themselves, and explains what is right, that God has spoken, that the earth is the booty of heaven. A terrible and murderous world which intends to kill us all: us, our children, light, art, hope, freedom and the dignity of questioning.
This is not a pessimistic view, just a glimpse of what is coming: salafism/Islamism/jihadism is a disease that wants to destroy the world. We must see it and treat it as such. The black flag is the abscess under the armpit of … those who are plague-ridden. A sign of death.
Jihawg Ammo can help fix this little problem. LMAO!!
http://mynorthwest.com/76/2302064/Northwest-company-makes-pork-bullets-to-fight-Jihadists
Finally, these Leftards get it.
From the National Post:
“There are lots of reasons to get rid of this mayor and the best way to do it is at the ballot box. Because then he can stop whining about it.”
—Councillor Adam Vaughan after The Supreme Court of Canada said it won’t hear an appeal of Mayor Rob Ford’s conflict of interest case.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/25/big-power-outage-hits-torontos-downtown/
And, wouldn’t it be nice if the Leftard Loonies would stop whining about it and just shut the … up?
Leftist G-M whines:
“Globe Editorial
Canada needs a proper census, and it’s not irresponsible to say so” (G-M)
Communist Mao says, “*The falsification of statistics is not surprising news in China.”
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“*Closer Look: How Officials’ Obsession with Statistics Drives Number Fudging”
“The careers of local leaders hinge on growth numbers, a situation that has to change for the country to produce reliable figures”
http://english.caixin.com/2013-06-25/100546261.html
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“René Guénon: The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times’
“The Reign of Quantity gives a concise but comprehensive view of the present state of affairs in the world, as it appears from the point of view of the ‘ancient wisdom’, formerly common both to the East and to the West, but now almost entirely forgotten. The author indicates with his fabled clarity and directness the precise nature of the modern deviation, and devotes special attention to the development of modern philosophy and science, and to the part played by them, with their accompanying notions of progress and evolution, in the formation of the industrial and democratic society which we now regard as ‘normal’.”
http://www.arktos.com/rene-guenon-the-reign-of-quantity-and-the-signs-of-the-times.html
These are perhaps the most idiotic comments yet on the floods and rain along the Rockies:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/06/24/alberta-floods-rockies-damage_n_3492115.html
Good grief … and my taxes pay for this BS.
Doh!!!!!
“Sergey Lavrov’s comments suggested Snowden might technically still be in a transit zone at the Moscow airport, as Russian media have claimed.
Lavrov was defiant in the face of U.S. pressure to release Snowden…
“We consider the attempts to accuse Russia of violation of U.S. laws and even some sort of conspiracy, which on top of all that are accompanied by threats, as absolutely ungrounded and unacceptable,” Lavrov said. “There are no legal grounds for such conduct of U.S. officials, and we proceed from that.”,
Effing amateurs.
Today I plan to do my daily tasks with about 10 sheets of Quilted Northern (solidarity) hanging out of the rear of my pants. Couldn’t be any more embarrassed.
Follow the leftist jackasses’ comments as they slime TO/AGW/Mike Harris/Mayor Ford/Liberal TurboMcWynnety.
Lake Ontario floods Humber River/Don Valley cut off even.
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“Power outage hits Toronto’s downtown core
Toronto Sun”
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“Wind Power in Ontario”
“549 Megawatts (MW)”
http://www.ieso.ca/imoweb/marketdata/windPower.asp
The following is a rare glimpse into the workings of the government/media collective:
http://spectator.org/archives/2013/06/25/the-obama-white-house-tapes2
“But a detailed examination of the videos reveals Kelley’s eye-opening description of how the federal bureaucracy really works. A statement that was echoed separately by Shipman in her “Breakout Session 2.” Unwittingly, they confirm exactly the charge made by an anonymous IRS official in Cincinnati that “everything comes from the top.”
A close look also reveals a stunning admission from Roberts of her own influence in the Obama White House as she openly boasts about directly influencing policy through Valerie Jarrett.”
Free web contest to win a dinner date with Justin. This is not a joke, yet. h/t Big Blue Wave, BCF.
The following mirrors my own impressions of the Snowden business:
http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2013/06/24/what-snowden-knew/?singlepage=true
There is also am essay by Richard Fernandez which I believe is very relevant:
http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2013/06/24/what-snowden-didnt-know/?singlepage=true
I am drawn to the idea that Snowden is a naive and clumsy idealist who took his hero fantasy a step or two too far and is now being manipulated by all sides.
O’narcissist’s Variation on a Theme.
Hayhay LBO, how many carbonee footprints did you kill today?
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“Obama on Climate Change: We Don’t Have to Choose Between Our Children and Our Economy”
Meanwhile…
“The Civil-Rights Era Ended Today”
“The civil-rights era ended today — or at least that’s what the historians will say about the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-to-4 decision to strike down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as unconstitutional.
Congress enacted that law — one of the two crown jewels of the civil-rights movement — because blacks were being denied access to the vote through unfair state-imposed tests in the still-segregated South. Passed a century after the Civil War ended, the law represented a sincere attempt by Congress to make the 15th Amendment’s right to vote actually meaningful.
By striking down that law as an outmoded infringement on states’ rights, the court has flipped the rules once and for all: The justices, and not the elected Congress, now decide what remedy is needed to effectuate the most basic right in a democracy.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-25/the-civil-rights-era-ended-today.html
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/u-s-civil-charges-against-corzine-are-seen-as-near/
AGW Fraud Deep In the Heart of Euroland.
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“EU emissions trading scheme ‘set to cancel out renewable energy gains'”
“Huge oversupply of carbon pollution permits will cancel out efforts made in other areas to cut carbon, study finds”
“The report also warns that Europe’s emissions trading scheme is a ‘global dumping ground’ for ‘dubious’ carbon permits created by projects around the world.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/25/eu-emissions-trading-scheme-energy
“20 people rescued from Arctic ice floe, 10 still stranded”
“Twenty people are back on terra firma after being stranded on an ice floe near Baffin Island Tuesday morning.
But about 10 others are still on another floe that had broken off the mainland.”
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/25/20-people-rescued-from-arctic-ice-floe-10-still-stranded
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“Another Day Of Record Cold In The Arctic”
“Posted on June 25, 2013”
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/06/25/another-day-of-record-cold-in-the-arctic/
Nigel vs the Lunatic Mainstream
http://www.steynonline.com/5605/ukip-shakes-up-westminster