In tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips, courtesy of SDA reader Plainsdrifter, we watch Irish singers Daniel O’Donnell and Mary Duff in live performance as they harmonize sweetly on an old waltz-time song with a gentle, music box melody written in 1868 by Septimus Winner: here’s Whispering Hope.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Synopsis of a story in the Daily Mail: A BBC reporter named Tim Willcox was covering the Paris Rally; one French woman he spoke to, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, told him she feared that “the situation is going back to the days of the 1930s.”
Willcox’s response:
Last November Willcox was anchoring a televised discussion during which a guest spoke about the Labour Party losing Jewish support, and referred to a “Jewish lobby.” Willcox chimed in —
The politics of envy courtesy of the ‘new National Socialists’…
When do the german lessons start…courtesy of the Bocialists and Mr. Bimmerler?
Monty Python – Mr. Hilter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlmGknvr_Pg
John Cleese and company were just a few years ahead of their time.
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group ‘True North’
My mother loved to go to the playground, sit on a bench and watch the children play. That would be illegal now in Hollywood.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article6008325.html
I was thinking locally and then realized it was the wrong continent. Although it would probably apply here too.
http://www.emirates247.com/offbeat/crazy-world/indian-employee-fired-after-skipping-work-for-24-years-2015-01-12-1.576251
Another ‘human rights’ group is concerned about the “missing and murdered” aboriginal women in Canada.
The CBC and Globe have the story up. The victim industry is not fairing well in the comments. Canadians are getting tired of the ‘ woe is me,send more money ‘ meme.
The CBC has the report.
On page 17 of the ‘Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ report(the first 16 are index etc.), they state the following;
” In cases where charges have been laid,49% of the women were killed by strangers or by acquaintances, as opposed to family members,… ”
That is a manipulation of statistics. Strangers and acquaintances are two very different groups. It is dishonest and self-serving.
It would be like lumping annoying passengers together with impaired drivers as a major cause of car accidents and then tell everyone that we must do something about those unruly children in the backseat while ignoring the drunk behind the wheel.
They know the real reason behind most of the missing and dead women, but that would not serve their purpose. It is hard to make a dishonest buck off the truth.
This severely flawed report will hamper meaningful solutions and will indirectly contribute to more deaths of aboriginal women.
Native women are endangered by those who purport to be looking out for their interests but refuse to acknowledge the real causes of their plight. It is shameful.
The indians want to have ther own autonomy within Canada.
8888, they can’t even look after their own women and children and live in an civalized manner. When the govt wants to oversee thier spending they scream but they want the govt to be responsible for their self inflicted problems. If you want to be treated like a nation then act like a nation.
” CBC denies ‘sabotage’ allegation against business anchor Amanda Lang ”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cbc-denies-sabotage-allegation-against-business-anchor-amanda-lang/article22422638/
From BC Blue, a couple of years back;
” CBC’s Amanda Lang refused to disclose her relationship with Ontario Liberal Michael Bryant ”
From Canadaland, a couple of months ago;
” amanda-lang-took-money-manulife-sun-life-gave-them-favourable-cbc-coverage ”
She’s not as tanned as Gomeshi, but her dad was a prominent Liberal.
I figure her job is safe for a few more years.
“We are islam, you will be conquered, resistance is futile”
Merkel surrenders to islam.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/merkel-says-islam-belongs-germany-ahead-dresden-rally-171632978.html
Aw Casey Friday’s planet saving tiny house was stolen.
https://caseyfriday.com/2014/12/end-of-an-era-our-tiny-house-was-stolen/
Oops the tny house has been recovered.
The THC really kicked in and helped a lot.
No not that THC the Tiny House Community.
I wonder, to really appreciate the THC do you need a tiny mind?
Re: Whispering Hope. Thanks Kate!! Great song and great performance.
While we’re on the topic of whispering, an interesting video is being shown on CBC.Ca this evening. A lady from Camrose, Ab. is being arrested by an Alberta Sheriff. She was caught for speeding, however for some strange reason, the video has no soundtrack. If any of you are familiar with police videos where the cam is mounted on a squad car or in this case a motorbike, they always have a soundtrack that can be used as evidence in court. In this case–the soundtrack would immediately reveal why the driver was being arrested. My guess is that she most likely failed to produce the proper documents.
When I questioned this on CBC.Ca, my comment was deleted.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/dashcam-footage-shows-arrest-of-woman-accused-of-assaulting-sheriff-1.2897176
Those of us of a certain age will remember the cartoons of Robert Crumb. He is now an expat living in France and did a cartoon in support of Charlie Hebdo. The New York Observer did an interview with him which is worth reading but somehow they never showed the cartoon he did. Cowards!
http://observer.com/2015/01/legendary-cartoonist-robert-crumb-on-the-massacre-in-paris/#.VLGyfNyspwE.facebook
No other journalists have called you? Really?
No, you’re the only one. You don’t have journalists over there anymore, what they have is public relations people. That’s what they have over in America now. Two-hundred and fifty thousand people in public relations. And a dwindling number of actual reporters and journalists.
Here is his cartoon:
http://disinfo.com/2015/01/robert-crumbs-new-muslim-baiting-cartoon-hairy-ass-muhammed/
Wallyj: Re: CBC-report on missing native women.
I saw the report at 6:00 PM. A neat little package of anti-Harper propaganda.
Where is native self government?? Where are the million dollar a year chiefs??
Or is the money all gone??
A native woman boards a bus in Regina and heads for Vancouver. The moment she leaves the Bus terminal she’ll become vulnerable. Once she runs out out of cash, she’ll end up in a district such as East Hastings. Many women disappear never to be seen again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxSK41uVgWg (Note: This is the trailer to a movie named ”Through a Blue Lens.” The movie is on Youtube for free.)
In Canada, we have mobility rights. That means we can travel freely within this great nation and no one can stop us. Where would the government (at any level) have the right to prevent people from boarding a bus or a plane and end up in a bad situation??
Some very specific terrorist threats against New York city tonight. One saying a bomb will go off at 3am.
http://twitchy.com/2015/01/13/tomorrow-new-york-will-burn-isis-sympathizer-tweets-specific-bomb-gun-threats/?utm_source=autotweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=twitter
Brian Lilley speaks bluntly about Islam and the western leaders reaction to the Paris massacre.
http://www.blazingcatfur.ca/2015/01/12/dont-apologize-for-islamists/
If you want it done right, you’ve got to do it yourself.
http://www.canada.com/technology/latest+science+scam+Peer+reviewing+your+paper/10722213/story.html
A picture of Mo’s ass…really?
Soo edgy, so daring, I nearly crapped myself with concern for R Clown sorry R Crumb.
Just keep on a-printing the corporate press releases!
What the Wall Street Journal doesn’t say, is that the $50 million of “financial backing” that Ontario gave Linamar is a grant, not a loan.
http://canadianlandowneralliance.blogspot.ca/2015/01/taxpayer-guaranteed-jobs.html
Remember back in the day when thousands shared a Nobel prize with Al Gore?
See comments at http://canadianbluelemons.blogspot.ca/2015/01/back-when-it-was-tres-chic-to-claim-to.html
– there’s one university geek at Colorado Boulder who still does…
Can someone tell us how the missing or murdered Indian women is the fault of the White man?
“Putin will not attend Auschwitz memorial ceremony due to Ukraine tensions”
“The Nazi camp where about 1.5 million people were killed, most of them Jews, became a symbol of the horrors of the Holocaust and a war that ravaged Europe. Seventy years later, conflict and political division are hampering preparations to mark the anniversary of its liberation.”
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.636801
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“Spanish newspaper: Europe got Muslims for Jews”
“The truth must be told! All European life died in Auschwitz
By Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez*
I walked down the street in Barcelona, and suddenly discovered a terrible truth – Europe died in Auschwitz.
We killed six million Jews and replaced them with 20 million Muslims. In Auschwitz we burned a culture, thought, creativity, and talent. We destroyed the chosen people, truly chosen, because they produced great and wonderful people who changed the world.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1531607/posts
O’narcissist NoShow.
“Not to be outdone the Hollande administration is deploying 10,000 troops in across France to protect Jewish targets. It’s a brilliant strategy. First Europe welcomes thousands of jihadis in the name of multiculturalism , then it floods the streets with thousands of troops in order to control them.”
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“The Daze of the Jackals”
“Of all the puzzles of the last week, none is more baffling than Obama’s absence from the City of Light. Surely it’s a deep game the president is playing, a move in some three dimensional chess game that only he can play. It may even be related to a question stumping Thomas Ricks: why is jailing David Petraeus for “gossiping about policy with Paula Broadwell” such a priority for the administration? The veteran defense correspondent can’t figure it out.
Why? Maybe just because. To hear the White House tell it, the basic reason Obama failed to go to the Paris was random chance.”
http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2015/01/13/the-daze-of-the-jackals/#more-41441
Something stinks like dirty underwear here –
“Charlie Hebdo massacre gunman reportedly knew underwear bomber”
“One of the brothers who carried out a massacre at the offices of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo lived across the hall from the so-called “underwear bomber” while the two attended an Arabic-language school in Yemen”
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/01/12/charlie-hebdo-massacre-gunman-reportedly-knew-underwear-bomber/
From Politico:
“By Lauren French
1/13/15 10:32 AM EST
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced in a closed-door meeting Tuesday she would name the first Muslim lawmaker to the House’s Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
A senior Democratic aide said Rep. André Carson of Indiana would be named in the “coming days” to the key national security-focused panel. The California Democrat told lawmakers of the appointment during the members’ weekly caucus meeting.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/andre-carson-muslim-intelligence-committee-114213.html
Newly-released video shows the Charlie Hebdo gunmen firing their guns at police who had the gunmen and their vehicle hemmed in on a narrow street, at which point the police…
As fine and as timeless a metaphor as I’ve seen.
From wallyj’s post – The CBC memo said it was “ludicrous to suggest that our journalism can be bought by an event’s sponsor.”
Of course it is ludicrous. Everyone knows that the CBC’s “journalism” has been bought and paid for by the Liberal party – there is none left to sell.
Remind me of the old joke about how many Forward or Reverse gears in a French tank. 3 Forward, 26 reverse)
The National Post has an article up that not only shows the next edition of Charlie Hebdo, they also tell you where you can buy it.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/13/where-to-buy-charlie-hebdos-new-issue-in-canada/
The CBC and Globe and Mail have adopted a new disposable slogan;
” Je etais Charlie pour un journee ”
Whispering Hope for all you not of German descent, is the tune “Die Loreli” in German. When I was a child, my Aunts used to sing Die Loreli while the congregation sang Whispering Hope. If Beethoven and Schiller hadn’t been around, this might have been their national anthem.
Here are Heinrich Heine’s lyrics:
1. Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten,
Daß ich so traurig bin,
Ein Märchen aus uralten Zeiten,
Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn.
Die Luft ist kühl und es dunkelt,
Und ruhig fließt der Rhein;
Der Gipfel des Berges funkelt,
Im Abendsonnenschein.
2. Die schönste Jungfrau sitzet
Dort oben wunderbar,
Ihr gold’nes Geschmeide blitzet,
Sie kämmt ihr goldenes Haar,
Sie kämmt es mit goldenem Kamme,
Und singt ein Lied dabei;
Das hat eine wundersame,
Gewalt’ge Melodei.
3. Den Schiffer im kleinen Schiffe,
Ergreift es mit wildem Weh;
Er schaut nicht die Felsenriffe,
Er schaut nur hinauf in die Höh’.
Ich glaube, die Wellen verschlingen
Am Ende Schiffer und Kahn,
Und das hat mit ihrem Singen,
Die Loreley getan.
It is typical and traditional for the germans to sing or hum the tune when passing the rock while on the Rhine.
Is Jimmy P. popular enough to carry this off? Nothing will rebuild the popularity of the Alberta opposition in a hurry:
“Alberta premier open to talk of sales tax
By Dean Bennett — CP — Jan 13 2015Share on twitterShare on google_plusone_shareShare on email
EDMONTON – Alberta’s prideful boast of being the only jurisdiction in Canada without a provincial sales tax may soon be history.
Premier Jim Prentice, after declaring for weeks that a sales tax was off the table, conceded Tuesday that it’s up for discussion as low oil prices continue to bleed billions of dollars from the treasury.
“I don’t think Albertans generally advocate a sales tax, but I’m prepared to be educated and to hear from people,” Prentice told a downtown lunchtime audience.
He told reporters later that a sales tax is not his preferred choice either.
“I’m not embracing a sales tax. Let’s be clear,” he said.
“I’ve simply said I want to hear what Albertans think about cost containment, about deficits and about revenue increments to the government.
“Certainly there are people who have views about a sales tax, and I welcome their opinions.”
He said government members will fan out to communities in the coming weeks to hear firsthand from Albertans on what needs to be done, given forecasts that low oil prices may last for several years.
Decisions flowing from those conversations will be reflected in the upcoming budget, but said he’s also working on a multi-year plan to balance the books and get Alberta off the roller coaster of fluctuating oil prices.
The government will also listen to arguments on any changes to the tax structure, including Alberta’s 10 per cent flat tax on income that critics say benefits the wealthy at the expense of the middle class.
The province, with a $40-billion budget, expects to take in $17 billion in combined corporate and personal income tax this year.
Todd Hirsch, chief economist with ATB Financial, said a gas tax might be the way to go.
“I know a sales tax isn’t going to be on the table for anybody, but maybe the introduction of a B.C.-style gasoline tax,” Hirsch said. “With gas prices in Edmonton at 72 cents and 79 cents, now is the time to do this.”
Hirsch questioned whether a sales taxes would be good idea with Alberta’s economy slowing down.
“What they might want to do is say ‘when the economy picks back up and we’re growing at four per cent, then we’ll introduce a sales tax and then maybe some other stable source of revenue.'”
Prentice also said that public-sector workers are among the best paid in Canada and will need to step up in tough times. He didn’t elaborate.
“I’m not here to criticize doctors or nurses or teachers,” Prentice told the lunchtime crowd.
“(But) in every level of public employment we have we are paying vastly more than anyone else in the country. And it’s not sustainable.
“We’re going to have to start containing costs and ratcheting costs down, at the same time being innovative and leading the country.”
NDP critic Brian Mason said the Progressive Conservatives have failed for decades to diversify the provincial economy, which has left Alberta perpetually hostage to boom-and-bust cycles.
“I don’t think that it’s fair, nor do I think people will accept, that the middle class and working families in this province are being asked once again to bear the brunt of the government’s economic mistakes,” Mason said.
Opposition Wildrose critic Shayne Saskiw said there is no need for new taxes or tax increases.
The budget, he said, contains enough bloat and excess that can be cut without compromising service.
“You can’t tax your way out of a recession,” said Saskiw.
“There’s so much waste in this government, we need look at all the waste.”
Prentice said the problem cannot be solved by cutting alone.
He noted that Alberta’s projected budget surplus this year has turned into a $500-million deficit. Even if oil rebounds to a projected rate of US$65 a barrel next fiscal year, that still leaves the province almost $7 billion short.
“Fifteen per cent of the province’s revenue stream has evaporated,” he said. “We can’t go on like this.”
Last week, Prentice said oil prices are not expected to rebound sufficiently to allow the government to balance the books until 2018.
On top of day-to-day deficits, the province also owes $11 billion for borrowing to pay for capital projects.
It also has $5 billion set aside as a rainy day contingency fund. Prentice has said that money will be used to pay off the deficit in this year’s budget.
— With files from Lauren Krugel in Calgary
The Canadian Press
Mohammed Beheads Snowmen.
H/T AGW Kills.
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“Saudi cleric bans building snowmen, declares them anti-Islamic”
“During an unusually snowy winter in Saudi Arabia, a high-ranking Saudi cleric has banned the building of snowmen.
The declaration is in response to a religious website which asked if “it was permissible for fathers to build snowmen for their children after a snowstorm,” according to Reuters.
Sheikh Mohammed Saleh al-Munajjid replied, “It is not permitted to make a statue out of snow, even by way of play and fun.””
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2015/01/saudi_cleric_bans_building_snowmen_declares_them_anti-islamic.html
“Is the White House a ‘Sleeper Cell’?”
http://pjmedia-new.pjmedia.netdna-cdn.com/rogerlsimon/user-content/12/files/2015/01/obama_sleeper_cell_1-12-15-2.jpg
“I’m still trying to figure out why Obama — or any high-level U. S. government official other than Eric Holder, who was in Paris but evidently had better things to do — didn’t join the nearly 4 million people who marched throughout France protesting the terror killings at #CharlieHebdo and the Hyper Cacher market.”
http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2015/01/12/sleeper-cell/
The feeling is anyone who brings in a sales tax is Dead, we still have $15B in our piggy bank……..