Surely this violated Australia’s child labour laws.
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If you want to click on the link, you might want to sniff glue first.
Peter Mansbridge just announced that Rosemary Barton will be taking over for Evan Solomon.
She will be constantly interrupting every guest that has a Conservative view to contradict, while allowing the others to run on.
The CBC has sunk a little lower in the progressive cesspool.
WallyJ:
I personally believe that the popularity of the CBC has been falling rapidly in the last while. I don’t think Rosemary Baton has the qualities that Evan Solomon often displayed, even if he was Liberal. I saw Solomon as a level headed journalist even if I didn’t agree with his politics. Why was he fired?? I believe he wasn’t serving his Liberal sponsors properly!!
I have NDP friends who despise the CBC even more than I do. They claim that the government sponsored network has tainted Mr. Mulcair’s reputation and painted a false image of the man who was a Quebec Liberal MLA for 13 years. Talk about eating your own species!!
I still support Mr. Harper, however I believe that he could have eliminated the CBC, a move that would have boosted his and the Conservative’s s popularity!! A tad late now.
Re: The Bee Gees.
I didn’t know they were Auzzies. Found this on the net.
“Only Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees.”
(Over 220 million records.)
This is a song for ”night hawks” who like go out late at night to see the sights and sounds of the city. If you click on ”More” the lyrics are there. https://youtu.be/-ihs-vT9T3Q
I’ve always had trouble with that logic. Have you watched CTV or Global lately? They make CBC look balanced and fair. Canadian content rules ensure that we will be watching these pinheads whether there is a CBC or not. Harper might have attempted something with the CRTC but any supreme court challenge goes against the PM so I wouldn’t expect much success there either.
CTV ??? Lisa LaFlamme is literally dripping with hatred when discussing Harper and the Conservatives. She gives Michael Harris (now shunted to the hinterland website ipolitics.ca) a run for his money.
anybody got an update on this?
is senior bashir (oh he gonna get bashed alright) hassad of Syria still a hero of the right wing?
you know, the M.E. bloke what chose to gas his own citizenry. no, not that one, saddam was just testing his options.
AGW RIP.
“But the Garden of Eden we cannot restore.”
…-
“Pope challenges world to clean up its filth”
“Pope Francis’ latest draft leaked to L’Espresso raises concerns about environment and the need to protect ‘God’s creation”
(hindustan times)
…-
“Essays in Idleness”
“But the Garden of Eden we cannot restore. It is not in our power to do so, nor to achieve the perfection of our end in this world. I say this often, for it is not enough heard.”
“The disparagement of nature is, however, a sin to which we are not presently tempted. It is the opposite, atheist or agnostic reverence for a Nature that is purely abstract, against which we must guard. This is not helped by the ideological advance of an increasingly thuggish environmentalism.
Nature is designed to take care of herself.” http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/
AGW RIP.
Part II: “But the Garden of Eden we cannot restore.”
…-
“Solar plane falls victim to its natural enemy: the weather”
“The historic world tour of a solar powered plane could be grounded for months due to bad weather.”
“Swiss pilot André Borschberg was forced to make an unplanned stop in Japan. The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft is able to fly, but Borschberg may could have to wait up to two months for bad weather to pass before taking flight again.
A weather front that stretches from Alaska to Taiwan has moved into the region and is expected to stay in place for weeks.
“Obviously, the goal is not to take risks but to get there safely,” Borschberg told reporters in Tokyo Thursday.” http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/weather-could-delay-solar-planes-world-tour-for-months/52964/
Of nutellasses and raisins.
Vive la Nutella libre!
…-
“Will Pope Francis’s encyclical become his ‘miracle’ that saved the planet?”
“The clearest and loudest moral case yet for action now, firmly rooted in justice for the world’s poor, could galvanise the world to act on climate change” (grauniad)
…-
“French Minister apologises for Nutella Climate Claim”
“French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal has apologised for claiming the popular breakfast spread Nutella exacerbates climate change.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald;
““A thousand apologies for the row over Nutella,” she wrote on her official Twitter account.
The mea culpa related to comments she made on French television on Monday, when she said “we should stop eating Nutella… because it’s made with palm oil” – an ingredient that ensures the soft but not liquid consistency of the popular chocolate-hazelnut spread.” http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/06/19/french-minister-apologises-nutella-climate-claim/
Gee, and it seems like only yesterday that watermelons like Segolene Royal were championing palm oil plantations to produce all that lovely green biofuel they like so much. Naturally, not a peep from the greens over clear-cutting orangutan habitat in order to plant the palm oil trees, but hey, you can’t make a green omelet without wiping out a few sentient species, or however the saying goes.
When contemplating war, beware of babies in incubators
The key moment occurred on October 10, when a young woman named Nayirah appeared in front of a congressional committee. She told the committee, “I saw the Iraqi soldiers come into the hospital with guns, and go into the room where 15 babies were in incubators. They took the babies out of the incubators, took the incubators and left the babies on the cold floor to die.”
Hill & Knowlton immediately faxed details of her speech to newsrooms across the country, according to CBC’s Fifth Estate’s documentary. The effect was electric. The babies in incubator stories became a lead item in newspapers, and on radio and TV all over the US.
It is interesting that no one not the congressmen in the hearing, or any journalist present bothered to find out the identity of the young woman. She was the daughter of Kuwait’s ambassador to the United States, and actually hadn’t seen the “atrocities” she described take place. (When later confronted with the lack of evidence for her claims, the young woman said that she hadn’t been in the hospital herself, but that a friend who had been there had told her about it. )
Similar unsubstantiated stories appeared at the UN a few weeks later, where a team of “witnesses,” coached by Hill & Knowlton, gave “testimony” (although no oath was ever taken) about atrocities in Iraq. It was later learned that the seven witnesses used false names and even identities in one case. In an unprecedented move, the US was allowed to present a video created by Hill & Knowlton to the entire security council.
But no journalist bothered to look into these witnesses’ claims. As Susan B. Trento wrote in her book, “The Power House,” an in-depth look at Hill & Knowlton, “The diplomats, the congressmen, and the senators wanted something to support their positions. The media wanted visual, interesting stories.”
On November 29, 1990, the UN authorized use of “all means necessary” to eject Iraq from Kuwait. On January 12, 1991, Congress authorized the use of force.
The story was later discredited by organizations like Middle East Watch, Amnesty International, and various other groups and media organizations http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0906/p25s02-cogn.html
the innocence of the clip and the music is astounding. this is coming from someone who embraced the fifties and music beyond. rap, well, rap is crap.
AGW RIP.
…-
“Toronto cyclists stage ‘die-in'”
Hundreds of cyclists staged a die-in in front of City Hall on Friday to demand safer roads.” (TOSun)
…-
“Climbers survive terrifying week atop Canada’s highest peak”
“Earlier this month, three climbers found themselves in the middle of a major storm, 6,000 metres up Mount Logan, Canada’s highest mountain peak.
After reaching the summit in Yukon’s Kluane National Park, the trio began their descent — but wild winds and freezing temperatures made that an impossible feat.” http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/climbers-survive-terrifying-week-atop-canadas-highest-peak/53034/
If you want to click on the link, you might want to sniff glue first.
Peter Mansbridge just announced that Rosemary Barton will be taking over for Evan Solomon.
She will be constantly interrupting every guest that has a Conservative view to contradict, while allowing the others to run on.
The CBC has sunk a little lower in the progressive cesspool.
The environuts are now eating their own. It’s all good.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/06/18/solar-eclipse-green-groups-fight-sun-powered-plant-over-bighorn-worries/?intcmp=latestnews
Well, I did like the captcha but now its turned on me. Numbers were good but one of every two words are horrible. Had to refresh 5 times to make out the 2nd word.
OOh look,….. a squirrel……..
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-calls-investigation-into-whether-us-moon-landings-happened-10327714.html
If Obama had a son: http://dailysignal.com/2015/06/17/law-enforcement-seizes-11000-from-24-year-old-at-airport-without-charging-him-with-a-crime/
WallyJ:
I personally believe that the popularity of the CBC has been falling rapidly in the last while. I don’t think Rosemary Baton has the qualities that Evan Solomon often displayed, even if he was Liberal. I saw Solomon as a level headed journalist even if I didn’t agree with his politics. Why was he fired?? I believe he wasn’t serving his Liberal sponsors properly!!
I have NDP friends who despise the CBC even more than I do. They claim that the government sponsored network has tainted Mr. Mulcair’s reputation and painted a false image of the man who was a Quebec Liberal MLA for 13 years. Talk about eating your own species!!
I still support Mr. Harper, however I believe that he could have eliminated the CBC, a move that would have boosted his and the Conservative’s s popularity!! A tad late now.
A short video of the last CBC/Liberal gathering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSO4ooNN_MY
Re: The Bee Gees.
I didn’t know they were Auzzies. Found this on the net.
“Only Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees.”
(Over 220 million records.)
This is a song for ”night hawks” who like go out late at night to see the sights and sounds of the city. If you click on ”More” the lyrics are there.
https://youtu.be/-ihs-vT9T3Q
I’ve always had trouble with that logic. Have you watched CTV or Global lately? They make CBC look balanced and fair. Canadian content rules ensure that we will be watching these pinheads whether there is a CBC or not. Harper might have attempted something with the CRTC but any supreme court challenge goes against the PM so I wouldn’t expect much success there either.
CTV ??? Lisa LaFlamme is literally dripping with hatred when discussing Harper and the Conservatives. She gives Michael Harris (now shunted to the hinterland website ipolitics.ca) a run for his money.
anybody got an update on this?
is senior bashir (oh he gonna get bashed alright) hassad of Syria still a hero of the right wing?
you know, the M.E. bloke what chose to gas his own citizenry. no, not that one, saddam was just testing his options.
AGW RIP.
“But the Garden of Eden we cannot restore.”
…-
“Pope challenges world to clean up its filth”
“Pope Francis’ latest draft leaked to L’Espresso raises concerns about environment and the need to protect ‘God’s creation”
(hindustan times)
…-
“Essays in Idleness”
“But the Garden of Eden we cannot restore. It is not in our power to do so, nor to achieve the perfection of our end in this world. I say this often, for it is not enough heard.”
“The disparagement of nature is, however, a sin to which we are not presently tempted. It is the opposite, atheist or agnostic reverence for a Nature that is purely abstract, against which we must guard. This is not helped by the ideological advance of an increasingly thuggish environmentalism.
Nature is designed to take care of herself.”
http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/
AGW RIP.
Part II: “But the Garden of Eden we cannot restore.”
…-
“Solar plane falls victim to its natural enemy: the weather”
“The historic world tour of a solar powered plane could be grounded for months due to bad weather.”
“Swiss pilot André Borschberg was forced to make an unplanned stop in Japan. The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft is able to fly, but Borschberg may could have to wait up to two months for bad weather to pass before taking flight again.
A weather front that stretches from Alaska to Taiwan has moved into the region and is expected to stay in place for weeks.
“Obviously, the goal is not to take risks but to get there safely,” Borschberg told reporters in Tokyo Thursday.”
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/weather-could-delay-solar-planes-world-tour-for-months/52964/
Of nutellasses and raisins.
Vive la Nutella libre!
…-
“Will Pope Francis’s encyclical become his ‘miracle’ that saved the planet?”
“The clearest and loudest moral case yet for action now, firmly rooted in justice for the world’s poor, could galvanise the world to act on climate change” (grauniad)
…-
“French Minister apologises for Nutella Climate Claim”
“French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal has apologised for claiming the popular breakfast spread Nutella exacerbates climate change.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald;
““A thousand apologies for the row over Nutella,” she wrote on her official Twitter account.
The mea culpa related to comments she made on French television on Monday, when she said “we should stop eating Nutella… because it’s made with palm oil” – an ingredient that ensures the soft but not liquid consistency of the popular chocolate-hazelnut spread.”
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/06/19/french-minister-apologises-nutella-climate-claim/
Gee, and it seems like only yesterday that watermelons like Segolene Royal were championing palm oil plantations to produce all that lovely green biofuel they like so much. Naturally, not a peep from the greens over clear-cutting orangutan habitat in order to plant the palm oil trees, but hey, you can’t make a green omelet without wiping out a few sentient species, or however the saying goes.
We only have 100 years to live!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3131160/Will-child-witness-end-humanity-Mankind-extinct-100-years-climate-change-warns-expert.html
When contemplating war, beware of babies in incubators
The key moment occurred on October 10, when a young woman named Nayirah appeared in front of a congressional committee. She told the committee, “I saw the Iraqi soldiers come into the hospital with guns, and go into the room where 15 babies were in incubators. They took the babies out of the incubators, took the incubators and left the babies on the cold floor to die.”
Hill & Knowlton immediately faxed details of her speech to newsrooms across the country, according to CBC’s Fifth Estate’s documentary. The effect was electric. The babies in incubator stories became a lead item in newspapers, and on radio and TV all over the US.
It is interesting that no one not the congressmen in the hearing, or any journalist present bothered to find out the identity of the young woman. She was the daughter of Kuwait’s ambassador to the United States, and actually hadn’t seen the “atrocities” she described take place. (When later confronted with the lack of evidence for her claims, the young woman said that she hadn’t been in the hospital herself, but that a friend who had been there had told her about it. )
Similar unsubstantiated stories appeared at the UN a few weeks later, where a team of “witnesses,” coached by Hill & Knowlton, gave “testimony” (although no oath was ever taken) about atrocities in Iraq. It was later learned that the seven witnesses used false names and even identities in one case. In an unprecedented move, the US was allowed to present a video created by Hill & Knowlton to the entire security council.
But no journalist bothered to look into these witnesses’ claims. As Susan B. Trento wrote in her book, “The Power House,” an in-depth look at Hill & Knowlton, “The diplomats, the congressmen, and the senators wanted something to support their positions. The media wanted visual, interesting stories.”
On November 29, 1990, the UN authorized use of “all means necessary” to eject Iraq from Kuwait. On January 12, 1991, Congress authorized the use of force.
The story was later discredited by organizations like Middle East Watch, Amnesty International, and various other groups and media organizations
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0906/p25s02-cogn.html
Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove covering The Beatle’s “She Loves You”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICPmZkK3PaY
the innocence of the clip and the music is astounding. this is coming from someone who embraced the fifties and music beyond. rap, well, rap is crap.
AGW RIP.
…-
“Toronto cyclists stage ‘die-in'”
Hundreds of cyclists staged a die-in in front of City Hall on Friday to demand safer roads.” (TOSun)
…-
“Climbers survive terrifying week atop Canada’s highest peak”
“Earlier this month, three climbers found themselves in the middle of a major storm, 6,000 metres up Mount Logan, Canada’s highest mountain peak.
After reaching the summit in Yukon’s Kluane National Park, the trio began their descent — but wild winds and freezing temperatures made that an impossible feat.”
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/climbers-survive-terrifying-week-atop-canadas-highest-peak/53034/
They’ve got it right ion Chad
http://www.news.com.au/world/africa/chad-bans-burqas-after-suicide-bombings-kill-33/story-fnh81gzi-1227405594695