22 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. Headline, National Post, Dec. 14, 2011.
    ”Uproar as Justin Trudeau hurls four-letter obscenity at Peter Kent in House of Commons.”
    ”Justin Trudeau calls Peter Kent ‘piece of shit’ in House of Commons.”
    Headline, CBC.Ca, August 18, 2015.
    ”Stephen Harper supporter hurls profanity at journalists over Duffy questions.”
    (Supporter calls journalist ”a lying piece of shit.”)
    Ah, but wait a moment. There are two sets of rules in Canada. Today, the CPC supporter was escorted out of the room by security guards. In 2011 however, Trudeau was allowed to remain in the house.
    This was my comment on Cbc.Ca that was deleted only moments after I posted it.
    ” On Dec. 14, 2011, in parliament, Lib. MP Justin Trudeau called Peter Kent, federal Conservative MP and Minister of Environment, ”a piece of shit.” Why was Trudeau not escorted out of the house?? Are there two sets of rules in Canada??”

  8. Rathergate: Fake but accurate! Redux
    The story of Dan Rather‘s exit from CBS News is the subject of a new film, Truth, that stars Robert Redford as Rather. “Redford playing me makes me feel humble — which is not a word usually associated with anchors,” the former CBS Evening News anchor told the New York Post.
    “The nuanced, not preachy, script makes clear our report was true. Facts can’t be denied. But today it’s more about big corporations having big power than about truth. Bush was up for re-election. Sumner Redstone wanted him re-elected and would have his news division do what he wanted. What develops is the habit of pulling back, working from fear.”
    Pass the popcorn!

  9. I am only guessing, but I am pretty sure they look better under the dress than out of it. But it is still a cute song.

  10. http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/video–year-old-woman-attacked-at-st-cecilia-cathedral/article_c60f4dcc-45de-11e5-bd6c-53122e3ec616.html
    This video, likely not to receive any attention outside of the local Omaha, Nebraska area, epitomizes what is wrong with the race narrative in the US today.
    It is a shocking hate crime, pure and simple. A 76 year old woman in a church has her purse stolen, which is bad enough. Then the second ‘teenager’ sucker punches her to the head in a manner that could have killed her.
    In the media, no description of the teens, other than their height. No description of the victim other than her age and sex.
    It is this blatant double standard that has, in my opinion, the vast majority of non-black Americans disgusted at the media narrative on race today. The majority is not stupid. It will lead to trouble down the road….

  11. There’s a piece in the Aug 18 Globe and Mail but I do not have access to the whole online story
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    An NDP win would bring massive financial uncertainty
    by Gordon Pape
    Everyone knew there was going to be an election in October. The date is fixed by law.
    Now the campaign is officially under way, and it’s going to be the longest one since shortly after Confederation. Round one came last week with the first leaders’ debate, and there’s much more to come.
    By the time it’s over, we’ll have been exposed to so many promises and policy attacks that we’ll be pleading for mercy. At least, we can be thankful that we haven’t fallen to the level of personal mud-slinging that characterizes U.S. politics.
    Of course, free elections are the cornerstone of the democratic process. But they can also be a disruptive force when it comes to the economy, the loonie, and your money. And this one figures to be even more disruptive than usual.
    Why? One simple reason: the NDP. For the first time in our history, the New Democratic Party has a realistic shot at forming the next government of Canada led by a new prime minister, The Right Honourable Thomas Mulcair. Several polls taken on the eve of the campaign indicated the NDP had a slight lead, with more room to grow than either the Conservatives or the Liberals.
    If those results hold up – and there’s no reason to think they won’t – look for a lot of turbulence in the stock and currency markets in the weeks ahead……………
    THE ITEM HAS MUCH MORE….
    CAS

  12. I seem to remember Maclean and Maclean as being a sort of Canadian version of acts like The Fugs only with better writing. Today’s Green PC youth crowd could use an inoculation of some Maclean and Maclean.

  17. Isis executes Palmyra antiquities chief and hangs him from ruins he spent a lifetime restoring
    Adam Withnall,The Independent | Aug 19, 2015
    Isis militants have tortured and executed the antiquities chief of the ancient city of Palmyra, according to Syrian officials and activists.
    A graphic image posted online by Isis-affiliated social media accounts purported to show the decapitated body of 82-year-old Khaled Asaad, his distinctive glasses still placed on his head on the ground.
    The head of Syria’s department of antiquities said that militants later took Mr Asaad’s body from the square where he was executed and hung it from a Roman column in one of the ruins he had dedicated more than 50 years of his life to restoring.
    A placard attached to the remains pictured online reportedly claimed Mr Asaad had been killed for overseeing “idols” in the ancient city, attending “infidel” conferences as Syrian representative, and for staying in touch with his brother and with palace officials in the wake of Isis’s takeover.
    Maamoun Abdulkarim, based in Damascus, said Mr Asaad’s family told him the scholar had been held and interrogated by Isis for at least the past month. He said Isis had tried to get information about the city’s “treasures” from the expert, without success.
    File photo released on Sunday, 17 May shows general view of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, northeast of Damascus, Syria (AP)
    “Just imagine that such a scholar who gave such memorable services to the place and to history would be beheaded,” he said. “His corpse [is] still hanging from one of the ancient columns in the centre of a square in Palmyra.
    “The continued presence of these criminals in this city is a curse and bad omen on (Palmyra) and every column and every archaeological piece in it.”
    According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Mr Asaad was beheaded in the square outside the museum in Palmyra where he had been in charge since the 1960s.
    One of the foremost experts on Palmyra, he published several works in international journals about the city, which was an important trading hub along the Silk Road and still ranks among the finest ancient ruins in the Middle East.
    Mr Asaad worked with archaeological missions from the US, France, Germany and Switzerland on excavations at the 2,000-year-old Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Isis overran Palmyra and the neighbouring modern city of Tadmur in May this year.
    The militant group was known to have destroyed relics it regarded as “idolatrous” in the past, and some of the city’s smaller artefacts were moved to safety as government forces retreated.
    It remains unclear how much damage has been done to the ruins since. Isis has previously said it will not destroy the overarching Roman structures – but in June it did blow up two ancient shrines in the city, not part of the Roman-era complex, which militants said were sacrilegious.

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