Ah, ABBA…. Their music was a personal guilty pleasure during my undergrad days during the mid-1970s. I remember going to a few keggers in which their songs were played on the stereo system. “Waterloo” was particularly popular.
If I’m not mistaken, I think this song was their contribution to disco. That wasn’t unusual as just about everybody was recording tunes for that genre, including Rod Stewart and the Rolling Stones.
Hey, no one can argue with success!
Even the Beatles, in their early years, were writing songs primarily for 16- to 17-year old girls. They weren’t stupid and neither were ABBA.
ABBA did very, very well for themselves.
They also did very well for Sweden, becoming its biggest business for a while, even larger than Volvo.
Re: Abba. Love their sound, very exclusive. Blended in well with the Blaupunkt radio in a VW or other German cars of that era, when workmanship was placed ahead of everything. When they build a vehicle with a solid body and a tight fitting interior combined with HQ speakers and a good receiver, the sound is much different than the tin cans that came out of Detroit in the 70’s. The worst I recall was the Dodge Dart. The sound system was pretty good, but when the volume was up and the bass high, everything in the car rattled. The first Chevy Monte Carlo was pretty good. In the 80s, the Crown Vic Ford with Premium Sound System was hard to beat.
The best car ad for bragging interior and sound quality that I recall was the 1966 Chevy Caprice ad in National Geographic. It read: ”If you hear a squeak in this car, it’s probably the piccolo player on your FM Stereo.” https://www.etsy.com/ca-fr/listing/399483095/1966-chevrolet-caprice-voiture-vintage
Part of it is French–most likley a Quebec ad!
Not surprisingly, the “Mop and Pail” is crowing with delight that HRC (apparently) wiped the floor with Trump. Were they watching the same debate as the rest of us?
“Even the Beatles, in their early years, were writing songs primarily for 16- to 17-year old girls. They weren’t stupid and neither were ABBA.”
The early Beatles also appealed to another very important demographic in Sixties Britain: housewives in the kitchen humming along to the radio.
Bravo! Donald Trump.
More, please.
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“Trump has ruined political science, U of W prof says”
“The Donald Trump candidacy for U.S. president has “ruined political science,” a pre-debate panel discussion heard Monday night.”
“Not only has he ruined the Republican Party, he’s ruined political science.”
“Lydia Miljan, a political science professor at the University of Windsor, said …”
I watched the first 45 minutes and turned it off. It was like watching a couple of old farts at ‘the home’ fighting over the last piece of toast. Disappointing waste of time.
My b r o a d and eclectic taste in music has its limits. Enough said.
“Viewers’ polls make Trump the clear debate winner, but media outlets call it a Clinton victory” (telegraph)
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“Majority of snap polls show Trump won debate by a landslide despite CNN’s overwhelming victory for Hillary in biggest official survey
CNN’s snap poll gave Clinton the win with 62 per cent to Trump’s 27
But most of the others reported Trump was the winner by a landslide” (dailymail)
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“Debate was as ugly as it gets, but The Donald won the day”
“Sphincter muscles were tightening long before the ring announcer showed up in the form of NBC moderator Lester Holt, a Democrat according to Trump, the insinuation being the fix was already in.” http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/World/2016/09/27/22670108.html
A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian. Maryam Monsef could be stripped of her citizenship without a hearing after revealing she was born in Iran
If Monsef’s birthplace was misrepresented on her refugee claim and was relevant to the ruling on her case, her citizenship could be revoked, regardless of whether it was an innocent mistake or the fault of her mother, said immigration lawyer Lorne Waldman.
She could even be deported, said Waldman, part of a group that launched a constitutional challenge of the law Monday.
[…]
When he was in opposition, John McCallum denounced the law as “dictatorial” and since becoming immigration minister, he’s promised to amend it to create an appeal process, Paterson said.
Nevertheless, repeated requests that the government stop enforcing the law until it can be changed have been ignored. As recently as two weeks ago, Paterson said Justice Department lawyers informed his group that the law would continue to be enforced.
Indeed, he said the Liberal government has been enforcing the law “aggressively,” setting targets to strip 40 to 60 Canadians each month of their citizenship.
Monsef stripped of citizenship? Ain’t gonna happen. The Royally Snubbed Potato can’t be seen to be throwing his prized minister under the bus by enforcing the law.
However, I’m sure there are lots of human rights lawyers who wish he would. They could use the money, considering the ritzy properties they might want to buy. Think of the possibilities: she’s a former refugee, she’s not European, she’s a woman, she’s a Muslim. That’s four potential human rights lawsuits right there. A clever social justice lawyer could eat quite well from something like that, don’t you think?
The glassy eyed Monsef is safe in the arms of the Liberal Party of Canada, how dare anyone even question her. There is no Opposition with any clout, Liberals don’t listen to opposition parties unless they have a minority government with the power to bring them down. Mr McCallum is one of the senior useless tools of the LPC, he has several like him and they are what the many inexperienced new MP’s have to look to for examples.
Oh Canada! Have the words been changed yet?
Exactly. She knows she can get away with anything. If Spuddo won’t protect her, the human rights lawyers I mentioned in my previous post will.
Equality under the law? All Canadians are equal, but some are more equal than others.
* “B Deplorable says… Monsef stripped of citizenship? Ain’t gonna happen.”
you’re right… but at least it exposes the hypocrisy of P’tit P’tat… “Liberal cabinet minister Maryam Monsef could be stripped of her citizenship without a hearing under a law the Liberals denounced while in opposition but
which they’ve been enforcing aggressively since taking power.”
orwell was right… some animals are more equal than others.
*
I’m thinking little Georgie knows that the Potato is full of empty calories.
The Trudeau Charter teamed up with the Supreme Court interpretations of it in cases which come before it is the recipe for making some more equal than others. The Charter was never needed in a country run by the rule of law where all are equal under it. Too much tinkering and manipulation of laws, too many tiers and layers of bureaucracy. We won’t even get into Multiculturalis, one of the worst things ever for a unified nation.
It’s not just the Charter; it’s the whole image of Canada being “tolerant” (selectively in its application) and the ill-conceived doctrine of multiculturalism.
Der Kertofel has publicly committed himself to those two notions. Holding Monsef accountable, which the law says she should be, would go against that. He wouldn’t want to be seen to contradict himself, and any arrogance which he inherited from his father wouldn’t let him admit that he made a mistake.
Considering how many Conservatives screamed like stuck pigs at Kelly Leitch’s comments about immigrants, the other side of the House of Commons won’t even say peep about the issue.
Never cared for ABBA.
Their material IMO was very over produced and the singing sounded(to me) like it was phonetic. Ja I know they can speak English but that is how it sounds – to me.
Ultimately it doesn’t matter what I think it is what the market likes.
The brunette in Abba was born as a result of a NAZI SS selective breeding program.
Liberal Wynnetario.
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“Wind Industry ‘Shocked’ As Ontario Halts LRP Mechanism”
““The Canadian Wind Energy Association is shocked and extremely disappointed by Ontario’s decision to suspend the second round of its large renewable procurement process.” http://nawindpower.com/ontario-postpones-large-renewables-procurement-to-cut-electric-costs
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“Lake Talon residents charged for delivery during 25-day outage”
““Lake Talon residents in my riding recently experienced a 25-day power outage this spring, yet were still forced to pay the delivery charge for power they never received. A month without the most basic necessities – in rural Ontario without power, you can’t pump water, or flush a toilet.” http://www.nugget.ca/2016/09/27/lake-talon-residents-charged-for-delivery-during-25-day-outage
AGW RIP.
Red-green Liberals, aka “Feds flying”, are “en route to Vancouver” from Ottawa by ox-cart, right? left? Ox-carts are known to be CO2-methane emissionless.
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“Feds flying to Vancouver for historic LNG decision, expected to OK megaproject”
“OTTAWA — The federal government is to announce its decision later today in Vancouver on whether to approve an $11.4-billion liquefied natural gas megaproject …” http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/feds-flying-to-vancouver-for-historic-lng-decision-expected-to-ok-megaproject
Meanwhile, an anti-oil sands you-know-what disturber goes to an environmentalist love-in….. and she’s not travelling by balloon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vb7y3hymY4
They have to fly while they still can before the price goes up. And you know that with the airlines colluding on this, they see an opportunity for higher fares and more profit that they can blame on regulations. Aviation seeks to become the first industry to reach a global emissions pact at landmark meeting in Montreal
After more than a decade of work, the International Civil Aviation Organization, a Montreal-based agency of the United Nations, has come up with a draft proposal that aims to cap emissions from international flights at 2020 levels.
It’s an ambitious and potentially ground-breaking scheme that would curtail a significant source of pollution — international aviation currently accounts for 1.3 per cent of global carbon emissions, according to ICAO — but could also result in higher costs for airlines and their passengers
Bill’s Wife and the Democrat Department of Justice
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“If the FBI wanted any other Americans’ laptops, they would just go get them—they wouldn’t get an immunity deal,” Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan told Politico. He’s right. The FBI merely had to seek a subpoena or search warrant. By offering immunity, the FBI exempted the laptops and their emails as potential evidence in a criminal case. http://www.wsj.com/articles/james-comeys-clinton-immunity-1475017121
Democrat Department of Justice – part 2
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FBI withheld phone transcripts revealing [Orlando shooter] Mateen’s motive
“Yo, the air strike that killed Abu Wahid a few weeks ago… that’s what triggered it, okay?” said Mateen, who earlier in the conversation identified himself as a follower the Islamic State terror group. http://freebeacon.com/national-security/orlando-terror-attack-triggered-pentagon-drone-strike/
Dilbert’s Scott Adam’s interesting, if chilling, take on building a wall around ISIS:
“Here’s how you kill an idea:
Step one: Quarantine the idea. (Build a wall around it.)
Step two: Remove all digital communications from the area.
Step three: Remove any foreign press in the zone so there are no witnesses to war crimes.
Step four: Depopulate the Caliphate over time by removing trusted women and children and killing everyone else. I don’t recommend any of this, by the way. I’m only predicting it will happen, as I have since 2003. If you have been watching my Trump-related predictions, you might recognize that I used the same filter – persuasion – to predict the rise of the caliphate and the eventual walling-off.” http://blog.dilbert.com/post/151056198611/the-wall-around-isis
Ah, ABBA…. Their music was a personal guilty pleasure during my undergrad days during the mid-1970s. I remember going to a few keggers in which their songs were played on the stereo system. “Waterloo” was particularly popular.
If I’m not mistaken, I think this song was their contribution to disco. That wasn’t unusual as just about everybody was recording tunes for that genre, including Rod Stewart and the Rolling Stones.
Hey, no one can argue with success!
Even the Beatles, in their early years, were writing songs primarily for 16- to 17-year old girls. They weren’t stupid and neither were ABBA.
ABBA did very, very well for themselves.
Should teachers be teaching that organic food is healthier?
http://leaderpost.com/business/agriculture/hands-on-learning-teaches-kids-about-organic-food
They also did very well for Sweden, becoming its biggest business for a while, even larger than Volvo.
Re: Abba. Love their sound, very exclusive. Blended in well with the Blaupunkt radio in a VW or other German cars of that era, when workmanship was placed ahead of everything. When they build a vehicle with a solid body and a tight fitting interior combined with HQ speakers and a good receiver, the sound is much different than the tin cans that came out of Detroit in the 70’s. The worst I recall was the Dodge Dart. The sound system was pretty good, but when the volume was up and the bass high, everything in the car rattled. The first Chevy Monte Carlo was pretty good. In the 80s, the Crown Vic Ford with Premium Sound System was hard to beat.
The best car ad for bragging interior and sound quality that I recall was the 1966 Chevy Caprice ad in National Geographic. It read: ”If you hear a squeak in this car, it’s probably the piccolo player on your FM Stereo.”
https://www.etsy.com/ca-fr/listing/399483095/1966-chevrolet-caprice-voiture-vintage
Part of it is French–most likley a Quebec ad!
A day without ABBA is just a day is right. We play our ABBA CDs once a month.
Mark Bonokoski says “Debate was as ugly as it gets, but The Donald won the day”
http://www.torontosun.com/2016/09/27/debate-was-as-ugly-as-it-gets-but-the-donald-won-the-day
Our Enemy, the State.
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“Government searchers were hunting for HMS Terror for a week after its discovery by private explorers”
“When Parks Canada finally heard the news, “There was a lot of silence,” he said.”
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/government-searchers-were-hunting-for-hms-terror-for-a-week-after-its-discovery-by-private-explorers
Not surprisingly, the “Mop and Pail” is crowing with delight that HRC (apparently) wiped the floor with Trump. Were they watching the same debate as the rest of us?
“Even the Beatles, in their early years, were writing songs primarily for 16- to 17-year old girls. They weren’t stupid and neither were ABBA.”
The early Beatles also appealed to another very important demographic in Sixties Britain: housewives in the kitchen humming along to the radio.
Bravo! Donald Trump.
More, please.
…-
“Trump has ruined political science, U of W prof says”
“The Donald Trump candidacy for U.S. president has “ruined political science,” a pre-debate panel discussion heard Monday night.”
“Not only has he ruined the Republican Party, he’s ruined political science.”
“Lydia Miljan, a political science professor at the University of Windsor, said …”
I watched the first 45 minutes and turned it off. It was like watching a couple of old farts at ‘the home’ fighting over the last piece of toast. Disappointing waste of time.
Mike Strobel nails it.
“When the royal tyke rebuffed the PM’s cutesy greeting on a B.C. tarmac, he struck a blow for millions of Canadians who cringe after nearly a year of “sunny ways.” The video warms this commoner’s cockles.”
http://www.torontosun.com/2016/09/26/all-hail-prince-george-after-trudeau-snub
AGW RIP.
Red-green Liberal Wynnetario retreats.
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“Ontario cancels plans for more green energy; has strong supply of electricity”
“Ontario’s energy ministry is cancelling plans to sign contracts for up to 1,000 megawatts of power from solar, wind and other renewable energy sources … ”
http://www.cfra.com/news/2016/09/27/ontario-cancels-plans-for-more-green-energy-has-strong-supply-of-electricity
My b r o a d and eclectic taste in music has its limits. Enough said.
“Viewers’ polls make Trump the clear debate winner, but media outlets call it a Clinton victory” (telegraph)
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“Majority of snap polls show Trump won debate by a landslide despite CNN’s overwhelming victory for Hillary in biggest official survey
CNN’s snap poll gave Clinton the win with 62 per cent to Trump’s 27
But most of the others reported Trump was the winner by a landslide” (dailymail)
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“Debate was as ugly as it gets, but The Donald won the day”
“Sphincter muscles were tightening long before the ring announcer showed up in the form of NBC moderator Lester Holt, a Democrat according to Trump, the insinuation being the fix was already in.”
http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/World/2016/09/27/22670108.html
A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian.
Maryam Monsef could be stripped of her citizenship without a hearing after revealing she was born in Iran
If Monsef’s birthplace was misrepresented on her refugee claim and was relevant to the ruling on her case, her citizenship could be revoked, regardless of whether it was an innocent mistake or the fault of her mother, said immigration lawyer Lorne Waldman.
She could even be deported, said Waldman, part of a group that launched a constitutional challenge of the law Monday.
[…]
When he was in opposition, John McCallum denounced the law as “dictatorial” and since becoming immigration minister, he’s promised to amend it to create an appeal process, Paterson said.
Nevertheless, repeated requests that the government stop enforcing the law until it can be changed have been ignored. As recently as two weeks ago, Paterson said Justice Department lawyers informed his group that the law would continue to be enforced.
Indeed, he said the Liberal government has been enforcing the law “aggressively,” setting targets to strip 40 to 60 Canadians each month of their citizenship.
Monsef stripped of citizenship? Ain’t gonna happen. The Royally Snubbed Potato can’t be seen to be throwing his prized minister under the bus by enforcing the law.
However, I’m sure there are lots of human rights lawyers who wish he would. They could use the money, considering the ritzy properties they might want to buy. Think of the possibilities: she’s a former refugee, she’s not European, she’s a woman, she’s a Muslim. That’s four potential human rights lawsuits right there. A clever social justice lawyer could eat quite well from something like that, don’t you think?
The glassy eyed Monsef is safe in the arms of the Liberal Party of Canada, how dare anyone even question her. There is no Opposition with any clout, Liberals don’t listen to opposition parties unless they have a minority government with the power to bring them down. Mr McCallum is one of the senior useless tools of the LPC, he has several like him and they are what the many inexperienced new MP’s have to look to for examples.
Oh Canada! Have the words been changed yet?
Exactly. She knows she can get away with anything. If Spuddo won’t protect her, the human rights lawyers I mentioned in my previous post will.
Equality under the law? All Canadians are equal, but some are more equal than others.
*
“B Deplorable says… Monsef stripped of citizenship? Ain’t gonna happen.”
you’re right… but at least it exposes the hypocrisy of P’tit P’tat…
“Liberal cabinet minister Maryam Monsef could be stripped of her citizenship
without a hearing under a law the Liberals denounced while in opposition but
which they’ve been enforcing aggressively since taking power.”
orwell was right… some animals are more equal than others.
*
I’m thinking little Georgie knows that the Potato is full of empty calories.
The Trudeau Charter teamed up with the Supreme Court interpretations of it in cases which come before it is the recipe for making some more equal than others. The Charter was never needed in a country run by the rule of law where all are equal under it. Too much tinkering and manipulation of laws, too many tiers and layers of bureaucracy. We won’t even get into Multiculturalis, one of the worst things ever for a unified nation.
It’s not just the Charter; it’s the whole image of Canada being “tolerant” (selectively in its application) and the ill-conceived doctrine of multiculturalism.
Der Kertofel has publicly committed himself to those two notions. Holding Monsef accountable, which the law says she should be, would go against that. He wouldn’t want to be seen to contradict himself, and any arrogance which he inherited from his father wouldn’t let him admit that he made a mistake.
Considering how many Conservatives screamed like stuck pigs at Kelly Leitch’s comments about immigrants, the other side of the House of Commons won’t even say peep about the issue.
One way to protest against BLM:
http://downtrend.com/katrina/video-watch-these-country-boys-leave-a-nasty-surprise-right-in-the-face-of-blm-thugs
Further proof the UN is null and void:
http://downtrend.com/71superb/un-demands-us-pay-slavery-reparations-and-apologize-to-black-people
Meanwhile, in Britain, Brexit is celebrated with,….cucumber sandwiches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJBgEoBU77M
Just go with it. Why not ?
Never cared for ABBA.
Their material IMO was very over produced and the singing sounded(to me) like it was phonetic. Ja I know they can speak English but that is how it sounds – to me.
Ultimately it doesn’t matter what I think it is what the market likes.
Settled Science? Proven History. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2016-09-19-history-keeps-proving-prophets-of-eco-apocalypse-wrong/#.V-rXi_ArJhF
The brunette in Abba was born as a result of a NAZI SS selective breeding program.
Liberal Wynnetario.
…-
“Wind Industry ‘Shocked’ As Ontario Halts LRP Mechanism”
““The Canadian Wind Energy Association is shocked and extremely disappointed by Ontario’s decision to suspend the second round of its large renewable procurement process.”
http://nawindpower.com/ontario-postpones-large-renewables-procurement-to-cut-electric-costs
…-
“Lake Talon residents charged for delivery during 25-day outage”
““Lake Talon residents in my riding recently experienced a 25-day power outage this spring, yet were still forced to pay the delivery charge for power they never received. A month without the most basic necessities – in rural Ontario without power, you can’t pump water, or flush a toilet.”
http://www.nugget.ca/2016/09/27/lake-talon-residents-charged-for-delivery-during-25-day-outage
AGW RIP.
Red-green Liberals, aka “Feds flying”, are “en route to Vancouver” from Ottawa by ox-cart, right? left? Ox-carts are known to be CO2-methane emissionless.
…-
“Feds flying to Vancouver for historic LNG decision, expected to OK megaproject”
“OTTAWA — The federal government is to announce its decision later today in Vancouver on whether to approve an $11.4-billion liquefied natural gas megaproject …”
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/feds-flying-to-vancouver-for-historic-lng-decision-expected-to-ok-megaproject
Meanwhile, an anti-oil sands you-know-what disturber goes to an environmentalist love-in….. and she’s not travelling by balloon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vb7y3hymY4
They have to fly while they still can before the price goes up. And you know that with the airlines colluding on this, they see an opportunity for higher fares and more profit that they can blame on regulations.
Aviation seeks to become the first industry to reach a global emissions pact at landmark meeting in Montreal
After more than a decade of work, the International Civil Aviation Organization, a Montreal-based agency of the United Nations, has come up with a draft proposal that aims to cap emissions from international flights at 2020 levels.
It’s an ambitious and potentially ground-breaking scheme that would curtail a significant source of pollution — international aviation currently accounts for 1.3 per cent of global carbon emissions, according to ICAO — but could also result in higher costs for airlines and their passengers
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/09/27/the-first-climate-change-rico-lawsuit-is-filed-by-defyccc-com-editor/
Elon Musk unveils SpaceX’s Mars plans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10gECHeMSds
Bill’s Wife and the Democrat Department of Justice
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“If the FBI wanted any other Americans’ laptops, they would just go get them—they wouldn’t get an immunity deal,” Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan told Politico. He’s right. The FBI merely had to seek a subpoena or search warrant. By offering immunity, the FBI exempted the laptops and their emails as potential evidence in a criminal case.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/james-comeys-clinton-immunity-1475017121
Democrat Department of Justice – part 2
————————————–
FBI withheld phone transcripts revealing [Orlando shooter] Mateen’s motive
“Yo, the air strike that killed Abu Wahid a few weeks ago… that’s what triggered it, okay?” said Mateen, who earlier in the conversation identified himself as a follower the Islamic State terror group.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/orlando-terror-attack-triggered-pentagon-drone-strike/
Dilbert’s Scott Adam’s interesting, if chilling, take on building a wall around ISIS:
“Here’s how you kill an idea:
Step one: Quarantine the idea. (Build a wall around it.)
Step two: Remove all digital communications from the area.
Step three: Remove any foreign press in the zone so there are no witnesses to war crimes.
Step four: Depopulate the Caliphate over time by removing trusted women and children and killing everyone else. I don’t recommend any of this, by the way. I’m only predicting it will happen, as I have since 2003. If you have been watching my Trump-related predictions, you might recognize that I used the same filter – persuasion – to predict the rise of the caliphate and the eventual walling-off.”
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/151056198611/the-wall-around-isis