Picking The Losing Side In France’s War For Oil
Is there nothing that Obama can’t do?
Libyan government forces tried to storm into the besieged city of Misrata on Friday as NATO generals acknowledged their air power was not enough to help insurgents remove Muammar Gaddafi by force alone.
Get our pilots out of there.
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
Political Lexicon Update
Successful counter to “Margin Of Fraud” heretofore known as a “Waukesha”. Well played!
(Background)
Y2Kyoto: The Planet Has A Shiver
“The global temperature has fallen .653°C (from +0.554 in March 2010 to -0.099 in March 2011) in just one year. “
More Pavilions At Folkfest
Casmo, Canada’s voice of the “SHIA” community states that one of its goals is “To encourage and support multiculturalism by integration and active participation of Muslims in Canadian civil society”
That explains the David Duke video featured on their site, “Mubarak and the Fall of the Zionist Dogs”…
Let Them Eat Premium
Obama fills the role of clueless aristocrat by telling a man who explains that he can’t afford to fill his gas tank at current prices that he should instead buy a new car. If the press reported it, the retort would prove rather embarrassing — which may be why the Associated Press scrubbed it from their coverage of the event. . .
Who Knew?
… that under the Liberal Big Tent is a drunk crawling around in the grass, looking for his keys!
Who Knew?
… that inside the Liberal Big Tent is a hot chick just asking for it?
Is There Nothing That Obama Can’t Do?
Is there CNS;
“I was told on the way in here that the Saudis are so unhappy with the Obama administration for the way it pushed out President Mubarak of Egypt that it sent high level emissaries to China and Russia to tell those two countries that Saudi Arabia now is prepared to do more business with them.”
Mubarak – if he only knew then….
What Coalition?
PORT MOODY-WESTWOOD-PORT COQUITLAM
Stewart McGillivray (Liberal)
Age: 19
City: Vancouver
Employment: Vancouver Trolley Company
Education: majoring in political science at UBC
Years in riding: 0
Who knew the Liberal “big tent” was white with two eye holes?
Enjoy, courtesy the unmatchable SDAMatt.
(*shameless rip-off)
Reader Tips
In tonight’s Tips music Russian pianist Dmitri Alexeev, along the English Chamber Orchestra under the conductorship of Jerzy Maksymiuk, plays the second movement from Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major.
The comments are open for your Reader Tips.
Election 2011: Have You Heard The One ‘Bout Izzy Hirji?
Well, the joke’s on you, Harper. Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Toronto Star, 2011;
Izzy Hirji was one of several hundred students who gathered outside a Conservative Party campaign event in Guelph to encourage his young peers to get out and vote — for whomever they wanted — in the upcoming election.
The 22-year-old veterinary student at the University of Guelph was then kicked out of the event because he had been part of the peaceful mob, which party officials had apparently viewed as protesters.
That’s the tip of the iceberg. Great digging at The Black Rod.
Update – Izzy Hirji responds in the comments.
Take Me, Obama
The first stage is Denial.
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The Tolerant Left
(Bumped for JGL listeners. You can “listen live” at the link.)
This* audio tape (MP3) was allegedly recorded at the March 25-27 Saskatchewan NDP convention in Regina, the speaker alleged to be a well-known Saskatchewan labour lawyer.
Transcript:
“Bill 160 is probably one of the most — and I’ll use this term intentionally — evil acts being attempted by a government in Canadian history. It is the opinion of many, including Amnesty International, that Bill 160 is an attempt to take away our access to human rights. If there’s one issue – one issue – that politicians in power shouldn’t be allowed to get away with, they shouldn’t be left breathing after an election, if they think our human rights are meaningless.”
Strong words, particularly in the context of a speech delivered before an audience, and doubly so in this current atmosphere of hypersensitivity towards any form of political speech or symbolism that might be construed as counseling violence. After all, you never know what nuts might be listening.
Background – Bill 160 – An Act to amend The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code and to make consequential amendments to The Labour Standards Act
*Full disclosure: This is the only portion of the tape I curerntly have access to. If the speaker disclaimed his use of violent imagery as wholly inappropriate, or extended a big union hug towards the politicians referenced in followup comments, I’ll note that in an update.
Election 2011: “Imagine”
Imagine there’s no big corporate copyright greed
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill a Youtube for
No US meddling in our politics, too
Imagine Yoko O-no-no-no
Living life in peace…
The First American Prime Minister, With White Supremacists
Liberal candidate called aboriginals “Featherheads”, says they’re lazy. Over to you , Mr. Ignatieff.
Robert Fife chokes – “Ignatieff orders immediate inquiry into Lib candidate Andre Forbes who once headed Assoc of Whites.”
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
“I think we’re in a very bad place when you’ve got a prime minister who does a background check on his audience, at a democratic crowd, and doesn’t seem to do a background check on the people he hires in the Prime Minister’s Office, like Mr. Carson.”
Who’s the knuckledragger now, Bob?
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Shares of American Superconductor Corp (NasdaqGS:AMSC – News) plunged 41 percent in pre-market trade on Wednesday, a day after the maker of electrical systems for wind farms said it expected to post a loss for the fourth quarter as its largest customer refused to accept ready shipments.
Late on Tuesday, AMSC said Sinovel Wind (Shanghai:601558.SS – News), which accounts for about 75 percent of AMSC’s revenue, refused to accept March shipments, due to the slowdown in China’s wind power market.
h/t Dave
The Best Premier Saskatchewan’s Ever Had
Ed Stelmach! Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Globe & Mail, April 5th – Tuesday’s announcement sent shock waves rippling across an industry that has spent vast sums of money to acquire land in the region. The prospect of having parts of it ripped away prompted one executive to compare Alberta to Venezuela, and to warn that any expropriation of land may frighten away investment crucial to developing one of Alberta’s most important economic resources.
Carlyle Observer, April 1st – [Saskatchewan] Finance Minister Ken Krawetz unveiled the budget in a cheerful mood, reporting spending will come in at $10.7 billion, while revenues are slated to round out at $10.8 billion. This sets the province up for a $115 million surplus in the general revenue fund covering the ministries. There is $54 million surplus expected for the summary accounts, which includes Crown corporations as well as ministries.