Throw them in here please, another busy day on the ‘to-do’ list.

It’s Friday, a Friday in May . . . the weekend is coming. So, given that, I’d like you to think about:
The pond that needs to be removed, the fence that needs to be built, the shingles that need replacing, the fire-pit that needs to be moved, the Saskatoon’s that need to be replanted, the groceries that need to be bought…sigh, the hockey that needs to be watched?
and don’t what-ever you do, don’t think about our favourite friend¹,
ensuring a Liberal defeat,
or worrying about old school reactionaries who aren’t happy unless everyone toes their line. As an aside, there is a difference between “editorial”, “journalism”, and “reporting”.
Please bear w/ me, I’m not nearly as diligent as Kate when it comes to checking scheduled (meaning written in advance and published at a time in the future) posts. Apparently, they have to be rebuilt before accepting comments. Many of you are in time-zones that really don’t jive with mine (hello, computer geek!). Don’t be surprised if you have issues commenting on this post until 9 or so CST.
¹ I’ve been deleting comments related to that person as per Kate’s ban. I don’t know enough about MT to set up a more elegant system. Please refrain from responding to that person until I can viciously and gleefully “restrict his right to free speech”. (That would be lance at catprint dot ca, Mr. Johnny DownInTheDumps.)
Cheers,
lance

Via The Torch, Christie on Afghanistan this week:

“I pretend no expertise in politics, diplomacy, soldiering or Afghanistan, but I have been in Kandahar, well outside the safety of Kandahar Air Field, four times in less than two years, and note the following.

On Mr. Dion: A few days before Mr. Dion and his No. 2, Michael Ignatieff, made their surprise tour to Afghanistan last weekend, the federal Liberal Party made its formal submission to Mr. Manley’s panel.

In other words, before the Liberal leader met Canadian troops and posed in the cute camo outfit (I would knock the block off whoever lent the gear to him, by the way) he had his mind made up – the combat mission, as the party’s submission said, should end as scheduled in February, 2009. His visit there was a disingenuous and fraudulent exercise in bullshit public relations.

As previously mentioned, Dion stepped on a landmine . . . but he didn’t know . . . .

“We are dismayed by the statement of the leader of Opposition,” the government said in a statement released late Thursday by the Pakistan High Commission in Ottawa.

“It shows a lack of understanding of the ground realities.”

Oops!

Update: “As a result of unclear reporting and a partisan Conservative response, the Pakistan High Commission has been tricked into making a public statement on the matter.” Elfin Ears

Upperdate Apparently this reaction is because of Stephen making a phone call! h/t to BB in the comments.

I’ll let the author speak for herself:

I can see how an ID course might worm its way into some backwater institution like Pigfucker U out in Yeehaw, Alberta… but U of T?!? What are they thinking?!

Given the anaemic run defence the Stumps showed against the Bombers tonight the result was an early call.

Winnipeg 27 Calgary 13

An entire two field goals and a garbage time TD by Calgary’s offence.

Now then, RIDERS CLINCH A HOME PLAY-OFF GAME!

Green is the colour
Football is the Game
We're all together
And winning is our aim

So Cheer us on
Through the sun and the rain
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Is our name!

Go Riders,
lance

A transparent and open government:

The Calvert NDP has violated The Elections Act by refusing to disclose the sources of over $2.5 million in party donations since Lorne Calvert took office.

Saskatchewan Party candidate Nancy Heppner today demanded that Lorne Calvert immediately disclose his $2.5 million hidden donation list.

Talk to the hand….

The Premier’s handlers have referred calls to provincial secretary and campaign manager Doug Still. He has not yet returned those calls.

Cheers,
lance

Environics Research in Afghanistan

Forty-three per cent of all Afghans surveyed say that foreign troops should stay as long as it takes to get the job done. Only about 15 per cent of all Afghans surveyed want foreign troops to leave their country immediately, and the rest want time limits.

CBC’s poll

Cheers,
lance

The Sask Party demands that CUPE refrain from doing their masters bidding.

“No one is disputing the right of unions or other agencies to speak
out and make their views known to the electorate — that’s part of our
democratic process,” McMorris said. “But, for a union to distribute
this pack of lies in a deliberate attempt to scare vulnerable people
truly goes beyond what’s acceptable.” – Don McMorris

Sorry, Don, but that’s like asking salmon to pass on the run.

CUPE is, has been, and will be in the pocket of the NDP. They’re the trump card. Demanding they not lie about Sask Party intentions in seniors’ homes and hospitals is like asking the sun to not rise in the east.

Asking that people go and read the Sask Party policies and guidelines for themselves isn’t as easy as scaring people by having the union’s representative drop off propaganda.

Too bad.

Cheers,
lance

With Bumper Stickers

What’s So Great About America?
We Need Your Money More Than You Do.
Fighting Back Against Terrorism Is Too Hard.
The Decline and Fall of the West Is Inevitable Anyway.
Maybe al-Qaeda Will Be Gracious in Victory.
Everything’s Free if You Force Someone Else to Pay For It.
There’s Still Some Silverware Left in the White House.

Please be kind enough to show your support in the comments.
Cross-posted @ Cjunk