In tonight’s Tips music the late June Carter Cash, wife of Johnny, and daughter of Country Music legend Mother Maybelle Carter, gets her giddy-up going as she gets ready for those Big Balls In Nashville.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
“Hello, mate! Where’re you from?”
A seven-year-old Brit named Elliot Dearlove recently asked a five-year-old boy on a playground if his skin was brown because he was from Africa.
Whoops:
His mother, Hayley White, 29…received a phone call last month to say her son had been at the centre of a ‘racist incident’….”I was told I would have to sign a form acknowledging my son had made a racist remark which would be submitted to the local education authority for further investigation…”
Elliot: “I was just asking a question. I didn’t mean it to be nasty.”
Nice try, kid. You’re on file now.
Photo of the depraved perp at the link.
Whose teachers? Whose kids?
From a school textbook (“a comprehensive introduction to the study of Geography”) used by Grade 8 students in NSW, Australia:
Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that the planet is warming, there are still people who deny that is a result of human activity. The most vocal of these deniers are conservative political thinktanks (sic) and the right-wing radio ‘shock jocks.’ (emph. mine)
Why, it’s almost as if unionized teachers are using Geography classes to brainwash kids with politically-partisan propaganda:
Fortunately, a new generation of world leaders is taking global warming seriously. In the United States of America, President Barack Obama is working to reduce America’s reliance on fossil fuels and is providing leadership in international efforts to reduce CO2 emissions…In Australia, the Rudd Labor Government is legislating for a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme….
A Government Agency with Nothing To Do
Your tax dollars “at work”:
A federal agency created by the Conservative government to mediate complaints about Canadian mining operations abroad has spent more than $1.1 million in the past two years, but has yet to mediate anything.
At the same time, the agency — the Office of the Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor — has racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel, entertainment, training, meetings, reports and other expenses, documents obtained by CBC News show. Renovations to a federal government office to accommodate the agency’s three employees alone cost Canadian taxpayers $189,000.
Are Canadians Really a Free People?
In a fascinating new column, George Jonas ponders why Canada is exporting democracy but importing tyranny.
In the narcosis of “progress,” the liberal state clings to its dogmas, sacrileges, holy things and taboos. It guards them as jealously and enforces them as rigidly as the Taliban guards and enforces its version of Islam. Maybe it doesn’t enforce them as cruelly — maybe.
Exaggeration? You decide. In the year 1300, a period we call the Dark Ages, a pig was tried for blasphemy in France. In the year 2000, 200 years into the Age of Enlightenment, on the threshold of the 21st century, in the United States of America, the authorities charged a six-year-old boy with sexual harassment for kissing a six-year-old girl.
Does Justin Trudeau’s Canada Tolerate Mockery?
Lorrie Goldstein is at his very best with this hilarious piece about Canada’s Prince of Self, Justin Trudeau.
… Sometimes I think my mouth isn’t big enough for my brain, sort of like the Brain in Pinky and the Brain.
This is a burden I, Justin Trudeau, must bear — for the sake of the starving children of Africa, who look up to me — so that I can make life better for everyone … who is not Justin Trudeau. (That’s me.) …
h/t ‘batb’
Related: The first hour of Roy Green’s show today was devoted entirely to the Lil’ Pony’s outburst. There were some absolutely hilarious callers and one particularly annoying Leftist. You can listen to it here, beginning at 6:00.
Memo to Canada’s Human Rights’ Masters
Update: Commenter ‘doowleb’ posted this gem: “Give me Liberty or Give me death has been replaced with Give me.”
Free Booze for Alcoholics: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
In their never-ending march down the path of stupidity, the “intelligentsia” in Vancouver is now offering free booze to alcoholics. And of course, they have an endless number of “studies” to “prove” that this is a good idea.
David Berner disagrees.
In this video, John Robson & Barbara Kay discuss the insanity that has become reality.
The Future of Education?
An interesting fellow named Alex Lindsay recently wrote a piece called “The Future of Education“. It’s well worth a read as he presents some very interesting ideas.
Open Question: If something like his vision were to come to fruition in Canada, what changes would have to occur?
Obama’s Infantilization of America
Standing Up Against Obama’s Pravda Comrades
If one didn’t know better, you might conclude that the entire script of Charlie Rose was written by the Obama regime:
Hopefully all Republican candidates have learned what John McCain failed to.
President Romney a Disaster for America’s Conservatives?
Is James Delingpole wrong?
Is the Danish Gravy Train Running on Empty?
In Denmark, the Welfare State and Freedom seem to be more & more incompatible. Jacob Mchangama explains why.
A Brief History of Mississauga’s Palestine House
Feb 15, 2012: The Toronto Star’s Haroon Siddiqui refers to Jason Kenney’s decision to cut $1 Million of annual subsidies to Mississauga’s Palestine House as “scandalous”.
Jul 22, 2006: Elias Hazineh, a member of the board of directors of Palestine House, speaks at an anti-Israel rally in Toronto. The photos captured at that event are most interesting.
Jan 11, 2009: Nabil Nassar, a member of the board of directors of Palestine House, is interviewed by CTV News at an anti-Israel rally in Toronto, where this video was shot.
Feb 1, 2010: A 3-year investigation by the RCMP revealed that of 1,800 people who had submitted fraudulent immigrations applications to Canada 300 of them claimed the address of Palestine House as where they were living.
Apr 2, 2010: A young man related to Palestine House screams out “You need another Holocaust”.
Nov 16, 2010: Sobhi Salhia, the President of Palestine House, travels with his daughter, Yasmene, to the West Bank. In her blog entry about this trip, she posts a photo of her father and refers to the founding of Israel as “the catastrophe”.
Feb 16, 2012: Michael Coren & Brian Lilley disagree with the aforementioned Mr. Siddiqui.
Many thanks & praise are owed to Blazing Cat Fur & Mississauga Matt for their tremendous writing & videos over the years on this file.
Rex Murphy on Canada’s Newest Separatist, Justin Trudeau
h/t Sammy, with much thanks to Mississauga Matt for uploading the video
Back to the Future
Thomas Sowell outlines a peculiar time in American political history that saw the rise of the Progressive Party. Much of what happened back then seems like the blueprint for Obama’s regime now.
A Surefire Way to Make Liberal Heads Explode
I purchased Mark Levin’s latest book at a Costco in Seattle earlier this week:
The looks I received from the pair of hipsters working at the checkout was less than positive when they saw it. So I got to thinking, now that I’m back in Vancouver, what reaction would I get carrying that book wearing my red Canada mittens through the more Lefty infested stomping grounds of Vancouver? I might even opt to read it outside at a Starbucks with the cover prominently shown! 🙂
Hubert Lacroix: How Dare Anyone Criticize Me or the CBC!
Bill C-51: An End to Privacy or a Necessary Tool?
The problem with Crying Wolf or, in a modern Canadian context, declaring everything the Harper government does as the End of the World, is that people stop listening to you altogether. This seems to be the case with the Left-of-Centre political & media class in Canada.
Now the Tories are bringing in Bill C-51 aka the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act. Its possible infringements into the privacy of Canadians does offer some legitimate pause for concern. Lorrie Goldstein offers a fairly balanced appraisal of the changes.
What say you?
h/t Several SDA commenters
The Occupy Movement: Fact vs. Fiction
