What Heather doesn’t get is that Ezra Levant became because of the need of a cure for her ilk.
Or maybe she does understand, and despises it.
Ain’t That The Truth
Internet trolls are like modern-day bounty hunters, except for having worse morals & living in mothers' basements.
— Pat Sajak (@patsajak) August 4, 2014
A Preview of Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Tactics?
There are lots of truly strong women who don’t shrivel when someone makes a joke about them. Then there are those who excel at playing the victim card whenever it’s convenient. Here’s an example from the UK. James Delingpole has a more detailed explanation.
This Is Not Your Grandma’s Humane Society
Lynda Raffard is responsible for the health and well being of four children, 30-plus dairy cows, two dogs, two horses, a few barn cats, several chickens and a handful of goats. She is not, however, responsible enough to “adopt” a dog from a shelter. Why? Because the dog will not sleep “with the family.” Rural properties are simply not fit for re-homing a dog, says Manitoba Mutts, a dog rescue shelter.
Never mind that the dog would have access to a garage, barn and insulated dog house. Never mind that the dog would spend nearly every waking minute with a human at its side (much unlike the city-dwelling dog that is alone for a huge chunk of each day). Never mind that the dog will be active, and capable of fulfilling all the necessary activities that make dogs dogs, like running, walking, sniffing, rolling, herding, hunting, digging and more. No, a rural or farm-based home is simply too risky, says an organization that is “desperately in need” of finding homes for dogs and cats.
h/t Carol S.
The Bloggies: Winners Announced
The SDA Nation prevails once again!
Icing on the cake – the elimination of the “Science” category has resulted in a number of top notch bloggers capturing other major awards, including;
Best European Weblog: Tallbloke’s Talkshop
Best Weblog About Politics: The Global Warming Policy Foundation
Best Topical Weblog: Climate Audit
Best Group or Community Weblog: Watts Up With That?
Lifetime Achievement: JoNova
Weblog of the Year: Watts Up With That?
That’ll teach em.
RIP Noel Sheppard
As announced at Newsbusters;
Our Noel Sheppard passed away yesterday (Friday) morning at about 5:00 AM. Say a prayer for the soul of a man we’ll all miss professionally, and many, many of us will miss personally as well. Noel was not just a force of nature, he was a very good man.
Twofer: Delingpole + Steyn
James Delingpole invites Mark Steyn onto his podcast and hilarity ensues! Listen here.
2014 Bloggies – Voting Closes March 23, 10PM EDT
I’d almost forgotten about these. If you haven’t voted yet, SDA is nominated in a number of categories But check out the other deserving denie…. nominees before casting your ballot.
How Blogs Changed Everything
“When a dozen dead tree newspapers determined the agenda, the media’s chief power lay in not reporting a story…”
10 Years Of SDA
And then some. I fully intended to mark the first decade of SDA on February 18th, but eh… I forgot. So, a belated thank you to you all for your continued support of this subversive little corner of the interweb.
We couldn’t have done it without you!
Get out the vote!
WUWT’s selections endorsed by Kate. Now, having said that, I did vote for SDA in the Best Group or Community group, because…you know…guest blogger.
The 2014 Bloggies
A Bloggies Award Goes Horribly Wrong
Mischief is important.
Last year the Best Science or Technology Weblog category was dominated entirely by climate science blogs, and 4 of the 5 were skeptics. Not surprisingly Watts Up won for the third time (congrats to Anthony). Tellingly, Skeptical Science withdrew even though the skeptics vote would have been split. (I guess they know their traffic stats.)
This year, the bloggies has quietly announced “Best Science or Technology Weblog has been discontinued”. Ho hum? Have the organizers succumbed to political correctness for fear of letting skeptics win the award again? Seems so.
Now we could lodge a protest, or we could just nominate our favourite blogs for other categories…
Hillary’s hit-list
So everyone is talking about this.
Not a surprise. The Clinton’s have a long history of pay-back.
Blog Notes – Thank You!
The Top 150 Conservative Websites, November 2013. (h/t EBD)
Blog Notes
I’m home from a circuit through Colorado and Utah. Luckily we were on the road before the flood waters hit Greeley. My plans to blog in the evenings hit a snag half way through the trip when my laptop was corrupted, so thanks to the guest bloggers for filling in so ably.
The new rig.
As long time readers know, this is my prime dog show season. 16 hour days and a few thousand miles of travel leave only so much time for current events, but getting away from it all helps keep me sane!
Or not.
(More photos, click for full size)
Australia’s Public Broadcaster is as Corrupt as Canada’s Public Broadcaster
Looks like conservative Aussies face pretty much the same conundrum as conservative Canadians: Their tax dollars fund a heavily biased broadcaster that supports all views except theirs.
It is galling that taxes paid by all Australians go towards funding that Lefty/Green echo-chamber, which caters for a small urban elite, staffed with inner-city Ultimo types who couldn’t run a chook raffle. Privately owned media organisations stand or fall on their output, witness the enduring success of News Corp, and the rapid decline of Fairfax, as it too panders to the latte-sipping, sandal-wearing intelligentsia, and in the process ignores the vast majority of Australians. The Age astonishingly endorses Labor for the election tomorrow – as one commentator pointed out, after asylum disasters, NBN, massive debt, waste, dysfunctional leadership, knifings, in-fighting, Craig Thomson and Peter Slipper, what would it take for them not to endorse Labor?
But the ABC is paid for by all of us, and it should be representative of the views of all Australians, not just a mouthpiece for the Left. It is probable that a Coalition government will be elected tomorrow, sweeping away six years of Labor incompetence. Yet you wouldn’t believe it listening to the ABC this morning, with the majority of stories either puff pieces for Rudd and Labor, or criticism of the Coalition and Abbott. Maybe they realise that the clock is ticking, time is running out, so they have to make the most of it, like the last gasp of the Roman Empire.
Related: More on Australia’s upcoming election here and here (videos).
2013 Bloggies
Special congratulations to Watts Up With That – Weblog of the Year!
2013 Bloggies: Last Call
Voting closes at 10pm ET today.
This is a one person – one vote contest. Further details here.
2013 Bloggies (Bumped)
Don’t vote for SDA because I ask you to – vote for SDA to piss off the Star Phoenix.
SDA is nominated in the Best Canadian category (for the first time).
The voting period closes Sunday, March 17th. One person, one vote, so this reminder is for those who missed it the first time round.
Anthony Watts has done a good job with the instructions, so just click here and do as he tells you.
Watts Up With That is nominated in two categories, and that’s where my support went. James Delingpole vs American Thinker was a tough choice. I love Delingpole, so he got my vote. But your mileage may vary.
From the Rules:
This is a one person, one vote process that involves a confirmation email E-mail addresses are required to vote. You must use your own address and confirm the verification e-mail.
If you verify a second ballot, your first one will be replaced.
Watts advises that if you don’t get the confirmation email within a half hour, that you check your spam filter. My verification email came within 15 minutes or so. Voting ends March 17th, with winners announced March 24th.
The real value of these awards is in raising the profile of blogs you may never have heard of. Take some time to click around, who knows what gems may be waiting!
2013 Bloggies
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