“Nobody is robbing St. Louis Ink Tattoo Studio anytime soon. Or County Guns, for that matter.” (h/t Occam)
Operation Empty Chair
The Middle East is in full meltdown and the U.S. is rapidly nearing full retreat in the region. But considering the incompetents running our foreign policy, our absence may be best for the Middle East for the moment.
(h/t EBD)
You May Applaud Whenever You Like
Canadian performance artist Martine Viale thrills and captivates passers-by, armed only with a carrier bag of bobbins and a head wrapped in yarn.
More Pavilions At Folkfest
Aziz Mohammed Madi, 18, of Calgary, is charged with two counts of assault. A 16-year-old male from Calgary, who cannot be named, is charged with one count of assault. And Arlsan KHAN, 27, of Calgary, is charged with one count of assault.
As the investigation into the rally continues, police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who may have more information.
Police have released a photo of the man, who is described as having an olive skin tone, dark hair, with a slim build and speaks with an accent.
Oh, Frack!
Har.
Reader Tips
Tonight we witness a real-world drama in which racing heart rates, dry mouths, and an unfamiliarity with the local dialect get in the way of successful communication.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Spitting, Fornication, and Accounting 101
Eden Robinson, writing in The Globe and Mail:
The First Nations Financial Transparency Act insulted the integrity of the very people in our communities who guide our economic policy and act as our mediators with provincial and federal governments. Every single chief councilor and band councillor up and down the coast was publicly forced last week to prove they aren’t liars and cheats. In the potlatch culture, that’s the equivalent of spitting in the communal dish then demanding to sleep with the chief’s daughter.
Hmm. In white-man culture, hiding taxpayers’ money is the equivalent of larceny and fraud. Perhaps we can find the middle grou…
I’m not familiar with the many aspects of federal negotiation tactics, but let me assure you, this act makes building any pipeline or promising to send tankers through our territories much, much harder.
There’s the middle ground.
How’s That Hopey Changey Thing Working Out For Ya?
No Fly Zone over Ferguson, MO.
I Amuse Myself
Touching memorial tweets from 20-something Hollywood starlets who just googled "Robin Williams". cc @gretawire
— Katewerk (@katewerk) August 12, 2014
Not a Hollywood starlet, but close!
We lost an amazing Canadian today who brought huge amounts of joy, imagination and happiness to my childhood. Rest easy Robin Williams.
— Chris Tataryn (@ChrisTataryn) August 12, 2014
h/t Mike W.
Oh, Shiny Big Screen TV
In an interview with the Vancouver Sun earlier this week, Trudeau mused that a Liberal government would repeal the First Nations Financial Transparency Act, the new law that requires First Nations to post their audited financial statements online or risk losing government funding.
The Liberal leader said the bill reflected a “lack of respect for First Nations” and was being used by the Conservatives as a weapon against critics.
The law came into effect at the end of July. About half of the 600 First Nations communities affected by the law have yet to post their reports.
Operation Empty Chair
By Monday afternoon, the crises had forced Obama to revise his schedule. The White House announced that the president, after returning from the beach, would make an unscheduled statement about Iraq. He freshened up at his 8,100-square-foot vacation home, then stepped outside, in a blue blazer and open collar; his aides wisely chose a wooded backdrop rather than one with the infinity pool and the sweeping water views. Obama finished his four-minute statement and then hopped in his motorcade for the ride to a Democratic fundraiser.
David Cameron’s Britain
Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and Ebola holds out a last, faint promise;
I have no idea what it is like to be stateless; but I get a nasty feeling that this may not be the case for much longer. I am an Englishman but watching the decline of my country from within I have been tempted for many years to denounce any form of allegiance to a nation which has become voluntarily powerless to defend any aspect of itself.
h/t Adrian
“When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal”
Saturday was the 40th anniversary of President Nixon’s resignation from office after the Watergate scandal. While many panelists on NBC’s “This Week” explained the moment as a time when America learned to be skeptical of its leaders, the former CBS reporter took a different tack.
“I think that we’ve gone backwards since that time when we really felt empowered as journalists,” Attkisson said. “And all I can think is: What would happen today during a Nixon-type scandal?”
h/t Lev
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
Reader Tips
In tonight’s amusement en route to the Tips Steve’n’Seagulls carry on the Finnish tradition of homemade oddball cover tunes by taking a plucky flying leap at AC/DC’s Thunderstruck.
The comments thread is open for your Reader Tips.
Robin Williams, RIP
Free Lorrie Steeves!
Gord Steeves has suddenly been propelled into being the frontrunner in Winnipeg’s mayoral race. And it’s not for something he said or did. He can thank his wife for the push.
What? What are you talking about? The MSM says his campaign is finished because of a four-year-old Facebook post by his wife complaining about being harrassed by “drunk native guys.”
Hardly.
Because EVERYBODY KNOWS IT’S TRUE!
[…]
The news media discovered through the various methods of instant feedback (Twitter, Internet comments, Facebook) that there was little sympathy for the drunk native guys in the story.
CBC, for example, had 311 comments on their Steeves story, ten-to-one in his favour, before they closed off comments.
h/t Mike
2015 Canadian Idol Election
Warning: Further reading of this item may necessitate the use of one of these.
The Shiny Pony appears to have a growing group of fanboys & fangirls. No, we’re not talking about members of the Media Party, who are lifetime charter members of his fan club. Rather, this concerns the general public, particularly those susceptible to HDS. Here’s a sampling:
“Oh my God, it’s Justin Trudeau! Justin, I love you!” shouted a startled Joanna Ludlow, 21, when she realized Trudeau, clearly relaxed and basking in the crowd’s affection, was leading a group of flamboyantly-dressed Liberals dancing through Vancouver’s West End in the blazing sunshine.
Trudeau was in a long-sleeve white cotton shirt, blue jeans and alligator shoes, wearing cheap gold and red beads someone put around his neck just before the parade began. He moved easily from one side of the street to the other as the crowds responded to his smile and wave like a magnet.
Ken Bonham, a 57-year-old Revelstoke businessman and usually a Conservative voter, said after posing for a photo with Trudeau that he’d “definitely” consider a Liberal switch.
“He clearly connects with the working man. He’s not uptight like other politicians who you only see in a suit and tie.”
Multi-Cult Supporters Rejoice
One of the key tenets of multiculturalism is to never, ever criticize another culture because, as its supporters would tell you, it’s not appropriate to judge another culture which you clearly don’t fully understand. Here’s how Mark Steyn explains it.
When you read this story remember that the Multi-Cultists are not upset by it at all. In their minds, to be disturbed would mean you were judging.
Showing Up To Riot
Mocking Obama: James O’Keefe Crosses The US-Mexico Border Dressed As Osama Bin Laden
2006 Flashback!