Progressives turned out Saturday, International Women’s Day, for an old-school rally. The New York State Nurses’ Association was there, as was the NAACP’s state branch, as was SEIU Local 1199, as was City Councilman Ben Kallos.
They had signs, chants and guitars. Were they protesting sex trafficking? Or income inequality? No, they were outraged that a billionaire who happens to be very conservative has given $100 million to New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Caption Contest – We Have A Winner!
With over 200 entries, we have a lot to choose from. Let’s begin with the Honourable Mentions:
“If you like your Crimea, you can keep your Crimea. Period.” – foobert
“As soon as I find my pen you’ll be sorry.” – WTF
“The Emperor Has No Xbox…” – Glenn
Next, our First Runner-Up;
“Thank You for calling the Surrender to Putin hotline. All of our Putins’ are currently busy. Your call is important to us. Please hold for the next available Putin.” – Robert in Calgary
And the winner is!
Congratulations to Anne (not from Cornwall). Send me an email and I’ll fix you up with a good book. You too, Robert.
Original March 8th post continues below
Contest closes Sunday at midnight. The winner will get their choice of a book from the SDA Free Book Library.
The Sound Of Settled Science
Modelling the Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation of the 20th-Century
***SPOILER ALERT***
Complete fail.
In The Long Run We Are All Broke
Bloomberg: Global Debt Exceeds $100 Trillion as Governments Binge
“When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal”
Whoa: Feinstein says CIA claimed it removed docs from the committee-only network at direction of the White House. WH denied.
— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) March 11, 2014
Y2Kyoto: I’ll Miss The Polar Ice Caps
YNoKyoto
@ 5:25 a.m., I'm now the only reporter on the Hill covering the all-night Senate debate on climate change. Kinda surreal feeling.
— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) March 11, 2014
David Cameron’s Britain
Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your Halal meats…
Pupils aged between three and 11 at Brinsworth Manor Infant and Junior Schools in Rotherham – which Ofsted identifies as having only a small number of pupils from minority ethnic groups – will no longer be able to enjoy sausages, bacon or ham.
Parents at both schools, which share a site, were told of the decision in a letter from Rotherham Council’s principal catering officer Ron Parry, who wrote that there had been ‘minor adjustments’ to the lunch menu.
It’s Probably Nothing
Oh, Shiny Pony!
National Post: Ex-Harper aide Bruce Carson allegedly illegally lobbied for energy group tied to Trudeau advisor
Reader Tips
A song that, according to legend, is on the playlist of every single woman on the planet. Losing My Religion (1991 – corrected) , by R.E.M.
Could be true. It’s on mine. Your tips are invited in the comments.
Advice For The Sask Party
I don’t buy it all, but this much is true: “4. The Saskatchewan Party needs some other stars.” Plus, #10.
Those Moderate Muslims!
The Wisdom of a Ukrainian Plumber
Theodore Dalrymple – One of the things that surprised me was the ease with which an entire press corps could accept the most obvious untruth, usually convenient to some interested party or other, without any external compulsion to do so. (h/t Larry F)
(link fixed!)
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
“I certainly didn’t mean to offend anybody. The use of the swastika was simply aligning the Harper government’s policies with the Nazis…”
Free Ethical Oil!
Yours to distribute.
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
If Women Ran The World
Danielle Smith, call your office: Attacks on Redford all about gender
The Sound Of Settled Science
"State of the art" climate models are diverging from reality faster than the rate of warming they predict pic.twitter.com/8R2lwHZucw
— US thermophysics (@USthermophysics) March 10, 2014
h/t Kevin B
Cold, Canuck Hands
Despite having campaigned in three federal elections to repeal all of C-68 if given a majority, the Harper Tories wimped out and only axed the registry. They left unchanged several Draconian anti-gun laws and regulations, such as permitting a gun owner’s ex-spouse to have his licence suspended on the flimsiest of pretexts or granting the RCMP the right to ban any class of firearm, without permission from Parliament or even the courts.
It is still possible for average Canadians who own a gun for hunting or target shooting or vermin control on a farm to spend years in prison for not having all the right paperwork authorizing them to buy a firearm, to buy ammunition for that firearm and to transport that firearm to a gun range.
In other words, with their repeal of the registry the Tories only scratched the surface of the Liberals’ de facto attempt to outlaw civilian gun ownership in Canada. It was one of the unrepealed sections of C-68 that came back last week to bite the law-abiding firearms community.
Send it to your MP. (h/t don morris)