Came across this song at JCPenny. Couldn’t hear it very clearly, but definitely heard the Charleston beat in it. Was shocked to find it is a new song and actually (GASP!) showcases talent!
As for something that does not showcase talent as much as it does ranty, curse-laden late night listening pleasure, you can download the latest Clarey Podcast (and the rest of the archive) here.
Reader Tips
In tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips, a WWII-era short film, Mitzi Mayfair, Carole Landis and Martha Raye are three self-described ‘hot chicks’ who’ve been through the mill; they’ve traveled all over the world, and learned a lot of different things, but there’s one thing that no guy has been willing to tell them: What the heck does “SNAFU” mean?
The comments thread is open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
QOTW
“Don’t worry, everyone. Putin has been rendered impotent by the raising of Pride flags at city halls across the country.” – Rob H.
Kiev Burning
Dude. Ukranian police are just lobbing stun grenades into this crowd.
— RB (@RBPundit) February 18, 2014
Livestream here.
It’s Probably Nothing
These things always happen in threes fives. (h/t Kevin B)
Alberta Human Rights Commission: Bridging The Incompetence Gap
In the Feb. 6 decision, they ruled that it was discrimination to hold foreign-born “engineers” to Canada’s professional standards.
They ordered APEGA to pay Mihaly $10,000 in cash. And they ordered APEGA to contact Mihaly’s schools back in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to find out if in fact Mihaly was a good engineer. Not by testing him. But by talking to the schools over there, decades after Mihaly left.
They had to do more, too. They had to convene a panel of foreign-born Alberta engineers to help Mihaly. They had to find him a mentor. They had to help him find networking parties to go to.
It’s Probably Nothing
Iran vs Pakistan? Here’s hoping…
h/t jwkozak91
In The Immortal Words Of Tasnim Aslam
“Anyone who describes Islam as a religion as intolerant encourages violence”.*
h/t peterj
The Sound Of Settled Science
“… scientists looking for cures to diseases have been building on ideas that aren’t even true.”
A few years ago, scientists at the Thousand Oaks biotech firm Amgen set out to double-check the results of 53 landmark papers in their fields of cancer research and blood biology.
he idea was to make sure that research on which Amgen was spending millions of development dollars still held up. They figured that a few of the studies would fail the test — that the original results couldn’t be reproduced because the findings were especially novel or described fresh therapeutic approaches.
But what they found was startling: Of the 53 landmark papers, only six could be proved valid.
h/t north of 60
I Amuse Myself
No worries! Clinton's sacrificing a virgin to Mount Kelud volcano. Afterwards, he'll buy her lunch. #climatechange @tan123 @mlhagood @Revkin
— Katewerk (@katewerk) February 18, 2014
Y2Kyoto: Hide The Decline
So I asked this taxpayer-supported university for some information: given the Texas A&M University System Records Retention Schedule, would they please provide me copies of all “destruction sign-offs (1.2.001)…[and] records disposition logs (1.2.010)”, as well as any related approvals, or submitted record disposition or destruction forms, and/or record storage forms submitted by or approved on behalf of Professor Dessler from July 15, 2012 through January 21, 2014?
The answer came back, “no records”.
So, no requests for permission to delete work-related email by the guy who boasted of deleting what sure sound like the kind of records he needs to ask permission to delete…
Reader Tips
In tonight’s entertainment en route to the Tips we listen to Schüpferi-Meitli, the winners of SRF’s (Swiss Radio and Television’s) amateur “Alpenrose” contest: From left to right, here are Silvia and Anita Bucher (a florist and a cook respectively) and hand-organist Daniel Waser (a carpenter by profession) performing Has Juize im Bluet.
I don’t know what the song title means; Google Translate just spits it back verbatim. Hans? Are you out there?
The comments thread is open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Worlds worst living architect.
The Children Are Our Future
This is what happens when you try to help the brainwashed youth of Western Civilization from making an egregious mistake:
You’re called an a**hole.
I only post it because it is a perfect “visual” of the psychological delusion these kids are being brought up with in terms of their ability, futures, dreams, and potential. Not to mention how the “education-government complex” has no problem eating their own.
“They have the only thing that matters: entitlement and ruthlessness.”
How the weak colonize the strong.
Why Turkey Is Gone For Good
As David Goldman explained last week in a financial analysis of Turkey’s incipient economic meltdown in The Asia Times, rather than raise consumer interests rates, Erdogan has blamed the Jews by railing against “the interest rate lobby.”
Indeed, since he first invoked the term during the anti-government demonstrations last August, Erdogan has taken to blaming the interest rate cabal for all of Turkey’s woes.
Goldman argues that part of Turkey’s credit crisis owes to its apparent reliance on interbank loans from Saudi Arabia. In part due to their anger at Erdogan for his support for the Muslim Brotherhood, the Saudis have apparently stopped loaning to Turkish banks.
The Saudis’ action has pushed Erdogan into the waiting arms of Iran’s ayatollahs. In an interview with Business Insider, Australia, terror financing expert Jonathan Schanzer said Turkey and Iran were able to minimize the impact of the international sanctions on Iran’s energy sector. Between June 2012 and June 2013, the Turkish-Iranian “gas for gold” sanctions-busting scheme brought Iran $13 billion in hard currency.
Erdogan’s hatred of Jews, his authoritarian mindset and his Islamist ideology informed his decision to transform Turkey into one of the leading sponsors of terrorism. In addition to its massive support for Hamas, beginning in the 2006 First Lebanon War Turkey began providing assistance to Hezbollah.
Then there is al-Qaida…
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Mirrors
Residents who were forced to have solar panels fitted to their homes under a green scheme are now being charged £1,000 more for heating. […] Experts blame ‘inherent design issues’ for the problems, including panels fitted on the wrong sides of houses.
I mean, where are the experts when you need them most?
The Sound Of Settled Science
One of the Met Office’s most senior experts yesterday made a dramatic intervention in the climate change debate by insisting there is no link between the storms that have battered Britain and global warming.
Mat Collins, a Professor in climate systems at Exeter University, said the storms have been driven by the jet stream – the high-speed current of air that girdles the globe – which has been ‘stuck’ further south than usual.
Professor Collins told The Mail on Sunday: ‘There is no evidence that global warming can cause the jet stream to get stuck in the way it has this winter. If this is due to climate change, it is outside our knowledge.’
His statement carries particular significance because he is an internationally acknowledged expert on climate computer models and forecasts, and his university post is jointly funded by the Met Office.
Prof Collins is also a senior adviser – a ‘co-ordinating lead author’ – for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). His statement appears to contradict Met Office chief scientist Dame Julia Slingo.
Related: Climate change, or weather? This chart explains…
Pharma Shrugs
What could possibly go wrong? “The crucial ingredients for nearly all antibiotics, steroids and many other lifesaving drugs are now made exclusively in China.”