So, if last years drought in the corn belt was ‘a teachable moment’ on the effects of global warming, then what is this years bumper crop?
Oh, I know, ‘weather’.
Man talks
Last weekend former footballer Robbie Fowler, now a commentator at BBC, chastised two players for an embarrassing, childish, ineffectual on-pitch confrontation (the scratchy part of it can be seen here) by saying they were acting like “a pair of girls.”
Uh-oh. Off with his nards!
…minutes later, having clearly had a word in his ear from PC producers, a red-faced (Fowler) was making an embarrassing climbdown and telling the nation he was “deeply sorry” for apparently offending womankind. It was an ugly and humiliating spectacle.
Brendan O’Neill continues –
Gag their jokey phrases, squish their songs, police their minds – no one will kick up a fuss. But we should…Robbie Fowler should have told the BBC to stick its apology, and fans across Britain should be telling the lawmakers and do-gooders who want to curb their chants and silence their un-PC chatter to get stuffed (or maybe something a bit stronger).
Reader Tips
In tonight’s diversion en route to the Tips we go all transatlantic-like, as multitalented French/Italian musician/singer and world traveller Nino Ferrer details the surfeit of bouncy companions he has to deal with over Le Telefon. Mon Dieu, Nino!
The comments thread is open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Google Street View Hotties. (h/t Rick McGinnis)
As the Democrats hold America hostage
They have a bit of trouble over their own debts.
Just one more reason to grant the Senate and WH a debt limit increase.
Via, Drudge
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
Most ridiculous thing seen today: the countdown clock to US government shutdown on CBC.
— Stephen Taylor (@stephen_taylor) September 30, 2013
Blow by blow coverage at Drudge
Well, that’s a relief
Although union donations to federal political parties are prohibited, Martin has been scrupulous in ensuring the union gifts are legally on the up and up.
This Is Not Your Grandma’s Humane Society
Importing strays from Asia; (link updated)
Living in a country where it is difficult to get a banana through customs, (especially since 9-11) and where livestock importation is strictly regulated and animal protection groups seek ever-tighter regulation of dogs from breed enthusiasts along with commercial breeders, it is a sick and intolerable paradox that poorly bred, often diseased, foreign-bred dogs enter our country by the thousands with the barest of regulation – often on airlines that fly them to the US at no charge to help out the ’cause.’ Seemingly, the only unregulated operators in the animal world today are the ‘animal dealers’ working in the animal protection groups that fundraise on overpopulation while importing dogs from overseas. Indeed, the only thing that puts the madness into perspective is the fact that importing groups and the national animal rights groups that support them are still fundraising on the issue of ‘pet overpopulation!’
Now Is The Time At SDA When We Juxtapose!
“They offered a paranoid, dystopian vision of a more dangerous and violent America where everyone is armed and no place is safe,” said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
(…)
“They were blaming it on all kinds of other things instead of guns themselves,” said Medea Benjamin, co-director of women’s peace group Code Pink, who was escorted out of the briefing after holding up a poster that read “NRA blood on your hands.”
In a statement corresponding with the announcement of COPS grants, Attorney General Eric Holder said, “In the wake of past tragedies, it’s clear that we need to be willing to take all possible steps to ensure that our kids are safe when they go to school.”
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
See no Mohammed, fear no Mohammed: No space in Globe for Massacre of sleeping Nigerian students by Muslim terrorists
Related.
It’s Probably Nothing
THOUSANDS of planes coming in to land at Britain’s busiest airports are in danger of crashing because pilots are being ‘blinded’ by laser pen attackers.
But, Biden said so!
Beware Persian Leaders With Masks
Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke on the phone for a couple of minutes on Friday, and NBC News breathlessly reported that this was “the first time leaders from the U.S. and Iran have directly communicated since the 1979 Iranian revolution.”
That’s not exactly true. Hassan Rouhani is not Iran’s leader.
Lessers in Hectory
University of Wisconsin (Madison) doctoral student Jason Morgan writes an email to his Graduate Director – and cc’s it to various news outlets – explaining his disinclination to attend any more diversity training seminars.
h/t
Reader Tips
Inside of each of the planes you’re about to see, you just know there are passengers thinking “I realized just now: This has to be the last flight I ever take. I’m committing right now to stop flying. It’s just not worth the…juh-juh-juh..”
Jeepers, I almost forgot: The comments are open for your Reader Tips.
And they laughed
“You say the president has threatened to veto the bill?” Rogers asked.
“No. He hasn’t threatened. He said he absolutely will veto,” McGovern responded.
“He’s drawn a red line, has he?”
“Yep,” McGovern answered.
And the room burst into laughter.
“He also vowed to stop flying after the world’s recent climate-change report made him cry.”
A meteorologist who has covered weather for the Wall Street Journal tweeted that he has decided not to have children in order to leave a lighter carbon footprint, and is considering having a vasectomy.
After which , I would suggest one thin mint wafer. Because this is the world we’re now living in.
#LIV
Protester Cathryn Carroll yells at Hse R's on Senate steps "You weren't elected. Obama was elected. Not you." R's note they were elected
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 29, 2013
Maybe it was a bad idea
Earlier this year, Manitoba increased the PST.
It will take a year or two to measure the full impact of the PST hike on Manitobans’ standard of living — particularly on low-income families — and on economic growth, retail sales, and inflation.
But some of the early data show the tax hike so far is having a negative effect on the economy.
Statistics Canada released its monthly retail sales figures this week and it showed a massive one-month drop for Manitoba, the worst showing in the country.
Y2Kyoto: I’ll miss the polar bears
One prominent scientist said their numbers would be reduced by 70 per cent by 2050 while global warming proponents – including Al Gore and Sir David Attenborough – used emotive imagery to highlight their ‘demise’.
Yet there is one small problem: many polar bear populations worldwide are now stable, if not increasing.
I think we need Bloomberg up there to stop them from drinking Coke. All that sugar, can’t be good for them.
Via, NewsWatchCanada