The world still has too many George Monbiots.
“Think Forward” With The BC NDP
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Think Forward BC NDP, September 2009;
“Today, the BC NDP has an opportunity to be more assertive in building a more effective, functional and relevant party for our members and our communities. We must ensure that representation at all levels of the party, including MLAs and candidates, reflects the full diversity of the province we live in.”
Globe And Mail, December 2010;
Six potential contenders to replace NDP leader Carole James
(Oops.) h/t TimR
This Just In
From Iran’s PressTV (which isn’t a member of the Progressive Bloggers, but should be);
The explosion at a church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, which left 21 people killed and another 80 Muslims and Christians wounded, raises one question: Who was behind the blast?
Although, at first glance, the finger is pointed at extremist Wahabi or Salafi groups, it goes without saying that no Muslim, whatever their political leanings may be, will ever commit such an inhumane act.
In related “injured Christian and Muslim community” news: percentage of Americans who believe Obama is a Muslim continues to rise…
h/t Black Mamba, EBD
Is There Nothing That Obama Can’t Do?
We tried to warn them – “Obamacare Ends Construction of Doctor-Owned Hospitals”
Hey, that’s just the beginning, suckers!
“Things were even worse abroad.”
North Korea continued to show why it is known as “the international equivalent of Charlie Sheen.” The entire nation of Greece went into foreclosure and had to move out; it is now living with relatives in Bulgaria. Iran continued to develop nuclear weapons, all the while insisting that they would be used only for peaceful scientific research, such as — to quote President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — “seeing what happens when you drop one on Israel.”
Read on – Dave Barry’s Year In Review.
h/t Lev
Peggy Joseph’s America
See? She was right all along.
In his recently released book Leadership and Crisis, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal recounts an exchange with President Obama during the Gulf oil drilling moratorium. (Full disclosure: I co-wrote the book with Jindal.) After telling Obama that the moratorium would potentially cost tens of thousands of jobs, ”The president went on to assure me that anyone who lost their job would get a check from BP. When I explained that BP might not write them checks because it was the federal government that imposed the moratorium the president said, ‘Well, if BP won’t pay the claim, they can file for unemployment.’
For Obama, getting an unemployment check is about the same as getting paycheck.
That’s because he’s never really worked for one.
Related: Obama’s Energy Plan Coming Together Nicely.
(Via)
Reader Tips
In 1964 playwright/songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler wrote a song inspired by the interpersonal marital nastiness in Edward Albee’s 1963 play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Lyricist Jerry Leiber, whom Wheeler had been introduced to a few years earlier, suggested that Wheeler take the last verse – the “climax” of the song, in Wheeler’s mind – and open the song with it. The result was, er, hotter than a pepper sprout: From 1975, here are Johnny and June Carter Cash performing a frisky version of Jackson.
The comments are open for your Reader Tips.
The First American Prime Minister, In Satire
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
November, 2008…
January, 2011…
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Bowden, Alberta windfarm.
(Thanks, Darcey.)
Update, from the comments – “Not a big fan of wind farm due to consumer or government subsidies, but to be fair this one is still under construction and not hooked to the grid.”
LOL… Fair enough!
Y2Kyoto: The Big Twist
How many politicians does it take to screw you on light bulbs?
Daily Mail (UK);
The price of energy-saving light bulbs will treble as the final supplies of traditional bulbs dry up, industry experts have warned.
Well not for everyone, it won’t.
Remember – buy physical bulbs, not bulb manufacturer stock.
Via
But Glenn Beck Is The Crazy One
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Maxed Out Mama, Dec.20 2010 – I do not have any money in a 401K or any sort of retirement account. They’re going to take it.
Adam Smith Institute Blog, Jan.2 2011 – European nations begin seizing private pensions.
Via
Associated Press Barbie
Scientists and physicists estimate the number of atoms in the universe at 10 to the power of 80 — 10 followed by 80 zeros.
During the worst of Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown and hyperinflation, Zimbabwe’s highest money denominations were logged at 10 to the power of 25 — 10 followed by 25 zeros — or the equivalent of nearly one third of the number of atoms estimated in the universe.
h/t Ward
Reader Tips
In tonight’s entertainment en route to the Tips the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta, and featuring violinists Shlomo Mintz and Isaac Stern, perform J.S. Bach’s Violin Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWM 1043. Part one here, part two here.
The comments thread is open for your Reader Tips.
Capitalism And Tax
More Pavilions At Folkfest
Everyone is enjoying Toronto’s multi-cultural mix, and the restaurants are great!’ That’s exactly—exactly—what they used to say about Sarajevo.
Y2Kyoto: Eight Botched Environmental Forecasts
Reader Tips
In the interest of keeping it light – both because it’s Saturday night, and because some people might be recovering from last night’s festivities – here’s a short video – it’s physical comedy, of a sort – that graphically illustrates the ridiculous gap in foot speed between an average Joe and some NFL football players. Cracks me up every time.
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Buddy, If You Can Spare A Dime
You might consider sending it Anthony Watts’ way. His server just got Drudgealanched.
But Glenn Beck Is The Crazy One
Ron Radosh notes that socialist Frances Fox Piven is back in the Nation magazine calling for a revival of the “Cloward-Piven Strategy.” For those unfamiliar with that strategy, Piven formulated it with her late husband, Richard Cloward, for an article in a 1966 issue of the Nation. According to DiscoverTheNetworks, the Cloward-Piven Strategy “seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse.” It was employed to varying degrees by radical groups such as the National Welfare Rights Organization and Acorn.