Poor baby. Can Uncle Jeffrey give you a hug?
The United States gave itself the most gifted President in several generations, handed his party a majority in both houses of Congress, only to watch his presidency be swamped by the doleful legacy of the Bush years, a worldwide recession and its parlous aftermath, and a ferocious Republican opposition bent on a search-and-destroy mission of his presidency.
After all, it’s Pride Week.
Mound of profound; “If the ancient Pharoahs were to behold our poor Stephen, what would they think?”
After a year of grueling discussion, the more prudish group prevailed, and the parents decided that there would be no sex in the Kinderladen.
Well, for the most part.
Now is the time at SDA when we witness the evolution of hands free devices!
Toronto Star. 2009 – Ontario motorists will likely have until fall before it becomes illegal to use hand-held cellphones and other electronic devices like BlackBerrys and global positioning systems while at the wheel..
Cnews, 2010 – Lambton County OPP say they stopped a big rig driver doing some driving dentistry along Hwy. 402 on Wednesday.
CSIS Chief Richard Fadden has spent months trying to tell Canadians that hostile foreign powers and alien non-state actors were trying to influence our public life through covert means. Nobody listened until this week, and then we all acted like teenagers learning their parents have sex lives.
Just for a bit of of a Saturday night change-up, tonight’s music comes from an alt-rock band called from northern Sweden. There’s not much of a video to speak of, just a shot of the album cover, so I suggest that while listening to the music you look instead at the photo accompanying this report in the Toronto star.
Here are Swedish group The Wannadies performing I Love Myself.
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Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Chicago Tribune, June 30th – Last month, Illinois lawmakers passed legislation that will double the state’s solar power supply each year and create an estimated 5,000 “green” jobs by 2014. Meanwhile, at least three solar developers have plans to build solar projects of 10 to 20 megawatts in Illinois….
New York Times[1], July 2nd – [Illinois’s comptroller, Daniel W. Hynes] shakes his head. “This is not some esoteric budget issue; we are not paying bills for absolutely essential services…”
Footnote:
[1] – (Yo, Michael Powell, you missed a word.)
Ridin’ the Ignatieff express;
“Every time I sit down with Canadians and talk to Canadians and I’m with Canadians, it seems to work. It’s the part of my job I like the best…”
It’s always the best way to learn about a new country.
Wind generation for Ontario in June… “In fact, there was a period of two hours where not one MW was recorded as being produced.”
What could possibly go wrong?
Manitoba Hydro has shut down a dam after a European engineer alerted Hydro’s staff to possible cracks in the plant’s underwater turbines. […]
Early last month, a European engineer who worked at Iron Gate and knew Jenpeg was the only dam in North America with similar, Soviet-made turbines, sought out Hydro’s engineers at a conference overseas. So serious was the European engineer’s warning, Hydro shut Jenpeg down almost immediately about two weeks ago. Last week, Hydro’s engineers inspected the first turbine and found many cracks, about half a centimetre deep, on the shaft near the propellers — a part of the turbine that’s hard to get at and not normally inspected. Engineers are usually more concerned with the end of the shaft that’s closer to the power-making equipment, said Schneider.
h/t Mungman
Another reader notes, “A first term NDP government in 1972 was the only jurisdiction in North America to purchase these Soviet made turbines…”
In 1966 the CBC commissioned Gordon Lightfoot to write a song to help commemorate Canada’s upcoming centennial celebration. First broadcast on January 1, 1967, it’s since become a Canadian classic, and, alongside Stan Rogers’ Northwest Passage, perhaps the greatest Canadian historical song ever written. With lyrics like “they built the mines, the mills and the factories for the good of us all,” though, it’s probably not a song that would pass the CBC’s muster these days, unless he added a verse about raping Gaia.
Accompanied by some nice images and some historical photographs, here is Gordon Lightfoot singing Canadian Railroad Trilogy. (Lyrics here).
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It’s not a bug. It’s a feature.
Here’s what he would have said when he joined the Canadian Forces: “I, Jody Mitic, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her heirs and successors, according to law, so help me God.”
He finally meets her, and he doesn’t even mention what his true allegiance cost him.
That’s a Canadian soldier.
“A workshop hosted by Germany’s international broadcaster urges journalists to abandon neutrality on climate change…”
(link fixed – sorry!)
h/t Revnant Dream
Tonight’s featured song en route to the Reader Tips thread amounts to a heartfelt, sincere plea, one that we all make in our own way at critical points in our lives. Change the odd pronoun reference in the song and it could be made by a misunderstood child, or a spouse, or an employee, or a cop, or a rescuer with an outstretched arm. It’s a beautiful and very human song, any way you slice it. Here’s American Songwriter John Hiatt in a live performance of Have A Little Faith In Me. (h/t commenter batb)
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“Saskatchewan”.
The god of the football cosmos has a sense of humour.
Correction. Apparently, the Riders are the ones with the sense of humour. 54 – 51 in overtime.
Cjunk gets his camera out.
And the “after” photos.