But Glenn Beck Is The Crazy One
They laughed when we said he was a socialist, too…
Miss Mogahed, appointed to the President’s Council on Faith-Based and Neighbourhood Partnerships, said the Western view of Sharia was “oversimplified” and the majority of women around the world associate it with “gender justice”.
The White House adviser made the remarks on a London-based TV discussion programme hosted by Ibtihal Bsis, a member of the extremist Hizb ut Tahrir party.
The group believes in the non-violent destruction of Western democracy and the creation of an Islamic state under Sharia Law across the world.
h/t Shaidle
Welcome Home, Kate
Taken yesterday, in Saskatoon.
Ugh.
Related – it seems a lifetime ago that we were on the road to Montgomery, enjoying better times….
Not Waiting For The Asteroid
Columbia Journalism Review – Journalism Should Own Its Liberalism
Further Nobel Thoughts
In the awarding of the Peace Prize at this early stage in his presidency, even the Nobel committee has revealed a certain lack of confidence in President Obama.
The Presidency is a four year term. Why not wait until Obama had a track record of accomplishments behind him – unless they were afraid there wouldn’t be any.
Is There Nothing That Obama Can’t Do?
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Not since Yasser Arafat has there been such a deserving recipient.
“The big question is, who nominated him. Vladimir Putin, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Mullah Omar?”
Related juxtapose!
AP – And Obama’s decision to shelve a plan for installing an anti-ballistic
missile system in the Czech Republic and Poland has improved relations with
Russia.
London Times – Last weekend, Israel leaked to the Sunday Times of London that Russian
scientists are developing nuclear warheads for Iran.
h/t Tom
Or on second thought, it might just be a tragic typographical error – “I was just listening to the radio and the announcer said, what sounded like, “Obama has been awarded the Nobel Speech Prize.”
Can the Cy Young award be far behind?
Plus – If you criticize the decision, the terrorists win!
How Are Those Plans For The Surge Coming Along?
BREAKING NEWS: FNC is reporting Barack Obama has just won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Apparently it was for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.
FYI Nominations closed February 01st, two weeks into Obama’s presidency.
Developing….
And no, this is not a joke…
Globe and Mail
Breitbart
Reader Tips
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and in particular for those listeners who may have a chance to tune in on Friday but not have a chance to visit SDA Late Nite Radio again over the Thanksgiving weekend, here are Baz Luhrmann and a female vocalist whose name I would like to know performing Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) ¤ in 1999 (7:10). This single is the most well-known form of an essay titled “Advice, like youth, is probably just wasted on the young”, written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997.
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For our friends in more equatorial climes who are wondering why we in Canada are celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend, well, you see, Thanksgiving is a harvest festival, and given that it has been snowing all day in Edmonton today, about a half an inch so far, I’m sure you can now see how it is more than time for us to get on with it 😉
Also, for those who may have missed yesterday’s reference, or
who are otherwise interested, I have added a brief introductory
essay to my web page on The Pathology of the Blogosphere™.
Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.
CBC: Alleged Terrorist Allegedly Pleads Guilty To Alleged Bomb Plot
It’s what we pay them the big bucks for.
h/t Stan
Y2Kyoto: It’s Working!
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Barack Obama, June 3, 2008 – “This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.”
NBC Chicago, Oct.8, 2009 – The forecast says that Saturday night rain will turn into the white stuff early Sunday morning. If the snow sticks, it would be the earliest recorded measurable snowfall in Chicago”.
The First American Prime Minister “On Probation”
Nicholson has called on Ignatieff to intervene and force the Liberal senators to drop the amendments.
“He should impose some discipline down there,” he said.
Ignatieff supports the tough-on-crime bill. The move by Liberal senators only enhances the perception that the Liberal party is not fully behind its leader.
Related: watch here for your latest developments in Ontario Peewee hockey ….
Who’s Watering Down Anti-Spam Bill C-27?
At yesterday’s hearing, it was discouraging to see lobbyists for Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Canadian Intellectual Property Council huddling with Liberal MPs before the start of the hearing. It was even more incredible to see lobbyists for the Canadian Real Estate Association draft a series of questions about the bill, hand them to a Bloc MP, and have them posed to the witnesses moments later.
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
SaskPower expects need to increase energy rates so they can throw money at stuff that doesn’t work;
Research suggests Saskatchewan might be able to double the amount of wind power, he said. “If we did add that, we would go up to about eight per cent of our capacity or thereabouts from wind.”
Morons.
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Y2Kyoto: I Miss The Polar Ice Caps
Reader Tips
Welcome to the Wednesday (EBD) edition of SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight we take you back to 1962-era France, where having bad teeth was quite clearly no obstacle to being a national sex symbol. Here’s the nonetheless fetching Sylvie Vartan, dancing up a storm and tormenting non-French-speaking men with the pop-musical question Est-ce que tu le sais?
Say “cheese.”
Feel free to dance your Reader Tips into the comments.
Not Watching For The Asteroid
Which means they have more viewers than the CBC does during any time slot.
Dreams Of My Ghostwriter
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Carol Platt Liebau (Harvard Law Review), February 20th – “[Tom Pirelli] did most of the day to day work. Barack Obama was nowhere to be seen. Occasionally he would drop in he would talk to people, and then he’d leave again as though his very arrival had been a benediction in and of itself, but not very much got done.”
Bill Ayers, October 3rd – “Here’s what I’m going to say. This is my quote. Be sure to write it down: ‘Yes, I wrote Dreams From My Father. I ghostwrote the whole thing. I met with the president three or four times, and then I wrote the entire book.’”
Blog Notes
I’m back. Sick, aching, bone tired, and completely out of the political loop of the past two weeks, but I’m back. After four marathon days in the ring at Montgomery County, we pulled out of Philadelphia (with 13 dogs in the truck) on Sunday night and didn’t stop for more than gas and dog breaks until we arrived in Fargo late Monday.
To add to the excitement, somewhere in the middle of the trip we all caught a nasty cold.
It’s going to take a few more hours to finish unpacking and get some rest, but posting should be pretty much back to normal by tomorrow.
Many thanks to the folks who stepped in while I was away. Without you, SDA would come to a grinding halt during these trips. From what I saw during my brief moments on line, the quality of the posts were excellent – a little too excellent, actually. I better step up my game!
Another meaning for “Double-Double”
California dreamin’, with onions and fries:
King Burger
Via Arts & Letters Daily, X-posted.
Update: For American readers, the Canadian meaning; we’re now invading.