Hello, it’s EBD here, filling in tonight for Vitruvius. I am frankly in awe at his state-of-the-art studio and at the sheer number of technical staff, including five in-house cheese makers, that it takes to run Late Night Radio.
I’m being waved at from behind the glass to get on with the music, but first, for your lactation, some German shepherd-sized milk cows. Not only will they provide 16 pints of milk a day, they also mow your lawn. If you really, really want one, but don’t have a hatchback to bring it home in, why not grab an armload of African pygmy hedgehogs instead? They shed environmentally friendly toothpicks and they make tasty treats for your dogs, who’ll surely be begging “more hedgehog, please.”
Tonight’s musical selection is a motorcycle-themed masterpiece of narrative songwriting from England’s Richard Thompson. A founding member in 1967 of influential electric-folk band Fairport Convention, Thompson has gone on to have a successful solo career and wide renown among musicians as one of the world’s great guitar players. Vincent Black Lightning is dedicated here to Kate, the most dangerous woman in the blogosphere –even her serial numbers are dangerous.
Thread open for reader tips.
Deficit?
It’s probably the Libertarian in me, but I’m afraid there’s
a hard line about a spending deficit. The line for me is that at
no time, ever, should a gov’t spend more than it takes in.
Prime Minister Harper cut taxes and for that I thank
him. Having said that, no one should confuse the GST tax-cut
as a means to reduce the burden on tax-payers. In reality it
was to reduce gov’t revenues to handicap the Liberals. Good
strategy, easy sell, obvious advantages. The down-side of
the cuts though is that there is less revenue. Less revenue
without a corresponding change in spending means that a
deficit is a real possibility.
It’s time to stop the spending. The last budget increased
spending like there was no tomorrow. There were no cuts,
regardless of the opinion of artists, that money they whined
about was “shifted”, not saved.
It’s time to be conservative again.
So, aside from the obvious: HRC, CBC, Wheat Board,
military, what other areas can the Conservative gov’t cut to
get out of the red?
Cheers,
lance
War Hero < Cigarette Smoker
Blogging Insurance?
Something Kate might be interested in.
We Are All NeoCons Now
“What does a tenured radical do when the most obvious “hegemony” in town is, in fact, his own?”
Not Waiting For The Asteroid
“Please do not submit ideas concerning dog fights, cock fights, or the Confederate flag.”
Related!
Reader Tips
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Thursday night wild-card show, here is María del Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza Rasten (also known as Charo) performing Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea‘s Recuerdos de la Alhambra ¶ from her album Bailando con Charo, at Ballys, in Reno, in 1988 (3:45).
Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.
What Percent of the Elite Earn It?
Pull up a comfy chair, pour a martini, light up the pipe and enjoy the releasing of the hate.
Sask Party, Feminists
Yesterday the Saskatchewan Gov’t announced the members of the Enterprise Saskatchewan Entrepreneurship Council. A truly impressive list of accomplished people. I do suggest reading their bios. (PDF, 2pp.)
Now when I was reading that, a filament of memory was electrified and I just had to do a check and see if there had been an update or not.
Nope.
Maybe the B&R crowd has something? Hmm, no.
Odd. I would have thought that when six of ten seats on the council go to successful and influential women the various feminist blogs and forums would be trumpeting their success.
I guess I was wrong.
Cheers,
lance
The Science Of Fly Swatting
“Outthink” this, you little bastards.
Y2Kyoto: Today’s Event
The Harvard Sustainability Celebration,
… with a keynote address by former Vice President Al Gore – will go on, as scheduled, in Tercentenary Theatre with a program beginning at 4 p.m. We very much hope that you will attend and enjoy the festivities.
Starting at 3 p.m., we will be serving hot cider and soup to keep everyone warm…
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
A recent installation we affectionately refer to as “McMillan #1”
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Acorn Canada
Gun Registry Claims Life
A Laval police officer is shot to death by a homeowner in a 5am, no-knock raid ….
The report says police did not properly evaluate the risks to officers before entering the home. Furthermore, the report found that police did not find Parasiris’ name in the gun registry because they searched by address instead of by name.
When asked if an advanced search under “Occupation – Drug Dealer” might have warned the officers of the risk, a police spokesperson assured reporters that the registry database indicates that, to date, drug dealers remain unarmed.
Loosely Translated
“Canada’s biggest national TV network is still on our (the Liberal) side. The Duffy thing was just a mistake. Now STFU before your whining makes things worse!”
Reader Tips
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. You don’t know what a great thrill it is for you to hear me again. Personally, tell you the truth, I’m not too impressed. I’ve heard all these jokes before. Anyway, tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Wednesday night comedy show, here is Mr. Jackie Mason performing at The Hollywood Palace in 1966 (4:31).
Ladies and gentlemen, I sincerely hope that I enjoyed my part of tonight’s show. If you enjoyed it too, don’t be ashamed to tell me. However if you did not, I don’t want to hear about it, I’ve got my own troubles. It’s not my business, and besides, I’m sick and tired of hearing the same thing after every show.
Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know if I’ll every hear you again, but I sincerely hope you’ll hear me again, because that means I’ll still be working. Thank you, and good night.
Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.
The Anti-Robocall Robocall
Is there nothing that Senator Righteous Wind At His Back can’t do?
It’s a miracle!
Biskup, a retired insurance manager who occasionally submits recipes to the local paper, says someone used a credit card to donate [$175,000] in her name. No charges ever showed up on her credit card statement.
More here – “the Obama site appear to have intentionally disabled not only all the address checks (thereby facilitating overseas contributions) but the most basic criterion of all: the card name match (thereby enabling entirely fake contributions).”
Y2Kyoto: But, But, But!
Mr. Harper – Tear Down That Wall
On The Road For Newsweek
I watched a lot of porn. A colleague told me the first thing he did after checking in to a hotel was to check out their porn selection. I followed his example. I’d become an expert on the various hotel chains and what they offered. The best was clearly the Hyatt Regency; the Homewood Suites had the usual selection of XX features. On my last night in Manchester, after the primaries were over and the campaigns had moved on, I selected one called Nasty Older Sluts or something like that for $11.95. (Note to Newsweek accounting department: I never expensed the porn.)
Plus: The real origin of the “Obama is a Muslim” rumour!
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