One Man’s Terrorist Is Another Man’s Liberal Voting Bloc
Hey Sri Lanka, would you just hurry up and finish them off so traffic can get back to normal? Via email;
It seems the Tamils have decided to, in my boss’ words, “take Toronto hostage”. Following news coverage for the last three hours, she says they have closed down the Gardiner Expressway, the Don Valley Parkway, University Avenue (where they have been protesting for nearly two weeks) and Spadina Avenue. Her husband has been trying to get out of the downtown core to his home in Oakville and is finding it incredibly difficult to get anywhere.
CP24 is reporting that protesters are set to clear the Gardiner Expressway after hearing from Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff’s office. Police are currently in the process of opening the Dundas and University corridor as well. According to one protest spokesman, Mr. Ignatieff’s office has promised to bring up the issue of economic and diplomatic sanctions against Sri Lanka with the government in Ottawa. “It was a spontaneous event,” the Tamil spokesman said in an interview with CP24.
As I said – one man’s terrorist is another man’s voting bloc.
Plus! – a helpful map for immigrants to Toronto. Truthfully, I just don’t know why McGuinty doesn’t simply redeploy the OPP from Caledonia, to prevent any interference should Tamils decide next to dig up asphalt to erect permanent barricades, claim ownership of a few downtown buildings, and play toss-the-minivan off that overpass.
QOTD: “Typical Toronto. We call in the army to clear snow, but we can’t get a few thousand scofflaws off a highway.”
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Sunday night classical music show, here is Alfred Brendel performing Franz Schubert‘s Piano Sonata in B flat, D. 960, Parts I & II, in 1988 (~15 minutes).
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“And what screams assimilation louder than sturdy houses with indoor plumbing and flush toilets?”
Sandy Bay Indian Reserve story that everybody but The Black Rod missed.
h/t Mike W.
Is There Nothing That Obama Can’t Do?
Stay classy there, Mr. New Kind Of Politics.
I Blame Colonialism
Upon reading this, an image popped into my head of a Liberal strategist on Canada AM, waving a little bent-over Michael Jackson doll, and I thought to myself, “Well, no Congolese will ever be able to run for Prime Minister now”.
h/t Nick P.
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Saturday night distinguished lecture, documentary & interview series, here is Lucille Ball‘s interview on the Dick Cavett Show in 1974: Part I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, & IX.
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London, 1903
More at Uncle Eddie’s Theory Corner.
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Friday night international espionage show, here are Leo G. Carroll as Mr. Alexander Waverly, Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo, and David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin, with guest stars William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and Werner Klemperer, performing The Project Strigas Affaire, II, III, IV, V, & VI episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., from which you surely no doubt recall that United Network Command for Law and Enforcement are battling their archenemy: Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity; in 1965.
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So, On We Go….
“I ain’t the heavy, it’s my brother…”
Facing new allegations she mistreated nannies, Dhalla, in a statement released to the Star through a lawyer, said she has “no knowledge of the details regarding the live-in caregivers for her family” and had “no involvement in the selection, interviewing, hiring, supervising, sponsoring or any financial transactions whatsoever with a live-in caregiver for my family.”
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In the interview, Ruby Dhalla said nannies at the home work for her family, not her.
She said she spends four days a week in Ottawa. Gordo and Tongson said Dhalla arrived at the home every Thursday and left for Ottawa on Monday. They said she occupies the biggest suite in the four-bedroom house.
Dhalla said all queries should be directed to her brother.
(Youtube)
More – Ruby and the Slumdogs
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“You right wing conservatives just can take a little truth and when a socialist fights back scream: “censorship him”. It already happens hear at SDA, trust me.”*
That one came this –> || close to making it to the masthead.
The First American Prime Minister In Hiding
Bahrain has requested an Ethics Commissioner look into troubling allegations of slavery … developing….
Intensely and excruciatingly related: He’s no Tommy Wynette! – “Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff did not speak to reporters again Thursday and has not taken questions since the accusations surfaced.”
Repeat after me, tattered Liberals – Leadership!
Y2Kyoto: Taking The “Carbo” Out Of “Carbohydrate”
“I was told there’d be no chemistry.”
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Push back.
h/t Curious
She stops in a diamond
The Canadian Forces educates the public by educating those who speak directly with the public, including war artists:
“I’m shocked at how good our army really is. I think I was under the impression that we are peacekeepers, we’re gentler people. We’re as tough as they come…”
The battle for hearts and minds here at home is often won one individual at a time.
Our soldiers’ unflagging dedication and professionalism – and I’ve experienced this firsthand, watching journalists surprised and won over by them in Afghanistan – is compelling, convincing, and decisive. Even with a children’s author, whose value to the PA campaign must seem tenuous to even the most pensive of infantrymen, i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed with their own lives placed in between the author and danger:
“What they do is they say, ‘We can stop at a certain area.’ When they walk, [there is] about 20 paces between us in the line – that’s so if you step on a bomb, just one person dies. What they do is, when I’m allowed to stop and talk to children, they form a diamond [with a soldier on each corner]. And I’m allowed to stop in the middle,” she said.
When the latte-sipping urbanites spout slogans like “the world needs more Canada,” these uniformed ambassadors of our great nation are why I’d agree with them, even though our soldiers are the furthest thing from their minds.
If you ever find yourself skimming the news from Afghanistan, remember this: Canadian soldiers are putting themselves in harm’s way to protect those whose purpose is to educate us on why this work in a desolate, wretched corner of the world is worth our concern. The least we can do is pay attention.
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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 a video of Unicat‘s MXXL 24 AH, a MAN TGA-41.480 based 8 x 8 vehicle, negotiating some difficult terrain (5:06). Now, it occurs to me that you may well ask, what’s with the dune buggy, Vitruvius? Ah, well, pace the nine air conditioners and the links supra, then, perhaps some images from the inside might be of assistance:
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The Torture Memos: On Second Thought
Although I’ve been a steadfast supporter of the Bush administration’s war on Islamic fascism, I may be changing my mind about the criminal investigation controversy over waterboarding. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think I’m for it;
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was briefed on the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” on terrorist suspect Abu Zubaydah in September 2002, according to a report prepared by the Director of National Intelligence’s office and obtained by ABC News.
The report, submitted to the Senate Intelligence Committee and other Capitol Hill officials Wednesday, appears to contradict Pelosi’s statement last month that she was never told about the use of waterboarding or other special interrogation tactics. Instead, she has said, she was told only that the Bush administration had legal opinions that would have supported the use of such techniques.
The report details a Sept. 4, 2002 meeting between intelligence officials and Pelosi, then-House intelligence committee chairman Porter Goss, and two aides. At the time, Pelosi was the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee.
The meeting is described as a “Briefing on EITs including use of EITs on Abu Zubaydah, background on authorities, and a description of particular EITs that had been employed.”
EITs stand for “enhanced interrogation techniques,” a classification of special interrogation tactics that includes waterboarding.
And “had been employed” stands for “she knew waterboarding was already underway and gave it her stamp of approval.”
I know what you’re thinking – that this is an unbecoming flip-flop on my part, that true conservatives don’t sacrifice their principles on the altar of political opportunism.
Well, conservative, conshmervative – even Karl Rove would pay good money to see Pelosi handcuffed to Dick Cheney.
Related: A CNN survey goes horribly wrong…
Originals here.
Now Is The Time At SDA When We Juxtapose!
Dana Perino, former White House press secretary – “In private, I challenged a few reporters on what they would be doing to change their approval ratings. The funny thing was that some of them seemed to wear their unpopularity as a badge of honor. They didn’t think they needed to change. Well, how do they like it now? “
Radio Business Report – “CFO Dave DeVoe noted that Fox News Channel had its most profitable quarter ever, almost double a year ago.”
Media Notes
I did a fairly lengthy segment on Adler today, just after interviews with Kathy Shaidle and Chris Selley. It should be up on the audio vault soon. I think it’s part of the 3pm time slot. Update: I’m told it starts at around 2:35pm. I don’t do Windows, so can’t check for myself.