A brilliant collection of photos recording the ongoing efforts in Fargo. h/t Kathryn Historical data, satellite views, etc |
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My Editor Hates Me
(Actually, I think “my editor” is suffering a psychotic break.)
From the unfortunately titled “Students getting the message across”
Posted By SUN MEDIA
Posted 3 hours ago
They’re designed to scare off Canada not global warming experts. geese in Centennial Park proved
They’re not in tight with David so realistic it prompted a police Suzuki.
takedown. And many probably don’t have
City hall staff saw the animal Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth” cutouts advertised and, hoping among their DVD collection. they might help reduce scat in
But that doesn’t mean the students at Kate S. Durdan elementary school don’t understand the importance of environmental sustainability.
Quite the opposite, actually.
h/t Maz2
Update – “flood has become forecaster, little Alf more Warkentin, than a gimmick.” is now 8 15 hours old and counting….
Not Waiting For The Asteroid
“As of the beginning of last week, The [Washington] Post had a backlog of hundreds of correction requests, a few dating to 2004. In many cases, readers never heard whether The Post had rejected their request, or why. For them, it was like sending a correction request into a black hole.”
In The Immortal Words Of Tasnim Aslam
“Anyone who describes Islam as a religion as intolerant encourages violence”.*
Reader Tips
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. One of the things we do, here in the SDA LNR studios, is continuously research, and, as we say in the jargon, watch out for, particularly fine versions of various classic works, the quality of which the available versions in the Interwebothique tend to wax and wane upon, as they come and go. And thus, so, tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Friday night show, and probably for a limited time only, or at least maybe for a limited time only, already, here is in our judgment a particularly fine combination of both the audio and the video components of the classic Ride On Time, as performed by Black Box (one of the few piano-house groups to reach success) in 1989 (4:00).
Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.
A Tale Of Two Floods
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Louisiana – “Dude, hurricane Katrina is coming. Let’s throw a hurricane party!”
North Dakota – “I think the river is mad that she lost the last time,” said engineer Mike Buerkley, managing a smile through his dark stubble as he tossed sandbags onto his pickup truck after working 29 straight hours.
“Also, if you don’t do it, you are a racist.”
Asian Achievement Week at the University of Saskatchewan;
You can participate in this very special week by attending any class taught by an Asian professor or by raising relevant and non-relevant Asian issues (such as the evolution of DDR) in your classes (regardless of their subjects), being EXTRA proud of being Asian, perhaps by asking out that shy asian girl from class, or just high-fiving some asian dude in the Arts Tunnel.
Fire. Them. All?
Call it a hunch. Call it something overheard at lunch at VRWC Headquarters*.
But, let’s just say that there aren’t what I’d call “good odds” on Barbara Hall liking what Randy Hillier has to say on Monday…. developing...
Ratings Boom For The Right
Is there nothing that Obama can’t do? – “RUSH’S RATINGS BONANZA: Surge As White House Campaign Began, Could Go Higher”
Hey, he promised to spread the wealth around!
Y2Kyoto: Take The Earth Hour IQ Test
Canvassers will be in your neighborhood on the evening of March 28th, collecting the darkened addresses of the really stupid…
One provincial British newspaper wrote this week: “Saving the planet could be as easy as switching off the lights in South Tyneside, green campaigners say.”
It will take more than the metropolitan borough of South Tyneside, population 152,000, to solve global warming. Even if a billion people turn off their lights this Saturday, the entire event will be equivalent to switching off China’s emissions for six short seconds.
…and the easily distracted.
A United Nations document on “climate change” that will be distributed to a major environmental conclave next week envisions a huge reordering of the world economy, likely involving trillions of dollars in wealth transfer, millions of job losses and gains, new taxes, industrial relocations, new tariffs and subsidies, and complicated payments for greenhouse gas abatement schemes and carbon taxes — all under the supervision of the world body.
h/t Kathryn
Update: Speaking of IQ tests….
The World’s First Sobriety Game
Open this pdf document – Human Rights Council Resolution
A/HRC/10/L. Combating Defamation of Religions – and take a drink every time you see the words “Christian” or “Jew”.
UN Watch and 186 NGOs call for rejection of “defamation of religions” campaign.
The Islamic states scored another win today at the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council for their campaign to ban any criticism of religion, with a resolution calling for curbs on free speech to protect Islamic sensitivities. The 23 votes supporting the restrictions showed an increase of two in comparison to last year.
Eleven countries voted No: Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Italy, while 13 abstained, including Bosnia, Brazil, and Mexico.
Defamation of “infidels” likewise, goes unmentioned.
Oh, Great God Of Earthquakes
Deep Intellect
Inside the JournoList.
h/t
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 are Real Life performing the 12″ EP version of their 1993 classic, Send me an Angel (6:12).
Friday morning update: I double-checked that date last night after MJ’s comment, and would have sworn it said 1983, which I know first-hand was the correct date. This is where Perry Mason reminds us of the trouble with eye-witness testimony. Anyway, thanks to MJ and EBD for the corrections, it was indeed 1983.
Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.
Y2Kyoto: SDA Special Events Reminder
Saturday is nearly upon us. It’s time, once again for the
Ceremonial Banishment Of The Snows
An ancient prairie tradition dating back to the discovery of kerosene, in which Canadians dressed in Hawaiian shirts gather together, raise girly umbrella drinks toward Snowhenge….
… and at the moment the clock turns to 8:30 pm…
we light the propane torches and space heaters!
You don’t need forcibly meltible snow in your backyard to experience the cultural enrichment. You can also participate by “placing a couple of electric space heaters inside an old fridge, plugging them all in, and seeing which one wins.”
Why?
Because we’re diverse and inclusive, that’s why!
Remember! March 28th is a special day. Check out these other events in your area;
There are so many ways for you to make a difference!
Related – South of the border? Don’t be left out.
Not Watching For The Asteroid
In what industry experts call a sideways career move;
“…one of CNN’s main anchors during the 1980s and 1990s, Bobbie Battista, has taken a step through the looking glass and can now be seen anchoring reports online for ONN, The Onion News Network.”
“They’re murdering people in there.”
Budget shortfall victims at CBC have begun eating corpses to survive.
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The Economy Is In Good Hands
Relax. It Was Probably Just A Dry Run.
Geez. A guy can’t even yell ALLAHU ACKBAR! on the Toronto subway anymore without people stopping to take pictures.
(Read the comments – just because someone screams about “Bin Laden and rising up” in a subway car doesn’t give you the right to call them a 6th Century Mohammedan, you dirty racist!)
My Editor Hates Me
Instead of quoting directly from the column, I’ll just link to Ted’s excellent dissection using the internationally recognized acronym for mind-numbingly bad writing – H.E.A.T.H.E.R.M.A.L.L.I.C.K.