Is the opportunity to turn on a local radio newscast and hear “the accused is currently serving time for throwing a rock at a federal buliding in Fargo”.
Heh.
Get the job done
Environics Research in Afghanistan
Forty-three per cent of all Afghans surveyed say that foreign troops should stay as long as it takes to get the job done. Only about 15 per cent of all Afghans surveyed want foreign troops to leave their country immediately, and the rest want time limits.
Cheers,
lance
Not Waiting For The Asteroid
A Kitten Spits
Memo to Kady O’Malley: You seem to be suffering some confusion as to your professional role. Allow me to clarify – you work on behalf of the media.
Before you may claim “behalf of the people” status, you’ll need our permission. Run for office.
Either Lorne Calvert Is Getting Cocky…
… or he’s planning a dinner for Brad Wall.
UPDATE – The Lorne’s Calvert Premier’s dinner has been now officially cancelled after this posting appeared upon this blog.
St. Brieux’s Revenge
SDA flashbacks
Hellway 368
Calvert’s Wall: Roads to Nowhere
Hwy 35
Hwy 32 Pothole Calendar
Free Dominion
I won’t requote the whole sorry Canadian Human Rights Commission mess. Except for this;
• 0% of respondents have ever won a section 13 case before the tribunal.
• 100% of cases have Whites as respondents
• 98% of cases have poor or working class respondents
• 90.7% of respondents are not represented by lawyers
• So far, $80,500 has been awarded in fines and special compensation since May 9, 2003.
• 72.4% of complaints specifically identify “jews” as victims.
• 48.8% of all cases (Past and active) are by Richard Warman
Just go here for all the sordid details.
Reader Tips
I’m about to leave for another weekend on the road stateside, though this time I expect to be online in the evenings. I’ve a few automated posts planned, so remember that comments sometimes malfunction on those. I’ll fix them when I get the chance.
“It looks Deloitte & Touche has found some interesting dirt under the fingernails of the Crocus Investment Fund Scandal.”
“You remember that drunken voice inside your head that seductively whispered, “Sure it looks like a really long way… from the roof to the swimming pool… but you know can do it.”
Surrendermonkey Bloggers critique their leader.
Use this thread for your tips, and surf the blogroll if you’re bored.
Nuke?
“No, no, no, no. We said ‘yarmaluke’.”
Iraqi Civilians: Not Dead Enough
There goes that law of unintended consequences again.
*sigh*
(Related)
Right Wing Islamophobes Disseminate Hate On Campus
Eh….. what?
Na, Na, Na, Na … Na, Na, Na, Na
Kyoto … goodbye.
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said the environmental proposals are too vague to defeat the government on.
To you progressive true-green believers still worshipping at the altar of Kyoto – how’s that working for you?
Elizabeth May has just conceded she no more believes in “catastrophic global warming” than she does the tooth fairy. Like Stephane Dion and Al Gore and so many others, when a politician signals that their personal political fortunes trump “saving the planet”, I don’t think you have to worry too much about the planet.
No wonder Cherniak is closing shop to pursue other elvin opportunities. The fairy tale was wearing thin even for him.
More: “At most [the Liberals] have two surrender-monkey acts to perform to keep the government in business before they become a Liberal laughingstock.”
Y2Kyoto: Let The Southern Bastards Freeze In The Dark
Slow to get with the global warming program;
Under the headline “Energy Crunch Threatens South American Nations,” reporter Alexei Barrionuevo’s lead graph grabs you and never lets go: “Santiago, Chile – For Chile and Argentina, it was the frostiest of winters, and not just the reading on the thermometer. During one of the coldest South American winters here in decades, neighboring Argentina cut at least 90 percent of the natural gas it sends to Chile 79 times along pipelines that connect the two countries.”
Windmills, amigos. You need windmills!
Play The Sask Election Market
Which party will form the government after the 2007 Saskatchewan election?
The object of these markets are to predict results … hopefully better than the pollsters. The site that hosts these markets is not a cash site – you get $5000 play dollars. It’s free to set up and to trade […]
This is not a poll – it doesn’t matter what you would do … your trying to guess what the voters will do. These things work best if there is a lot and diverse participation.
You know it’s election related when there’s free, worthless money on offer!
Morning Market Update
Reader Tips
Thoughts on “capacity building” in Afghanistan, at The Torch.
Big Lies;
[A] ‘new political narrative’ is out in the media. It is based on an unlikely and repeated stroke of lightning: that General Hillier is so smart and so persuasive that he bamboozled Prime Minister Paul Martin, Clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himmelfarb, Defence Minister Bill Graham and, we suppose, almost every politician and commentator (save, of course, Black, Byers and Staples) and turned Canadian policy on its head – all within a few weeks of being promoted into his current post.
If you laugh at this you’re a very bad person.
Al Gore’s Dymamite Ideology
Help a Catholic blogger win a $10,000 scholarship. You can vote for Thomas Peters here.
Add yours in the comments.
Watch Dion
Swallow like a man.
That’s my prediction.
Open thread on the throne speech.
I’m in a deliciously mean-spirited mood, so watching a CBC alumnus read this is sweet, though I swear I just saw her husband try to claw fabric off the arm of that chair.
Reaction from Liberal leader Stephane Dion:
Provincial Election Bloggers (Bumped)
I’ll be setting up a blogroll later tonight, so get your blog name in if you want to be included.
If you’ve set up a blog dedicated to the provincial election, or intend to cover it closely over the next few weeks, I invite you to drop a link in the comments.
To start you off;
News Talk Radio’s SaskVotes
The NDP Boogeyman
No Democratic Process
“As fair and balanced as CUPE” – Giant Political Mouse
Lore Weaver
John Murney
Catprint In The Mash
I’ll update the list later this weekend and add a category to the sidebar if there are enough of you. Any political affiliation welcome!
Speaking of the provincial election, we dropped in yesterday at the SaskBlogs Saskatoon Party and who should show up?
None other than the “Joe Clark of Saskatchewan politics” Liberal leader David Karwacki! |
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And I thought they were there for me.
The Low Rhode
According to Air America host Randi Rhodes was beaten badly while walking her dog on Sunday. Of course, it was obvious who the culprits were…
“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” [AAR late night host Jon Elliott] asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”
It prompted an outpouring of sympathy in the comments – “I hope the dog wasn’t harmed!” … “Maybe if she were armed it wouldn’t have come to this.”… “I thoughr Air America was bankrupt?”
UPDATE!
“She, in fact, fell down and injured her teeth outside of a Midtown Irish bar at around 6 o’clock Sunday evening after downing about fourteen Ketel One Bloody Marys. She was abusive to the barstaff and generally gross, crass, loud, and pretentious.”
I still hope the dog is OK.
2007 Weblog Awards
Click here to nominate your favorite blogs and bloggers in 49 categories. The nominations close Wednesday, so don’t delay!
Voting for the 10 (or so) selected finalists in each category begins November 1. The winners will be announced live at BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Las Vegas November 8, 2007. We expect that the awards ceremony will be broadcast live on the internet. Details on the award broadcast will be released later this month.
The master list of nomination posts.
Brown Envelope Campaigning
Socialist logic – there’s a reason it’s an oxymoron;
Mindful of their low-income supporters, the NDP plan would also [give a property tax rebate!] to renters, which would amount to about $500 a year to those paying $700 a month in rent.
At this point early in the campaign, the sense on the street is that voters aren’t getting the one thing they long for – a party that pledges to stay out of their lives, and stop spending their money.
But nobody appears to be listening.