Harper Valley - July 03, 2008 10:31:26 pm
Scout left the festish ball early to transport to the celebrations in Quebec City , marking it’s 300th birthday. What a city that place is….I’d love to spend some more time there one day.
The Samuel Champlaigne was uncorked and everyone pretended what a great...
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KerPlonka! - July 03, 2008 09:12:00 pm
George Bush is rumoured to be closing down Gitmo, opens up to North Korea and the Palestinians...Meanwhile, as the Iraq War goes increasingly well, it's Afghanistan which is going to see troop surges and extended tours of duty.What's happening here?Especially on the former. I suspect that if Bush...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 03, 2008 04:57:00 pm
Elmer and Gilles obviously shorted their respective progeny in the gene department. And the department that was acutely aware of that problem was Foreign Affairs.David Emerson may be a political opportunist and one of the worst kinds of turncoats, but no one can fault him for his skills and...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 03, 2008 03:27:00 pm
Boris does not like moving because it involves packing and transporting more things than fit into a 90 litre rucksack or a canoe hull.HOWEVER, when moving involves a Via train hurtling through the prairie night, a good quantity of beer, and a retired and grizzled jumper NCM holding court with the...
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A BCer in Toronto - July 03, 2008 01:28:00 pm
As you may know, after the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, called the Liberal Green Shift environmental plan presented by the Leader of the Opposition, Stephane Dion, "crazy" and declared it would "screw everyone" Dion invited Harper to participate in a public debate on the topic. Harper...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 03, 2008 12:26:00 pm
Seriously.H/T Crooks and Liars....
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The Galloping Beaver - July 03, 2008 11:15:00 am
Which would be taken from the script of any number of productions from companies like this.When George Bush agreed to the Economic Stimulus Plan cheques went out across America in amounts up to $600 per single person and up to $1200 per couple accompanied by the Bush statement, "This plan will...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 03, 2008 10:29:00 am
Per Reuters today:Clear Channel in $400 million deal with LimbaughThu Jul 3, 2008 (Reporting by Pratish Narayanan in Bangalore; Editing by Erica Billingham)(Reuters) - Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh signed an eight-year contract extension worth as much as $400 million with Clear Channel...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 03, 2008 07:35:00 am
Father Lucien Larre of Coquitlam says he will return his Order of Canada award rather than be associated with abortion rights activist Henry Morgentaler.CBC :"Father Lucien Larre said elevating Morgentaler to the Order of Canada "degrades" the award for those who believe in the sanctity of human...
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Creekside - July 03, 2008 06:41:00 am
Father Lucien Larre of Coquitlam says he will return his Order of Canada award rather than be associated with abortion rights activist Henry Morgentaler.CBC :"Father Lucien Larre said elevating Morgentaler to the Order of Canada "degrades" the award for those who believe in the sanctity of human...
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Creekside - July 03, 2008 05:53:00 am
Hitch gets waterboarded - still doesn't get it.The Vanity PressThe Galloping BeaverBlind Man With a PistolImage pillaged from North of Center...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 03, 2008 05:17:00 am
Can we call it torture now?From The New York Times:China inspired interrogations at GuantanamoWASHINGTON — The military trainers who came to Guantánamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the effects of “coercive management techniques” for possible... [Read More]
The Galloping Beaver - July 03, 2008 03:07:00 am
G&M : Inside the Taliban jailbreak"Kandahar's provincial council strongly criticized the foreign troops for arriving at Sarpoza roughly two hours after the jailbreak started. They demanded to know why Canadian soldiers watched the [800+] prisoners run away and failed to chase them. Witnesses...
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Creekside - July 03, 2008 01:58:00 am
G&M : Inside the Taliban jailbreak"Kandahar's provincial council strongly criticized the foreign troops for arriving at Sarpoza roughly two hours after the jailbreak started. They demanded to know why Canadian soldiers watched the [800] prisoners run away and failed to chase them. Witnesses say...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 03, 2008 01:23:00 am
Brad Reed, of Sadly, No! has produced a short version of the last 7+ years focusing on the 10 most awesomely bad moments which floated to the surface of the Bush presidency.Essentially, I tried to rate each Bush disaster by two main criteria: its body count and its damage to the country's...
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KerPlonka! - July 02, 2008 08:29:00 pm
1) For such a progressive company, Starbucks sure is taking out the knife in a hurry. Not that it's a bad idea:Starbucks said the 600 stores are either unprofitable now or are not expected to meet future return thresholds. All of the targeted units are close to another company-operated store, Mr....
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KerPlonka! - July 02, 2008 08:26:00 pm
1) It's a very quiet story considering its gravity, but 15 of 18 Iraqi benchmarks have been satisfactorily met.The White House sees the progress in a particularly positive light, declaring in a new assessment to Congress that Iraq's efforts on 15 of 18 benchmarks are "satisfactory" — almost twice...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 02, 2008 07:51:00 pm
So says Christopher Hitchens. That's right, Christopher Hitchens.The same guy who argued that waterboarding was "extreme interrogation" but not "outright torture" has changed his mind.Why?He took up the challenge offered by those opposed to his views and allowed himself to be waterboarded. Hitchens...
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A BCer in Toronto - July 02, 2008 07:37:00 pm
This made me laugh heartily:Prime Minister Stephen Harper has upped the ante in his $2.5 million defamation suit against the Liberals, claiming an additional $1 million for "misappropriation of personality."So that's what happened to Stephen Harper's personality. The Liberals stole it! Bad...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 02, 2008 04:47:00 pm
Heh! Gary Law adds something scary to chew on after Kathryn Jean Lopez gets all sentimental as she pines for the days when girls were virgins and fathers were, well, knee-capping hillbillies.Where’s Dad? Not the “fathers” of these unfortunate pre-borns, but the fathers of these pregnant...
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A BCer in Toronto - July 02, 2008 04:06:00 pm
From the Canadians are from Mars, Americans are from Venus files comes this story from Atlanta. It seems gun rights advocates are upset they aren’t allowed to carry concealed handguns…at the airport!In the pre-security area mind you, but still! It boggles the mind. It seems a new state law may...
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A BCer in Toronto - July 02, 2008 01:02:00 pm
Missed this one during my round-up of the orgy of Canada Day polling data but it still bears mentioning, with a number if interesting comparatives to out American cousins.
First, the war on Iraq:
The Galloping Beaver - July 02, 2008 11:17:00 am
HaloScan, our comments application, is acting all poopy I'm afraid. Past experience suggests the best thing to do is leave it alone and let it find its own way back.With luck comments will be restored in short order....
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A BCer in Toronto - July 02, 2008 08:58:00 am
I spent most of my Canada Day discovering the series Mad Men via Rogers on Demand, so I missed this huge news from the world of hockey:
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A BCer in Toronto - July 02, 2008 06:52:00 am
While I think that Dr. Henry Morgentaler is more than deserving of joining the Order of Canada, I wasn’t planning on commenting until I read this silly editorial in the National Post today where they express their opposition: Conferring this... [Read More]
A BCer in Toronto - July 02, 2008 06:35:00 am
Good column in the Globe and Mail yesterday by Gary Mason on the carbon shift debate. He focuses mainly on the debate between the Campbell Liberals and James NDP in B.C., but also makes several references to the national debate over the Dion plan as well. There are actually pretty clear parallels...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 02, 2008 12:54:00 am
Conservative wingnut MP Art Hanger goes off message and lets something slip.“I think it's a sorry day when they give that man the Order of Canada … He's not deserving of it. What has the man contributed to this nation?” asked Conservative MP Art Hanger. “Apart from providing a so-called...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 02, 2008 12:47:00 am
Regular reader Ed passed along this link to some outstanding photographs taken by members of the Australian Antarctic Division.There is a great selection of shots at this part of the AAD website as well....
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A BCer in Toronto - July 01, 2008 07:36:00 pm
It’s Canada Day, that one day of the year (outside of the Olympic hockey tournament every four years) when it’s reasonably socially acceptable to display a modicum of patriotism. And it’s the day where newspaper editors and assignment editors hit us with a barrage of polling data and other...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 01, 2008 07:06:00 pm
Wall Street Journal columnist and former Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief, Bret Stephens, gets all religious in his attempt to dismiss global warming as a problem.Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the mass hysteria phenomenon known as global warming. Much of the science has since been...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 01, 2008 12:04:00 pm
I was going to join Dr. Dawg and just give this a pass but it's difficult to do when "national" publications seem so bent on making a point with such dull pencils.Outrage brews as Ottawa set to honour MorgentalerReally. And then the question is raised, how did that information find its way out of...
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The Galloping Beaver - July 01, 2008 11:34:00 am
Clearly I was remiss in my earlier choices and left out some vital Canadiana - that's what happens when you blog on lunch hour!And I won't even talk about the time Al Purdy came to me for advice......
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willbop - July 01, 2008 11:07:53 am
Papa’s got a brand new bag! The early and effortless sale of Blue Thunder (see preceding post) left us with no car. Tell me how am I to move house and take care of my darling with no wheels? (I am not listening to your eco suggestions, I can’t hear youuuu. La la la).
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Somena Media - July 01, 2008 07:47:00 am
I have nothing new to say this Dominion Day. Canada is still one of the best places in the world to live. Canadians are an interesting and great bunch of people. We are all lucky to enjoy the rights and freedoms that are respected here. Sure, things aren't perfect -- but that is one of the...
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KerPlonka! - July 01, 2008 03:28:00 am
No dissertation on Canadianism today. Too busy. And life is too short. The weather is perfect (okay, it's perfect in Vancouver at the very least), so get yourselves out there and enjoy yourselves, dammit!...
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Creekside - July 01, 2008 03:02:00 am
"Every Mother a willing Mother, every Child a wanted Child."Looks like Canadian hero Dr. Henry Morgentaler is going to receive the Order of Canada on Canada Day in the year of the 20th anniversary of reproductive choice in Canada.
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The Galloping Beaver - June 30, 2008 09:28:00 pm
Canada Day comes a day early on this side of the Pacific, and Tokyo in July is a bit warm for the traditional national costume of wrist-to-ankle Stanfields, checked flannel shirt, jean, kodiak boots and touque, but don't worry about me, I will be celebrating in the traditional manner:and for those...
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The Galloping Beaver - June 30, 2008 08:47:00 pm
According to this G&M/CTV/Strategic Counsel poll, 82% of Canadians are now opposed to the Iraq war but their three "most admired" politicians are the ones who have supported it.A more interesting poll would have been to ask what percentage of people are recently coming to the conclusion that...
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The Galloping Beaver - June 30, 2008 07:08:00 pm
George Bush's latest popularity rating (as of last week) is 23%. Bush himself, however, is having none of it. History will judge him a "great president" and anyway, the polls are wrong.The president's popularity rating is at an all-time low -- 23% of all registered voters, according to the latest...
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The Maple Three - June 30, 2008 04:50:00 pm
One does not choose to desire anything; thinking otherwise is what Ryle called a category mistake. I do not choose to desire a glass of water; I just desire one. The same goes for belief. I can no more choose to believe in God than I can choose to believe that there is a computer screen in front of...
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Creekside - June 30, 2008 04:23:00 pm
According to this G&M/CTV/Strategic Counsel poll, 82% of Canadians are now opposed to the Iraq war but their three "most admired" politicians are the ones who have voted to support it. A more interesting poll would have been to ask what percentage of people are recently coming to the conclusion...
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willbop - June 30, 2008 02:41:17 pm
A little more than two years ago, I bought a 2000 Toyota Corolla VE. My older son, used to naming the cars in his life; the last one was Silverbird (a Ford Taurus SHO); thought up the perfect (read ironic) name for the family sedan : Blue Thunder”.
It has overtones of Greased Lightning or The...
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A BCer in Toronto - June 30, 2008 02:06:00 pm
From a Hill Times piece on a coming staff shake-up in the Stephen Harper PMO, with the looming arrival of Guy Giorno as chief of staff:
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Harper Valley - June 30, 2008 12:48:08 am
Steve: Thanks for helping me out with the Apologee Bill, eh?.
Chuck: Uh, no prob, eh? Did you use the glycerine or onions?
Steve: You hoser, glycerine. I wouldn’t put a Harper-sanctioned gmo’d crop onion near me! But ya, eh, wasn’t it great with all the apples around, like,...
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Porcupine blog - June 30, 2008 12:32:00 am
I went to Miner's Memorial Day in Cumberland thisJune 27th. There were over 200 people there, mainlyfrom the unions, the NDP and the Communist Party.We had a ceremony at Ginger Goodwin's graveand Gord Carter, a Cumberland singer/song writersang about Ginger andthe miners. I met IWW members from...
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KerPlonka! - June 29, 2008 10:15:00 pm
So... apparently Harper's criticism of Mugabe's sham election has elicited all kinds of comparisons between Harper and Mugabe. Like, seriously, guys? I know you may not like Harper, but for frick's sakes, don't you think comparing him to Mugabe might be overstating your case just a tad? At what...
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A BCer in Toronto - June 29, 2008 09:10:00 am
During his travels to sell the Liberal Green Shift plan, Stephane Dion was in Toronto last week and made a stop at City-TV. While there, he took a shot at forecasting the weather in a fun video available here.On the Green Shift, I don’t think it’s a perfect plan but I think it’s a pretty good...
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The Galloping Beaver - June 29, 2008 01:37:00 am
There were temperatures in particular hot spots in Bosnia that reached 60 degrees Celsius this past week. Across the Balkans daily temperatures have been hovering around 40 C. Worse, night time temperatures, instead of dropping have remained high.Belgrade, Sarajevo, Zagreb, Skopje _ Two people have...
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The Galloping Beaver - June 28, 2008 07:55:00 pm
I will reiterate, this video is not safe for work.Ryanair was holding a presser in Dusseldorf to celebrate their 3 millionth passenger when the chairman was asked about low trans-Atlantic fares. His description of Business Class caught everyone's attention.Now, before you start to wonder how...
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Harper Valley - June 28, 2008 02:02:18 pm
Scout is out…in more ways than one.
Having first outed myself to my family whilst in Hawaii I then proceeded to go bonkers , well, er, um, further bonkers, and landed in the nut house. I didn’t see any squirrels around but did get a good first hand peak at facilities today...
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