'Nother Round Up

But, but, but...


I thought pipelines were bad things:

Derailed Saskatchewan train spills more than 91,000 litres of oil

The Illustrated and Explained Caber Toss, right here in Knuckledraggerland, too.

The Scottish are coming. Hurrah! Hurrah!

This is, well, sad and a bit funny.

Man kills himself inside Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris

So, does that increase his chances of going to heaven or diminish them? (I know. I know. I'm bad, and that's a sick joke. Poor man.)

Speaking of freshly departed Frenchmen: Depardieu, Newly a Russian, Will Play Frenchman in Chechnya

"Mr. Depardieu made it clear that his strident antitax sentiments had not eased, despite his qualification as a Russian tax resident for a flat 13 percent income tax levy. Speaking in English, he used an expletive to describe taxes in Britain, which he said had prompted film directors to leave that country."

And, Australia gets it's own L'Anse aux Meadows?

1000-year-old coins found in Northern Territory may rewrite Australian history

"Australian scientist Ian McIntosh, currently Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University in the US, is planning an expedition in July that has stirred up the archaeological community.

The scientist wants to revisit the location where five coins were found in the Northern Territory in 1944 that have proven to be 1000 years old, opening up the possibility that seafarers from distant countries might have landed in Australia much earlier than what is currently believed."

Trust a Democrat:

Boxer uses Okla. tornado to push carbon tax

Yup. I'd let him have his way:

Prehistoric crocodiles ruled the roost in South America, study finds

Another One From The Sisterhood

"An old man lay reclined across three seats in the movie theatre.

When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the old man, "I'm sorry sir, but you're only allowed one seat."

The old man mumbled something but didn't budge. The usher became more impatient.

"Sir, if you don't get up,, I'm going to have to call the manager."

This time, the old man just groaned. The usher marched briskly back up the aisle. In a moment, he returned with the manager.

Together, the two of them tried a number of times to move the disheveled old man, but with no success. Finally, they summoned the police.

The Police officer surveyed the situation briefly and asked, "All right then, sir, what's your name?"

"Fred," the old man moaned.

"Thank you, Fred. Now, where are you from?" asked the policeman.

With terrible pain in his voice, and without moving a muscle, Fred moaned, 'The balcony...'"

EEEEEEEEEHHHH!!!

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It's Been A Long Time Coming....

...but I think I've finally figured out what Canuckistanis can call their version of the American Tea Party movement. Anyone with a smattering of knowledge of American history likely knows about the Boston Tea Party in which disgruntled colonials boarded a ship in the Boston harbour and tossed a shipment of tea into the ocean in order to revolt against the taxes attached to the shipment of tea. Being somewhat tamer, we Canucks don't have such an event in our history that would lend itself, or its name, to a modern day tax revolt. BUT....

...we do have a drink that could be pressed into service. And that drink would be Newfoundland Screech. Except we wouldn't be tossing it into the ocean. We'd be imbibing the stuff. Helluva lot more fun. And we could all call in sick the next day, which would be our version of revolting, cause we'd be tossing our cookies. Come to think about it, it would be kinda revolting.

The Space Race

Not to downplay Chris Hadfield's musical talents, and all, but when I read this, I wonder if we are going backwards or forewards:

Rodents return to Earth after space flight

Sheesh. I was a mere child when they sent dogs and monkey's up there. If we're going to inhabit other planets, are we taking the rodents with us?

Do mouse traps work in space?

And Speaking of...

...scandal:

Stephen Harper is going through a bit of a rough patch. Of course, all previous Liberal scandals are conveniently forgotten, and a week in politics is a lifetime.

Democracy is so much better than all those other kinds.

Democracy is so much better than all those other kinds.

Democracy is so much better than all those other kinds.

Democracy is so much better than all those other kinds.

Democracy is so much better than all those other kinds.

Repeat until you actually believe it. At least we can throw the bums out if we want to, but who in hell's bells wants the Libs or Dipsticks in charge??? I think the trip to the ballot box next election will be one of those "holding your nose" or "close your eyes and mark your X wherever the pencil falls" occasions.

Yah, I Know I'm Biased...

...but what with photo-shopping and all, lefties will stop at nothing.

I suspect the good people of Toronto will see this for what it is.

And it's funny, I suppose, that when this story broke, I, too, dusted off the old gray cells and thought about Marion Barry.

There's something rather sordid and self-serving about offering the video for sale. This has fraud and desperation written all over it. Lefties know they are in full retreat and they ain't happy about it.

And I like this one:

Mayor Ford won’t be afforded compassion for his ‘disease’

Ya Right!

Obama, Erdogan agree al-Assad must go

But who do they want to replace him? The Muslim Brotherhood?

Hypocrisy

When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims...

...unless you are a Muslim.

One thing I'll say for these fascists, though, they sure can pick up on leftie speak from the West:

"Citing unnamed sources, CBS News said the note claimed the bombings were payback for US military action in Afghanistan and Iraq and referred to the victims as 'collateral damage.'"

Now you know why the Muslim world is so backward.

I'm Baaaaack...

...and I'm thinking it's good to be Canadian:

Foreigners buy up Canadian bonds

I guess Laurier had it wrong, by a century.

Related: That's one way to choose a leader.

Not related: Just thought I should warn you. Watch out for rabid roos. Especially if you're a politician.

Kinda related: Water Trapped For 1.5 Billion Years Could Hold Ancient Life

Well, it is Canadian.

The Last Post...

...for a while. Tomorrow I'm heading out to Alberta (oil country) to visit a couple of grand-kiddies and their mommy. I'll be back on the 15th, but don't count on any new blog entries until a day or two after I return.

In the meantime, feel free to search the bowels of my blog or visit any of the fine bloggers in my blogroll, or any other of the links I've provided. (And let me know of any dead ones. I've been meaning to clean out that mess for a long time. I know some of them are dead.)

Another Round Up

Oh, those randy Newfies:

Sex trade workers in high demand in N.L.

Oh, those boneheaded Albertans:

New ‘bone-headed’ dinosaur named after Alberta rancher whose land yielded key fossil

Awe, the birds and the bees:


The more feathers a male sparrow carries to the nest, the more eggs the female will lay

Guys. There's a lesson in there for you, especially for you Newfies.

A Blast From The Past

I have kept some very old (in blogosphere time) links to old dead blogs where I was accustomed to shooting my mouth off via the keyboard. This morning I was wading through them and I found this good one about the Arab Parallel Universe, which itself is a description invented by the Egyptian blogger, Sandmonkey.

As Discovered On Facebook

"Spelling and grammar. It is the difference between knowing your shit, and knowing you're shit."

More where that came from.

Fish Food?

Tsarnaev’s Body Ready for Burial. But Where?

"Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings who died more than two weeks ago after a shootout with the police and after being run over by his brother as he fled the scene, was still above ground on Monday.

His widow, Katherine Russell, who has expressed shock at the accusations against her husband, declined to claim the crushed and bullet-riddled body. Finally, an estranged uncle from Maryland, who had little love for Mr. Tsarnaev, claimed it, saying he believed his nephew deserved a proper burial.

“A dead person needs to be buried,” the uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, said.

But by Monday evening, no cemetery had be found that would receive him. And officials at all levels of government spent the day tossing around responsibility for his burial like a hot potato."

Well, there's always the Atlantic Ocean.

A New Look...

...at the disappearance of the buffalo (bison). The Indian Industry and environMENTALists aren't going to like this.

Professor Bill Waiser on the bison.

Remember When...

...Canadians used to boast and brag about being able to travel all over the world while Americans had to pretend they were Canadian to get the same advantage?

That's changing, but only the Canadian advantage part. I don't think there's yet any advantage to be gained by Canadians pretending to be Americans, so that hasn't changed, but can Americans still gain any leverage by pretending to be Canadian?

Canada takes fight for oilsands crude to Europe

"Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is in Europe to fight new requirements the EU hopes to slap on oil producers he says "discriminate" against Canada.

The EU's new Fuel Quality Directive, which stipulates that fuel suppliers reduce greenhouse gases in energy intended for road transport, singles out oil from Alberta's oilsands as more polluting than conventional crude.

In addition to telling the Europeans Canada is an "excellent destination for investment capital," Oliver also hopes to convince them their emissions reductions "aren't fair," largely because they "discriminate against oil they're not importing."

Oil from the Arab Gulf states, Oliver says, is produced with much higher emissions than that in Alberta.

California and Venezuela, he claims, don't even know how much carbon they emit. Without emissions numbers from all oil countries, Canada shouldn't be singled out, he said.

"(The Europeans) are targeting the Canadian oilsands by name, giving it a rating, but they're not looking specifically at other emitters who haven't disclosed their emissions," he said.

Oliver said Canada "doesn't necessarily" want to have Europe as an export market for its crude, adding he only cares about what the EU is saying about Canadian oil because it's "being stigmatized."

On the other hand, I don't think it will be long now before Western Civilization's malcontents will slink back into their caves, like they have always done.

Why Wait For Thanksgiving...

...to express some gratitude:



They are all good, but I especially like the second one.