Archive for the ‘In a Jocular Vein’ Category
February 7th, 2009 | Comments Off
Drippy faucets offer lesson in physics — Science Daily, 6 Feb. Police to drivers: No snow-covered windshields — CBC Nova Scotia, 4 Feb. To live longer, kidney patients should move to Denver — Booster Shots (L.A. Times Health Blog), 3 Feb. Buying experiences, not possessions, leads [sic] to greater happiness — EurekAlert, 7 Feb
Tags: Folly
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January 30th, 2009 | Comments Off
Cartoon by Steve Nease, Oakville Beaver
Tags: Chutzpah, Folly, Jack Layton
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January 30th, 2009 | Comments Off
It’s a very old joke, I know, but a British-born blogger who lives in Poland has added some hilarious updates. This has been around for years in one form or another but I always enjoy it. Here’s a version that was in the Spectator recently: Socialism – You have two cows. The State nationalises one [...]
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January 27th, 2009 | Comments Off
Two million fewer pints of beer sold every day as pubs suffer in recession — London Telegraph, 27 Jan.
Tags: Beer and wine, Business and finance, England, Financial crisis
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January 23rd, 2009 | 3 Comments
It’s creepy enough when Americans talk of the Obamessiah, but this came from a Canadian journalist. (Note the unAmerican spelling of “fervour”.) Rapt eyes shone as Obama spoke with stunning eloquence of re-building America. When the president delivered perhaps his most impressive rhetorical offering, telling the world’s tyrants, “We will extend a hand if you [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Cartoons, Folly, Modernity, Schmaltz
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January 21st, 2009 | Comments Off
Cartoon: Gary Brookins, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Tags: Barack Obama, Cartoons, Folly, Gary Brookins, US politics
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January 20th, 2009 | Comments Off
Early childhood diet may influence future health — Science Daily, 15 Jan.
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January 16th, 2009 | Comments Off
A good night’s sleep protects against parasites — Science Daily, 15 Jan. Don’t do your makeup by candlelight — CBC News, 16 Jan.
Tags: Folly
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January 13th, 2009 | Comments Off
Jim Flaherty fits right in. h/t: Political Conservatives
Tags: Barack Obama, Cartoons, Folly, George W Bush, Government finance
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January 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Check out this headline at The Australian online newspaper: Australia’s No2 with people-smugglers So, who’s No. 1? PAKISTANI people-smugglers recommend Australia as the second-best destination for seeking asylum after Canada, according to one of the 134 Asian and Middle Eastern asylum-seekers intercepted off the Australian coast since October. Sadiq Bahram, an ethnic Hazara from Afghanistan [...]
Tags: Australia, Chutzpah, Folly
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January 4th, 2009 | Comments Off
Last April, when gasoline prices were sky high, Premier Rodney MacDonald said this to reporters outside the provincial legislature. “I think the most important thing we as a government can do, and all Nova Scotians can do, is to purchase more fuel-efficient vehicles, to take up the opportunity for transit.” The premier later objected to [...]
Tags: Chutzpah, Nova Scotia, Rodney MacDonald, Transportation
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December 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments
Cartoon by the award-winning Steve Breen, San Diego Union-Tribune
Tags: Cartoons, Folly, Political correctness, Steve Breen
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December 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments
I, for one, would like to hear more about the LaytonAway Program! Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, Hamilton Spectator
Tags: Cartoons, Folly, Graeme MacKay, Stephen Harper
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December 9th, 2008 | Comments Off
This is said to be the “the second feat of hanky-panky”. I don’t know what the first is, and I don’ t think I want to know. ‘The second feat of hanky-panky consists of knocking your head against the edge of a door with such apparent force as to break your skull, provided it be [...]
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