Sally and Sam: October 2009

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Conflict in Pakistan-The Big Picture

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/10/conflict_in_pakistan.html

Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk

If we stick together, I think we'll be all white: Housewife snaps pair of albino squirrels

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223645/If-stick-I-think-white-Housewife-snaps-pair-albino-squirrels.html

Cape Breton coyote attack kills young Toronto singer: updated with pictures and music

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/10/28/344741.aspx

Alaska Highway Photo Album

http://www.explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa111398.htm

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China

http://www.chinahush.com/2009/10/21/amazing-pictures-pollution-in-china/

Little girl alone on the playground
Tired of gettin' teased and gettin' pushed around
Wishin' she was invisible
To them

She ran home cryin'
"Why do they hate me?"
And Mama wiped the tears and said
"Baby, you're brave and you're beautiful.
So, hold your head high.
Don't ever let 'em define
The light in your eyes.
Love yourself, give them Hell.
You can take on this world.
You just stand and be strong
And then fight
Like a girl."

At 31 she was wheelin' and dealin'
Kept on hittin' that same glass ceilin'
She was never gonna be one of the boys, no
She coulda gave up on her ambition
And spent the rest of her life just wishin'
Instead she listened to her mama's voice sayin'

"Hold your head high.
Don't ever let 'em define
The light in your eyes.
Love yourself, give them Hell.
You can take on this world.
You just stand and be strong
And then fight
Like a girl."

Oh, with style and grace
Kick ass and take names

Ten years of climbin' that ladder
Oh, but money and power don't matter
When the doctor said "the cancer spread"
She holds on tight to her husband and babies
And says "this is just another test God gave me.
And I know just how to handle this"

I'll hold my head high
I'll never let this define
The light in my eyes
Love myself, give it Hell
I'll take on this world
If I stand and be strong
No, I'll never give up
I will conquer with love
And I'll fight like
Like a girl

Ooh

Great White nearly bit in half by an even BIGGER monster: Swimmers stay out of the water after warning over giant 20ft shark

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223001/Great-White-Shark-bitten-nearly-half-BIGGER-monster.html

Worlds Largest Pyramid Discovered - Lost Mayan City Of Mirador Guatemala CNN

http://thealienproject.blogspot.com/2009/10/mayan-city-of-mirador-worlds-largest.html

How To Clean Just About Anything

http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet

"People will need to turn vegetarian if the world is to conquer climate change, according to a leading authority on global warming..." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6891362.ece

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Pig barks up the wrong tree: Prudence the porker thinks she's a dog

"A sickly piglet who was saved from death by an animal rescue charity has befriended six dogs who helped raise her.

The real-life Babe the pig, who was born a runt, was due to be shot by owners until staff at the rescue centre took pity on her and adopted her..."

Brenda Lee -I'm sorry

Puppy Size "For the Love of the Dog"

“Danielle keeps repeating it over and over again. We’ve been back to this animal shelter at least five times. It has been weeks now since we started all of this,” the mother told the volunteer.

“What is it she keeps asking for?” the volunteer asked.

“Puppy size!” replied the mother...http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/just-for-fun/puppy-size

New Reports Show Global Cooling Trend

"New scientific studies suggest a trend that may have started in the late 1990s. The earth may be cooling.

.."

http://www.nbcaugusta.com/weather/news/16011587.html

The Simpsons - Homer Evolution

M65 Recoiless Nuclear Rifle

Friday, October 23, 2009

Management is Like Herding Cats

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Giant blue whale washed onto California beach after being struck and killed by passing ship

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1222158/Pictured-Giant-blue-whale-washed-California-beach-struck-killed-passing-ship.html

New York City Walk

"Over a Two Year Period , I walked every street on the island of Manhattan..."http://www.newyorkcitywalk.com/html/images.html

Sesame Street - I Whistle A Happy Tune

Have a Bewitching weekend

MySpace Comments - MySpace Layouts - Photobucket

Commuting Dogs of Moscow

http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Philosophy/Morality/Speciesism/MoscowDogs.htm

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Sustainable living now includes “edible pets” to curb global warming

"...Victoria University professors Brenda and Robert Vale, architects who specialise in sustainable living, say pet owners should swap cats and dogs for creatures they can eat, such as chickens or rabbits, in their provocative new book Time to Eat the Dog: The real guide to sustainable living..."http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/10/21/sustainable-living-now-includes-edible-pets-to-curb-global-warming/

Wearin' That Loved On Look- Elvis Presley

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.morethings.com/music/elvis/pictures/presley_family_photos/1937-gladys-elvis-vernon-presley.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.morethings.com/music/elvis/pictures/elvis_presley_family_photos01.html&usg=__3Xnn39-ayNIk0H-aRDkGC9AXFHs=&h=500&w=581&sz=64&hl=en&start=37&um=1&tbnid=qxe_V0qul_bIGM:&tbnh=115&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3Delvis%2Bpresley%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D36%26um%3D1

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Everything You Need To Know About Human / Cat Relationships Summed Up In One Picture

http://negatendo.net/blog/2009/09/18/everything-you-need-to-know-about-human-cat-relationships-summed-up-in-one-picture/

Any Which Way You Can (1980) - Black Widows Get Asphalted

Afghanistan: some news so big it needs it's own page.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/afghanistan

Tim McGraw's Sobriety a Work in Progress

"Don't read the Wall Street Journal? Not to worry. I have found the Tim McGraw interview online and will share with you what I consider to be the major highlight. There's a lot about the music industry, Faith Hill and the kind of songs he should be singing now that he's in his next 40 years. Then there's this: "When I first started, I was really nervous. You could hear my voice quiver. So I started drinking a bit and that helped. A lot of entertainers have a few drinks before going onstage and don't overdo it. Me, it turned into a bigger habit. But I stopped that. I was getting older, and I was thinking about my kids," he says. He adds that getting sober has been a work in progress three or four years, but he has been completely done for over a year. "I think I'm more comfortable now. I can feel a real connection with the audience that maybe I was masking before." http://blog.cmt.com/2009-10-16/tim-mcgraws-sobriety-a-work-in-progress/
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill: It's Your Love:

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Oliver James - Fleet Foxes

First-time Internet users find boost in brain function after just 1 week

"You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of surfing the Web..." http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/uoc--fiu101509.php#

Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days-68

Sheer Drops of Scenic Beauty: 10 Most Amazing Cliffs

http://webecoist.com/2009/10/06/sheer-drops-of-scenic-beauty-10-most-amazing-cliffs/

Bear Goes on a Beer Run

@ Yahoo!7 Video

Amazing! Bird sounds from the lyre bird - David Attenborough

Monday, October 19, 2009

Neil Young This Old House Farm-Aid '87

Human smuggling suspected as 76 seized in rusty ship off B.C.

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Human+smuggling+suspected+seized+rusty+ship/2115939/story.html

Lorrie Morgan-Five Minutes

It’s time to say goodbye (4 pics)

http://izismile.com/2009/05/04/its_time_to_say_goodbye_4_pics.html

Lost Dog Collects Clues That Lead to Family

http://www.pawnation.com/2009/10/01/lost-dog-collects-clues-that-lead-to-family/

50 most annoying things about the internet

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6338303/50-most-annoying-things-about-the-internet.html

Fisherman reels in monster 6ft perch... after battling with a CROCODILE

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220924/Fisherman-reels-monster-6ft-perch--battling-CROCODILE.html

Thursday, October 15, 2009

So long, Israel

Written by Fenris Badwulf
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Just the other day, on public transit, I spotted a young man of military age. That age when youth are inducted into the military. Eighteen? Twenty? And this young man was a Jew. He was wearing a skull cap.

This brought to mind the other Jews I knew when I was in University. All of military age, in good shape, no infirmities. And while it is not a representative sample, it is jarring to realize that there are Israeli's shirking their obligation, their military service, to their homeland. Should they not be serving in the IDF? * Maybe they not Israeli's proper. Hmmm. Given the history, and most recently, the recent history of the Jews, should they not be eager to volunteer?

Now, when I wander across the grounds of a University, I now notice the military age Jewish men. Each one is an individual, I realize. They might have good reasons to not defend their country. Maybe it is not their country. Maybe they do not like it's politics. Leaving your countrymen, your kinsfolk, in the lurch, its women and children, exposed to murder, torture, and rape, is a common leftist approach. Cowards do it too. Maybe the nice military age Jew is not an Israeli. And maybe, all the other military age Jews I see on the grounds are Canadians, or leftists, or cowards.

Now, I too share in Israel's fate. Old alliances dictate that if Israel marches to war, my country just might too. And Israel is more likely to be consumed in war if its armed forces are understrength, or if it's enemies perceive it to be weak. And, if all these young men of military age are shirking cowards or shirking leftists, then the hungry eyes of the enemies of Israel know as well. And their war, just might become my war, all because of cowardice, or leftism.

Alot of the bright lights of our Canadian leftist movement are Jewish. Some can be seen sporting kaffiyehs And when they were of military age, did they put their lives on the line for their country?

The moral issues and internal politics of Israel I am neither expert nor involved. As for the reasons why some youth chooses to attend a Canadian university rather than defend his country are beyond my reach. But I can address the political implications of all those leftist Jews. The State of Israel is blessed with few natural resources (with which one can buy friends), and fewer ideologues overseas who support the right of Israel to exist. And all those leftist Jews are working so hard to alienate the few friends that Israel has left, er, right. When Jewish organizations fund the abhorrent fascists, they do more disservice than they realize to the people that raised up Disraeli. *

It does not really matter what my observations, calculations, or conclusions are. I have do divisions, no artillery, and no marines, and no suicide bombers. However, when those dark intelligences (who have divisions, artillery, marines, and suicide bombers) weigh up the cost of destroying Israel, will they not add the crumbs of souls of those Jews who act to weaken their own state through their absence or their activism?

From where I stand, I see Israel as a divided land. Yes, there are factions and disagreements among factions. But the left faction is busy destroying the country. The left attacks it's own friends and runs away from it's own enemies. This grieves me. However the whispers of political expediency are busy among the tired friends of Israel. What would Bismarck * do?

The erasure of Israel would certainly lighten up international diplomacy. This would be a pleasant change. And all that money used to subsidize Israel could be spent elsewhere. This would give many hope. And the Muslim vote in Canada is socially conservative, and would flip to the Tories, even as Tel Aviv burns. Certainly a feat worthy of the Nobel prize, all that change and hope.

It is distasteful to think or contemplate abandoning Israel to it's enemies. But with so many of it's own abandoning it themselves, who am I to risk blood, toil, and treasure to struggle for those that struggle against me, their friend? Oh well. That is called calling a spade, a spade.

So long, Israel.