The Manitoba PC Party wonders if Gary Doer and the NDP got their slogan "Forward, Not Back" from The Simpsons.

Labels: Funny, Gary Doer, NDP, politics, YouTube

Brit Hume (h/t):

The latest threat to planet Earth via climate change has been identified as - all those darn pine trees.

A National Academy of Sciences report says the pine forests of Europe, Siberia and Canada may contribute to global warming because they trap sunlight reflected from snow - making the Earth warmer.

Conventional wisdom is that trees help cool the Earth by absorbing carbon dioxide and giving off moisture that creates clouds. But the report says that is only true for tropical forests. It says some computer models suggest that cutting forests in higher altitudes may reduce global warming.

Saving the environment by destroying it.

Labels: Environment, Funny, Y2Kyoto

Well, maybe it's cold and there's still snow outside, but it's Masters Sunday today! The Masters is the holy grail of golf, held annually in Augusta, GA.

Golf is a frustrating game to begin with. You're only real opponent is yourself, and you're constantly subjected to the whims of the Golf Gods. One small gust of wind can turn perfection into tragedy - likewise a lucky bounce can turn a terrible shot into something manageable.

The most notable of dumb-luck-shots in golf is the hole-in-one:

Elsie McLean thought she might have lost her ball on the par-3, 100-yard fourth hole at Bidwell Park. Instead, the 102-year-old Chico woman became the oldest golfer ever to make a hole-in-one on a regulation course.

Obviously one can't hold a lot of resentment towards Granny for her lucky shot, but it also reminded me of this story from last summer.

Hockey star Alex Ovechkin hit a hole-in-one on his first day swinging a golf club. Ever. [...]

After a few minutes of instruction, he shanked the ball repeatedly. Then he asked for a bigger club and his next shot settled on the green. A few hours, and dozens of balls later, he aced the 160-yard, par-3 hole.

Speaking of good luck...
Enjoy the Masters and the upcoming golf season!

Labels: Funny, Real Life, sports

Well, I started off April fools day feeling foolish. National Newswatch is headlining a CTV article that Ben Mulroney will run for the Conservatives in Papineau, the same riding being sought by Justin Trudeau. I was writing up a post on it, when I noticed the date and realized I'd been duped! I'll admit that I was salivating slightly at the prospect of a Trudeau-Mulroney contest.

Remember dear readers, don't trust anyone today. It's likely that the blogosphere is going to erupt with a hoard of lies and slander today. I gotta give Newswatch credit though, its a beautiful fake!

Labels: etc, Funny

I've always said that those involved at Universities are some of the stupidest people in this country. I took issue with the PC Madness at the U of Winnipeg just two days ago. The University of Manitoba engineering students are now pushing the envelope of common sense!

March 8th, 2007

Engineering students at the University of Manitoba voted 64 per cent in favour Wednesday night of hiking their own tuition fees by a whopping 38 per cent.

Global TV Winnipeg said the increase was approved in a two-day referendum that left the student body divided on the issue.

This was a sign, to some, that students were starting to realize that the quality of their education correlates to it's expense. Thus, by raising their tuition fee's, they were taking personal responsibility for their own education. Well, that's what I thought.
March 29, 2007:

CHANTING and singing, many with faces painted red, more than 100 University of Manitoba engineering students rallied at the Legislature on Thursday to demand higher government funding.

They poured off two school buses, lugging along placards and effigies of the faculty's red lion symbol. [...]

And they lustily bellowed "we can, we can, we can, we can demolish 40 beers," as though that would persuade the Doer government to unlock the provincial treasury.

The engineering faculty says it needs $3.5 million more in annual funding to maintain a quality education for its 1,100 students.

Seriously, this should be criminal, it's tantamount to extortion! It's further evidence that the tuition freeze needs to go, now!

Labels: Funny, Manitoba, NDP, Trough Feeders

The mystery surrounding Che Guevara continues to this day.

Miami Cuban emigre Gustavo Villoldo, 71, a veteran of the failed US-backed Bay of Pigs invasion, said he buried Guevara and two colleagues in October 1967 in a pit in Vallegrande, Bolivia, after cutting a lock of the hair of the Argentine-born revolutionary hero.

What if Guevara didn't actually die? What if he faked his own death to avoid further assassination attempts? Surely for someone of Che's status would have no problem finding sanctuary in a friendly country, such as Canada. And surely there is no greater supporter in Canada of radical socialism than the CBC and the academic community.

Is it just a coincidence that David Suzuki started working for the CBC just two years after Che Guevara was killed? Would it not be easy for the academic community to vouch for their poster-boy under a fake name? What if that fake name was David Suzuki? If thats not enough to think about, there's the visual evidence:

Labels: Dead Dictators, Dirty Liberals, Environment, Funny, Photos, Y2Kyoto

TurboTax is doing an ad campaign on YouTube starring Vanilla Ice. They're calling it, The Tax Rap.You can enter the contest and take a shot at winning $25,000.

Labels: Funny, YouTube

I'm not a reactionary fuck like some, but somethings just chap my ass beyond... reasonable chapping of the ass. I don't harp on the Communists in China too much, mostly because it's futile to challenge the most populous largest countries in the world.

That has changed, and I'm declaring war. Why you ask? Trevor Loudon pointed me to a fantastic website called The Great Firewall of China. It will tell you if a particular URL is banned in China or not.

Obviously my first test was Natedawg.org, and I'm glad to report that, for the time being, the Chinese can still read this website, though it has been banned in the past. Which explains some things. I've had 12 readers on this blog in the last 9 months from Iran, but none from China. I found that odd.

There are a lot of websites that aren't allowed by the Chinese government. But what shocked the hell out of me though, is that the Homestar Runner is banned in China! Homestar basically brought "Web 2.0" to the masses, and is the greatest internet cartoon to ever run. The length of their run speaks for itself.

So back to Communism; are the Chinese not allowed a momentary chuckle from time to time? Homestar is far from being political in nature, its just funny crap. I hereby call on the Chinese government to allow their citizenry the right to access Homestar.

Labels: China, Communism, Funny

This is almost too funny for words (link).

According to a blog post on the John Edwards '08 Web site, "a group of Republican Second Life users, some sporting 'Bush '08' tags," vandalized the presidential candidate's Second Life online headquarters on February 26.

The vandalism included "Marxist/Lenninist posters and slogans, a feces spewing obscenity, and a photoshopped picture of John in blackface."

The Vandals were not Republicans, they were in fact whacked out liberals. It turns out that the vandals call themselves the Patriotic Negras, and bill themselves as "anarchist hippies" (link).

The group posted the claim on John Edwards' campaign blog, saying they vandalized the campaign HQ "for the lulz." The person who posted the claim, using the name Mudkips Acronym, said he wasn't a Republican but "one of the most hard-core liberals I know."

If you have been living in a hole don't know what Second Life is, check out their FAQ:

Second Life is a 3D digital world imagined, created and owned by its Residents.

Second Life is having some great effects on peoples first lives too.

This August, 2006, a video about Second Life briefly discusses a community of people who have suffered from strokes, who use Second Life as part of their recovery. When recovering from a stroke, there's a short period afterward where segments of the brain, if stimulated, will recover. It's a Catch-22 -- stroke patients need the stimulation to recover, but they won't get the stimulation until they've recovered enough to leave the house. Second Life provides them with social stimulation they'd otherwise not get.

If that ain't real enough for you, the European Union is thinking about opening an office there and Reuters has opened a bureau in Second Life. They've even got land disputes, tax problems, and a booming economy.

I've created an avatar for myself, his name is Natedawg Hax. But until I get my computer back from "the shop", I'm stuck with this ancient piece of garbage, and thus Natedawg Hax has yet to enter his Second Life. But I'm totally looking forward to having some fun with it.

Update: Domino's Pizza is planning on opening up a franchise in Second Life (link).

Labels: Funny, Second Life

What were the NDP thinking (h/t)?

Labels: Funny, NDP, YouTube

Joel Surnow, the creative genius who co-created and produces the Emmy winning (and my personal favorite show on TV) is bringing a new "comedy news" show to FOX. It's called "The 1/2 Hour News Hour" (h/t).

And now on to our feature presentation...If this clip is what we can expect from this show, then I'm excited. But what do you think the chances that a show like this would ever be syndicated in Canada?

Labels: 24, Funny, YouTube

Protecting Stephen Harper:

A young man waving a penis-shaped squirt gun was warned yesterday not to enter a building where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was about to speak.

A plainclothes member of Harper's security detail was overheard telling the youth it would not be advisable for him to enter the building with the squirt gun.

The red-faced youth walked away from the building followed by several friends.

But compare this to Cameron Ward's story:

A B.C. Supreme Court judge awarded more than $10,000 to a Vancouver lawyer suspected in 2002 of conspiring to throw a pie at then-Prime Minister Jean Chretien.

After a four-year legal battle, Justice David Tysoe on Wednesday found Cameron Ward was wrongfully imprisoned and strip-searched, after the lawyer was arrested during a ceremony to open the Millennium Gate in Vancouver's Chinatown.

Labels: Canadian Justice, Funny, Real Life, Stephen Harper

UPDATE: Video Can Be Viewed Here.

Jack Laytons ignorance knows no bounds (#), but at least we can all get a good laugh out of him:

The federal NDP leader left agricultural producers at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon looking at each other in wide-eyed wonder Wednesday morning after a speech about farm issues in which he repeatedly referred to the "SARS" crisis that affected the Manitoba cattle industry.

"Another important issue is SARS. I was just talking to a cattle producer today who said the situation is worse now than when we were in the middle of SARS," Layton said.

Of course what Jack was referring to was BSE, not SARS. Maybe Jack's handlers shouldn't let him use such confusing acronyms.

Next thing you know, Jack'll be spinning a tale about how the Rolling Stones came and saved Toronto by opening the border to BSE infected Canadians. What a Schmuck!
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UPDATE: Ol' Taliban Jack will be speaking at the University of Alberta tomorrow, and I suspect a few Alberta farmers may have some questions for him:

Mr Layton will be discussing tuition and housing issues with student representatives on Friday afternoon. Following this meeting, he will be giving a 10–15 minute talk as well as participating in a question and answer period that is open to the general public-not just University of Alberta students and faculty. Attendees are encouraged to bring up any topics of concern that may be on their mind.

"The intention of this event is not for [Mr Layton] to bring issues to us, but for youth to bring issues to him," Hay added.

The session is being hosted by the U of A NDP Campus Club and will take place at 4:30pm in the Alumni Room on the main floor Students' Union Building.

Labels: Funny, Jack Bin Layton, Manitoba, NDP

Don't police have anything better to do:

A B.C. Supreme Court judge awarded more than $10,000 to a Vancouver lawyer suspected in 2002 of conspiring to throw a pie at then-Prime Minister Jean Chretien.

After a four-year legal battle, Justice David Tysoe on Wednesday found Cameron Ward was wrongfully imprisoned and strip-searched, after the lawyer was arrested during a ceremony to open the Millennium Gate in Vancouver's Chinatown.
(snip)
Ward said he was there to watch the ceremony when he was confronted by police, who asked him whether he was planning to throw a pie at the prime minister.

"And I said, 'No of course not.' ... It would never cross my mind to throw a pie at him."

Police arrested Ward because they said he matched the description of a man running down a nearby street and who was reported to have been overheard planning a pie assault.

Police searched the lawyer's car. No pie was found, but Ward's car was towed anyway -- and the lawyer was put in handcuffs and taken to prison where he was strip searched.

The city was ordered to pay $5,000 for wrongful imprisonment, and $100 for the seizure of his car. The province must also pay Ward $5,000 for violating the right to be secure from unreasonable search.
(snip)
Tysoe said police sincerely believed Ward had a pie, and that the officers did not act maliciously when they took him into custody and were not negligent or personally liable.

There are so many things wrong with this story. First of all, the police blatantly violate a guys Charter Rights, and he gets a measly $10,000 for it.

Secondly, would it actually be illegal to carry a pie around? It's not exactly your typical "dangerous weapon". What about birthday cakes, or even a carrot muffin? Where do they draw the line? The government needs to make clear which baked goods are considered dangerous, and which are not.

Anyway, thats one for the record books, arrested for suspicion of carrying a pie. Cameron Ward says he'll donate his newfound "wealth" to charity, and I've got just the one: The American Pie Council. By the way, January 23rd is National Pie Day in the USA.

Labels: Canadian Justice, Funny, Real Life

Big Hat Tip to The Broom. I watched these several times tonight, and couldn't stop laughing at them.



The same guy has another hilarious one starring Condi.

Labels: Funny, Republican Party, YouTube