As I said I would, I voted Monday on the first day of the municipal election advance poll. The municipal ballot was straightforward and easy to cast.
Unfortunately Alberta has, in my considered opinion, an idiot (and I do mean idiot) premier (Jason Kenney) who thinks he’s the smartest mammal in any room he walks into.
That is only so if he’s the only mammal in the room and may be so if the only other mammal or mammals in the room are cows (if there is a bull or bulls in the room, he’s not).
As premier of the province he’s hijacking-by-piggybacking the municipal elections (remember they are province-wide) by sticking in two referendum questions; one of which, thank God, he has no power to enforce and is too stupid to realize that it cannot then be called a referendum question — this one:…
Question 1: Equalization
Should section 36(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982 – Parliament and the government of Canada’s commitment to the principle of making equalization payments – be removed from the constitution?
…and this one…
Question 2: Daylight Saving Time
Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is summer hours, eliminating the need to change our clocks twice a year?
…which he, sadly, does have the power to enforce.
The second question is legal, but that’s all it is.
It is nowhere close to HONEST.
Note that there is no method for those of us who would like the year round single time to be Standard Time to register a clear vote.
Kenney may be stupid, but like many of the stupid he has cunning. He’ll point to any plurality in the “yes” answer he, (and/or his friends) want and say it’s the will of Albertans when in fact it might not be.
An honest set of questions, asking in some order***
[ Do you want Alberta to …
…keep the Daylight Saving/Standard Time status quo.
…adopt Daylight Saving Time year-round.
…adopt Standard Time year-round. ]
***would provide the accurate answer.
But as Kenney-and-friends might not like the accurate answer, we have only their legal question to vote on.
And no, I don’t like Jasey-baby in the least (it’s a childish nickname, I know, but my soul feels good).
Rant over…something much more cheerful —
This comedy sketch belongs up there with “Who’s on First” in my opinion.
It’s a radio sketch, so don’t bother looking at the video loop, just shut your eyes and enjoy.
Don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve tried not to post anything political (or religious) on C&C or Ballard Street. It seems like this should be a place where people can come to just enjoy the comics and cameraderie. Just my two cents.
“Classical Gas.”
As I said of “Rhapsody in Blue,” I’ve liked it from the first time I heard it.
I had not forgotten it exists, I just hadn’t thought of it in ages.
Thanks, nighthawks.
Revised by: Marion Cunningham with Jeri Laber
Illustrated by: Lauren Jarret
Published by: Bantam Books
ISBN 0-553-23488-9
Fannie Farmer pumpkin seed quote
Pumpkin Seeds: Long popular in Mexican cooking, pumpkin seeds
are relished today by the health-minded; they make a nourisning,
chewy nibble and an interesting garnish for a pumpkin soup. When
you are opening a pumpkin, scoop out the seeds, wash them under
running water, then spread on paper towels to dry. Scatter them over
an oiled cookie sheet and bake in a slow 250°F (120°C) oven to dry
out completely for at least 1 hour, shaking them a few times and
and turning up the heat for about 5 minutes at the end of cooking to
brown slightly. Remove, store in an airtight tin, salted or not, as you
wish.
dorothea
Member
3 years ago
Again, thanks everyone for a great birthday party. I had a blast!
The lamb shanks were interesting. Somehow the peppers mellowed during the cooking and they weren’t as spicy as we had thought they would be. While not too spicy, they were still delish. A recipe we’ll do again and again.
As I sit here, finishing my last cup of coffee, and listening and watching Mason Williams play the entire orchestra, we are treated to Claude pushing yet another button!!! Poor Cleo. Next time she needs to take along her bazooka to make him listen to her!
This caption to nighthawks’ posted picture (for some reason I could not copy and paste )….
Wildlife Photogapher of the Year A cold wind swept across the Serengeti while Wim van den Heever Wildlife Photographer watched this lion atop a huge granite rock. With a storm approaching, the last of the sun’s rays broke through the cloud, causing the lion to lift his head and allowing Wim to capture this glowing portrait.
.
I’m hiding behind the couch!!!
Got that one in my collection! Probably sans cover…
That was some party yesterday.
As I said I would, I voted Monday on the first day of the municipal election advance poll. The municipal ballot was straightforward and easy to cast.
Unfortunately Alberta has, in my considered opinion, an idiot (and I do mean idiot) premier (Jason Kenney) who thinks he’s the smartest mammal in any room he walks into.
That is only so if he’s the only mammal in the room and may be so if the only other mammal or mammals in the room are cows (if there is a bull or bulls in the room, he’s not).
As premier of the province he’s hijacking-by-piggybacking the municipal elections (remember they are province-wide) by sticking in two referendum questions; one of which, thank God, he has no power to enforce and is too stupid to realize that it cannot then be called a referendum question — this one:…
Question 1: Equalization
Should section 36(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982 – Parliament and the government of Canada’s commitment to the principle of making equalization payments – be removed from the constitution?
…and this one…
Question 2: Daylight Saving Time
Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is summer hours, eliminating the need to change our clocks twice a year?
…which he, sadly, does have the power to enforce.
The second question is legal, but that’s all it is.
It is nowhere close to HONEST.
Note that there is no method for those of us who would like the year round single time to be Standard Time to register a clear vote.
Kenney may be stupid, but like many of the stupid he has cunning. He’ll point to any plurality in the “yes” answer he, (and/or his friends) want and say it’s the will of Albertans when in fact it might not be.
An honest set of questions, asking in some order***
[ Do you want Alberta to …
…keep the Daylight Saving/Standard Time status quo.
…adopt Daylight Saving Time year-round.
…adopt Standard Time year-round. ]
***would provide the accurate answer.
But as Kenney-and-friends might not like the accurate answer, we have only their legal question to vote on.
And no, I don’t like Jasey-baby in the least (it’s a childish nickname, I know, but my soul feels good).
Rant over…something much more cheerful —
This comedy sketch belongs up there with “Who’s on First” in my opinion.
It’s a radio sketch, so don’t bother looking at the video loop, just shut your eyes and enjoy.
Hudson and Landry: “Nobody’s Business”
Don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve tried not to post anything political (or religious) on C&C or Ballard Street. It seems like this should be a place where people can come to just enjoy the comics and cameraderie. Just my two cents.
Great H & L skit.
Your biggest fan may have something to say about there being no button to re-push when Claude and Cleo show up at home again —
we’ll always have buttons
And a hill of beans. Here’s looking at you, nighthawks…
Another good find.
Thanks.
Good information!
That last Shining post wiped out anything else I had to say! Don’t go there, Dean!
From a few days ago:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58792761
Hooray for Captain Kirk!
He’s 90!
Old enough to know better…!
Did Claude dispatch himself and his (somewhat unintentionally) faithful hound to a desolate, faraway planet… possibly never to return?
Or merely to the Sahara, here on Earth…. from whence he can be rescued, albeit with a pretty expensive plane ticket?
….
Or did his button-pushing manage to instantly devastate our entire, formerly leafy green, Earth…
an ecological disaster of epic proportion… and leave him standing in the irreparable ruins of the erstwhile city of Cleveland?
Should we all be preparing for the aftermath?
Laying in supplies… bottled water, freeze-dried meals, coffee, chocolate… toilet paper… Cool Ranch Doritos?
Is Clara OK?
…
Inquiring minds want to know.
…
Actually some of us have been inquiring for ages in regards to how he has managed to return from some of his previous button-pushing adventures.
He’s no longer roaming with dinosaurs in prehistoric times, nor does he still fit in Clara’s purse.
What magic is this?
….
Yeah yeah… comics physics.
But is that enough?
I figured they are on one of the moons of Saturn, which fortunately has oxygen. Now they have to find the button that will return them to Cleveland.
I think pressing that button was a Titan-ic mistake
I suspect there are buttons scattered all over the universe. (And I have the shirts to prove it…)
I think Nighthawks found it!
He must have found BassetTube!
Or at least a film clip from it.
…
Unless it’s a different version, StelBel did a poster for that movie!
In fact, I think there were two… and one features those creepy twins.
It’s “The Howling”.
I’d post it, but we’ve promised not to post old Cleo strips in case their creators want to do it themselves.
…
Do you, Stel?
“Classical Gas.”
As I said of “Rhapsody in Blue,” I’ve liked it from the first time I heard it.
I had not forgotten it exists, I just hadn’t thought of it in ages.
Thanks, nighthawks.
noodles!
Looks like I made my stir-fry a day too early. I made a shrimp and noodle stir-fry with fresh picked zucchini last night.
My wife made carbonara a day too early also. Fortunately there were leftovers for lunch.
I did chicken stir fry with fresh zucchini and mushrooms.
pumpkin seeds
A bit of information about, and a method of preparing pumpkin seeds as a snack (direct quote from pages 495-496).
From: ”The Fannie Farmer Cookbook” (Twelfth Edition)
Revised by: Marion Cunningham with Jeri Laber
Illustrated by: Lauren Jarret
Published by: Bantam Books
ISBN 0-553-23488-9
are relished today by the health-minded; they make a nourisning,
chewy nibble and an interesting garnish for a pumpkin soup. When
you are opening a pumpkin, scoop out the seeds, wash them under
running water, then spread on paper towels to dry. Scatter them over
an oiled cookie sheet and bake in a slow 250°F (120°C) oven to dry
out completely for at least 1 hour, shaking them a few times and
and turning up the heat for about 5 minutes at the end of cooking to
brown slightly. Remove, store in an airtight tin, salted or not, as you
wish.
Again, thanks everyone for a great birthday party. I had a blast!
The lamb shanks were interesting. Somehow the peppers mellowed during the cooking and they weren’t as spicy as we had thought they would be. While not too spicy, they were still delish. A recipe we’ll do again and again.
Belated Happy Birthday, Dorthea. I get on too late and miss everything.
This took me a second, but to paraphrase, “once I saw it…”
Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.
Portal button. Do not touch.
Good Morning Cleo phans!
Y’all have a happy whatever national day you’d like.
(((((HuGz!)))))
So now what, Claude?? There is no return button and Cleo is NOT happy. Good luck with the rest of your life! Nice view, though.
good thing cartoon reality means tomorrow they’ll be back in Cleveland as if nothing
happened.
Not sure if that is good or bad!
You got something against Cleveland?
As I sit here, finishing my last cup of coffee, and listening and watching Mason Williams play the entire orchestra, we are treated to Claude pushing yet another button!!! Poor Cleo. Next time she needs to take along her bazooka to make him listen to her!
….
Another Stelbel poster?
Though that looks a bit high to be overlooking the Savannah.
You’re right! That should be a basset sitting up there!
This caption to nighthawks’ posted picture (for some reason I could not copy and paste )….
Wildlife Photogapher of the Year A cold wind swept across the Serengeti while Wim van den Heever Wildlife Photographer watched this lion atop a huge granite rock. With a storm approaching, the last of the sun’s rays broke through the cloud, causing the lion to lift his head and allowing Wim to capture this glowing portrait.
….comes from…..
…HERE
Beautiful!
Titan-ic mistake!