The CBC has officially expressed their regret for poor cropping of video as caught by Stephen Taylor.
An apology will never be made, but this is a major victory for bloggers vs. a biased MSM.
Nice job Stephen.
Blogging
Ceasefire In Middle East Blamed For Disney Store Plummeting Sales
Reuters photographer Sharif Karim’s checklist before heading off to take a few snaps in Beirut.
Camera – Check
Film – Check
Food and Water – Check
Extra Flash Batteries – Check
Bag full of stuffed toys to stage photos – Check
It’s a few days old, but for posterity I thought I would post these lovely heartwrenching images all taken by the same photographer, Sharif Karim, all with pristine and clean children’s toys. I have included a link and the original text that came with the image.
A toy lies among the wreckage of a demolished building in the Hizbollah stronghold that was targeted by Israeli air strikes in southern Beirut July 26, 2006. REUTERS/Sharif Karim(LEBANON)
A toy is seen in Beirut suburbs, after it was targeted by Israeli air strikes in southern Beirut July 21, 2006. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON)
A building is destroyed in a Hizbollah stronghold targeted by Israeli air strikes in southern Beirut July 28, 2006. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON)
How many toys does Sharif Karim have in his bag of tricks??
H/T Slublog (via my friend Alan)
Name A Hungarian Bridge
Hungary has this amazing suspension bridge that the Hungarian government wants help naming via an online poll. The current leader has over 2 million votes, but with a concerted effort I think we can get the bridge named the Canada Bridge.
I have submitted the name and urge you all to head over to their site, scroll down to Canada Bridge in the list, give the radio button a check and then scroll down and submit your vote.
Note, the site is in Hungarian so you may not understand most of the text but there are some amazing photos of this bridge. It’s a doozy!!
If you want to help spread the word and get the bridge named the Canada Bridge, feel free to link to their site or this blog post and help get the ball rolling.
Currently, there are some pretty whacked out names up there. The Chuck Norris bridge has over 360,000 votes!!! As a nation we can beat Chuck Norris!!!
Who's Got The Juice?
Today, August 16th, 2006, there is a Liberal leadership race going on. Today there is no parliament in session in Canada. Yet, today there is continued proof that the Conservative Party of Canada is holding all the juice when it comes to being present in the media and the blogosphere.
YES!!! The Wanker Censored Me!! I Win!!
Yesterday I made a trek over to Robert McClelland’s blog to see what the radical, left wingnutbar, one-man freakshow had to say about a video on Stephen Taylor’s site and before anyone had commented on the post, I submitted a comment asking him if he even bothered to even watch the video.
I went back today to see if there was any comments and lo and behold, my comment did not make it through his left wing filter.
At first I thought “Wow, what an asshole”, but then I thought about it and, considering how much this man is hated, I felt like I have earned my stripes. What stripes? I have no clue, but I just felt that way.
But it just goes to show you he finds it easier to drop a comment than to argue it. I guess I can assume I won that argument. Hehehehe.
Ottawa Blog Mafia Goes Mexican
It was a great night to sit out on the patio at Mexicali Rosa’s at the Dow’s Lake Pavillion last night. We equalled the numbers we got last time around. A good sign considering it’s summer.
I picked up ShamTheToryMan (Shameer Ravji) who lives nearby and off we went. Already waiting for us at the bar outside with a beer was Brent Colbert. PhantomObserver (Victor Wong), with his fedora, found us outside shortly after and Matt McGuire from a Step To The Right strolled on in with a buddy of his his buddy Sean not long after.
Two hours, a couple of brewskis and an evening of political gabbing made it nice way to spend a Friday night in July.
Here we are surrounding a copy of “An Army Of Davids”.
Ottawa Blog Mafia Get Together – July 14th at Mexicali Rosa's – Dow's Lake Pavillion
The third Ottawa blogger gathering that I know will be this coming weekend. Specifics are not finalized but it will be either Friday or Saturday.
Head on over to Phantom Observer’s site to put your two cents in. for more info.
Let’s try to get more than the small crew we got together last time around.
I will post again once Phantom sets the schedule and location which shouldn’t be long.
Update: The date is set for July 14th from 8pm to 10pm at Mexi’s at Dow’s Lake Pavillion. You can view a map via google maps here. Note, just northwest of Prince of Wales and just east of Preston is the parking lot. It’s free or pretty cheap if I remember correctly. I think you can enter just off of Prince of Wales.
Spread the word.
Adscam2 Is Getting Interesting And It Just Might Make The Summer Fun!!
…and this could be fun.
Steve Janke has tracked down what the $210,000 got us as citizens and it isn’t pretty. So far there are three one page advertisements that depict a few people enjoying antiquing, fishing and cycling in the Caledonia area.
I don’t know about you guys, but I think these ads could have been done with a digital camera, a few family members and Adobe Photoshop. To prove this, I would like to point you all to Stephen Taylor’s quick work in creating knock offs.
In fact, I have a feeling that there will be dozens of knock off comedic versions in the blogosphere by the end of July. Oh look!! A third one already!!
To help the effort, I would like to provide anyone out there with the following two images to incorporate into your own version.
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I Should Buy Myself A Lottery Ticket
Saturday the wife and I made it through handling the sleepover birthday party of our (now) 10 year old daughter and 7 of her friends. (My ears haven’t heard this much squeaking and squealing since a Hillary Duff concert a couple of years back)
Sunday morning I managed french toast and bacon breakfast for them all and we got our son to his band trip to Kingston on time.
I managed to help pick up all the food/soft drinks and ice (along with setting up all the chairs) for a very large BBQ at the Carp Fair grounds.
With the help of my friend Craig I managed to get my fathers day gift of a roll out Basketball net together (and only had to undo something once which is amazing unto itself).
I managed to get my first podcast working. (give it a listen here).
And this morning I wake up to find out I am the BBS Blogging Tories Site of the Week!!
Now, if I can win the Tri-Riding Golf Tournament today, I KNOW I will be buying myself a few lottery tickets for Wednesday’s draw in the 6/49. I think the only downside was finding out our Minister of Defence, Gordon O’Connor won’t be giving a speech tonight at the post golf dinner as he was slated to. But in light of the fact that he and our Prime Minister will be in Halifax to kick off a week of spending announcements to bolster our much needed military refit, I think I can live with that. Especially since I ran into him yesterday.
Thanks for the honour BBS. It means a lot to me!!
I Could Have Been His First Blogger
Tossing and turning in the warm Ottawa night and something hit me in my half awake-half asleep stupor.
With regards to the battle between the Prime Minister and the Parliamentary Press Gallery, if they had opened up the list to non PPG people like … ohhhhh … shall we say … ME the MSM could have been drooling over bloggers, much as they were during the election campaign when bloggers such as MK Braaten, Stephen Taylor, Craig Smith and Steve Janke who were busting open stories such as the Income Trust scandal and the exorbitant expenditures for relocation that included hotel bills in Cancun and Hawaii.
But I can just see it now. Had Mr. Harper given an interview to a lowly blogger like me, the MSM would have ripped him a new one with headlines like “Harper gives Officially Screwed Interview” or they could have posted a photo of me next to the PM with a subtitle like “Officially Screwed By P.M.”
Needless to say, Stephen Harper DID give Officially Screwed a brief 90 second interview when I met him at the Senators-Capitals Hockey game on March 2nd. He was both cordial and friendly and showed actual interest in my blog.
But that night I had the luck of being seated a mere 35 or 40 feet from the PM and he took the opportunity for a photo op a scant 10 seats over from where I was sitting. As much as I loved the ease and friendliness he gave when I approached him to say hi and congratulate him on the recent win, I now shudder to think how close someone with bad intentions could have come to him.
In light of the recent news of the intent of one of the Toronto 17 to behead him, I hope our PM takes a far more secure approach to his public appearances. The country needs him to lead for several more years in order to straighten out the mess Dat Der Guy From Shawinigan put us in.
Long live the PM and the BPG (Blogger Press Gallery).
Now back to bed for me.