Weekly Round-Up Of Tips & Links

Um. So the "weekly" part of this post's title is a blatant untruth. As it turns out, I'm going to subject you folks to a link dump every damn time that my Firefox browser gets cluttered up with tabs. Mmmkay?

As always, keep those tips coming (canadian.republic@hotmail.com) and my apologies if I don't always respond right away.

This week in the world:

• YouTube: Video of a shrimp running on a treadmill with the Benny Hill theme playing. No, seriously. Worth your time.
• George F. Will: Re: stimulus - "Never have so few spent so much so quickly to do so little."
• Maggie's Farm: "How government legal threats created the sub-prime mortgage market."
• ShopFlick: Wondering what to get Fort for his birthday?
• The List Universe: Ten books that screwed up the world.
• YouTube: Video of Tenacious D's "Tribute". Very funny.

Weekly Round-Up Of Tips & Links

My damn Firefox browser is getting cluttered up again with tabs of articles and videos that are not quite worthy of a post unto themselves. So please allow me to take this opportunity to subject you fine folks to another link dump.

As always, keep those tips coming (canadian.republic@hotmail.com) and my apologies if I don't always respond right away.

This week in the world:

• Israeli Aggression: "Despite all the menacing Hopey Change in the air, some things remain the same. This cartoon is from 1956"
  
• The Obamateur Hour: Mark Steyn says, "It suggests a perverse kind of genius that the 44th president did not wait for a single “event” to throw him off course. Instead he threw himself off: “Is Obama tanking already?” (Congressional Quarterly); “Has Barack Obama’s presidency already failed?” (the Financial Times)"
• Roy Jones Jr. Compilation: Amazing video compilation of Roy Jones Jr. for boxing fans out there
• Right Wing Video: A store clerk and customer beat a would-be robber with a bat
• F*ck You, Penguin: "What are you, Aardvark, some kind of anarchist Marxist fascist?"
• Gods of the Copybook Heading: By linking "Scenes From The Imperial Capital," I'm proving that, as a Torontonian, I'm more sensitive and poetic than Canadians from all other provinces and territories combined.
  

Saturday Night's All Right For Link Dumping

Good afternoon, my beloved readers. This has been a busy, busy day for me so I'm not going to have the chance to do much updating. To give me peace of mind, and also to keep you entertained, I'll clear my tab bar of its most interesting material and submit it for your consideration.

Titanic Deck Chairs: "The Nationalized Health Care Fight That Never Was?"

If Democrats learned anything from the HillaryCare defeat, it was the danger of admitting to their wish to federalize the health market. Since returning to power, they've pursued a new strategy: to stealthily and incrementally expand government control. "What no one is paying attention to in the [stimulus]," says Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, "is that Democrats are making a big grab at the health-care sector."

Heroes of Capitalism: an excellent blog that provides daily updates about great capitalists, living and dead.

What is a hero of capitalism?
Someone who used private property* to produce wealth.

Everyday there will be a featured hero. Though many of the heroes had far more than one accomplishment, only one will be highlighted at a time.

The Western Standard: Harper's golden opportunity to radically embrace trade liberalization and free up the borders.

If the results of this survey can be trusted, and if public sentiment has not changed dramatically since the data was collected, the Conservative government could dismantle Canadian protectionism and pursue an aggressive policy of unilateral free trade with little political risk.

Have a great Saturday!

Link Dump & Open Thread

My posting is going to be pretty light this week. I've been extraordinarily busy over the past few weeks but things are getting even worse this week (but then much better next week). So, in the interest of keeping you fine ladies and gentlemen amused, I'm dumping a bunch of my favourite articles, videos, etc. from the past week into one post. If anyone has something interesting they'd like to share, mention it in the comments and I'll update the post if it's interesting.

Canadian musician Jeff Healey died of cancer yesterday.

Stephen Taylor has been keeping us up to date on the so-called CadScam scandal and Harper's delightful response this morning.

A dubious article claiming that blogging is good for your health.

An Obama SNL cartoon featuring Jessie Jackson. I don't know why I keep linking SNL clips. This one's alright though:



A little war technology video:



And, finally, a little humour from the good folks at Cracked. It's scientology themed.



Hat tips: Ace, Allah