Lots going on today, but I wanted to mention the “retirement” of aged troll Helen Thomas, she of the “go back to Poland and Germany” remarks toward Jews.

Clearly she was asked for her resignation. I hate that - I hate how high-profile people are allowed to sin so grievously, and they are asked to “resign”, giving them the opportunity to save face. The rest of us would be FIRED for that kind of behavior, but people like Helen Thomas (and here in Canada: MPs, MP’s assistants, anyone related to the CBC, and Warren Kinsella) get to put “resigned” on their final papers. Or in her case, “retired”, thereby keeping whatever benefits she was contracted by the New York Times.

Seriously. If you and I were at work in our offices, and we called our boss a nigger or told our Jewish co-workers to get in an oven or something, we’d by fired - if not brought before some kind of discrimination tribunal and forced to pay restitution. But not the liberal elites.

Disgraceful.

Scissors cut paper, rock breaks scissors. But paper covers rock, right? It’s all so very complicated.

A United Nations committee that decides which nongovernmental organizations can be accredited to the world body moved on Thursday to keep out the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.

Hmmm… Why?

Oh right.

A Western diplomat told Reuters that “unfortunately we didn’t have the votes” on the committee to overcome opposition from countries like Egypt, Qatar, Sudan and others. The diplomat added that IGLHRC clearly fulfills all the criteria for U.N. accreditation.

In the modern version of rock, paper, scissors,

• Woman trumps man
• Black trumps woman
• Gay trumps black
• Muslim trumps everything

Remember that the next time you see something like this in your city:

In yet another nod to the protection of fledgling self-esteem, an Ottawa children’s soccer league has introduced a rule that says any team that wins a game by more than five points will lose by default.

The Gloucester Dragons Recreational Soccer league’s newly implemented edict is intended to dissuade a runaway game in favour of sportsmanship. The rule replaces its five-point mercy regulation, whereby any points scored beyond a five-point differential would not be registered.

Kevin Cappon said he first heard about the rule on May 20 — right after he had scored his team’s last allowable goal. His team then tossed the ball around for fear of losing the game.

He said if anything, the league’s new rule will coddle sore losers.

This is how societies die. Not from attack, but from suicide. Imagine what our grandparents would have thought about such a thing, after facing down Nazis, the Great Depression and more.

I have never been graceful. I could play games like hockey (ball) and soccer (defense) because they required more brute strength than speed or grace. Field Day at the end of the school year would cause knots in my gut, because I knew I wouldn’t be fast enough to suit my team. I always got picked last for games like basketball or baseball. But I never, ever - even at my youngest and whiniest - thought to handicap the winners so I wouldn’t get my feelings hurt. I would rather not play at all than see my team lose!

When kids grow up and finally move out of their parents’ homes (around age 40), they will have no idea what it’s like to fail. They will never have bounced a check, lost a game or been turned down for anything they desired. At which point we will leave ourselves wide open for takeover from a stronger, more resilient culture.

God help us.

H/t Halls of Macadamia

Celebrity death trio (Coleman, Hopper, McClannahan).

A floating lunatic asylum off the coast of Israel.

Protests about that floating lunatic asylum.

Nothing new on the oil leak.

Sarah Palin has a stalker living next door to her.

As I glanced oh-so-briefly at all that shit over the past week, I realized that there’s so much more to life than just regurgitating the same blog posts that all my friends are burping out. At no point did I Jones for my laptop so that I could opine. Yawn. Instead I sat on the beach and read, or hung out at a friend’s place where I could tan and barbecue. THAT is life.

One thing I felt I had to remark on though was this: Kathy finally bought a gun. I’m so happy for her! Mazel tov!

I weighed in yesterday morning to find I’ve lost a grand total of 24 pounds since I started the Diet Solution Program!

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• I cut preservatives from my diet and am eating food closer to its natural state
• No high fructose corn syrup
• I walk about 45 minutes each day

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