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The Canadian Cat Meat Marketing Board ~ 09/04/04 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Fenris Badwulf   
Saturday, 04 April 2009 07:03

Among the most effective means of getting the message out about your social service, lack of human rights, or inadequate government funding, is telemarketing. And what better way to get out the message of the Canadian Cat Meat Marketing Board than an aggressive campaign of telemarketing surveys? Here you will find a sample survey script that will be unleashed any day now. You can expect to be called at dinner, or when you are on the toilet, or having sex ...

Hello! I am calling from the Telemarketing Sub-Committee of the TeleSales Committee of the Marketing Directorate of the Canadian Cat Meat Marketing Marketing Board. Can I speak with someone who is directly involved in decision making about food preparation, selection, or serving?

Thinking of Cat Meat compared to other meats, would you say it is:

The Best, One of the Best, Neither the best nor not the best, Not as good as others, Not familiar with cat meat

Of the following four condiments, which condiment do you most strongly associate with, and which do you least strongly associate with?

Relish Mustard Ketchup Mayonaisse

How many house cats, including kittens, do you have in your home?

Comparing roast cat with mixed vegetables and gravy with raw squid, would you prefer or not prefer roast cat with mixed vegetables and gravy?

Strongly prefer, Slightly prefer, Neither prefer nor not prefer, Slightly not prefer, Strongly not prefer

Are you aware of the availability of canned cat meat and canned cat meat by-products in your favourite shopping venue?

Completely aware, Slightly aware, Neither aware nor unaware, Slightly unaware, Completely unaware

Are you aware of the availability of cat meat pepperoni or cat meat spiced sausage for pizza toppings or submarine sandwich ballast?

Completely aware, Slightly aware, Neither aware nor unaware, Slightly unaware, Completely unaware

Can you comment on the availability of frozen or fresh rattlesnake, iguana, or gnu at your favourite shopping venue. Would you agree or disagree that frozen or fresh rattlesnake, iguana, or gnu is

Readily available, Somewhat available, Neither available nor unavailable, Somewhat unavailable, Completely unavailable

How often do you consume food in a sports arena washroom cubicle?

Frequently, Somewhat Frequently, Neither frequently nor infrequently, Somewhat infrequently, Completely infrequently

Do you concur or not concur with the following statements ...

Cat meat is Greasy, Cat meat is Tough, Cat meat is Stringy, Cat meat is Slimy, Cat meat is Halal, Cat meat is Kosher, Cat meat is Vegan, Cat meat is Vegetarian, Cat meat is Fun , Cat meat is Youthful, Cat meat is Responsible to the Environment,

 Strongly concur, Slightly concur, Neither concur nor not concur, Slightly not concur, Strongly not concur

Common obstacles: 

Take me off your call list: As a government agency, we are not bound by law, convention, or morality. Your refusal to take this telemarketing call is a hate crime. Answer the questions or you will be fined.

I do not eat cat meat: You are a racist. Influential members of all political parties, except the evil heteronormative Conservative party, frequently make merry about this subject. You are intolerant. Answer the questions or you will be fined.

I am busy right now: You are a racist. Make time. You are intolerant. Answer the questions or you will be fined.

Special thanks to annonymous commenter Warren for this telemarketing script. We will be sending Warren a cheque for 210,500.00 dollars for consulting fees. Thanks Warren!

I, Fenris Badwulf, wrote this

xpd Mitchieville, DustMyBroom

 
"Race-based" Bursary Rejected by University of Saskatchewan PDF Print E-mail
Written by Lisa   
Wednesday, 13 May 2009 13:40
If the endowment had been offered to aboriginal students, the university would have been falling all over the donor to get the funds. Not so if the money is offered to "non-disadvantaged students":

The University of Saskatchewan has turned down a $500,000 endowment from an alumnus who requested the money be awarded to "non-aboriginal students" only.

The university said the race-based bursary proposal would violate university policy and provincial human rights law. [..]

The rejected donor contacted the Saskatoon StarPhoenix but would speak only on a condition of anonymity out of fear of negative publicity; both she and her husband work in public-sector jobs.

"I really want to raise this issue, but not at the expense of my own personal safety," the woman said. Designating the bursary for non-aboriginal students only was not a form of racism, she argued.

"In my view, aboriginals are basically taken care of [in university]," the 57-year-old nursing graduate said.

"I wanted to leave an award to someone who was just like me, who was struggling and could really use this money. "This isn't a racist thing, it's a fairness thing. It's just what I want to do with my money." (The National Post)

 
The professor and pundit is also a politician PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mark   
Friday, 23 October 2009 13:12

Brian Platt wonders why our media so rarely note a rather important partisan fact:

Is CONTEXT Too Much To Ask For?

Chris Selley spots a problem that is only too familiar to us here at C.A.B.:

Let us charitably assume Mr. Byers' outrage stems exclusively from the "law professor" part of him, and not from the card-carrying New Democrat part of him that ran under Jack Layton's banner in Vancouver Centre just over a year ago. The latter is still bloody important information to provide when he's criticizing a politician.

Sigh. Only too familiar...

The prof/pundit/pol is also full of crap.  More on his politics and our media here, here, hereand here.

Mark

Ottawa

 
Nikita the K, Hollywood, the FBI, CIA, and Disneyland PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mark   
Thursday, 22 October 2009 16:24

It's a pity that the full text of this in the London Review of Books is subscriber only:

Khrush in America

Shirley MacLaine danced the can-can for Khrushchev and later said: ‘life is a cosmic joke.’  By the time he got to Hollywood, the Soviet premier had become an international comic hero; to many an ogre of the left, but also a character out of Dr Strangelove or one of Vonnegut’s novels. K Blows Top, a non-fiction account of Khrushchev’s trip to America in 1959, could be the most entertaining book of the year...

...At the White House state dinner, Khrushchev refused to wear white tie and his wife wore a blue dress that would have been rejected by Orphan Annie. He was introduced to J. Edgar Hoover, the head of the FBI.

Khrushchev: ‘I feel like I know you.’

Hoover: ‘I feel like I know you too.’

A few moments later, the visitor met Allen Dulles, the director of the CIA.

‘You, Mr Chairman, may have seen some of my intelligence reports from time to time,’ Dulles said, smiling.

‘I believe we get the same reports,’ Khrushchev replied. ‘And probably from the same people.’

‘Maybe we should pool our efforts,’ Dulles said...

The main thing, it seems, that had enraged K was the decision not to permit his visit to Disneyland for security reasons. He thought it was a terrible conspiracy and never got over it...

Mark

Ottawa

 
There's no whore like an old... PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mark   
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 07:20

Leaving the Circus:

In from the cold

John le Carré has defected to a new publisher after 38 years

The agent handed the publisher another cup of coffee and said, “Why don’t you go back and sleep? We can ring you if he shows up.”

The publisher said nothing, just stared through the window of the office, along the empty street.

“You can’t wait forever,” said the agent...

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

“It’s him,” said the agent. “Quick. Where’s my cardigan? Can’t we make one of these girls cry?”

Outside the grey rain still fell on grey streets and good people still died all the time.

Via Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs. 

I do wish David John Moore Cornwell would stop writing books (the Globeites, predictably, suck up to the Spionmeister)--or newspaper articles. Rather gone over to the dark side, I'd say, after having come in from the cold. I think his looking glass has gotten well and truly reversed.

Mark

Ottawa

 
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