Spring has sprung:

(Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood will control close to half the seats in the first Egyptian parliament elected since an uprising swept Hosni Mubarak from power last year, according to a projection posted by the group Friday…..The more hardline Nour Party, which advocates the strict application of Islamic law, has emerged with 113 seats, or 23 percent, putting Islamists of different stripes in control of more than two thirds of the chamber…"

American Politics 101: Primary Elections Explained.

Bonus: How the Electoral College Works.

Great video clip of the rider and horse. Hats off to both.

Traffic ticket tip... Last month (DECEMBER 7) I got two traffic tickets, one for expired plates (guilty) and one for not having a current insurance slip (couldn't find it in the mess that is my truck!). The dates on the tickets were written up as NOVEMBER 7... an error of one month. I went to POINTTS and although they gave me no guarantee they were hopeful.

I just got the news... "Please be advised that due to an administrative error, the Court will no longer be proceeding with the charges against you. This means that there will be no conviction, fine or demerit points accumulated against you."

Perhaps this can help others who find themselves in a similar situation. This occured in Ontario.

For what it's worth!

My heroes have always been cowboys.

Don't know if I missed this on SDA, but under the "World Needs More Canada" file, Brit columnist / blogger James Delingpole writes "O Canada our only hope":

"And the truth is that right now, of all the great Western nations Canada is probably the only one left still standing up for the values that made the West great. What better evidence of this could there be than the glorious news that Stephen Harper's Conservative administration has declared war on the anti-growth, anti-energy, hair-shirt eco-loons who are trying to destroy the Canadian economy?"

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100128854/o-canada-our-only-hope/

Glad he noticed! Time for the Anglosphere to follow suit.

Inscription on socialist-style MLKJr homage will be..."corrected" to reflect his more "humble" quote.

Forget about the menacing visage and closed posture that scares the Hell out of little black girls who think he looks like their Vice Principal.

I think I'd appreciate it more if he were dressed like a drum major.

Psssst…wanna buy some hope?

"Obama is on pace to borrow more than all U.S. presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton combined.

A small price to pay for bringing Americans together like never before.

Red Jeff, I've always been told that registering a gun is no different than registering a vehicle. If the paperwork expired, you have to turn in your truck and/or go to jail.

Cheers!

I don't use Twitter - very much by choice - but do understand the technology behind it. Friday evening though I couldn't resist following the Twitter feed of #LPC12, which I provided a link for in the Liberals Road to Renewal posting.

It was beyond fascinating to read all that was coming out of that convention. However, most of it was chalk full of immediate emotional reaction rather than any wisdom ... much like any other thinking of the Left! :-)

If you click on the "Continue reading ..." link you'll see a bunch of hilarious photos & Twitter screen captures I was able to get.

Juan Rodriguez, facing a charge of attempted murder in the first degree, offers the judge a choice of two options. (Language warning.)

Hi Gord Kesler,

Just scroll down to the photo of the waving Canadian flag and you'll see the [most excellent] discussion about the Delingpole post.

Robert

(CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama has been increasing the national debt during his presidency by an average of

$4.24 billion per day

The President's response,

"I couldn't have done it without all the help from my devoted wife."

I believe in free speech even for the Monsters. How else are we going to know them? Even for Muslims. Hate laws are for Dictators. From leaflets against abortion to hate against minorities. We should all without violence, be able to say what we think.
The Wiemar Republic of Germany, should be a warning to us all.

The Crime of Leafleting

The Crime of Leafleting
England’s war on “hate speech” ensnares five Muslims

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/287991/crime-leafleting-charles-c-w-cooke

Horse and rider: beautiful and noble. Thanks.

Vote Conservative.

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"Tories to ditch fines for yapping about early election returns"

"By the time of the next federal election, you'll no longer face a fine of up to $25,000 for going public with partial election results before all polls have closed.

"This ban, which was enacted in 1938, (is) out of date and it's unenforceable and that is why we believe that no Canadian should be penalized for the everyday use of modern technology," said Tim Uppal, the minister of state for democratic reform. "They should not be penalized for transmitting, through Facebook or Twitter, the results of the election."

News media will be free to report election results as they happen as well."

http://www.lfpress.com/news/canada/2012/01/13/19240546.html

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"Federal government getting out of the language training business"

"“It shouldn’t have happened and the only reason I can find is that the government has made a decision that this will play well in the heartland and show we are getting out of the business of making people bilingual.”"

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Federal+government+getting+language+training+business/5993967/story.html

But what if the Iratians have sharks with frickin' lasers on their heads?

US Navy to use dolphins to keep Straits of Hormuz open

Raise a toast to Canada’s Conservative government.

Cartoon subject: The Big Worry.

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“Environment Canada to get rid of 60 scientists”

“Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent. Environment Canada is sending notices to 60 scientists and other researchers that their jobs are being declared surplus.”

“But the big worry is that these cuts are just the beginning. The big cuts are yet to come as departments brace for reductions in the upcoming budget, which could mean cuts of five per cent, 10 per cent or even more from operating budgets.”

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Environment+Canada+scientists/5981982/story.html

Irma is no longer La Douce*.

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"A Eurozone Horror Show for Friday 13th

If French President Nicolas Sarkozy wasn’t the superstitious type before Friday, he surely is now after ratings agency Standard and Poor’s stripped France of its AAA credit rating.

Austria also lost its AAA rating, while several other eurozone countries for whom AAA status is a distant memory, including Italy and Spain, were further downgraded. The announcement reflects continued skepticism by financial markets that Europe is serious about tackling its debt crisis, or capable of doing so.

As if that news wasn’t bad enough, talks between Greece and its creditors broke down Thursday, raising the possibility that the next round of bailout cash for the country will be withheld, and increasing the likelihood of a “hard” Greek default which could spark a new banking crisis.

The rash of downgrades also further dents the fragile credibility of the European bailout fund, which depends on several of the affected countries, notably France, for funding. Announcing the downgrades, S&P said: “Today’s rating actions are primarily driven by our assessment that the policy initiatives that have been taken by European policymakers in recent weeks may be insufficient to fully address ongoing systemic stresses in the eurozone.”

The downgrade of France is especially significant because it finally puts paid to the myth of France leading Europe as an equal partner with Germany — France is now well on its way to becoming just another euro basket-case."
urlm.in/krur

*H/T Shirley MacLaine

"General Patton urinates into the Rhine river in Germany"

"Liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp"

http://www.scrapbookpages.com/Buchenwald/Liberation0.html\

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"Americans cheered Gen. Patton when he urinated on the enemy"

"It’s so predictable, petty, and blown out of proportion by a media that largely knows nothing of the battlefield and why a crude but ultimately innocuous act like this might happen. What do they expect in war? Tea and crumpets and the Marquess of Queensbury rules? War is hell. Most of those fighting it are young, usually 18 to 22. They are inexperienced. They are sent to deserts and other uninhabitable places with stinging insects, maddening heat and sanitary conditions the Left would be screaming was child abuse. They forge a bond with each other few peacetime friendships can ever hope to equal. They have to. It’s the only way to get through. And some of them, if not more, see that bonded friend killed or mutilated as only war can do it."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2832845/posts

maz2 @5:31

... that is great, yet they refuse to cut over $250 million from the CBC in the budget - and every year for the next four years. The Cons are afraid of such actions that voters want to cut on this useless - out dated - television corp. With technology we have today, we do not have a reason to keep it "south of 60"

But, this is so cute: Mao Stlong's nephew, a cuddly socialist puppy lost in a blizzard of left-liberalism/socialism.

Not seen/heard on Our CBC.

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"Rae plays coy on Liberals' top job"

"John Ivison: Bob Rae is famous for calling on Stephen Harper to answer questions in the House of Commons with a straight “yes or no.” The interim leader spent most of the day trying to avoid giving a similarly straight response"

http://www.nationalpost.com/

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"Cockapoo Puppies in Their First Snow in Iowa"
"Adorable puppies experiencing their first snow."
http://www.accuweather.com/

It still works Kevin. Sharks are scared of dolphins!

And from the Twilight Zone of the internet, I give you, for the first time ever, the official (well there can't be an unofficial) news service for those wild and crazy folks north of the 38th parallel in North Korea.

http://www.rodong.rep.kp/InterEn/index.php?strPageID=SF01_01_01

If you ever wondered what Hitler's or Stalin's news service would have looked like in the 21st C, wonder no longer!

Some sample headlines,

Aggressor Forces of U.S. and S. Korea on Massive Increase

Dangerous War Hysteria of S. Korean Military

Natural Stones and Patriotism

Opera Performance
Squad of DPRK Comes Back from China

An opera performance squad? Is this a new term the left hasn't let us in on yet?

If you thought those 2 DEMONcRAT women were obtuse.....check out the owner of the leg-tingling.

http://townhall.com/video/chris-matthews-thinks-there-are-4000-federal-employees

Sasq... whats the problem? Matthews is right, he said there are only 4000 federal WORKERS... the other 2 million-odd EMPLOYEES just sit around and collect their pay cheque!

"General Patton urinates into the Rhine river in Germany"

As did Winston Churchill.

Re: the pissed-off soldiers... who gives a crap? Its not like the dead Taliban were coming over for tea...

More pro-Liberal/anti-Conservative crap from one of the Librano$ most ardent toadies, Jeffrey Simpson:

"Of course, the Harper Conservatives will try to remind people of Mr. Rae’s time as premier and paint it with the blackest of colours [and why not? Rae was/is an incompetent leader -- and years later, I still haven't been able to find a competent doctor thanks to his 'we-have-too-many-doctors-in-Ontario' policies, to name just one of his screwups]. That’s how the Conservatives do politics: Tear down opposition leaders [LOL! Remember "Stephen Harper ... wants to increase military presence in our cities. Canadian cities. Soldiers with guns. In our cities. In Canada," Mr. Simpson?] The Conservative campaign against Mr. Rae has already begun. It will continue through the next election because, barring unexpected developments, Mr. Rae will lead the Liberals in that campaign."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/the-last-man-standing-will-be-bob-rae/article2302152/

As we all know, according to Simpson, the only villains are Conservatives. The Librano$ can use exactly the same tactics, tearing down the CPC leaders, reminding the electorate of CPC policies, but that's OK. In fact, it's de rigeur. But, the CPC had better not try it, otherwise they're ee-vil.

Jeffrey Simpson = Useful Idiot.

Re the 'pissin' on the taliban..Mark Levin did a tremendous rant about this on last nite's show.Waiting now for all the lefty head-explosions!

maz2 @ 6:29 and Fred @ 8:51, that was a different world and one some of us want returned.

batb, agreed and I do not know how you are able to stomach reading Jeffrey's tripe.

Beautiful horse and rider vid!!!

Re: pissing on the Tallys.

Again, the hypocrisy of the left shows through brightly.

What is the story? It's OK to shoot (repeatedly) and kill the enemy soldier ample times, hell, blow him apart to shreds with whatever kind of anti-personnel device, just doesn't matter.

Killing is fine.

But OMG, he pissed on them, how evil, terrible, and what a lack of respect! What rot. In a war theatre, you hate your enemy, its not a game of polo where you shake hands afterward. Effin leftists and their accompliss' in the MSM.

Now, if they had Dahmered them after the fact, ok, fine, howl like hyenas, but as my friends in the sewer dept used to say, "It's sterile"

I wish George Carlin were still alive to rant on this. He used to have a story on the juxtaposition of killing on TV (OK) vs sex on TV (horrible)

EDB How the electoral college works part 2 Fascinating. How you could be President with 22% of the vote. Thanks

11 more Solyndra situations in the wings?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/13/cbs_news_11_more_solyndras_in_obama_energy_program.html

EBD
Thanks for that horse and rider video. Enough to make a grown man cry. Beautiful.

Tequila-Sheila tells media scrum today,she 'still has a pretty fair sex-life!'...anyone drooling over that visual?? Kady even tweeted it!

The cbc has a great article up on how to manipulate their readers. Not really,but they have a fine example of how they do it.

The article is titled, " Super Weed found in Alberta",that'll catch an eye or two. It starts with a photo of bags of Round-up. It mentions Monsanto a couple of times. It mentions genetically modified crops. The moderators allow the conspiracy comments to go through,and they publish very few that call BS on the whole thing.FIRE THEM ALL.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/01/12/super-weed-alberta.html

Marxism Inc.

Note the term "middle-class". A Marxist term.

The Irish forsook their Christianity for the anti-religion religion of Marxism/socialism.

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"Ireland at the end of the road"

"As Ireland's runaway boom years have given way to one of the steepest slumps of a developed country since the Second World War, the lives of middle-class professionals have been devastated by the crash"

"The opulent Great Room in Dublin’s historic Shelbourne Hotel is a venue more readily associated with trade conferences and society weddings. On this crisp winter morning, though, it is standing room only for an event billed somewhat histrionically as ‘the largest property auction in Irish history’. Attended by up to 1,600 people over the course of a six-hour session, the sale is a joint venture by the auction house Allsop and the Dublin property agency Space. On offer are 108 lots, from a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Co Donegal priced at only €21,000 (£17,500) to two adjacent restaurant premises in the smart Dublin suburb of Ballsbridge with a reserve of €485,000. The majority of these properties are ‘distressed’ – part of commercial developments in receivership or private houses ‘surrendered’ to banks after their owners fell into arrears.

‘Now these always go well, and we know you like them,’ the auctioneer, Gary Murphy, says,".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8973421/Ireland-at-the-end-of-the-road.html

looks like a watermelon is trying to sue the federal government over the kyoto scam.

via sunnews

@EBD

Great videos on the political system. They make great points about the Electoral College, but I would need to examine the evidence more closely before rejecting it. There is some misrepresentation in the video and issues of state sovereignty to keeping the College. But it's the strongest evidence I've seen for a popular vote.

The gerrymandering video was outstanding too.

Gum Registry* News.

Rock'n'rolling with LFP?

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"LFP | Violence fears rock suburbia"

"London police are investigating a second shooting and another fire that may be related to the city’s gang war, The Free Press has learned."
*H/T Liberal Ad$cam Chretien.

Ken (Kulak), I'm a masochist, I guess! Jeffrey Simpson provides a certain (black) comic relief. I approach him as I would a train wreck: I sorta want to see what it looks like and sorta don't.

My prayer when I read his crap: "Lord, thank you that I was not made such a twit."

Just watched the horse video. Horses are such noble animals -- as are some of their riders!

My grandfather rode a horse in WWI and when I knew him, much later in his life, he rode every Saturday and Sunday. He and his horse made a very handsome twosome.

The winds of winter are blowing stronger in Egypt. The force behind their spring has thrown in the towel.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/egypt-reform-leader-elbaradei-ends-presidential-run/article2302752/

Here's a poll re Muslim prayers in public schools that needs attention - big time!

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/144877--groups-protest-muslim-prayers-at-toronto-public-school

'Just voted, Zog.

So, how come 61% of voters say it's OK to have Muslim prayers in schools when it's against the law in Ontario and when no Christian priest or minister is allowed to pray with students in a public school, and only 39% say no, it's not acceptable?

My conclusion? It's the invasion of the brain snatchers -- or the mostly brain-dead people who watch CityTV. (Seeing as Moses Znaimer, a Jew, owns CityTV, he should be a little worried by Torontonians largesse towards Islam in the TDSB. OTOH, seeing as he started his broadcast career at the CBC, it looks like he might have imbibed a little too much of their Leftard Kool-Aid to recognize the anti-Jewish, Shari'a threat.)

batb,

My guess is that Muslims are freeping the poll just I'm hoping that everyone else will respond appropriately.

Kate, if you're reading this, how about giving the poll prominence? Pretty please.

politicians extend professional courtesies...

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/va-ag-fears-dc-law-may-relocate-rehabilitated-rat-families-virginia-0

D.C.’s new rat law–the Wildlife Protection Act of 2010 (Wildlife Protection Act of 2010.pdf) –is “crazier than fiction” because it requires that rats and other vermin not be killed but captured, preferably in families; no glue or snap traps can be utilized; the rodents must be relocated from where they are captured; and some of these animals may need to be transferred to a “wildlife rehabilitator” as part of their relocation process.

zog...that poll is very old, has been stuck at 61% for a few months.

Traveler was the name of Robert E. Lee's famous horse. Lee rode him during and after the Civil War. I once read an autobiography about the life of Traveler. His name lives on in glory and deed.

Thanks for the video, a great tribute to two great horses.

Sarkozy is a no-show.

Prime Minister Francois Fillon was sent out instead.

AP's use of "reforms" is whitewash. It's a rout of socialism.

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"France to pursue reforms after downgrade"

"PARIS (AP) -- France's prime minister said Saturday his country will push ahead with cost-cutting measures after its top-tier debt rating was downgraded, a blow with repercussions across financially beleaguered Europe."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_EUROPE_FINANCIAL_CRISIS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-01-14-08-24-41

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrJQDnAHrRY&feature=fvst

Try to pick out the "bad guy" while boogeying-in to the tune.