Britain's demographic wild card: native Brits converting to Islam.

"Hollywood star Liam Neeson is considering giving up his Catholic belief and becoming a Muslim…"

Oh no. Catholicism would be losing a real genius:

"(Neeson) was criticised in 2010 after claiming Narnia lion Aslan — voiced by him in the movies — is not based on Christ as CS Lewis had claimed but in fact all spiritual leaders including Mohammed..."

Recommended: the funny (oddly enough) and oddly cathartic On The Radicalization of Anders Behring Breivik.

That guy can drive.

Impressive low alt and short field airmanship with heavy iron fer sure.

Bit of a tempest in a teapot but this BBQ place in Hamilton has ruffled a few feathers with it's signs.

http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/660388--hillbilly-heaven-signs-funny-or-off-base

Karl Denninger asks Why are you buying Apple?

The reason North American workers can't compete with China? They're not slaves.

Despite what EBD posted last night, all is not sunny in Australia.

I would be pissed if I lost my shoe.

George Soros Stands To Reap Financial Windfall If Obama’s New Natural Gas Proposal Is Enacted…

One company that stands to benefit handsomely from the president’s proposal is Westport Innovations. The company converts diesel engines to be fueled by natural gas. Wall Street analysts predicted a boom for the company if the NAT GAS Act were passed. CNBC analyst Jim Cramer said he “expects shares to absolutely explode” in the event the legislation were to pass.

http://weaselzippers.us/

A palette cleanser for these trying times, just for Mamba.

End hot girl oppression.

Don't be this guy, even though it cracks me up every time I see it.

EBD - Please tell me you are kidding about Neeson. I'm still trying to figure out what happened with James Taylor.

Someone tell that dude that's not a fighter jet he's flying. Very impressive.

Hopefully this is on topic (airplanes). Seems I recall a great deal of media hype on the procurement mistakes for this plane.

Wonder what will be said about when we take possession of the F-35's. Cheers

SDH...*snork*

More on FKA Gord's Hamilton BBQ place can be heard here (beginning around 5 minutes in).

*I* want music! Not politics here.

I really liked "Jingle, Jangle..." back when
BDSM was more innocent. ....Lady in Red

Bull, C-130 pilots can outfly even Navy fighter pilots!

http://www.theaviationzone.com/factsheets/c130_forrestal.asp

...which is not so say I don't like politics.

I do. Why I come.

But, late at night, I want *music*

...Lady in Red

Watch this so-called news and tell me please where PMSH says he wil change OAS eligibility to 67:

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120126/harper-davos-swiss-economy-20120126/

Fifer doesn't like the news, so he and Lisa create it.

Good friend of mine flies these suckers.

Revnant Dream: "George Soros Stands To Reap Financial Windfall If Obama’s New Natural Gas Proposal Is Enacted…"

Cui bono: AGW?

...-

"Many had a lot to gain from Alfred Dreyfus’s conviction..."

"Miscarriages of justice almost always suit somebody. That was the case in France in the 1890s. Many had a lot to gain from Alfred Dreyfus’s conviction... more»"

http://www.aldaily.com/

"Sympathy with the devil"

"The Dreyfus affair became a symbol that grew rapidly out of all proportion with the original case. The progressive left and centre used it as a stick to beat the army and the Church; the clerical and nationalist right used it as a way to discredit secularists and liberals and to sustain French anti-Semitism."

http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2012/01/dreyfus-affair-france-army

Pretty fancy flying machine with a better than average driver!

Now if only there was a way to turn BB off for demo flights like that......LOL

Actually, >AtlanticJim, there are plenty of airshow crashes to prove you don't really WANT it off. I believe those were countercalls by the right seat to let the pilot be sure he WAS within the envelope, and were specifically prompted by each of the warning system calls.

Thanks for posting this link!

There's a CBC poll asking people what they thought of Obama's SOTU speech.

www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2012/01/what-did-you-make-of-obamas-state-of-the-union-address.html

Hockey woes continue in Edmonton, this time it's serious http://www.edmontonsun.com/2012/01/26/city-threatens-to-suspend-beer-leagues-for-drinking?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=recommend-button&utm_campaign=City+threatens+to+suspend+beer+leagues+for+drinking

SDH @10:52 - aw thanks :-)* Say, do you think Bob's ever had his sinuses checked?

re. Neeson - maybe the missus wasn't the only one who got bumped on the head.

*this is what Meghan McCain calls a modicum.

(BTW, EBD @10:04, Neeson's Nardern Oirish, and not a Brit. Also he's an actor, and therefore presumably certifiable and with the attention span of a fruit fly. He's usually quite good in stuff though, I'll give him that.)

In a perfect world people would faithfully pay all their taxes, politicians would take no more than actually required to fulfill legitimate government duties and government agencies would use the money to provide services in a fair, affordable and efficient manner. In the real world the government takes too much for dubious and/or corrupt purposes and government unions provide the worst possible service at the highest possible price. So is it really a surprise that citizens feel guiltless in depriving the state of tax money?

Paying cash-in-hand 'is cheating the country' says nation's top taxman

"Paying cash in hand is ‘diddling’ the economy and depriving schools and hospitals of money, the country’s top taxman said last night.

Dave Hartnett, permanent secretary for tax at HM Revenue and Customs, called on people to report those they believed were evading tax.

He said paying a builder or cleaner in cash, allowing them to evade VAT or income tax, would result in even deeper Government cuts to public services."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092542/Paying-cash-hand-cheating-country-says-countrys-taxman.html#ixzz1kfmmHFYs

Followup question: The politician quoted uses the term 'diddling' numerous times. Ignoring any possible dysfunction or insecurity indicated by his repeated use of the word - does diddled mean the same in Britain as it does here? I only ask because if you read UK newspapers on a regular basis you'd have to conclude that it is taxpayers who are getting diddled on a regular basis...and not fun, consensual diddling but more like being diddled by Bubba, your prison cellmate.

That trash hauler really put the Herc through it's paces. Having worked and flown on them I am always amazed at the capabilities of these things. The Super J model certainly lives up to the reputation of it's predecessors. I'm not to sure if they had a loadmaster in the back but that would have been a ride.

A cbc story that sums up the enviro-movement quite nicely.'I'm saving the planet and you're going to pay'.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/01/27/ottawa-condo-electric-car-battle.html

Re: Hercules C-130J

Funny the CBC forgot to show us that!!

Speaking of the CBC. The headline this Am is:
"Costly federal secretariat lives on with little to do."

At one million a year, I hardly consider it a costly Dept.

Here was amy commnet on CBC.Ca, that will most likley never get published.

"A million a year!! And that`s headline news? That`s one thousanth of what we give the CBC so that they can come up with "No Stories" (such as this one) that are specifically broadcasted to feed Liberal ego and hurt our government!"

http://www.hilltimes.com/news/politics/2012/01/26/tories-postpone-monday%E2%80%99s-third-reading-to-scrap-long-gun-registry-libs/29388

The Conservative government is delaying third and final reading of the bill to end the Long Gun Registry,AGAIN!

What in hell is going on?!

Gun owners should be E-mailing their MP's on this or next thing you know,the bill will be put on the back burner forever or scrapped outright.

Regardless of your opinion of Ron Paul, this graphic that compares the GOP candidates' word usage frequency to Obama's is interesting.

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/what-ron-paul-talks-about/

This is about Quebec but Ontario, the Maritimes and even Canada itself without reforms are not far behind.

"The province’s huge debt burden also is an albatross for its young.

He estimates Quebecers aged 45 and under will pay an average of $200,000 more in taxes than they’ll receive in services or benefits from government, making them the first generation in Quebec history to be left with a lesser inheritance than the previous generation.

[...]

“Quebec’s economic model is a failure,” Duhaime said, “Nobody wants to imitate it. We’re stuck in a decrease of collective worth.”"

http://www.montrealgazette.com/Boomers+selfishness+leading+bust+author+Eric+Duhaime/6058638/story.html#ixzz1kgTCXxh4

via Fraser Institute

ACT! for America was formed by Brigitte Gabriel, a Christian immigrant from Lebanon. She is probably the most dynamic women I have ever heard on this topic.

Students in North America are being propagandized with mis-information about Islam and its history in a lot of our nation's 7th grade social studies classes. Brigitte speaks about this in a recent speech in Colorado. It is a lengthy link, but well worth listening to and sending to all your acquaintances. I hope you will take the time to watch it at:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid949801312001?bckey=AQ~~%2cAAAACEco_Vk~%2c9bOat4XcfB_88ri1a3UMdKnLpH9aM8Fv&bclid=0&bctid=1271237687001

Black Mamba, you're being a little too meticulous. Northern Ireland is part of the UK, and while it's technically not correct to refer to UK citizenship as "British" citizenship, it's a handy and normal usage.

I regard anybody from the British Isles as British anyway, including the Channel Islanders and the Republic Irish. Some of them might object, but that just motivates me to do it more.