Perhaps it’s the German side of my ancestry, but few things excite me more than fast cars. Here’s a trilogy of videos celebrating one of mankind’s greatest technological inventions: 1, 2, & 3.
Your turbocharged reader tips are welcome in the comments.
It’s been reported that Justin Trudeau today called Peter Kent a piece of s@&%¥.
“Scientists find signs of missing ‘God particle'”
The really good thing is they have also discovered that ‘Climate changes’.
The quattro system was just too expensive for most of us, when it first came out. I always wanted to run one on some logging roads, just to see how much it could stand. Nowadays all-wheel-drive is for SUVs, and performance cars have gone back to rear-wheel with traction control. AWD just burns too much gas. The top dog of AWD sedans, nowadays, is Acura. My girlfriend used to have one. What a rocket! Now she wants a German car, so maybe I’ll get to wring out a quattro yet. Forestry Trunk Road, here I come.
Harry, presumably this is the report you are writing about.
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/politics/archives/2011/12/20111214-152743.html
Age-Old Question with added Christmas Theme: If a man says something in a snow covered forest and there isn’t a woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
In Parliament today not only did young Turdough give himself a nickname he’ll wear for the rest of his pathetic political career, he was wearing one of those Guy Fawkes Occupy masks when he did it.
I have an open question for all political historians:
It’s frequently being mentioned in regard to New Gingrich these days that he ended the “40 year reign of the Democrats in the House of Representatives”.
Does anyone know why things were so slanted in that branch of the U.S. government for so long? I welcome a detailed explanation if you have one.
I dunno Robert, I’m stuck at trying to imagine a man that talks.
Robert W. (Vancouver)
That depends on his maritial status…
Daniel Hannan tells the EU where to go.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author/danielhannan/
Some years ago a small rural town in Spain twinned with a similar town in Greece.
The Mayor of the Greek town visited the Spanish town. When he saw the palatial mansion belonging to the Spanish mayor he wondered how he could afford such a house.
The Spaniard said; “You see that bridge over there? The EU gave us a grant to build a four-lane bridge, but by building a single lane bridge with traffic lights at either end this house could be built”.
The following year the Spaniard visited the Greek town. He was simply amazed at the Greek Mayor’s house, gold taps, marble floors, it was marvellous.
When he asked how this could be afforded the Greek said; “You see that bridge over there?”
The Spaniard replied; “No.”
Robert: We are kindred spirits, except that when I expressed that question on many occasions I substituted the word “stupid” with “wrong”.
And…yes we are…at least that is what my wife of 38 years maintains.
Quite apart from the fact that I have maintained her in a fully paid for $1.2 million house, and with every imaginable luxury.
If I seem bitter, I’m not. I come from the old school which dictates that a man provides for his family, as best as he can. It seems that I have provided somewhat better than others.
But…proof again that love, indeed, is blind…
Cool site to check out.
http://votecompass.ca/results/federal/
Gives an interesting look at how different regions in Canada differ on politics. Interesting to see how different QC is on pretty much every issue, and also the differences between rural and urban ares.
Just click on the issue you want to see, and it goes to the map.
It appears the Loyal Lefties at CBC News are giving Conservative MPs full encouragement to any type of language they wish. For good measure, after an f-bomb or s-pile, just say you’re doing it for the children! LOL
That vote compass results page sure explains why Harper still thinks he could make inroads in Quebec. I disagree though, I think Quebec should be abandoned.
Looking through the pages of history, found self evident truth about socialists.
It is spoken with ease and elegance, without any hint what so ever, of apology.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=v2Vp1moqTKs&feature=endscreen
Is the Harper Majority on the Right Track?
Scroll half way down the page to find a MacLean’s poll that needs to go horribly wrong:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/the-commons-thats-enough
Canada got an apology for the crimes committed against our soldiers by the Japanese.
However, there are some who are still waiting. (Warning: Video link automatically loads and plays.)
Found at Steyn online
More brain dead Academics. At least go on-line or watch TV you freaks? Don’t these so called brains read the koran at least? How can educated people be so blind?
Sharia a good fit in some areas, says academic
AUSTRALIA’S Muslims would not move towards a parallel legal system if some Islamic practices were better integrated into the existing legal framework, a University of Sydney academic said.
The Sydney law school lecturer Ghena Krayem said extensive interviews with NSW Muslim leaders and community members found they were not seeking a recognition of sharia in areas where it was contrary to existing Australian law, such as polygamy. (Yeah dude FOR now)
http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/sharia-a-good-fit-in-some-areas-says-academic-20111214-1ouy7.html
As a 1989 WRC Mazda 323 GT owner, I can give a few tips that might have been forgotten over the years.
1.Racing stickers don’t make a Honda Civic go faster. That’s why we call them ” ricer stickers ”
2. Putting a hood scoop and a giant wing on a normally aspirated Chevy Caviler does not make it go faster.
3.Having a car that was designed with an engine that can handle 15 Psi of turbocharger boost all day beats a pimple faced retard in a Civic.
3a. Pimple boys’ mom bought a Prius, or a $2000 electric scooter that she never drives to work;
that’s why he has the Honda.
3b. Nevermind if you don’t get the point by now, you never will.
3a+. Electric scooter mom commutes for 2 hours a day in dad’s SUV, idling a big V8 with the AC blasting feeling good about the electric scooter that she never uses.
3c. The carbon footprint of the LiOMg battery pack
in that scooter is more than it toke to build and run dad’s suv from build to salvage.
4. See point 3.
5. ??????
6. Profit?
; no just weep as a gear head car guy.
Mao Stlong* Lepolt.
Enemies of communist Red China: “Lin Zulian and Yang Semao”.
“the first published acknowledgement of the ongoing strife in Wukan,”.
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“Wukan seige: Chinese government vows to hunt down rebel village ‘leaders'”
“The Chinese government has vowed to hunt down and “severely punish” the men it believes are leading a rebellion in Wukan, the southern village that is now on the fifth day of a police siege.”
“Wu Zili, the acting mayor of Shanwei county, where Wukan is situated, said that the government would resolve the situation in the village “according to the law” and that it would “take the merits of the villagers’ demands into consideration”.
However, he warned, “the authorities will firmly crack down on anyone who organises and incites the villagers”.
In a statement to the Chinese state media, the first published acknowledgement of the ongoing strife in Wukan, Mr Wu named two of the village’s representatives, Lin Zulian and Yang Semao, as ringleaders of the protests.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8957781/Wukan-seige-Chinese-government-vows-to-hunt-down-rebel-village-leaders.html
*Liberal leader Bob Rae’s uncle Maurice Strong, c/o Red China.
This just in from the FOIA.
AGW is a piece of Trudeau.
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“The big freeze set to last all weekend… and batten down the hatches tonight because there’s another 70mph storm on the way!
South coast of England to be hit with winds of up to 70mph overnight
Snow set to hit Wales, the Midlands and possibly south east England
Up to 10cm of snow could fall in Shropshire, mid Wales and West Midlands”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074433/UK-weather-The-big-freeze-set-weekend-70mph-storm-way.html
AlMoh’s Mohammedans kill list: 27 more soldiers than polar bears.
Mohammedans are dangerous/doomed.
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“Climate change threatens to make polar bears dangerous; action needed:scientist
Ontario polar bears doomed, expert saysToronto Star
So Long, Ontario Polar Bears”
“Syrian Army Defectors Kill 27 Soldiers as Armed Conflict Spreads
BusinessWeek – 1 hour ago”
(googlenews)
Update: Thursday.
Mao’s land grab: property rights.
Waiting for Mao’s PLA*.
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“Thousands rally in China land grab village”
“WUKAN, China — Thousands of residents of a Chinese village under police blockade rallied on Thursday to demand the government take action over illegal land grabs and the death in custody of a local leader.
The people of Wukan — a fishing village in the wealthy southern province of Guangdong with about 13,000 inhabitants — accuse corrupt local officials of stealing communal land without compensating them.
Wukan has been the scene of repeated and at times violent protests over land seizures, a hugely contentious issue in China, where authorities are accused of colluding with developers in lucrative real estate deals.
Local anger boiled over with the death Sunday in police custody of a village leader tasked with negotiating with authorities over the row. The village, which has been abandoned by local officials, is now surrounded by police checkpoints.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h3ytPaC0gGBjzkG5Om8UV2_WH_7Q?docId=CNG.d96740d7b33e1f9da02bd659d2fc27aa.11
*People’s Liberation Army.
“AGW is a piece of Trudeau.”
maz2, truer words were never spoken.
World’s greatest drag race:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDP7Pty8Qnw&feature=player_embedded
Hmmm…does this also explain the Starbucks vs. Tim Hortons coffee class wars?
Coffee and the Age of Reason
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2011/12/coffee-and-age-of-reason.html
Loved your trilogy, and by the looks of things, the spectators live as recklessly as do the drivers. There is absolutely no way I would be standing on one of those corners when these guys (and Michelle, with her comparisons to Ballet) come screaming and swaying around them. Of course, it has always been my intention to die in bed, with a priest and 40 nuns praying for wretched soul. (Still, I gotta envy people who like to live on the edge, and who are good enough at it, that they can pay their own funeral expenses).
I still get a kick out of reading this old email, give a Corvette a 200 MPH headstart and a top fueler will pass it within a 1/4 mile:
“ACCELERATION PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE
* One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic-inch Hemi engine
makes more horsepower (8,000 HP) than the first 4 rows of cars at the Daytona 500.
* Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes
11.2 gallons of nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747
consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
* A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce
enough power to merely drive the dragster’s supercharger.
* With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the
supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a
near-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic
lock at full throttle.
* At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for
nitro methane the flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.
* Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular
white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen,
dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust
gases.
* Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug.
This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.
* Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed
during a pass. After 1/2 way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus
the glow of exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F. The engine can only be
shut down by cutting the fuel flow.
* If spark momentarily fails early in the run,
unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with
sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split
the block in half.
* Dragsters reach over 300 MPH before you have
completed reading this sentence.
* In order to exceed 300 MPH in 4.5 seconds,
dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4 G’s. In order to reach 200 MPH
well before half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8
G’s.
* Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540
revolutions from light to light!
* Including the burnout, the engine must only
survive 900 revolutions under load.
* The redline is actually quite high at 9500 RPM.
* THE BOTTOM LINE: Assuming all the equipment is
paid off, the crew worked for free, & for once, NOTHING BLOWS UP, each
run costs an estimated $1,000 per second.
0 to 100 MPH in .8 seconds (the first 60 feet of the run)
0 to 200 MPH in 2.2 seconds (the first 350 feet of the run)
6 g-forces at the starting line (nothing accelerates faster on land)
6 negative g-forces upon deployment of twin ‘chutes at 300 MPH
An NHRA Top Fuel Dragster accelerates quicker than any other land vehicle on earth quicker than a jet fighter plane . . . quicker than the space shuttle.
The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is
4.420 seconds for the quarter-mile (2004, Doug Kalitta). The
top speed record is 337.58 MPH as measured over the last 66′
of the run (2005, Tony Schumacher).
Putting this all into perspective:
You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter
twin-turbo powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel
dragster is staged & ready to launch down a quarter-mile strip as you
pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the ‘Vette
hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line & pass the
dragster at an honest 200 MPH. The ‘tree’ goes green for both of
you at that moment.
The dragster launches & starts after you. You keep
your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears
your eardrums & within 3 seconds the dragster catches & passes you.
He beats you to the finish line, a quarter-mile away from where you just
passed him. Think about it – from a standing start, the dragster had
spotted you 200 MPH & not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road
when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long race!
That’s acceleration ! ”
They don’t need our stinking oil (nor gas nor coal). Really.
http://energyforamerica.org/inventory/
Barbara Kay tells us today,that Quebecer’s are the least giving when it comes to charitable donations.Shocked I tell ya!
I’m reading now that Charles and Camilla are going to visit Canada in 2012. Ain’t that just f’n swell.
After the facelift given the Monarchy in Canada by William and Kate here come a couple of misbehaving adultrous bastards to put it right back in the ditch.
Stay the hell home!
‘Yankee go home’
remember that refrain?
seems the ‘Mercuns are listening for a change……
ca.news.yahoo.com/panetta-iraq-close-u-war-102108022.html
British teen writes death threat to Santa.
It would be funny except I’m pretty sure she’s not kidding.
In the letter Mekeeda, from Brickhill, Bedford, demands a Blackberry, a designer Laura Knitted 33 Jumper, money, Converse trainers and sunglasses.
As well as gifts Mekeeda also demands Father Christmas bring her ‘the real’ Justin Bieber and teenage singer Austin Mahone.
“I don’t see any problem with the letter, I want all of these things and I don’t see why I shouldn’t get them.”
I blame the mother.
“I know it sounds like she is spoilt but I like to get my daughter what she wants also you don’t want to get on the wrong side of her.”
I’m also pretty sure she still believes in Santa at 13. Quite the brain-trust.
Socialism/communism:
The religion of the stomach.
“rice and cooking oil,”.
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“Wukan siege: First crack in the villagers’ resolve”
“Roughly 30 villagers have gone over to the government’s side, according to sources in the village, and are now actively persuading others to join them.
The 30 villagers are offering others rice and cooking oil, both of which are in increasingly scarce supply, to villagers who are willing to leave their signatures on a blank document, which could then be manipulated to show support for the government’s actions.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8959080/Wukan-siege-First-crack-in-the-villagers-resolve.html
The Justice Department is going after the bad guys!
http://www.jammiewf.com/2011/thug-life-obama-justice-department-going-after-climategate-whistleblowers/
Stolen from Ace.
Big Bang Bankrupt Socialism.
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“Talk of ‘nuclear default’ sums up Left’s anger at EU dictates”
“Tempers are fraying in austerity-racked Portugal.
A top socialist politician was taped at a party dinner calling for diplomatic warfare against the EU’s northern powers and issuing threats of debt default.”
“We have an atomic bomb that we can use in the face of the Germans and the French: this atomic bomb is simply that we won’t pay,” said Pedro Nuno Santos, vice-president of the Socialist Party in the parliament.
“Debt is our only weapon and we must use it to impose better conditions, because recession itself is what is stopping us complying with the (EU-IMF Troika) accord. We should make the legs of the German bankers tremble,” he said.
The comments came as Portugal slides deeper into recession, with the economy expected to contract by 3pc next year. Protesters marched through Lisbon on Thursday denouncing plans by the new conservative government to raise the working week to 42 hours. Wages are being cut 16pc for higher paid, and 8pc for lower paid public workers.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8959687/Talk-of-nuclear-default-sums-up-Lefts-anger-at-EU-dictates.html
From Evan Solomon of the totally non-biased cbc to MP Rickford re mtg today on Attawapiskat: “From our point of view,it looks like you didn’t get anything done!”..and they wonder why we hate them.
CBC – “Prison watchdog probes spike in number of black inmates”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/12/14/crawford-black-prison.html
CBC – “Tackling root causes” – “”Very often, poverty is a factor. Disengagement from the school system is a factor. Racial profiling is a factor,” Rowe said………..
What’s happening here?
Not enough welfare or open borders to Third world immigration perhaps? Not enough legalized drugs to feed Liberal drug habits?
What are the average white people doing wrong now, to force these poor and unfortunate black people into not liking us and terrorizing our communities with violent crime?
The chef at Attawapiskat has applied for a court injuction to stop the third-party manager to take over the band’s finances.
I think she’s cooking the books,and the top 25 comments at cbc ALL agree. Yes,that cbc.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/12/15/pol-attawapiskat-121511.html
Oh, Lord: 43 seconds of Occucrazy. What could possibly go wrong?
If it was ‘octomom’ it would make a bit more sense,but “Lotus” the occumom should be charged.
“westward, look, the land is bright!*”
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“Senate votes to abolish wheat board monopoly”
“Bill C-18 was passed at third and final reading in the Senate Thursday with the support of all the Conservatives present. The Liberals, and Independent Senator Jean-Claure Rivest voted against the bill. Independent Senator Anne Cools abstained.”
“”The Conservatives believe in setting the western farmers free,” said Manitoba Conservative Sen. Don Plett. “It’s a great day for Western Canada.”
Shortly after the vote, Gov. Gen. David Johnston gave the bill royal assent. Liberal Leader Bob Rae and CWB chair Allen Oberg had both written to Johnston asking him not to give the bill royal assent while the courts are considering the legality of the bill.”
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Wheat-board–135700093.html
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“Adding seats to House of Commons a political windfall for Tories”
“The Senate will pass the legislation enlarging the House of Commons by 30 seats either Thursday or Friday. By the weekend, it should have royal assent. This matters a lot.
Elections Canada has warned that unless the law is enacted by the New Year, it might not be able to take the new seats into account in time for the 2015 election. But now we know those new seats, created to give the growing parts of the country more equal representation, will be in place.”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/john-ibbitson/adding-seats-to-house-of-commons-a-political-windfall-for-tories/article2271940/
*AH Clough
“EU carbon trading in freefall”
“Looks just like what happened to the Chicago Carbon Exchange is about to repeat in Europe.”
Source: http://www.barchart.com/charts/futures/CKZ11
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/12/15/eu-carbon-trading-in-freefall/#more-53138
This was the saddest auto-related response seen in the annals of gearhead discussion boards. Is it a Canadian phenomenon? Is it generational?
First, DWright. Hahahahaha.
Second, Stan. While I love the smell of nitro in the morning, at the end of the day, I’m driving my Z06 on the street anywhere I please. Plus, after setting a new Omaha to Sioux City dodge the trooper record at an hour and ten minutes and winning the unofficial I-29 sweepstakes, there remained two-thirds a tank of fuel. The dragster would be out of gas before it traversed the Missouri.
Posted by: Stan at December 15, 2011 12:15 PM
Stan could afford to drive that car to work?
Could you go into an alley without having to be pushed out?
Could you use that for anything but 1/4 mile?
Didn’t think so.
dwright