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Some people swear that Parisians are the world’s most impatient and aggressive drivers, others say it’s the Greeks. Tonight, we pull over to make a convincing case that it’s The Chechens.
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  1. Phil Jones, former head of the infamous University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit, flies 20,000 miles to Tahiti to gas on about the perils of man-made global warming.
    The University of East Anglia defends Jones:

    “There is no substitute for occasional face-to-face meetings and informal networking which often proves extremely fruitful for collaborative research.”

    Yeah – and it’s off the record.

  6. That driving clip reminds when I worked Freeway Patrol during rush hour on Hwy 99 between the Oak St Bridge Vancouver and the King George Hwy, Surrey.
    It was especially nuts to have a person weaving through traffic through George Massey Tunnel.
    Fond memories. mid island mike

  8. EBD, the heading of that clip is perfect. I feel like going outside and starting my Pilot and GMC half ton and just letting them run for a bit.
    Definitely a Democrat voter.
    We wonder why we have one asinine law after another shoved down our throats.

  9. David Catron at The American Spectator:
    “Once immutable where her core convictions were concerned, (Ann Coulter) has executed a vertigo-inducing volte-face in order to promote a brazen opportunist whose positions on the big issues were the opposite of hers before he began running for President. She relentlessly trashes Republican ‘moderates’ like McCain, yet now supports a candidate who makes the Arizona Senator look like Barry Goldwater by comparison.”
    […]
    “Which brings us to the latest evidence that Coulter has been somehow altered. Her inexplicable support for Romney has led her beyond being merely wrong about his chances in the general election to writing things that are either deliberately disingenuous or genuinely ignorant. The latest example of this tragic development is a column titled, ‘Three Cheers for RomneyCare.’ As its title suggests, this piece actually defends the Massachusetts ‘universal’ health law…”
    The rest of Who Castrated Ann Coulter? here.

  10. EBD, I’ve been wondering if the Republican establishment, including Coulter, are intent on throwing the election. Again.

  11. The Prius driver was a prick, and so was the owner of the truck. Not sure what the point of the video was. Hillbilly in Prius meets hillbilly in truck?

  12. EBD great link – I have felt the same about Coulter for some while. The world makes no sense sometimes. I think we might be witnessing the beginnings of a major change in politics, hopefully for the better.

  15. French Interior Minister Claude Gueant: “Contrary to what the left’s relativist ideology says…all civilizations are not of equal value. Those which defend humanity seem to us to be more advanced than those that do not. Those which defend liberty, equality and fraternity seem to us superior to those which accept tyranny, the subservience of women, social and ethnic hatred.”
    Prominent leftists are, of course, outraged: Harlem Desir of the French Socialist Party calls his statement a “pitiful provocation”; a spokesman for a Socialist presidential candidate says Gueant’s remarks “divisive and degrading.”

  16. An interesting article in light of the new atheism meme. Don’t personally agree with a lot of it. Makes you think though.
    Nietzsche’s passionate atheism was the making of me
    Nietzsche’s pious lack of faith led to my own conversion to Christianity
    He is in a completely different place to the new atheist brigade of Richard Dawkins and AC Grayling. If God walked into the room, Nietzsche would stab him – for his “God is dead” revelation is that humanity can only become free if it rejects the idea of the divine. Christianity is not a mistake. It is wickedness dressed up as virtue.
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/05/passionate-atheism-me-christianity-nietzsche

  18. The Chechens obviously have their own cultural norms when it comes to Muslim driving, you greasy Islamophobe. 😉 You have to respect the ballistic turn signal though, no matter how you look at it.
    Here you can read up on Chechen grievances which may explain their driving passions.
    http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/

  19. A YouTube ad promoting the current Alberta government features this anodyne and startlingly clunky slogan by premier Alison Redford:

    “I’m optimistic of what Alberta is, and what it will be.”

    Huh? One can be optimistic about something, but optimistic *of* something? And optimistic “of” something that already *is*?
    “I’m optimistic of what Alberta is…”
    Wowee. As Martin Mull put it, “Some people have a way with words, some people not have way.”

  23. “I’m optimistic of what Alberta is, and what it will be.” (EBD 12:06 am) Perhaps she is channeling Yoda (There optimistic is; there optimistic will be).

  25. “Germany in skeptical turmoil on both Climate and Solar/Windfarms”
    “I have two major stories out of Germany to report, one on the rise of Climate Skepticism into the mainstream, as Germany’s Top Environmentalist Turns Climate Sceptic, saying
    “I couldn’t take it any more. I had to write this book.”
    Doubt came two years ago when he was an expert reviewer of an IPCC report on renewable energy. “I discovered numerous errors and asked myself if the other IPCC reports on climate were similarly sloppy.”
    ….and the other major story is on the failure of solar and wind power in Germany. First, the mainstream skepticism:
    Body Blow To German Global Warming Movement! Major Media Outlets Unload On “CO2 Lies!””
    http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/02/06/germany-in-skeptical-turmoil-on-both-climate-and-windfarms/#more-56069

  26. “Prime Minister Harper in China to seek markets for Canadian businesses
    Winnipeg Free Press – ‎1 hour ago‎
    BEIJING, China – Centuries ago, emperors flocked to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing to pray for a good harvest. And that’s where Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make one of his first stops on a four day trip through China, continuing a course he set …”
    …-
    “Shanghai shipping slump as IMF warns China on euro slump”
    “China, EU to Hold Summit on Debt Crisis, Ties”
    “EU debt crisis could cut China’s growth in half: IMF”
    http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/

  28. Francis Fukuyama on Hungary: “The threat to democracy in Hungary is thus not new institutions per se, but an old political culture that is re-emerging.”
    To which Jakob Andar (one of the few Hungarian bloggers who blogs in English, http://andorjakab.blog.hu/)replies: “Huhh. God is in heaven all right with the world. I was afraid nobody will ever understand what Fidesz is doing.”
    http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/fukuyama/2012/02/06/whats-wrong-with-hungary/

  31. That guy who drove the other car off the side of the road is really discourteous. He didn’t even signal.

  32. the ‘greening’ of the schools turns into the yellowing of the floors….
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093979/Students-step-rivers-urine-green-bathrooms-plan-turns-high-school-yellow–cost-500-000-fix.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
    Students step over ‘rivers of urine’ after green bathrooms plan for waterless urinals turns a high school yellow… and it will cost $500,000 to fix
    By Michael Zennie
    Last updated at 8:20 PM on 30th January 2012
    Students at a high school in Boca Raton, Florida, must step over rivers of urine and endure the stench of rancid waste after a plan to bring ‘green’ waterless urinals into bathrooms backfired.
    School officials at Spanish River High School thought they had found an environmentally-friendly, cost-saving solution for their bathrooms when they installed Falcon Waterfree urinals in their boys bathrooms.
    But with no water moving through the school’s copper pipes to flush the urine into the sewer system, the waste produced noxious gases that ate through the metal, leaving leaky pipes that allowed urine to drip into walls and flow onto floors.
    ‘It was pretty disgusting,’ school board chairman Frank Barbieri told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
    ‘The girls had to step over a river of urine. I could smell it as soon as I walked into the hallway.’

  33. I go to a college that has those waterless urinals.
    It does smell in there, but have to see if they leak like the one in Florida. Plus this is on the second floor.

  34. Neo-AGW Progess Report: Update.
    Plus Mao Stlong’s* hungry tigers.
    …-
    “Death toll from Europe’s cold snap hits 400 as explosive experts called in to break up Serbian ice”
    “BELGRADE — Authorities used explosives, icebreakers and tractors Tuesday in the battle to overcome Europe’s big freeze, as dozens more died of hypothermia and tens of thousands remained cut off by snow.
    Around 400 people have now died from the cold weather in Europe since the cold snap began 11 days ago.
    While there was some respite for people in Ukraine — where more than 130 deaths have been recorded — the mercury plunged overnight to minus 39.4 degrees Celsius in the Kvilda region of the Czech Republic.
    More bodies were found either on the streets, in their cars or in their homes in Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Hungary and across the Balkans.”
    http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/07/death-toll-from-europes-cold-snap-hits-400-as-explosive-experts-called-in-to-break-up-serbian-ice/
    …-
    “Tigers attack bus in Chinese wildlife park: report”
    “BEIJING — A group of tourists visiting a wildlife park in eastern China had a narrow escape after Bengal tigers attacked their bus, puncturing its tires and destroying the windshield, state media said Tuesday.
    A worker in charge of the enclosure at Jinan Wildlife World in Shandong province was at lunch when the incident happened last Saturday, and it took officials 10 minutes to open a gate so the tourists could escape, reports said.
    None of the 27 tourists on the bus were injured, but the driver’s hand was hurt when the tigers jumped on the vehicle and broke the windshield, said Chinese state news agency Xinhua.”
    http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/07/tigers-attack-bus-in-chinese-wildlife-park-report/
    *Liberal leader Bob Rae’s uncle, c/o Red China.

  35. Hi John Brooks, Hungary is part of my daily reality (I live here), and it’ll be part of my 2 little rascals heritage…

  36. O’Ben & Pepe Show.
    “Pepe is actually a good person too.””
    Special Feature: Return to Sender*/Surfacing**.
    …-
    “US Federal Reserve chairman repeats his vow to ‘take every available step’ to shield America from the eurozone debt crisis as Greek political leaders prepare for crucial crunch talks to avoid a debt default.”
    “Debt crisis and Greek debt talks: live”
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/debt-crisis-live/9065383/Debt-crisis-and-Greek-debt-talks-live.html
    …-
    “Obama to Return Major Donations Tied to Fugitive”
    “Two American brothers of a Mexican casino magnate who fled drug and fraud charges in the United States and has been seeking a pardon enabling him to return have emerged as major fund-raisers and donors for President Obama’s re-election campaign.”
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/us/politics/major-obama-donors-are-tied-to-pepe-cardona-mexican-fugitive.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
    *EAP.
    **Maggie Artwood/CanContent.

  37. O’Ben & Pepe Show.
    “Pepe is actually a good person too.””
    Special Feature: Return to Sender*/Surfacing**.
    …-
    “US Federal Reserve chairman repeats his vow to ‘take every available step’ to shield America from the eurozone debt crisis as Greek political leaders prepare for crucial crunch talks to avoid a debt default.”
    “Debt crisis and Greek debt talks: live”
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/debt-crisis-live/9065383/Debt-crisis-and-Greek-debt-talks-live.html
    …-
    “Obama to Return Major Donations Tied to Fugitive”
    “Two American brothers of a Mexican casino magnate who fled drug and fraud charges in the United States and has been seeking a pardon enabling him to return have emerged as major fund-raisers and donors for President Obama’s re-election campaign.”
    urlm.in/lbbj
    *EAP.
    **Maggie Artwood/CanContent.

  38. O’Ben & Pepe Show.
    “Pepe is actually a good person too.””
    Special Feature: Return to Sender*/Surfacing**.
    …-
    “US Federal Reserve chairman repeats his vow to ‘take every available step’ to shield America from the eurozone debt crisis as Greek political leaders prepare for crucial crunch talks to avoid a debt default.”
    “Debt crisis and Greek debt talks: live”
    urlm.in/lbbm
    …-
    “Obama to Return Major Donations Tied to Fugitive”
    “Two American brothers of a Mexican casino magnate who fled drug and fraud charges in the United States and has been seeking a pardon enabling him to return have emerged as major fund-raisers and donors for President Obama’s re-election campaign.”
    urlm.in/lbbj
    *EAP.
    **Maggie Artwood/CanContent.

  39. trying to figure out the relationship of the Toyota or Lexus running the Lada off the road and then keeps on going.
    Seems the poor lada driver was swerving all over to keep in traffic, but never approached the ‘passing’ lane, so not sure why the Lexus ran him off the road. Almost looked like a direct and deliberate hit.
    Needless to say, these guys are nuts. Honking and shooting off guns.

  41. ” School officials at Spanish River High School ” — Bemused at February 7, 2012 10:31 AM.
    Good name,maybe a chicken/egg question?

  42. I bet you have a problem with this, don’t you, you racists!?
    Stolen from Blazing Cat Fur

  44. Of O’bamallah’s manmade disasters vs “some Islamic hardliners” vs The HoneyMooners*.
    …-
    “Maldives: Paradise soon to be lost”
    “To visit the Maldives is to witness the slow death of a nation. For as well as being blessed with sun-kissed paradise islands and pale, white sands, this tourist haven is …”
    news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/​3930765.stm
    …-
    “Police revolt topples Maldives president”
    “The president of the Maldives, one of the world’s most popular honeymoon destinations, resigned Tuesday after a revolt by police officers, his spokesman said, leaving the normally idyllic chain of islands in chaos.
    Mohamed Nasheed was the first democratically elected president of the Indian Ocean nation in three decades.
    “This morning, about 500 opposition supporters along with some Islamic hardliners protested outside the army headquarters, shouting slogans, and some police officers mutinied and joined them,” Nasheed’s spokeman said. “And so, the president was in a situation where he could either tell the army to forcibly crack down on the protesters or he could step down. He chose the latter.”
    http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/07/world/asia/maldives-president-resigns/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
    *Jackie and Audrey.

  45. wallyj – interesting never really hear about that fence.
    Just the one in Israel keeping the suicide bombers out.

  46. maz2, I thought the Maldives were supposed to be under water by now, at least according to the IPCC and the dingbats Gore and the fruit fly doctor.

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