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  1. “Alexis Tsipras walks up to the lectern like Elvis strutting onstage. But when he begins to speak, all traces of youthfulness and ease vanish from his face. The ‘foreign loan sharks’ have one thing on their minds, he barks into the microphone: ‘the impoverishment of the Greek people and the sellout of our country!’ He slams his fist down and continues his speech, his voice booming. The Europeans, he says, are pursuing only one goal: to bring about the end of the sovereign Greek nation. ‘We must prevent Greece from becoming a German protectorate once again,’ Tsipras says, practically shouting by now. ‘We are not a German colony.’ The crowd applauds loudly in the packed gymnasium in Peristeri, a suburb of Athens….”
    “Tsipras, the man with the harsh rhetoric, is the head of SYRIZA, or the Coalition of the Radical Left. According to the polls, he is currently the second-most popular Greek politician. Only Fotis Kouvelis, the chairman of the more moderate Democratic Left (DIMAR), is more popular than Tsipras…”

  2. Lawrence Kudlow in the New York Sun:

    “If you shake out the Obama budget in terms of bold headlines, it’s really a class-warfare, tax-the-rich budget. Layer upon layer of tax hikes are piled on successful investors, small-business owners, and corporations.
    “The capital-gains tax goes from 15% to 24% (including Obamacare). The dividends tax goes from 15% to nearly 40%, and that’s not including the double tax on corporate profits embodied in dividends and capital gains. The Bush tax cuts for top earners are repealed. There’s the 30% Buffett-rule minimum tax on millionaires.
    “The carried-interest tax for private equity, hedge funds, and other investment partnerships goes from 15 to 39.6%. The estate tax jumps to 45%. Oil and gas companies get hit. And there’s probably more stuff in there I haven’t read yet. (Jimmy P. lays it out nicely.) Paul Ryan’s press release calls it $1.9 trillion tax hike, with $47 trillion in government spending over the next decade and the fourth straight year of trillion-dollar deficits…”

    It’s all good.

  3. “Tsipras, the man with the harsh rhetoric, is the head of SYRIZA, or the Coalition of the Radical Left. According to the polls, he is currently the second-most popular Greek politician. Only Fotis Kouvelis, the chairman of the more moderate Democratic Left (DIMAR), is more popular than Tsipras…”
    And THAT is why Greece is going down the tubes faster then the snot off a goose’s beak.Notice the leftard never once takes blame for the socialist nanny state they helped create? I guess leftardism is a global mental illness.

  4. The most bubble-headed woman in the history of the world returns to her hometown of Luton, England to do a report for the BBC on the state of islam there – video here.

  6. EBD: One for you to follow up on your comments about the zinger Breitbart got off on Alec Baldwin in reply to his insult.
    Hannity talk radio: responding to a spot of Twitter nastiness from Baldwin about Hannity being the biggest idiot in the world.
    Listen from the start, but if you’re pressed, the fun starts at 2:00 with Hannity’s rant against Baldwin’s insult.
    COMEDY GOLD comes in at around 3:00 at the set up for a REAL tape of a Baldwin talk-radio AUDITION (4:30) which, um, “didn’t go too well” according to Hannity.
    Sean Hannity Takes Alec Baldwin To The Wood Chipper.
    My daughter was on that delayed flight from LA.

  7. The Catholic State
    By Mark Steyn
    In a land of Big Government, everything else gets real small. In the U.S., the Catholic Church, aside from abortion, is generally on board with the “social justice” agenda. It never seemed to occur to them to ask themselves, If health care is a “human right” in the debased contemporary sense (i.e., not a restraint upon the state — as in Magna Carta — but a gift of the state), then who gets to define what health care is?
    http://www.steynonline.com/4829/the-catholic-state

  8. Estimable western warrior Melanie Phillips has an excellent article in the Daily Mail about Elliot Dearlove, the seven-year-old lad whose innocent question to another lad had him deemed a racist by the educational authorities.
    She points out that Dearlove’s treament is hardly an outlier. One example:

    “Back in 2006, after a 14-year-old schoolgirl asked a teacher if she could sit with a different group to do a science project as all the girls with her spoke only Urdu, her teacher actually called the police. The girl was arrested and taken to a police station, where she was fingerprinted, photographed and placed in a bare cell for more than three hours. She was questioned on suspicion of committing a racial public order offence, and then released without charge.”

    Insane.

    “So how on earth has Britain, the historic cradle of liberty, got itself to the point where it conducts witch-hunts against children for expressing ‘forbidden’ views?
    “It all stems from the collapse of socialism, after which Left-wingers shifted their focus from economics to issues of group identity. Instead of attacking the capitalist West for oppressing the workers, they attack mainstream society for oppressing marginalised or minority groups that were held to be victims of the majority.”

    (Emph. mine)
    The whole thing here.

  9. ” bubble-headed woman in the history of the world ”
    — MM at 11:03 p.m.
    She starts out well,and then she is given the ‘we are the religion of peace’ schtick and because that is closer to her vision of the lollipop and rainbow world she desires,she runs with it.
    The EDL guy could not make a dent in her utopian views.
    Hang your head Stacy Dooley,poor girl you’re going to get rape-raped.

  10. Before anyone thinks that “wallyJ @ 12.10am” shouldn’t be mentioning rape as a consequence of living a lifestyle that includes alcohol or not living within the islamic dictates:
    “Kabeer Hassan, 24, Abdul Aziz, 41, Abdul Rauf, 43, Mohammed Sajid, 35, Adil Khan, 42, Abdul Qayyum, 43, Mohammed Amin, 44, Qamar Shahzad, 29, Liaquat Shah, 41, and Hamid Safi, 22, have all pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child under 16.
    A 59-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also denies the same charge.”
    Stacy Dooley couldn’t be reached for more commentary?
    I doubt I’m out on a limb guessing that the men listed above all have Mohammed as part of their other first names and “culture” …
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-17117530
    It’s at the BBC, so no mention of islam or terror can be made.

  12. Thanks,marc in Calgary.
    I based my “rape-raped” comment not only on the much too common treatment of infidel women under the ‘religion of peace’, but also on the fellows that were behind her at about the 2:15 mark in the video.They do not appear to have her best interests at heart.
    BTW,I wonder if the 59 year-old in your link cannot be identified because he is related to one of the victims.

  13. Mssissauga Matt – I couldn’t make it through the whole thing, but she’s one of those people who ought to be a cartoon character: Sunny Stacey, who blithly roams the world encountering horrible, evil people and insisting to their faces that they’re really actually very nice, just a bit confused. She could travel in time. “Look, Herr Hitler, I know you really care deeply about Germany; I just don’t understand why you feel you need to judge people. That’s not what Germany’s about. Yes, my grandmother was Jewish, and I feel that’s made me really open-minded. Why do you ask?”
    Hi, Mr. Amin! You know, what you stand for is so, so inspiring, independance and all that, but real religion just isn’t about ritual cannibalism. It’s about respect for all people. No, obviously I’m not judging you”

  15. The Retreat of AGW.
    Cosi Fan Tutti*? Not.
    …-
    “‘World-leading’ B.C. carbon tax to be reviewed because others not keeping up”
    “VICTORIA – British Columbia’s “world-leading” carbon tax is being reviewed because the rest of North America hasn’t followed through on pledges to keep up, the province’s finance minister says.
    “We think now is the time to say no further increases after the scheduled increase that takes place July 1 and let’s have an opportunity to have a look at the carbon tax, both the good and some of the criticism we’ve received,” said Kevin Falcon.
    He brushed aside suggestions that he was telegraphing the demise of the controversial tax by saying he “wouldn’t make that leap.”
    “It is still, I think, an important public policy position we took.”
    Environmentalists said the move to review the carbon tax is a step backwards for the province.
    David Suzuki Foundation spokesman Ian Bruce said …”.
    http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/world-leading-bc-carbon-tax-to-be-reviewed-because-others-not-keeping-up-139948903.html
    …-
    “Drax scraps plans for UK biomass plants”
    “Operator of Britain’s largest coal-fired power station blames lack of financial help from government for decision which involved £1.4bn investment”
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/feb/21/drax-scraps-plans-uk-biomass-plants
    *Mozart’s opera buffa: Thus Do They All, aka everybody’s doin’ it.

  16. Left-liberals, Matt Gurney et al, have been Gleicked.
    Where are the tweets from the left/libertarian libertines/phony conservatives?
    Over to you, Peter…..
    …-
    “Climate scientist admits he lied to get think-tank documents he later leaked to the web”
    “But then late Monday night came news that Peter Gleick, an American environmental scientist and activist, had admitted he was the leaker, and that he obtained the documents by impersonating someone else, said by Heartland to be one of their board members.”
    “Peter Gleick, an American environmental scientist and activist, had admitted he was the leaker, and that he obtained the documents by impersonating someone else, said by Heartland to be one of their board members.”
    http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/21/peter-gleick-heartland-institute/
    “BREAKING: Gleick Confesses”
    http://wattsupwiththat.com/

  18. Mao Stlong* Lepolt.
    Plesenting: Sociar Capitarism.
    …-
    “Will Kevin Rudd challenge Australian PM?”
    “BBC News – ‎17 minutes ago‎”
    “Australia’s gripping political soap opera has taken another unexpected twist with the resignation of Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd.”
    …-
    “Kevin Rudd On Social Capitalism”
    “Kevin Rudd, who resigned as Australia’s foreign minister on February 22, talked to Caixin about Asia’s growth prospects”
    http://english.caixin.com/
    *Liberal leader Rae’s uncle Mo, c/o Red China.

  20. Conservatives Kyoto is called ACTA.
    btw….every day Vic Toews not resining for health reason ( or whatever) is costing CPC new batch of future (mostly) young voters, dangerously pushing up NDP support. Would be possible that organization such as CPC is lacking professional PR advisors?

  21. I went over to the cbc to check out their coverage of the latest climate scandal. They seem to have missed it,quelle surprise.
    But,I did find this fascinating science story, “Should dolphins and whales have ‘human’ rights?”
    There’s a poll up,right now the cbc readers are supporting the aqua-people’s fight . Rumour has it that PM Harper is drafting an apology and will be offering compensation for our sins. The lawyers will soon be involved.
    Fin Donnely,the NDP’s Fishery and Ocean critic (really,I’m not making that up) will be issuing a press release shortly which is expected to condemn the Conservative’s inaction and disregard of the sea’s most vulnerable.
    A billion dollars doesn’t get you much.
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2012/02/should-dolphins-and-whales-have-human-rights.html

  23. God Save The Queen.
    …-
    “1812: The War That Saved Canada”
    “Last fall, Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore announced the federal government would invest millions of dollars to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. That celebration, he stated, was an opportunity for all Canadians to take pride in their history and participate “in the events and activities that will mark this important anniversary for Canada.” The problem is that, with the gradual disappearance of history from school curriculums in recent decades, many Canadians today—particularly younger ones—have only the haziest of notions about the war, its causes, course and outcome. Therefore, a review of this “forgotten” conflict might be useful for those who would like a primer on the forthcoming commemorations.
    The origins of the War of 1812 can be found in the larger conflict that had been waged by revolutionary and imperial France against Britain since 1793. After Nelson’s naval victory at Trafalgar in October 1805 had more or less swept the French navy from the seas, Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor, turned to economic warfare and prohibited ships that traded with Britain to trade with France, its allies or its conquered territories. Britain countered with legislation forbidding ships that traded with France to trade with Britain. The United States, which had a large merchant marine, was caught in the middle of this war by decree. American frustration was increased by the Royal Navy which, desperate for manpower, boarded American ships and impressed (conscripted) any British seamen on board them. The result was that many innocent Americans found themselves unwilling sailors of the King.”
    http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2012/01/the-war-that-saved-canada/

  24. ” Northern Ontario is about to endure a “major health catastrophe,” according to Nishnawbe Aski Nation, ”
    It’s undoubtedly Harper’s fault. I’m surprised though that there haven’t been any concerned school children pointing out this ongoing problem to him, or concerned parents,or even concerned NDP’ers,you listening Charlie Angus?
    On March 1,cold turkey will be the featured menu item for more than half of the reserve’s populations. This will make for some interesting after dinner discussions.
    This Oxy problem is a disgrace to the cureent gov’t,the previous gov’ts,the medical profession and especially the FN leaders who ignored it until the dealers closed shop. Oxy was their SOMA.
    http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2012/02/20120222-155529.html

  26. The CBC question wallyj mentions is, “Should dolphins and whales have rights as non-human persons?” (Corporations, comprised of thinking human beings, have “person” rights.)
    64% say yes.
    When the voters in a democracy are this brain dead, it’s truly scary.

  28. Seeing as it’s Ash Wednesday (I had an palm-cinder cross imposed on my forehead at Mass earlier today), here’s a sad illustration of just how the mighty have fallen in Great — no longer — Britain, from Peter Hitchens, at least as articulate as his late sibling, Christopher:
    The Abolition of England
    http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/

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