And the American Miniature Schnauzer Club National Specialty
Best of Breed – Am.Can.Ch.Minuteman Goldikova
In addition, a son of Am.Can.Ch.Minuteman Underworld took the dog points, while Venus’ little sister Minuteman Spanish Fly won the girl points and Am.Can.Ch.Minuteman Safety Last was first Award of Merit.
While I was busy conquering Schnauzers, my Scottish Terrier Can.Ch.Gyver Lead Me Not was winning the bitch points at the Scottish Terrier Club of America National with her primary owner and fellow road warrior, Karen.
We fully expect that someone down here is calling Homeland Security right now in an attempt to have us added to the “No Cross Border List”. Heh. Better get moving…
Update: FYI, Prior to the shows since Kate’s been away winning stuff, here were the AKC standings (select Miniature Schnauzer as Breed and hit ‘Get Rankings’).
I don’t know how the two dogs over Goldi did the last couple of weeks, but I think it’s fair to say she’s tightened the race. It’s rare for a bitch to win, or for that matter any dog that isn’t campaigned all year. -lance
Reader Tips
Enjoy this well produced video illustrating the highlights of the recent Berlin Marathon.
Your most excellent reader tips are also welcome, as always, in the comments.
How To Argue with an Obama Devotee?
An acquaintance of mine on Facebook, a woman in San Francisco, posted a link to this article.
I politely asked her why it was wrong for Mitt Romney to tell the truth, namely that Spain’s spending is completely out of control. I also added:
While I was visiting Germany earlier this year, the Greeks were really angry at Angela Merkel because she told them that they were spending too much. They were and they are. Does that make it wrong for her to tell them the truth?
As a Canadian, I will openly tell you all, my American friends, that you’re spending way, way too much. Your debt has grown to astronomical levels. Every country in history that has had such high debt compared to what it produces, has suffered a terrible crash with devastating results afterwards. Does me saying this make me undiplomatic and insulting of you?
A quick question you need to ask yourself is this: If Barack Obama had said the same thing as Romney had, would you have felt the same way?
She responded thusly:
Obama hasn’t gotten us into this mess, which is the worst recession since the 1930’s, and based on the fact that much of the collapse revolved around lack of regulation in the housing loan business, there’s no quick fix. Once people started losing their homes, it has a domino effect. George W. Bush is the one who got us into two wars, gave tax cuts, and added medicare benefits without EVER including them in his budget. Obama got the hand he was dealt. And I can tell you that the Republicans have done absolutely EVERYTHING they can to stop every effort he makes to get the economy back on track.
Just curious, how would you respond to this?
How the Left Lies
Lee Doren carefully dissects and explains how the Obama Campaign misconstrues and lies about their opponents:
How dare you take away our Illegal votes!
Mr. Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said True the Vote, a national tea party group, and its Ohio spin-off, the Ohio Voter Integrity Project, are attempting to intimidate voters.
“They target people in trailer parks, minorities, people who would normally vote for Democrats — and students,” Mr. Cummings said in an appearance Saturday on MSNBC. “Students are a big target for them.”
Remember when….
Romney was shovelling the cash in and everyone on the left was complaining?
No?
English Major with a Music Minor
Next up, Transport Canada
“Travel to the following areas is not recommended. Canadian Consular staff may be unable to provide assistance in the case of kidnapping, assault, rape, police brutality or murder”.
Tehran, Benghazi, Mogadishu, Detroit.
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
Hear my prayer.
Who is the ‘they’?
“What are they doing to us?” said Marilyn Tucker, a FedEx employee, as she stopped pumping at a central Los Angeles gas station at $37, well before the tank of her sedan was full. “It’s just ridiculous.”
“California requires a specific blend of gasoline that only the refineries on the West Coast make,” said Bill Day, a spokesman for Valero. “So when there is a shortage of that blend, you can’t just send supplies from somewhere else.”
Idiots.
Obama’s Debate Notes
With a full language warning, open up this posting fully to read Obama’s Debate Notes from last Wednesday. Yes, entirely contrived but darn funny!
Wait, what?
Headaches? That’s it, we’re going back to Ethernet.
NAVY WINS!
Navy Midshipmen over the Airforce Falcons, 28-21 in OT!
GO NAVY!!! SENIOR SERVICE!
Be Careful of What you Ask.
“I have actually proposed to the public sector union leadership that this is a long, drawn-out process for a lot of people and we would be perfectly willing to have a dialogue with them if they were to see fit to change some of this to make it a little bit less stressful on people,” said Mr. Clement in an interview this week in Toronto. “So far I haven’t had a lot of co-operation on that but the door is always open.”
Scratch An Anti-Semite
Universities in Gaza have sent us the lists of what they need. To order books or to see if you might have them already, please check U.S. COMPILED WISH LIST or the U.K. COMPILED WISH LIST.
h/t Scott
Happy Thanksgiving Wkend Canada
See all the video how-to’s on Butterball’s site.
Kate’s away, I have guests and I’m sure you do to. So, expect a slow post weekend.
BTW, have I mentioned how much I hate the broken auto-publish on Kate’s site?
al-Masri extradited to the US
The Brits finally got him on the plane.
The five have sought to avoid extradition by raising concerns about human rights and the conditions they would face in a U.S. prison.
Here’s hoping.
Reader Tips
Sorry, no funnies tonight. h/t Hot Air
The Sound of Settled Science
In the article, the examples cited are about falsifying data. The conclusion is about plagiarism detection software.
An interesting link to Retraction Watch for science readers.
h/t Instapundit
#Eastwooding
h/t, Instapundit
Zero Fallout
Principal moves on.
Don’t worry though:
“I have applied and been successful in the competition for the position of supervisor of Leadership Development. I will be co-ordinating the development and implementation of Edmonton Public Schools’ leadership development framework. This has always been a deep passion of mine and I start my new job with the human resources department on Tuesday, Oct. 9.”
So to recap, a teacher who stuck to his values got fired and an administrator was shuffled out of the loop. I think this years curriculum contains two new courses, Moral Fortitude and Defining the Peter Principle by Example.
Obviously a win for the kids. /sarc
Update: From Sun:
After months of turmoil, Dorval has bounced back from his termination.
Recently he accepted a part-time physics position at Tempo School, a private kindergarten-Grade 12 school on the city’s south side.
Happy ending.