Virginia Right!

This article has a calculator to determine what the vote percentage in a British General Election would be required for UKIP to win the General Election in 2015. I found this analysis to be useful as to what happens in the vote.  Here’s part of the conclusion: Electoral Calculus said that Ukip would win enough [...]

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The Eastleigh riding by-election for local parliament is getting very interesting.  Very interesting indeed.  UKIP could win after all!  Certainly very good possibility of their best turnout ever.  I reported the Lord Ashcroft poll this AM but the Guardian is reporting by one of its bloggers that two (the third poll is the Ashcroft one) [...]

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Here it is – a wonderful video that every American ought to listen to – and heed! RIGHT HERE is the VIDEO!    

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I thought when I read last week that the Secretary of State was headed to the Balkans, I thought for a second or two, maybe she’ll actually do it:  Apologize for our needless, unprovoked attack on Serbia in 1999!  (If I were President [Lord have mercy on the USA!] I would go to the Serbian [...]

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I may have to find a new Young Turk to replace the wonderful author Louise (Bagshawe) Mensch, who resigned from the British Parliament to spend more time with her family: As you know, I have been struggling for some time to find the best outcome for my family life, and have decided, in order to [...]

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This is a dark day for the American people, the Constitution, and the rule of law.  This is a dark day for American liberty. This decision goes against the very principle that America has a federal government of limited powers; a principle that the Founding Fathers clearly wrote into the Constitution, the supreme law of [...]

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That is how many voters in Greece voted for the Greek Pirate Party, according to a report from Rick Falkvinge: The Greek Pirate Party, Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας, was founded on January 14 this year. To get 32,487 votes less than four months later – just over half a percent of the Greek votes – is [...]

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Led by Joachim PAUL, the Pirate Party, the somewhat libertarian German Pirate Party won 7.6% of the vote in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s California! The Pirates were dancing in the streets in a graffiti-smeared neighborhood near the central station as hundreds of the party’s young, laptop-toting followers crowded into a local disco called Zakk to dance [...]

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This report has exit polling showing that the German Pirate Party won 7.5% of the vote in the largest state of Germany, North Rhine Westphalia! Unlike the City State of Berlin, and small states like the Saarland and Schweizig-Holstein, this is a major win for the new liberty party in Germany. The reporter here has [...]

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While the Greek Pirate Party only garnered about one half of one percent in the recent election, its counterpart in Germany is rolling right along, having won seats in a third state parliament:  The northern state of Schleswig-Holstein: Voters in the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein have chosen a new parliament. The Pirate Party has [...]

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I am not entirely sold on the Greek Pirate Party.  But it is not hard left, hard left, neo-Nazi, or communist!  The Tweedledee Tweedledum parties:  Furgetaboutit!  No way! Greece brought democracy to the world!  Now Greece can again bring democracy to Europe – the Pirate Party is a great choice.  So, the answer is:  The [...]

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The Pirate Party International, meeting in Prague this weekend, voted to have a EU-wide slate of candidates for the European Parliament in the next elections in 2014! Prague – Representatives of the European Pirate Parties agreed at a conference in Prague today to prepare a joint platform and campaign for the elections to the European [...]

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How outraged can I be?  The Hungary situation is outrageous.  The EU is trying to use legal and economic power to force Hungary to change internal laws that are none of the EU’s business. Here’s the legal threats: Unimpressed by Mr. Orban’s facile promises, the majority parties in the European Parliament now want governmental leaders [...]

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Although I am for Scottish independence under certain conditions, I totally oppose foreigners having a say in voting (as opposed to blogging I suppose!) in the independence referendum.  Check out this article: DAVID Cameron last night faced a backlash from angry Tory back-benchers after it emerged that foreign nationals will have a say in the [...]

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A councillor (local government elected official) affiliated with the Liberal Democrat Party in the UK has resigned her party affiliation and switched to independent over her party’s failure to bring about the EU referendum promised in the last General Election! Only one LibDem MP defied his party and voted for the EU referendum:  Adrian Sanders.  [...]

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If I told you there was a state governor with 25 years experience, led his state in economic expansion caused by the discovery of resources, had not a hint of scandal in government, and was a strong follower of Christ who even spoke on the radio on Sundays about the Bible, what would you say?  [...]

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Apparently, the UK ruling Coalition did something right:  They are allowing parliamentary debate on any issue where an electronic petition with 100,000 names on it is submitted to the MPs (and assuming it meets certain criteria). The first such debate may be over capital punishment in the UK.  (The Young Turk Kwasi Kwarteng said he’d [...]

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The official website of the European Parliament is reporting that the Union will seek deeper transparency “…aimed at increasing openness in the EU decision making process.”  Good!  I’d start with these items reported Special Report 92 for the Heritage Foundation written by Sally McMamara in the EU budget to attempt to influence our domestic policy: [...]

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(H/T Duane Lester at AllAmericanBlogger) Sometimes people say something so stupid that it makes your head hurt. That is exactly what happened in the Canadian Parliament when two “psychiatrists” , Dr. Vernon Quinsey and Dr. Hubert Van Gijseghem were called upon to testify before the body concerning a bill designed to toughen the penalties and [...]

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