Tuesday, January 24th,

1 - First things first. Here's a link for Jim Reed's comment: link.

2 - I've seen stranger coincidences, but... it turns out that January 23rd is the most depressing day of the year, election or not. Check out this article in the Edmonton Journal. Then check out NealeNews cause they found it first.

3 - From the 'Truth is Stranger than Fiction' file...

Quote: 'Invading Canada won't be like invading Iraq: When we invade Canada, nobody will be able to grumble that we didn't have a plan.'

Peter Carlson, Washington Post Staff Writer

Don Cherry must be choking on his mike as we speak. The American's come up with a plan to invade Canada (circa 1930), which Canada knows nothing about. Canada comes up with a plan to defend themselves from American attack (same time period), which the U.S. knows nothing about. Canada's plan of defense calls for us to fight... like Russians. First of all, if we suspect an American attack, we are to invade as much American territory as possible, then blow up bridges, burn crops, slaughter livestock, and rip up railway lines. Yup, scorched earth. Then we retreat back across the border and wait for winter. Et tu Cherry?

More quotable material:

"It gets to about minus-50 Celsius with a wind chill. It will be like Napoleon's invasion of Russia. I'm quite convinced that you'll meet your Waterloo on the banks of the Assiniboine River."

Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz to Carlson on plans calling for American troops to seize Winnipeg railway yards.

Katz is quite an aggresive little whipper-snapper. Never let anyone tell you Winnipeger's don't have guts.

Courtesty of Kevin Libin on The Shotgun.

4 - Another mistake... Michel Therrien is the Penguins new coach, not Claude Julien (who was just fired by Montreal). If you read the last post you know all about that one.

5 - January 23rd will go down in the history books as the day during which the 39th general election was held. Here's a look at some other things that happened on January 23rd:

Winnipeg Victorias win the Stanley Cup (1902)
Vietnam War ends (1973)
The most fatal earthquake in history kills roughly 830 000 people in China (1556)

6 - More quotable:

'I gave Terrell Owens a copy of Madden 2006 for Christmans this year. That way he can call his own number on every play, and bench Donavon McNabb.'

Santa Claus (wink-wink-nudge-nudge) in an interview with Regina Leader-Post columnist Rob Vanstone.

7 - When you consider Troy Polamolu's hair, Jerome Bettis' girth, and Bill Cowher's mustache, it's hard not to cheer for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the upcoming Super-Overhyped Bowl.

8 - Nice to see voter turnout increase for the election nobody wanted to have.

9 - The Penguins lose again, 4-2 to the Flyers. I was hoping that some of the Steelers success would rub off on the Pens, but instead they seem to be taking after that other Pittsburgh team. Pittsburgh has lost nine of their last ten. Only God can save them now. (P.S. - Sidney Crosby is not God!)

10 - It's hard to stay mad at the Saskatchewan Roughriders when the Penguins are sucking this bad. On the bright side atleast the Leafs lost again. I can't wait for football season.

11 - Russian's find British Spies:

Interesting. Here's a quick run down. Brits hide electronic devices in a fake rock. Nobody knows what the devices were for, yet. Russians catch Brits playing with said fake rock on camera. Russian's claim Brits funding pro-democracy groups in Russia. Later on a Russian double agent is arrested. James Bond, eat it.

12 - Finally, here's to Canadian voters turning over a new leaf. Congradulations Stephen Harper. I hope your stay is a little longer than the last guy's.

Man on Fire