December 2005

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  Liberals are Pyros, according to Conservatives

  12.09.05 | Permalink | Comments Off |

  For the second time in three days, a prominent Conservative politician has labelled the Liberals “pyromaniacs”, a label sure to incense Paul Martin and his party.
  This past Tuesday, NB premier Bernard Lord slammed the Liberals, arguing “they’re like pyromaniacs with the matches and gasoline in their hands, they light the fire and then say, [...]

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  Ready, Set, Rhetoric!

  12.09.05 | Permalink | Comments Off |

  At 10:45 am on November 29, Paul Martin slinked into Rideau Hall to ask our Governor General to dissolve parliament, forcing an election.
  At 11:36 am, yours truly strolled into Cafe Santropol to enjoy a fine pot of organic darjeling tea, forcing lucidity.
  Then, out the large bay windows, I saw a man approach the corner, wearing [...]

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  Only in Alberta…

  12.07.05 | Permalink | Comments Off |

  Alberta legislature to allow smoking in building
  CTV.ca — “Alberta smokers are getting lit up over a decision that leaves them out in cold and their leaders smoking legally indoors.
  As of Jan. 1, the Alberta legislature will be one of the few workplaces in the province where smoking is still allowed.
  The decision flies in the face [...]

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  A Hummer For Your Thoughts?

  12.07.05 | Permalink | Comments Off |

  Conservative columnists on board.
  Two journalists, one each for the National Post and the Ottawa Sun, have set off to stalk Stephen Harper and their less favourite leaders in a vehicle only a neoconservative schmuck could love. Rather than riding along in Harper’s pressmobile, Don Martin and Greg Weston have convinced their newspapers [...]

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  You Can’t Always Shoot What You Want (Or Can You?)

  12.05.05 | Permalink | Comments Off |

  Corpwatch has posted a video of private contractors in Iraq casually shooting at cars from the rear window of their vehicle, yankee tunes blaring in the background.
  Whether the greater idiocy lies in the indiscriminate firing or the indiscretion of filming is not the issue. The real question is why are private sector mercenaries [...]