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More such filth here.

Messrs. Harper and Hudak should reconsider their association with these lunatics.

But they won’t.


Little Timmy is upset about his tree

Tim Hudak reacts to his biggest policy issue.

You can’t make this up.

Yesterday, Legislature staff mistakenly placed the Speaker’s Christmas tree in front of Hudak’s office.  It was there for a few hours.  They realized their mistake, and went back to put it in the right spot.

Hudak – perhaps hoping we’d all forget he’s been a No Plan Zone for 519 days – started Twittering about this burning issue non-stop.  He even had staff do up stickers, at taxpayer expense, about his missing tree.

This guy makes Charlie Brown look like Winston Churchill. Swear to God.

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Mysterious tree appears in spot outside door but looks more like Charlie Brown Christmas tree than original http://plixi.com/p/60026921 <http://plixi.com/p/60026921>

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Description of missing tree: Balsam Fir. 8 ft tall. Dark green appearance, long lasting needles, attractive form. Pleasing fragrance.

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Our Christmas tree is MIA. All watered, ready to decorate – swiped from outside Leader of Oppo office door! http://plixi.com/p/59996521 <http://plixi.com/p/59996521>

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By-elections, the morning after

Some Reformatory commenters are driving me bonkers in Comments – saying Vaughan is a “huge” win for the blue team, blah blah blah.  They’re also suggesting that I – me! me! – am spinning for OLO. They’re full of crap on both counts.

Here’s my (hopefully) pithy response:

“I’m no fan of the OLO crowd, as everyone here knows well. That’s why you can be assured I am not “spinning” for them.

The net winner this morning is Ignatieff. He was supposed to have been crushed in Vaughan, and wasn’t; he wasn’t supposed to win in North Winnipeg, and did; and no one expected him to win in Dauphin, and he didn’t.”


In today’s Sun: When Austin Powers is a documentary

Main author of cables in WikiLeaks release.

“When you take a gander at the mountain of classified U.S. documents WikiLeaks offered up on Sunday, you are inevitably left pondering the phrase “intelligence community.”

Turns out, it’s an oxymoron.

The “intelligence community,” clearly, is neither “intelligent” nor a “community.”

In fact, when you ponder what America’s top spies are pondering, it’s not so amazing that Osama bin Laden has escaped capture for more than a decade. The alleged Maxwell Smarts overseeing America’s intelligence-gathering aren’t particularly smart and they have a tenuous grasp on that important allies/enemies distinction, too.”


Obligatory mea culpa post

I predicted on CBC’s Power and Politics, last week, that the Cons would win Vaughan, and that the Libs had an excellent candidate in Winnipeg North. Monte and Peggy laughed at me, heartily.

Meanwhile, in the Sun, I even rashly said that Julian Fantino would win “handily.”

“Handily!”

Well, I may have been right about Winnipeg on CBC, but I sure got it wrong about Vaughan in the pages of the Sun – I mean, blowing a massive lead of thousands of votes in two weeks, like the Vaughan Conservatives did, isn’t winning “handily.” It’s a huge embarrassment.

I am ecstatic, however, that old Chretien chum Kevin Lamoureux won in Winnipeg North! Great news, and a lot of fun to follow on CPAC last night. I particularly enjoyed irritating Sheila and Meredith.

Now, bon soir.


Ottawa police abuse – the story continues

Still, after her ordeal, Bonds said she doesn’t want to think she was wrongfully arrested and mistreated just because she’s a young black woman.

“I hope and pray it’s not a racial thing. I don’t want to make it into a big black-white issue. I think it’s more of an issue of questioning authority and I’d like to tell people don’t be afraid to ask police questions. It’s your right. I’ve learned my rights and I think everyone should learn their rights and make sure they’re not stepped on,” Bonds told the Ottawa Citizen on Saturday.

Bonds, a theatrical makeup artist with no criminal record, was stopped by police in September 2008 while walking home from an after-hours party following a live musical performance downtown.

The police officers ran her name through the system. When nothing came up they told her to go home.

When she asked why she had been stopped in the first place, police arrested her and took her to police headquarters, where she was put in a jail cell where she remained topless and in soiled pants for three hours and 15 minutes before being given a jailhouse jumpsuit.