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US Court Finds Conrad Black Still Guilty
Yes - Conrad Black is still guilty. In a weird case before the US courts, Black asked for his fraud convictions to be thrown out - after he had already exhausted his appeals - on the basis that he had...
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Harper's New Imperial Shuttle
Stephen Harper is getting a new paint job on his PM jet befitting his *ahem* status as a world leader. The standard light blue-gray paint used by Canadian military aircraft isn't snazzy enough for...
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Fill In This Blank
The CBC has reported a Saskatchewan charity that receives government funding has published this peach of a conjugation exercise for new Canadians:Grab from CBC siteUsers are invited to correctly fill...
View ArticleFundraising Senators
While this is not news to people familiar with how Ottawa and politics work, I thought I'd connect some dots about surprisingly large travel expenses racked up by some Senators and party fundraising.A...
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It's a Trap! Not Really.
There's already been far too much ink spilled about Prof. Tom Flanagan's "musing" about child pornography. Flanagan was of course Stephen Harper's "Yoda" - one of his influential intellectual mentors...
View ArticleBored Meeting
Calgary SunMarch 9, 2013Imagine my surprise when my eleven year old son announced that he couldn’t play video games with me on Sunday. Instead he had a board meeting to attend.“A board meeting?” I...
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Space Station Fun
Prime Minister Harper's Twitter monkeys made a foray into social media to mark Cdr. Hadfield assuming command of the International Space Station. Harper planned to speak via link-up with Cdr. Hadfield,...
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Pandas Arrive In Canada
All our problems will soon be solved, now that the pandas have arrived.
View ArticleGot Junk? - Calgary Sun Column - March 15, 2013
By Stephen Lautens March 15, 2013 It seems like you spend the first half of your life accumulating stuff and the second half trying to give it away. By the standards of our consumer society, I’m...
View ArticleWaterlogged - Calgary Sun Column, March 28, 2013
By Stephen LautensOn a recent family expedition my son announced he was thirsty. Not unexpected considering he had just polished off a whole bag of candy at the movie we had just left. “Can you buy me...
View ArticleShort Tempered Cook - Calgary Sun Column, April 4, 2013
By Stephen Lautens Entertaining my son’s friends is getting complicated. All of them are around eleven years old, and they are becoming quite the sophisticated men of the world. In the past, when we...
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New Posters!
A Couple of new Conservative De-Motivational Posters: Harper denounces cyberbullying and a few days later approves the first Justin Trudeau attack ad mocking his hair and hijinks for charity. Duffy...
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Harper Canada Issues New $5 and $10 Bills
I think these better capture the spirit of hockey and the West...
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Harper Drunk Tweets
The title really says it all. The #HarperDrunkTweets Twitter hashtag was created by @torquilcampbell. Here are my contributions for posterity.
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Hipster Harper?
There was actually a meme about Harper being a hipster - don't ask me, I don't make these things up. I just jump on bandwagons. So here's my contribution.
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Poster time!
Seriously, I spend more time updating my satirical Conservative posters to keep on top of the scandals. I think this is my 3rd and 4th (and probably not my last) Mike Duffy posters Then there's...
View ArticleEthical Amnesia - Too Good To Be True
As the Duffy / Nigel Wright / Harper mess unravels and casts a light under the mossy rocks of Harper's government, someone pointed me to this quote that has been making the Twitter rounds:“At worst, he...
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Harper's View on Government Corruption - 2005
In his speech to caucus on May 21, 2013 in response to (if not actually about) the PMO-Senate-Duffy $90,000 cheque scandal, Harper invoked his commitment from 2005 to cleaning up government and the...
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"Robocall" Judgment - A Victory For The Conservative Party?
Conservative spokespeople have been making the rounds claiming the decision in the "robocall" vote suppression case vindicated them and was a clear victory for the Conservatives. (Actually, the calls...
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"You're All A Bunch Of Cock-A-Roaches!"
After the Globe and Mail article allegedly outlining the alleged drug dealing past of the alleged Doug Ford (allegedly), he took to the airwaves in a loud and oft-times rambling attack on the media,...
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