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Tea & Two Slices: On Endorsement Season And Not Seeing Shane O’Brien At The Roxy

by Sean Orr | Quote of the Day: Charlie Demers, “The Globe was right, recognizing a kindred spirit: Stephen Harper has all the verve, vitality and potential of print journalism”.

The Straight Slate. “Readers are going to be angry that we’re recommending a Conservative”, which is exactly why we are doing it! No but apparently this candidate stands out in a “government dominated by anti-intellectual religious freaks”, so that’s good.

Michael Ignatieff offers vision for Liberal Party. Nope that’s not a campaign ad. It’s a cable from the American Embassy, circa 2005.

Scroll down to number 5: Dude had a hand grenade, some porn, and a simple plan to fly a para-glider from Whistler right into the 2010 opening ceremonies.

Biggest Free Trade Deal Since NAFTA, Ghost Issue of 2011 Election. The biggest ghost issue since NAFTA.

Speaking of ghost issues, Gregor Robertson photographed with Ripudaman Singh Malik. OK, OK. I guess that does look pretty bad. I mean…clearly, purple is not the mayor’s colour.

Shane O’Brien just can’t resist taking the bait about playing Canucks. Yeah, OK. I’ll see you at the Roxy, buddy. Actually, wait…no I won’t.

There are 4 comments

  1. James Moore was one of the very few Conservatives who voted in support of Bill C-389, which aimed to make discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression. I give him credit for that.

  2. Whoops, my last comment was supposed to say that James Moore “aimed to make discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression a crime”.

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