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Tea & Two Slices: On The Cost Of Bombing Libya Versus Harper’s Hate For Canada Post

by Sean Orr | If the gaping hole in your wallet wasn’t reason enough to hate the Olympics, then endure this headline: Iran’s women soccer team banned because of headscarves. Yes, let’s all drive an even bigger wedge between Islam and The West in the name of sports!

Libya mission has cost Canada $26M. Yet we can’t find the money to give our postal workers an 84 cent raise. Perhaps their condemnation of Israel has Harper on a personal mission to privatize Canada Post.

Different: in Québec, the people get angry when the cops kill homeless, mentally ill people.

How safe are BC Courtrooms? I don’t know, but I hear they are full of criminals. I’m kidding of course (lawyers aren’t that bad).

First Nations Under Surveillance. Hmm, let’s see where they are now. Still on the reservation? Yup. I’m going on break.

Hey Fraser Institute, you might want to peep this diagram of how think tanks work.

Chicago-Area Columnist Still Hates The Canucks. “The Canucks’ names on the Stanley Cup will only bring disgrace to the title, and tarnish the greatest trophy in sports”. And Marchand and McQuaid are what? It’s like the difference between Barcelona and Sunday United. Shit, I might just be cheering for Boston now…

Taran taran, let’s all go down to Vancouver Town.

Check out the new Surrey City Library designed by Bing Thom.

There are 2 comments

  1. Canada post isn’t funded by taxpapers anymore, it’s all profitable thanks to unaddressed admail and addressed admail.

  2. Really? I had no idea. And here I thought it was a crown corporation. Whatever, they should still be able to bargain properly without the threat of Harper’s agenda, no?

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