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Tea & Two Slices: On Stephen Harper In A Headdress And Moments of Self-Awareness

by Sean Orr | Why I’m Not Liked at My Swish Club. I don’t know what a Swish Club is but I’m sure I would be hated there, too. Anyway, if you want to see a former right-wing airbag atone for his sins, read that article.

Why I quit my job (at CTV). It’s all Jon Stewart’s fault. No, but seriously it’s beautiful to see someone have the revelation that “TV news is a curious medium. You don’t always know whose interests are being served – or ignored”.

Because after all, information is power: Google got 38 user data requests from Ottawa in 6 months. I really have to stop googling “Behead Harper Revolution Black Bloc Intifada” every five minutes just for fun.

Toronto Sun photograph of Duchess of Cambridge skirt flap generates buzz while a photo of Stephen Harper wearing a First Nations headdress draws none.

Halifax junior high school changes name from Cornwallis after complaints. I thought maybe Cornwallis was some new urban slang, but it turns out that the actual guy Cornwallis was a total bastard. On a side note, the name of Yahoo’s news blog is Daily Brew? Hmm…

CBS faked Boston’s 4th of July fireworks show. Now that is retahded. I wonder if they faked the Stanley Cup too? I mean, how do we know for sure when we’re so deeply embedded in such simulacra? Go Canucks.

Daniel or Henrik, the Game. I needed a drink after that, but I couldn’t decide between a Jack Daniels or a Hendricks.

Bonus: Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom named one of North America’s 10 most influential clubs.

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