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On The Glorious Rage Of Harper Fanatics & The Apathy Of Slacktivists

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by Sean Orr | Trump card: Stephen Harper supporter hurls profanity at journalists over Duffy questions. So pristine and demented is his senile rage (Doug Ford lapel pin and all) that it seems like a cheap caricature by This Hour Has 22 Minutes. He almost eclipses the majestic incoherence of the Put Your Fucking Mouth Shut guy. He is a beautiful gift wrapped in a classy-but-casual get-off-my-lawn ecru suit jacket. He is Canada. He is us. God Bless you, Angry Harperite.

Which means the Curmudgeon of the Week runner-up is Kelowna’s anti-rainbow warrior who will go as far as she has to in order to see new rainbow-coloured crosswalks removed. It is not clear if she is willing to go as far as to lie down in the middle of the crosswalk, however…

And 3rd place goes to the lady who wrote to the The Province (bottom of page) to complain that she saw two pigeons being fed by a beggar. Keep it up!

Although its not like anti-Harperites behave any better: Alberta Man Fined for Displaying ‘Fuck Harper’ Sign on Car, Threatens Charter Defence.

Related: Will ‘slacktivists’ blow chance to defeat Conservatives? Hey man, I totally did my part. I put one of those Stop Harper stickers up and then Instagrammed it. I’m good.

Tongue buried so deeply within the cheek that it becomes indistinguishable from the cheek itself — Sympathy for Stephen Harper: Imagine that everyone you trusted had lied to you. The poor man! Someone get him out of the wasp’s nest of deceit that is the PMO and into a comfy chateau in Albertastan! “This supposedly ruthless autocrat, this cold, vindictive brute of caricature, responded to this monumental breach of trust with comprehensive mercy…” Oh boy…

And not everyone got the joke:

If ripping up a family skatepark wasn’t enough, the NPA-dominated Parks Board allows incompetent concert organizers to bilk people silly enough to want to see Jon Bon Jovi: Bryan Adams manager blames ‘rank amateurs’ for cancelled Bon Jovi concert.

Troll bridge: Most North Shore bus service diverted because of Lions Gate ‘bump’. How long before the ‘bump” gets a twitter account? Never mind.

Scan of the Day:

To be fair though, prostate health is pretty important.

Anti-pee paint: San Francisco’s walls fight back. Hey, here’s an idea. Why not get some public toilets?

Remember to honk when you drive past the pearly gates: Beloved Seattle TV Icon Passes Away.

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