Friday, December 31, 2010
Stephen Harper's Make-up
He should try Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's make-up person.
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Stephen Harper: The Maestro
This band conducting he did at Conservative caucus Christmas party in Ottawa on Dec. 8.
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Dancing Penguin
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
400,000 years old human tooth
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Update: 1.2 Million Year-old Tooth Found At Atapuerca, Spain. Beat that Israel. Story here Recommend this post
Winter: Pulling your car out of snow
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Recommend this postMonday, December 27, 2010
John Lennon: Christmas and War is over
Another Christmas has come and gone but the hideous wars are not over. Another year has gone and more wars. We humans are making a mess of this earth. We are destroying its bounties and destroying each other. Will humans extinguish themselves from existence? Chances are very good that we will. Recommend this post
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Hugh Hefner is engaged
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas and Peace on Earth
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Friday, December 24, 2010
Obama is a Muslim!
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Stephen Harper’s Legacy: Parliament prorogued
"This is the time to recalibrate, consult and deliver the next stage of our plan that we outlined last year in Budget 2009." Dimitri Soudas, communications director for Prime Minister Stephen Harper – Parliament prorogued January to March 2010.
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Air-Powered Car: Great news
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Heathrow Airport – London and Mother Nature
We humans brag about the technological advances we have made including in the field of aviation. Bigger and better airplanes and state of the art airports. However, in the process of this advancement including the other industrial complexes we have messed up the earth’s environment. Earth has limited resources and we are over exploiting them. The result is climate change and that is why we have such erratic weather patterns.
California got a lot of snow before it turned into rain storms and floods. Atlantic Canada, in the middle of the winter, got major rain storms which resulted in erosion of roads, flooded homes, and destruction of bridges and partial washing away of coastal communities. All this is quite unusual.
Then there is Britain and the rest of Europe which is getting record snow; aviation has come to almost a standstill. Especially Heathrow Airport in London has become dysfunctional. Are we getting the picture that there is climate change?
Climate Change deniers sound like bigots who were against the abolition of slavery. These bigots said, at the time, that scientists were wrong that blacks can live at par with whites because according to these bigots blacks’ brains were underdeveloped, immature and cannot survive on their own. Now when it comes to climate change it is DĂ©jĂ vu all over again – scientists are wrong again. Recommend this post
Jimmy McMillan - The singing Santa
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Recommend this postTuesday, December 21, 2010
South Carolina Celebrating secession
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John Bolton for President
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Afghanistan - Spreading Democracy or Corruption
Many of the problems that plagued the War in Iraq are cropping up with vengeance in Afghanistan. Like Iraq, Afghanistan is a quagmire (probably more so in the case of Afghanistan given that country's hilly terrain and tenacious guerilla fighters). Also like Iraq, there are serious problems with corrupt and abusive private contractors in Afghanistan.
This story in the Huffington Post highlights the problems with private contractors in Afghanistan, including appalling and immoral behaviour such as a company party where an Afghan teenage boy was hired to dance. Overall, drunken, naked dancing, use of prostitutes, and rude behaviour by employees is disrespectful to Afghan values and Afghan people - thus further increasing resenment towards the NATO forces.
Also, among the private contractors in Afghanistan is Xe Services, formerly the infamous Blackwater company that was responsible for egregious abuses in Iraq.
Why are the same mistakes being repeated? Why are these people in Afghanistan? Maybe it's time to give a rest to "nation-building" that does nothing more than create resentment and antagonism and spread corruption.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Google Body Browser
Another interesting video:
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Fox News: Dumb and Dumber
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Recommend this postBill Clinton and Larry King (of CNN) are members of zipper club
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Friday, December 17, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
I am a dreamer
Quite a few times, I've had dreams that came true, that seemed to predict future events, which is unsual and always surprises me.
For example, a few days ago I dreamt that Stephen Harper was smoking a roll of grass; shortly after in the media there were reports about Harper being in bed with big tobacco companies.
Last night, I had another interesting dream. In this dream, I had an appointment to see Stephen Harper. However, at the same time, there was an election where he badly lost and was left with only a small number of seats. In the dream, Harper came out of his office and told me that he would see me shortly.
Something else about this dream, I had the feeling that the purpose of my visit was to tell Harper that I was sorry he took such a beating.
Is this dream a hint of something to happen to Stephen Harper and the Conservatives? Either that Harper will lose the confidence of his party, or lose the next election altogether?
The dream ended there, I never got to go into his office.
Congressman-elect Alan West – censor or censure is the question
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Keith Olbermann's worst person in the world. Recommend this post
Pope’s entertainment
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From Keith Olbermann, Countdown, MSNBC.
Update: Here is a fuller version of the video for the Pope's entertainment.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Michael Moore on Julian Assange
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Recommend this postGovernor Brewer: The chief of death panels in Arizona
If Tea Baggers can help it they will let all the poor die so that the rich and ruling class can live happily ever after. Keith Olbermann interviews Mr. Douglas Gravagna of Arizona who needs a heart transplant and cannot get it because of Brewer’s cuts in health-spending.
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Recommend this postTuesday, December 14, 2010
Santa: What you may not know
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Merry Christmas.
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How to clear the snow from your roof
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Monday, December 13, 2010
SNL’s Take on WikiLeaks
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Bernie Sanders goes to Washington
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Bernard Lord leader of the national Conservative Party?
Why should a failed politician in New Brunswick head the national party? He was basically a one term premier. His second term was a near-minority and he barely survived. He made a mess of things. He won in 1999 on the basis of removing tolls on NB highways which was a blunder, it cost the province millions per year and is part of the reason for NB’s current deficit crisis. NB could have given free passes to NBers and charged tolls to outsiders which would have brought a lot of revenue. Also there was the failed orimulsion oil deal with Venezuela that cost the province billions (a lot for a small province).
After Venezuela and all the blunders, who or where would Lord's power base come from? Moreover, the guy is a cry baby. I normally like Jim Travers’ commentaries, but here he is WAY OUT TO LUNCH! Read his commentary here. Recommend this post
Bill Clinton in the Whitehouse Press Gallery
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Bernie Madoff’s son commits suicide
It is a very sad story. Mark Madoff had all the money and conveniences of life and to end his life like that must be devastating for the family. Also these are some of the side-effects of greed and shows that money can’t buy happiness. Bernie Madoff swindled billions from clients/investors and is rotting in jail for the rest of his life. Why do we humans not learn from our blunders?
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Ali Velshi of CNN feels relieved
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From Keith Olbermann,Countdown, MSNBC.
Update: YouTube video of Ali Velshi has become available and more fun stuff.
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Friday, December 10, 2010
Christmas Lighting: Some fascinating pictures
Berlin: A vendor for Christmas stars awaits customers Nov. 22 at the Christmas market on the Alexanderplatz in Berlin.
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Don Cherry: The crazy, cranky old man
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Rumsfeld, Bush and Cheney joining Anna Ardin, Sofia Wilén of Sweden :)
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Luke Scott: Another birther
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Keith Olbermann’s “Worst Person in the World” and this one qualifies quite well.Here is what Orly Taitz had to say about her new recruit,
"AS THE QUEEN OF THE BIRTHERS I AM DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW CITIZEN IN MY KINGDOM: A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER, LUKE SCOTT FROM BALTIMORE OREOS. PLEASE, CALL EVERY MEMBERS OF THAT TEAM AND URGE THEM TO COME TO NEARBY FORT MEADE ON DEC 14-15 AND SUPPORT AMERICAN HERO LTC LAKIN, FIGHTING CORRUPT AND ILLEGITIMATE REGIME AND A CORRUPT JUDICIARY.."
Queen eh! :) It is getting more humorous by the day.
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Thursday, December 09, 2010
The 10 Most Overrated Things Of The Decade – The Huffington Post
Swine flue.
It includes atheism. Sounds right. Read the story and watch the slide show here. Recommend this post
Did Chris Matthews’s guest fall asleep?
Looks that way. Does it not? :)
Actually I had to pause my TV for few seconds and I got this frame with Chris Matthew’s guest’s eyes closed. Recommend this post
John Lennon: Imagine
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Stephen Harper does smoke grass
Harper loves smoking so much that increasing the size of warning on cigarettes has been halted by his government. Smoke your brain away who cares. Public health is secondary to tobacco companies’ profits. Read the story here. Recommend this post
Congresswoman Candice Miller has WinkiLinks’s infection
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Recommend this postWednesday, December 08, 2010
Elizabeth Edwards: A classy lady
Keith Olbermann of MSNBC gives a fitting tribute to Ms. Edwards.
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Recommend this postDemocracy: New and revolutionary idea?
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Recommend this postJulian Assange’s accusers and their complaints
Anna Ardin
She did not mind the sex but “there was a problem with the condom - it had split.”
Oh my! Serious eh!
Sofia Wilén
She complained that "he paid more attention to the computer than to me".
Dammit! His computer was more important than her.
Wow! What a horrible crime! Sounds like CIA handiwork especially when a Swedish judge threw out the case as frivolous yet now it has become an international crime with Interpol, the British police and court system, and the Swedish police and court system involved.
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Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Julian Assange: Not a perpetrator but a victim
I promised to say more about Julian Assange, so here it is. We complain about dictatorships in China, Russia, as well as the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, but is not the locking away of Assange authoritarian behaviour? This shows that we have dictatorship in the guise of democracy; the worst kind of dictatorship as it is shrouded in hypocrisy.
The United States and other governments claim that it is a security issue, but do memos stating that Sarkozy is arrogant or Berlusconi incompetent a threat to troops or national security? This is pure nonsense. It is governments being secretive and controlling the flow of information.
When Assange's Wikileaks site exposed documents related to corruption in Kenya, he was applauded for it and received an award from Amnesty International. Though if it is a superpower that is exposed, like the United States, then Assange is a criminal who is silenced and locked away. It is not justice and rule of law that reigns, but rather brute force.
The sex crimes allegations against Assange are a ruse. The link here is from a well-known feminist who says that if the criteria used by Interpol against Assange are applied generally, then more than one million men in the United States should be seized by Interpol. Basically any man who has shown some insensitivity towards a woman (for example has cheated on a girlfriend or something else along those lines) is a perpetrator of sex crimes and should be imprisoned.
Julian Assange it seems has a lot of girlfriends, but that’s about it. The sex crimes allegations are an attempt to tarnish Assange’s reputation and silence him. Is this democracy? Recommend this post
Glenn Beck: Muslims want violent revolution in America
I thought it was Tea-Baggers who wanted violent revolution in America and Beck is the spokesperson of Tea-Baggers and head of Tea-Baggers. Is he forgetting all those gun-toting Tea-Baggers? It looks his head is in the tea bag and his judgment is adversely affected. He also says 10% of Muslims are terrorists. Oh my! How come George Bush and family are welded and wedded to Saudis. I suppose their oil is sweet although a lot of Saudi oil money is spent on Al-Qaeda according to many reports – in others words Americans are indirectly funding Al-Qaeda. Hey Beck what you have to say about that? Recommend this post
Sarah Palin For President 2012?
It is a horrible scene. Why did they have to show it on T.V.? Poor Caribou. He was minding his own business and to show it being shot dead in this manner is disgusting. Now this woman wants to be the president of U.S. Yeah she will be good at shooting including her mouth. What else Americans should expect from her? Exploding nukes around the world? Recommend this post
Julian Fantino: Does he want to abolish the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
It is simply unbelievable and utterly disgusting the way Mr. Fantino, newly elected MP from Toronto area, disparaged the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I heard him on CBC saying that the Charter got in his when he was police chief. Too bad for Fantino as the Charter is not that easy to abolish or even amend. Does this man want to turn Canada into a police state?
What were his constituents thinking when they elected this man as their MP. There should be a way to recall this man. We sure don’t need people like him in Parliament. If Harper has any respect for Canadian values then he must kick this man out of the Conservative caucus. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects individuals from governments and violation of rights by government agencies and protects individual basic rights in general. Fantino gives the impression that police should have the final word on individual rights – a police state.
Mr. Fantino, I have news for you, Canadians do believe in individual rights and protection of these rights and they will like to Forget You and get rid of you as an MP.
Read a story on him here. Recommend this post
Julian Assange founder of WikiLeaks arrested by British police
As reported by MSNBC
Big Brother got to him. I may be writing more on this at a later time. Recommend this post
Monday, December 06, 2010
Greed and Human Misery
Trickle down economics.
More examples of human greed and resulting misery. It is not a pretty picture. It is capitalism at its worse. As long as Repugs,Tea baggers and profiteers in the U.S and the world prevail it is only going to get worse.
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Bush & Cheney’s Fireworks and Destruction
The post on Orangutans, I did, inspired me to write this post and do a video. Greed is a very strong human emotion and if let loose we humans will succeed to destroy life on this planet. This greed and profiteering has gripped the world too long. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars were for resources more than anything else. The Iraq invasion was for Iraqi oil and the Afghan invasion was for building gas pipelines from the former USSR to bring the natural gas to a port in the Indian Ocean and then ship it to the markets of the world. Greed and profiteering. Add modern weaponry including nukes and we might destroy ourselves long before this planet’s natural death or for that matter through global warming. Global warming is also the result of human greed and profiteering in action.
The Iraq war alone has cost over a trillion dollars to U.S taxpayers so that a few wealthy individuals could profit. According to many estimates more than one million Iraqis have died as a result of this war. 2 million plus Iraqis are refugees in neighbouring countries and the vast majority of remaining Iraqis live in poverty and squalor. There are no achievements to be shown other than a few oil companies and their pals profiting. We need to loosen this grip of greed and profiteering in the world if we wish to survive.
WikiLeaks has revealed some of the atrocities in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The buzz word used by those in power is that WikiLeaks is endangering the lives of soldiers. Not so. The only lives it may endanger are the corrupt leaders in the world. Transparency will help reduce this reign of greed and profiteering and reduce the chances of war. In fact it will save many lives of soldiers. The rest is propaganda by the profiteering who are puppeteering the politicians quite often. Recommend this post
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Orangutans brutally killed in Indonesia
Climate change and deforestation is deadly on orangutans in Indonesia.
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Stephen Harper as a leader
Mr. Harper Canadians will like to Forget You come next election. That is how popular you are as a leader.
Economy, Afghanistan war and the state of democracy are all a mess. Harper is so transparent that Canadians should be able to see through him by now.
Update: "Forget You" (F*** You)— Cee Lo Green is nominated for a Grammy Award for record of the year. I knew nothing about Cee Lo Green before and I saw the news on CNN and felt it would be a fitting song for our grand leader. Recommend this post
Saturday, December 04, 2010
Julian Assange: Upholder of Freedom of Speech
Julian Assange is somewhat an enigmatic character and, especially with secretive governments embarrassed over the latest round of Wikileaks, every attempt is being made to assassinate his character, including allegations of unconsensual sex which I think are in all likelihood entirely made up.
Reading about Assange on Wikipedia (no relation to Wikileaks), he comes off as a very sincere and idealistic person. He wants protection of journalists and free speech as well as governments to be more open. To that end, he's put himself at great personal risk. From Wikipedia, Assange is quoted as saying, "the more secretive or unjust an organisation is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie… Since unjust systems, by their nature induce opponents, and in many places barely have the upper hand, mass leaking leaves them exquisitely vulnerable to those who seek to replace them with more open forms of governance."
His aim is to expose injustices, expose the hypocrisy of those in the highest echelons of power. He is equal opportunity in this regard, the latest round of Wikileaks documents expose leaders of Islamic countries (including Saudi Arabia) who claim to uphold Islamic values in their countries, but once outside engage in behaviour such as drinking alcohol and patronizing escort services that are forbidden in Islam. He has exposed an American government that hides realpolitik tactics such as spying on the UN leadership.
Assange and Wikileaks have made it harder for governments to pull the wool over the eyes of their citizens, which is no doubt the reason for the backlash on the part of these governments.
Before the current controversy over the leaked diplomatic cabals, Assange's site Wikileaks was the recipient of three journalistic awards including one from Amnesty International. He has been called the "internet's freedom fighter", something that I think is very fitting. In July 2010 Assange made a surprise appearance for a TED Q&A session, the video below is a bit a long, but worth watching to learn the truth about the much-maligned Julian Assange.
Update: A great story on Mr. Assange in The Huffington Post.
Stephen Harper: Does he smoke grass?
I had a strange dream the other night. I was walking on a sidewalk and a few feet away is Stephen Harper with his assistant walking towards me. I thought he was smoking a cigarette but as he came closer it looked like grass in his mouth. We chatted for a short while – the small talk - and we went on our ways. What is the meaning of this dream? Does Harper smoke grass or is he a dope-head who makes dope-headed decisions? For example he decided to extend the Afghanistan mission without giving Parliament an opportunity to discuss it and put it to a vote. This dream is puzzling me. Recommend this post
Santa Claus’s new employees
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Friday, December 03, 2010
Ralph Goodale for the Liberal Leadership
The other day I was watching Parliament’s Question Period. Ralph Goodale was standing in for Michael Ignatieff who was absent. Watching QP it occurred to me, why isn’t Ralph Goodale leader of the Liberal Party? He’s articulate, presents himself well, and knows both government and the Liberal Party well, as a longtime MP and having served in Cabinet.
Goodale has a certain common-touch, he looks like someone you’d meet at the local Tim Hortons. Also, being an MP from Western Canada where the Liberals are not that strong, he could potentially bring significant gains for the party in that region. Furthermore, he’s shown that he can work with different leaders having served in senior posts under Paul Martin, Stephane Dion, and Michael Ignatieff.
Ignatieff has not been performing well in the polls or in the public arena. After the next election – whenever that may be – I have a strong feeling that the Liberals could be in for another leadership race. I hope, in such a situation, that Goodale is given serious consideration. Recommend this post
Dick Cheney to be indicted
It is about time. He will be indicted in Nigeria for fraud concerning his dealings when he was boss of Halliburton. If nothing else he will think twice about his plans to travel internationally. His boss (or pupil)George W. Bush is in a similar dilemma as he could be arrested for war crimes in Vermont, U.S or if he travels outside the U.S.
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New Ideas for Fuel efficiency
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Keith Olbermann’s take on NASA’s Extra-Terrestrial life
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Thursday, December 02, 2010
NASA DISCOVERS EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL or new life
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U.S House of Representatives in action or inaction
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JTF2: Does Canada have its own Abu Ghraib?
Or worse. Last night on CBC, December 2, 2010, there was a very disturbing story on JTF2 special Canadian military force who could be guilty of war crimes. According to the report the force killed innocent civilians and an unarmed man. This does not look good and adds to the transgressions of abuse of Afghan detainees and detainees who were juvenile. It is a sad chapter in our history.
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WikiLeaks: This time on Russia
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Matt Lauer of NBC loses it over the size of packages
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Premier Danny Williams resignation Mark Critch of CBC very unhappy
It is indeed hilarious.
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George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin: Size matters
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Recommend this postBreaking News: Michael Ignatieff-new Foreign Affairs Minister under Harper?
Okay kidding. But there was a vote in Parliament on a Bloc motion on the Afghanistan mission. The Bloc motion required that the Government must put the Afghanistan mission extension to a vote in the Parliament. NDP voted with the Bloc but Michael Ignatieff and the Liberals solidly voted with the government. There was a panel discussion on Power & Politics of CBC and Tom Flanagan of the University of Calgary quipped that Ignatieff would make a great Foreign Affairs minister under Harper. By golly I totally agree with Mr. Flanagan on this one. There is a possibility that Peter Mackay may leave the Harper cabinet and who is best to step in since Ignatieff not only agrees with Harper but is a step ahead of him for supporting the Afghanistan war, mission extension and in the past supporting the Iraq war when he was an American. Recommend this post
Keith Olbermann’s worst person in the World
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