Today in Kabul we’re expecting a balmy high of 38 celsius, overnight low of 0, chance of raining shrapnel stands at 20%, chance of a Canadian pullout in 2011… ehhhh… depends who you ask.
The Harper government’s original plan was to abandon all military operations in Afghanistan by 2011, a war Canada had entered to kill [...]
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Woohoo, it’s the G20! Bring your friends, let’s “cause shit” and “party”! Hey man, a bunch of drab economic wonks are convening to have low-key discussions about the intricacies of interest rates, inflation and ensuring macroeconomic stability – you know what that means, LET’S SET SOME GODDAMN POLICE CARS ON FIRE!
Here are my compiled comments, [...]
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The talk of the nation is Sun TV News, an upstart Quebecor TV network which people are saying is loosely modeled on the wildly popular, mildly informative Fox News network stateside. The new channel promises to offer a more “conservative, non-politically-correct, fiercely patriotic” take on Canadian affairs. A few questions [...]
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I was going to write a SERIOUS BUDGET RESPONSE, like everyone else’s doing, but that just wouldn’t suit our… style. Instead, here’s this.
On Monday, two older men – their hair graying, their eyes full of doe-eyed innocence – stepped back in front of the cameras with their finest suits freshly dry-cleaned, ready to return to [...]
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