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		<title>In which we annihilate the competition in the Liberal Photoshop challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s how easy it would be to win this contest, or at least aim for #3, so you can get that SWEET, SWEET COAL to burn. It&#8217;ll come in handy when your suburban McMansion gets foreclosed on, and you&#8217;ll need something to burn to keep warm on the streets this winter!
Two main themes emerged in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s how easy it would be to <a href="http://maplerag.com/2009/12/the-lpc-presents-the-worlds-worst-photoshop-challenge/">win this contest</a>, or at least aim for #3, so you can get that <a href="http://www.liberal.ca/en/newsroom/blog/17039_introducing-the-stephen-harper-emanywhere-but-copenhagenem-photo-challenge">SWEET, SWEET COAL</a> to burn. It&#8217;ll come in handy when your suburban McMansion gets foreclosed on, and you&#8217;ll need something to burn to keep warm on the streets this winter!</p>
<p>Two main themes emerged in the competition: veiled homophobia and semi-topical celebrity topics! With that in mind, we made two of our own images which would win the competition, had we entered them:</p>
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<div id="attachment_350" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-350 " title="harpertub" src="http://maplerag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/harpertub.jpg" alt="You don't want to know the search terms I had to use to get the original image." width="400" height="250" /><p class="wp-caption-text">You don&#39;t want to know the search terms I had to use to get the original image.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_351" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-351 " title="harper2" src="http://maplerag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/harper2.jpg" alt="GET IT IT'S BASED OFF A TV SHOW, BUT STEPHEN HARPER ISN'T IN THAT TV SHOW, I ADDED HIM WITH PHOTOSHOP, GET IT" width="400" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">GET IT IT&#39;S BASED OFF A TV SHOW, BUT STEPHEN HARPER ISN&#39;T IN THAT TV SHOW, I ADDED HIM WITH PHOTOSHOP, GET IT</p></div>
<p>You can submit these on your own behalf if you want, and then CLAIM THE COAL AS YOUR OWN IF YOU WIN IT, it&#8217;s my War On Christmas present to you!</p>
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		<title>Fun new game: National Post reader comment, or Stormfront posting?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a game for you, MapleRag reader: we present a series of quotes, and you have to guess if they were comments posted on a story at Nationalpost.com, or if they were posts made on the Canadian section of Stormfront, the internet&#8217;s most well-known white-nationalist skinhead site. Should be tough, let&#8217;s see how you do!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-226" title="nationalpost-stormfront" src="http://maplerag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/nationalpost-stormfront.gif" alt="nationalpost-stormfront" width="220" height="279" />Here&#8217;s a game for you, MapleRag reader: we present a series of quotes, and you have to guess if they were comments posted on a story at Nationalpost.com, or if they were posts made on the Canadian section of Stormfront, the internet&#8217;s most well-known white-nationalist skinhead site. Should be tough, let&#8217;s see how you do!</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>#1: </strong>Same fascist s**t as usual. What&#8217;s next? Emergency services only in French?</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><strong>#2: </strong>We are at war, so we are no longer Peacekeepers. Canada is becoming fertile breeding ground for terrorists, so we can no longer claim the moral high ground in that respect.  Ethnic conflict are rampant in the large urban centres, as various immigrant groups bring their violence and hatred to this country.  Urban ethnic ghettoization is common- the end result of our great cultural diversity experiment.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><strong>#3: </strong>I haven&#8217;t seen the ad but the truth of the matter is blacks simply will never gravitate towards hockey no matter how much the NHL wishes they did (ie: cool factor).</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><strong>#4: </strong>It looks very much like she is part of a larger agenda, something about moslems trying to soften up Canadian officials to get easier treatment in the future.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><strong>#5: </strong>What can we expect from immigrants from countries that promote genocide, extremism, and aggressive behaviour?</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><strong>#6: </strong>&#8220;Canadian&#8221; used to mean more than hanging around long enough to get a piece of paper and learning how to sue the government</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><strong>#7: </strong>That&#8217;s the thing with the Canadian media, a story is here today and gone tomorrow. And, they never report the race of a suspect either which really bothers me.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><strong>#8: </strong>You can&#8217;t speak English or French? Well too bad loser and don&#8217;t think for one minute I support translators being supplied. This is Canada son, so speak the lingo or crawl back to the cess pit you came from.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><strong>#9:</strong> Does marrying first or 2nd cousins which some Muslims do, bring about a mental illness called terrorism?  Just asking.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><strong>#10:</strong> I&#8217;ve said it before and I&#8217;ll say it again&#8230;.Canada refuses to learn the hard lessons&#8230;&#8230;.Multiculturalism Does NOT Work!!!!  Just ask the UK and Netherlands!  What in God&#8217;s name do we think makes us different in that respect?  I&#8217;m a senior citizen, born in this country, proud of Canada&#8217;s heritage and would like to see us keep it!  If we keep up with this silliness we&#8217;ll have no heritage!!  WAKE UP CANADA!!!</p></blockquote>
<p>Alright, get yer answers in, read on for the results:</p>
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<p>#1: <strong>National Post</strong>, by Gone South</p>
<p>#2: <strong>National Post</strong>, by sealy</p>
<p>#3: <strong>Stormfront</strong>, by European Pride</p>
<p>#4: <strong>National Post</strong>, by welldoneson</p>
<p>#5: <strong>Stormfront</strong>, by RELENTLESSWOLF</p>
<p>#6: <strong>National Post</strong>, by Fred_001</p>
<p>#7: <strong>Stormfront</strong>, by TemperAlles</p>
<p>#8: <strong>Stormfront</strong>, by Evil One</p>
<p>#9: <strong>National Post</strong>, by commentaddict</p>
<p>#10: <strong>National Post</strong>, by alpha_1</p>
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