Your Government advertises on porn sites. The Liberals are outraged. Also, there are naked ladies on the computer-machines, and you should be outraged.
That’s the storyline, but let’s break it down.
First of all, by “Government”, we mean the two saddest little lumps of apathetic-shrugs that make up your tax dollars this side of the CBC: Canada [...]
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Over the past year, Twitter has been adopted as the tool of choice for cutting-edge Members of Parliament to connect with their constituents about political positions, breaking Parliamentary news and the inside scoop on Government issues.
Failing that, Twitter’s used for 140-character partisan snipes and announcing what MPs had for breakfast.
According to the fantastic site Politwitter, [...]
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Hey, remember this Angelo Persichilli fellow? He’s done roughly one notable thing in his journalism career, and that was writing a column where he made up a bunch of lies, slander and unverifiable claims. Now he’s complaining that bloggers are making up a bunch of lies, slander and unverifiable claims using this crazy new “internet” [...]
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