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In tonight’s Tippity amusement we take a quick retrospective look at the trajectory of Michael Ignatieff’s political career.
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  2. Lorne Gunter describes socialism with these words: “cake-andeat-it-too-platform”.
    “The NDP promised to cater to Quebecers desire for autonomy without the loss of subsidies from the rest of the country that would follow separation. The NDP captured Quebec because of a cake-andeat-it-too platform -all the benefits of separation, without the costs.”
    Bloc=NDP=Bloc=NDP …
    Same old=same old=same old …
    Same old socialism: socialism is the religion of the stomach*.
    This is the real story of the election:
    >>> “The real surge was Harper’s”.
    How did he do that? It’s because PM Harper is a political genius.
    “http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/real+surge+Harper/4722168/story.html
    *The religion of the stomach: socialism.
    http://www.fulltable.com/iip/adeba.htm

  4. Derek, I don’t recall a Red door but I have seen Behind The Green Door 😉 /rimshot

  5. Question by Globe and Mail to Pierre-Luc Dusseault, newly elected NDP MP for Sherbrooke: What do you think is happening in Quebec? Because the relationship between Quebec and the rest of Canada is a very important part of the history of this country. What do you think the results for the Bloc Québécois mean?
    Dusseault’s answer: What I’ve said throughout the campaign is that sovereignty, we know, won’t happen in Ottawa. As long as Quebec hasn’t decided, why not have a [federal] government in Quebec’s image? NDP MPs are MPs that share the values of Quebeckers – social and progressive values. That’s how I campaigned: As long as we’re in Canada, why not have a government in Quebec’s image?
    Mr. Dusseault seems to be mathematically challenged, among a few other handicaps.

  7. Blue Surge.
    How sweet it is.
    …-
    “Harper visits Governor-General to formally say he’s ready to form government”
    “OTTAWA – Fresh from his electoral triumph, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is paying a visit to Gov. Gen. David Johnston at Rideau Hall.
    The prime minister will formally tell the Governor General he’s ready to form a government in a new Parliament.
    It’s expected that Harper will be ready to have his new cabinet sworn in about mid-month.
    The House of Commons with its new Tory majority could be sitting by month’s end.
    Harper has said he wants to hit the ground running.
    His first priorities will be to bring back the budget brought down in March and introduce a number of tough-on-crime measures bundled into an omnibus bill.”
    http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/harper-visits-governor-general-to-formally-say-hes-ready-to-form-government-121245009.html

  9. From batb’s link; ”
    I was born near Granby, but I did my secondary and elementary school at Magog,”

    Now,that is something that is rarely mentioned by politicians. I’m surprised that he didn’t mention that he wasn’t 19 years old,but 19 and a half.

  12. iggy’s ‘trajectory’ was more of a ballistic arc…similar to that of a dropped brick…the backroom liebral boys couldn’t get any more volunteers to cut their pensionable years short so they outsourced…with predictable results. Although they might be able to talk dijon into taking another shot…he won his riding and I thought he’d quit after the last time so that proves he’s either stubborn or stupid, both of which are prime qualities for a liebral leader.

  13. Of Ich Bin Osama Bin Layton.
    Of Taliban Jack LaytoNDP.
    Of Layton Naked as a Jaybird.
    …-
    “Massaging the truth about Jack Layton”
    “Does anyone care that the new Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition was “found,” albeit never charged, in a Toronto Police raid on a rub-and-tug massage parlor 15 years ago? Should anyone care?
    The answer to the first question would appear to be a resounding no.
    On the very day the Toronto Sun broke the story, Jack Layton’s already soaring personal leadership scores jumped some more. The rise in support suggests “that the story in fact helped” Mr. Layton, according to pollster Nik Nanos, who said the numbers showed people saw the piece as a deliberate political smear.”
    “If the revelations actually gave Mr. Layton a boost with voters, then so too should the news that Toronto Police have asked the Ontario Provincial Police to investigate – the leak, of course.
    In fairness, it’s what the OPP does best.
    And so does the weirdest twist in a fascinating election campaign end on a familiar and particularly Canadian note: Damn the story, hurray for poor Mr. Layton and launch the hunt for the source of the leak on possible breach of trust charges.
    It is never more satisfying to shoot the messenger than when the information he releases is unpleasant, or contradicts the favoured narrative of the moment.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/massaging-the-truth-about-jack-layton/article2007566/

  15. Wanna be depressed? Check our the salaries for MP’s. I see one of the new NDP MP’s has to give up his summer job at a Sherbrooke golf course to take his seat in the HOC. It is to weep!

  17. I do not have time to check all comments so not sure if this has already been covered in Reader Tips:
    Donato at Sun media had a fantastic carricatur of Harper and Layton with the caption ‘Now that is a happy ending Jack!’…gotta see it to get the full message.
    Does anyone know how to get a link to the picture from yesterday’s print edition?

  19. Maz, but according to the Talking Heads in the Media Bubble Chamber, Eve Adams is neither:
    1. An immigrant nor
    2. A woman
    You see, conservatives can’t be either. She’s just evil.

  22. soundofmusak,that is a scary bill.

    I did not vote for more gov’t control. I voted for less.

  23. Yom HaShoah address at Young Israel of Hillcrest
    Saturday night I was honored to speak at Young Israel of Hillcrest congregation in Queens for their annual Yom HaShoah ceremony. The address formed the basis of my latest column in the Jerusalem Post.
    http://carolineglick.com/

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