Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy

Did the State Department work with CSIS on their evaluation of Canada’s immigration policy? TGB suggests an ideological connection between the two.

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I wouldn’t have thought that CTV News would be talking about Harper’s taste for baby flesh today. The budget is a much bigger “top story”. But now if you libel the Prime Minister using 21 Century technology, you make the national news. If you could have predicted that a major new organization would have a caption for a Stephen Harper photo that reads:

Prime Minister Stephen Harper does not ‘eat babies.’

…then I’d say play the lottery numbers you pick.

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The Canadian dollar, affectionately known as the Loonie, has climbed past 90¢ US. This is a big day for millions of Canadians planning on travelling into the USA this Summer. Let’s hope it hangs in there, and Americans learn to adjust to their failing currency.

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Still on the topic of money, the Conservatives gave their first budget today to Canada. The GST is cut as of July 1st 2006 to 6%, which keeps one of their campaign promises. Amazing, simply amazing. Today is bizarro day, what with it being revealed that Harper eats babies, and the Conservatives know how to keep at least one promise. Then stunningly [okay this isn't a surprise] they also increased funding to our lagging millitary. They also gave $1200 to every family, rich or poor, with children under 6 to buy them beer and popcorn of course ;-). As another blogger noted, we know why Harper wanted familes to buy more beer and popcorn: so he could eat fatter babies of course! I kid, I kid, pardon the pun.
I have a Modest Proposal for the Conservative government. If you keep more of your promises, and at the same time actually do something for the environment and struggling Canadians, then you might get re-elected. Keep helping the banks add to their record profits and you might just get turfed faster than you can say, “Stephen Harper eats Irish potatoes.”