We’re hoping we’re not the only one’s who find this ridiculously funny…
(props to the radtacular mr. face for the linkage)
A couple of
– It appears that former Tory Cabinet Minister Mark Norris’ campaign for the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership is being backed up by some pretty influential corporate heavy hitters. The list includes Murray Edwards, vice-chairman of Canadian Natural Resources and one of Canada’s wealthiest people; Barry Heck, President and CEO of Westaim Corp; Guy Turcotte, chairman of Western Oilsands; and Edmonton Oilers part-owner Cal Nichols.
We find it very interesting that heavy hitters like those mentioned would come out and support Mr. Norris’ after he lost his seat of Edmonton McClung to
We also wonder how long it will take before they jump ship to Team Dinning…
– It’s been reported by The Armet Report that former St. Albert Tory MLA Mary O’Neill has been appointed Executive Director of the Edmonton-based Glenrose Foundation. Ms. O’Neill, who served as MLA for
Interestingly, one of Ms. O’Neill’s former colleagues, Drew Hutton (Tory MLA Edmonton Glenora 2001-2004) served as Executive Director of the same organization before becoming an MLA. Glenrose Foundation Trustees include former Liberal MLA Sine Chadi (MLA Edmonton Roper 1993-1997) and former Director of the Edmonton Glenora Progressive Conservatives, Ms. Nancy Cumming.
– We find it quite silly that former Calgary Currie Tory MLA Jon Lord still has his MLA website up and running after being defeated by Liberal Dave Taylor over a year ago… (did someone forget to tell him that he’s no longer the MLA?)
Are you quitting on me? Well, are you? Then quit, you slimy f**king walrus-looking piece of s**t. Get the f**k off of my obstacle. Get the f**k down off of my obstacle. Now. Move it. I’m going to rip your balls off, so you cannot contaminate the rest of the world. I will motivate you, Private Pyle, if it short-dicks every cannibal on the Congo.
Could these be the words of a future Canadian Boot Camp Drill Sergeant, Peter Goldring?
Does this have anything to do with THIS?
UPDATE: sure, okay, perhaps this may be a little harsh, but we just think the whole boot-camp thing is slightly looney.
According to the CBC reporter who only interviewed one angry Albertan… that’s totally proportional, one angry Calgarian equals 3 million angry Albertans… sure…
ATTENTION POLITICAL NERDS: the Prime Minister Forever 2006 simulation computer game is now available for FREE via the wonderful Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Now you can get your nerd-on for free!
Well, the results of the Canadian Blog Awards were released last night and we didn’t fair too badly.
When the final ballots were counted, we ended up in a strong second place behind Ms. Samantha Burns. Not too bad considering we only made it past the first round of voting in 5th place by 1 vote (54-53 votes against the Cassandra Pages).
Here are the results from the BEST PERSONAL BLOG category…
1. The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns – 248 Votes (24%)
2. Daveberta – 245 Votes (24%)
3. Jenandtonic – 196 Votes (19%)
4. Postmodernes Sprachspienlen – 192 Votes (19%)
5. Postcards from the Mothership – 148 Votes (14%)
Though we didn’t think we stood much of a chance in the beginning, an agressive campaign, followed by endorsements by Buckets and CalgaryGrit almost pushed us over the top!
So, props to all our lovely competitors and make sure to check out their blogs!
Props to Sam Burns for her first place finish – by 3 votes! (now we know how Laurie Hawn will feel on election night when Anne McLellan once against sqweeks through in Edmonton Centre… BA-ZING! 😛 )
And of course, %100 props to all those who voted for us! May all your Christmas wishes come true. 😛
Props to Socialist Swine for the quiz linkage…
Downtown Loft You scored 29 out of 40 on urban-rural and 35 out of 40 land intensity. |
People know you as: The Yuppie
Quote: “Sushi is so 1990s. How about Lebanese?” Congratulations. You are the coolest type of person. Or you like to The main difference between you and The Bohemian Gentrifier is that you have a better job. Examples of places you should live: Manhattan, Chicago’s Loop Secluded Hideaway / Farm or Ranch / Small Town / Little City / Suburb / Streetcar Suburb / Rowhouse ‘Hood / Downtown Loft |
My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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Link: The Where Should You Live Test written by TwelveFloorsUp on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test |
Friday, while downtown on business, we headed down to the HMV to check if they had a copy of the Muppet Christmas Carol Soundtrack on CD. Unfortunately, they did not. That leaves us dumbfounded at where to get a copy! Seriously folks! What kind of world do we live in when in
1000% props for ANYONE out there in blog-o-land who can tell us where we can track down a copy in
Here are the places we’ve checked out so far…
1. a&b sound – downtown
2. Blackbird Music –
3. Megatunes –
4. HMV –
So… back to the title of the story… while at HMV, we made a purchase or two, one being a pair of headphones. In the past, we have opted to buy the $6.99 headphones (which tend to break after a month or so), so this time we decided to be economically smart and buy the $11.99 pair (in hopes of saving money over the long run). So, very pleased with our purchase, we made our way back to our hovel in Garneau only to discover that the said $11.99 headphones were DEFECTIVE! ARRRR! Imagine our reaction. It twas not pleasant.
So, as time would have it, we broke out of the womb of academic submergence for 1 hour this afternoon to travel back to HMV downtown to exchange our headphones for an undefective set. So, the conclusion of our story is, HMV has nearly no problem exchanging stuff. They didn’t even ask us for a receipt! (we also stopped at Staples downtown to pick up some cheap printer paper).
And finally,
He’s hip, he’s cool, his website has a picture of old people kisssing, and he’s got a Crew.
This week’s Blog of the Week goes to taracool.
Taracool is a fun blog we found a while ago. It’s writen by Tara, a fellow political science geek (except in Ontario). Check it out!
Also – 16 days ’till Christmas!!!!!!! 🙂
It’s officially the last day you and your’s can vote for this wonderful blog in the Canadian Blog Awards! So GO VOTE NOW!
The Federal Tories announced their Post-Secondary Education policy yesterday…
Here it is from Conservative.ca:
okie dokie, here’s our take…
a) What’s up with using the tax system to fix everything? Seriously, we’re glad that the Tories are thinking about the textbook problem, but textbooks are expensive in September and January. Not May. How is a tax credit going to help someone when they need the money? Let’s segway into point b…
b) “
c) The last two points are fairly straight forward. We would definitely support a dedicated Federal-Provincial PSE transfer and agree that scholarship and bursary money should be tax-free.
d) We were slightly surprised that some of the more controversial policies included in the Conservative Party’s Policy Declaration didn’t make the cut… including the dissolution of the Millennium Scholarship Foundation and implementation of an Income-Contingent Student Loan Repayment scheme…
Are these policies “hidden” somewhere? Perhaps in an “agenda?” 😉
Here’s our suggestion to Misters Martin, Harper, and Layton on how to spice up the election a bit.
Shake your groove thing. Shake your groove thing…