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well… you know what they say about small political parties…


Props to Mr. Smith for tipping us off about the rumoured Progressive Canadian candidate in Edmonton Strathcona, Mr. Mike Fedeyko.

We don’t know too much about the Progressive Canucks (we’re not sure there is much to know), but from what we can see, they seem like a group of mainly red Ontario Tories who don’t want to be in a conservative party with people like Stockwell Day, Jason Kenney, and Myron Thompson while also not wanting to join Ms. Stronach or Mr. Brison in the Liberal Party.

We’ve updated our Edmonton 2006 Federal Election Candidates list, but also click here for more info on Edmonton Strathcona.

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wallpaper blues…

No Joe Volpe or Jean LaPierre desktop wallpaper…? darn.

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pierretrudeau.ca

We thought this was a little funny… check out where this little link directs you: pierretrudeau.ca.

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they had to hire researchers to discover this?

From the Globe & Mail

Researchers found that, contrary to popular belief, success doesn’t necessarily bring happiness but rather that happy people tend to be more successful.

“This may be because happy people frequently experience positive moods and these positive moods prompt them to be more likely to work actively toward new goals and build new resources,” said lead author Sonja Lyubomirsky of the University of California, Riverside.

If you like your job, you’re probably going to do better at it… Duh!?!

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…passing interest in falconry…

It’s Sunday. It’s winter. And we’re slightly stressed out (as usual). Haven’t bought any Christmas gifts yet… waiting until the 23rd… 😛

anyway… NEW STRONG BAD EMAIL!

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hitch in y’r giddyup update!

As we first began here, we’ve decided to update the list of Edmonton Federal Election 2006 candidates…

As before, we’ll keep updating the list as more candidates are declared, nominated, appointed, or turfed.

ELECTION 2006 MANIA!

EDMONTON CENTRE (2004 results & profile )
Laurie HawnConservative
Donna MartynNDP

Anne McLellanLiberal
Peggy MortonMarxist-Lenninist
David ParkerGreen
Chandra Segaran Swamy, Independent
(Marijuana Party candidate Lyle Kenny dropped out of the race)

EDMONTON EAST (2004 results & profile)
Trey Capernhurst – Green
Arlene Chapman – NDP

Peter Goldring – Conservative
Nicole Martel – Liberal

(Canadian Action Party candidate David Vanzella and Marijuana Party candidate Ken Kirk both dropped out of the race)

EDMONTON LEDUC (2004 results)
Jim Jacuta – Liberal
Ben Pettit – Green

James RajotteConservative
Marty Rybiak – NDP

EDMONTON MILLWOODS BEAUMONT (2004 results & profile)
Kate Harrington – Green
Neal Gray – NDP

Amarjit Grewal – Liberal
Mike Lake
Conservative
Kyle McLeod – Independent (according to nodice.ca)
Naomi RankinCommunist

EDMONTON SHERWOOD PARK (2004 results & profile)
Ken Epp
Conservative
Laurie Lang – NDP
Lynn Lau – Green

Ron SymicLiberal

EDMONTON SPRUCE GROVE
(2004 results & profile)
Rona Ambrose
Conservative
Brad Enge
Liberal
John Lackey – Green
Jason Rockwell – NDP

EDMONTON ST. ALBERT (2004 results & profile)
Stanley HarounLiberal
Peter Johnston – Green
Mike Melymick – NDP
John WilliamsConservative

EDMONTON STRATHCONA (2004 results & profile)
Linda Duncan – NDP
Dave Dowling – Marijuana Party
Mike FedeykoProgressive Canadian
Andy Hladyshevsky – Liberal
Kevan Hunter – Marxist-Lenninist
Rahim Jaffer
Conservative
Cameron Wakefield – Green
(Click here for more info on Edmonton Strathcona)

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r.i.p. leo mcgarry.


USA Today is reporting that John Spencer, who played the character Leo McGarry on the awesome TV show, The West Wing, has died of a heart attack.

LOS ANGELES — John Spencer, an Emmy-winning original cast member of NBC’s The West Wing, died suddenly Friday morning of a heart attack, according to a statement released by his publicist.

Spencer, four days short of his 59th birthday, is best known to viewers as Leo McGarry, the chief of staff to West Wing President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen). This season, McGarry was the vice presidential running mate for Democratic nominee Matt Santos (Jimmy Smits).

Spencer’s portrayal of McGarry, a tough politico and recovering alcoholic, earned him an Emmy for supporting actor in a drama in 2002. The character actor, a veteran of theater and film work, also received four other Emmy nominations for the role and a Golden Globe nomination.

Spencer, who grew up in New Jersey, also played streetwise attorney Tommy Mullaney on NBC’s L.A. Law. His film roles include Presumed Innocent, Black Rain and Sea of Love.

Read the rest here…

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che guevera to run for the ndp?

From Derek’s recap of week 2 of the election…

“Now it’s rumoured that former vice-regal and Manitoba relic Ed Schreyer, 70, is lined up for the NDP in Selkirk-Interlake. Somebody, for the love of god, hide the corpse of Che Guevera before it’s drafted as an NDP candidate.”

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fun-eh.

Yesterday, we were catching up on the latest from Scotty F’s blogboy site… man, this guy is funny… here’s a post from December 13th

Dear Blog Boy: After the Liberals win and the Prime Minister makes you a Senator, can I be your faithful hunchbacked manservant? I’ll change my name to Igor and everything. – S.M.

Do I appreciate the offer? Yes. Of course I do. But I’ve been down this road before with hunchbacked manservants. And it’s always the same story. They change their name to Igor and maybe develop a comic-tragic limp of some kind. I go to the trouble of getting their lab coat tailored to fit the precise contours of their hump. And then the problems begin. Igor gets a little sloppy pulling the levers that deliver life-inducing energy to my unholy corporeal abominations that are an affront to nature. Igor starts to ignore the knocks at the door from attractive, underclothed stewardesses whose cars have broken down on foggy nights. Then Igor unionizes my laboratory and joins the Brotherhood of Hunchbacked Manservants, Midget Sidekicks and Steelworkers. And all of a sudden the Invisible Man and Dracula are totally razzing me about it on bowling night. Been there, done that.

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chuck norris: nerves of steel.

Okay… last Chuck Norris reference of the week… but seriously folks, did anyone know about Chuck Norris’ kid cartoon series from back in the 1980’s? Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos.

Not only is this great because we found this action figure pic, but we’ve also tracked down a clip from the actual show!

You can check out a clip from the “Deadly Dolphins” episode here.

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rahim! where’s the beef!?!

It appears that Tory Rahim Jaffer is the first local candidate to come out in support of Edmonton Strathcona’s bustling rural community!

This would be fine and dandy… but last we checked, there weren’t very many farmers in this constituency (which is probably near 100% urban).

No word yet whether Mr. Jaffer is going to take some time off from supporting local cattle ranchers to support post-secondary students (the University of Alberta just happens to be in his riding…)

(To be fair, Liberal candidate Andy Hladyshevsky doesn’t have anything about PSE on his website either, but at least he’s not out campaiging for local farmers… but, NDP Candidate Linda Duncan does! – PSE that is… not cattle ranchers…)

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2 a.m. funnies.

For those of you who don’t know, we’ve become slightly addicted to “you’re the man now, dog!” aka ytmnd.com. The quality of most of the clips on ytmnd aren’t great, but it’s just really funny.

Here are some of our favorites… here, here, here, here, and what has to be one of the nerdiest ones: here.

In addition… this Walker: Texas Ranger clip from Conan O’Brien is ridiculous (apologies for our sick sense of humour)

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bold predictions.

Interlocutor, over at Civilization As We Knew It, has made four fairly bold predictions about the state of Canadian politics in the upcoming year…

It’s an interesting post. You can check it out here.

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bill clinton coming to alberta!

Former US President Bill Clinton will be coming to Edmonton in March of 2006!

Check out more info here!

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prez zilla

We’re hoping we’re not the only one’s who find this ridiculously funny…

(props to the radtacular mr. face for the linkage)