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Dealbreaker : Matt Taibbi Thinks It’s “Orwellian” For the Government Not To Keep Records On You Just

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:11:45 +0000

Levine, I'm under the impression that in your desperate attempts to trash Taibbi, you missed the main point of the article and got key facts wrong. I'll let Felix Salmon explain: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/08/18/... And "squashed" investigations? Seriously?

Macleans.ca : Looking north (II)

Mon, 9 May 2011 20:12:07 +0000

The Walid Jumblatt for PM juggernaut starts here!

Macleans.ca : Looking north (II)

Mon, 9 May 2011 19:59:31 +0000

But it apparently it feels much better to beat ourselves up and call ourselves "small-minded" and "parochial". I don't blame Ignattieff for not recognizing the futility of his candidacy. Apps, Rossi, and Davey, on the other hand, have a lot to answer for.

Macleans.ca : Looking north (II)

Mon, 9 May 2011 19:55:39 +0000

Well, duh.

Macleans.ca : Ch-ch-changes

Mon, 9 May 2011 16:44:53 +0000

Can we still post poorly conceived, over-the top, borderline libelous, and pointless comments, anonymously? With atroooshus grammer und spellig? AND SOMETIMES IN ALL CAPS? Good.

Macleans.ca : Looking north

Mon, 9 May 2011 16:12:55 +0000

Yes, yes. US Republicans need to learn how to capture 40% of the electorate! I kid.

Macleans.ca : No country for good men

Thu, 5 May 2011 20:08:57 +0000

Believe what you want to believe. Blaming the attack ads and the "Canadian small mindedness" is a convenient excuse, I guess. You may also wish to blame the RCMP for Paul Martin's defeat, as I have heard David Herle do. I happen to think it had more to do with the "adscam" scandal, and Paul Martin's failures, and the general failure of the Liberals to face the challenge of a united right. In this campaign the ads attack ads that were most effective, in my view, were the ones that featured Ignatieff speaking for himself. As an American. Were these "lying flying crap", or did the Conservatives merely identify and exploit a stupid and ultimately fatal mistake by the Liberals in recruiting Ignatieff? I think that the answer is obvious.

Macleans.ca : No country for good men

Thu, 5 May 2011 02:23:12 +0000

Hear hear, CR. I sensed the emptiness of AP's meandering argument without having read his earlier piece. Read side by side it's beyond empty, it's patently absurd. Andrew Potter, please read Andrew Potter.

Macleans.ca : No country for good men

Wed, 4 May 2011 23:46:49 +0000

My point was that rejection of Mr. Ignatieff is not evidence of small-mindedness. Rather, it was in large part a rejection of a parachute candidate for PM who was unable to demonstrate a sufficient connection with the Canada he was absent from for 36 years.

Macleans.ca : No country for good men

Wed, 4 May 2011 21:28:56 +0000

His earlier essay suggested that we needed to be wary of philosopher kings, yet I read his piece as ruing the loss of one. In any event, I reject the "Canadian small-mindedness" thesis, however presented.

Macleans.ca : No country for good men

Wed, 4 May 2011 20:26:15 +0000

First of all, "saviour philosopher king”? Who the hell wanted that? Newsflash, Andrew: We didn't need saving. Whether or not you agree with the direction the Harper government was/is taking us, we are in no need of a saviour or a philosopher/king at this stage, thank you very much. Secondly, I wish Ignatieff well, and I don't like attack ads either, but let's not get confused and beat ourselves up about what happened here. It wasn't that he went to Harvard or lived abroad, for chrissake. It's that he lived abroad for 36 years and during that time rarely participated meaningfully in our country's political life. In what G8 nation could someone fitting that description, however learned or honourable, expect to get elected to the highest office in the land? Sorry your schoolboy dreams were crushed, but Lord, talk about missing the point. Rant finished.

Macleans.ca : Caption challenge: bin Laden death shot

Wed, 4 May 2011 16:51:59 +0000

I noticed some wild "thumb" swings but thought that it was perhaps an NDP effort to show disapproval of particularly objectionable posts (from their point of view, that is). Who knows. Wasn't me, I can assure you. In any event, folks got to get a life.

Macleans.ca : Caption challenge: bin Laden death shot

Wed, 4 May 2011 16:24:18 +0000

Eh?

Macleans.ca : Caption challenge: bin Laden death shot

Wed, 4 May 2011 13:58:02 +0000

Thank you. Thank you very much. And my wife said that my many hours on the Maclean's blogs would never amount to anything. Showed her!

Macleans.ca : Caption challenge: bin Laden death shot

Tue, 3 May 2011 19:59:05 +0000

And people said there was not enough French in my speech...

Macleans.ca : I dream of Genie - MPs touch award

Tue, 8 Mar 2011 14:34:26 +0000

Maclean's should have posted a caution before putting these pictures on its blog. I nearly lost my breakfast. There is something particularly off-putting politicians fawning over an oversized tribute to Canadian mediocrity. And maybe it's my inner teenager, but I can't look at that Oliphant photo without snickering...

Macleans.ca : Expect more Wisconsins

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:44:24 +0000

Thanks for your analysis, but I think that I am siding with those pinkos at Forbes on this one...

Macleans.ca : Expect more Wisconsins

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:06:22 +0000

Of course, much of the Union bashing in Wisconsin is based upon a big lie: http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/02/25/the-...

Macleans.ca : Justin Bieber says you got raped for a reason, ladies

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:18:20 +0000

Other quotable quotes: "You guys are evil," he told the magazine, out on February 18th. "Canada's the best country in the world. We go to the doctor and we don't need to worry about paying him, but here, your whole life, you're broke because of medical bills. My bodyguard's baby was premature, and now he has to pay for it. In Canada, if your baby's premature, he stays in the hospital as long as he needs to, and then you go home."

Macleans.ca : Justin Bieber says you got raped for a reason, ladies

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:07:37 +0000

Well, on the upside, he had a good run... Seriously though, he'll take some heat for this response, and it was a not-so-great answer to an impossible question for someone in his position. But it wasn't "Nir Rosen" bad: http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/apologies-f...