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 MONDAY, MAY 28, 2012

fourth batch of today's tweets

Gazette: #NDP on tightrope over protests http://tinyurl.com/cpkgoqr

Alain Dubuc: Cherchez l'erreur http://tinyurl.com/7xfnv82

third batch of today's tweets

Here’s the link to the Forum poll I posted earlier showing ndp/Mulcair up and Cdns negative re Conrad Black ctznship http://tinyurl.com/7xuznau

W Post lead story: U.S. officials among the targets of Iran-linked assassination plots http://tinyurl.com/7fxgskx

Mark Milke & Fred McMahon: Some inconvenient facts about equalization http://tinyurl.com/6v8zzne

Today’s  howler (Gazette print edition hed): Failed Tory candidates bounce back http://tinyurl.com/73mt8op

second batch of today's tweets

CP: Ottawa to introduce back-to-work legislation after CP Rail-union talks stall http://tinyurl.com/842xolr

HT: Tories set to shut Commons inquiry into F-35s http://tinyurl.com/775rfwp

Financial Times: Spain’s borrowing costs near crisis levels http://tinyurl.com/7maufoa

La Presse: Québec fera une nouvelle offre http://tinyurl.com/6o72843

La Presse: Québec will make a new offer to the students at today’s meeting http://tinyurl.com/6o72843

Globe: As tuition talks reopen, Parizeau compares Quebec unrest to Quiet Revolution http://tinyurl.com/6s3qsed

HT: A year under chief of staff Wright, PMO has less a ‘bunker mentality’ http://tinyurl.com/85jk5m7

Tim Harper: B.C.’s David Wilks may be powerless, but rookie MPs do make a difference http://tinyurl.com/7jhdc5d

Ibbitson: Why Atlantic Canada need not fear decline http://tinyurl.com/7wr2rtq

Michael Warren: Labour Minister Lisa Raitt is tilting the playing field against unions http://tinyurl.com/7tmwvef

Star editorial: Stephen Harper’s EI reforms must include a credible right of appeal http://tinyurl.com/792b4ab

first batch of today's tweets

N Post/Forum poll: If election were held today, NDP wd form minority gov’t (138 seats, CPC 123)

N Post/Forum poll: Mulcair approval rating (41) higher than Harper (33, tied w/Rae); Harper’s disapproval highest (net -26)

N Post/Forum poll: 61% of Canadians think Conrad Black should not be given back Cdn citizenship

NY Times: Iran Says It Won’t Halt Uranium Enrichment http://tinyurl.com/7eypw25

Guardian: Nick Clegg criticises plan to offer Tories free vote on gay marriage http://tinyurl.com/7xtyutm

SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012

fourth batch of today's tweets

Sunday Telegraph:  The Queen gets a £44bn valuation for family 'Firm’ http://tinyurl.com/boxa2x7

Mike Smyth: B.C. Liberals courtship of John Cummins hints of desperation http://tinyurl.com/clbnkgf

Ross Douthat in NY Times: The Facebook Illusion http://tinyurl.com/ct574hc

Andrew Rawnsley in the Observer: The prime minister [Cameron] has put his judgment and integrity on trial http://tinyurl.com/bl778fh

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Sunday Telegraph: Money laundering probe puts spotlight on the £15 million sale of Prince Andrew’s home http://tinyurl.com/csseha9  

In France, 12 yr-U de Mtl philo prof Christian Nadeau explains that he’s still paying $150/month on his student loan! http://tinyurl.com/borl69k

Reading  @TorontoStar editorial about the Queen, U’d almost forget that her son  was in town a few days ago w Camilla! http://tinyurl.com/d5ealk3

second batch of today's tweets

Sunday Telegraph (and Sunday Times) line story: Cabinet minister admits breaking cash rules http://tinyurl.com/7fue5a5

NY Times off-lead story: Drug Traffic Remains as U.S. Nears Afghanistan Exit http://tinyurl.com/cx4s64x

One awaits @glen_mcgregor’s explanation as to why he’s reporting this stuff about Tom Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/cycnhmv

first batch of today's tweets

NY Times lead story: U.S. Seeks Russia’s Help in Removing Assad in Syria

http://tinyurl.com/8xwbj4c

CP: Student leaders' talk turns to compromise in Quebec tuition-fee battle http://tinyurl.com/c32buuu

The inconvenient truth: @sunlorrie http://tinyurl.com/d7goae2

Liberals struggle with identity: @MarkDunnSun http://tinyurl.com/c2s2fl6

Benoît Aubin :  La gauche casserole http://tinyurl.com/74v96q3

EI rips off steady workers: @thejohnrobson  http://tinyurl.com/bqqryrx

SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2012

fourth batch of today's tweets

Graham Thomson: Premier Redford’s decision to open Ottawa office a slap in the face to Tory MPs http://tinyurl.com/cbhbsep

Interesting that #CBC CROP poll re Law78 http://tinyurl.com/87khb7g differs so markedly from La Presse CROP poll http://tinyurl.com/d6npb26

Protesters aren’t Charest’s biggest problem. It's this woman @kick1972 in Globe and Mail http://tinyurl.com/bv737rx

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Calgary Herald: More than half of political gifts in probe found to be illegal http://tinyurl.com/6ns69xe

Financial Times: Iran talks end in harsh lesson for west http://tinyurl.com/br8xhxn

On Romney, Gail Collins http://tinyurl.com/cm7ks4p Peggy Noonan http://tinyurl.com/bln2c6b

second batch of today's tweets

Joe Nocera in the NYT: Facebook’s Brilliant Disaster http://tinyurl.com/74t7rln

Rex Murphy: Mulcair is too loud on Alberta, too mute on Quebec http://tinyurl.com/7bbddt2

David Frum: ‘Dutch disease’? We should be so lucky http://tinyurl.com/89rg82g

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Wall Street Journal : Spain Pours Billions Into Bank http://tinyurl.com/c4bx5pt

CP: Quebec students--first we take the streets, now we take the courtroom http://tinyurl.com/7eudjdm

Walkom: EI changes driven by contempt and ideology http://tinyurl.com/7mo3o24

Simpson: The Conservatives tamper with a way of life http://tinyurl.com/74ghkpt

Stephen Harper's hidden agenda is the economy: @acoyne  http://tinyurl.com/7tlwaf4

Michel David: Loi 78 - L’audace retrouvée http://tinyurl.com/79ebd9n

Negotiation is not a solution in itself: @MacphersonGaz  http://tinyurl.com/d6ousc5

Regardless of political affiliation, race or ethnicity, every Canadian is under the same code: @ezralevant  http://tinyurl.com/7lcqlfg

A heavy sigh for the long-winded title guy: @kinsellawarren http://tinyurl.com/6q72qf4

Facts a cure for Mulcair's disease: @montesolberg http://tinyurl.com/89aj37u

FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2012

fourth batch of today's tweets

Guardian: Queen very popular; Brits want Throne to pass directly to William http://tinyurl.com/cfxjtgr

Don’t expect a pendulum swing if @adriandix becomes Premier @justine_hunter http://tinyurl.com/c2aaory

third batch of today's tweets

WS Journal: Japanese buyers Line Up for U.S. Shale Gas http://tinyurl.com/6sx7u2d

WS Journal line story: New Signs of Global Slowdown http://tinyurl.com/6wyd68k

Iran according to the Globe http://tinyurl.com/73rw3nn  vs the NY Times http://tinyurl.com/cxw439q

Guardian: Scottish independence campaign has stalled, says Alistair Darling http://tinyurl.com/7nuobf8

second batch of today's tweets

Iran according to the Globe http://tinyurl.com/73rw3nn  vs the NY Times http://tinyurl.com/cxw439q

Today’s howler: Green Party's Elizabeth May says she was repeat EI user: ‘When I needed it, I used it’ http://tinyurl.com/84jsxut

Paul Godfrey said he is lobbying the federal Heritage department to revisit Canadian ownership restrictions on newspapers http://tinyurl.com/7udrq96

Globester, oops former Globester with the latest on Murdoch’s stinky manoeuvring w/ the Cameron gov’t http://tinyurl.com/6t3xhxv

first batch of today's tweets

CP: New poll suggests Canadians split over NDP Leader Tom Mulcair's energy views http://tinyurl.com/cdgcrx6

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T Star lead story: Conservatives get tough with EI; Globe: EI rules target occasional and frequent users

CP: Desire to maintain ties with monarchy grows in English Canada/QC bucks trend: Poll http://tinyurl.com/c7ms368

Globe: Tories say ‘professional agitators’ behind robo-calls legal fight  http://tinyurl.com/7ugqxkj

Simpson on QC: In a province of sacrifice, a few pursue privilege  http://tinyurl.com/88cwlgl

EI: @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/7dq87af @susan_p_riley http://tinyurl.com/c8cufav  

EI: @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/cdh4eec Tim Harper http://tinyurl.com/ctt3wxd

THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012

fourth batch of today's tweets

Happy 71st Birthday Bob Dylan! http://tinyurl.com/66hbolr

A generalization re QC: Anglo commentators seem to be taking the hard line today while Francos emphasize compromise/mediation

 (in NYT) “We never expected Dem pres, let alone one seeking to be ‘transformative’ to open up Arctic Ocean 4 drilling” http://tinyurl.com/cn3dzkt

(Ouch!) Andreas Whittam Smith: Authenticity is a great asset in a leader. David Cameron lacks it http://tinyurl.com/7snwjds

third batch of today's tweets

Hepburn: Conrad Black and his fight to regain his Canadian citizenship http://tinyurl.com/7e9k5dz

La Presse urges Charest to reduce tuition increase despite likely rejection of offer by CLASSE http://tinyurl.com/8xvr7rz

NYT op-ed: Am’s traveling 2 QC shd know they R entering prov that rides roughshod over citizens’ fundamental freedoms http://tinyurl.com/clcb6ow

second batch of today's tweets

On QC, it’s @globejunius http://tinyurl.com/73nwtny vs @TorontoStar http://tinyurl.com/6vet9ef

L Martin: A hawkish Harper tempers his ways http://tinyurl.com/cvzh4w4

Yaffe: Mulcair risks being branded by negativity http://tinyurl.com/boqu26j

Criticism by Conservative MP shows depth of unease over omnibus budget bill @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/cjtmal5

Mulcair’s carbon flaw: Cap-and-trade raises prices, it doesn’t lower emissions @sunlorriehttp://tinyurl.com/85fh8xy

Walkom: From CAW and CEP comes a new (old) idea to rebuild unions http://tinyurl.com/c7v4gjt

On QC, @TashaKheiriddin http://tinyurl.com/85nbw8v  @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/cfgr5oj Watson http://tinyurl.com/bq8mc8v

In the Gazette Aubin http://tinyurl.com/d355lta @MacphersonGaz http://tinyurl.com/c75y9kx on QC turmoil

first batch of today's tweets

CP: 400 arrested as Montreal police kettle demonstrators http://tinyurl.com/cuumwdb

T Sun: Tories haven't earned their wings on F-35 program: Survey http://tinyurl.com/7qa6ww5

Globe: Elections Canada gambit in robo-calls probe fails http://tinyurl.com/bmbsfo7

Citizen line story (print edition hed): PS payouts could total $2 billion http://tinyurl.com/cuxsqxm

Globe: Economic unity beats out crime as hot issue, poll finds http://tinyurl.com/c58ojnr

HT: Wrzesnewskyj urges PM to call byelection in Etobicoke Centre http://tinyurl.com/bspjdyl

Globe: Quebec student struggle poses a challenge for NDP http://tinyurl.com/bqayvpe

CP: 13 per cent of Canadians aged 15 to 29 out of school and unemployed: StatsCan http://tinyurl.com/dy724bg

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012

third batch of today's tweets

J Simpson Dec8/2001: the campaign against Taliban/al-Qaeda has gone better than anyone had dared hope. The war in Afghanistan is almost over

Correction : editorial claiming P Martin’s gov’t held most closed-door mtgs followed by JC/SH based on incorrect info. The TSun regrets the error

second batch of today's tweets

Mulcair won’t comment on legitimacy of #loi78 or on calls for civil disobedience http://tinyurl.com/6wn23jy

first batch of today's tweets

Canadian Pacific Railway workers on strike http://tinyurl.com/bwwgyag

Massive Montreal rally ends with police clashes http://tinyurl.com/d353u6q

The national implications of the student protests in Québec: @Colettod http://tinyurl.com/7rmro47

On Canada-Afghanistan, Walkom http://tinyurl.com/cxt7vfo Simpson http://tinyurl.com/d3ov7mz Harper http://tinyurl.com/clpfb6s

On Elections Canada, Carolyn Parrish http://tinyurl.com/cb9ut7k @stphnmaher http://tinyurl.com/c9vp3cq

On Mulcair, Ian Macdonald http://tinyurl.com/ce4qhwd Philip Cross http://tinyurl.com/cx23jhy

On Québec, @PhilipAuthier  http://tinyurl.com/bqkkng2 @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/cuadzt6

On EI, @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/brrhcea @curryb http://tinyurl.com/cx4x5u3

Canada-Afghanistan editorials: @TorontoStar http://tinyurl.com/d9ptakc @globejunius http://tinyurl.com/d2pm7zv

TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012

third batch of today's tweets

Karl Rove at work: New Republican Ad Takes a Soft Shot at Obama – NY Times http://tinyurl.com/cvyunc9

La Presse editorial: Retour au calme: un devoir national | @apratte http://tinyurl.com/crefub9  #GGI #loi78 #assnat #cdnpoli

Edmonton Journal editorial: Mulcair not wrong to share his views http://tinyurl.com/c3hpa2h

second batch of today's tweets

On the front page of the Toronto Star, Canada’s two nations!

1 or the other! Black may apply for Canadian citizenship (Toronto Star); Black mulls dropping bid to reclaim citizenship (Ottawa Citizen)

Notwithstanding the spin, QCers appear in Le Journal’s print edition to support most of the dispositions of #loi78

first batch of today's tweets

Globe lead story (print edition hed): Rank-and-file RCMP fight to preserve dedicated health plan http://tinyurl.com/d9qqc2u

NDP attracting star candidates, Mulcair says http://tinyurl.com/78hpoqb

Globe front  (print edition hed): Harper calls ‘firm and final’ end to presence on Afghan soil http://tinyurl.com/cwernbv

L Martin: Time for Harper to bring out the broom? http://tinyurl.com/czmn29x

T Sun Abacus poll: #CPC 37 #NDP 35 #LPC 17 http://tinyurl.com/7odn3qm

Andrew Cohen: Visions of elections future: a nightmare for the Liberals? http://tinyurl.com/72s8ujo

William Watson: Do we have Dutch Disease? At worst a touch http://tinyurl.com/822gmem

NDP green plan bad news @sunlorrie http://tinyurl.com/78cxdgu

Le Devoir : « Les jeunes se réveillent, ne les écrasez pas ! », demande Jean-Marc Léger http://tinyurl.com/6pkmb2w

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Le Journal : Un vrai sondage (contrairement au sondage du quotidien de l'empire Power Corp)! http://tinyurl.com/6wrm7bd #GGI #loi78

Le Journal: Le gouvernement va trop loin--47% sont en faveur et 47% sont contre #loi78 http://tinyurl.com/6wrm7bd #GGI

Le Journal: 61% approuvent l’obligation de dévoiler l’itinéraire #GGI #loi78

PLQ PQ au coude à coude à 32 % Charest a remonté de 4 points depuis le 3 mai, contre 1 pour le PQ http://tinyurl.com/7gztl8j #GGI #loi78

Marcel Boyer : Conflit étudiant - Ou comment oublier les vrais problèmes http://tinyurl.com/7tmd3cx

MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012

third batch of today's tweets

Now playing in QC: Democratic government depends on the consent of the governed. The state has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force

(!) NDP MP Duncan said she likely would not have raised the issue in terms of Dutch Disease, because she is not an economist http://tinyurl.com/7abb6va

Fars News Agency :: Top Commander Reiterates Iran's Commitment to Full Annihilation of Israel http://tinyurl.com/7kxzoxh

second batch of today's tweets

«Fuck you Quebecor» chanted the vandals as they attempted to break windows at a Videotron outlet http://tinyurl.com/83ovylu

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Ed Journ lead story: With Keystone & Gateway in political limbo, pipeline advocates turn to Canada’s East Coast http://tinyurl.com/736fupw

The case against Tom Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/7rtfu55 and the defence http://tinyurl.com/7abb6va

first batch of today's tweets

CP: Quebec's emergency law, high-profile supporters emboldens protest movement http://tinyurl.com/cgqkkj5

Globe & Star front same story on Canada/Afghanistan http://tinyurl.com/cucp6ej in NYT http://tinyurl.com/cxkgwbr W Post http://tinyurl.com/btm7pyn Nada

Financial Times: EU summit this week to raise pressure on Merkel http://tinyurl.com/87gjeca

HT: Lobbying czar should be able to fine lobbyists: House Ethics Committee report http://tinyurl.com/7vj2jmz

On W Post front page, first-rate piece on lobbyist access to the White House http://tinyurl.com/co6vkm3

Tim Harper: Tom Mulcair will not move, but Conservatives define oilsands debate http://tinyurl.com/dy8l2ub

On the Harper government, @JohnIbbitson http://tinyurl.com/d3uwj8d  @montesolberg http://tinyurl.com/cc7dybu

In the Globe, Jim Stanford on free trade http://tinyurl.com/cn8datn  on EI @barriemckenna http://tinyurl.com/c5x8wr2

Students must occupy voting booth: @WriterWong  http://tinyurl.com/77lq9zu

SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012

second batch of today's tweets

In a letter to the Herald, the er responsible Minister disagrees http://tinyurl.com/6wkn26tv  w/ Roger Gibbins on the senate http://tinyurl.com/7w9oz9j

Nick Cohen in the Observer: Why Charles III will be the republicans' best friend http://tinyurl.com/cbkq8av

Hmm..  NYT op-ed: Who Arrived in the Americas First? http://tinyurl.com/72nzulh

LA Times: So long, Braves! Oregon bans Native American names as mascots http://tinyurl.com/7wazb62

What the @OttawaCitizen  is reporting on the Nato meeting http://tinyurl.com/cbof44g vs the NYT http://tinyurl.com/cllnffb

first batch of today's tweets

CP: Fire, barricades, and a Rolling Stone: Quebec protests make waves

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T Star lead story: G8 leaders take tough line on Iran http://tinyurl.com/75zso8s

CP: G8 leaders urge Europe to focus on growth rather than austerity at G8 summit http://tinyurl.com/8xgn4r8

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Afghanistan as being reported today by @OttawaCitizen  http://tinyurl.com/cbof44g @CdnPress http://tinyurl.com/7cqyv9x vs the NYT http://tinyurl.com/7he2a7t

T Star editorial: It’s time for Thomas Mulcair and the West to ratchet down oilsands rhetoric http://tinyurl.com/buqsd9y

Mulcair talks nonsense: @sunlorrie http://tinyurl.com/6qg8s2x

SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012

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Calgary Herald front page: Redford rejects NDP claim of Dutch disease http://tinyurl.com/7gnlfkg

A 2nd poll (buried) in La Presse conducted before #loi78 introduced gives different picture from the front page http://tinyurl.com/7a2pynz

Vaughn Palmer: No free pass for projects: Cummins http://tinyurl.com/6txkgmp

Will be interesting to see whether Tom Mulcair backs this prominent member of the #NDP caucus in dissing QC’s #loi78 http://tinyurl.com/csfze5q

In @nationalpost a letter by @RayHeard re @WriterWong (whose book has yet to be reviewed in @globeandmail ) http://tinyurl.com/cpj249f

fourth batch of today's tweets

Kiefl/T Star: (1/4) sales and promotion expenses, increased by 15% overall which seems to have been taken from #CBC radio budgets

(2/4) #CBC is listed as the worst-performing public broadcaster on the basis of audience ratings, an element missing from their reports for the CBC.

 (3/4) radio services took a major financial hit in 2010 and appear to have been singled out, inadvertently or not, to bear the brunt of #CBC cost cutting. 

(4/4) Both CBC English and French TV services increased their expenses in 2011, meaning that radio has been sacrificed to fund #CBC TV. http://tinyurl.com/87rec7b

NYT: Low Natural Gas Prices Threaten Carbon Capture Projects http://tinyurl.com/7xod87r

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W Post: Chicago braces for NATO, and Occupy http://tinyurl.com/bswzhwc

One reason I read the NY Times http://tinyurl.com/89wrfj8 is to find out what will be in the Globe the next day! http://tinyurl.com/7ws8ruz

W Post front page: Chinese communist leaders denounce U.S. values but send children to U.S. colleges http://tinyurl.com/7r5z6ym

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T Star report on CROP/La Presse poll : Massive public support for Charest’s emergency law http://tinyurl.com/c6fz2cl

CP: Molotov cocktails launched in Montreal protests following legal crackdown http://tinyurl.com/cajecvk

Globe: Changes to Old Age Security equal big savings for Ottawa, big costs for seniors http://tinyurl.com/co48c8z

Thomas Mulcair: How recklessly un-Canadian – Rex Murphy http://tinyurl.com/7hku2qg

On QC’s turmoil,  @ChantalHbert http://tinyurl.com/6u3nnej Wente http://tinyurl.com/7h3akn6 La Presse editorial http://tinyurl.com/88vhzs8

Walkom: After Afghanistan failure, NATO should scale back or call it quits http://tinyurl.com/7ht2ezv

first batch of today's tweets

On Mulcair, Simpson http://tinyurl.com/6svfoth @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/6rxjeg4 Gazette editorial http://tinyurl.com/7g27wh5  

Le bâton et le serpent | André Pratte http://tinyurl.com/88vhzs8

Postmedia: Any job was a good job for these politicians http://tinyurl.com/7s8bm55

CP: Harper government funded study arguing Canada suffers from 'Dutch Disease' http://tinyurl.com/6r4tglf

Postmedia: NDP policies would make some projects unviable/Mulcair ally comments on environmental position http://tinyurl.com/7b899qg

Globe: Residents of Toronto riding receive voter identification calls after judge throws out federal election results http://tinyurl.com/85gk4r6

The Charter guarantees 'peaceful' assembly: @globejunius endorses QC’s Law 78 http://tinyurl.com/7d5zo3g

Le ras-le-bol | Yves Boisvert http://tinyurl.com/7rla4sl

Le pyromane | Michel David http://tinyurl.com/cmmhx76

Le Globe and Mail appuie la #loi78 (en anglais) http://tinyurl.com/7d5zo3g

Sondage: en faveur de la ligne dure | Denis Lessard, La Presse http://tinyurl.com/89bgm3h

À la une: SONDAGE CROP- LA PRESSE: LES QUÉBÉCOIS EN FAVEUR DE LA LIGNE DURE (#loi78 66-34)

Le Devoir : #loi78 - Abus de pouvoir http://tinyurl.com/c6oynh3

FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012

third batch of today's tweets

Ex-US amb Neumann/O’Hanlon: Troop and budget cuts could undermine Afghanistan’s security http://tinyurl.com/7p52d5t

NYT: U.S. Redefines Afghan Success Ahead of NATO Conference http://tinyurl.com/89wrfj8

the ambitions of the Obama admin — and in fact the agenda for the NATO summit — are narrowly focused on security

Gone is the assumption that Kandahar will remain entirely in the control of the central government

A ‘great’ Ottawa moment: [PBO] Watchdog would have welcomed firing http://tinyurl.com/7vwe64o (Tim Harper—T Star print edition hed)

second batch of today's tweets

Vaughn Palmer: Ties to federal party could hinder B.C. New Democrats' shot at leadership http://tinyurl.com/82wkxpv

M. Mulcair a tort http://tinyurl.com/89g7kxq  @martincoiteux

Lascelles in Globe and Mail: Shrugging off Canada’s competitiveness shortfall http://tinyurl.com/75f6tl3

On Obama and SSM @dgardner http://tinyurl.com/7mascjk vs Krauthammer http://tinyurl.com/76dqzhv

first batch of today's tweets

Globe line story (print edition hed): EI shakeup to target repeat users http://tinyurl.com/7eobrob

HT: Conservative MP Hawn estimates CF-18 costs $12,000 less per flying hour than F-35 http://tinyurl.com/7qulb6h

Postmedia: Conservatives, Liberals join hands to slap down Mulcair over oilsands attacks http://tinyurl.com/8y3484q

Calgary Herald lead story: Alberta admits it likely missed its greenhouse gas reduction targets http://tinyurl.com/82ru6jq

Globe front: Charest launches legislation to crack down on student protests http://tinyurl.com/7m2hxdp

Postmedia: From debt to defence, Harper has his hands full at G8/NATO summits http://tinyurl.com/8xlp3bz

T Star front: Second legislative warrant to be issued for ORNGE founder Chris Mazza  http://tinyurl.com/7zz3wau

Postmedia: Health care cost for older immigrants pegged at nearly $3 billion http://tinyurl.com/6px3q2o

Goar: Budget legislation riddled with unwelcome surprises http://tinyurl.com/7v8pm3m

Simpson: ‘Time and punishment’ now Canada’s way http://tinyurl.com/7kr9j4w

Harper's Arctic sovereignty legacy starting to cool off: @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/6qw5j4q

THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012

first batch of today's tweets

Fitch warns of mass eurozone downgrades as frontrunner to lead Greece rails at 'barbaric' austerity http://tinyurl.com/88t7cwm

To its credit, the @TorontoStar is not blaming Ottawa for Toronto’s G-20 policing mess http://tinyurl.com/6mv7trs

In the Star @ChantalHbert tries (again) to pan-Canadianize QC’s turmoil, but it still don’t wash http://tinyurl.com/75mulzf 

The clarity of the Globe ORNGE report http://tinyurl.com/dx8hwoo perhaps explains why the Star’s was completely incomprehensible

The correction on page 2 of the @nationalpost print edition is to this column http://tinyurl.com/7baxsp5

In the 1960s, the baby boomers would never have thought of going on strike against their university! http://tinyurl.com/89dr5ea

The correction on page 2 of the @globeandmail is to this column http://tinyurl.com/722m6gv

So @globeandmail reported on cabinet doc w/ $25B figure & Hill journos didn’t use # in F-35 reporting Just saying http://tinyurl.com/6qljykp

How stupid must a government be to hold the G-20 in a big city! Er, http://tinyurl.com/77kqk6w

Ruth Marcus in W Post: Obama’s same-sex marriage position sets up future clash http://tinyurl.com/86ahoyk

In today’s best news… http://tinyurl.com/7ppj8ld

LA Times: As NATO summit in Chicago nears, members eye the Afghan exits [Canada has “downsized”] http://tinyurl.com/86a27h4

Robyn Allan (2): We all pay the price for 'Petrodollars' http://tinyurl.com/7wepega

Stop the presses : Celine Dion is selling her house (it’s yours for only $29.5 M!) http://tinyurl.com/8aau5cb

Lysiane Gagnon: Le clivage franco-anglo http://tinyurl.com/78xjnys

McParland: Thomas Mulcair's federalism doesn't include The West http://tinyurl.com/7f6tctk

Robyn Allan: Keep the oilsands’ wealth at home http://tinyurl.com/7n6jppd

Robert Matas/Globe: Politicians and those pesky polls http://tinyurl.com/7qrvlpd

Redford fumbles the oil sands file @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/8x63lvh

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012

sixth batch of today's tweets

Dear #CBC: Charest cannot win without an end-game http://tinyurl.com/78vevrx

Let’s hope this @CdnPress article http://tinyurl.com/6tjlwkn ends better than the glorification of Asmaa-el Assad that is no longer on Vogue’s website

It’s a well known adage in Canadian politics that as goes PEI, so goes, er Surrey? http://tinyurl.com/cokq59m

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Gordon Gibson: An elected Senate would ruin B.C. http://tinyurl.com/7ubk7rg

One good thing about the turmoil in Montreal is that their Black Bloc will be too busy to attend this year’s G8 in Chicago!

Washington Post lead story: Syrian rebels get influx of arms with gulf neighbors’ money, U.S. coordination http://tinyurl.com/7p5emwd

fourth batch of today's tweets

Some Cdn soldiers grouse privately about Afghan training deployments being cut short. One of their beefs has been financial. http://tinyurl.com/cxrxjo4

NY Times: As Trained Afghans Turn Enemy, Nato joint-training model Is in Peril http://tinyurl.com/7qck5xg

Indeed @JohnIbbitson. As I recall, there was considerable support for PET’s NEP in the parliamentary press gallery http://tinyurl.com/7yaavut

"The hissing sound you hear is the air going out of the pro-military balloon at #CPC headquarters. They've had enough." http://tinyurl.com/c3etbls

Hmm.. @globeandmail front-page lead paragraphs http://tinyurl.com/ccxh3ll  strikingly similar to report in NY Times last week http://tinyurl.com/7ro5u5k

third batch of today's tweets

Palmer: B.C. political history rife with volatility http://tinyurl.com/7vvt7b2

On Harper and climate change, @dgardner http://tinyurl.com/c2jwdpf meet @sunlorrie http://tinyurl.com/3rnbr5z

On UN food guy in Canada, Postmedia's @SarahSchmidtPN http://tinyurl.com/bu96e88  vs N Post’s M Soupcoff http://tinyurl.com/bqydafa

second batch of today's tweets

Globe line story hed: Canada ready to open its doors er sub-hed: once new policies boost

their fortunes

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L Ian Macdonald on John Baird http://tinyurl.com/6pz7qx4  oops! http://tinyurl.com/7gzxrpp 

first batch of today's tweets

Is Canada grappling with Dutch Disease? @barriemckenna http://tinyurl.com/d2sx353

Chinese firm's Canadian contracts raise security fears @GregWeston30 http://tinyurl.com/ctg9l3s

On cocky Mulcair, @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/bpecfoh @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/dyjowaj

Tim Harper: Stephen Harper eliminates the ‘radical centre’ of environment debate http://tinyurl.com/c83wbxk

Postmedia: Canada cutting Afghanistan presence by more than 100 soldiers http://tinyurl.com/cxrxjo4

N Post: Mulcair dismisses Western premiers as Harper’s ‘messengers’ in oil sands debate http://tinyurl.com/6m5qk6y

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012

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Edmonton Journal editorial: West flares at Mulcair's complaints http://tinyurl.com/6nkfx2k

Michael Smyth: Voters cast BC Liberals adrift as they sink in polls http://tinyurl.com/6rtqkvb

second batch of today's tweets

Wording of @globeandmail page 2 clarification re  2 columns written 4 years ago suggests one or more defamation lawyers was involved

NYT : On SSM, most suspect that Obama was motivated by politics, not policy/Romney opens slight poll lead http://tinyurl.com/7z8ycnh

NYT editorial: Confronting Keystone Again http://tinyurl.com/7qap5dx

first batch of today's tweets

Van Sun: Omnibus bill threatens fish: [BC Conservative leader John] Cummins http://tinyurl.com/7azttxp

CBC: Old Age Security savings pegged at $10B, Flaherty says http://tinyurl.com/colljrq CP: Veterans board chair charges to attend UK lectures where wife was participant http://tinyurl.com/ccmathg

In the T Star @ChantalHbert  http://tinyurl.com/89lzkmk @apratte http://tinyurl.com/6ooslb4 on Charest/students

The calm before the attack-ad storm @kinsellawarren http://tinyurl.com/7g68fek

L Martin http://tinyurl.com/7hu25fa S Dion http://tinyurl.com/cyoy9kj @darrellbricker http://tinyurl.com/7b2lezd on  east-west divide

NYT: Obama made a point of couching his views on same-sex marriage in religious terms. “We’re both practicing Christians” http://tinyurl.com/896rcvp

MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012

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In the Independent, a column on polls and political journalism worth reading http://tinyurl.com/cs48hvz

Like his QC counterparts, a UBC music student I know isn't in class today either. Of course, he finished his academic year and has a summer job

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Québec estimates that C-10 will send 1,000 more/day to prison http://tinyurl.com/clpb962

National Post letters page headline: Majority say it’s time for Quebec to go

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(1/2) Christy Clark in N Post: Cummins flaw is thinking you can somehow win an election in BC if you’re not a coalition

(2/2) Christy Clark: I  ran in the leadership on an early election, and I made a decision not to do it. Because I heard from people

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Spencer pointed out Postmedia hired Den Tandt/Maher/Coyne and will continue to produce inv/analy/enterprise #journalism http://tinyurl.com/6w6e4xo

USA Today/Gallup poll: 51% agree with Obama's gay marriage endorsement

http://tinyurl.com/7thsxqb

second batch of today's tweets

WS Journal front page: Resource-Rich Canada Looks to China for Growth http://tinyurl.com/bl9z3j5

W Post editorial: What the Keystone pipeline won’t do http://tinyurl.com/cojfw4c

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CP: Canadian stimulus money goes to companies, people implicated in Quebec scandals http://tinyurl.com/cwsn2c9

Calgary Herald (print ed hed): Gibbins joins list of Senate reform sceptics http://tinyurl.com/buvm7na

CP: More secret committee meetings under Liberals than Harper's Tories http://tinyurl.com/7h9khsk

#NDP vs #CPC http://tinyurl.com/74stdu7  @mdentandt; & the #LPC? http://tinyurl.com/7v3o4sl @JohnIbbitson

Tim Harper: Alberta Premier Alison Redford holds the key to environmental peace http://tinyurl.com/cmy8oro

Ottawa’s true spending, and cuts, shrouded in a fog of bafflegab @barriemckenna http://tinyurl.com/d3of92k

SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2012

third batch of today's tweets

Jim Stanford: Look at the other side of the petrodollar coin http://tinyurl.com/86grnf7

second batch of today's tweets

Balanced #journalism wd be the @OttawaCitizen posting Jim Stanford’s op-ed backing Mulcair on the oilsands/value of the dollar.

Douthat/NYT: Winning the News Cycle, Losing the Race http://tinyurl.com/74vnz9a

first batch of today's tweets

CTV: MacKay denies DND obscured info on military spending http://tinyurl.com/787vjr3

CP: Montreal subway smoke-bomb suspects charged with terrorism-related prank http://tinyurl.com/7lyoape

Postmedia: B.C.'s Clark criticizes Mulcair on resources http://tinyurl.com/87vux3n

Plamondon: Harper is the anti-Trudeau http://tinyurl.com/7pph54j

Sunday Star editorial: Stephen Harper promised accountable government but hasn’t delivered http://tinyurl.com/87ewwy8

SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012

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CP: PQ says federal government has a strategy to put Quebec in its place http://tinyurl.com/7yuaf25

BC NDP leader @adriandix says he’d go to QC to keep Canada united if he and the PQ win next elections http://tinyurl.com/7jvrdjz

Vaughn Palmer: BC Rail inquiry - Pricey train ride into distant past?  http://tinyurl.com/7yvykes

Graham Thomson: In promoting oilsands, Alberta must prove it's cleaning up its act http://tinyurl.com/7uusz3z

The @nationalpost @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/7slclcy must meet the @OttawaCitizen @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/c6kxgfy !

second batch of today's tweets

At its best, post-secondary education is about the hope for a better life, which is all you need to know about QC students boycotting classes

Ouch! What were NDP ministers thinking when they took free Winnipeg Jets tickets? http://tinyurl.com/ctfd5tv

Chronicle-Herald lead story: Enterprise Cape Breton execs take pricey trip to B.C. http://tinyurl.com/cd7pjec

first batch of today's tweets

CP: Opposition accuses Tories of stooping to new low to muzzle dissent http://tinyurl.com/7ndlla7

Hébert: Stephen Harper seeks to put the abortion issue to rest http://tinyurl.com/74gstnr

Globe: Military defends MacKay as bill for Libya mission more than doubles http://tinyurl.com/6tbw2uo

CP: Finance Minister Flaherty says NDP's Mulcair is wrong about oilsands http://tinyurl.com/6srnlo5

Van Sun : Adrian Dix ramps up pipeline battle http://tinyurl.com/7jvrdjz

On not capturing carbon, Jeff Simpson http://tinyurl.com/6o6d6tz @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/7slclcy

On the politics of the environment, @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/bvghvl7 @susan_p_riley http://tinyurl.com/7kwujl5

Ask and you shall (tax) receipt @ezralevant  http://tinyurl.com/73tmqwf

Voting becomes a declaration of independents @kinsellawarren  http://tinyurl.com/6ngzbws

FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012

fourth batch of today's tweets

Globe: The British High Commission gave the Suzuki Foundation $39,999 http://tinyurl.com/cqeme86

Credit union dances with investment ethics @CraigMcInnes  http://tinyurl.com/cmmhdd3

third batch of today's tweets

Krauthammer: Echoes of ‘67: Israel unites http://tinyurl.com/d7qw7wh

Le Devoir lead story: Lawrence Cannon to Paris (reaction very positive) http://tinyurl.com/cnfudsd http://tinyurl.com/cnfudsd (pay-wall)

second batch of today's tweets

Calgary Herald lead story (print edition hed): Premier vows to defend oilsands http://tinyurl.com/7wqcca3

Dear @brianlilley: You’d be okay w/ a law that provided for unrestricted abortion up to the 24th week of gestation? http://tinyurl.com/bo79cx7

first batch of today's tweets

L Martin: The Dippers on top! Who would have thunk it?! http://tinyurl.com/cpkkhkk

Tim Harper: Tom Mulcair and federal New Democrats climb a slippery hill http://tinyurl.com/ckj2amh

Yaffe: Harper government on wrong side of environment issue http://tinyurl.com/catydt8

Simpson: You can talk about efficiency, but you can't hide the axe http://tinyurl.com/bvf8fou

He's tough, he's pretty — but Justin Trudeau isn't quite ready @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/btdzh95

CP: Opposition parties vowing hundreds of procedural hurdles to block budget bill http://tinyurl.com/c5drpg4

Citizen (print edition hed): Records appear to clear Guelph Tory HQ http://tinyurl.com/d87y2gn

Globe: B.C.'s next senator will be elected, Clark vows http://tinyurl.com/bqnabky

Star: Globe and Mail to charge online readers, offers temporary layoffs to staff http://tinyurl.com/d6fshad

THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012

second batch of today's tweets

Guardian front page: UK Government forced into U-turn over Royal Navy F-35 fighter jets http://tinyurl.com/7beepbk

Van Dongen quest may be case of right action in wrong place @robertmatas - The Globe and Mail http://tinyurl.com/bm5ps92

T Star lead story: Chris Mazza rejected discount on helicopter deal, former ORNGE exec says http://tinyurl.com/7slbqy8

Globe editorial: President Obama took a risk that no political leader in Canada ever took http://tinyurl.com/73juukp

NYT ed: We have 1 major pt of disagreement with Obama: support for concept of states deciding SSM issue on their own http://tinyurl.com/7j6aatl

Corbella: Society the biggest winner from U of Calgary free speech ruling http://tinyurl.com/c36z8rs

Guardian: Whatever happened to carbon capture in the fight against climate change? http://tinyurl.com/dx5xbpg

first batch of today's tweets

CP: New poll suggests orange NDP wave continues to roll over blue Tory shores http://tinyurl.com/6vfzpcr

CP: Companies involved in Quebec construction scandals have deep federal ties http://tinyurl.com/846addg

On QC students, @ChantalHbert http://tinyurl.com/746oayz @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/cn6vxge

Asking some fair questions of Tides Canada @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/c78k42h

Walkom: Northern Gateway pipeline faces ‘unbreakable’ wall http://tinyurl.com/76tz7gj

Harper government rhetoric isn’t helping Alberta @egpayne http://tinyurl.com/72sh5fs

James Hansen/NYT op-ed: If Canada exploits the oil in its tar sands, civilization will be at risk http://tinyurl.com/6w54gsb

Politicians tune out climate change after paying lip service @CraigMcInnes http://tinyurl.com/7xw63f7

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9. 2012

first batch of today's tweets

La Presse: $ SNC-Lavalin’s Ben-Aissa other execs contributed 2 unwinnable #CPC ridings re-distributed to Paradis campaign

Milewski: Election polling station 'errors' raise troubling questions http://tinyurl.com/cv9ufar

Goar: PM Harper--A strong but hidebound economic manager http://tinyurl.com/cnrfkt8

CP: Feds will likely fall short on 2020 greenhouse gas targets: auditor http://tinyurl.com/7676y47

Ian Macdonald: Fighting an election on tuitions risky for Charest http://tinyurl.com/7ekql2c

Simpson: University quality was forgotten in Quebec’s drama http://tinyurl.com/72rckek

Today’s howler: NDP's policy on Quebec student unrest: more federal cash for education http://tinyurl.com/6u76759

Stephen Gordon: Dutch disease? Economic hypochondria http://tinyurl.com/chnjtdl

Tim Harper: Mulcair’s call for environmental responsibility hits nerve in the West http://tinyurl.com/bpun5jl

Ivison: Conservatives risk backlash over inaction on environment http://tinyurl.com/c7rcvwd

Den Tandt: Omnibus bill is good policy, but bad politics http://tinyurl.com/797jsma

CP: NDP says government considering splitting up massive budget bill http://tinyurl.com/brmk7fx

TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012

fourth batch of today's tweets

W Post lead story: Europe’s elections offer economic, political risks for Obama http://tinyurl.com/dytesyg

Pollster Jean-Marc Léger on Jean Charest heading to an early election http://tinyurl.com/cyrvbtn

Dear @kinsellawarren: In fairness, I haven’t seen many journos *predicting* @justinpjtrudeau will be next #LPC leader http://tinyurl.com/d9zbg6t

third batch of today's tweets

Rob Carrick in G & M: 2012 vs. 1984: Young adults really do have it harder today http://tinyurl.com/c6sk3zf

Star: Ottawa works to close foreign tax loophole http://tinyurl.com/buonsjv

Vaughn Palmer: Finally, a Basi-Virk quest that’s not costly http://tinyurl.com/cfe6nvy

second batch of today's tweets

Edmonton Journal: NDP would move to block oilsands pipeline if it wins B.C. vote http://tinyurl.com/7me447c

Roger Gibbins: Mulcair’s bad economic prescription http://tinyurl.com/c56t8aw

Yaffe: Stephen Harper's Conservative government losing its sheen http://tinyurl.com/7v9yfw7

Today’s howler: From one Frenchman to another: Mulcair congratulates France's president-elect on victory http://tinyurl.com/6mzz7cj

first batch of today's tweets

L Martin: How long will Stephen Harper stay? http://tinyurl.com/cdr36w9

John Ivison: Liberty lost in stampede to pass Tories’ omnibus budget bill http://tinyurl.com/bpurf3n

Hébert: Thin line between social activism and stridency in Quebec http://tinyurl.com/746oayz

MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012

fourth batch of today's tweets

W Post front page: Secret U.S. program releases high-level Afghan insurgents in exchange for pledges of peace http://tinyurl.com/8ywzmun

The world needs more Canada? NY Times-man observes Ford @TorontoStar spat http://tinyurl.com/87zd9fx

third batch of today's tweets

Interesting that there's no by-line on @globeandmail article re Shimon Peres / Tom Mulcair meeting http://tinyurl.com/d7snr5v

Robert Samuelson in W Post: ‘Battle of the beards’: Paul Krugman vs. Ben Bernanke http://tinyurl.com/8xge6su

Ex- @globeandmail Jan @WriterWong is self-publishing after publisher backed out and no one else would touch her book http://tinyurl.com/cpdz67l

second batch of today's tweets

Palmer: Waiver of $6-million legal fees in BC Rail case relied on a technicality http://tinyurl.com/cg92bb9

Canadian conservatism is dead: @GerryNic http://tinyurl.com/846xebr

Paul Krugman: Those Revolting Europeans http://tinyurl.com/72hnol8

first batch of today's tweets

Globe: Ottawa insider seen as candidate for CRTC chair http://tinyurl.com/7luklgj

CP: MPs agree parliamentary committee system broken, disagree on who's to blame http://tinyurl.com/6qvefbv

HT: Pollsters say they didn’t get Alberta election wrong http://tinyurl.com/ckke4kc

Goar: After six years in government, Harper is getting sloppy http://tinyurl.com/carlocs

Tories debate how best to keep middle-class voters: @JohnIbbitson  http://tinyurl.com/dyzozry

Tim Harper: Bob Rae tells Liberals to remain calm, hold the middle ground http://tinyurl.com/c6tkntf

Dans @LeDevoir Michel David http://tinyurl.com/cj3h3mq @ChantalHbert http://tinyurl.com/d79ff38

SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012

second batch of today's tweets

Keller/NYT op-ed: Rupert Murdoch’s Pride Is America’s Poison http://tinyurl.com/7dnd5er

The @globeandmail review of this book by a well-known name in #journalism should be interesting http://tinyurl.com/dx34jr4

Downes/NYT op-ed: Back to ‘Graceland’ http://tinyurl.com/866smxw

Randall/NYT op-ed: Why Black Women Are Fat http://tinyurl.com/896xemb

first batch of today's tweets

Toronto Star lead story: Ousted ORNGE chief too sick to testify, lawyer says http://tinyurl.com/cyec9ca

Citizen: #NDP leader Thomas Mulcair takes aim at oilsands http://tinyurl.com/c594bvu

UK PM Cameron 'backing down on gay marriage law to appease MPs angry over Tories' pasting at the polls' http://tinyurl.com/c672vyb

Globe: Quebec raises tuition, but students won’t pay more in tentative deal http://tinyurl.com/83ru6l7

Cohn: Dalton McGuinty, Tim Hudak, Andrea Horwath take turns playing nice http://tinyurl.com/79t73wf

SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012

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Edmonton Journal editorial: Vancouver forgets its lifeblood is resources http://tinyurl.com/ca2aseq

Don Braid: Lougheed's naming as top premier is vindication for his toughest years http://tinyurl.com/bnoetkd

All 3 youths convicted of 1995 murders in QC of parents of UBC Prez Stephen Toope later reoffended as adults http://tinyurl.com/7nzfoc3

fourth batch of today's tweets

Corbella: Look in rear-view mirror portends to rosy future for Wildrose http://tinyurl.com/7awtr4p

Vaughn Palmer: Former Liberal MLA digs for truth in $6-million BC Rail payout http://tinyurl.com/7cfl8ta

Michel David: La fenêtre http://tinyurl.com/7a4a3x4

Jack Mintz: National energy strategy would be highly dangerous http://tinyurl.com/7ey4vyc

third batch of today's tweets

Macpherson: Political fundraising in Quebec: it's a small world after all http://tinyurl.com/83alkw8

In the Sun @kinsellawarren is onto the #CPC http://tinyurl.com/7ushvc9 @ezralevant is onto the #NDP http://tinyurl.com/8x8md3g

Patrick Wintour (Guardian print ed hed): Lib Dems are trapped in a coalition with no way out http://tinyurl.com/7bk4pv4

NY Times:  TransCanada Submits New Application for Keystone Project http://tinyurl.com/862n2gd

NY Times:  Obama Administration to Restart Guantanamo Military Tribunal, Aiming to Show It’s Fair http://tinyurl.com/6o7wz2d

Affidavit raised eyebrows around Ottawa when revealed Sona discussed using political dirty tricks and was “warned off” http://tinyurl.com/7a4jtfz

second batch of today's tweets

Citizen line story: Robocalls IP address same as one used by Cons candidate campaign worker, Elections Canada alleges http://tinyurl.com/7qtmblz

Globe: 11 injured, including 4 police officers, as Quebec student protest turns violent http://tinyurl.com/83g5adf

John Ivison decodes the letter approving the F-35 http://tinyurl.com/7nyem7s

first batch of today's tweets

Walkom: Stephen Harper’s stealthy war against wages and the environment http://tinyurl.com/7kfremt

Andrew Coyne: Stepher Harper move to defund political charities might be partisan, but it's also right http://tinyurl.com/6qa7znc

Hébert: Is Justin Trudeau the Liberals’ salvation? http://tinyurl.com/8yn3p37

FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2012

first batch of today's tweets

Hey, like the N Post, ipolitics.ca has snuffed a column—though this cd be for legal reasons in addition to covering up an embarrassment http://tinyurl.com/7m49gok

Guardian: Sea-level rises 'may not be as high as worst-case scenarios have predicted' http://tinyurl.com/bw24rfb  

Gerald Caplan should thank his lucky stars there weren’t more Canadian and British MPs like JS Woodsworth in 1939 http://tinyurl.com/7ylhkt7

David Brooks in NYT: What happened to the newspaper and magazine business is about to happen to higher education http://tinyurl.com/7lqkh29

Michael Smyth: Premier Clark should commit [to Enbridge], start making demands [of Alberta] http://tinyurl.com/cuuj524 #bcpoli #ableg

Vaughn Palmer: BC NDP [oilsands] remedy: A national energy policy http://tinyurl.com/d9hvguz #bcpoli

CBA Pres op-ed in Van Sun: Canadian banks didn't need - and didn't get – bailouts http://tinyurl.com/cevvn5z

Sponsorship scandal star Jean Brault is holding a garage sale but won’t be selling the ties he wore to the Gomery hearings http://tinyurl.com/7f2r7vd

Leger poll: 69% of QCers (including 1/3 Lib voters) think Charest gov’t has badly managed the students boycott http://tinyurl.com/ct4rgwe

! CROP: 68% support gov’t tuition proposal http://tinyurl.com/75h2psz ; Leger: 69% think Charest gov’t has badly managed http://tinyurl.com/ct4rgwe

Gil Troy in NP: Mulcair said he was embarrassed, as a graduate of McGill Law School, that Mcgill hosts Israel Apartheid Week.

N Cullen says we can develop oilsands http://tinyurl.com/7yfjtt2 Marc Jaccard says any pol who says that is lying to you re climate http://tinyurl.com/74mzx6j

How politics and lobbying are married at the hip in the most non-partisan of fashions http://tinyurl.com/738ngtg #cdnpoli #bcpoli

Hmm… 2 Cdns among int’l journalists singled out by al-Qaida to receive "special media material" on 9/11 anniversary http://tinyurl.com/72q9nmd

Osama’s picks: “In Britain, Atwan and Fisk, in America Russ, Hersh and Van Dyke, in Canada Eric Margolis and Gwynne Dyer.”

A ‘great’ moment in Cdn #journalism: Two Canadian journalists on terror group’s info list (Ed Journal)

Dear @OttawaCitizen: I cd swear I heard R Fonberg twice testify he’s twice asked PBO 2 identify what info not provided http://tinyurl.com/7gr4j3q

Treasury Board Sect’y confirms 20-year guidelines http://tinyurl.com/7psrt8a contrary to @acoyne on F-35s http://tinyurl.com/7mog4bz

Although not stating it outright, Mulroney seemed to suggest parallels between Macdonald's legacy and his own controversial political past http://tinyurl.com/7q8t5ed  

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

fifth batch of today's tweets

Mike Smyth: B.C. Liberals by any other name still . . .  http://tinyurl.com/d54kjqf

Cohn: McGuinty’s quest for political resurrection http://tinyurl.com/cdvs7bw

QC student proposal (CLASSE): Tax the banks to finance free higher education http://tinyurl.com/7yvdv3g

fourth batch of today's tweets

Braid: Major’s report on MLA pay ignores the politics of his recommendations http://tinyurl.com/6r5ndl7 

At Queen’s Park, non-partisanship thrives in the ORNGE scandal! (second part of  the article) http://tinyurl.com/7ve3hbj

NY Times:  U.S. Lags in Global Measure of Premature Births [Canada among world leaders] http://tinyurl.com/7d4h9kx

third batch of today's tweets

Heenan Blaikie lawyers (30% participation) have donated $329K to Québec Liberal Party from 2003-11http://tinyurl.com/79bym2z

QC enviro commish says Charest gov’t will not meet Kyoto targets notwithstanding its pretensions http://tinyurl.com/cwjfqty

Harper yr 1? In the Post, @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/7pmnfwa  (who voted #LPC) vs William Watson http://tinyurl.com/c53c9hc  (who I’d guess voted #CPC) 

second batch of today's tweets

Conrad Black Back? @globejunius http://tinyurl.com/cy67eux vs @TorontoStar Tom Walkom http://tinyurl.com/c8eswmz

Graeme Hamilton: Face of Quebec student strike waging broader battle http://tinyurl.com/8xm7byl

A conservative ascendancy? @ChantalHbert @TorontoStar http://tinyurl.com/d4bl3wz disses @JohnIbbitson @globeandmail http://tinyurl.com/3sl5pgj

first batch of today's tweets

CP: Harper's chief of staff keeps out of fighter jet debate due to conflict http://tinyurl.com/89dpcx3

Globe: Budget bill measure gives Conservatives broad power over EI rules http://tinyurl.com/c6apc32

Yaffe: Demonizing the federal NDP a tricky task for Conservatives http://tinyurl.com/7f7znu2

Harper yr 1? @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/cblwvyq  L Martin http://tinyurl.com/7al34j6

Conrad? Bob Hepburn http://tinyurl.com/c78l6tj vs Margaret Wente http://tinyurl.com/cayte3y

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012

second batch of today's tweets

The Mark Carney /David Dodge debate features two worthy opponents http://tinyurl.com/c59tddl

Le Journal: Silent MPs http://tinyurl.com/7wkzwz7

Hmm..A Mafioso at a Québec Liberal Party fund-raiser? http://tinyurl.com/87cvrwh

Still not reported in English: Mulcair held fund-raisers [in prov Lib days] at Tony Accurso’s restaurant http://tinyurl.com/d5djk7p

The Mark Carney/David Dodge debate features two worthy opponents http://tinyurl.com/c59tddl

first batch of today's tweets

One thing U C in the ORNGE scandal is the non- (ie multi-) partisan background of those who feed off government http://tinyurl.com/84q8knd    

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Dear Tom Mulcair: This is an idiotic comparison http://tinyurl.com/7av5hq6

In the Post, @IvisonJ is hard on the DM of DND but remember that Kevin Page was his bureaucratic colleague and successor at PCO http://tinyurl.com/buc359x

On this issue, Harper had considerable support among pundits/academics, not so much among Canadians http://tinyurl.com/cbpmc6e

The @TorontoStar http://tinyurl.com/d6x77lg which endorsed the NDP, and @globejunius http://tinyurl.com/cea789a which endorsed Harper, look at year 1

TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012

second batch of today's tweets

NY Times: Clouds’ Effect on Climate Change Is Last Bastion for Dissenters http://tinyurl.com/78dcx6o

Palmer: Clark loyalist rides to the election rescue http://tinyurl.com/d9cm3sf

Globe: Taseko Mines asks Harper to place limits on first nations input http://tinyurl.com/cmu93xq

NY Times: Taser Shot to the Chest Can Kill, a Study Warns http://tinyurl.com/d96cler

Ouch! At McGill, only Gender, Sexuality and Women’s studies/Grad Art Hist/Soc Work/ French Lit are on strike http://tinyurl.com/d8aqmnx

In light of the F35, not sure Graham Fraser’s criticism of the AG appointment will have much salience in QP http://tinyurl.com/cqeu9ya

I see Maurice Strong’s in Canada shilling for the world’s largest carbon emitter http://tinyurl.com/cdjzdah

On Jean Chretien’s latest honour (via S Harper no less!), Aislin’s a hoot  http://tinyurl.com/6g75wl9

first batch of today's tweets

CBC.ca: SNC-Lavalin insiders urge wider probe of operations http://tinyurl.com/76nvljr

La Presse: SNC-Lavalin: la tourmente atteint l'Algérie http://tinyurl.com/ckuxy9u

Wesley Wark: Don’t cut off the minister’s eyes and ears on CSIS http://tinyurl.com/bosghzk

So DFAIT won’t be allowed to soften its budget cuts by selling off the silverware after all! http://tinyurl.com/7rbug29

In the Sun, @ezralevant says Vancouver mayor’s a Manchurian candidate put in place by millionaire Tides backers http://tinyurl.com/dy78teu #bcpoli

On abortion, @kinsellawarren says he was wrong and that Harper is being true to his word http://tinyurl.com/czcpdnv

Globe: Cuts to hit Statistics Canada and Parks Canada http://tinyurl.com/7nbasg7

Yaffe: Oda's legacy is one of extravagance and entitlement http://tinyurl.com/bsgn5zy

HT: Budget bill gives Cabinet veto in pipeline, oil sands projects, say critics  http://tinyurl.com/cujv6r9

B it environment legisl http://tinyurl.com/d5le8av or abortion http://tinyurl.com/cdg5xox @acoyne is consistent on the value of parliamentary debate

To F-35 or not? Globe line story http://tinyurl.com/7jbmvpj @IvisonJ on N Post front page http://tinyurl.com/d4ckln9

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012

fifth batch of today's tweets

David Good in HT: “A confused [PBO] mandate, which I think we’ve had since its creation, only serves to increase partisanship”

Grenier on #abvote in HT: polls can be an effective tool when used properly.

Will [pollsters and pundits] learn from their mistakes? Probably not. @KarlBelanger in HT

The pollsters have been getting things too wrong, too often, in recent years @kinsellawarren in HT

Richler, HT: What is striking is the unanimity in the erroneous #abvote predictions.

Korski, HT: Pundits and pollsters weren’t merely wrong on last week’s #abvote, they were *emphatically* wrong

fourth batch of today's tweets

Chances of Iran Strike Receding, U.S. Officials Say http://tinyurl.com/7mz8gyu

A ‘great’ moment in Canadian #journalism (Ottawa Sun hed): QMI tops, Harper not with journalism group [CAJ]

In the NY Times, an innovative Canadian start-up is noticed http://tinyurl.com/6n2ltwl  Jackson Diehl in the W Post (on Obama/Syria): Indispensable but invisible http://tinyurl.com/7728cld

third batch of today's tweets

Hmm.. For the first time some public servants are questioning their impartiality and loyalty to the government http://tinyurl.com/ccazxnr

Carney’s debt warnings at odds with monetary policy @barriemckenna  http://tinyurl.com/bs6qrem

Hmm.. Does Peter Worthington believe that Canada and the US are “invaders” in Afghanistan since 9/11? http://tinyurl.com/79ajf46 

Last Monday @mdentandt admired Danielle Smith’s “spine” http://tinyurl.com/bo8xofk  a week later? http://tinyurl.com/c9asx92

H Mallick http://tinyurl.com/7m8n3mh is impressed  by Gordon O’Connor @dgardner http://tinyurl.com/ccv8t73 not so much

second batch of today's tweets

Grenier : A year in, Harper’s lost more ground in majority than two minorities http://tinyurl.com/6r7a695

On the #LPC predicament, @jengerson http://tinyurl.com/bubaq3b @briantopp http://tinyurl.com/cndl5yr Bruce Anderson http://tinyurl.com/872n98d

Ottawa Sun: Unions outside QC help finance student protests http://tinyurl.com/7aytd9y

Rogers #CBC Shaw to join forces on Web http://tinyurl.com/6wmjqfe #media

There’s no couching our disappointment on #abvote @montesolberg http://tinyurl.com/897n6gy

first batch of today's tweets

CP: Psst...want a Riopelle? Feds selling off priciest works of art to save cash http://tinyurl.com/7rbug29

Tim Harper: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has given us a year of transformation http://tinyurl.com/7hry6xc

HT: Feds set Canada back 50 years on environment regulations: critics http://tinyurl.com/7cv32b4

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2012

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LA Times: Iran skeptical but open to U.S. overture on nuclear program  http://tinyurl.com/6wdz5hb

In the Observer, the 10 greatest opening lines of novels in English, from Jane Austen to James Joyce http://tinyurl.com/bova5ba

NYT: Obama Targets Romney at White House Correspondents’ Dinner http://tinyurl.com/7wxu2yu

David Ignatius in The Washington Post: How Osama bin Laden is winning, even in death http://tinyurl.com/dxa8grs

On Canada’s combined gov’t fiscal fitness @thejohnrobson Swimming in red ink http://tinyurl.com/89navrq

The Toronto Star er stands up for DND supplying free Viagra http://tinyurl.com/ct9wefn

Cohn: Why Ontario’s historic minority may be history http://tinyurl.com/cbwdzuz

fourth batch of today's tweets

T Star ed: “under the Conservatives, boosting economic growth will always eclipse protecting workers’ rights” http://tinyurl.com/749x9ub

Noah Richler should thank his lucky stars there weren’t more Canadian& British MPs like JS Woodsworth in 1939 http://tinyurl.com/bv7ngb3 

Re Wildrose Changed Political Game Andrew Coyne (er, some editions) N Post http://tinyurl.com/82tcgnc

Female candidates’ Alberta election success sweeps aside doctrine that women get nominated only in no-win ridings http://tinyurl.com/cfmfhf6

! Kevin Page’s “views were er, at least partially echoed by AG Michael Ferguson” http://tinyurl.com/d2rl5s6

third batch of today's tweets

NYT op-ed: The Pres who won Nobel Peace Prize one of the most militarily aggressive US leaders in decades http://tinyurl.com/6wgjz83

Siddiqui believes Harper’s licking Obama’s boots in Afghanistan in a losing cause http://tinyurl.com/d2wy55c 

In the UK, the phone hacking inquiry is beginning to look like PM Cameron’s Gomery Commission http://tinyurl.com/766wedo

second batch of today's tweets

On debating abortion @thejohnrobson http://tinyurl.com/87rdf5r joins team @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/bo5trlh  

T Star http://tinyurl.com/d9mlcur T Sun http://tinyurl.com/d5p7edp editorials on Ontario’s fiscal unfitness

It would appear that a diminutive female cabinet minister is (finally) getting in the way of the boys at DND http://tinyurl.com/cjlwapf

first batch of today's tweets

In the T Sun, @ezralevant explains why his team lost #abvote (despite the predictions of pollsters and pundits) http://tinyurl.com/coa6bpe

Personally, I think Bob Rae either misunderstands or misleads on the impact of Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/7swrf3m

QC students boycotting classes can’t spell and don’t do grammar so good either! http://tinyurl.com/7ykd4ru

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2012

second batch of today's tweets

In the wake of #abvote, this Globe op-ed by pollsters Michael Adams and Tony Coulson is looking very good http://tinyurl.com/d9y7jnu

Graham Thomson: Redford promises major changes http://tinyurl.com/ck84p7q #ableg

Charest cabinet internally divided (Mtl ministers on one side) over student conflict http://tinyurl.com/8xhmc47

Press/polls/pundits believe Redford is simply going through the motions…but someone forgot to tell Redford this race is over http://tinyurl.com/cwat6tg

Droits de scolarité: le caucus libéral divisé http://tinyurl.com/8xhmc47

Fortunately, by AD 1939, God hadn’t created too many Canadian and British MPs like JS Woodwsworth

In the Guardian, the world needs more [music from] Canada http://tinyurl.com/c7je495

Hmm.. Wedge issues may boost Obama's prospects http://tinyurl.com/dxgvlrq

first batch of today's tweets

LA Times lead story: U.S. signals major shift on Iran nuclear program http://tinyurl.com/8xz7lqm

Hébert: NDP’s got a bump in the polls, but a long road ahead http://tinyurl.com/86gthag

A ‘great’ moment in #cdnpoli : Lying Tories, commie Dippers, bumbling Grits: Poll puts a pox on all http://tinyurl.com/cuvxzzp

Calgary Herald : Three days from #abvote, cracks in Wildrose were showing http://tinyurl.com/c4t5jcl

B.C.’s Christy Clark, the political chameleon @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/7djeovq #bcpoli

On Iggy, @kinsellawarren is quite good http://tinyurl.com/88m6j9u  not so good on the Kim C problem IMO

Palmer: Dix not making campaign promises as he entertains thoughts of governing http://tinyurl.com/7ozv7rk #bcpoli

Personally, I never heard of this columnist’s “implicit bargain” in our immigration policy in Ottawa or in Victoria http://tinyurl.com/75vdrkv

T Star opposes sending Canadian special forces to Afstan/more aid instead http://tinyurl.com/7ub88t9

CP: Globe and Mail, Toronto Star take lion's share of National Newspaper Awards http://tinyurl.com/7uoasap #journalism

! Dalai Lama welcomed with open arms in Ottawa http://tinyurl.com/88zkvmr PM slammed for meeting privately with Dalai Lama http://tinyurl.com/7cpfc2t

“significant level of cynicism towards all parties…none holds the image high ground” @niknanos http://tinyurl.com/cfex3wq

In the Globe, Will Ferguson disses pollsters and pundits after #abvote http://tinyurl.com/6uf94oe

In the Star, a very sad story about a woman who was once a very prominent journalist http://tinyurl.com/7w7zhj2

Harper unbound: An analysis of his first year as majority PM @JohnIbbitson http://tinyurl.com/7uhtbx8

Worth reading Globe’s Simpson http://tinyurl.com/83n7kpg @aradwanski http://tinyurl.com/6nxgc3a together

One year into majority government, Harper's Conservatives seem to have misplaced their hidden agenda @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/7agatty

On abortion, @acoyne writes some very inconvenient truths about the SCC  Morgentaler decision http://tinyurl.com/bo5trlh

NDP seen as best defender of QC’s interests in Ottawa http://tinyurl.com/7vjg56z 

Sondage: les politiciens fédéraux méconnus des Québécois http://tinyurl.com/7vjg56z

In the T Star, Tim Harper’s #abvote mea culpa is worth reading http://tinyurl.com/85z4o56

FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012

third batch of today's tweets

NY Times: Ehud Barak Adds to Israel’s Recent Mix of Messages on Iran http://tinyurl.com/8a3od66

Perhaps the T Star will follow up on this US #journalism cover-up http://tinyurl.com/88mgp3k  with a report on a Canadian one http://tinyurl.com/7n9em6l

NY Times: Study Hints at Greater Threat of Extreme Weather http://tinyurl.com/6spr565

second batch of today's tweets

In the Post, Bill Watson’s quite funny on the Harper government subsidizing smutty magazines http://tinyurl.com/8xqvjpp

Globe: Harper’s brand hits ‘new low’ amid robo-call, F-35 scandals: poll http://tinyurl.com/6qfa5bt

first batch of today's tweets

CP: Was Harper government duped - or participant in F-35 fiasco? Opposition asks http://tinyurl.com/bp4pndy

A ‘great’ Ottawa moment: Free Viagra and transgender surgery on the chopping block at DND: sources http://tinyurl.com/cb4lsfb

Edmonton Journal lead story: TransAlta and partners bail out on carbon capture project http://tinyurl.com/cwh74cz

L Martin: Is this still a democracy? You be the judge http://tinyurl.com/cssyqpe

Worthington: Oda more trouble than she's worth to PM http://tinyurl.com/7og6pf9

Simpson: Declare victory and get out of Afghanistan, already http://tinyurl.com/6wguds9

Nanos: Tories and NDP statistically tied http://tinyurl.com/7gllak7 Forum: NDP ahead of Conservatives http://tinyurl.com/6seo5qv

Nanos: Jobs/economy and healthcare top national issues, education moves up

Nanos: Harper and Mulcair tied on trust, one in five undecided

Nanos: Harper slips, but ahead of Mulcair on competence

Nanos: Harper drops on vision, but ahead of Mulcair

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012

fourth batch of today's tweets

Calgary Herald front: Albertans guided by strategic voting, last-minute decisions, poll says http://tinyurl.com/7rmodpg

Don Braid on #abvote: It doesn't take rocket science to figure out late vote shift http://tinyurl.com/7u48uym

Martin Coiteux in La Presse on #abvote and the opportunities for all Cdns including QCers http://tinyurl.com/6w6maj7   

Pierre Foglia/La Presse: Ignatieff told it exactly like it is and it’s why I’ve always been for QC independence http://tinyurl.com/79tkt44

Graham Thomson: Timing favoured victorious PC campaign http://tinyurl.com/89mb64a

It would appear UK PM Cameron didn’t tell Parliament the whole truth re meetings w/ Rupert Murdoch http://tinyurl.com/7hphbh8

third batch of today's tweets

Palmer: Wildrose defeat offers B.C. Tories food for thought http://tinyurl.com/77ma8zu

Still can’t understand Y NPost deleted column published in paper from web when nearly everyone got #abvote wrong http://tinyurl.com/7n9em6l

NYT (WSJ line story): U.S. to Step Up Drone Strikes Inside Yemen http://tinyurl.com/7fcpkl2

second batch of today's tweets

Toronto Star op-ed page hed (!): Racism a tough sell in Canada

Robin Sears: Voters give new meaning to ‘peace, order and good government’ http://tinyurl.com/7lkz76n

A PQ gov’t wd hold referendum as soon as polls show “Yes” in the majority http://tinyurl.com/6vpa6vp

first batch of today's tweets

2 anglos 4 Iggy http://tinyurl.com/777ey9p http://tinyurl.com/7mp6fyq a franco not http://tinyurl.com/757wvvl

T Star in Apps article: [ORNGE law firm] Fasken’s Golding a member of #CPC married to Tony Clement http://tinyurl.com/7fhkb2u

Michael Harris finds a way to write some possibly explosive stuff about a Harper minister  http://tinyurl.com/8497som

Dear @sunlorrie: No one forced journos and pundits to report/rely on #abvote polls http://tinyurl.com/83umyzk

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012

first batch of today's tweets

CP: Ignatieff backpedals on inevitability of Canada's break up with Quebec secession http://tinyurl.com/ctl35d7

Anybody got a good recipe for crow? @kinsellawarren http://tinyurl.com/chqktyh

Taking a lesson from Alberta, Clark edges back to the centre http://tinyurl.com/85zg5zk

Simpson: Quebec has replaced Alberta at the margins http://tinyurl.com/d799tj4

TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012

third batch of today's tweets

I believe the T Star has a policy against wiping published articles off web. The National Post/Postmedia should adopt it http://tinyurl.com/6tlmz5l

Le Journal lead story: QCers think corruption is widespread among politicians and in construction sector http://tinyurl.com/7q3n5ec

Wonder if @globejunius will apologize 4 “Alberta steps into the present” hed as Globe did 2 QCers 4 Jan Wong/Dawson College

Vaughn Palmer: 'I don't take anything for granted' Dix sounds more confident than ever http://tinyurl.com/6mmfs5o

second batch of today's tweets

Craig McInnes worth reading: Stephen Harper's push for pipelines likely to backfire http://tinyurl.com/6n8wjnb

Personally I think it’s dishonest of the National Post to scrub print edition lead @acoyne column http://tinyurl.com/bogdso from its website

Ibbitson: The Alberta political lesson that Danielle Smith learned the hard way http://tinyurl.com/7647msg

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Front page hed/yesterday’s Toronto Star: Alberta dynasty heads to gallows

Mason/Globe: the collapse of the Wildrose vote echoed what happened to Harper in 04 w/ many of the same principle (sic!) players

McParland in Post: Everyone got it wrong (“We didn’t get is as wrong,” one pollster insisted defensively). #abvote

Braid: The national media and most Alberta toilers in the political pits raced to Highwood for the amazing Wildrose victory

first batch of today's tweets (tweeted last night as the #abvote results came in)

Right now, a lot of people at the National Post must be losing sleep over the front page of Tuesday's edition #abvote

Dewey beats Truman! http://tinyurl.com/7eupc9p

Imagine: If Harper had followed the advice of libertarian pundits re bozo eruptions, he too would still be a libertarian pundit!

Next pieces of columnists who admired @ElectDanielle spine/guts for not condemning wacko #abvote statements shd be interesting

Let the #abvote column on the front page http://tinyurl.com/djs6j7 of Monday's Toronto Star be a lesson for #journalism and for #media

Dear pundits: Please spare us any recycling of yr year of the incumbent silliness in light of #abvote. There's still #bcpoli and QC to go

A column that every conservative should read as they forget the stuff others have been writing recently http://tinyurl.com/7dbeovm

All you need to know about Cdn #journalism: Wildrose set 4 sweeping majority, latest poll http://tinyurl.com/7u5xdbo

Pundits go wrong when they substitute what they hope happens for analysis. Be it in a boxing match or an election

Dear journos: Please stop reporting political campaigns based on polls. That is all.

So much for the idea that wacko candidate statements are free speech

MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012

fifth batch of today's tweets

In the NY Times, Why TV news seldom correct errors on-air http://tinyurl.com/7kkxb5r

NYT: Climate Change to affect Corn Prices (Cda part of the solution!) http://tinyurl.com/79stfs6

Mulcair: My first act will be to revive Layton’s Kyoto bill, and woe to the senate if it blocks http://tinyurl.com/8a4bw6j

fourth batch of today's tweets

Hmm.. @mdentandt says @ElectDanielle “has shown that she has a spine” by not unloading on wacko comments in #abvote http://tinyurl.com/6tf9skf

If you ignore the hed, @poneilinOttawa dishes some interesting poll results on the Enbridge pipeline http://tinyurl.com/7jn7vw3

Hmm.. Bet you didn’t know that Canada's Constitution gives my province “sovereignty” over interprovincial pipelines! http://tinyurl.com/7xulcxk

third batch of today's tweets

Globe: Government to wrest control of environmental approval process http://tinyurl.com/7g95r2o

Globe: Tories mull privatizing VIA Rail routes http://tinyurl.com/6wdxf3l

 

T Star line story (print ed hed): Immigration backlog slashed http://tinyurl.com/7nh6v7v

second batch of today's tweets

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Globe line story (print ed hed): Statscan to chop surveys, staff  http://tinyurl.com/7dxkzez

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Ottawa Citizen line story: Human rights czar steps down amid controversy http://tinyurl.com/7nay3c2

Globe: Wildrose set 4 sweeping majority, latest poll http://tinyurl.com/7u5xdbo er latest, latest Forum poll! http://tinyurl.com/78j4arf  

first batch of today's tweets

CP: International aid minister [Bev Oda] opts for swanky hotel favoured by royalty http://tinyurl.com/86ol52o

T Star front page (print ed hed): Alberta dynasty heds to gallows http://tinyurl.com/7orske2

T Sun: CBSA official suspended over alleged ticket scam http://tinyurl.com/6meu2gw

SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2012

third batch of today's tweets

In the NYT, Nick Kristof, who knows China, is worth reading: A Body, a Scandal and China http://tinyurl.com/7uh7ur4

A split at the highest levels of Israel’s government worth watching in the coming days http://tinyurl.com/7jm38fg

In the W Post, a fine piece on US (and increasingly Canadian) politics http://tinyurl.com/7h3443k

A NYT column the likes of which we should be reading in Canadian newspapers http://tinyurl.com/7fv9rej

In the NYT, F Fukuyama via T Friedman disses the US political-governmental system http://tinyurl.com/794s78r

Hmm (Postmedia): The B-word has been tamed, reclaimed and used to sell stuff, from wine to empowerment http://tinyurl.com/72wohzm

second batch of today's tweets

What will those crazy radical Maritimers think of next! http://tinyurl.com/7338qya

In a totally surprising development, the Calgary Sun endorses Wildrose in #abvote ! http://tinyurl.com/7eakq94

Hey, look! @kinsellawarren http://tinyurl.com/7dbeovm and @ezralevant http://tinyurl.com/76zomdx disagree on #abvote

T Star editorial: A Wildrose win in #abvote on Monday will have repercussions far beyond the province http://tinyurl.com/7oomwcy

T Star lead story: Tim Harper: Wildrose leader Danielle Smith – scary or shrewd? http://tinyurl.com/78quuxl

first batch of today's tweets

Allan Blakeney not Charter fan/backed notwithstanding clause, http://tinyurl.com/6pz5fqr points NOT noted by @ThomasMulcair http://tinyurl.com/cyveyzd

In the @OttawaCitizen some hard-hitting #cdnpoli #journalism! http://tinyurl.com/7ubkteb

Ouch! The kind of publicity you don’t want your finance minister getting after an unpopular budget http://tinyurl.com/cleuhbh

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2012

fourth batch of today's tweets

WSJ editorial: Democrats for Keystone--Obama is losing support for his pipeline obstructionism http://tinyurl.com/7f34xl8

Vaughn Palmer worth reading on all that talk about a BC Liberal-Conservative merger http://tinyurl.com/7d2e5qn #bcpoli

Corbella: It’s past time to throw the Tories out http://tinyurl.com/7qpcve7

third batch of today's tweets

In the NYT, Joe Nocera reflects on the power newspaper columnists once had http://tinyurl.com/cwkaz6o

Danielle Smith = Sarah Palin? @TorontoStar gives back of hand http://tinyurl.com/7rv432g to last Saturday’s @globeandmail front page #abvote

The Calgary Herald’s #abvote non-endorsement: A tough decision http://tinyurl.com/76whh47

second batch of today's tweets

Simpson in the Globe http://tinyurl.com/dxz5jmd Cattaneo in the Post http://tinyurl.com/7h6tdoq on #abvote

Wente: What liberals can learn from conservatives http://tinyurl.com/c7cah6q

Walkom: Stephen Harper’s attack on charities doesn’t go far enough http://tinyurl.com/7tovx8n

first batch of today's tweets

Here are a few big reasons 2011 was the year of the incumbent (as Hill journos dubbed it)! http://tinyurl.com/7terfo6

For the first time in decades, perhaps history, Calgary Herald ed board is split and does not endorse either PC’s or Wildrose in #abvote

CP: 9/10 wealthy immigrants accepted into QC's investor immigrant program never come to QC: @kenneyjason http://tinyurl.com/7p2ua4c

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012

fourth batch of today's tweets

Dear @TorontoStar It’s in national interest that US ask Cda 2 to repatriate Khadr rather than we demand it B4 trial http://tinyurl.com/czud5vd

Jack Jedwab: Reopen constitutional talks? It's not what Quebecers want http://tinyurl.com/d8xj7et

Les Leyne: Byelection gives B.C. Liberal and Conservative leaders reason to talk http://tinyurl.com/8xyrmq6

Complete with a front page colour photo, a ‘great’ British Columbia moment! http://tinyurl.com/6vgxz8b

third batch of today's tweets

CP: Clark's B.C. Liberals open doors to keep out NDP after byelection defeats http://tinyurl.com/7tk4crn

Vaughn Palmer: BC NDP focused on basics of politics – winning http://tinyurl.com/ct5uv5a

Janet Bagnall: $7 daycare the Alberta take vs. the truth http://tinyurl.com/ca4pma7

NYT: Cdn official said US formally asked it to take . Khadr back and all that remained to be worked out was the timing http://tinyurl.com/d33d2ox  

second batch of today's tweets

A ‘great’ moment in workers’ compensation! http://tinyurl.com/cm6bc4n

Pierre Coulombe (chief Q organizer for #cpc until 2008) caught by Enquête trying to use pol contacts w/ PLQ for personal gain http://tinyurl.com/6r9r5yf

The Calgary Herald’s Don Braid worth reading on #abvote http://tinyurl.com/852johf

Personally, I doubt defence expert @pmlagasse thinks that $25 B is the cost of the F-35s http://tinyurl.com/dx2rx5b

Dear @cselley: I thought the no s 13 free speech deal was that responsible leaders would criticize bigotry http://tinyurl.com/6tlkcdl

Personally, I think @ChantalHbert has a better take on QC than this #LPC blogger in the Post http://tinyurl.com/cnvlt24

Calgary Herald: Mayor Nenshi critical of Danielle Smith’s response to Wildrose candidates’ comments http://tinyurl.com/co9wv86

first batch of today's tweets

A Toronto Star columnist says “bimbo eruptions” have hit Danielle Smith—which is news to me next door in BC http://tinyurl.com/ck33bkl

From Ottawa, Jeff Simpson’s perspective on #abvote is openly and honestly national http://tinyurl.com/ctzrp65

In Toronto, @globejunius http://tinyurl.com/cd6kprj and the Post http://tinyurl.com/cu69gpo know what’s best for Albertans

Linda McQuaig: It would help if Andrea Horwath had a billionaire onside http://tinyurl.com/bpzhvz2

Another bullet for MacKay to dodge: @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/ckygxbu

THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012

second batch of today's tweets

NYT lead story: In Wariness on Economy, Poll Finds Opening for Romney http://tinyurl.com/6ssveon

W Post front: Hamas fast losing popularity and would not win if elections were held in Gaza today http://tinyurl.com/c2a4sld

LA Times: F-35 fighter jet's escalating costs are on Washington's radar http://tinyurl.com/7peo8cx front page image http://tinyurl.com/5nh5ck

first batch of today's tweets

Globe line story (print edition hed): Khadr return a tale of two spins http://tinyurl.com/7vcjpza

Charities and politics? Citizen’s E Payne http://tinyurl.com/c6uhjrb vs @sunlorrie http://tinyurl.com/cy664l8

Environment? @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/cz47ntt vs @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/brrstez  (mostly about gov’t vs Hill journos) http://tinyurl.com/brrstez

A ‘great’ moment in #cdnpoli #journalism (T Sun photo caption on Mulcair Stornoway move): No opposition to living in luxury

T Star: Andrea Horwath’s tax-the-rich scheme ‘hugely popular,’ poll suggests http://tinyurl.com/cuv4aob

T Star lead story: Dalton McGuinty’s political mastermind advised on ORNGE, hearing told http://tinyurl.com/6tx5wuk #onpoli

SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2012

second batch of today's tweets

Olive/T Star: SNC is doing its bit to keep the world safe for, rather than from, odious business practices http://tinyurl.com/bpll9t6

Le Devoir ed: @ThomasMulcair is ready for the fight. Happily, because so are we: @Josee_Boileau http://tinyurl.com/7t3s6qn

Rex Murphy: @ThomasMulcair’s moment http://tinyurl.com/bw3aupb

N  Post: The future of Alberta: Pick one—Redford or Smith http://tinyurl.com/cx8sx73

N  Post: Faith, hope and politics http://tinyurl.com/cruehe8

first batch of today's tweets

Whoa! (Licia Corbella): Even if she wins, Redford's leadership is in jeopardy http://tinyurl.com/84svfzz

Imagining a Wildrose-led Alberta getting easier all the time: @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/c9es5mw

Edmonton Journal: Health-care battle rages on; Push for competition won't bring two tiers, Smith says http://tinyurl.com/cqwkdyz

Edmonton Journal lead story: Wildrose won't halt abortion funding http://tinyurl.com/d4rg8k2

Hume: Pipeline opposition likely to grow in BC as supertanker risk assessed http://tinyurl.com/6wbf3up #bcpoli

#LPC dithering under @bobraeMP http://tinyurl.com/cswjjdv back to #elexn41 19% as @ThomasMulcair soars ahead of falling #CPC http://tinyurl.com/bufomos #cdnpoli

FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012

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IMO PM Stephen Harper lost confidence in DND well before March 2011

Dear @CdnPress: @ThomasMulcair ads in French *only* cause unpopular-in-QC Tories about to attack him in that province? http://tinyurl.com/cl8r84a  

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David Ignatius: Obama’s signal to Iran http://tinyurl.com/6wbym7b

Krauthammer: Obama v. the Supreme Court http://tinyurl.com/6tjxjuj

Hmm.. In his F-35 pt of privilege @bobraeMP neglected 2 mention that one federal Dept (not DND!) did *not* disagree w/ the AG’s findings

Today’s howler: In Russia, a Watch Vanishes Up Kirill’s Sleeve http://tinyurl.com/c7xul7d

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Reading @mdentandt U’d almost think Harper shd have adopted as his own DND’s inaccurate $25B cost estimate 4 the F35s! http://tinyurl.com/d3edho6  

In the Globe, the best piece on the state of our politics that I’ve read in some time http://tinyurl.com/6o9ukje

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Dear @CdnPress: Ferguson in his audit found and said that $25 billion was the “true cost” of the F-35? http://tinyurl.com/d98a7fs

THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012

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Terry Glavin in Citizen: Moving forward, after Rights & Democracy http://tinyurl.com/cydcsh7

Hmm. Citizen version of @acoyne corrects this mistake in Post version: “the people of Cda were stuck w/ planes”

Hmm… Doesn’t seem to be much reporting of @bobraeMP admission that he got it wrong on Harper and special Mulroney pension

T Star: Changing Old Age Security a ‘bad idea,’ Angus Reid poll http://tinyurl.com/7u5ac4m

Premier Clark's attack on TransLink bonus plan rings hollow: @CraigMcInnes http://tinyurl.com/6sclqq3

NYT: This Election, Supreme Court Could Rally Democrats http://tinyurl.com/7jjhktb

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Globe: B.C. Conservative leader Cummins takes heart from Alberta Wildrose climb http://tinyurl.com/d8cm22v

A ‘great’ moment in #bcpoli : Premier missing from her own party's donor list http://tinyurl.com/7dp7vbs

iPolitics Correction: @nspector4 vs. @BenMulroney1976: ‘For your reading pleasure’ http://tinyurl.com/78pq42z

On @ElectDanielle @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/bvaeqak Thomson http://tinyurl.com/8abqats Braid http://tinyurl.com/bnbcmsf

Government-funded #CBC should not be competing with the private sector. Over the air via cable or on the web. That is all http://tinyurl.com/7xxnr9o

Worthington (print edition hed): DND cost-fudging par for the course http://tinyurl.com/ccy338j

William Watson on N Post front page: If you can't beat China, surrender http://tinyurl.com/7367sgn

Calgary Herald: Wildrose steaming past PCs; But poll finds north-south voter split http://tinyurl.com/cnbugcz

 “the people of Cda were stuck w/ planes” @acoyne  http://tinyurl.com/83877st Globe @danlebla “Harper gov’t is starting anew” http://tinyurl.com/brqlxt8

 “no [F35] contracts have been placed; no money has been misspent. This is not the sponsorship scandal” @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/7u4oxm3

Wente http://tinyurl.com/cs7sh7n & @cselley http://tinyurl.com/6ma7zrx on @justinpjtrudeau and his journo fans

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Globe: Sovereigntists say independence only option as Canada evolves without Quebec http://tinyurl.com/7m2m44t

Citizen: AG report reveals key players in F-35 program; Bureaucrats will be called to testify http://tinyurl.com/c5o4d7p

HT: Joint Cabinet ministers’ statement suggests DND was briefed annually on cost of F-35 jets http://tinyurl.com/cp6m47e

La Presse: NDP Mulcair ads to begin today—in QC only http://tinyurl.com/cnpq7zb thansl http://tinyurl.com/bqgz847

Kheiriddin: Stephen Harper--Transformational Prime Minister http://tinyurl.com/7yr8b5v

L Martin: The PM needs a cabinet overhaul http://tinyurl.com/bn632kp

Walkom: Harper’s air-safety lapses scarier than F-35 cock-up http://tinyurl.com/7bxgwss

AG fluent in numbers: @sunlorrie http://tinyurl.com/cfyy93h

Ottawa Citizen line story: Hard sales pitch used on Tories' behalf http://tinyurl.com/d3dlysb

CP: Mulcair, Rae trade insults as CP poll shows NDP tied with CPC/gaining at Liberal expense http://tinyurl.com/ccxpm3g

Yaffe: Harper government drops green pretences with majority budget http://tinyurl.com/8yauuqh

N Post editorial: For Obama, lessons in 'ethical oil' http://tinyurl.com/7ym7cqf

Toronto Star editorial: Pension perks for MPs continue while others suffer from federal budget cuts http://tinyurl.com/7g4m4qb

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012

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Hmm..  @JohnIbbitson : “the political price of [F-35]  bungle could be very high indeed” Or not! http://tinyurl.com/cxwhyyr |

I suspect the Harper gov’t will move against this kind of this kind of ‘justice’ before too long http://tinyurl.com/89kzxpq

This front page is all you need to know about how aboriginal sentencing plays politically http://tinyurl.com/dewg8b

Gazette report re Aveos: Air Canada compliant with letter, if not spirit, of privatization act, says lawyer http://tinyurl.com/6ru7y3x

Globe: Wildrose poised for majority in Alberta: poll http://tinyurl.com/cf9vop6

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Braid: Money isn't everything (or is it?) http://tinyurl.com/8xwou84

Only place you’ll read the full truth about Rights & Democracy is here in the, er, last 2 grafs of this report http://tinyurl.com/79zanhm

Van Sun line story: EXCLUSIVE: SFU funds handed to B.C. Liberals http://tinyurl.com/79edqzj

Calgary Herald lead story: Alberta Tories losing funding edge over Wildrose http://tinyurl.com/6tay5j4

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Waterous: The Keystone XL delay was a gift to Canada http://tinyurl.com/7kqnyuv

F-35 editorials: Edmonton Journal http://tinyurl.com/88zbc4d Toronto Star http://tinyurl.com/cwkqglb

Reynolds: The radical plan hidden in Flaherty’s sedate budget http://tinyurl.com/739vpgf

F-35 editorials: National Post http://tinyurl.com/8767fvx Ottawa Citizen  http://tinyurl.com/7p43yr7

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Ottawa Citizen front: DND begins civilian layoffs http://tinyurl.com/77pwszl

F-35s: T Star line story (T Harper)  http://tinyurl.com/bsk4rrl @davidakin http://tinyurl.com/cqo8dxn

Ipolitics.ca: PM’s retirement allowance Pearson’s policy, not Mulroney’s http://tinyurl.com/7pegxdv

HT: Liberal MPs table motion at Public Accounts Committee to investigate AG's findings that government hid F-35 costs http://tinyurl.com/c2b88na

Globe: Feds scramble to save face over fighter jet plan http://tinyurl.com/7435lq8

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Jeff Simpson: Canada’s political reversal is complete http://tinyurl.com/cuvd6ew

F-35s: @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/6u2lhp5 @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/83af7r4

Walkom: Justin Trudeau reawakens Liberal leadership rumblings http://tinyurl.com/c8bfdpm

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012

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On Harper’s day in Washington, @CdnPress http://tinyurl.com/btz3bzg and @globeandmail http://tinyurl.com/cbkxb8c worth reading

Harper, oops Obama speaks out against judicial activism http://tinyurl.com/ccpgdq2

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On Saturday night at the fight, @kinsellawarren http://tinyurl.com/cjjy797 pulls no punches

On Trudeau-Brazeau, a Citizen letter http://tinyurl.com/d8hvm96 L Martin http://tinyurl.com/coofaba @cselley http://tinyurl.com/d6ubomw

MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012

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Premier Christy Clark: Replete with smiles, not substance: @rodmickleburgh http://tinyurl.com/d9473v7

Dear @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/cc33gcg Judging from this column http://tinyurl.com/82nq6kl not anytime soon

In W Post: True foolishness of Obama’s Keystone rejection was 2 encourage Cda 2 look elsewhere to sell surplus oil http://tinyurl.com/cns92q6

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Visiting Alberta, @garymasonglobe is shocked, shocked to find politics going on in an election! http://tinyurl.com/c6mswhl

Truly honourable members: @jandrewpotter http://tinyurl.com/brjo4un

Dear @jandrewpotter: Where does your notion of honour leave female MPs/those thinking of running?

In attacking Ontario, Ottawa plays a dangerous game: @JohnIbbitson http://tinyurl.com/cfwj5e9

Dear @JohnIbbitson: Good points, but Flaherty’s Ontario counterpart is not innocent in this spat http://tinyurl.com/c2vdwfy

@globejunius concerned re biased refugee decisions http://tinyurl.com/dyfd7yo La Presse blames unilingual Anglo Commissioners http://tinyurl.com/cp943ab

Cal/Ed Sun front page (Rick Bell): Wildrose eyes oil boom rebates http://tinyurl.com/bnfaqyk

Canada pays steep price for fragmented electricity market: @barriemckenna http://tinyurl.com/6wozlv6

Mitch Potter/T Star front: Stephen Harper faces tricky terrain during ‘Three Amigos’ summit http://tinyurl.com/6m7qrzx

USA Today lead story: Swing States Poll: A shift by women puts Obama in lead http://tinyurl.com/8y6gkvo

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HT: ‘It’s not a number, that’s 19,000 people’ http://tinyurl.com/ccf756h

End of feel-good spending feels good: @montesolberg http://tinyurl.com/82nq6kl

Tim Harper: Auditor-General Michael Ferguson prepared to hit high-flying Conservatives http://tinyurl.com/85jccjv

HT: Restraint budget invests in First Nations, but critics say it’s not enough http://tinyurl.com/c5nrykz

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Stéphane Dion: The Senate reform bill: A constitutional danger for Canada http://tinyurl.com/cbyn7f5

CP: Fallout from tweet in Alberta election points to perils of social media http://tinyurl.com/blaqg3j

HT: Let MPs make changes to spending estimates without triggering confidence vote, says former backbencher http://tinyurl.com/czbjuyf

Neil Reynolds: In Ontario, ‘have not’ means ‘have a lot’ http://tinyurl.com/8xkfhlp

SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2012

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Trudeau fans screamed “kill him” and shouted “no class” at the end of the match. http://tinyurl.com/chx6k2h

Today’s idiocy [re @ElectDanielle tweet]: public isn't used to having so many women leading parties ... They'll get used to it. http://tinyurl.com/c26zb3m

Kissinger in W Post (print hed): Managing the Arab Spring http://tinyurl.com/c3dy9pb

contrary to account of the incident published by another news org on Saturday, @DonMartinCTV did not make an obscene remark http://tinyurl.com/ckcc2ks

NY Times lead story Haiti’s Cholera Outraced the Experts and Tainted the U.N. http://tinyurl.com/6umlz36

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All U need to know about #cdnpoli & #journalism is the constrast between today’s T Sun http://tinyurl.com/c4d9y8 and T Star http://tinyurl.com/djs6j7

Hmm...Looks like someone in Ott bureau of T Star didn’t want his/her name associated w/ report on Don Martin http://tinyurl.com/79rp9o5

In the Calgary Herald, profiles of @Premier_Redford http://tinyurl.com/cv5ckl5 @ElectDanielle http://tinyurl.com/cm4dj5v 

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Trudeau heartily booed by crowd that incuded Aglukkaq, Ambrose, Moore & Poilievre http://tinyurl.com/c7tyn8q

[Trudeau’s] win prompted one veteran Liberal to suggest the start of the Liberal leadership race could now begin http://tinyurl.com/chx6k2h

Edmonton Journal front: @ElectDanielle discloses infertility battle after Tory tweet http://tinyurl.com/c26zb3m

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‘Action Plan’ for inaction/not much to budget or criticism of it (print ed. hed): @thejohnrobson http://tinyurl.com/cnpfz85

Andrew Irvine: There's no democratic quick fix http://tinyurl.com/bqf6jvu

CP: Ontario re-ignites CPP debate after feds outline changes to old-age security http://tinyurl.com/c2sry4x

Geist: Internet voting carries risk as show by #NDPldr experience http://tinyurl.com/cxd5k6z

Toronto Star line story (print edition hed): Trudeau gives Tory a beating http://tinyurl.com/6u4atm5

Ottawa Citizen: Where's @DonMartinCTV? http://tinyurl.com/ckcc2ks

first batch of today's tweets

Ottawa Citizen: Defence budget is 'solid,' MacKay says http://tinyurl.com/dxnqf2r

Cohn: Budget restraint strains McGuinty’s love affair with labour http://tinyurl.com/cb84tjn #onpoli

Citizen front page: Stunning triumph for Trudeau http://tinyurl.com/cak9un2

SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012

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Tom Mulcair (in QC phase of political career) held fund-raisers at Tony Accurso’s restaurant http://tinyurl.com/827nctp

Dear @globejunius: Foreign foundations don’t generally invest, create jobs and have a stake in Canada’s success http://tinyurl.com/bmca9y9

Vaughn Palmer: Premier Clark's days on learning curve numbered http://tinyurl.com/cnmuywz

Alison Redford: A leader on the brink: @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/7eowjph

Danielle Smith’s Wildrose vision is focused much closer to home: @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/8592oec

Funniest (as in dumbest) spin on Angelo Persichilli? 4th graf from end of this @OttawaCitizen article http://tinyurl.com/d2e3xoz

Say what? In the T Star! On the front page? http://tinyurl.com/djs6j7 Harper, McGuinty aiming at same target

New rules in budget ‘create more fear’ among politically active charities http://tinyurl.com/c8d8ru8

In the Globe, @JamesMoore_org -- a friend among the Philistines! http://tinyurl.com/c3sjovl

NY Times: U.S. Says Canadian Officer Gave Intelligence to the Russians http://tinyurl.com/cbfyfkw

Mulcair's NDP moves to reclaim spotlight from Liberals, hog debate time http://tinyurl.com/cmcobcd

Manitoba, feds lock horns over transfer money http://tinyurl.com/c5uo9su

W Robson/Laurin: A worthy budget, lacking in vision http://tinyurl.com/coe9oda

Don Braid: Campaign a shock to Alberta Tories, who've forgotten how it's done http://tinyurl.com/d5z2c4k

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Globe: Flaherty slams Ontario Liberals’ management of economy http://tinyurl.com/ckh5uly

Bill Thorsell: The sheer folly of an elected Senate http://tinyurl.com/c3d4utf

The Tories don't fear Thomas Mulcair, but Liberals should: @michaeltaube http://tinyurl.com/cdaf3d8

[In #cdnpoli] A bigger problem than man vs. machine: @SusanDelacourt http://tinyurl.com/ccfeh4w

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012

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Compare Globe #Robocalls lead: [Mayrand] “accused #CPC of playing a ‘numbers game’ ” w/ @stphnmaher report http://tinyurl.com/cl6gw7c   

Front page of the Wall Street Journal on not such a great day for RIM http://tinyurl.com/396z8tf

Dear @kenneyjason: QC gov’t accused of diverting your imm transfers to its general revenues http://tinyurl.com/7cvbvug

CP: #CBC’s $60M top-up has been eliminated http://tinyurl.com/cqnepnf Star: it’s been made a fixture of $ Corp receives

A ‘great’ @TorontoStar headline moment: “Tories add years to working lives”

A ‘great’ fed-prov moment: Duncan doubts Tories can hit budget target (T Star)

Not much reporting of rather raucous committee meeting re Aveos/Air Canada starring @DenisCoderre http://tinyurl.com/clfmsog

Calgary Herald editorial--The pro-pipeline federal budget: for Alberta “Flaherty's budget couldn't get much better” http://tinyurl.com/ctrqthu

       THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012

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Vaughn Palmer: Cummins changes his tune on floor-crossers http://tinyurl.com/d3r32l5

Can’t imagine Tom Mulcair moving into 24 Sussex in 2015? I can http://tinyurl.com/ctpmeem

W Post: Reports link heat waves, deluges to climate change http://tinyurl.com/c2y6w3z

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Globe: OECD report offers brighter outlook for Canadian, U.S. economies http://tinyurl.com/cd8a2vu

CTV: Federal budget cuts expected to focus on bureaucracy http://tinyurl.com/chlgucu

Van Sun lead story: B.C. premier’s top ministers question their political future http://tinyurl.com/c9vu8fy #bcpoli

Don Braid: [Smith’s] Cheap shot or shrewd move? http://tinyurl.com/c9un4gc

Ontario’s budget? Timid, not tough: @jackmintz http://tinyurl.com/bpr9e8c

Poll result surprised L'actualité/ expected bilingual anglos to be more sympathetic to French: @Lactu_Lisee http://tinyurl.com/cteon3y

CP: U.S., Canada poised to OK Omar Khadr transfer; could be back by end of May http://tinyurl.com/bu796fs

CP: Elections watchdog set to answer questions on robocall controversy http://tinyurl.com/brludoc

U think SNC-Lavalin has problems? You ain’t seen nothing yet! http://tinyurl.com/c2z69de

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Charest intergov minister to @kenneyjason: Unilingual anglos commissioners are “unacceptable” http://tinyurl.com/72xb4f3

HT: Mulcair overshadowing  Rae on trust, sincerity, best PM-pollster http://tinyurl.com/6oq9wav  me on Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/ctpmeem

Cohn: The bombshell [Ontario public sector wages] budget freeze that wasn’t http://tinyurl.com/7chbac5

In the T Sun, Harper isn't evil http://tinyurl.com/bqv8zdv Mulcair the right man to lead opposition http://tinyurl.com/cs8bzhc

Postmedia: Opposition to oilsands pipeline growing in B.C., poll finds http://tinyurl.com/bnpph4y

T Star: New Democrats riding Mulcair wave http://tinyurl.com/cfspvsv me today on Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/ctpmeem

Did someone in Ottawa set out to burn @CdnPress http://tinyurl.com/7dceazx on the eve of the budget? http://tinyurl.com/6tf9jo4

Globe line story: Conservative's budget to reset retirement at age 67 http://tinyurl.com/cys4njj

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012

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In the @OttawaCitizen an op-ed by James Morton worth reading: Judges shouldn't be making social policy http://tinyurl.com/6qu86ge

One suspects that lawyers may have been involved in this prominent apology in the @OttawaCitizen http://tinyurl.com/6q9t65p

Gary Mason on Premier Christy Clark http://t.co/jXKIoidB Vaughn Palmer on Opposition Leader Adrian Dix http://t.co/MBevqaZH #bcpoli

That #CBC has a conflict of interest in covering the federal budget is an understatement http://t.co/YnSk9fEY

No #NDP opposition I’ve ever known would be thinking about supporting a government-dictated public sector wage freeze. Just saying #onpoli

All you really need to know about the state of Ontario's finances http://tinyurl.com/bvm3rdv

In Quebec, openly two-tier medicine, and even that sucks? http://t.co/i9MAPOMn

The only way to understand Ontario's budget is that it is an election budget—whenever

Thinking after Ontario budget about BC's wage restraint legislation in 1982--which limited negotiated increases to between 8-14%! #bcpoli

  TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012

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Les Leyne: Van Dongen's exit a stampede of one http://tinyurl.com/czo5ol2

From Alberta, we bring you a ‘great’ moment in senate-reform http://tinyurl.com/dx39x3e

In the Edmonton Journal, a great correction http://tinyurl.com/bmwgm9q

Personally, I’m satisfied with how @adriandix has dealt with this embarrassing situation http://tinyurl.com/c8myblv

Times Colonist front: Retired B.C. bureaucrat paid $730,000 on top of pension http://tinyurl.com/bn9k3rd

Puzzling that #LPC #NDP haven’t asked in QP about ambassador’s spouse working for  Gadhafi (and SNC) linked company. No?

Lichfield/Independent: L'Oréal heiress 'gave Sarkozy €800,000' (cash) http://tinyurl.com/d9c24u4

Mike Smyth: Mud-splattered Liberals face byelection war http://tinyurl.com/c6kxqcu

Benoît Aubin sur Mulcair: Une toute nouvelle bibitte politique... http://tinyurl.com/brtk8cv

Increasingly looking like another Karlheinz Schreiber scandal, with a major Québec company playing the role of Airbus http://tinyurl.com/clmvlt2

Might the “blue-chip board” partly explain the silence of MPs in QP on this smelly affair? http://tinyurl.com/coofg96 

Citizen (last graf!) Nobody's said they were prevented from voting by fraudulent/ misdirecting calls during #elexn41 http://tinyurl.com/clfxgax

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Calgary Herald: Redford’s team takes swipe at Smith over newspaper column on prostitution http://tinyurl.com/bltcpw8

Vaughn Palmer: Van Dongen serves notice he is ready to battle old colleagues with defection http://tinyurl.com/d69mccw

CTV : Paradis in more hot water over 2009 hunting trip http://tinyurl.com/dycuxpp

Graham Thomson: Redford redefines PC label http://tinyurl.com/c8cur6b

Today’s howler: Caught on open mike, Obama tells Medvedev he needs ‘space’ on missile defense http://tinyurl.com/d89sacq

Flaherty Budget: Linguistic minorities to be spared http://tinyurl.com/ckd99ay translation http://tinyurl.com/c69qqah

W Post front: U.S., Australia announce deeper military ties amid Pentagon pivot to SE Asia http://tinyurl.com/bwh969m

Michel David sur Mulcair:  Un vieil ennemi http://tinyurl.com/c774w48

NYT: Nearly 70% of Americans think it’s going badly and the US should not be at war in Afghanistan http://tinyurl.com/cbcfxbd

Braid: Wildrose threat surprises everyone http://tinyurl.com/d7kf4wf

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L Martin:  No room for sacred cows in this [federal] budget http://tinyurl.com/cwd7qgw

Globe: Ontario budget’s austerity measures to include tough changes to pensions http://tinyurl.com/blf4kr8

Star: Sex worker advocates clash over landmark ruling http://tinyurl.com/d7zppxz

Globe: Mulcair attacks Tories for ‘killing’ manufacturing sector http://tinyurl.com/c64gtmh

Yaffe: Mulcair not much of a threat to PM http://tinyurl.com/cew3nh5
Citizen: Minister ignored drug shortage warning http://tinyurl.com/coabehz

CP: Appetite for independence endures in Quebec, suggests poll on Constitution - Winnipeg Free Press http://tinyurl.com/bvjffpm

Globe: Budget will tout Tory plan to ease environmental reviews http://tinyurl.com/c928au3

CBC: F-35s don't meet military's requirements, documents show http://tinyurl.com/cdvtuda

Gazette editorial: Clarity Act stand may come back to haunt Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/d2bogau

HT: Harper approved 'opportunist,' 'divisive,' 'blind ambition' attack against Mulcair, says NDP MP http://tinyurl.com/bqspwlr

Edmonton Journal lead story: Redford fires first volley http://tinyurl.com/c3h6pnk

Van Sun line story: Van Dongen joins Conservatives, takes shots at Clark on his way out http://tinyurl.com/c3uvshh

Van Sun: Pricey pensions under fire http://tinyurl.com/cy3anz7
Globe line story (print edition hed): Mystery funds put [SNC-Lavalin]CEO out, police in http://tinyurl.com/coofg96

Citizen: Group [Council of Canadians] in bid to overturn federal election results http://tinyurl.com/clfxgax

On Mulcair,  @dgardner http://tinyurl.com/cogn57j Hebert http://tinyurl.com/cajp4t7

Mulcair Harper with whiskers: @kinsellawarren http://tinyurl.com/bqp6ppk

MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012

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La Presse editorial: Had Mulcair not won leadership, #NDP wd have kept 3 seats in QC, now w/ luck they will win 12! http://tinyurl.com/cco6urr

La Presse editorial: The #NDP absolutely needs QC, but QC doesn’t necessarily need the #NDP http://tinyurl.com/cco6urr

SNC-Lavalin? I am shocked, shocked, to find ‘unauthorized payments’ going on in this establishment! http://tinyurl.com/89zc7nt

Globe editorial: From now on, everyone should pay close attention to [Mulcair’s] every word and idea http://tinyurl.com/6rhdbze

The Globe’s front page photo of #NDPldr Tom Mulcair is not exactly what you would call flattering! http://tinyurl.com/awkptx

Dear @mpearson78: It’s not that he’s not “fluently bilingual.” To francophone ears, Paul Dewar’s French is a disaster http://tinyurl.com/6nu26ta

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Mulcair said he backs removing the phrase “democratic socialism” from the preamble of the #NDP constitution http://tinyurl.com/6uz6y94

The photo of #NDPldr Tom Mulcair on the Globe’s front page is a sight to behold! http://tinyurl.com/awkptx

In the TStar, Raymond Guardia’s fate is “unclear.” http://tinyurl.com/7w3jnyl In La Presse, he says Mulcair told him he’s toast http://tinyurl.com/72uv3fz

Brad Lavigne’s resignation wd be more understandable if everyone were reporting this #NDPldr campaign contribution http://tinyurl.com/7gdzutp

W Post front: Captivity could help polar bears survive global warming assault, some zoos say http://tinyurl.com/6m3nxrp

People who make large donations to the Conservatives should expect to get access to the PM, UK Minister says http://tinyurl.com/7rjjnpz

Radio-Canada: SNC-Lavalin head resigns http://tinyurl.com/6qdbu7d

Guardian: Afghan kills two British soldiers at Nato base http://tinyurl.com/7mv66cm

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On Mulcair: Globe http://tinyurl.com/6rhdbze T Star http://tinyurl.com/7e8xx58 editorials #ndpldr

Winnipeg Free Press front (print edition hed): Steven Fletcher’s close call http://tinyurl.com/6ud5s9f

On Mulcair: @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/7swbrgh T Harper http://tinyurl.com/89gjqk8 L Martin http://tinyurl.com/6twwubu #ndpldr

HT: Feds to roll out budget, Cabinet ministers to sell ‘austerity’ measures http://tinyurl.com/72xlvdw

On Mulcair: N Post http://tinyurl.com/7bpyzzq Winnipeg Free Press http://tinyurl.com/78bxoh7 editorials #ndpldr

On Mulcair: @stphnmaher http://tinyurl.com/7ptf94h Robin Sears http://tinyurl.com/6mxnbhr #ndpldr

first batch of today's tweets

Citizen: Provinces given access to emergency drug cache http://tinyurl.com/7syqbwy

Weston: Mulcair, Harper allies in plotting Liberals' demise http://tinyurl.com/75bbsmm #ndpldr

T Star lead story (print ed hed): McGuinty defends plan to scale back aid programs http://tinyurl.com/7lhbjxv #onpoli

On Mulcair: @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/7rk8w57 @vmarissal http://tinyurl.com/72uv3fz @JohnIbbitson http://tinyurl.com/755molm #ndpldr

SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012

fourth batch of today's tweets

On the W Post front page, a portrait of the CIA guy targeting the drone assassinations http://tinyurl.com/88b57bo

Hey, maybe #NDPldr Mulcair was right about higher grade pot! http://tinyurl.com/6uvtd3q (LA Times front page)

Chivers/NYT: NATO’s Secrecy Stance [re civilian casualties in the Libya mission] http://tinyurl.com/878yvvk

Jean-Jacques Samson: L’underdog http://tinyurl.com/7dl5gtf

Charlie Angus: “[Cullen] went with Green Party colours; how far he is going to go in NDP remains to be seen” http://tinyurl.com/77xa5nm

third batch of today's tweets

Cullen’s #NDPldr campaign, which had its base in BC, was hurt by the cyber-attacks, said Heath. http://tinyurl.com/88gllam

Ever wonder why no Canadian newspaper (including the Star and the Globe) has a truly independent public editor? http://tinyurl.com/835wmkg

Raymond Giroux: Thomas Mulcair à la tête du #NPD http://tinyurl.com/7bg2rml

Amidst controversy that the attempt hack violated the integrity of Saturday’s vote, the NDP pledged an investigation. http://tinyurl.com/76mup79

A ‘great’ Alberta moment: Neo-Nazis skip Calgary anti-discrimination event; Supremacists move protest to Edmonton http://tinyurl.com/6mdyjsh

PM Cameron’s fund-raiser resigns after cash-for-access scheme exposed by Sunday Times http://tinyurl.com/7yj93gj

second batch of today's tweets

CP: NDP chooses mercurial Mulcair as spear carrier of official Opposition http://tinyurl.com/7xxtxbr

Macpherson: Mulcair's win is bad news for sovereignists http://tinyurl.com/6r485f9

T Star: Wilson and his wife, Sandra, tried all day to vote unsuccessfully online from their home http://tinyurl.com/76mup79

Susan Riley: Desperate times, desperate measures http://tinyurl.com/8a52bqc

Robson: Flaherty as socialist candyman http://tinyurl.com/6o65bqs

Tim Harper (T Star front page): New Democrats take the safe road with Thomas Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/73j2lf7

CBC: #NDPldr vote marred by online attacks, low turnout http://tinyurl.com/74fjy3p

CP: Canada and Japan have agreed to enter negotiations on a free trade deal http://tinyurl.com/7u5gcfl

Cohn: Premier Dad should help Ontario kick its salary porn habit http://tinyurl.com/748p43n

Rob Russo: Elbows up! Mulcair says he's ready to go into the political corners with Harper http://tinyurl.com/7x8yofj

Den Tandt: A rebuke to the party establishment http://tinyurl.com/7474nxt

first batch of today's tweets

Wiseman: Mulcair's NDP will be different - how different, no one knows http://tinyurl.com/7lnmwyw

Globe: Mulcair victorious on fourth ballot http://tinyurl.com/7r7d7hs

Leblanc/Globe: A ‘grizzly’ becomes Leader of the Opposition http://tinyurl.com/8axecge

Ibbitson: NDP opts for a power broker over a protest leader http://tinyurl.com/6s4we7f

Akin: Mulcair will have to bring his team together http://tinyurl.com/7x3823j

CBC: New #ndpldr Mulcair vows no merger [or pre-election cooperation] with Liberals http://tinyurl.com/89rlm3g

T Star editorial: NDP makes the right bet by making Thomas Mulcair its leader http://tinyurl.com/7e8xx58

Hébert: The allure of power proved irresistible http://tinyurl.com/84b54dt

Walkom: Will Mulcair’s NDP back Air Canada strikers? It should http://tinyurl.com/6npovwt 

SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012

third batch of today's tweets

BC Premier Christy Clark panned http://tinyurl.com/6ne5w9h  and panned http://tinyurl.com/7rdwy8z

Star: #CBC faces uncertain future as federal budget looms http://tinyurl.com/6sno9yf

L Martin: Nash gained from speech http://tinyurl.com/88hymsm @acoyne (!) Alas, we will never hear it. http://tinyurl.com/7noebah

Marissal/La Presse-- #NDPldr sources say 5 ballots; Hill Times Naumetz—4 ballots

CP: Liberal voters would be most likely to support a joint candidate http://tinyurl.com/7axj75q

Among NDP supporters more than two-thirds liking the party co-operation ideas http://tinyurl.com/6veu6zy

The Quebec issue is the best weapon “the other parties have to hammer the NDP,” Lyle said. http://tinyurl.com/6veu6zy

Mulcair camp spin: “His greatest strength is really his second-choice support, not his first choice”  http://tinyurl.com/7pu7hh3

Cullen- passionate address http://tinyurl.com/7pwyx63 or (!), speech so low-key only belatedly realized he was talking http://tinyurl.com/7ft3vun

Cross: Political parties set the rules and change history http://tinyurl.com/75jrwfy

Mulcair strikes out; Cullen hits a homer: @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/7ybw53f

Globe editorial: NDP still not a credible alternative http://tinyurl.com/6pf7kdk

second batch of today's tweets

Chronicle Herald front: Indian Brook smoke shop missing $525,954 http://tinyurl.com/74mzjlf

Crowley: Seeking a cure for pipeline madness http://tinyurl.com/6oq5gsy

Winnipeg Free Press: Mrs Steve Ashton being investigated after airport run-in http://tinyurl.com/78t6wf9

Ed Journal: NDP should avoid stereotypical party ‘jargon’ on economic issues to attract supporters: pollster http://tinyurl.com/6veu6zy

Citizen editorial re Paradis conflict: Another ethical breach http://tinyurl.com/7566ph8

Mulcair could win #NDPldr on one ballot - or not: @stphnmaher http://tinyurl.com/88m8cgx

DON MACPHERSON on #NDPldr : Mulcair the key to Quebec seats http://tinyurl.com/7vnuz7m

CP: Mulcair the choice of QCers 4 #NDPldr; in ROC, not so much http://tinyurl.com/7axj75q

Walkom: NDP steadies itself for possible win by Thomas Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/7lln75m

first batch of today's tweets

Ottawa Citizen line story: 'Poutine' also recorded pro-Liberal call http://tinyurl.com/7brsvfj

Globe: Elections Canada unearths ‘Poutine’s’ aborted robo-call posing as Liberals http://tinyurl.com/6qwnd24

On the Toulouse killings, @DougSaunders http://tinyurl.com/6u5lfsy vs David Warren http://tinyurl.com/7nlk98z

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