C. Montgomery Burns, Liberal Leader

Canadian Politics 10 Comments

By Glendronach

Thirteen years after the first federal election where the Internet came into play, Michael Ignatieff claims to have revolutionized the practice of politics with computers:

Michael Ignatieff says a new way of governing is being invented this weekend at the Liberal thinkers’ conference.

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“You’ve got to be made of stone not to be touched by this, and moved by and excited by the democratic possibilities that we just opened up this weekend,” he said, pointing to the bank of computers in the main conference hall.

I look forward to exploring this strange new world of online conferencing and content distribution which Ignatieff has delivered unto our Luddite body politic. Meanwhile he will no doubt be preoccupied with having the tires on his Quadricycle revulcanized and its fuel bunkers restocked with petroleum distillate.

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Warren Kinsella renews his fatwa insurance

Canadian Politics, Islam and the West, Political Correctness No Comments

By Glendronach

An apparent falling-out with Iggy after falling in with the Islamists. And as with all such dhimmis, the result is predictable.

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