Stop Hunting for Elections

Did anyone else catch The Trojan Horse on Sunday? It was actually quite good, I enjoyed watching it. For being a contemporarily relevant political drama it was fairly inovative. If anyone craves a summery I'd be happy to update anyone in time for the conclusion next Sunday. Although I must admit that the upcoming season premier of Battlestar Galactica still hold the majority of my TV anticipation.

Why is everyone still looking for an election? The Conservatives can't call one and the Liberals won't given their current chaos (French Liberal leader not getting any love from Quebec?!?). That's not going to change in the next week. Now that the budget has safely passed (called it) and the Afghanistan issue has effectivly dissolved there's nothing left that's going to call an election in the immidiate future. I wish the media would stop treating every little tiff like a confidence motion. Although granted now that the House is back in session things may be happening a little quicker then the last two weeks.

And the same goes for the American media covering the Democratic nomination race. It's okay ot admit that nothing's going on right now and find something else to cover. I was briefly watching CNN with my roommates tonight and the big headline during much of the time we where watching was 'Three weeks and one day to the Penn primary'. That's not a news story, that's a six year old child counting down to Christmas. Or those of us who are six at heart anyway. As a sidenote Bush got booed by the crowd while throwing the opening pitch for the MLB.

In NATO news the Conservatives got a little egg on their face again. Sounds like they invited a slew of opposition foriegn policy critics, un-invited them a day or two later, and then blamed it on delegation limits imposed by NATO. By the way, when questioned by journalists, NATO has never heard of impossing delegation limits on Canada. Oops. Putin's got a gig at the latest NATO meeting though. It may be after everything has been said and done by actual members but it should be interesting none-the-less. Also intesting will be seeing if our allies are going to provide the support dicated by the Mannly Report. Sounds like they will but now that the PM has said we'll be pulling out if they don't the stakes are high.

So China started the cross-country tour of the olympic torch with cerimony. Want to guess where? Try Tienamin Square. Who made that call? On the boycott scene, talk is starting to focus on a conprimised boycott involving participation in the games but abstaining from the opening cerimony.

Can anyone tell me why Diane Finley (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) wears a huge pair sunglasses inside the House? If she's blind or something I appologise but it really looks quite odd.

Joyce Murray, the newly elected MP from Vancouver Quadra used her first appearence in the House to bring up the Cadman affair. Again. Without any new evidence or questions. Again. And then Ken Dryden (York Center) followed up with much of the same. This issue needs to be investigated but until something new comes up it really needs to get out of the House. Can't say I blame James Moore, Parlimentary Secretary for shutting them down the way he does.

Poor Bob Rae (Toronto Center), first day back in the House and already John Baird (Minister of the Enviroment) is bringing up anti-Liberal quotes he made in his NDP days. But then again Baird hit Joyce Murray too so maybe he just really like making new MPs feel welcome.

A Canadian company sold the right to Trivial Pursuit today for $80 million. It was invented by a pair of Canadian journalists in 1981.

Starting on the first Nova Scotians won't be able to use cellphones while driving unless they have a hands free setup. Amen.

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John Oliver de la Daily Show rapping a la Jay Z made my night.