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Elizabeth May’s Call for Cooperation Against the Conservatives

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250px-Labrador-RegionElizabeth May has declared that the Green Party will sit out a Labrador byelection and is calling for the NDP to do the same in order to help Liberal candidate Todd Russell, who lost to the departing Pena Penashue of the Conservatives by 79 votes in 2011.

Liberal leadership hopeful Joyce Murray is taking credit for the call to cooperation, and if successful could raise her profile in a leadership race that most expect Justin Trudeau to win based on his expert haircut and accomplished last name.  Murray has been the only candidate to endorse proportional representation, despite the fact that the Liberals use instant run-off voting to elect their own leader.  The Green Party and the NDP platforms both support proportional representation.

Should the gambit work, it could demonstrate the efficacy of tripartisan efforts and create a germ of hope for electoral reform in Canada.  Alternatively, Canadians can keep allowing for a minority of voters to elect a majority of MP’s.  In 2011, the Tories won 53.9% of seats in parliament with 39..6% of the popular vote.

Dark Knight Shooter’s Latest ‘Fuck You’ to America

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March 22, 2013

James Holmes, who made headlines last year when he killed 12 and injured 59 theater goers, has reportedly converted to Islam.  Now in jail and unable to commit further mass murders, it seems Holmes has turned to using his celebrity-killer status to give Republicans another excuse to hate Muslims.

It would come as no surprise if Fox News is presently airing a piece warning of the dangers Islamic extremists pose to the nation’s population of nerds and other comic book movie enthusiasts.

The credibility of the story however, has yet to be established.  Unnamed prison sources conveyed this information to The National Enquirer, a publication not usually noted for its integrity.  Holmes appeared in court recently after having grown a beard somewhere between The Hipster and The Kaczynski.  It is entirely possible that other press outlets are running with this story solely on the basis that, in America, the link between beards, Islam, and murder is less contested than the link between fossil fuel and global warming.

South Korea to North Korea : “You don’t call, you don’t write…”

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In a classic play by a jilted former lover, North Korea has resorted to grand gestures to communicate its despair, disconnecting its phone line and threatening to launch nuclear warheads at its ex’s friends.

Said one South Korean diplomat who preferred to not be named, “I mean sure, there was a time we said we’d always be together, but that was like the 1950’s, dude.  Move on.”

Reuters : “North Korea cuts off hotline with South Korea“