I have little to add today. Pardon me, but I’m having a hard time getting excited about Ben’s dad taking the stand at the Oliphant Inquiry. Elephant Inquiry… count me in. But this… Now Conrad Black is getting some more court action. This is my junior coincidence of the day. I wonder if Lord Blizzack will get more play in the press than the 18th Prime Minister of our country over the next few days. The two could very likely compete for A1 space in both the G&M and the Post. (Didn’t see that coming 10 years ago!) Perhaps Hello! could get into it as well since both men sport lovely wives to and from their respective engagements.

My favourite coincidence, and by coincidence I mean not a coincidence at all, of the day is the Conservative attack ads on Michael Ignatieff (he’s so cosmopolitan!) vs. Iggy’s new book called “True Patriot Love” which, if memory serves, is directly plagiarized from our national anthem.  I think that Ignatieff takes the edge in this one.  The Tory ads come off as caustic which will likely turn off some voters.  Writing a book about how much you love Canada, and how much your lineage means to Canada, when you’ve spent the past three decades avoiding it to make your hay in greener pastures is some top notch baffling bullshit which people are just dumb enough to buy.

The Conservatives have unleashed their latest batch of attack ads. Obviously, this crop is aimed at the re-Canadian Micheal Ignatieff. Truthfully, I think these are a waste of money since only one of the four parties would attempt to spring an election. There’s no doubt in my mind that the Liberals would win at least a minority this summer, but for that to happen the Tories would have to lose a house vote on EI. Good luck getting the NDP or the Bloc to both vote with the Liberals on that one. Anyway…

It’s upsetting that the Tories are trying to make “cosmopolitan” a dirty word in these ads. Until now, the word to me is nothing more than a cocktail I refuse to drink for fear that Read the rest of this entry »