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FRENCH WORD OF THE DAY: Entacher

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Entacher: Literally, to stain or to mark with a spot.  Is also employed figuratively in the sense of diminishing the reputation or a person or organization, ie to sully, to discredit.

As seen in: « Une première accusation criminelle a été portée mardi à la suite de l’enquête d’Élections Canada sur de présumés appels frauduleux qui auraient entaché les élections fédérales de mai 2011. »

(Translation: “An initial criminal charge was filed Tuesday after the Elections Canada inquiry into the alleged fraudulent calls that are said to have sullied the federal election of May 2011.”)

http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/374699/appels-frauduleux-une-premiere-accusation-est-portee

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Looks like Patrick Brazeau won’t be taking part in the next Parliamentary charity boxing match…

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As I recall, the last time a federal politician was kicked out of the Conservative caucus, it was on some trumped-up charges of cocaine and organized crime, which proved to be without basis.  But it appears that the charges levied against sparring Senator Patrick Brazeau are much more serious—he’s reportedly rotting in jail as I type this.

According to the CBC, “Senator Patrick Brazeau has been removed from the Conservative Party’s caucus after months of weathering several controversies, while sources tell CBC News that he is in a police jail in Gatineau, Que., following an alleged domestic dispute.”  Of course, none of these allegations have been proven in a court of law, but the Tory ban-hammer is much more swift and merciless.  “A senior government source says Prime Minister Stephen Harper was saddened and shocked by the latest Brazeau developments, and took action immediately,” as per the CBC.  The report notes, however, that he will still be allowed to sit in the Senate as an independent—when he’s not sitting in jail, that is.  Methinks he might begin to wish he had some lemon water, herbal teas and fish broth after a few weeks of prison food!

I suppose one might have seen the signs: his disparaging remarks towards a female reporter, his failure to pay child support (to the girlfriend he dumped after she got pregnant), the humiliating boxing loss—to a Trudeau, no less—that likely left him questioning his manhood…  Let’s just say that if the allegations are true, I hope they keep him where he belongs, left to wither away until the age of 75 in Canada’s upper chamber of government!  (Oh, and while they’re at it, could they take away his housing allowance, too?)

COMMENT OF THE DAY: Uh, you and what army?

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From: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Parti+Quebecois+wins+what+prospects+referendum/7187382/story.html

Judging by the comments on this Quebec election story, it would seem that roughly 9 out of 10 Calgary Herald readers are in favour of Quebec separating from Canada.  The other one?  Well, that would be this guy:

Personally, I can’t picture Harper declaring civil war over a province that elected just five Conservative MPs last year.  Now, if Alberta were to separate, he’d have a serious political quandary on his hands!

Betcha this Calgary Conservative has seen a steady increase in traffic the last couple days…

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In case you missed it, Jon Lord, the legendary keyboardist for Deep Purple, passed away yesterday.  The 71-year-old was a vital organ in the Purple ensemble, having pioneered the use of the Hammond in rock music.  But when you Google his name, right beneath his Wikipedia page and official website, jonlord.org, is another official domain name, jonlord.ca–only this one has nothing to do with Deep Purple.

As it turns out, the Canadian Jon Lord is a Calgary businessman and politican looking to win the Conservative nomination for Calgary Centre after Lee Richardson stepped down.  A former alderman and MLA, he also failed in his bid to become mayor–finishing in a distant sixth place with just 0.4 per cent of the vote, and also failed to secure his riding’s nomination in the last provincial election, which was won by the eventual PC Candidate, Christine Cusanelli.  But that’s not to say he’s a complete failure.  According to his bio (scroll down for it), he’s a “long-term member” of MENSA, that organization for people with genius-level IQs, a provincial judo silver-medalist who’s “also studied street-fighting and knife and sword techniques” and the long-time owner of Casablanca Video in Marda Loop.  He also looks awfully cute and cuddly in a cowboy hat:

“Vote for me, or the puppy gets it!”

That said, for all his accomplishments, web design is definitely not his forte.  His, ugly, primitive Web 1.0 site features a distracting dissected picture of the Calgary sideline split by a grey background with a variety of text shapes and sizes (I’m pretty sure he uses Comic Sans for some quotes, even!), not to mention a logo that looks like it’s straight from 1972.  The pages are far too content heavy, and if you actually bother to scroll through all that text, you’ll find that while the initial paragraphs mention Calgary Centre, he talks about an awful lot that isn’t federal jurisdiction in his mission statement, and still mentions how he’d be a great candidate for mayor.  Guess even he couldn’t go through all that text to make the updates!

Mind you, if he hasn’t put any effort into jazzing up his site, it may be because he’s not considered a top candidate for the nomination.  This iPolitics article, which actually quotes Lord quite, erm, liberally, suggests that it could be a two-horse race between ex-journalist Joan Crockatt and current alderman John Mar–though I’m sure Lord’s campaign might’ve gotten a small boost from all those Deep Purple fans curious about the Canadian site with all the Calgary-related keywords. ;)

Foot-mail suspect puts the “adventure” in death by misadventure…

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Well, it turns out there’s more to the Conservative foot-mail case than just a buncha one-liners.  In a bizarre twist, The Gazette is now reporting that the suspect sought by police in the murder/dismemberment/limb-mailing affair is a gay porn star and male stripper.  Luka Rocco Magnotta apparently has “multiple websites depicting him in various photo spreads” and there’s even an interview out there in which he “complains about ‘lies’ linking him romantically or even married to schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka.”

Magnotta is also said to be “a James Dean lover and had cosmetic surgery to look like his idol.”  You can sorta see the resemblance in this police handout photo.  Of course, this doesn’t explain why he might kill someone and mail their body parts to Ottawa, but he seems like somewhat of a strange fellow nevertheless.

COMMENTS OF THE DAY: A foot in a box is sent to Tory HQ. Bring on the punchlines!

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From: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/human-foot-delivered-to-tory-headquarters/article2446647/

So, somebody sent a foot in a box to the Conservative Party HQ today.  Why did they do it?  Who knows, but let’s just cue the feet jokes…

Looks like Rob Anders’ operation to finally have his foot removed from his mouth was successful!

COMMENT OF THE DAY: Time to put the muzzle back on Rob Anders!

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From: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/why-does-tory-mp-rob-anders-keep-falling-asleep-on-the-job/article2356427/

When Rob Anders was caught on tape snoozing in the House of Commons a couple months back, it was mildly humourous for most people, while current and former residents of Northwest Calgary could only roll their eyes once again at the uselessness of their long-standing MP.  Keep in mind that the last time Rob Anders made headlines, he was calling Nelson Mandela a dirty commie—and that was over 10 years ago.

Unfortunately, he was caught napping again during a presentation about supporting homeless veterans on Tuesday—and this time, he’s speaking out about it in the Globe and Mail:

“It’s a smear job,” Mr. Anders said, categorically denying that he fell asleep during the presentation. “I had a car accident and I’m still facing the repercussions of that.” (WTF!?  You mean, you’re still in a coma?)

Instead of explaining his behaviour, Mr. Anders accused the veterans advocates of being “in the pocket” of NDP MP Peter Stoffer.

“They praised Vladimir Putin, at one point, for the way he deals with veterans, and then he just went on and on praising Peter Stoffer,” Mr. Anders said. “[Mr. Lowther] is the same guy who tried to crash one of the Prime Minister’s rallies and is on NDP press releases.”

As it turns out, Jim Lowther, president of Veterans Emergency Transition Services, did two tours of duty in Bosnia and one in Afghanistan, and strongly objects to being called an NDP hack.  David MacLeod, the group’s director of policy and communications, who made the presentation on Tuesday, is an ex-intelligence officer who worked on the NORAD closure and a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party who voted for Peter MacKay.  Rob Anders, once again, is out to lunch, and should really learn to keep his mouth shut, instead of his eyes.

 

Oddly enough, I have long speculated something along these lines with friends and relatives—without getting into explicit details about farm animals, mind you.  When most of the Calgarian Conservative caucus has held a cabinet post at one point or another, and he’s been a loud-mouthed, pea-brained, hyper-partisan backbencher for 15 freakin’ years, it really makes you wonder what dirt Anders does have on his Conservative colleagues.

COMMENT OF THE DAY: How not to vote for the Conservative party…

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From: http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/28/guelph-and-everything-after/

The latest on the robocall scandal is that the phone used to call RackNine was registered to a Pierre Poutine of Separatist Street in Joliette, Quebec.  Yeah, that’s not a fake name or anything.  Did I mention there’s a Pierre’s Poutine in Guelph?  The Ottawa Citizen does here.  And Restaurantica gives it 3.5 stars!

That said, the most interesting conversation I’ve read on the topic today comes from a Macleans Magazine blog that does little more than provide a couple links to other stories.  I like how the respondent misconstrued the question here.  Gee, the CPC wouldn’t know anything about that, would they?

 

(What happens if you go to vote after work, though?)

COMMENT OF THE DAY: So long, Shi Rong…

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From: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/beijing-replaces-reporter-who-traded-flirtatious-emails-with-tory-mp/article2277938/

China’s state-controlled news agency Xinhua has recalled its Toronto correspondent, Shi Rong, apparently for exchanging flirtatious emails with Conservative MP Bob Dechert.  According to an Ottawa Citizen article published in September, “There is no indication Shi every (sic) wrote about Dechert for her news agency but she is listed in a photo credit on Xinhua picture of Dechert campaigning in Mississauga during the election campaign this past spring,” which begs the question:

Peter’s principles come back to bite East Edmonton MP Goldring in the ass!

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As this Edmonton Journal article without a lead reports, longtime Tory backbencher Peter Goldring has withdrawn from the Conservative caucus after being charged with refusing to provide a breath sample when his car was pulled over in Edmonton on Saturday nite.  Some people say he must’ve been drinking to refuse the breathalyzer, but keep in mind that in ’09 Goldring wrote on his website that a House of Commons Justice Committee proposal to require “roadside screening” for all drivers was disturbing, stating “a country with the death penalty for drunk drivers would also see a decrease in the crime – and certainly no repeat offenders, but how far do we go with enforcement procedures?”

Thus, one could assume that he was not driving drunk in the early morning of December 4th, but that he simply refused to take the test out of principle.  A real man of principle, that Peter Goldring.  The Toronto Star reports that he has long been an advocate for child sexual abuse victims who suffered at the Kingsclear Training School in New Brunswick—a cause near to his heart, and a long way from his East Edmonton riding.  I’m sure that if he was leaving the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex at 12:30 in the morning, it was because he personally counted all the funds raised at the event himself.

Yup, Peter Goldring is a man of principle—and a bitchin’ beard, to boot!