US elections: Looks like the GOP went to the “Dems are soft on terror” well too often. Huh. Kinda like the Libs going to the “Albertans are scaaary” well, I guess.

World’s smallest violin : In the matter of intolerant Hasidim versus overweening yuppies, it is hard to know whom to cheer for.

International edition: Residents of Laguna Beach don’t like how their “art and culture” community is portrayed on TV.

Non-sequitur watch : In his Post column today about tax refzzzzzz – sorry – tax reform, John Ivison writes:

“A big incentive for Flaherty to pursue sales-tax reform is that Quebec is thought to be enthusiastic. Premier Jean Charest is understood to have felt aggrieved that the last GST cut was sprung on him without providing an opportunity to take up the room vacated by Ottawa.”

I have no idea what that second sentence means. Can anyone help?

Non-sequitur watch II : Michael Ignatieff’s taste for biography-as-argument continues with his reasoning for why he opposes letting Saddam swing: “I am a man who has taught human rights during my university career. I am against the death penalty…”

I can see where he is coming from, I suppose. I am a man who had a ham sandwich for lunch. I am against the death penalty.

Authenticity watch: The anti-suburbia crowd takes a hit: Suburban commuters don’t mind the drive. It’s urban public-transport types who are miserable. Of course, it must be because their drone-like home lives are so awful.

(compiled with help from the handcaper)

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