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"Somebody who defaces the Canadian flag should be put in jail for life," said Ottawa Liberal MP Mac Harb. Scarborough East Conservative Bob Hicks believes the best way to deal…
Deprogramming the Donkey
"The free market loves me." "You've been through a terrible ordeal..." "I know the free market loves me." "You're not your old self - you've changed." "I know the free…
Death Takes a Valium
The Voice of Doom boomed out over Baghdad: "Listen, I'm sorry to have to be the one to deliver the bad news, but another 100,000 of you are going to…
Harry Understood About Deregulation
It all started when Harry spent three weeks with food poisoning. He had eaten from a can of meat which had been part of a tainted shipment which the government…
Coda: Mister and Misses Frump Know Where To Draw the Line
Mister and Misses Frump were still and quiet for a long time. "I can't feel my toes," Mrs. Frump stated. After a couple of seconds, she added: "Who would have…
Orchestrated Chaos – Contents
Introduction: The Bad News Business I. DEADLINE NEWS: WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY, DAN? Deadline News: What's the Frequency, Dan? Rappin' Through University Choosing Up Sides Please, Mr. President, Can We Have…
Introduction: The Bad News Business
"Okay. You're a vegetable. We can all see you're a vegetable. There's no question about what you are. A vegetable. But, what we'd all like to know is just how…
Deadline News: What’s The Frequency, Dan?
Good evening. Our top story tonight: mere months after the worst nuclear disaster to date, Procter and Gamble has announced that it is about to market a new product called…
Rappin’ Through University
There has been a lot of concern over the past few years about the number of college and university graduates who are functionally illiterate (which, one can only suppose, means…
Choosing Up Sides
Even its staunchest supporters agree that democracy's excesses are the stuff of nightmares. I know I often wake up in a pool of sweat every time I dream of Bruno…
Please, Mr. President, Can We Have Some More?
I don't know about you, but I was getting sick and tired of reading those long tirades of mine against free trade. I promised myself that I would not write…
Knowledge, Power and Green Oranges
It is a strange world, indeed, where one can't even trust the colour of fruit! According to an article in The Sciences, a white egg is actually blue and an…