Bah. I don't have time to write several nice long thoughtful posts today, because I Work Hard for My Tuition. So instead here's a couple of quick hits.
Stephen Harper finally apologized to the people who have been booted out of Conservative rallies, saying, "If anybody is kept out of any of our events that is there to hear our message, we obviously apologize to them. Our interest is in having as many people out to hear our message as we can. We are having huge meetings, we had another huge one last night. And we want people to hear our message." Personally, I prefer this headline.
Why am I not surprised that John Baird doesn't know what a flash mob is? The Conservative MP told reporters that "I'm not sure what a flash mob is but it sounds a bit disconcerting."
Apparently, happy people are more likely to vote than unhappy people. This might explain some additional things about low youth voter turnout.
The NDP is committed to fighting crime, particularly gang violence, in a prevent-crime-by-giving-people-something-constructive-to-do way rather than in a build-mega-prisons-and-increase-minimum-sentences way.
Read this awesome article about what happens when you exclude young people who are trying to get involved in politics.
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