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Young Fox is back with mixed print/image collages that are truly chilling and not for the faint of heart. One point that he makes that we in Canuckistan must not forget - Our Paul is helping to legitimize the illegitimate and the indefensible 'election' in Iraq - and that includes our donation of paper (ie. not so traceable, traceable ballots).

Following the sage advice of Neil Young, Matthew Good appears to have decided it's better to burn out than to fade away. Mr. Good burned very hard and very bright for a short time and he was very good. We hope the creative juices and the outrage bring him back to the fray when he's ready.

Never, ever forget the man who uses words like Inigo Montoya uses his sword, Not-So-Jersey James Wolcott.

More locally, sometime reader Rob Broughton has decided to run for the Green Party in the upcoming provincial election. Check out his site; while we don't agree with everything he has to say, most of his positions make a lot of sense (and we're looking forward to the coming of his blog, especially if, like Andrea Reimer, he writes it himself).

We've noticed something interesting about the way Sean Holman runs his blog - he actually pays attention to his posters, and follows up on stuff they have to say. We like that - makes for an interesting dynamic amongst the crazys and it seems to draw out the real life pols and the wonks on both sides of the aisle.

While his constant format changes, server troubles, and snobber-snidely approach to his not-quite chosen profession tend to drive us crazy, we do like to read what the I-Ching King has to say. We especially liked this recent quip: "I may be a whore, but I’m an honest whore." (and while nobody has ever accused us of whoring honestly we are not afraid to stoop to outright idea-thievery when we see a good one on somebody else's shelf that we like - see Ian's 'Links Round-Up' feature for similarities to this drivel).

Unlike so many others, we hate the updated CBC website because they seem to have jettisoned much of their archived material which forces us to utilize the hated google-cached jumble pages for pull quotes.

While we still frequent the tried and true clearinghouse/opinion sites like Common Dreams and Truth Out, we are really digging the relatively new Daou Report. Granted, it's a bit of a left vs. right Point/Counterpoint kind of deal but we still like it because it's blog-o-centric, the capsule summaries are informative, to the point and up to date, and, best of all, it forces you to pay attention to what the other side is up to.

Finally, due a flurry of Broad St. Bullies Trivia on the threads, we were forced to look up the playing history of the Philosopher King himself, Reggie Leach, which reminded us of the most exotic junior hockey team we could ever imagine when we were kids - the Flin Flon Bombers.