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SCARY STEVE'S HIT LIST Like a schoolyard bully, it's Steve's way or the highway ...Poll: 78% tell Harper to back off on Stogran ! ...Steve, stand up for our vets ! ... Vets lose tiger in their corner ..."Our heroes are suffering" ...Old soldier not going peacefully ...Veterans wanted, dead, not alive ...

MCGUINTY: CABMIN RE-JIG, ELECTION PREP

AIR CANADA FLIGHT MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN WINNIPEG

Veterans ombudsman fights back as Harper tosses him aside like a used-up veteran 78% SAY: HARPER, BACK OFF !! 'Stogran is being shown the door by the Harper government, a move the ombudsman's supporters say is punishment for the retired colonel's vocal criticism of politicians and public servants for not doing enough for Canada's veterans.'

A 'tail-gunner style of politics' that increasingly turns people off THE PROBLEM IS THE WAY STEVE GOVERNS Meanwhile, Jane Taber trenchantly dissects Steve's, er, political summer

NHL'S GUY LAFLEUR CLEARED, PERJURY CONVICTION OVERTURNED CHOPPER CARRYING FOUR PEOPLE CRASHES INTO WOODS ON QUEBEC'S NORTH SHORE ONTARIO HOME OWNERS BURNT BY BARBECUE SEMINAR

PELLEY BRINGS HIS VISION TO ROGERS BLACKBERRY TORCH FLOPPINGThings go from bad to worse for Research In Motion

THE MAN WHO'S DRIVING AIR CANADA CRAZY PORTER'S GROWTH STRATEGY THROWN FOR A LOOP

Insiders suggest Harper fast approaching his 'best before' date STEVE IN A MAJOR PICKLE HARPER DELUGED WITH ANGRY EMAILS OVER REFUSAL TO ALLOW MPs EXPENSES AUDIT CONSERVATIVE FUNDRAISERS CALLING FROM PMO: PARTY MEMBER BEDROCK STEVE BACKER INKY MARK PULLS THE PLUG

IGNATIEFF MARTIN & DION ATTEND MEMORIAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR LAGUE

33 YEARS SINCE ELVIS DEATH TED KOWALSKI, MEMBER OF CANADIAN HITMAKERS THE DIAMONDS, DIES

$1.1 BILLION MAGNA COURT RULING EXPECTED TODAY

VETERANS GIRD FOR BATTLE OVER OMBUDSMAN

TORONTO IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE NOTHING RUNS LIKE A FORD

LOGIC OF SOLE-SOURCE JET FIGHTER BUY DOESN'T FLY Of all the needs in the Canadian military - navy, army and air force - 65 new F-35 fighter jets, costing some $16 billion, seem the least necessary. The question begs "why?"

In his quest for majority, Steve has fallen off the best path LIBS LOOK ON AS TORIES VANDALIZE CANADA IGGY EATS HIS WAY ACROSS CANADA

ATTACK DOG OR THOUGHTFUL NEGOTIATOR ? TORY MP PROMOTES GUN CLUB FUNDRAISER THROUGH PARLIAMENTARY RESOURCES TORIES DUMP OUTSPOKEN VETERANS OMBUDSMAN IGNATIEFF IN SUMMER

CANADIANS HONOURED FOR DEFENDING NATO BASE RIM ALLOWS INDIA ACCESS TO ENCRYPTED BLACKBERRY MESSAGES

LAYTON GIRDS FOR ANOTHER FIGHT HARPER AGENDA STOKES DUCEPPE'S FIRE VOTERS WON'T TAKE STEVE'S BAIT

CHALK RIVER REACTOR SET TO RESUME PRODUCING MEDICAL ISOTOPES

LIBS CLOSING GAP WITH TORIES DAY & CLEMENT EXPOSE HARPER'S KINGDOM PURITANISM COULD BE A WINNERONE DUMB SON-OF-A-GUN

RCMP: MONEY LAUNDERING AT CASINOS RAMPANT THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE RCMP

ONTARIO COURT BATTLE LOOMS OVER WIND TURBINES ORGANIZED CRIME EXPLOITS WIND INDUSTRY

Ignatieff communications director Mario Lague killed in motorcycle accident ...
Guergis released from hospital after crash

What the devils was Trudeau doing in Trenton ? IGGY FOLLOWS FAMILIAR PATH TO POWERTHE LIBERAL EXPRESS PICKS UP STEAM

Kheiriddin: The sad tale of Tony Clement HAS CLEMENT BECOME HARPER'S CENSUS FALL GUY ? Scary Steve and his Strong Men: ... a smug, self-satisfied coterie of partisan strong men whose coarse manipulation of facts and rational argument supplants intelligent debate ... a supremely disengaged cabal of oligarchs fretful about nothing, except one thing: the next general election

Poll shows Ignatieff has recovered from the spring IGGY GETS JIGGY AS LIBS, TORIES, IN NEAR DEAD HEATTHE LONG FORM WILL RETURN BUT VOTERS WON'T

Steve plays to captive audience of fewer & fewer supporters STEVE FACES 'CRITICAL MASS OF FRUSTRATION' CLEMENT MISLED CANADIANS ON CENSUS: SECRET DOCUMENTS WHERE DOES THE BUCK STOP ?

LAWYER BALKS AT REQUEST TO SPEED UP CENSUS COURT CASE MISSING TORY CHAIRMAN PROMPTS POLITICAL MANEUVERING AT SAFETY COMMITTEE

OIL SANDS TOXINS GROWING RAPIDLY OIL SANDS PIPELINE TO COST CANADA 36,000 JOBSTOO LITTLE TOO LATE FROM ED ?

TICATS MOVING TO QUEBEC CITY ?

Steve brings his famous bacon-wrapped hot dog turtles to Gerry's ranch BBQ WHY DOES STEVE THINK HE'S SMARTER THAN THE EXPERTS ?

IGGY CONNECTING VERY WELL WITH COMMON FOLK BUS TOUR RECASTS LEADER'S IMAGE TOP QUEBEC ADVISER QUITS FED LIBS TO RUN FOR CHARESTCHRETIEN HOME FROM HOSPITAL AFTER BRAIN SURGERY

TORIES ACCUSED OF TRYING TO DISCREDIT AUDITOR-GENERAL EX-STATSCAN BOSS GETS NEW GIG

PM TO UPGRADE & EXPAND VANCOUVER AQUARIUM

HONDA CANADA RECALLS 44,000 CDN ...& 384,000 US VEHICLES ANTI-OIL SANDS ADS DAMAGING ALBERTA'S BRAND & TOURISM

PETER PUCK SENTENCING POSTPONED APPLE iPHONE 4 EXEC LEAVES COMPANY UNDER CLOUD ACCUSER OF EX-HP CEO STEPS FORWARD

The rigours of pack political journalism Mia Rabson 1 AM: Prime Minister Stephen Harper emerged from a summer holiday last week at the Conservative summer caucus retreat Thursday, and then at a minor tweaking of his cabinet Friday. Jane Taber 8:30 AM: Stephen Harper emerges later Monday from the shadows after a three-week holiday, taking his message to British Columbia, where he will attend a major gathering of the Conservative "family" in B.C. This comes on the heels of a mini-cabinet shuffle Friday, an all-day national summer caucus meeting Thursday and a series of cabinet meeting earlier last week.

HARPER IN HIS ARROGANCE FAILS CANADIANS THERE ARE STATISTICS, THEN TORY STATISTICS

STIMULUS MONEY ? WHAT STIMULUS MONEY ? MEANWHILE, HARPER FUNDING CONDOMS IN PRISONS

Rising doubts as to Steve's 'bullying approach' and ability to govern STEVE BURNING HIS BRIDGES Steve's magical departure from reality ... keeping Canada in the dark ... refuses to answer reporters questions ... claims opposition pushing election ... re-jigs his faltering Cabinet, demotes Baird ...

Among way-y-y-y too many other things, Steve now a theatre critic FESTIVAL HEAD TAKES ISSUE WITH HARPER'S CRITICISM OF PLAY TERRORIST PLAY PROMPTS POLITICAL DEBATE

HELENA GUERGIS IN CONVERSATION

PAUL DESMARAIS EST-IL MOURANT ? WHY LORD BLACK NOT RETURNING TO CANADA

SHOCKER: HP CEO QUITS AMID SEX-HARASSMENT PROBE STURSBERG OUT AT CBC

CONRAD BLACK DROPS BID TO RETURN TO CANADA

AIR CANADA FIXES DYING 8-YEAR-OLD'S WHEELCHAIR

LIB EXPRESS HEADS TO IQALUIT

LOCAL TV GETS ITS FAIR SHARE SOUTH OF THE BORDER

~ FREE HELENA ~ Be a man, Steve, apologize ... What meltdown ?

CARPET-CLEANING CONTRACTS BEHIND PROBE OF ONTARIO MINISTRIES

BC RCMP REMOVES GOOGLE TRANSLATIONS FROM WEBSITE AFTER COMPLAINTS 'Mounties to pay around $3,000 a day until another French translator hired'

UNIBROU 17 WORLD'S BEST DARK ALE DOCTORS PRESCRIBE CHANGE Canada's docs call for national dialogue on the future of health care... and they have an ambitious plan!

Legendary newsman Bruce Garvey dead @ 70

While threadbare Harper pushes $16B sole-source JSF jet order, threadbare UK may cancel its JSF order $25 M TO SOFT-SOAP STEVE'S CENSUS COCK-UP HOW HARPER CUT THE CENSUS STRINGS, THEN GOT TANGLED IN THEM HARPER v. THE PUBLIC SERVICE

CANADIAN POLITICS ABOUT TO HEAT UP ACOA WRITE-OFF $38.8 MILLION Your tax dollars at work: Agency helped finance everything from gourmet dog treats to acoustic guitars

FIRST UAE, NEXT INDIA TO BAN BLACKBERRY EMAIL ?

'Too many fumbles on too many non-issues is not the sign of a strong leader.' A FAILURE TO CONNECT COMMUNICATIONS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, BUT HARPER JUST DOESN'T GET IT ADD A $1 MILLION TO STEVE'S PMO BUDGET

Our next King born for a purpose MY DUTY IS TO SAVE THE WORLD

Controversies hurting Tories and a silent Steve STEVE'S SUMMER OF OUR DISCONTENT ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS ASK TORIES TO BACK OFF ON CENSUS THE GLOBAL DUNCE CAP AWARD

Steve's pal Anders claims China using gifts & sex to influence politicians TORY MP BLASTS CHINA FOR POLITICAL GRAFT Anders claims 'politicians and government officials from Canada and other countries are being wooed with extravagant gifts, beautiful young women and too-good-to-be-true business deals'

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING TORY TENT HARPER CHIEF OF STAFF GUY GIORNO TO GIVE KEYNOTE SPEECH ON LOBBYING ETHICS CIVIL SERVANTS SHINE AMID TORY DARKNESS WHERE THE DEVIL IS STEVE ?

AN IFFY QUEBEC ASBESTOS MINE

TOYOTA RECALLS 416,000 SEDANS IN USA & CANADA FORD TO LAY OFF NEARLY 500 WORKERS IN WINDSOR

Say, where's Steve these days ? TORY SUPPORT PLUMMETS

Boondoggle Steve: Welcome to Swindle Island ! G20 SECURITY FIRM DEAL RAISES STINK "We feel strongly that this process, and the resultant costs to the taxpayer, does not meet the smell test" - Ross A. McLeod, president of Association Of Professional Security Agencies ... Ex-Peter Mackay adjunct-turned-tobacco-lobbyist Duncan Rayner, a former 'Director of Operations for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada' who claims a 'central role in uniting Canada's Conservative Parties' no less, listed with Commissioner of Lobbying as Aeroguard lobbyist. It remains unclear who owns CSC and what ties, if any, it has with the Conservative Party. Developing.

US TAXPAYERS ON THE HOOK FOR $10 BILLION $32.2 BILLION FOR BP OIL SPILL COSTS BP swings to massive $17.2 Billion loss ...Latest spec has hapless Hayward headed to far-off BP Serbia

CLEMENT MAINTAINS OBJECTIONS TO 'INTRUSIVE' CENSUS EX-STATSCAN HEAD DEFENDS MANDATORY CENSUS

Most expensive Canadian military deal ever lacked competition IF ELECTED, LIBS PROMISE TO REVIEW CURIOUS TORY-FRIENDLY GIG $16B SOLE-SOURCE JET DEAL UP IN THE AIR MEANWHILE, HARPER DROPS STANDARDS FOR NAVY CHOPPERS IN EXCHANGE FOR $80 M LOCAL CONTRACTS

HARPER TORIES LOSING THEIR CENSUS PM DECLARES WAR ON PUBLIC SERVICEHarper's census debacle was months in the making

COVERUP: WHERE IS OIL SANDS REPORT ? SPILL IT, THEN DRILL IT

ANCHORS AWAY FOR COMMODORE DAVE

Buggering up issues that have no place being buggered up has become Harper's hallmark CONTROL LINKS GUERGIS & CENSUS DEBACLES Guergis considers legal action ...Snivelling Steve and the Hogan's Heroes defence ...Clement invokes Sgt Shultz 'I know nothing' mantra ...Another exercise in bad government ...It's all about Steve ...

IFFY INVOKES TRUDEAU ON TOUR STOPIFFY HYPOCRITE ON ASBESTOS ?

Inuit may sue over Harper's broken oil drilling promises INUIT FURIOUS OVER HARPER FLIP-FLOP WHY CAN'T THE COUNTRY TRUST STEVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING ?

"And this is my famous 'Shawinigan Handshake' that you can use on Solberg" CHRETIEN: IFFY IS THE BEST GUY FOR THE JOB

Canadians split on what Harper should do with Guergis HE PULLED A FAST ONE AND NOW HELENA WANTS ANSWERS THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH IN STATSCAN BOSS RESIGNATION JAFFER PAL GILLANI'S FRAUD CHARGES SET ASIDE

Conrad Black hopes to return to Canada BLACK SAID EN ROUTE TO CHICAGO

POSTMEDIA'S GODFREY TARGETS UNIONS

PROBE SLAMS DEADLY ASBESTOS INDUSTRY IFFY, ER, IFFY ON ASBESTOS EXPORTS

BIDEN PROMISES 'BUY AMERICAN' ENFORCEMENT

NEW HOPE FOR KIDNEY CANCER PATIENTS H1N1 SHOT AVERTED NEARLY 1 MILLION CASES LE JUNGLE DES MEDICAMENTS GENERIQUES

LEADERSHIP BY WAY OF IGNORANCE HARPER TORIES SHOW HOW TO GOVERN BADLY THE $16 BILLION QUESTIONS

IFFY ON IFFY, NOT SO IFFY ON MCGUINTY

WHAT HAPPENS NOW FOR CONRAD BLACK ?

COMMODORE DAVE: PUT A TROPICAL TREAT UNDER YOUR TREE THE 2 BILLS, CLINTON & GATES, CALL FOR MORE EFFICIENT WORLDWIDE AIDS FIGHT Why did Steve throw baby out with bathwater ? THE DAY STEVE THREW COMPETITION OUT THE WINDOW

BUT DID STEVE LOVE YOU THE NEXT MORNING ? RISE OF THE JEDI CHURCH

GULF SEABED OIL SEEPAGE FEARED HARPER HAS NO CLEAR CHAIN OF COMMAND IF FOREIGN OIL SPILLS IN CANADIAN WATERS BP ALLOWED TO KEEP CAP CLOSED FOR 24 HRS 65 jets, $140M a pop, no-bid gig: who's getting greased ? IN-DEFENSE-IBLE CONTROVERSY DOGS $16 BILLION SOLE-SOURCE DEAL Note: Bourque is always out front in supporting our troops, whether on the battlefield, on the seas, or in the air. Bourque also supports the regular upgrade of mission-critical military equipment, including a new fleet of fighter jets. But, Bourque does not support the increasing use of sole-source contracts for myriad government needs that not only included the billion dollar sole-source summit boondoggle, but now includes the largest government purchase in the history of Canada. In short, we either live in a democracy where all qualified interested parties are permitted to bid on government projects or we don't. For illogical reasons, Team Harper seems to think differently and is sullying the Conservative brand. In a post-Adscam world, the ends never justify the means, something the Tory leadership seems to have conveniently forgotten. Or do we need a Gomery-like commission and RCMP probe to bring everyone back to reality ? - pierre

PICTOU NEWS: IS SOLE-SOURCE BEST METHOD ? COL. SANDERS NEWS: IS KENTUCKY-FRIED BEST METHOD ?

Curious fed gvt deals prompts Card to repay $300K: observers say much more to come. Developing. BRIAN CARD BAGGED $45 MILLION UNDER HARPER'S WATCH CHEECH & CHONG TELL STEVE TO 'WISE UP' ON POT LAWS SOUDAS: CANADA LEADS WORLD IN JEDI KNIGHTS

MAN DEAD AFTER RCMP STANDOFF CHINESE TEEN DROWNS ON SCHOOL TRIP IN SQUAMISH 2 HURT IN QUEBEC THUNDERSTORM, TORNADO

CELLPHONE USE TOPS 5 BILLION SCREW CAP WINE BLAMED FOR LOSS OF FOREST IN CAMPAIGN TO REVIVE TRADITIONAL CORK

QUEBEC PLANE CRASH KILLS 4 COMMODORE DAVE: IS ST THOMAS A PARADISE LOST ?

MIKE BOSWORTH: CONNECTING WITH KEY CUSTOMERS

CRTC NIXES TORY TV'S PREFERRED STATUS BIDDITCHBURN TWEET: FOX NEWS NORTH HITS A SNAG

EUROPE WARNS OBAMA: THIS RELATIONSHIP NOT WORKING

CME: REFURBISHING ONTARIO'S NUCLEAR FLEET A MAJOR ECONOMIC BOOST

BC NEEDS COLORECTAL-CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM HIV RATES IN YOUNG AFRICANS FALL - REPORT CLICK FOR REPORT A make-or-break summer ... Nothing to lose ...A plea for help ...Rain on Iffy's parade ...Lilley reports in ...

WHILE CABLE RAKES IT IN, LOCAL TV STRUGGLES ON

GENERIC DRUG DEAL TO DROP ANNUAL COSTS BY $380 MILLION IT'S A HUGE PRICE CUT, BUT PHARMACIES DIDN'T DO BADLY

SARKOZY FACES FRENCH AMID SCANDAL TIED TO HEIRESS SWISS GOVT WON'T EXTRADITE POLANSKI

MENARD, FEMALE SUBORDINATE CHARGED IN SEX CASE WOUNDED SOLDIERS RAISE FUNDS, AWARENESS IN ASSAULT ON TARGA NEWFOUNDLAND Flaherty flashback: 'It's worth the billions for the tremendous prestige' $2 BILLION SUMMITS BUT NOBODY BOTHERED TO TUNE IN DEFICIT ? WHAT DEFICIT ? $16 BILLION FOR JETS MEANWHILE, NAVAL RESERVE CUTS THREATEN COASTS

Tories stuck despite dud Lib leader, glitzy QE2 visit & two extra-pricey world leaders summits IPSOS: STEVE GOING NOWHERE IN POLLS Party leader as party brand: Once considered the solution, increasingly considered the problem

ADVANCE IN QUEST FOR HIV VACCINE BC TO CUT PRICE OF GENERIC DRUGS

What's the deal with our commanders and 'inappropriate relationships' ? CANADIAN COMMANDER IN HAITI SACKED

Top-echelon Tories start sweating Steve's growing summit boondoggle STEVE'S $2 BILLION BOONDOGGLE NIGHTMARE

SENATOR FINLEY'S SABRE-RATTLING QUICKLY DISMISSED SPEAKING OF THE SENATE, STEVE NAMES DEFEATED CANDIDATE NEW SENATOR

HEY, WHAT GIVES ! VIC TOEWS BUREAUCRAT PAL DAVE LANGTRY LIVES IN WINNIPEG, WORKS IN OTTAWA ?

LLOYD ROBERTSON TO RETIRE NEXT YEAR LISA LAFLAMME GETS THE GIG !

Whoops -- who started the accidental trade war SO MUCH FOR A 'CONSERVATIVE' GOVERNMENT

NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCT ADS MISLEADING & UNPROVEN UN MEDECIN DOIT PAYER $10,000

Wazzup with this guy, Steve ? STEVE'S SENATOR: ER, ON SOBER 2ND THOUGHT

Can PMO confirm contract given without public tender to Tory-friendly firm ? BOONDOGGLE UPDATE: G20 FENCE COST $9.4M, TWICE AS MUCH AS ESTIMATED Curio: Harper crony Ken Boessenkool registered as SNC-Lavalin lobbyist from "2010-02-08 to 2010-04-30"

Rest assured, party members and fellow citizens, the food was delicious ! STEVE BLOWS $32,000 ON 2-HOUR CHOW-DOWN Partying like it's 1999: Harper, the GG, a few tag-along world leaders, and various IOC mucky-mucks feasted like potentates on 'wild salmon, bannock, tourtiere, Alberta beef' and, yes, Nanaimo bars. Total cost: $32,161.50

Harper's top Quebec CabMin snagged in Jaffergate NO ETHICS PARADISE FOR PARADIS ? NEW CRUISE SHIPS MAKING BIG WAVES

Iffy toured the boonies and all I got was this lousy t-shirt

CSIS BOSS: I MEANT WHAT I SAID

CAT IN THE HAT GOES 3D WITH iPHONES OUT OF STOCK, QE2 SETTLES FOR A BLACKBERRY PMO yet to confirm that 2nd Airbus used to ferry Queen's hundreds of hats

PLANCK REVEALS ANCIENT COSMIC LIGHT Boondoggle Steve forgot to report $869 Million in contracts G20 COCK-UP DAMAGES TORIES CHANCES IN TORONTO & GTA NEXT ELECTION WOOPS, THERE GOES ANOTHER $ BILLION FEDS GRANT TORONTO INDY RACE $772,000: MONEY FOR NOTHING & THE PITS ARE FREE PATRONAGE: WHAT, WHO, STEVE ?

CANADIAN NUCLEAR PLANT REHAB GOES AWRY MEANWHILE, AREVA DEAL CLOSE AND ALL IS WELL IN IFFY'S WORLD AGAIN WHEN THE QUEEN CALLS, IFFY JUMPSBritain learning from Canadian Liberals, says Iffy ...Iffy Libs would re-activate Canadian knighthoods ?

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