Trapped in Suburbia…

a blog by Rafael Gomez

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IT guy, code monkey, husband, father, target shooter, but unfortunately not independently wealthy.


Archive for October, 2008

First there was the draft McKenna site, now there’s the Draft Justin site. Apparently, according to them Justin has everything needed to lead the Liberal Party. I guess a freshly minted Member of Parliament with exactly zero days of experience sitting in the house has all the experience needed to run the self-described “natural governing [...]

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Despite Stephane Dion’s claims to the contrary it appears the rest of the party is planning for his speedy departure from office. Yesterday, Stephen Taylor blogged about the ‘Frank McKenna for PM’ website pushing to replace Dion with McKenna.  Today, the Toronto Star reports: Devastated by the disappointing showing of his party in the election, [...]

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Stephane Dion angry at CTV.

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

It looks like Stephane Dion is still mad at CTV over them running his failed interview in its entirety. When Roger Smith approaches Stephane Dion in the hallway he first finds himself manhandled by Dion’s RCMP escort. Then, after getting around them, manages to ask Stephane a question to which he responds, the last one I want [...]

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Halton to Garth: “See ya!”

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Garth Turner was sure he was going to be elected yesterday. At least, that was the message he was putting out with his bravado about being the ‘voice of Halton’ and how he would stand up to Ottawa, whatever it is that means. But his campaign was fraught with gaffes and petty rhetoric. First, he [...]

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Get results direct from Elections Canada.

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Election’s results should be available online from Elections Canada once the polls close.

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