Many have asked Wonkette to chime in on the insane constitutional crisis embroiling Canada’s idiot government these days, which is shocking, because well-to-do white nerd countries had supposedly given up on such uncouth measures as overthrowing the state. Slate’s posted a thorough summary of the whole thing; and if you’d like an “authentic” Canadian newspaper article about it… well crap, what’s the name of any Canadian newspaper… Toronto must have one… ah, here. Our briefest of recaps is below. MORE »

Ha ha, remember how Hillary Clinton said that Barack Obama’s people shouldn’t go privately blabbing to the Canadian government about how they didn’t really want to renegotiate NAFTA? It turns out that Clinton’s campaign may have been guilty of the same RANK BACK-DOOR HYPOCRISY AND SHENANIGANS that the American people are so sick of they will vote for John McCain, who got all that out of his system in the 80s. MORE »

Sometimes, it helps to end the day on a positive note. Today’s positive note: there is another head of state besides ours so experienced in yoga that he, too, can insert his foot completely in his mouth and yet continue to talk. Meet Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper who officially greeted the Dalai Lama in his office in October (a diplomatic no-no, since the Chinese government hates him). Asked to explain himself after the furor, he said, “I met the Dalai Lama in my office but I meet everyone in my office. I don’t know why I would sneak off to a hotel room just to meet the Dalai Lama. You know, he’s not a call girl.” Bush may have terrible pronunciation, but he never compared a meeting with a religious leader to one with a prostitute, eh? [Reuters]

After the GOP debate the other night, Post political correspondent Dan Balz admitted that he has no clue who the Prime Minister of Canada is. Come on, Dan! That’s an easy one! It’s Stephen Stills. No, wait, the other one — Neil Young. Right? [ETP]

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