People Really Like Him
An early Christmas present for Jack.

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Public support for Stephen Harper fell slightly in Canada this month, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 32 per cent of respondents approve of the prime minister’s performance, down two points since November.

Only 15 per cent of respondents approve of the way of Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is doing his job, up three points in a month. The approval rating for New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton is 29 per cent, up five points since November.

Of course this can only mean one thing to the paid pundits. Jack Layton needs to be replaced as leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada.

Hypochondriacs Lose
A recent study has confirmed that Wind Turbine Syndrome is psychosomatic.

Noise and vibration from giant wind turbines may be annoying but pose no risk to human health, an industry-funded study has found…

The study says there’s “nothing unique” about the noise or vibrations emitted by wind turbines and no evidence that the audible or sub-audible sounds have any direct adverse effect on health.

It suggests that those who are bothered by turbines simply have a lower tolerance for annoying sounds of all sorts.

Not surprisingly, anti-environmentalist hypochondriacs have already begun experiencing an adverse reaction to this study.

Conservatives Finding New Ways To Waste Money
Unfreakingbelieavable.

Here’s something that utterly infuriated me last night: DFAIT is looking to pay someone $100K to play around on Twitter, Flickr and YouTube to promote clubbing baby seals.

Can we finally bury the idea that Conservatives are good financial managers.