I had a tough choice on this one - so many to choose from. I had to go with the Appetizer though. I wonder what Inuktitut would sound like to whoever posted this gem? Or Hebrew for that matter?

I vote for dessert. Points to note:

1. “Not so the fearless Shlemazl, who, in a post singing the praises of the Harper Regime, reserves her very highest praise for this magnificent achievement.”

- It’s not Harper “regime” but “the Government”.
- I am a “he”. Can’t you see it from my side-bar icon? That thing between my legs isn’t my tail.

2. “Exactly. Once you’ve decided that law, fairness, and economic sense are no longer essential, it’s amazing how quickly you can solve these little contretemps!”

- Law hasn’t run it’s course and the legal battle could go on forever.

2. In the mean time there is a slump in the house market in the US and the need for lumber is decreasing rapidly. It was vital for the agreement to be sorted out as far as the lumber companies were concerned because they needed to fix their market share now. That is why the vast majority of them supported it. Of cause the rest of Canada also benefits economically from better relations with our main trading partner.

3. I guess the fairest thing would be for provinces not to regulate prices and for the US to stop the threat of duties. Don’t think our Government has the power to enforce provinces to do this, but it’s part of the agreement that if provinces were to stop seting prices, there would be no duties.

4. You forgot to mention that 5 billion of duties were in the US. 80% of the total will now be transferred to Canada.

Thanks for your interest.

1. I know how dictionaries define “regime”. However I wasn’t born yesterday and let us be honest: we both know exactly why you used the word “regime”.

2. “Quite. So…perhaps it’s a bit premature to be hailing this debacle as an “outstanding” achievement?” It isn’t premature. The legal battle could have gone on for ages had it not been for the agreement. Are you a lawyer by any chance? Only lawyers love and benefit from infinite legal battles.

3. “Tell you what. Give me your bank account and PIN numbers. I’ll clean out your account. Then, after a few years of wrangling, I’ll give you back 80% of it. And I’ll expect you to describe my action as “outstanding”.

In fact there is no need to provide you with the bank account info. Three years ago I lost $10 in an argument. Please let me have $8 back. Rest assured, I will describe your action (and mine for negotiating the deal) as “outstanding”.

Now you’ve done it. Once shlemazl has you in his sights, he never goes away (and of course, is never wrong)… I’ll arrogantly add that I never made the mistake of misjudging shlemazl’s gender, since the instant he showed up, like any stray, I spun him around and had a good look at the back end. Undescended, they were, but still distinguishable.

I’m voted for the Aperitif. The others were just too irritating….well, CS’s was also harmlessly loony, but he’s sooo last month ago.

Ah, Ti-Guy.

I see your political discourse has aquired a new level of depth. Much improved from “you are a stormtrooper, “your mother is a whore”, “I slept with your mother” and “what is your level of education?”.

I love looooneys and you are my favourite one.

P.S. Why do my testicles concern you so much?

You need new glasses. My testicles are clearly visible; I am almost touching one with my left hand.

Oh; I thought I should return the complement. My latest post is about you.

That’s not a bad joke you made there :-)

It’s been a while since I have come across a leftwinger with a little sense of humour.

Thanks for all the amusement your site gave me.

It’s there for everyone to see: http://myblahg.com/?p=1173

Of course I have to weigh in on the Toothpicks (Dessert) with Pickled Beef close behind.
Emerson and Harper have, and will be shown to have, sold Canada down the river on a raft of cheap, beetley softwood. Companies will tank (not the big ones like Canfor, which will hardly register a dent), the $450 million “signing bonus” to Bush will not be discussed until years later, and the forestry industry as it applies to the actual “boots on the ground” will suffer much more than in the past. The small companies who still operate(d)under NAFTA and WTO will be toasted on the bonfire of the vanities that is Harper and Emerson and their Softwood Deal. Also, (which is not making the news as much as it should) is the downturn in US housing starts. This will effect the 2-year Softwood Deal before the ink is even dry. Canada will be shipping more moolah south, or taking it in the kidneys for some while. Outstanding!

As for Pickled Beef; may PB never have to make a choice like the falling people did. Things happen to people who get out and about, learn new things, think new thoughts. What is truly disturbing about Pickled Beef is how quickly the concern for the victim(s) changed as soon as there was an intimation that the victim took some ownership of his or her own death. Instead of seeing some defiance against the “terrorists” winning, PB chose instead to see cowardice. Instead of seeing people defying unjust death, or people exercising their god-given free will unto the death, Pickled Beef chose shame, fear, shunning and IMO denigrated the falling people.

“It’s been a while since I have come across a leftwinger with a little sense of humour.”

I think we’re pretty darned funny. I regularly crack me up. Stick around!

Yes, we’re familiar with the spin. Bottom line: a billion dollars gone.

balbulican: Just a note of thanks for the outstanding entertainment you’ve been providing on Canadian Sentinel. Since I’ve been banned for life, I’m unable to join the party. The dumb squat never ceases to amaze me. It’s one thing to be stuck on stupid, but to enthusiastically embrace your ignorance on a daily basis is mind boggling.
Please keep the show runnung. There may be a book in it for you.

I had to go for ‘wafer thin mint’ because the idea of taking an online “photo of the week” poll seriously just made me laugh. Close behind were the overwrought hypocrisy of the main course, and the stylishly offensive racism of the appetizer.

But… they are all so hideously wretched this week…

I. Just. Can’t. Decide.

No fair.

balb: CS thinks you’re going to submit to Islam. Say it ain’t so!!

Me, I’m not so sure.

I think that if he were alive and blogging today Mr. T. just as likely might be sniffin’ the blue.

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“IslamoNazis”

That’s a new one for me. I gotta vote for it for exposing me to a new word.

Don, I think this wonderful farce at Canadian Sentinel may be approaching its hilarious conclusion. Read the original post here (which includes stern instructions to “leftists” who disagree with him, then read the comments thread , in which my mini-course in “How To Spot The Loony Mock-Journalist” receives less that cordial reception.

It’s a vintage CS thread: according to un-named sources, an allegedly rising number of non-Mexican illegal immigrants (no figures given) are carrying a chemical that can be used as a treatment for radiation poisoning (no interview or documentary evidence or links provided). This clearly illustrates that some terrorist is going to detonate a nuke, and for some reason all the illegal immigrants know about it and are presumably flocking towards the site, with anti rad medicatons. Makes perfect sense.

Don, Balb,

If you want to have a real thigh slapper, check this comment by CS at Kate’s site admonishing his fellow conservatives and the media for jumping to conclusions on the Dawson College incident in Montreal.

He seems to be almost immitating someone. What do they about immitation and flatery?

Here’s the link. Sorry, I am HTML challenged:

http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/004603.html#c102163

I see you’re on the brink, balb. Don’t worry Peter and I will make room on the castaway boat for you.