Since I’m working for Elections Canada as a registration officer this election, I’m prohibited from now to the end of the voting day from publically commenting on the federal election. But it’s not as if there’s a lack of things to talk about …
NEW U.S. TV DEAL COULD SPIKE COYOTES MOVE TO WINNIPEG: Here’s an idea: move the team to Winnipeg but call them the Phoenix Coyotes. Given how bad television ratings and ticket sales are for the Coyotes in Phoenix, nobody in Arizona would notice the difference. (The Globe and Mail)
START YOUR DAY WITH A BANG The Rangers-Celtic rivalry in Glasgow soccer has deep and ugly cultural roots, and the latest example of great soccer and idiot “fans” – just before Sunday’s game at Ibrox, the Rangers’ home park – sees letter bombs sent to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and some other Celtic supporters. (The Guardian). Well, Celtic did have somewhere to take their frustrations out before the big day … (The Guardian)
ANOTHER REASON WHY REAL MADIRID SUCKS You beat arch-rivals Barcelona to win the Spanish Cup. What do you do for an encore? Drop the trophy under the parade bus wheels. (The Telegraph)
EVERY THINKING GUY’S SECRET FEAR If you’re a man in a relationship and have never thought about this, your IQ is smaller than your birth size. The kicker: he wrote that three years ago. He’s divorced now. (Deux Es Malcontent)
WILL THE CIRCLE (OF CRAZINESS) BE UNBROKEN? Charlie Sheen thinks Barak Obama isn’t an American. (Huffington Post)
iBROTHER IS WATCHING YOU It knows if you knows when you’ve been sleeping, it knows when you’re awake, it knows when you’ve been bad or good, so you’d better be good for goodness sake … (Tom’s Guide)
YOUR MOMENT OF ZEN April 20 was not just the day of pro-legalization protests for pot activists (CBC Vancouver) but it was also a certain late someone’s birthday (Wikipedia). It was also the time, in 1945, that the Soviet Army decided to crash the party. This is the first of the American specialty channel The History Network’s program on the fall of Berlin.
