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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    This is historic! CNN has just delivered the Twitter generation's "Dewey Defeats Truman."

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    When the Canadian and American governments condemn Syrian human rights abuses, remember: That is the regime we handed Maher Arar to.

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    Angry scientists gathering on Parliament Hill to protest. Before, it was statisticians. It takes a special government to make that happen.

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    The test of critical thinking isn't spotting errors in argument whose conclusion is unwelcome. It's whether you spot BS in stuff you like.

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    So Conservatives believe "underage children" are too young be exposed to sex education. But old enough to be imprisoned in Guantanamo.

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    Politicos must learn they can't drop things down the memory hole. Please RT so Peter van Loan understands: http://t.co/ObaS3jLF

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    Seriously, Parliament can be lied to without consequence, closed at will, and ordered to swallow anything. Parliamentary democracy is dead.

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    Marc Garneau makes key point: Government permitted not even one tiny amendment to its C-38 behemoth. That bespeaks arrogance. And contempt.

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    Hey, everybody! You either #TellVicEverything or you side with the child pornographers.

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    Heart-warming stuff from Ann Romney. Her big finish: "...and that's why we want to remove health care from millions of people!"

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    If Luka Magnotta is ultimately convicted of murder, the cruelest thing we could do to him is never mention his name again.

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    Organ donor cards should have a box that reads "unless it's Dick Cheney."

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    Scientists protesting on Parliament Hill. "WHAT DO WE WANT?" "EVIDENCE!" "WHEN DO WE WANT IT?" "AFTER PEER REVIEW!!!"

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    So. To repeat. A minister and a prime minister lied stonewalled Parliament and lied to the public about F-35 costs. Consequence? Nothing.

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    Bev Oda's lush expense account is the least serious offence committed by the Harper government. And the most resonant. God help us.

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    So the PM stuffs his entire legislative agenda in one bill and imposes time limits. Good thing Young Stephen Harper isn't alive to see this.

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    Know what casinos are? Supervised gambling sites. The main difference with supervised injection sites is politicians love them.

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    Politicians who think criminals read the Criminal Code and run cost-benefit analyses before making decisions have never met a criminal.

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    Seems that misleading Parliament is still considered a firing offence in Britain. How quaint. RT @indyonsunday: http://t.co/9raXf90F

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      Dan Gardner @dgardner

    Wow. They did it. They went after the credibility of the AG. http://t.co/BqZXYJa3 They did it to RCMP, SCC, EC. But it's still surprising.

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