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The Terrorist at My Door

October 27, 2008

Most couples argue over the usual things- money, housework, and strippers. My wife and I? We argue over her willingness to let terrorists into our house. Here’s the situation:
On Saturday at about noon I was sipping my tea and reading Margaret Wente’s vacuous Upper Canadian whining in the Globe and Mail when our doorbell rang. [...]

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A lot of people in the personal finance blogosphere are at least ostensibly anti-debt. I’m not one of them. While I agree that no debt is better than any debt, I also believe that not all debt is evil and that borrowing can often serve some very useful purposes. Borrowing to purchase a house, to [...]

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So you’re upside down on your car loan and behind on your payments? Afraid the bank is going to repossess your vehicle? Worried about the economy? Here’s a brilliant idea- torch your car and report it as stolen!

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I’m quite the political junky, and have been since I first started hanging around campaign offices in high school. At various points, I have campaigned for each of the Liberals, the Progressive Conservatives, the New Democrats, and the Canadian Alliance. Currently, I’m a jaded pseudo-independent who delights in torturing the candidates who come knocking on [...]

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As I was watching the Canadian Party Leaders’ French Debate last night, I couldn’t help but think that it would have been a whole lot more entertaining if the translations had been voiced by the leaders’ obvious doppelgangers from The Simpsons. Here are my choices:

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