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Not to say that we’re not on heading toward recession, that the downturn in the US economy is doing anything to help our situation, or that everything is rosy and great.

BUT:

Do we really have a banking crisis in Canada? Just throwing this out there for thoughts… Peter Mansbridge, in his interview with Stephen Harper today, mentioned the banking crisis several times (watch). I’m not denying that we live in an interconnected world, that the US economy won’t drag ours down, or that our financial institutions stand alone, separate from the global banking system. But when no banks have failed, and the biggest issue they’re having seems to be that they’re stuck with (in CIBC’s case, very substantial) bad sub-prime mortgage debt from the US… When Canadian companies like Manulife are looking to scoop up American behemoths like AIG… (more…)

So yeah, I’m a *tiny* bit obsessed Sarah Palin. And, as Gawker says, Tina Fey is probably the only good thing about her. Every time I need to bring a bit of joy to my day, I tune in to NBC.com and watch one of the (now three) amazing Tina-Fey-as-Sarah-Palin clips. Of course, if she’s actually elected, I don’t think there’s a thing in the world that could bring joy to my days. If we even have days left… Oh dear…

Some great lines:
Tina Fey (as Sarah Palin): “Also, too, you see, I think a little differently from an insider. I don’t think it’s patriotic to pay more taxes. I don’t think it’s patriotic to criticize these wars we got goin’ on. I do it’s patriotic to tell the government ‘Hey, get outta my way. Stop trying to impose on my right to shoot wolves from a helicopter.’ But a Washington insider like Joe Biden probably disagrees.”

Another great line: “Gwen, we don’t know if this climate change whozywhatsit is man-made or if it’s just a natural part of the end of days…[flipping to taxes] We are not afraid to get maverickey and ruffle feathers and not got to allow that and also too… the great Ronald Reagan.”

[Update: Embedded video is completely b0rked in IE, but can be found here. NBC's embed code was futzing it up totally, so I cut the IE code... just don't use IE. Ever.]

[Update 2: Thank you NBC for giving us Canadians snippets and bits of video. Not as good as, say, Hulu or watching full episodes online, legally, but better than nothing.]