@ #21-23

The CBC worded it a bit differently:

"The government said a second reading of the legislation wouldn't occur until the next sitting of the house. With the government breaking soon for the summer, such a reading would not occur until the fall."

and I paraphrased them a tad too literally in my comment.

As per the usual with this Conservative government, by introducing it so late in session, they are employing what they believe to be sly tactics they hope will help to get this bill passed. It's not expected to reach second reading before the house breaks for the summer, therefore it won't be voted on until sometime in the Autumn. They are counting on the furor to have died down as attention shifts and drifts during the summer so they can slip it through relatively unnoticed in a few months time. They're expecting apathy and acceptance to set in by then.

The key to opposing this will be making sure the media attention and public outrage doesn't wane during that time. Especially since the opposition party is anything but these days, terrified to bring down the current government with a non-confidence vote because they know they themselves chose an ineffective leader. If your MP is Liberal, don't expect them to help you out on this one. It's going to be up to the people.

"If your security seriously contemplates defending against that level of technology (firing bullets out of a solid object less than 2" long), then you'd better confiscate all metal objects, period."

For gawd's sake, don't be giving them ideas!

Are we sure this isn't a necrophilia tape? Jimi looks like he's already dead in that still.

Stylewise, that seems to me to evoke The Simpsons' Springfield, albeit a much more rural version.

Sorry, somehow missed #4 the first time through the comments.

Coffee time.

Norman McLaren was an early master of this style of animation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sa046wJK8w

@ #19 - According to #10, 65% of voters aged 65 and up voted for Sarkozy. My bet is on that demographic being one that is still enamored with Jerry & Sly.

I mean, in the ludicrous world of stereotypes, anyway. ;-)

@ #16 - Since we're comparing him to celebrities, I've always thought Sarkozy looks in some photos like an unholy fusion of Jerry Lewis and Sylvester Stallone. Which --given longstanding French cultural worship of those two dubious American icons-- seems sadly appropriate.

Those who like these are advised to check out the work of Glorbes, a customs maker who posts on Fwooshnet. Amazing stuff, and most of it in the same vein.

http://www.thefwoosh.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12823