Where did she say she’s FROM Winnipeg? “The city I was living in at the time” could mean a lot of things.

Whoa, I live nowhere near Winnipeg — or even the Prairie provinces, for that matter — but I’ve just gotta say: characterizing it as a “do-nothing city in the middle of nowhere” is pretty harsh. For this Canadian at least, it’s also a serious distraction from your “sweet” Victoria Beckham anecdote.

My mind went there, too. It’s reflexive at this point, plus the word “ka-ching” is as K-friendly as it is Kris-friendly.

Canada was one of only two countries — the other being Mexico — that maintained uninterrupted diplomatic relations with Cuba after the 1959 Revolution. And, hell, that was a John Diefenbaker decision (a Progressive Conservative Prime Minister but a Conservative nevertheless).

That’s my guess, too. Plus, given that Jezebel doesn’t have moderators, it’d make sense.

That was really enjoyable to watch, so thanks for posting it.

The way you’d know is if your notifications showed that you’d been followed by Jezebel or one of the editors or staff writers (not sure if contributors have that power).

Oh, Lena, Canadians have long memories and not-so-fond memories of how tone-deaf insensitive you can be in the name of “humour”. True, you apologized for that thoughtless — and heartless — Paul Bernardo/Karla Homolka joke from a few years back but, more to the point, has it even crossed your mind that you might well…

I cannot name one Rita Ora song, either. However, I do know that her “fillum” career includes playing Christian Grey’s sister, Mia, in 50 Shades of Grey . But, yet, I haven’t seen the movie and I probably never will. Now it’s my turn to lose my train of thought. ;=)

A commenter posted that quote from Lil Kim but it’s way upthread, so here it is again. This made me very sad, too, and it just goes to show: low-esteem “learned” in childhood never truly disappears.

I have a feeling you’re probably right.

From what I’ve read, and been told, they were really serious about each other but the timing was not good as Streisand’s career was just taking off so moving to Ottawa was out of the question. It’s no wonder they remained good friends until the end of Pierre’s life.

Besides flecks of spittle jumping out of my computer speakers, I do wish there was a better early-warning system in place for when Ezra Levant is having one of his “moments”. Perhaps he’s late to the party because he’s been busy trying to figure out how The Rebel can make money off of this faux-scandal.

But yet, Linda Frum is a Senator. Linda “Crazypants-Partisan” Frum.

I’m pretty disturbed about this, too. JJ McCullough’s an absolute tosser — as-is — but adding Lorrie Goldstein and Tarek Fatah, both of the Toronto Sun, to the mix is unforgivable. Good grief, the only thing missing is an unhinged tweet from Ezra Levant.

I’d been tempted to say it sticks out “like dogs’ balls” rather than a sore thumb. Now “that” would’ve been impolite, possibly even viscerally so. ;=)

For the most part, I quite like what you and your colleagues have done with The Slot: it’s a worthwhile read and, ironically for a sub-blog, seems to be much better value than Gawker, despite it’s having gone all-politics. Bravo.

Are you sure about that? Sarah Coyne was very much present at Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s funeral, as was her mother Deborah. (Sarah’s easy to spot as she was only about 9-years-old at the time).

I couldn’t agree with you more. Plus, according to Bardish Chagger — Minister for Small Business and MP for Waterloo — there were roughly 200 high school students in the audience that day, most of them young women who are participating in a Perimeter Institute programme aimed at “inspiring future women in science”.

But most of the people you’re quoting represent the worst of the worst of the Canadian Conservative movement. You can’t be expected to know that — or recognize their names — but it sticks out like a sore thumb.