Eminem has turned into the JD Salinger of mall hip-hop, but apparently he’s been busy lately. Straight from his compound, here’s the latest…and hell, it’s not bad!

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One hell of a baritone

Levi Stubbs, lead singer of legendary Motown band The Four Tops, has died at his home in Detroit, US, aged 72.

The performer, who had suffered ill-health for several years, passed away in his sleep.

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This is what the Minneapolis Star-Tribune had to say about yesterday’s result:

Harper had called elections early in hopes of getting his party a majority, but the Conservatives sought to put a good face on the results, pointing to their increased number of seats.

“Every other incumbent government in the Western world is in serious political trouble with the economic situation,” Conservative legislator Jason Kenney said. “Ours is probably the only one that could be re-elected — let alone with an increased mandate.”

Two things are nice to note here: first, the paper mentions specifically that Harper called elections to get a majority, which means he failed and wasted the country’s time and money in the process; second, despite Kenney’s comment - which I haven’t fact-checked in any way, but it sounds fishy - the fact is that this result was very clearly an indictment of Stephane Dion, who is a good man but quite clearly not leadership material.

In other words, if Harper couldn’t win a majority yesterday against a lame duck leader, and in shaky economic times that tend to favour Conservatives (despite, paradoxically, their historically very poor economic stewardship) Harper can’t win a majority period.

Stephane Dion is not the only national leader who should be looking for work soon. Quite simply, Harper has had enough chances to prove that he’s NFG, and the country is tired of going to the polls to prove that point over and over again. Stephen Harper is basically Joe Clark without the charm and nice hair.

They can spin it all they want, but Harper called this election to get a majority, and he should have done it in a walk, but he didn’t. Why? Because he sucks.

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Damn.

FOR 25 weeks in 2004, I’m Still in Love by deejay Sean Paul and singer Sasha sat in the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts. The song peaked at number 14 and was another hit from Sean Paul’s Dutty Rock album, but it also gave the man who did the original version his first ‘taste’ of American success.

That man, singer Alton Ellis, died Friday at the Hammersmith Hospital in London, 10 months after he was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. He was 70 years old.

Ellis was at the peak of his powers in 1967 when he cut I’m Still in Love for producer Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd at Studio One. It was one of many hits he recorded during that decade, which earned him the undisputed title of ‘Godfather of Rocksteady’.

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One of the few economists I can actually understand, let alone agree with…

Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) — Princeton University professor and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize in economics for his work on trade theory.

Krugman, 55, received the prize “for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity,” said the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which selects the winners. His work explained how economies of scale influence trade and urbanization.

“It’s a total surprise,” Krugman said in a telephone interview.

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This is from Nerfgun. I love it when the Internet moves this fast.

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Eeeesh. For the love of Jesus, somebody throw the man some mackerel and let him govern!

Update: Was I being uncharitable? Let’s watch the tape:

The CRTC will tomorrow start its do not call list, which should theoretically allow people to ban telemarketers from invading their homes with offers of free cruises, discounts on window installations and, of course, vote solicitations. 64% of Canadians say they will join the no-call list, which is another way of saying that 36% of citizens have yet to hear about it.

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Too funny…see if you get the giant CNN ad beside the story. Go here and see if you get the giant CNN roadblock about the event of the century that…um, might not be happening.

The weird thing is, he says he can’t debate because he has to go and deal with all this financial stuff in Washington. But, like, isn’t the President already dealing with it?

I think it’s more likely that he’s trying to get Palin up to speed on the foreign policy stuff. I’ve acquired a leaked transcript of one of these debriefings.

McCain: Well, Sarah, Grenada is pronounced a bit like like “grenade” and it’s hot there. Grenades explode, and explosions are hot, So, Grenada, hot. Canada is different is pronounced a bit like cannibal and it starts with a C, like “cold”. Canada, cold.

Palin: I can see cannibal from my window!

McCain: Canada…you can see Canada.

Stay with this until the 45 second mark.

Genius. Thanks Rozey!