Monday digest

- Can you IMAGINE the nutty conspiracy theories about voting fraud that we'll be subjected to should the GOP hang on to the House and Senate next week?

- Ottawa's Tulip Festival has gone belly-up.

What's the over/under on how many hours before Muntiarelli pledges support for a bailout?

- Hat tip to Fred for this one: looks like Manitoba's smoking ban may not be applicable to aboriginal-owned establishments as the NDP provincial government is arguing that doing so would disadvantage native-run casinos, for example. Moreover, the favourite policy instrument of Trudeaupians, the Charter, is being cited as the rationale for this appeal as under section 15(2), the right to redress for historical grievances is formalized as a constitutional right for certain disadvantaged groups.

What a mess.

- A look at the riots in France, here.

- And finally, what gives heart to the terrorists in Iraq, here.