It's Boxing Day! Go spend money! If you don't, Canada's economy will suffer and it will all be your fault! You probably don't even own all the seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD yet, do you? You slacker.

Turkey explains how well its airstrikes in Kurdish Iraq have worked. Short answer: they worked really well, unless you count regional destabilization and the potential for all-out war in the Middle East as a minus, in which case, not so much.

Peter Mackay accuses Iran of giving weapons to the Taliban. Torontoist sure is glad that our defence minister has an unresolved crush on Condoleezza Rice.

Accused member of Toronto 18 speaks: "Give us a trial or let us go." Canadian government responds: "...nah."

Creator of Girls Gone Wild stuck in jail. And somehow, Joe Francis manages to be less sympathetic than the previously mentioned accused terrorists. Good on you, shitbag!

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