Tony Clement's Most Hipster Tweets

As someone who has gone through as many pairs of designer frames as he has cabinet positions, Tony Clement is probably better known to most Canadians as that Conservative with the sideburns than as President of the Treasury Board. But did you know he's also a huge closeted hipster?

  1. Nestled between a painfully detailed chronology of his daily schedule and a stream of passive aggressive tweets defending the Benevolent Parent Leader are tweets so douchy they practically make Coachella look like a picnic hosted by the Heritage Foundation. Don't believe it? Below is a comprehensive list of Clement's most hipster tweets from the last twelve months.
  2. Once again at Muskoka #Chautauqua at Clevelands House. There's an excellent entry in Wikipedia on the Chautauqua movement in early 20th C.
  3. Listening to White Stripes' gripping cover of "Jolene". Doesn't get any better than that folks.
  4. Today I finished reading "1493" by Charles C. Mann. A useful examination of the Columbian Exchange.
  5. The moon was brilliant and portentous last night.
  6. Also, if I hear that #Gotye song one more time on the radio I just might #hurl.
  7. While I'm at it I'm sick of hearing Foster The People. Thanks.
  8. Wow @timhudak really loves the Black Keys: outro music is another from El Camino...
  9. Conquering a certain sense of ennui, I've put my evening to productive use...
  10. ...and for no other reason than its supreme excellence I'm listening to Quadrophenia in its entirety!
  11. Hi there: just spent an hour with Monet's Agapanthus Triptych.
  12. All it took was hearing one Bad Company song to remind me why Punk was so necessary.
  13. I've found my zen again, listening to Kraftwerk on my iPod...
  14. "Nevermind" of course was & is one of the most influential albums in the rock genre. It dropped in Nov '91 like a smashing pumpkin...
  15. Actually I invented the present CPC Leadership election process. And no, this is not an *Al Gore* statement...#cpc11
  16. Pleased to report my new office is taking shape: I've removed the desk. It inhibits creativity & is a barrier to collaboration...
  17. Actually IMO desks sometimes are a barrier, or an anachronism associated with old hierarchies...
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