Harper sees his future -- in the stars.

So now we learn that PMS uses a hairstylist and makeup artist who also happens to be a psychic.

Let's not be entirely smug about this news. Don't forget that during the late 1980s, a time when most people believed Jean Chrétien was out of politics forever, a psychic named JoJo Savard had a dream of the "Little Guy from Shawinigan" sitting on a white dog. The next day, she called his wife, pianist Aline Chainé, and told her -- unsolicited -- that Jean would be elected to two terms in office as PM.

I was under the presumption Catholics (which the Chrétiens are) are forbidden to consult horoscopes or psychics but they still do -- Savard still does pretty well at $4.99 a minute and as many as 2 million calls a day. Harper, an evangelical Christian, is supposed to oppose the occult even more but apparently he's also taking advice the same way Nancy Davis Reagan did when Ronnie was in office -- even delaying a nuclear weapons reduction treaty with Gorbachev by 24 hours because her psychic told her the original schedule wasn't the right time to sign it.

Harper can get advice from anyone he wants -- as long as it's on his dime and not the taxpayers. That includes party funds which are subsidized by taxpayers at a rate as high as 75%.

If I had "the gift"? I'd only use it to find fugitives and missing children, not dispense personal advice. And I'd charge incidental expenses for room and board, not a penny more.

HT: Cathie from Canada.

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