Strong congressional oversight means asking direct questions & getting straight answers. 1.usa.gov/1a0EIY3— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) June 11, 2013 Encrypt your shit: Spooky reading after #Snowden: Julian #Assange's call to take up arms against the surveillance state | Cypherpunks cryptome.org/2012/12/assang…— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 11, 2013 The world is not sliding, but
Continue readingYappa Ding Ding: The Iron Horse Trail in Uptown
There’s a minor uproar in Waterloo over city council’s decision this week to sell a portion of the Iron Horse Trail. I have some concerns about the sale, but I also see some positives. In terms of the usefulness of the trail, this change offers some improvements: The minor route
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Suggestion For Kellie Leitch
She may be a lost cause, but I have a suggestion for Harper enthusiast/Simcoe Grey Conservative M.P. Kellie Leitch, about whom I have written previously on this blog. The former medical doctor turned defender of the indefensible, who is one of a series of rotating trained seals spokespeople for her
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: A Progressive Conservative Revival?
Michael Harris writes that Stephen Harper can’t save the Conservative Party. Neither can anyone in his cabinet: The essential reason that no Harper cabinet minister can ride to the party’s rescue is that they are all part of the problem. They all bought in to the model Harper built for
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Ford crack scandal “source:” I think we all know who you are, “source”
It’s an old trick: John Smith identifying himself as “a source close to John Smith.” Gets your message out, but it doesn’t really fool anyone. Anyway: kudos to Wolk and the rest. Real loyalty isn’t telling a leader what they want to hear all the time. It’s telling them what
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Noam Chomsky on Destroying the World
I would recommend going to Alter.net and reading the full article as it also focuses on the nuclear threat that humanity faces and how we in the West have been merrily poking at the hornets nest of annihilation with a stick. The part I quoted (after the Idle No More
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Conclusive evidence that Harper is worried
Harper is besieged on all sides. Defections. Senate scandal. Duffy cheques. He is feeling more heat than ever. The storyline has always been: “sure you don’t like him. He isn’t a nice guy but he brings good government.”. And people lacking critical thinking skills bought it. Sure once in a
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: I break from a politics blog for 1 second..
…to show you what a Hobbit/LOTR geek I am. Another reason besides Christmas that I want December to get here quick
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: What do you do when your planet runs out of resources?
What do I do? Shouldn’t you be asking what will you do? What I do is charge up the power cells in my Interstellar Ape-arda, fill the ships with hordes of über-chimps hungry for adventure and loot, and set course … Continue reading →
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Justice of the Peace Bench
The Justice of the Peace Bench has become thoroughly professional and is a highly trained and skilled body of adjudicators. The ancient office of justice of the peace is one of great honour and responsibility. In 1195, Richard I (“the Lionheart”) of England commissioned certain knights to preserve the peace
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: The Many Voices of Stephen Harper
I usually don’t laugh at Stephen Harper in an amused way, more of a bemused way because I can’t understand why 35-40% of Canadians believe this guy to be an open and honest leader – but I will admit these voice impressions, while corny, made me laugh out loud. Just
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Dalton McGuinty
Kinsella says that McGuinty was a “winner.” “He had many, many policy achievements,” he said. “Politically, however, his greatest achievement was to be the winningest leader in Ontario’s recent history.”
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Concerning Partisan Communications from Non-Partisan Government Officials #nlpoli
Keith Hutchings issued a news release on Tuesday to respond to”inaccuracies on CETA negotiations.” That’s what the headline on the release said it was about. He did so in his capacity as a cabinet minister, a non-partisan provincial government official, not as a Conservative. The media contact name listed is
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Great Getaway Tour
As I watched him drag himself wearily up the steps of his getaway plane, I could only imagine what Stephen Harper was thinking.I've done it !!! I've made it to the plane !!! The caucus rebels can't get me now. And even Duffy can't follow me EVERYWHERE !!@#!But sadly for Great
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Who’s the boss? Fred Horne and Stephen Lockwood spar over AHS performance pay.
Tweet“Regardless of how people feel about the decision of the AHS board, I don’t think anybody would want me or a colleague to interfere with the terms of their employment they’ve agreed to. It’s a decision for the AHS board.” – Health Minister Fred Horne on Alberta Health Services performance
Continue readingAlberta Diary: AHS Chair Stephen Lockwood to Health Minister Horne on executive bonuses: ‘Drop dead, Fred!’
Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne: it’s hard to imagine how he can come out of this fight with Alberta Health Services Chair Stephen Lockwood not looking foolish or weak. Below: Mr. Lockwood in a screen grab from his first news conference as AHS chair. Whatever happens next, it seems certain
Continue readingBuckdog: Candid Camera – ‘PM Harper May 2011 Election Night Behind The Scenes’ .. YouTube
Stephen Harper imitating Joe Clark – John Diefenbaker – Brian Mulroney. This appeared on YouTube on the evening of June 11, 2013. No idea who posted it.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Wraparound cats.
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