Posted in solidarity with the real Tony Turner, whose suspension gives another illustration of the need to depose Harper. Hey Steve, I thought you could “take a punch”?
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If Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: I am Tony Turner!
Posted in solidarity with the real Tony Turner, whose suspension gives another illustration of the need to depose Harper. Hey Steve, I thought you could “take a punch”?
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Decision Time
A part of the sorrow wrought when an incompetent like Stephen Harper rises to a position of power is the destruction the candidate for Calgary South West causes to the careers and reputations of several people within smelling distance of the influence of his regime. These are people who should
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Decision Time
A part of the sorrow wrought when an incompetent like Stephen Harper rises to a position of power is the destruction the candidate for Calgary South West causes to the careers and reputations of several people within smelling distance of the influence of his regime. These are people who should
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Decision Time
A part of the sorrow wrought when an incompetent like Stephen Harper rises to a position of power is the destruction the candidate for Calgary South West causes to the careers and reputations of several people within smelling distance of the influence …
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Andrew Coyne is very witty
I have always found his stance on constitutional matters to be very commendable. I now add a sense of humour to his credit column after reading this. Still wouldn’t let him anywhere near the economy however.
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Andrew Coyne is very witty
I have always found his stance on constitutional matters to be very commendable. I now add a sense of humour to his credit column after reading this. Still wouldn’t let him anywhere near the economy however.
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Andrew Coyne is very witty
I have always found his stance on constitutional matters to be very commendable. I now add a sense of humour to his credit column after reading this. Still wouldn’t let him anywhere near the economy however.
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Doesn’t matter who you are, $32,000 is a lot of money
So if, as testified by Nigel Wright, “Good to go” refers to Harper’s approval the Irving Gerstein plan to pay ~$32,000 to Mike Duffy from the Conservative Party bank account, why did Wright pony up for the entire $90,000? Why did he not top up th…
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Doesn’t matter who you are, $32,000 is a lot of money
So if, as testified by Nigel Wright, “Good to go” refers to Harper’s approval the Irving Gerstein plan to pay ~$32,000 to Mike Duffy from the Conservative Party bank account, why did Wright pony up for the entire $90,000? Why did he not top up the amount Harper approved by
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: The Memory Hole is pretty deep but not deep enough Stevie
To paint the bribery scandal with broad strokes, Harper knew that a difficult problem needed to be addressed. He put his best man on the case but gosh darn it, the otherwise dependable fellow went rogue and offered the antagonist a bribe to make the problem go away. Now Harper
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Don’t Build a Mother Canada Statue. Build 10! 20! 30!
Yes, it is ugly hubristic and just plain wrong. So, build several across the country. And the Monument to Victims of Communism while we are at it. Let the first ones be built as what are essentially Stephen Harper’s tributes to himself. This will allow him to, at least temporarily,
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Why is Mulclair getting a free ride on his dalliance with Harper?
It doesn’t matter if the reason he walked away is corroborated by senior conservatives. What matters is that he entered into discussions in the first place. A Liberal going to the NDP, fair enough. Someone who wandered to and fro between the centre to the far hard right to the
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: The Irony at the Heart of Harper’s Economic Failure
|It is probably not an over statement to posit that Stephen Harper hates Pierre Trudeau and his legacy more than anyone or anything. Given the malignant nature of Harper’s soul, that is a lot of hate. This fervent bile is born of a mix of good old conservative anti-intellectualism, ethnic
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: The Good, The Bad, And The (Really, Really) Ugly
Stories that cover the entire spectrum are present in the news today. T’is the season to be jolly so let us start with the Good News. The Good Trudeau is talking the talk about openness. Justin Trudeau is promising to scrap Stephen Harper’s brand of message discipline if he becomes
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Harper leads by example
Harper hides his innate cowardice behind his bullying tactics. Like all bullies, Harper is, not so deep down, a coward. Just as his “I can take a punch” line in an earlier interview with Mansbridge (or some other CBC sycophant), is an attempt to deflect attention away from his thin
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Experts reviewing how to fix the damage to Parliament
With apologies to Kathryn May of the Ottawa Citizen Bullet d Damage scarring the halls of Parliament’s Centre Block after the gunfight government that killed Michael Zehaf-Bibeau responsible government is now being “catalogued” by experts preparing to decide what should be repaired and what should be left alone. Heritage Constitutional experts at Public Works and Government Services, the Crown’s real estate
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Everyone began to call family, letting them know they were okay
It must have been very scary in the Conservative caucus room. Not the usual “Man oh man, is Harper ever cuckoo” kind of scary. The “Is the crazy (not a terrorist) guy going to gun me down” kind.These poor people were traumitized: “Some of the MPs are still agitated and
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Some lever. Some fulcrum
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. – Archimedes The Harper government might think that a deranged gunman has given the lever and fulcrum necessary to change their fortunes and introduce laws that might other wise be
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: You don’t have to be an even duck to be a good P. M.
After all, Mackenzie King was a very odd duck and he did a lot to build the modern Canada. This piece about the crowning speech of his career is very interesting as an insight to the man. Harper on the other hand is just odd. That is all. What? You
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