As an inveterate fan of the original 1989 BBC series “House of Cards” I was highly skeptical that it could be successfully adapted into an American context. It had some pretty big shoes to fill, after all – most notably, the outstanding performance of Ian Richardson as the cunningly ambitious
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Red Tory v.3.0.3: God Made a Farmer…
Standing out by a country mile from the slew of rubbish advertisements sponsoring this year’s Super Bowl broadcast, The Richards Group agency down in Texas crafted this perfect, brilliant little gem for Chrysler’s Dodge Ram truck brand: There’s little doubt this ad will hit home with its target demographic, but
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Get Out the Vote!
Well, we’re down to the wire here, folks. My daughter has made great strides over the last few days, rocketing up from 268 to 539 in the Harper-Collins “Share the Reading” contest, but is still inexplicably trailing by about 50 votes to a witless person who adores puppies and thinks
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Someone Needs Your Help!
For what it’s worth, I’m not dead. Well, at least not quite yet. Surprisingly! I haven’t been blogging for ages simply because I’m just rather fed up with politics in general and the phenomenally depressing grind of awful news that’s relentlessly churned out on a daily basis by our intrepid
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Survey Says…?
A recent bullshit survey by Nanos Research asked a thousand or so random people online to describe the “personality” of the five federal parties using a single word. Just for fun, let’s pretend this ridiculous poll is meaningful in some way and compare the primary responses given, shall we? Conservatives
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Rally for Zzzzzz…
Can one really call ten people gathered on Parliament Hill a “rally”? Perhaps a more concerning issue than the “robocall” scandal and the minimal effect some purport it may have had on a number of marginal ridings may be the fact that, as now seems to be the trend, almost
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Nerd Prom 2012 Speeches
Keynote speeches from this year’s White House Correspondents’ dinner by Jimmy Kimmel and President Obama:
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: A Red Tory Victory in Alberta!
Well, go figure. Who would have thought that a resurgence of the “Red Tory” political brand would occur in, of all places, Alberta? For weeks now, right-wing pundits across the land have been viciously excoriating the Alberta PCs for being “Red Tories” and for having drifted so far to the
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Time for a Change
After four continuous decades in power during which time the ruling Progressive Conservative party was virtually unchallenged in any serious fashion, is it any wonder that so many Albertans are apparently now so eager for a change? Given the inevitable “throw the bums out” impetus amongst the normally feckless electorate
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Mitterminator
Seeking to dispel accusations of pathological flip-flopping, “Mitt” Romney unveiled plans to use a time machine to kill earlier versions of himself who believed in universal health care and gay rights. Now that he’s the presumptive Republican nominee, I guess “Mitt” will also have to exterminate earlier iterations of himself
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Game Over for Santorum
At Gettysburg, PA (of all places!) Rick Santorum announced today that he’s throwing in the towel on his bid to become the Theocrat in Chief of the United States. No surprise really, considering that in all probability he would otherwise have lost the primary later this month in his home
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: The F-35 Boondoggle
I know we’ve been over this ground before, but remind me again… why does Canada even need this heinously expensive new class of fighter jet at all? What possible military threat are we defending ourselves from? Seriously. What is the point? Aside from the absurdity of ploughing something like $30
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Olbermann: A $10 Million Chandelier
Appearing on Dave Letterman’s show last night, Keith Olbermann talked about being fired by Current TV the other week. “I screwed up really big on this,” he said. “It’s my fault that it didn’t succeed, in the sense that I didn’t think the whole thing through.” “I didn’t say, ‘You
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: The Pursuit of Happiness
Thom Hartmann just couldn’t resist drawing some obvious conclusions the first World Happiness Report released earlier this week showing that the world’s happiest countries are all in northern Europe with Denmark, Finland, Norway and the Netherlands taking the top four spots. Canada came in a respectable fifth and the United
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Liblogs – Minus One
Hey, did you notice that Liblogs got a cool new make-over recently? Almost a year after he went down in flames (sadly, along with most of the party) and then, almost exactly as the Conservative attack machine had predicted, immediately hightailed it back to a cozy academic sinecure at Harvard
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: “This Will Always Be So” (Or Not)
Some readers may recall a post from a little while back featuring Richard Dawkins appearing on MSNBC’s weekend “Up” program where he floated the provocative idea of taking politicians to task for some of their kooky religious beliefs… Well, guess what? It seems that someone did precisely that the other
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Parliamentary Fight Club
Irrespective of the supposedly worthy fundraising cause involved, what an utterly bizarre and unseemly event this past weekend’s charity boxing match was. Hard to believe that we’ve actually sunk lower by a quantum measure of absurdity in comparison to our American friends – can you imagine two members of Congress
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Different Messengers, Same Story
A “conservative” speaks out about the controversial shooting of “gangsta hoodlum” Treyvon Martin. While it’s easy to dismiss the commenter given that he’s a 400 lb. redneck with a drawling southern accent, wearing denim overalls and a coonskin cap, the fact of the matter is that his opinions and convoluted
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Subliminal Frames
If you’ve watched Santorum’s “Obamaville” web advert once or twice, it’s easy to miss a number of what can only be described as “subliminal” images as they appear for only a fraction of a second and often in rapid succession. Whether or not that advertising tactic actually works is highly
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: “Obamaville” Examined
Wow. I’d heard about this attack ad put together by the Santorum campaign and finally saw it last night on Hardball. Chris Matthews and his fellow chuckleheads all seemed to have a good laugh at its apocalyptic absurdity and the fact it plays more like the trailer for a slasher
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