Following his speech about American Exceptionalism at the Reagan Presidential Library in California last night, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie answered questions from the audience, most of which (predictably) concerned speculation about him possibly running to the U.S. President in … Continue reading →
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Red Tory v.3.0.3: Dreaming of Recession
Well, here’s something rather unusual… Appearing earlier today on BBC, Alessio Rastani, an independent stock trader, confessed to a stunned interviewer that, like most of his colleagues on Wall Street (or in the City of London), they “don’t really care … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Pigs & Sheep
To mark today’s re-issue of Pink Floyd’s catalog (apparently following a complex legal argument over distribution rights), EMI Music reconstructed the iconic cover of the band’s 1977 “Animals”album with an inflatable pig floating over Battersea Power Station… Personally, I think … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Ontario Election: Economic Realities
Another fascinating TVO discussion about the Ontario election, this time pivoting off some disparaging comments made several weeks ago by former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge in regards to political leadership with respect to prospects for the province’s economy… … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Adopt a “Job Creator”
America’s bonus dependent job creators are currently suffering marginal percentage losses against staggering aggregate wealth.
Won’t you please help the affluently burdened?
For the struggling over-endowed, your donation can make the difference …
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: From Puppy Dogs to Perry
Rachel Maddow pokes fun at claims by insane religious kook Cindy Jacobs that, as a direct result of Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s repeated calls for mass prayer, “the land is starting to rejoice.” Never mind the unremitting persistence of a … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: GOP Google/Fox Debate
For those who didn’t watch the “debate” last night on TV or participate online, TPM provides a one minute highlight reel of instantly forgettable soundbites: Aside from the unremitting craziness of the GOP hopefuls on stage, Google and Fox set … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Big Red Machine Beatdown!
Come to PEI, and travel back to a simpler time…
Here’s a fun fact about PEI. If Ontario had the same ratio of MLAs to population, its provincial legislature would consist of 2,492 representatives!
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Rebranding the Tar Sands
Reluctant as I normally am to say kind words about Ezra Levant, I have to admit that his campaign to re-brand the Alberta oil sands from what environmental activists in the United States had lately taken to calling “dirty oil” … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Criminal Injustice
Conrad Black speaking earlier this month to Allan Gregg, just days before the putative Lord of Crossharbour headed back to a Florida prison to serve the remainder of his sentence for mail fraud and obstruction of justice. In the interview, … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Going Rogue?
Matt Taibbi talks to David Shushter about the latest banking scandal. Swiss financial services company UBS has admitted that a “rogue” trader has run up a loss of $2 billion dollars in unauthorized risky trades. The 31 year old trader … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Calling Out Libertarians (Part II)
Sam Seder rebuts various comments from libertarians on his Majority Report YouTube channel concerning alleged hypocrisy vis-à-vis libertarian principles in connection with the death of Ron Paul’s former campaign manager. Regular commentators (you know who you are!) have probably exhausted … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Till Madness Do Us Part
The other day on his “700 Hundred Club” program, Pat Robertson made a most astounding pronouncement in response to a man asking what advice he should give to a “friend” who began seeing another woman after his wife started suffering … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Rick Perry’s Guiding Light
Texas Governor and current frontrunner in the race to potentially be the next Republican president talks candidly about the pivotal role of supernatural events in his life… Good grief. Hasn’t the world had enough of American presidents that take direction … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Negative Ad Time
Manitoba is one of the five provinces having elections this fall, so along with many folks across the country, we here in “The Keystone Province” (yes, that’s actually its official nickname – bet you didn’t know that!), are being subjected … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Libertarian Hypocrisy
In the Republican “Tea Party Debate” earlier this week, when Ron Paul was asked whether or not a healthy, uninsured 30-year-old man should be left to die if an unexpected tragedy put him into a coma, he unsurprisingly replied that … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Paul Martin on the Economy
Some sober reflections on the present state of the global economy by the former Prime Minister. Not a lot of insight beyond the obvious, but Martin does provide some sound advice regarding the current sovereign debt crisis in Europe (that … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Tea Party Republican Debate
Hey, there’s another thrilling GOP “debate” taking place tonight in Tampa, Florida.
This one is billed as the “Tea Party Republican Debate”… whatever that means. Presumably, the candidates will have to out-crazy one another. You know, mo…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Memorial Plaza
An architectural look at the heart of the Ground Zero redevelopment project. Seems altogether excessive when compared to past memorials to the dead, but perhaps that’s not altogether surprising if one considers it a reflection on the ridiculously oversized sense … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: China’s (Vacant) City of the Future
Launched several years ago as a massive public works project near Ordos, a wealthy coal-mining town in Inner Mongolia, today, China’s “City of the Future” remains mostly empty despite being originally designed to house, support and entertain a population the … Continue reading →
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