Author: RossK

TheyCalledHimMr.Tip Ol’PolWisdomVille Which means that Cathie’s question is a good one… What did 94 Conservative candidates know, and when did they know it? I, for one, would sure like to know. But. At this point it is worth recalling the Marty Burke Email chain, wherein the local Conservative Party Pols

SundayMorningComingDown RealLifeVille ‘The Adjuster’ is an early movie from Atom Agoyan who, weirdly enough, went to high school with my wife. But that’s not the real life part of this post. Instead, the reality is provided by Ian Reid, who has to adjust all the time. Much moreso than most

RoboCallRevival AllHangoutsOnDeckVille ….It’s The Cover-Up. _____ Update at the bottom of the post…. _____ Yesterday, we noted that the good Mr. John Ivison of the NaPo tried to go full-on deflector spin while he was on ‘The House’ with the CBC’s Terry Milewski discussing the Pan-Canadian voter fraud matter. And

There’sNoUkeLike CoverUkeVille The Original….For those of a certain age, some trains will never be in vain…. The Cover…This kid really is my favorite of all the Uke punks, even if he does do it all phonetically (I think)… **** Extra-Special Bonus Track…The somewhat angry young man in the Original, who

PlayOffsComin’Down IsCoryReallyRising?Ville The AHL comes to town tonight. And I’m not talking about Sliverville. **** So. Here’s something to consider. Which would you rather do…. Spend eight or nine hundred bucks to take the kids downtown to watch the scrubs from Ohio? Or. Drive down to the desert, take in

WasItAllJustTheCostOfDoingBusiness WinningElectionsVille In the wake of Terry Milewski’s blockbuster CBC report of deliberate attempts to defraud voters in 31 ridings earlier this week, North Van’s Grumps, with a little help from Dave, discovered that two voters from opposite ends of the country made a bit of a fuss about this

ADataBaseIsNotADemocracy List-O-RamaLlamaDingDongVille Remember this? ….”We want people to be aware of the involvement of NDP and Labour, and the consequences for their personal information,” Hochstein said. “People who don’t want their name to end up on a door knocking list for the next election only have one way to guarantee

…On ‘The House’ This Morning. Wherein he made it explicitly clear that he identified some voters who were contacted by live callers who attempted to misdirect them. And those live callers identified themselves as being from the Conservative Party, and when they checked it turned out to be true. (and

IsAColumnABirdcageToBeLined ChichesterCathedralVille It would appear that Gary Mason, like the good Mr. Obvious, has once again tried to jump the sharks across the English Channel: …From routinely taking potshots at Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his party while a Liberal-friendly radio host, Ms. Clark has turned to the Conservative Leader

AllThePredictionsThatFit NotSoCrazyTrainVille The BC Iconoclast, Bernard von Schulmann, who is no waterhead when it comes to making carefully considered predictions, thinks it just might happen. But that is not the most surprising thing he suggests. Seriously…. …I think the most likely out come of a 2012 robocall caused election would

ButHowWeAffordAllThisIfThePoorWon’tPayMoreTaxes? LamentOfTheGoodshipWatercarrierVille Laila has a picture perfect post up wherein she asks if Ms. Clark can see China from her house. It really is good – and the pictures are even better. But…… As we all know, not so long ago the (not)Premier could actually see China from the suite

. …His Highly-Concentrated Northern Relocation Camps. Why? Well, it would appear that, based on the reporting of The Globe’s S.Dhillon and J.Hunter, dem judges, dey gettin’ uppity: Asserting that the judicial branch must remain independent of policies that “could control or manipulate proceedings,” British Columbia’s top three judges have delivered

. ….Talk To Anybody Up North Before He Floated His Highly Concentrated Welfare Relocation Plan? Why do we ask? Well, it would appear that more than one mayor from British Columbia’s Northern Hurtland is concerned about all that re-locationary concentration. For all the right reasons. The CP has the story:

Cross-CountryCheckin’Up Where’sRexNowVille ….Do You Think The Perpetrators Of The Fraud Didn’t Know It Was There? What the heckfire am I talking about this time? Well. As NorthVan Grumps, Dave and I discerned in our last post, Lori B from Fredericton NB, who we assume is Lori Bruce, and Astrid from

TheEvidenceHasBeenLayingThere SinceBeforeTheElectionVille Lori Bruce, of Fredericton, is one of the voters who identified themselves as being not supportive of the Conservative Party of Canada in the run-up to the last election when she was called by said Conservative Party. Like many others she was then called back just before electi

HowManyScapegoatsCanFit OnTheHeadOfADatabasePINVille ______ Update: NVG has done the sleuthing on one of the numbers (see comments)….And lookie here…There were all kinds of folks looking to find out who was calling them back in late April just before the shamnificent day of voter suppression…Sheesh! _______ …In At Least 31 Ridings. That’s

AllTheAdvisory’sThatDon’tFit PressThisGangVille The (not)Premier’s new communications director, who at least is paid by the (not)Premier’s office budget (we think), makes it clear that things ’round here are about to get very Harpoony, indeed. The following is the raw feed from Global TeeVee news of an ‘encounter’ between the press, who

. “Budget? Me Don’t Need No Stinkin’ (Office) Budget!” I’m beginning to wonder…. Did the VSun’s J. Fowlie get a Holmanesque brain transplant recently? Why? Because he (i.e. Fowlie) sure been doing some top-rate, just-under-the-radar, FOI-based digging of late… The following is the lede from Mr. Fowlie’s most recent proBlog

AllTheDonorsWithTheirHandsOut GetWhatTheyNeedVille Yup, that’s right. It’s Bloy. Harry Bloy. Again. (Hint: look for the money quote, which is ‘People care about what we do.‘) .

De-RegulateEverything ‘CauseWeSaidSoVille So. The MacDonald-Laurier Institute for no rules is saying, based on the answers of ‘three experts to three questions’ that banning oil tankers on the West Coast would wreak economic havoc and would, and I quote: “…almost no discernible environmental benefits….” Sure thing. And letting self-regulating meat-cutters allow