While not violent, per se, it’s interesting to see the clash of Tory vs. Tory in Brampton today, courtesy of Warren Kinsella:The person on stage is former PC Premier Bill Davis (1971-1985), talking in front of an audience in his hometown of Brampton ab…
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Blunt Objects: Royal Fumble?
If you’re unaware yet, Canada’s navy and air force will soon get a new name – an old one, to be truthful. Those branches of the military are currently named Maritime Command and Air Command, names courtesy of former Liberal Defense Minister and profess…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Aylward Chosen as New NL Liberal Leader
Former minister Kevin Aylward will lead the Newfoundland and Labrador Liberals into the next election (coming up this October) after he was chosen among 7 candidates to replace Yvonne Jones, who stepped down due to medical issues.He’s a former environm…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Hope for McGuinty and Horwath?
(Sorry if anyone missed my wonderful revelations over the past few days, but a workin’ man has things to do)The common assumption these days is that current Ontario Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty is more or less doomed come October 6th, when Ontarians…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Angus Reid Poll is Good News for NDP…. Or Is It?
Regular readers here know of my criticisms of Angus Reid which, from time to time, are proven exceptionally right. Their most recent poll, however, is kind of a mixed bag – especially for the New Democrats.But first, the topline numbers:CON: 39%NDP: 31…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Wisconsin Senate Recall Live Blog
Because I have little else to do tonight (except watching Hell’s Kitchen, which is awesome), I’ll be doing a little live-blogging of the recall votes in Wisconsin tonight. Key thing to remember: only three of the six races need to slip, and the Democra…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Comrade Mammoliti
This is the sort of thing that makes me want to cry for GTA politics:Tips for people who want to join Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti’s new Facebook group: Don’t wear a Che Guevara shirt in your profile picture. Don’t list Das Kapital as one of yo…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Newfoundland Liberal Leader Steps Down
A really sad story, on par with Jack Layton’s, that Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal leader, Yvonne Jones, is stepping down because of her battle with breast cancer:The leader of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Opposition Liberal party is stepping down…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: The Battle for Eglinton-Lawrence
No, not that battle, because that one has already ended (and it didn’t end well for us).No, this is the new battle for Eglinton-Lawrence, this time on the provincial scale. The contenders are incumbent Ontario Liberal MPP Mike Colle, versus treacherous…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Well, we’re officially boned
The downgrade by Standard and Poor’s of the United States credit rating proves three things:1. Obama is probably not going to be re-elected2. It’s a good bet to learn Chinese these days3. S&P is a really crappy credit agencyPersonally, I like Ameri…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Reason #1 Why Free Membership Programs Suck
While boasting about gaining around 15,000 new unpaid members for their party, the Alberta Liberals meanwhile only settle with 3,500 paying members for the party, compared to about 25K for the Wildrosers and 150K for the governing Alberta Tories.So eve…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Anonymous NDP insiders
It didn’t take long for that shoe to be on the other foot:There’s a serious unease in the NDP over interim leader Nycole Turmel’s memberships in two Quebec sovereigntist parties, a party staffer said Thursday.The staffer, speaking anonymously to RDI’…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Why the Turmel Issue Matters
Some people are asking why it is exactly so many are making political hay out of the past and current affiliations of the interim leader of the New Democratic Party, Nycole Turmel, especially when the other two main parties, Liberal and Conservative, h…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Someone Should Do a Shakedown On That Poll
In a somehow unsurprising result, an online poll of the greatest Canadian political book in the last 25 years ended up giving Ezra Levant’s “Shakedown” the top spot.Take a moment to let that settle. This book, a, erm…. “description” of how our focus …
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Nycole Turmel: Marrying Separatists
Well, not literally, though she was apparently a member of both the now-tiny Bloc Quebecois, and the little communist separatist party, Quebec Solidaire.Is this a high revelation? Well, there’s the fact that she never mentioned it before; that’s somewh…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Paul Krugman: Pretty Much a Tea Partier
… in the sense that it doesn’t seem compromise is on his agenda, much like the Tea Partiers to the south: Many pundits view taking a position in the middle of the political spectrum as a virtue in itself. I don’t. Wisdom doesn’t necessarily res…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Alberta Returns to the Arms of Tories
From the Calgary Herald:The Progressive Conservatives are on pace to form another massive majority in the next election, despite being in the midst of choosing a new leader, according to an Environics poll.The poll, commissioned by the Calgary Heral…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: The NDP’s "New Politics"
I’ve heard worse about Lizzy May but seriously, maybe its time we started Dippers In Their Own Words:May is rude, crude and an ignorant bitch who is full of shit! …. The NDP and Layton don’t need May’s kind of hope & prayers – slimy comes to mind…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Nycole Turmel – Dancing With Separatists
While I have the greatest respect for the current situation the NDP is in, what with their permanent leader Jack Layton taking a break to fight another occurrence of cancer (I wish all the best for his fight), one has to wonder what he and the NDP cauc…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Arguing For Copps
Unlike fellow Liblogger Far and Wide, I happen to believe that the news of Sheila Copps possible entrance into the race for Liberal Party president is nothing but good news, one that we as a party can benefit from in the long-term and we should be enco…
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