Thanks to Teddy’s poll-by-poll link, I can bring to you this lovely and hard-made map of Newfoundland, poll-by-poll, at a large scale:
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Blunt Objects: Someone Deserving Of a Smack or Two
I’ve never been a big fan of Michael Coren. Actually, to a point, I think he’s an utter asshole. But his recent comments on the shooting and bombings in Norway puts the man in a class of his own:Tragic irony. The teenagers at the socialist youth camp o…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Poll-by-Poll Maps of #Elxn 2011
Thanks to the sometimes fine folks at Rabble.ca, we’ve got links to poll-by-poll maps of certain regions of Canada. I’d suggest looking at the entire list.But here are the important ones:Montreal – 2008 vs. 2011Toronto – 2004 vs. 2008 vs. 2011Saanich–…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Bloc Quebecois to Hold Leadership Race This Fall
From Alice of Pundit’s Guide:Unlike the Liberals, who are trying to quit their leadership quick-fix habit with a delayed timetable for permanently replacing Michael Ignatieff, the Bloc Québécois will move to select a replacement for Gilles Duceppe…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: How Republicans Will !%$@ Themselves
This CBS News Poll says it all:Americans are unimpressed with their political leaders’ handling of the debt ceiling crisis, with a new CBS News poll showing a majority disapprove of all the involved parties’ conduct, but Republicans in Congress fare…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Former News Corp Chief Exec Arrested
In the continuing saga of News Corp, News of the World, and News International (News Corp’s British wing), former Corp CEO Rebekah Brooks, who some have called closer to Corp founder Rupert Murdoch than his own daughters were, has been arrested by poli…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Jumping on the Hudak Abortion Defunding Bandwagon
Because statements never meant to be seen by the general voting public are just oodles of fun to show: Incidentally, one wonders what Hudak would say to this document while he’s at it.h/t BCL, Kinsella, gritchik, etc.
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Maybe We Should Have Gone in 2009
I’ve been thinking aloud recently about whether or not the Liberal Party would have been put into a better position post-election if said election was held during the fall of 2009, rather than the spring of 2011.You of course remember what that was, ri…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Why Polling Matters This Fall
Over at 308.com, Eric Grenier has stumbled upon a nasty habit of Ontario pollsters:There is a lot less reason to worry in Ontario. The average of the six polls conducted in the final week of the campaign were remarkably close to the election’s result…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Dion’s Articulate Response to Half-Assed Senate Reform
You know Stephane Dion is back in his game when he puts out this substantive argument against Harper’s brand of half-assed Senate reform:Stephen Harper’s Act would go against the interests of these two provinces. Here’s why: practically spea…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: News of the World – You Shan’t Be Missed
Today saw the end of a century-and-two-thirds old British tabloid known as News of the World, publishing its very last issue with the sad spectacle of a headline, “Thank You & Goodbye.”If you haven’t followed the story of NotW, don’t hold it agains…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: My Mid-Year Predictions for the End of the Year
Based so far on the polling done, the mood of the nation so far, and the general trend we’re seeing, I’m going to go out on a limb and predict three major things for Canadian politics by the end of the year.1. There will be two or three governments wit…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Saturday News Smash-Up
Sorry about my absence for the last five days, but I’ve been going to “school” and attempting to learn basic Spanish. Suffice to say, yo no hablo espanol, pero poco a poco, yo aprendo.Anyways, it hasn’t been an exactly major week anyways, not after the…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Well, That Was A Good Use of Time
After pretty nearly three days of non-stop debate in the House of Commons on Bill C-6 (back-to-work legislation for CUPW), it ends in an easy government victory as the New Democrats shut down their filibuster operation and call it a day.One wonders now…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Have the NDP Fallen Into a Trap?
Tom Mulcair and Jack Layton – Protecting Canadian UnionsIt’s possible Jack Layton doesn’t know Admiral Ackbar, but one wonders whether the two should meet.The longer the NDP filibuster continues on, the more I feel that they’ve fallen into a highly cle…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: The NDP Trickle-Down Effect
As of today, eight of the ten provinces in Canada, including three of the five provinces to hold elections this year, and including two provinces who could hold elections this year – have had some polling done since the May 2nd federal election.Why doe…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Liberals Delay Leadership until May-June 2013 – Bah!
And anyone reading this blog over the past couple of days, months, and so on, will know that I’m none too happy with that fact.However, because I wasn’t a delegate, I can’t complain. You snooze, you lose, I suppose. But I do wonder on what this result …
Continue readingBlunt Objects: NDP Convention Question #2
When the heck will you stop bashing the corporations?
Granted, there’s a time and a place for going after corporations which are overly greedy to the point where profit overrides their ethical centres concerning wages, safety, and the environment, not…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: NDP Convention Question #1
Would it not make more sense to have all of Canada orange on that nice mural, instead of just the parts of Canada that supported you?
The deeper question here is whether or not the New Democrats – who have glaringly difficult gaps in the West and So…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: The Greedy PMO
This article by itself shows why this Conservative government should have little standing among the Canadian public interested in cutting expenses:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s own department has repeatedly broken the government’s tough rules for…
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