Last week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper fled to South America to avoid the unraveling Senate expenses scandal. On Monday, he skipped Question Period in the House of Commons. He did show up in the House on Tuesday and NDP Leader Tom Mulcair roasted him. Prosecutor style. Short, precise questions. The
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Kathy Dunderdale’s Give-Aways #nlpoli
There is something about Kathy Dunderdale’s speech to the Board of Trade that leaves you decidedly uncomfortable. Part of it is the mention of her grandson – yet again – at the front end end of the speech. Kathy told a story about the advice the little fellow he gave
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Proof beyond reasonable doubt
R. v. A.P., 2013 ONCA 344 is a useful reminder that a judge in a criminal matter is not there to determine what happened but rather to see if proof beyond reasonable doubt is established: [38] When the trial judge set out on his analysis of the evidence, he
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: And So the Bachmann Era Comes to a Close
Finally! With an early morning video message to supporters, embattled Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) announced she would not run for re-election next year, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Said Bachmann: “The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years. And in my
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: This is what happens when Rob Ford is your mayor
This is the view, right now, of the Don Valley Parkway – which Son One and I take to get downtown every day. We won’t be going that way. Thanks, Rob Ford.
Continue readingknitnut.net: Favourite weekend of the whole year
Long-time readers will know that the last weekend in May is my favourite weekend of the whole year, because the Great Glebe Garage Sale and the Ottawa Race Weekend both fall on that weekend. Okay, first of all, congratulations to everybody who ran this weekend! My hairdresser, Bev, ran her
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: I believe my boyfriend is an alien. Do you think I should move in with him?
I guess it all depends on what kind of alien. If he’s like one of those friendly nice aliens — say Jeff Bridges in Starman — then I’d say go right ahead. On the other hand, if he is like … Continue reading →
Continue reading350 or bust: Face The Nation Faces The Reality Of a Warmer World
Is the mainstream media waking up to the reality of climate catastrophe just as our climate jumps the shark? Earlier this week on CBS’s Face The Nation, Climate Central’s Chief Climatologist Heidi Cullen, American Meteorological Society President Marshall Shepherd, WFOR-TV’s Chief Meteorologist David Bernard, and TIME Magazine’s Jeffrey Kluger discussed
Continue readingZorg Report: Alberta Premier Redford Insists Elected Senators Best Way to Maximize Entitlements
Alberta Premier Redford Insists Elected Senators Best Way to Maximize Entitlements (CPC) – Speaking this past weekend to supporters and supportive media, Alberta Premier Alison Redford asserted that elected senators were the best way to ensure democratic entitlements for Conservatives. She went to particular lengths to laud Alberta’s elected senator,
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: What a dilemma – what scandal should I follow?
There’s the Rob Ford allegedly smoking crack videotape scandal, the Mike Duffy/Nigel Wright Senate Expenses scandal, the fallout from the Federal Court Court ruling illegal robocalls to suppress vote in certain ridings occurred by “unknown persons” accessing the Conservative own database (which they seem not even remotely alarmed about, by
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Tories try new union-bashing gambit to divert attention from their daily scandals, fiascos
Federal Treasury Board President Tony Clement, left, makes Duffygate disappear, while two reporters and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, at right, look on. Actual Canadian politicians and media personalities may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: The real Tony Clement, Arthur Porter. Desperate to divert public attention from Mike “The Puffster”
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Condemned 84 and the Embrace of Racist Ideology
You know, rather than reinvent the wheel, we invite our readers to check out the story at this link. As a bit of a preview…. The main support for Condemned 84 on the show that’s been announced for Toronto is Légitime Violence, an ultra-nationalist RAC band connected with the right
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: How Harper Made The Senate More Accountable, Even If Just A Little
If Justin Beiber was in the Canadian Senate it would be the most watched institution in all of government, and, undoubtedly, the most accountable. For if the Biebs walked down the Ottawan red carpet into that similarly coloured chamber, his every action would be televised, sensationalized, and scrutinized. There wouldn’t
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: How Harper Made The Senate More Accountable, Even If Just A Little
If Justin Beiber was in the Canadian Senate it would be the most watched institution in all of government, and, undoubtedly, the most accountable.For if the Biebs walked down the Ottawan red carpet into that similarly coloured chamber, his every action…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: How Harper Made The Senate More Accountable, Even If Just A Little
If Justin Beiber was in the Canadian Senate it would be the most watched institution in all of government, and, undoubtedly, the most accountable. For if the Biebs walked down the Ottawan red carpet into that similarly coloured chamber, his every action would be televised, sensationalized, and scrutinized. There wouldn’t
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Stephen Harper Was Grilled Like a Criminal
It was without a doubt the best Question Period I have ever watched.The day Stephen Harper was finally forced to answer questions about the Senate scandal. And was roasted like a chicken, or grilled like a criminal.Read more »
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: But Can It Be Mixed With Kool-Aid?
Is it possible that at the start of their political careers, Stephen Harper and Rob Ford consulted with Cornelius Grouppe for campaign advice and recruitment methodology? Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6065…Sex In The Library
13 per cent of the Harvard class of 2013 claim to have had sex in the library at the uni that, among other things, graduated our Governor General, David/Donald Johnson/Johnston. That was what the Harvard Crimson reported and The Atlantic re reported it. It comes from a survey of the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6066…Take That Obama: Rob Ford In Da House
Google the name President Barack Obama and then Google Mayor Rob Ford’s and see what you get. What you will get is the chart below that I cribbed off The Huffington Post. I don’t really understand it either but that is primarily coz I spent science, economics and math class
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Hudak Conservatives fined $85,000 for "rule breaking robocalls"
I hear he knows a guy who knows a guy though
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