The home of Canada’s Parliament, held in contempt by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Reform Party, doing business under the name of the Conservative Party of Canada. Below: former chief of staff Nigel Wright, Mr. Harper and Senator Mike Duffy. Surely the wrong man has quit! Nigel Wright, Prime
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Oh, say…
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Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6021…Rob Ford Superstar
Gather round and look at this little children. Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto, Canada has the top two billboarded stories on Slate. The American Slate. He’s bigger than Texas! OMG! Reports: Toronto Mayor Caught on Tape Smoking Crack A Video Introduction to Toronto’s Alleged Crack-Smoking Mayor Authorities Still Don’t
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6020…Happy Stompin’ Tom Day
That suggestion comes from Facebook and Nick Masciantonio If Canada ever becomes a republic, Victoria Day should be renamed Stompin’ Tom Day. Works for me. WFDS
Continue readingChristy's Houseful of Chaos politics » Christy's Houseful of Chaos: #PMHarperMustResign twitterstorm
I was skeptical when I first saw the call out for people to start using the hashtag #PMHarperMustResign. Tweeting doesn’t force a person to resign. Maybe it should be #PMHarperShouldResign instead but that would make a long hashtag even longer, and someone has already started advertising the other. As I
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: NYT: Concerns Arise on U.S. Effort to Allow Internet ‘Wiretaps’
The US government is proposing to expand wiretap design laws in order to intercept Internet audio and video chats. This expansion will require software companies to change their current operations, and those that are not able to do so will face fines. If allowed to go through, this expansion could
Continue readingcmkl: Pakenham, 147km
Cold, rainy day. Glad I brought my arm warmers. I kept up a good speed, though, despite (because of?) the cold and the distance. And I found a new cool place: Appleton. A cute little hamlet on the Mississippi River with its own bridge. The bridge is not as impressive
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: PM Waxes Poetic on Senate Scandal
One person’s tragedy is another’s travesty.
Continue readingLeftist Jab: The Case Against The Prime Minister In The Mike Duffy Scandal
Ran out of scotch to he’s making a ruckus. To quote the loquacious and disgraced Mike Duffy: “Words are important.” In that spirit, let’s take a careful look at Nigel Wright’s resignation press release to see if it can shed light into this whole affair: In light of the controversy
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: PM Harper Gives Control Over Vegetables, Grains & Forage Seeds To Corporations Like Monsanto!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Koksilah Farmer’s Institute’s Angela Auchincloss fired out this email the other day that should be of concern to us all. It is almost like Science Fiction or something from the ‘Twilight Zone’. Regular contributor Don Maroc responds below. Good Evening Everyone, The following information has been
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: What’s That Between Steve’s Shoulder Blades? Oh, That’s a Knife.
The Tories have a rich history of backstabbing. Dalton Camp did in John Diefenbaker and was never forgiven. Brian Mulroney shoved Joe Clark out of the way and into a ditch. Could it be possible that the knives are coming out for Steve Harper in the finest Conservative tradition? Trying
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Sen. Mike Duffy’s Scandal Torpedoes Nigel Wright: Canadians React
PM Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright resigned early Sunday following last week’s revelation that he cut a $90,000 personal cheque to cover Sen. Mike Duffy’s fraudulent Senate expense claims. The announcement has set the Twitterverse on fire. “Mr Wright’s resignation doesn’t end the matter – how and why was this deal
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: “Campus Alberta”: Soviet Style Research and Development Comes to Alberta
Sigh…where to start? The barrage of bad news spewing out of the Premier’s office has been so intense that the government’s Machiavellian takeover of post secondary institutions and research and development slipped by with relatively little public outcry. Sure, some students and academics staged protests on the steps of the
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: Collingwood and our Comparators
The recent KPMG presentation to council, May 13, included some interesting data about where Collingwood sits in several areas among its peers. These included staffing, parks, recreational facilities, taxes, debt ratios and operating costs. These figures were taken from data reported … Continue reading →
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Wright Quits, Wallin & Duffy Half-Quit, May Lashes the PM #cdnpoli
What dirt does Duffy have on the Prime Minister, that would have had him order his Chief of Staff to cut Mike Duffy a cheque for more than $90,000? Mike #Duffy and Nancy Greene, #senators raising money for CPC. Corruption and sponsorship #cdnpoli #revolting. en: youtu.be/FJUCugE8ZZQ— Susan (@SusanFelicity) May 19,
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Gawker and the Rob Ford crack video
Graydon enjoying the high life I don’t think much of Gawker. It’s a trashy site but I go to it fairly regularly because there is usually something amusing to read. Plus, a post a wrote once on LFR about childhood friend and Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter was picked up
Continue readingwmtc: ronda to cordoba / cordoba / zuheros
We left Ronda very early: we had to ring a bell at the desk and get the hotel manager out of bed to settle our bill. Poor guy shuffled out in his slippers, completely confused. We had to remind him we needed our parking validated, then remind him we needed
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: On the Eve of PMO`s Chief of Staff`s Resignation
Inspired by too many stories to list here!
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Statements: Resignation of Harper’s Chief of Staff Nigel Wright
From the day it emerged that Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright cut a $90,000 personal cheque to cover Sen. Mike Duffy’s fraudulent Senate expense claims, the Conservatives tried desperately to kill the scandal. On Thursday, they tossed Duffy overboard, and on Friday, Sen. Pamela Wallin. Also on Friday,
Continue readingBuckdog: Stephen Harper Is Far Too Sleazy, Corrupt And Dishonest To Be Straight With Canadians About The Senate Scandal ….
-Stephen Harper is never going to be honest with Canadians about the sleaze that is oozing out of his political administration. -There isn’t even any point in the RCMP investigating the Senate scandal because the leadership of the RCMP is in Harper’s hip pocket and will whitewash whatever the Conservatives
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