A Léger Marketing poll for The Gazette and Le Devoir April 2-4 shows the following support among decided voters: NDP 33% Conservatives 32% Liberals 19% Green 8% [Bloc not listed but most likely about 6-7% nationally] In Quebec: NDP 47% (up 4 points since the election – up 19 points
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4451…Mohawks. I Like Mohawks
They are living in the now. Great quote from Joe Delarond in yesterday’s Globe and Mail. Mr. Delarond is a member of the Mohawk casino project team. We’re Kanewakans. We don’t consider ourselves part of Quebec. We are located in Quebec. We are also located in Canada. Wed don’t consider
Continue readingbastard.logic: David Banner on the Shooting of Trayvon Martin: “We Have to Get Some Type of Legislation Now.”
Gulf Coast hip hop impresario David Banner drops some straight knowledge re: Trayvon, race, and class in the US of A in this BlackEnterprise.com interview: “The fact [is] we have to get some type of legislation now. “What do we want to see implemented to make sure this doesn’t happen
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: Why the Dinosaurs May Be Trying to Tell Us Something
Entry Date: April 7th, 2012 Mood: Optimistic with a touch of Realism… Weather: Sunny and beautiful with a touch of a cool breeze… Today the grass had one hell of a joyous time! The sun was out and although it was quite chilly, the warmth generated allowed the buds to
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4450…Don Brennan Ottawa Sun Genius
He pointed it out hisself earlier this week in The Ottawa Sun that he was the only hockey scribe on the planet to predict that the Ottawa Senators would not suck totally this hockey season. Good on him. Next time I see him at the Meadowlands Sports Pub I am
Continue readingTrying to get burned at the stake: heretical Easter edition
Me, I like heretics. Sure hanging out with heretics and being a heretic is fraught with danger: a certain tendency towards a merely reactionary or contrarian stance, a pension for wasting time by reinventing the wheel and merely convincing yourself … Continue reading →
Continue readingIn This Corner: Let the pushback begin: Wildrose in the crosshairs
Albertans pay little attention to politics at the best of times. Even during elections, the public shows little interest until about two weeks before the vote. Well, here we are, about two weeks before the vote. Let the real campaign begin. For the crafty, well-financed and nasty Wildrose party, the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4449…Brian Lilley’s Tremendous Wit
The SUN TV bore is in a Twitter fight and is flashing his brilliant wit. Check this snappy comeback to Postmedia’s Glen McGregor: @glen_mcgregor You are a former strip club DJ and Frank Magazine writer. Not just an ad homenium attack but a very, very, very weak one. I bet
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Budget 2012: At Least the War on the Environment is Going Well
Until this year, the purpose of the annual Canadian federal budget was to project government revenues, lay out spending priorities and forecast economic conditions for the upcoming year. Reading Budget 2012, announced last week by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, it soon becomes clear that this government has no intention of
Continue readingSometimes Everybody Should Just Read…
AWordsmith’sRight ToWriteVille ….The Reverend Paperboy. Particularly if you are wondering what the really big deal is about succumbing to the faux ‘reasonableness’ of the wedge issue that is being falsely-foisted upon an unsuspecting public as ‘debate’ regarding the long-settled issue of a woman’s right to choose. **** Now. Put down
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Who Is Monitoring Fracking Wells And Pipelines? Nobody
see-hear-speak-no-evil.jpg As we here at DeSmogBlog have been covering in exhaustive detail for quite some time now, there is virtually no safe way to perform hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for unconventional oil and gas. Fracking has been linked to numerous problems, including the release of radioactive molecules that cause an array
Continue readingLeDaro: George Zimmerman: Armed Neo-Nazis swarm Sanford, Florida
Deja vu all over again. We have made progress. Oh! Really! Presence of Neo-Nazis reveals that Zimmerman has friends who have come out in the open. It is becoming a sad and very precarious situation. Is this the type of U.S who wants to spread democracy and human rights in
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Spruce Mine Mountaintop Removal Coal Permit Restored
mine.gif In late March, a federal court ruled to open the Spruce No. 1 mine in Logan County, WV, to mountaintop removal coal mining. The EPA had originally vetoed the permit back in January of 2011, explaining that the destructive practices of mountaintop removal would endanger communities' health and access
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4448…Royal Military College Sucks Hugely
Beyond the pale. At least in the one department that outsiders like the WFDS can gauge. Athletics. Sports. Sooooooooooo bad. Their teams in every sport get killed all the time. Rugby lost a game by over 50. Men’s soccer lost a game by 10. The basketball team, OMG, men and
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4447…Alberta Changing Dictator
Sorry, Premier. Ah, you say Premier, I say Dictator. It sure looks, if the polls are to believed, that Wild Rose, led by my Facebook friend Danielle Smith, is going to cruise to a majority in Alberta. The Progressive Conservatives problem seems to be that they are a/too progressive and
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4446…Here Is Why We Need Fighter Jets
I ask the question and get an answer. A very succinct and satisfying answer. Thank you! We need fighter jets because, since 2007 the Russian Air Force has been probing Canadian air space with bombers with some regularity. Ground-based air defences have severe limitations which potentially make them ineffective against
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: SK Budget: Where’s the Inter-governmental Love?
A hallmark of Brad Wall’s premiership has been cosy relations with municipal governments and the two westernmost provincial governments. Since taking office, the Sask. Party has been throwing money at municipalities. It pledged not to sign the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement with Alberta and BC, but then did
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Provincial election not likely?
I'm not so sure. We'll see in the next week or so. http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/why-ontarios-ndp-isnt-drawing-a-line-in-the-budgetary-sand/article2392569/?service=mobileSent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Take The "Guess The Auditor General Report" Quiz: Chinook Helicopter or F-35?
Peter MacKay: Why does Rona get everything? Rona, Rona, Rona! Between the complete ignorance of the desolate living conditions found in the First Nation reserve of Attawapiskat, the suspected widespread election fraud and the misleading of Canadians of the estimated costs of the F-35 fighter jets to the tune of
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