And no, this isn’t an April Fools prank. I’m speaking for myself right now and not for the other members of the Collective. I’m stepping away from the blog for a while. I don’t know for how long I’ll be gone. It might be a week or a month or
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: the definition of silly season. is this what “change” looks like?
The wheels came off the Progressive Conservative election campaign this week. If you are looking for a definition of “silly season” the first week of Alberta’s 2012 provincial election fits the bill. Despite major policy announcements from each of the main political parties this week, the campaign is being reported
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Night Justin Trudeau Humiliated the Cons
OK. So I admit I was a bit worried about this one eh? In fact, to be perfectly honest I thought that Patrick Brazeau was going to KILL Justin Trudeau. And so did the Ezra Levant… Because in the minutes leading up to the match he was in a frenzy
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Departure of Mike Harris
Mike Harris, for whom I have everlasting contempt thanks to his divisive and disastrous time as Ontario’s Premier, is leaving his directorship of Magna International under a cloud. I couldn’t be happier. Recommend this Post
Continue readingA Blog By James Curran: And This is What my Buddy Justin Will Do to Conservatives…
…when he becomes leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Knock out Conservatives everywhere! And that’s no joke! It’s time for generational change in the Liberal Party. For me? Justin’s the guy. Enough said.
Continue readingTime To Speak Up On Choice
Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth is trying his darnedest these days to see womens right to choose curtailed, even entirely overturned if he had his way. While the Cons would like us to see Woodworth as a rouge MP with no party support, the reality is there is no such thing
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Ol’ JB Screeches Out Another Song: "On the Ropes Again"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, the young Trudeau feller surprised me last night when he whupped the trash-talkin’ senator’s sorryass. I had a video sing-song all done up fer when Justin got his ass handed to him but danged if i didn’t hafta toss that one in the dumper an’
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Ol’ JB Screeches Out Another Song: "On the Ropes Again"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, the young Trudeau feller surprised me last night when he whupped the trash-talkin’ senator’s sorryass. I had a video sing-song all done up fer when Justin got his ass handed to him but danged if i didn’t hafta toss that …
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Ol’ JB Screeches Out Another Song: "On the Ropes Again"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, the young Trudeau feller surprised me last night when he whupped the trash-talkin’ senator’s sorryass. I had a video sing-song all done up fer when Justin got his ass handed to him but danged if i didn’t hafta toss that one in the dumper an’
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your weekend. – Karl Nerenberg reported on Marc Mayrand’s Robocon testimony, featuring some much-needed discussion of what can be done to improve the Canada Elections Act to ensure fair elections rather than creating an incentive for electoral fraud: Mayrand fretted to the Committee that there are
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Enya – Adiemus
Continue readinggritchik: Let’s go
The Ontario Federation of Labour had a poll done which revealed that “Ontarians from every riding in the province are solidly opposed to the unfairness of (Premier Dalton) McGuinty’s budget and they are ready to go back to the polls to demand fair taxation.” Their interpretation of the results, however,
Continue readingWar on words
The New York City Department of Education wants to avoid the user of certain words or phrases on standardized tests if “the topic is controversial among the adult population and might not be acceptable in a state-mandated testing situation; the topic has been overused in standardized tests or textbooks and
Continue readingMorton's Musings: End of the penny; I hear the sound of approaching horses…
For Canadian coin collector Sid Belzberg, the penny's demise is a bad omen. He casts back to the Roman Empire's shrinking currencies and sees a disturbing trend in coinage phase-out. "As a civilization deteriorates, the intrinsic value of what they have decreases," he argued. "The coinage gets debased and then
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Solution for the Auditor General
A person commenting on Jonathan Fowlie’s puffery in the Vancouver Sun proposes a way Premier Photo-Op can resolve her government’s dispute with Auditor General John Doyle over documents in the Basi Virk payoff: “…the Auditor General will be given a “mediator” with a zero document mandate.”
Continue readingTrayvon Martin: pro-Zimmerman case evaporates
The racist Right, scrambling to defend the killer of unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, has just taken a knockout blow. It’s all over for George Zimmerman, or it should be by now. The Internet has been alive with commentary from the Usual Suspects accusing progressives of “rushing
Continue readingMusic for a Sunday: Song of the day
Well, what would YOU have posted? Ha, ha.
Continue readingFar and Wide: Sting Like A Bee
Let’s keep it real, you could probably count on one hand those that actually thought Justin Trudeau stood a chance in his charity bout against Senator Brazeau. Just a boxing match, offensive to many, but in the final analysis the outcome is not without consequence. In one evening, Trudeau has
Continue readingMr. Lahey, er John Dunsworth, running for mayor of Halifax
Too bad it’s April 1st. I’d vote for him. Asked in this exclusive interview what changes he would make first, John Dunsworth responded that he would make marijuana legal within city limits. When caught off guard on the sticky subject of chickens, he proved that he has political chops and had
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