The NDP’s final leadership debate wrapped up today in Vancouver in advance of the March 24th leadership convention. It has been a long road since the first debate back in Ottawa, and every candidate has managed to both improve their debating skills as well as set out key policy and
Continue readingTerahertz: Mulcair’s latest video #ndpldr
As the ballots start to get marked, each candidate for the leadership of the federal NDP is making their closing arguments. With that, Thomas Mulcair has released a new YouTube video to declare “why we need a strong opposition.” This is tragically disappointing. Nearly everything in the video is the
Continue readingThe final debate: lecturing one another
The final NDP leadership debate took place this afternoon from Vancouver, under the theme of “Opportunities for Young and New Canadians.” I’m not sure if it was just the lighting, but the candidates all seemed fairly tired – which could also be virtue of cross-country flights – but there wasn’t
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – March 11, 2012
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen what look to be a couple of noteworthy efforts among the NDP’s leadership candidates to reach out to other campaigns’ supporters in order to win over the down-ballot support that will likely decide the outcome of the campaign. So how have those
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Support from Israel Lobby for Mulcair NDP leadership bid raises serious concerns
With voting underway to elect the new leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party and just two weeks until the leadership convention, Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) has discovered information indicating that key players at the highest levels in Canada’s Israel Lobby are backing the candidacy of Thomas Mulcair. IJV is
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Why the ‘Two Punch’ plan of Nathan Cullen will unseat the Harper Tory government in 2015
Just been watching the last NDP leadership debate on CBC, and it is blindingly apparent that there is only one person on that stage who really understands the reality of the Canadian political lineup. Cullen has called for a change in thinking by the NDP to allow progressives from both
Continue readingCoren: Nothing here to see. And it’s the leftists fault. ADSCAM! also.
As usual, the usual suspects want YOU to go back to sleep. Catering to the uneducated, the ideologues and the tin foil hatters. Because in Coren-land, all is a Librul conspiracy meant to make the Conservatives look bad. And ADSCAM. Also. Talk about personal responsibility. It’s always someone elses fault
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: RoboCon – The Waiting Game Is Rigged To Lose
The full exchange is on my Black Knight post. D.I.D. writes: If we revert to mob mentality and, like the French Jacobins, call for the King’s head, then we are no better than Harper and his political mafia. I think we have to start shaking some trees already, to see
Continue readingHappy birthday, Douglas Adams
Today is Douglas Adams’ 60th birthday. Or it would be if he hadn’t been thoughtless enough to die in May of 2001, thereby depriving us of yet more of his insanely eccentric humour. I owe Doug a quite considerable debt. For his TV series “The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,”
Continue readingChronicles of a Pure Laine: Times are good for Sovereigntists – Part 2
Léger Marketing published the results of yet another survey concluding that the PQ is in majority territory [in French]. Overall, the CAQ is at 24%, the PLQ at 28% and the PQ at 33%. This lead may not seem important, but one has to keep in mind that support for
Continue readingChronicles of a Pure Laine: Times are good for Sovereigntists – Part 2
Léger Marketing published the results of yet another survey concluding that the PQ is in majority territory [in French]. Overall, the CAQ is at 24%, the PLQ at 28% and the PQ at 33%. This lead may not seem important, but one has to keep in mind that support for
Continue readingChronicles of a Pure Laine: Times are good for Sovereigntists – Part 2
Léger Marketing published the results of yet another survey concluding that the PQ is in majority territory [in French]. Overall, the CAQ is at 24%, the PLQ at 28% and the PQ at 33%. This lead may not seem important, but one has to keep in mind that…
Continue readingToday’s Election Fraud Protests….Complete List of Times and Places
. Here’s the full list, just because it’s kinda/sorta hard to find all in one place: What: National Day of Action Against Election FraudWhen: Sunday, March 11th, 2012Where: Pre-planned rallies at sites nationwide. See list of major rallies below. British Columbia: Vancouver, BC: Rally outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre at
Continue readingFusing and Musing: A letter to my fellow Canadians
I think the following is very important for Canadians to remember and to help this memory I’m asking you to share and like this. So very, very few Canadians seem to remember that Canada has always been a country of moderates and it is that moderate stance towards social and
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: What’s the Matter With Mississippi?
This short film by Alexandra Pelosi asks some regular folks in Mississippi why the poorest state in America is also the most conservative:
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Roundup
Assorted news and notes from the NDP’s leadership campaign as we approach today’s final debate… – Niki Ashton pointed out how the NDP should be able to tap into the desire for democratic decision-making that once motivated the Reform Party before it was turned into a top-down organization under the
Continue readingBuckdog: Sask New Democrats Will Select New Leader In Spring 2013
Saskatchewan New Democrats will choose a new leader early in 2013. The decision to hold a leadership convention in February/March 2013 in Saskatoon was made at a party provincial council meeting this weekend. The exact date of the leadership convention, as well as the official start date of the race,
Continue readingWinning hearts and minds in Afghanistan, Ch. 3,234
More Afghan civilians murdered by one of their liberators. Whether it’s a wedding party or just prey, the bodies pile up, and the liberators are always sorry about that. Meanwhile, the current mayor of Kabul, Hamid Karzai, has decreed that women shall henceforward be second-class citizens. Remember, this is our
Continue reading"Where Did This Come From?"
AllTheRabbleRousingThatFits WithSeanGoneVille I don’t like to whack Mr. Holman’s rabble-rousers. Because they often have lots of interesting stuff to say. Stuff that I don’t know. Which is pretty darn rare these days. Not because I’m so smart. But rather because Lotuslandian broadcast media has become so dumb. But…. This morning
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