I was sent this neat info-graphic that discusses the need for comprehensive sex ed in the USA. We can be a bit more smug here in Canada, but we must remain eternally vigilant that our education system relies on the best available information. Created by: PublicHealthDegree.com
Continue readingwmtc: in which we kick peel’s butt!
Win? That doesn’t even begin to describe it. This was a rout. When the smoke cleared, we were celebrating and they were gasping for air. $429 and change that we should never have been charged? Check. $175 in court costs? Check. But wait, there’s more… $100 for our preparation time,
Continue readingthe woodshed: Loyal retainer is loyal
So Michael Sona has done what he was hired for and fallen on his sword to deflect blame from his masters. If you honestly believe a 23-year-old communications assistant for a failed CPC candidate managed to organize, fund, co-ordinate and execute the entire “robocall” affair, please write to me. I
Continue readingkirbycairo: Robogate and lackey Scapegoats. . . .
Saint Stephen on Robogate Yesterday Pat Martin said on CBC that the Conservatives were “laying the foundation for throwing some kid under the bus,” as a result of the massive conspiracy that is Robogate. Well, it didn’t take long did it? Look here to see the scapegoat that the Conservatives
Continue readingThe Cons lighten the troika
A young Conservative imbecile is tossed off the sled to the wolves. One kid, responsible for a robofraud program that stretched over 27 ridings? Stay hungry, wolves. Please.
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Everyone does it? No they don’t
Here we go again. The Harper Conservatives get nailed for their dirty tricks and ratfucking and all of a sudden “everybody” does it and “everyone” has to clean up their act — yeah, because Pierre Trudeau bringing in wage and price controls 40 years ago is somehow exactly the same
Continue readingImpolitical: Let’s not overlook Peter MacKay today
Must read post from Dave at Galloping Beaver: “Airshow” MacKay is now well over the line. On Peter MacKay’s abuse of his position by asking military personnel to provide him with political ammunition against a member of the opposition who questioned MacKay’s personal use of military assets. Dave, with military
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Dark Master Speaks
Regarding the robo-call criminal acts, did Stephen Harper actually deny any involvement with a straight face? Meanwhile, a young Tory staffer has apparently been chosen to take the fall. Recommend this Post
Continue readingIf I wanted a Liberal to lead my party
…I’d have stayed with Bob Rae. Now Thomas Mulcair, a former Liberal with skin-deep ties to the NDP, is one of the front-runners in our leadership race. I don’t like this. Not one bit. There have always been Third-Way-Blair-Witch-Project types in the party, and sometimes they have won leadership—Alexa McDonough
Continue readingBuckdog: Conseratives Fire Jr. Staffer As Scapegoat For Robo Calls Into At Least 18 Federal Ridings
This is not at all unexpected. The Conservatives have fired a junior staffer as being responsible for the Robo-call fiasco. Problem is the kid worked in just one of the 18 Federal Ridings that received the fraudulent robo-calls. Was this staffer sitting in a Guelph area Riding directing the robo-call
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Mike Sona: R.I.P
You don’t owe ’em nothin’ anymore, kid, so spill! Here, incidentally, are some shots of that infamous incident last year up in Guelph.
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Wait a minute…
You’re telling me that the Conservative staffer who attempted to steal a ballot box from the University of Guelph during last year’s campaign has resigned as one of Eve Adams’ staffers, possibly in connection with the Rack Nine robo-fraud? Why the hell was Michael Sona, who, again, tried to steal
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4268…The Chateau Laurier Wants You
To return any sh*t you may have stolen from Ottawa’s oldest [I guess] and most regal hotel. The Chateau is in your capital, the next big building east of the Hill. The Fairmont Chateau Laurier is celebrating it’s [pick a number] anniversary this year and is asking those of you
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC’s The National on the cost of online spying
CBC’s The National gave the Stop Online Spying campaign some great coverage! We’re picking up steam and winning the battle in the media and it’s all thanks to you. Keep it up by sending a letter to the editor of your local paper or otherwise spreading the word about the
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Is that a bus I hear coming this way?
This Ottawa Citizen article is dated Feb. 23rd but the story actually broke on Wednesday evening, the 22nd. After a five month investigation, fraudulent robocalls placed during last spring’s federal election campaign had been traced back to a company in Edmonton that had worked for 12 Conservative MPs, including Stephen
Continue readingStaffroom Confidential: On a legislated contract and parents who care – one teacher’s perspective
A Victoria teacher responded to a CBC interview with Sheila Orr about the Liberal government’s plan to legislate an imposed contract on teachers: I was so discouraged to hear Sheila Orr’s cavalier, “I don’t care” today when asked about the teachers being legislated back to work. She talked about hearing
Continue readingSenator Elaine McCoy Hullabaloos: State Driven Conformity
Mr. Harper’s "kind of nationalism requires state-driven conformity," said Lawrence Martin this morning. Far from maintaining our freedoms and liberties, his policies are leading us in the other direction. For "a small sampling from the march of audacities", click here. Mr. Martin concludes that it’s "the new Canada". Is it?
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Harper Cons and Our Lost Country
They stole the last election and are turning our country into a place most of us don’t recognize. They are trying to blame a young Con campaign worker for the robocalls, even though as I pointed out in my last post. And Joan Bryden points out here. Opposition MPs noted that
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Another Bald-Faced Lie From The Defense Minister
Not that he has any credibility left, but Minister of Defense Peter McKay has told yet another whopper, this one at the Conference of Defence Association’s annual meeting. Recommend this Post
Continue readingDoes Ezra Levant Know Michael Sona?
And if yes….. How long, exactly, has the fine Sun News commentator known the good Mr. Sona? Why, ‘how long’? Because the image above was taken at a ‘private’ reception for Ms. Anne Coulter when she was on her Canadian speaking tour in the spring of 2010, one year before
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