Rick Santorum and Romney are practically even . So in the case of momentum I say that it is Santorum who takes the Iowa momentum to New Hampshire. Rick Santorum won the central part of Iowa that was filled with evangelicals and rural voters, Romney won slightly in the most populated counties which
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Rick Santorum and Science: Bad Combination!
rick_santorum_official_photo.jpg As Republican primary season schizophrenia continues, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum is now in the spotlight, having very nearly beaten Mitt Romney in Iowa. So what do we people who care about science, and global warming in particular, know about Santorum? Whoa boy. None of the Republican candidates, with the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Racism is So Over…
When you tell someone they are being too sensitive…or they should just suck it up or you just dismiss what they are saying; you’re probably in the wrong. You and your privilege need to stand down, stop and think before you continue. Filed under: Social Science Tagged: Examine your
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Caterpillar, Inc. – A Reprehensible Corporate ‘Citizen’
When I think of caterpillars (which, until recently, I have to admit, has been rarely), I think of a slow-moving yet determined creature on its way to metamorphosis, often into something quite beautiful. Unfortunately, that gentle imagery must be cast aside when considering Caterpillar Inc., an ugly corporate entity intent
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Fathers And Sons
In the wake of Mitt Romney’s eight vote win in Iowa, Maureen Dowd offers a column on the volatile relationship between fathers and sons: “American politics,” she writes,”bristles with Oedipal drama:” Sons struggling to live up to fathers. Sons striving to outdo fathers. Sons scheming to avenge fathers. Sons burning
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: 36 proposed Liberal constitutional amendments dissected and explained
Happy New Year to all; I hope you enjoyed the holidays. EspeciallyChristmas. I won’t say I’m resolving toblog more this year but I will try, and I’m sure I definitely will be in thenext few weeks as we head into the 2012 Liberal Biennial convention in Ottawa,beginning January 12th. I’m
Continue readingMorton's Musings: We must be united
Yesterday I had a good talk with the campaign chief of one of the candidates for the National Board (I am being vague on purpose). Some of the elections are getting rough — and that's wrong. Yes, we must fight our campaigns hard but after it's over whoever wins deserves
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Your Daily Nazi: JDL Canada And The EDL
A piece from Al Jazeera, which features JDL-Canada Leader and occasional BCLSB commenter Meir Weinstein: Extremist Jewish factions and far-right parties team up against “Islamisation” despite the latter’s anti-Semitic past. Right-wing movements previously associated with anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi ideologies are increasingly opting for a surprising tactic to garner legitimacy within mainstream
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Every vote counts: seriously
"… Mr. Romney had eked out a eight-vote victory with 30,015 votes to 30,007 for Mr. Santorum"
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Christmas Goodies #nlpoli #cdnpoli
A couple of provocative articles turned up online over the holidays. Now that everyone is getting back into the work-a-day groove, check them out. Energy consultant Tom Adams took a hard look at Muskrat Falls and gave it a failing grade. Adams doesn’t limit his comments to the MF project
Continue readingValue for branding dollars?
The Conservatives spent $2.8 million to promote the Next Phase™ of Canada’s Economic Action Plan™, but for all of that money, they refuse to disclose the effectiveness of the campaign. Sure, they’ve released the survey data – and according to marketing professionals, the levels of recall are nothing to proud of. But
Continue readingThe Real Surprise Of Iowa Caucus…
AllTheCrazyThatFits GOPVille Is not that Mitt Romney didn’t win going. Instead…. It is the demonstration that fully 75% of the Heartland’s GOP now supports the crazy. ______ And did Rick Santorum really link the programs of Barack Obama’s government to those of Benito Mussolini in pre-war Fascist Italy? Of course,
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Importance of Geography in the NDP Leadership Election
When choosing the next NDP leader, one question that can be raised is considerations for where the NDP leader is geographically based from. How much of a difference does this make, and, if it matters, where ought that region to be? The list, found at the end of this post, shows the
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Santorum Comes From Behind!
Not a terribly big surprise that homophobic religious wingnut and trigger-happy war-mongerer Rick Santorum would emerge triumphant from last night’s lunatic fracas in Iowa. Beating out competing Christian zealots in the race to not be Mitt Romney with the power of endless shoe leather and attractive sweater vests, the man
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: They said WHAT? What is to be done about Sun Media?
Sun Media: Not your father’s unbiased journalism. Note the ad at the bottom of the page. Below: The Super Snipe. What a car! So buy one from another dealer; more irresponsible innuendo, juxtaposition in a Sun Media paper. On New Year’s Eve, without justification or evidence, Sun Media newspapers published
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta election candidate update: january 2012.
The list of candidates nominated to stand in the next provincial general election continues to grow. Nominated Alberta Election Candidates by Region (January 3, 2012) Here are some of the updates that I have recently made to the list: Banff-Cochrane: Nominated Wildrose Party candidate Trudy Heuser has stepped down as her party’s
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Foreign funding of environmentalists?
In a demonstration of ultimate irony, Ethical Oil, which shills for the international petroleum industry, complains about environmental groups receiving a tiny portion of their funding from outside Canada. Where does the so called ethical oil industry get its funding? This is reported by Reuters: January 20/11 – China’s Sinopec
Continue readingOrwell Rolls in His Grave
A documentary made a few years back, but still broadly relevant today. It’s all about how corporate lobbyists control government, and how corporate interests control media, and the dangers to democracy that result from this high degree of corporatization. The specific example here is that of the United States of
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Canadian Conservatives Defined
Professionally angry midget Kathy Shaidle attempts to explain who’s who in the hinterland of Canadian “conservatism” to Sun News host Brian Lilley: Heh. By my estimation, Shaidle just slagged off about 90% of the “Bloggin’ Tories” in one form or another as not being REAL conservatives; at least that is,
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