Luuuuucy! You’ve got some ’splainin’ to do! PC Party president Bill Smith, left, is seeking an explanation of how the party’s confidential membership list fell into the hands of the gutter press and a pollster. Alberta political officials may n…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: when you really want to win.
With three days left until the results of the first ballot voting in Alberta’s Progressive Conservative leadership contest are tallied, some candidates are being accused of breaking campaign rules. Perceived front-runner Gary Mar is facing accusations that his campaign was selling memberships outside an advanced polling station set up in Edmonton, something that is no […]
Continue readingThe Globe and Mail: What’s Their Game?
Entering a leadership race, at least for the first few days, should be a relatively simple affair. You come before the cameras with your best smile on, supporters in toe ( in this particular story…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: When Gay Kids are Made Invisible
As if gay kids aren’t persecuted enough. As if they aren’t insulted, hurt, killed, or driven to suicide just because of who they are, and who they love.As if it wasn’t hideous enough that in some Catholic schools in Ontario, gay kids aren’t allowed to …
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4037…I Hope He At Least Got Something Sumthin’
Bob Dechert is the poor schmuck/Member of Parliament, Blue, for Mississauga Square One, and he is in big trouble with the missus coz he got caught flirting on line with a hot Chinese news reporter, Shi Rong.Let the piling on begin. Canoe reports that …
Continue readingPop The Stack: What We Don’t Know Will Hurt Us
So, apparently the Conservative government’s deep cuts to Environment Canada are leading to the cancellation of an important monitoring project on the ozone layer over the Arctic. The British journal Nature says scientists and research institutes around the world have been informally told the Canadian network will be shut down
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Christianity Today on the Todd Bentley/Lakeland documentary
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. Christianity Today has a report on filmmaker Roy Peterson’s film on Todd Bentley and the Lakeland revival. The magazine’s writer observes, at the end of their story: Peterson’s documentary does not … Continue reading →
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Open Question to Halton Region NDP Candidates
Will you follow the spoken and written word of your leader, Andrea Horwath, directing you to not use Jack Layton’s legacy and untimely death for your own electoral advantage?Or, will you do as Cheri DiNovo and other candidates do, and completely ignore…
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Mark Steel’s Boston Tea Party
Mark Steel Lectures at BBC Open2.net
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: A surprising critique of domionism?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. It’s quite often progressives who find fault with the theory of “dominionism”. And that bothers me a bit. You would suspect that as a conservative, I would have problems arguing against … Continue reading →
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: 2011 Ontario Election: Parkdale-Highpark All Candidates Forum Response
The following is my observations and reflections from attending an All Candidates Forum for the riding of Parkdale-Highpark. Click here for an overview on the candidates for this riding. While this post will obviously be specific to this particular On…
Continue readingcmkl: A message to campaigners: I’m really starting to hate the phone so stop using it
At work I use the phone when I need to talk in depth, trade ideas get feedback and work through problems. It’s good for that. Especially if I use email to schedule a convenient time to call. It’s also a really good way to get my attention when there’s …
Continue readingFrom the “You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby” files
Read it and weep: A bus driver told Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to get on a separate bus from other Government leaders after mistaking her for one of their partners during the recent Pacific Forum, TVNZ has reported. […] An anonymous police source told TVNZ a bus driver stopped Ms Gillard as she was […]
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Faytene downgrades from red alert status?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. There’s a video call to prayer from Faytene Grasseschi from Sept. 11th on the ‘net now. Faytene brings some thoughtful things that may be worth praying about–one thing that I appreciated … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: Election Update 2011 -=- The NDP
The NDP continue to ride the Orange “Crush” Wave as numbers show increased support coming their way this election. Right now, these numbers are simply numbers…what happens on October 6th can always be different and this is where the excitement in an election arises, you just never know what the
Continue readingBlunt Objects: NDP Leadership Poll
Yep.I know what you’re thinking: someone here, in Canada, had the brilliance to poll the NDP leadership race? Not only that, they did it days after Layton’s passing? Before anyone knew who the candidates were, or cared? Yep.Well, it was commissioned by…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ugly Cons and the Broken Liberals
OK. Let me get this straight eh? The Con smear machine that destroyed Ignatieff and Dion, goes after Brian Topp.“Topp is a union boss and has deep union ties,” they say in a memo to MPs and party faithful. “How could Brian Topp speak on beha…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Ontario PCs: For Tim…
…safety comes first.
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Ontario New Democrats Steer Clear of US-Style Dirty Politics
“Unofficial political” websites are the new tools for smearing dirt on opponents. Both Tim Hudak’s Progressive Conservatives and Dalton McGuinty’s Ontario Liberals have them. PC: www.ontariansneednotapply.com and www.liberalreview.ca….
Continue readingThe Enlightened Savage: PC Leadership Candidate Profile – Ted Morton
Candyman.Candyman.Candyman. If you look into a mirror and say it 3 times, so the legend goes, you’re in for a VERY bad night. So it goes, too, with “Wildrose Party” – at least, if you subscribe to Ted Morton’s view of provincial politics.&nbs…
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