Well, after the catastrophic election results on Monday, and by that I’m referring to the harper majority, I suppose bashing the new opposition party for any reason whatsoever might be a way to pass the time. Karma, and all that. Anyway, Barack Obama decides that releasing the pictures of osama
Continue readingthis-on-that: dipper deputy leader: Obama is a liar….update: dipper foreign affairs critic: U.S. government has photos
Well, after the catastrophic election results on Monday, and by that I’m referring to the harper majority, I suppose bashing the new opposition party for any reason whatsoever might be a way to pass the time. Karma, and all that.
Anyway, Barack Obama decides that releasing the pictures of osama bin killed, might not be a good idea.
“It is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who is shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool…we don’t trot out this stuff as trophies,” said Obama, who saw the photos.
Deputy dipper Thomas Mulcair says, yeah, that’s because he doesn’t have any pictures, so there!
Thomas Mulcair struck a conspiracy theory note Wednesday when he told CBC TV that U.S. President Barack Obama’s version of the death of the terrorist mastermind is incomplete, if not untrue.
“I don’t think from what I’ve heard that those pictures exist,”
Where did you hear that, Mr.Mulcair? Alex Jones, perhaps?
update
Well that didn’t take long. Foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar contradicts Mulcair.
“We have no reason to doubt the veracity of President Obama’s statement,” Dewar wrote in an emailed statement.
“I understand that the U.S. government has photos, but decided not to release them as they do not want them used as trophies. This is a legitimate concern. We agree these types of photos shouldn’t be used as propaganda tools.
“As in all cases, the public’s right to know must be balanced with public safety concerns.“
So Dewar would hide information when he thinks it’s appropriate? Not very dipper like, I must say!
Continue readingEfficient Market Hypothesis, the corporate bond sales pitch and rationality
If the EMH were true then would this sales pitch be a lie? This pitch says that they can pick winners and can avoid losers. Does the EMH imply that winners cannot be persistently picked and losers consistently avoided? Does … Continue reading …
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Christian right will find out soon- What a friend they have in Harper – Can PM keep abortion off the agenda
Stephen Harper finally has his majority, the third time was the charm. Canadians, while perhaps not warming to the Conservative leader, did trust him sufficiently to let him rule without the burden of the leash that is a minority government. …
Continue readingdjkelly.ca: CBC Radio column: Time to change Elections Canada’s arcane rules
In this alberta@noon column on CBC Radio One with host Donna McElligott I talk about Elections Canada’s ban on reporting the results of a federal election in a time zone where the polls have not closed yet. Topics include the $25,000 fine, the difference between media and people using social media,
Continue readingPample the Moose: Quebec NDP: The Kids [Could Be] All Right
Monday was an exciting night for Quebec university NDP clubs, as a number of members of their executives were elected to the House of Commons, amidst a wave that elected NDP members in almost 80% of Quebec’s ridings (on the strength of about 43% of the…
Continue readingHarper Valley: Big Bwana – A Song for the Stephen Harpers of the World (including you, Gordon Campbell)
Writen and performed by Wednesday Jones.
Filed under: Political Humour Tagged: big bwana, Gordon Campbell, song, Stephen Harper, youtube
Good news everybody!
Still on the Futurama theme. Couple of interetsing items in the news today. We have the Conference Board of Canada releasing their report on the ability of the Winnipeg and Quebec City markets to support an NHL team. I’m not the biggest hockey fan in the world. However, I do support the Jets coming back […]
Sudbury Steve May: The Green Party and the 2011 Federal Election: My Observations
It’s been an interesting week in Canadian politics. I’ve fallen a little behind with my own analysis of the election that happened two days ago now. In my defence, I, unlike Stephen Harper, don’t mind having a drink or two or more. When the CB…
Continue readingConservatives win majority
NDP places second, which is the first time a Canadian government has had an opposition party other than the Liberals or Conservatives. It’s certainly a disappointing result, but hardly unanticipated. The Conservatives had been flirting with a majorit…
Continue readingCarbon49 - a blog on sustainability for Canadian businesses: Federal Election Reshapes Canada’s Climate Policy Landscape
History was made in Canada’s federal election on May 2. Conservative gets majority goverment while New Democrat serves as Opposition for the first time. How will this alter federal policies on energy, environment, and climate change? Let’s examine the parties’ environmental platforms, their gains and losses, followed by how Canada’s federal policies may change.
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Alert! Episode 184
Canadian Dimension editors and regulars reflect on the outcome of the federal election and discuss how we must fight the Harper majority: John Cartwright (Toronto & York Region Labour Council); Eric Darier (Quebec Greenpeace); Leo Panitch (So…
Continue readingImagine if the NDP had won a majority
What would the press and punditry be saying about this? That would be the tanking of the TSX over the last two days. Filed under: Canadian Politics
Continue readingKrugman clarifies: modern Keynesians are no planners.
“I do think it’s useful to read Keynes. But Greg is right: modern Keynesianism is to be understood through the views of modern Keynesians, not by hunting through the original works for hidden meanings. And modern Keynesians are emphatically not…
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Finding a place for politics in the new Parliament?
Through a late surge of support that has redrawn the parliamentary battlelines, Canada’s brand of social democracy has been announced the official ideology of opposition for the first time. It came on the back of an understated election that seem…
Continue readingExcited Delirium: MayDay 2011: 4 Years is Just the Beginning
4 year is just the beginning, folks.
Continue readingDemocratic Progress: Where I Am Now
Here’s what I’m thinking right now about the election that just was, and the future. If I continue to blog going forward, I’ll probably try to expand and improve on it from time to time.
Far More Than “Centrist”
Having watched Michael Ignatieff
Continue readingCo2 Art: "You guys are hypnotized, no?" Blogger” Charles Leblanc Discovers Explanation for Conservative Win
Searching for Honest Journalism
The NB blogger Charles Leblanc, known as simply “Blogger”, may be the most honest journalist in the country.
He may also have discovered the real reason for the Conservative win on Monday.
You guys are hypnotized, …
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Leash Laws are for Chumps: The Credo of the Dog Owning Sociopath
Over the course of the last decade, I’ve allowed myself to become something of a chubby haus frau. I derive considerable pleasure in planting myself in front of the computer and not bothering to watch what I stuff in my face. Several times a year, something in my brain chemistry is rudely altered, and I […]
Continue readingSome coincidental feedback
I am at the garage for some work this morning. The owner, a Thornhill resident and I were chatting about the election. He told me that he was so incensed about the Liberals forcing an election that he and his wife voted Conservative, rather than Libera…
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