At a recent event in Vancouver, it fell to the President of Vancouver Kingsway, Alex Burton, to introduce me before I spoke. I was somewhat surprised when instead of the usual “I’m going to read everything from Brian’s LinkedIn page” introduction, he instead started with “knowing I was going to
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That ain’t strategic voting, Mr. Topp. That’s called campaigning.
So I just read this article by Brian Topp in the Globe and Mail. And I have to say, it is obvious to me that either Topp is being willfully ignorant about the definition of strategic voting, or he is an idiot. Reposted from my post on the Liberal.ca forums:
Continue readingFusing and Musing: And the point is?
After a few years practicing being a social commenter I have come to one certain conclusion. I should probably have my fucking head examined! Grief, that’s what you mostly get. Yet we all plug away, each of us for our own reasons from that unique perspective each of us can
Continue readingPMMLiberal.ca: Celebrating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
I recenlty wrote a blog entry for the Liberal Party of Canada in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission. On a blustery Saturday morning in 1982, the Right Hon. Pierre Elliot Trudeau sat beside Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II on Parliament Hill while she proclaimed, by letters patent and statuary instrument, the Canada
Continue readingFusing and Musing: Why ‘Moderation’ is a big deal…
Why moderation? Why would one want to stay closer to the political center? Is there empirical or even theoretical proof that such a stance would be the ideal? It is safe to say there are as many theories and their advocates as the day is long. Before we proceed I
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 readingBirth Pangs: Doonesbury Tackles Abortion
Sounds like a great strip and very on point however newspapers will be given the chance to replace it if they deem themselves and their readership hypocritical enough to accept and support state sponsored rape but too precious to actually know the reality of it. The comic strips feature a
Continue readingFusing and Musing: Douche of the week – Rush Limbaugh
Well, well, it certainly has taken a while to get back to writing here on oddbloke.ca. As many of you know, the operator of this site, after having me vetted by the public, was ill for a while. But seriously – I was a bit annoyed by the “What to
Continue readingFusing and Musing: All ye who seek money and power – Is this all you have?
As many of you know I suffer from some unknown illness that severely incapacitates me from time to time. This week was no exception and I lay for hour after hour suffering and wondering, “How long can something like this go on until it manifests in the way I dread
Continue readingFusing and Musing: Vetted by Facebook?
In an age where the “online spying” and “indefinite detention” become tools by the government to suppress the population and create fear of dissent, I have become completely convinced that I am being vetted by Facebook. I have recently returned from the beautiful Caribbean coast of Honduras. I visited Copan
Continue readingWhy you should vote for Grant Gordon, and by extension the Liberal Party of Canada
Yesterday, the picture below started making its rounds on the internet, and as was intended (I’m sure), it generated quite a lot of debate and discussion. I posted it to my Facebook timeline, and ended up in the middle of a debate from both Conservatives and New Democrats. How very
Continue readingI Endorse Kyle Harrietha for National Membership Secretary
I’ve known Kyle Harrietha since shortly after I joined the party, when he was President in Fort McMurray and I was the new President in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission. As the new President of an Kyle Harrietha effectively dead riding association, I took a lot of inspiration from the work Kyle
Continue readingBirth Pangs: Mother Who Dressed Toddler As Prostitute Wants To Donate Dress Profits To Anti-Abortion Organization
Who would dress their child as a prostitute? A “pro-lifer” of course. Wendy Dickey, the mother of Paisley, who wore the now-famous “Pretty Woman” prostitute costume during the Queen of Hearts pageant, tells E! News exclusively that the outfit has caused such a stir that she wants to sell the
Continue readingBirth Pangs: Nadine Dorries Abortion Amendment Defeated
Chalk one up for rationality and common sense. MPs voted by 368 votes to 118 – a majority of 250 – to reject the amendment by the Tory backbencher Nadine Dorries after she lost the support of her co-sponsor, the former Labour minister Frank Field. The Dorries amendment would have stripped non-statutory abortion providers such […]
Continue readingBirth Pangs: International Women’s Day 2011
It would be nice if this could be a day of celebration, however it feels more appropriate for it to be a day of remembrance for all the women who have fallen or who have been unnecessarily burdened under oppressive regimes. In the U.S. women are losing their rights to reproductive choice with restrictions on […]
Continue readingBirth Pangs: LifeSite on the Arizona Shooting – Taking CYA to a New and Disgusting Level
I generally prefer to report rather than takes digs at, after all as Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.” However, this article over at **LifeSiteNews is absolutely abhorrent. Most of it is spent trying to prove that the shooter was promoting a god-less left-wing agenda – oh […]
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