PHOTOS: Bernard the (now-ex) Roughneck enjoys some of the acclaim that goes with his newfound prominence here in Wild Rose Country. Photo grabbed from Facebook. Below: Neal Hancock as Bernard during his Parliamentary Press conference two months ago. Below that: A screenshot of Interim Opposition Leader Rona Ambrose at her
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Cowichan Conversations: The Democrats Turned Their Backs On Their Traditional Base-Many Of Whom Voted for Trump.
The numbness is beginning to wear off following the strangest election campaign in modern history. I do not choose to write off all Trump voters as misogynists, racists, and the like. Sure there were some, Read more…
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Hillary Clinton: “I’m sorry that we did not win this election” [VIDEO]
Addressing Americans for the first time since her defeat to Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton said she hoped Trump “will be a successful president for all Americans.” The post Hillary Clinton: “I’m sorry that we did not win this election” [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canadian
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Commentary: The unbearable smugness of the press.
Will Rahn is a political correspondent and managing director, politics, for CBS News Digital. The mood in the Washington press corps is bleak, and deservedly so. It shouldn’t come as Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Our Deficient Democracy Needs An Overhaul
The US election should ring a bell, a very big bell. Voters stayed at home in droves and they did because the tired old two party charade did not speak to them or for them. Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: John Pilger: ‘The truth is… there was no one to vote for’
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Continue readingAlberta Politics: If Alberta PCs can’t ensure basic rules around inclusivity and harassment, they’re not fit to govern: Rachel Notley
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley at yesterday afternoon’s press conference in the Legislature media room. Below: U.S. President Elect Donald Trump and his unsuccessful Democratic Party challenger, Hillary Clinton (Photo by Gage Skidmore, Flickr). When a few journalists showed up in the Legislature’s media room yesterday afternoon for Rachel Notley’s
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: How did 59 million Americans come to support a loud-mouthed boor?
There will be plenty of analysis in the coming weeks about the results of the United States Presidential election focusing on how Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton. As many people around the world will have done today, I have spent many distracted hours… Continue Reading →
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Julian Assange Statement on the US Presidential Election
In this statement issued on the eve of 2016 U.S. Presidential election, Julian Assange defends WikiLeaks’ publication of the DNC Leaks and the Clinton political campaign and Foundation email leaks (Podesta Emails). “The right to receive and impart true information is the guiding principle of WikiLeaks,” says Assange. The post
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The U.S. Election: Between the Light and the Darkness
As I wrote in my last post, the Day of Judgement has finally arrived. The day when our neighbours decide what kind of country they want to live in. The United States of America, or Trumpland. And we must worry whether the flickering light of Hillary Clinton will prevail over
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Watch the US Presidential Election results on the big screen at the Garneau Theatre
Still deciding where to watch the results of the United States Presidential election roll in tomorrow night? If you are in Edmonton, come over the the Garneau Theatre and watch the future of democracy unfold on a the big screen!… Continue Reading →
Continue readingLeDaro: U.S. Presidential elections
This one really sums it all up beautifully…
Continue readingLeDaro: U.S. Presidential elections
This one really sums it all up beautifully…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: James Comey and the E-Mail Scandal That Never Was
Until the U.S. election FBI director James Comey had a fairly decent reputation, as a Republican who claimed he had no time for partisan politics.But then in July when he cleared Hillary Clinton of criminal charges in her e-mail investigation, he chastised her publicly for being "reckless" when he should
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Hillary Clinton, James Comey and the FBI Coup D’Etat
If Hillary Clinton loses the election to Donald Trump, it will be largely due to the FBI director James Comey's decision to inform Congress that another batch of Clinton's e-mails had been found in the laptop of the sexting pervert Anthony Wiener.Even though Comey had no idea what was in
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Hillary Clinton and the Republican War on Women
When I watched Hillary Clinton campaigning yesterday, I was impressed by the angry defiant look on her face. And by the fact that she's still standing. For it has been a brutal week.She has been stabbed not once but twice in the back by the FBI. A rise in Obamacare premiums has
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why the FBI’s E-Mail Scandal Won’t Make Trump President
OK. Now it really is a horror show, and a living nightmare, just as I predicted.With only ten days to go before the American election, and Donald Trump closing in on Hillary Clinton.Clinton gets mugged by the FBI, dragged into another episode of her never ending e-mail scandal.And yes, it doesn't get any
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Donald Trump Revealed His Inner Demons
As we all know, it's sometimes hard to tell whether Donald Trump is an extreme narcissist, or a clinical psychopath, or a sexual predator, or a raging maniac.Or all of the above. But now we find out that on a rare occasion when Trump revealed his inner demons, they turned out to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Night Hillary Clinton Demolished Donald Trump
For a sickening moment during last night's debate, I thought Donald Trump was going to give Hillary Clinton a hard time, score some badly needed points. And maybe even win the debate, after losing the two others. For he started out looking reasonably under control, he wasn't sniffling or snuffling, and he was talking
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Alberta right now: The state of the province, its parties, and its oil after 1 year without Stephen Harper
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley addresses supporters for her “state of the province” speech in Calgary’s Jack Singer Concert Hall yesterday. (Photo from the Premier of Alberta’s Flickr account.) Below: Would-be Progressive Conservative leader Jason Kenney and current Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean. It was so busy in political Alberta
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