As we all know the Con leadership race badly needs any publicity it can get. Because not only has it been a porky show, it's also been incredibly boring.And if pigs could fly there would be pork in the trees.But now at last that ghastly show could become the mud
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Alberta Politics: Merry Christmas to all! Santa is bringing presents for everyone this holiday, regardless of political orientation
PHOTOS: Merry Christmas! Your blogger with a man who can penetrate North American air defences with ease. Russian President Vladimir Putin may not appear exactly as illustrated. (Joke.) Below: Political strategist Stephen Carter with the same blogger; Alberta pollster Janet Brown; Conservative strategist Alan Hallman, who is now associated with
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Kevin O’Leary Prepares To Join the Con Leadership Race
Ever since Kevin O'Leary's infamous "Summit Meeting" with Tony Clement, I've been sure that O'Leary would end up running for Con leader.He knows a third-rate Shark Tank when he sees one.And after sizing up Clement over a bottle of wine, he probably came to the conclusion that he could easily beat
Continue readingWe Pivot: Who Is Canada’s Bernie Sanders?
As we pivot to a new world, of course, we’ll have to contend with the election of Trump as president. But it’s not an absolute road block. Yesterday I wrote about how Trump won because he appealed to various populations of disenfranchised people who have been screwed by the political
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tony Clement and the Con Clown Meeting in Muskoka
As announced, today is the day Tony Clement, the King of Muskoka aka Gaz Boy or Gas Bag, will make what he calls an "important announcement." When he will solemnly declare that he too wants to be the new leader of the Harper Party.And while …
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Entertainment And Politics
So you think Canada would never elect a Donald Trump? Think again. Debra Van Brenk writes:Conservative voters would be more more likely to choose outspoken TV personality Kevin O’Leary as their party leader among a field of seven declared and potenti…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Shameless Cons and the Phony Deficit Bomb
As you know Jason Kenney is preparing to launch his campaign to try to become the new leader of the Cons.And he is taking a page out of his beloved Benjamin Netanyahu's play book. By trying to scare us into believing that Justin Trudeau's new b…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rick Mercer on Donald Trump and Kevin O’Leary
Well as you know Donald Trump is edging ever closer to the Republican nomination.So it is at least theoretically possible that he could be the next President.And since as you also know, Kevin O'Leary is thinking of running for leader of the Harper…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Kevin O’Leary and the Con Clowns
I've been trying to ignore the so-called Con Woodstock at the Manning Centre this weekend.Because life is too short.And there are no signs of (intelligent) life there…But maybe the deathly gloom is contagious, for I have to admit I've been fe…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Kevin O’Leary Blows His Chances of Becoming Con Leader
Well it's looks as if Kevin O'Leary has blown his last chance for a new career in politics.He's too late to run for the Tea Party in the United States, even though he lives in Boston.And now he's just destroyed any hope he had of beco…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Lana Payne highlights how Kevin O’Leary’s obliviousness to inequality makes him a relic. But Linda McQuaig notes that however distant O’Leary may be from the public, he’s not that far removed from all too many Co…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Forcing The Decision
http://www.cbc.ca/There has been a lot of chatter recent…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Blowhard Blah Blah Blah
Please pardon the rather inarticulate nature of this post’s title, but it seemed appropriate in dealing with this subject:And it would appear that Toronto Star readers have taken the full measure of Kevin O’Leary:O’Leary mulls Tory leadership bid, Jan….
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Incredibly Sad and Sorry State of the Harper Party
I can only imagine what Stephen Harper must be telling his psychiatrist these days.But if he's claiming he's still a Great Economist Leader it must be crazy stuff. As his oily obsession and his rampant incompetence come back to haunt us.And …
Continue readingIn This Corner: Stuff Still Happens, week 2: Caution, bad news ahead
Hoo-boy, what a bad news week for Alberta, and Canada. Oil continued its slide, falling to below $30 a barrel. The Canadian dollar continued its slide, falling to below 70 cents US. If it weren’t for the fact that Mexico already has the peso, we’d be calling the loonie the peso of North America. Thanks […]
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Stephen Harper’s Economic Record Needs to Be Put on Trial
Stephen Harper hasn't been seen in public now for almost a month, and almost nobody knows where he is hiding.Some say he's still in Las Vegas, others say he's been spotted in Mexico.But he might as well have never left.Because his ghastly l…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rona Ambrose and the Dilapidated State of the Harper Party
It tells you a lot about the dilapidated state of the Harper Party, and the lamentable judgment of their hapless interim leader Rona Ambrose.That just a few days after being criticized by some anonymous party officials for failing to properly organi…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Evening Links
This and that to end your week.- Serina Sandhu writes that everybody is worse off when inequality is allowed to run rampant. And Danny Dorling highlights the principles we’ll need to follow in order to reverse the trend in that direction:There was a ti…
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Will Kevin O’Leary become "Canada’s Trump"?
“Yes, Mr. Bond, I do believe I can take over Canada.”The news so far in this latter week has been all-a-chatter about Kevin O’Leary. First it was for his attempt to buy the resignation of the Premier of Alberta in a coup-d’etat attempt reminiscent of t…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Mutually Exclusive
http://quotesgram.com/This week, Kevin O’Leary offered to invest…
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