Tag: Musings

As I told CITY TV last night: “In the movies, when the bad guy takes out one of the cops, do the cops give up their investigation of the bad guys?  No.  They just work a lot harder to get the bad guys.”

The BC Liberals won. They got more seats. And they may still pick up enough in recounts to give them a majority.  The BC Greens won. They grew their popular vote the most and hold the balance of power – for now.  The BC NDP lost. They had a double-digit

Pres. Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey is a "grotesque abuse of power," legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says https://t.co/49ZSr5bsqi pic.twitter.com/PIFInsZ6XI — CNN (@CNN) May 9, 2017

History has a way of repeating itself, you dumb orange sonofabitch. 

I think it will be a good night for my friends.

Here’s three things that the Prime Minister said when he announced his party’s policies as they relate to indigenous people: To begin, I would like to recognize the Haundenosanee, on whose traditional territory we are gathering. And: …we will do more to make sure that the voices of your Nations

Picked up tickets this morning for Off With Their Heads (next week) and the original Sham 69 (next month). Stoked. Here’s two of the two bands’ best.

[Here in its entirety.] Twenty-one years ago, we B.C. Liberals were gathered at the Hotel Vancouver, peering up at some big TV screens, shocked by what we were seeing. It was Election Day in British Columbia, and the returns were coming in. And they didn’t make any sense. At all.

Stuck on the road: NDP Leader @jjhorgan's campaign bus bottomed out and is now stuck in Surrey. @ScottRobertsCTV's is there. #CTVelxn pic.twitter.com/DI1O1RNE4L — CTV Vancouver (@CTVVancouver) May 8, 2017

(And HuffPo version here!) (Oh, and John Horgan seems to have, um, gotten stuck on the campaign trail…) Twenty-one years ago, we BC Liberals were gathered at the Hotel Vancouver, peering up some big TV screens, shocked by what we were seeing. It was Election Day in British Columbia, and

#Right #here #folks.

Pretty much. An actor is playing Trump, but Trump will never be a real president, so it all evens out. who is she pic.twitter.com/amElWRGFdp — najahta (@najahtaa) May 7, 2017

But if the ballot question is economy/jobs – and it usually is – then Christy Clark’s BC Liberals will win.  Take a look at this info-heavy Ipsos chart: She is also ahead if the dominate issue(s) is/are taxes, government spending, transportation, pipelines, or natural resources. If, however, the ballot question

The relationship is direct, and undeniable.  Look at this fascinating graphic from the New York Times’ extensive coverage (and their cool interactive map here). If you came from an area of high unemployment, you voted for the racist, anti-Semitic National Front.  There was a direct correlation. Similar analyses were done

Vive la France!

The answer was right there in front of me, ironically enough. Brilliant. A vote for the National Front was of course a vote tinged with racism and homophobia. My father looked forward to the time when we would “throw out the Arabs and the Jews.” He liked to say that gay

…and, their “Washington correspondent” is involved in illegal hacking. See the full Times story, here. The Rebel’s support for white supremacy and the Holocaust-denying National Front should surprise no one who has been paying attention lately – as seen here. Given what I used to believe about their founder, that surprises and disappoints me.

@jjhorgan's #BCNDP's aligned with @realDonaldTrump on trade. @christyclarkbc wants to hammer Trump over softwood. That's the #bcpoli ballot. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 6, 2017

…and he knows BC elections, too. Here, his latest survey(s): Can the BC NDP – who once had a double-digit lead – still win? Yes, says Greg: However, an NDP victory is still possible: 40% of the electorate say they want to hear more before making up their minds. This