Hundreds of people, including members of parliament, rights activists and average citizens, are expected on Parliament Hill at noon tomorrow to protest the unfolding Robo-calls election scandal. Renowned activist Brigette Depape (pictured) and MPs Pat …Read More
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Occupy Ottawa: Activist Communique: Ottawa Rally Against Robo-calls Electoral Fraud
Hundreds of people, including members of parliament, rights activists and average citizens, are expected on Parliament Hill at noon tomorrow to protest the unfolding Robo-calls election scandal. Renowned activist Brigette Depape (pictured) and MPs Pat …Read More
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Robo-Gate: Harper Conservatives stole the 2011 election from the NDP
The New Democratic Party (NDP) suggested in a press conference today that the Conservatives rigged the May 2011 federal election against the Bloc Quebecois, NDP and Liberals. Call it election rigging western style. Apparently, RackNine …Read More
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Your seasonal anti-social-media message: Have a V**y Me**y Christmas!
Pierre Trudeau: What? Fuddle-Duddle? Below: Justin Trudeau; Pat Martin. O Sir, we quarrel in print… I blame Twitter, one of the first examples of genuinely anti-social media online, for the recent decline in the already debased state of public discourse in Canada. Leastways, Twitter certainly makes it easy to slam
Continue readingSo how are the Conservatives doing?
Fine, thank you. Spending is up 22 percent the last five years. Pot busts were up 14 percent in 2010. Harper’s tantrum wins an expensive new shiny paint job on the VIP airbus. Closure has been used six times in 33 days to stifle debate, much to the delight of
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: More Conservative Double Standard
Yesterday, when the Conservatives limited debate on the budget, NDP Pat Martin tweeted his frustration with a colorful expletive. He remains unapologetic, as he should. Why the media is giving this so much attention is beyond me, but the Harperites have certainly managed to take the focus off their budget
Continue readingPaging Nancy Ruth
It’s okay, Nancy Ruth! All is forgiven!! Indeed… My eyes! My eyes! During times of eyeball-popping stress and frustration, I suspect just about everyone has uttered the word “fuck”, or at least had it appear in a little thought-cloud above their head. Even our Politicians. Especially them. Why not? We
Continue readingHarpercons Cut Debate, Behave Like Dictators And The Biggest Story These Media Hacks Can Come up With is Pat Martin Tweeting the F-Bomb?
Oooh! Shiver me timbers! Pat Martin used the word “Fuck”. Wow! Not like he the first politician to use it publicly. Remember Senator Nancy Ruth’s shut the fuck up moment? And another, more forgettable moment from John the pitbull Baird? Yes, we do let them slide, don’ t we? But not
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Time for some F’ing Civility
I bookmarked this news story as soon as I saw it in May because, Pat Martin being Pat Martin, I knew it wouldn’t be long before it would be worth resurrecting: “This is my new policy,” Martin said, holding up a handful of party-coloured buttons he had made reading “Opto
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Reason #1 Why You Should Follow Pat Martin on Twitter
He doesn’t take shit from no-one. I know, people will say he should have controlled his anger. It’s true, but Pat Martin is absolutely justified to lose his cool. When you deal with idiots like @LettingSmokeOut (and he is an idiot, just look at his tweet history), sometimes a profanity
Continue readingWhy I love Pat Martin
Right wingers hate him and many progressives think he’s a loud mouth fool. Me on the other hand think he’s one of the only politicians who speaks for me. His profanity and direct nature cuts to the heart of a matter and it really, really pisses off authoritarian Conservative scolds.
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The Litmus Test for selecting the new NDP and Liberal Leaders: What will remove Stephen Harper
Two leadership races of enormous consequence are taking place in Canada right now: the overt race to select a new leader to replace Jack Layton, and the covert race to select a permanent leader of the Liberal Party. The electoral cooperation Pandora’s Box While many pundits and party members are
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Pat Martin: NDP Leadership Race is an Intellectual Ghetto
Straight talking NDP MP Pat Martin praises Nathan Cullen for his idea to turf out the Tory government, and gives a backhanded swipe to the idea-less NDP leadership race:MP Pat MartinHowever, NDP MP Pat Martin, who has called for the NDP and the Liberal…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Harris Decima polls: NDP and Liberal cooperation – now and in 2010
The latest Harris Decima poll shows little appetite for a merger of the NDP and Liberal Party.However, this poll only shows the views of supporters of these two parties with respect to a full merger of the two parties. The total nationally is 24%…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Fresh Merger Talks Raise the Question: Is it Time?
Thomas Walkom had a column in the Star this weekend, raising the possibility of Bob Rae as the next federal NDP leader.A rather silly attempt at reminding Canadians that he once led the NDP in Ontario, even acting as premier. While in office, Walkom wr…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Liberals: Ask your NDP friends to vote for Pat Martin as next NDP leader
Liberals have a golden opportunity to shape the contours of our politics for the next decade by involving themselves in the NDP leadership selection process.They can do this by talking to their NDP friends and trying to persuade them to vote for an N…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Best News of the Week
I’ll admit it. I was worried it would be difficult to find blog content in the new majority government reality. And then, this gift from the blogging gods:
Martin may run for NDP leadership in bid for Liberal merger
OTTAWA – Manitoba NDP MP Pat Marti…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Strength in diversity
I’ll deal in more detail with the prospect of Pat Martin running for the NDP’s leadership as a pro-merger candidate. But before getting into its ultimate significance, let’s note how the media’s coverage distorts what Martin’s trial balloon actually fi…
Continue readingBeing Oppositional, ‘Socialist’ Filibuster Drinking Games, Pandering to the Misinformed, Attempting To Debunk Some Myths
Finally, I post my thoughts about the NDP filibuster of Stevie Spiteful’s draconian Back to work legislation of locked out Canada Post workers and the press coverage it has received, along with many Canadians’ attitude toward it. I’m not only concerned at Canadians’ attitudes toward Bill c-6, but also all the misinformation that . . . → Read More: Being Oppositional, ‘Socialist’ Filibuster Drinking Games, Pandering to the Misinformed, Attempting To Debunk Some Myths
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Adam Radwanski points out how Stephen Harper’s continuing Senate embarrassment figures to play into the NDP’s hands:If Mr. Harper was looking to signal once and for all that he’s abandoned his populi…
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