Alberta Votes, Redux: How Danielle Smith and the Wildrose Managed to Lose Huge Pollsters, Pundits, the Media, and Academics Ironically Make Danielle Smith Lose Election I chose the word “manage” in the title above. Losses can be managed every bit as well as can wins. As I noted in a prior
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Zorg Report: Alberta Votes . . . for Mugabe Again!
Alberta Votes . . . for Mugabe Again! Pollsters, Pundits, and Academics Amazed; Blame Voters for Being Unvoterly Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the Soviet Union, Equatorial Guinea, Castro—strange bedfellows the Alberta Tories make out with on the world stage in terms of one-party rule. You would think that the
Continue readingZorg Report: Air Canada – do you want it, or do you want to live?
My local CBC radio station led this morning with: “Air Canada: do we need it?” I guess that’s a rhetorical question, like, “use of your left hand; do you care?” As usual, the Harperites are stepping in to attempt to back up merit-deprived CEOs against the people who put Jaguars
Continue readingZorg Report: Fixed Elections, F**ked Democracy
Ensuring dictatorships, as in Russia, one step at a time. Of course, political scientists have already dilated at endless length on this subject, so far be it from me to invade that virgin unread territory with any comment I might have. Still, I’d like to comment, specifically with reference to
Continue readingZorg Report: Jim Flaherty Urges Lower Mortgage Rates; Insists Banking Sector Needs Freedom from Government Constraints
Jim Flaherty Urges Lower Mortgage Rates; Insists Banking Sector Needs Freedom from Government Constraints November 13, 2014 (CP) – Daniel Zorg Former Ontario and Canada finance minister Jim Flaherty today announced that Canada’s banking sector must be able to operate with complete freedom, without any government meddling. Having left office
Continue readingZorg Report: Canada’s Conservative Stephen Harper Government Emulates, Flatters, and Praises by Imitation Assad, Kim Jong-il, Various Dictators, and Anti-Christian Fellow Travellers
The story: Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, has become the latest politician to blame the United States for problems affecting his own country. At issue is the so-called “Gateway” pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia that, if built, would allow Canada to ship Alberta tar sands products to
Continue readingZorg Report: Harper Goes to School on Chretien
Harper Goes to School on Chretien Stevie wasn’t just building a firewall around his unilingual desk when he was sitting across from John, oh no. Note the shrugging, empty phrases—you dance with the one that brung you, Harper says, and if it’s 1 in 3 of the 2 in 3
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Harper Goes to School on Chretien Stevie wasn’t just building a firewall around his unilingual desk when he was sitting across from John, oh no. Note the shrugging, empty phrases—you dance with the one that brung you, Harper says, and if it’s 1 in 3 of the 2 in 3
Continue readingRalph Nader Speaks . . . .
On the Canadian election, U.S. politics, the “security perimeter” and proportional representation.All in less than 8 minutes.Concentrated, rational analysis . . . .Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Continue readingToo Bad It’s a Holiday and Hockey Playoff Season . . . .
or more people might have tuned in to Dawna Friesen’s “One on One” interview with stevie this evening.Basically, she ripped him a new one and he didn’t look at all comfortable about it. Note how he says “The platform we’re not running on is real” at t…
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The definitive record of stevie in one place.Spread the word . . . .H/T “drf”Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Continue readingBarney & Gomer Coming to Your Neighbourhood Soon . . . .
As soon as harperco “improves” their citizen’s arrest legislation, we can all live like we were in Mayberry, North Carolina.Yee haw . . . .Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
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Welcome to Crazytown . . . .H/T: drfRecommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Continue readingIs There a Chiropractor in the House ? ? ? ?
This vs this.It appears the current government’s spending priorities need a fiscal adjustment . . . .Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Continue readingCanadian Coup de RCMP . . . .
*Updated link due to the Lady Alison’s astute discovery. (Thanks, Alison!) Apparently the story disappeared off the web ’til it reappeared this morning at the updated link to the Montreal Gazette below . . . .As “drf” exclaimed when he pointed this* …
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