2008, pre-election: Liberal bigwigs make a ridiculous spectacle of themselves proclaiming that they’ll never deign to cooperate with the likes of the NDP. 2008, post-election: Having spent the campaign echoing Stephen Harper’s desperate message that a coalition would be illegitimate, the Liberals conclude that they’re willing to cooperate after all,
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Eh Types: Progressively Worse
Toronto seemed gripped in a mix of terror and disbelief yesterday. Rumours Wednesday night were a new poll would show Ford in the lead. Yesterday the poll while having Tory in front, had a significant bump for Ford. Panic ensued as though a raccoon army had arrived carrying signs that
Continue readingValerie Burns: If we can’t pin the tail to the donkey, then we are the donkey.
We could get Nigel Wright’s resignation, but so what? His polling numbers don’t matter. If he trends on Twitter during his scandal, who cares? Nobody is going to vote for him, or against him. Mike Duffy, ditto. He can be the least popular politician in the country, and it changes
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Rehtaeh Parsons: Top Liberal strategist asked Anonymous to intervene
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: On Friday, hactivist collective Anonymous announced it had a confession from one of the boys who gang-raped Rehtaeh Parsons, the 17-year old Canadian girl who committed suicide last week. Anonymous’ involvement in the case undoubtedly pressured the RCMP, politicians and other authorities to get serious about
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Should Anonymous Identify Rehtaeh Parsons’ Tormentors?
WK ignited a crap storm yesterday when he tasked the hackivist group Anonymous with finding the identity of four male teens who allegedly assaulted Miss. Parsons. Anon now claims to have done just that. Furthermore, they have threatened to name names should it become apparent that the Nova Scotia authorities intend to do
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Egomania, Not Trudeaumania
Checking my Twitter feed this morning, I came upon a link to a story appearing in Sun News, an organization for which I usually refuse to spare the time of day, given its rather robust roster of strident, often hysterical voices desperately seeking to emulate the tone of Fox News.
Continue readingToronto Lawyer | Omar Ha-Redeye, J.D. » Politics: Interview with Warren Kinsella (Pupatello Camp) Before the Third Ballot
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Continue readingAlberta Diary: Toews an ill-timed Johnny-on-the-spot justifying imposition of U.S.-style gun-show anarchy
Victor Toews, Canada’s Minister of Public Insecurity and Zombification, rendered by Edmonton artist William Prettie. Below, a shifty looking Mr. Toews as he appears in the halls of Parliament. Pat Martin is a Great Canadian. ™ What a perfect way to throw a little red meat to your gun-nut money
Continue readingCalgary Grit: Canada’s Greatest Losers
Last week, Martha Hall Findlay and Karen McCrimmon declared their candidacies for the Liberal leadership race. This week, George Takach has taken the plunge. I’ve posted one blog interview with David Merner, and will have others with David Bertschi and Alex Burton next week. Deborah Coyne, meanwhile, has already released more fresh ideas than we’ve seen from Stephen Harper during his entire tenure as Prime Minister. These are seven very different candidates with seven very different messages, but the one … →
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Warren Kinsella should start a Draft Dalton Movement
Dalton for leader of LPC? With Dalton McGuinty stepping down as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, the timing it is perfect for Warren Kinsella to start a Draft Dalton Movement to persuade Dalton to throw his hat into the ring for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Rise Teenage Jesus…Or Fall!
WK says Justin Trudeau is going to run! Great news? Potentially. If the guy can perform long-term. But Justin’s fucked a few things up in his time as MP, in ways that have made folks (me included) question his maturity and readiness. I won’t get into specifics, but history may
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On political legacies
Ready the fainting couch for Warren Kinsella, because I’ve got a scoop that he’ll find shocking and appalling. The NDP has been fund-raising for years based on appeals to Jack Layton’s public image. In fact, Layton’s face and signature regularly appeared on financial appeals to his party’s supporters not just
Continue readingUnderlooked Stephen Harper quotes P3. Neo-nazis and right-wing extremists
Part three of the underlooked Stephen Harper quotes from the leaked documents.Part one and two here. Neo-nazis and right-wing extremists. He [Stephen Harper] likens the current anti-racism climate to medieval hysteria over witch-craft. ‘We’re talking about fighting unseen enemies,’ he says. ‘It’s getting spooky.’16/04/2001 To provide context, this was commentary
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Far Right Head Exploding Device
Richard Warman watching Warren Kinsella’s band play for the troops at Camp Pendleton. I have warned Warren about playing that kind of music in front of men with guns, but its not my problem. Also, congrats to Richard on his recent promotion.
Continue readingTattered Sleeve: The Inconvenient Truth about Thomas Mulcair’s "Four-Car" Garage Swiftboating
So my dad and “Tom” (Thomas Mulcair) met up at Briarwood Park in Beaconsfield the other day. Yeah, really. Two grandfathers laughing it up with a couple of toddlers. They didn’t know each other beforehand, but my dad can still spot a pol with a national profile, and the wily
Continue readingTattered Sleeve: The Inconvenient Truth about Thomas Mulcair’s "Four-Car" Garage Swiftboating
So my dad and “Tom” (Thomas Mulcair) met up at Briarwood Park in Beaconsfield the other day. Yeah, really. Two grandfathers laughing it up with a couple of toddlers. They didn’t know each other beforehand, but my dad can still spot a pol with a nationa…
Continue readingTattered Sleeve: The Inconvenient Truth about Thomas Mulcair’s "Four-Car" Garage Swiftboating
So my dad and “Tom” (Thomas Mulcair) met up at Briarwood Park in Beaconsfield the other day. Yeah, really. Two grandfathers laughing it up with a couple of toddlers. They didn’t know each other beforehand, but my dad can still spot a pol with a national profile, and the wily
Continue readingActs of Citizenship: Just in: Liberal Unwittingly Tells Truth of Liberal Ideology
While most of the time Warren Kinsella is a scheming, puerile, self-aggrandizing hypocrite (the list of examples is far too long but suffice it to bring up his recent outrage at Mulcair’s questioning of the impact of the Petro dollar on the rest of Canada when his man, Dalton McGuinty
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: What kind of message will Alison Redford send Stephen Harper in the next federal election?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Calgary West MP Rob Anders plot the destruction of Alberta Premier Alison Redford and her Progressive Conservative Party. Warning: neo-Con Alberta politicians may not have been scheming when this photo was taken. Then again… Below: a very creepy CP picture of Rob and Steve all
Continue readingWomen in politics: the “squeeze” factor
As any student of Canadian politics knows, Ellen Fairclough was Canada’s first female cabinet minister, appointed by Diefenbaker in 1957 and serving until her defeat as MP for Hamilton West in 1963. I have mixed feelings about Fairclough’s politics: she did good work on the immigration file, but she was
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