DAY TEN: Platforms (part three)
Wresting the narrative away from the spinners and media is an auspicious way to begin a campaign and Michael Ignatieff and the Liberal Party deserve a lot of credit for…
April 2011
Electoral financing reform
From the CBC's website, my pal (and pretty smart guy) David Herle on Harper's proposal to scrap the current public subsidization of political parties. "The government of the day should…
Parliamentary Secretary to the PM Pierre Poilievre Thinks he’s above the law
Nepean Carelton – Surprisingly votes for him no matter what he says or does. It is mind boggling. submit_url = ‘http://www.YOURPOSTURL.com’; Technorati Favorites” src=”http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/tech-fav-1.png”> ..
BKACPP – Christian Heritage Party of Canada
Party Name: Christian Heritage Party of Canada Tag Line: Better Solutions for Canada Leader (Location): James (Jim) Hnatiuk (Cumberland–Colchester–Musquodoboit Valley, NS) Date of Registration: June 17, 1986 2008 election: 59…
Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow…
I had a flash of naming this post 'Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Harper Will Love Us Tomorrow..." but that seemed a little too corny, even by my standards.On a day when the…
Yeah, but howz your hockey?
Needs work. .
DAY NINE: Platforms (part two)
In the previous post about media coverage of the NDP, my desire was to illustrate one of the many ways in which the media can help to marginalize ideas and…
Stephen Harper is working hard – People for Corporate Tax Cuts Canada
People for Corporate Tax Cuts Canada
CBC Calls Ronald Reagan a Dictator (New iPad App)
Dear fellow Canadians,I used to be a big fan of the CBC. But shows like Marketplace, TheFifth Estate and Rick Mercer never seemed to be TV worthy anymore(even with a…
Willing to Spring for Harvard, but Not the New York Times
In my experience, the cheapest people, demanding refunds,under-tippers, non-charitable, are the also the richest. So nosurprise then that a student at Harvard, perhaps the most over-priceduniversity in the world (think…
Stella Ambler, wtf? update…
update Upon reading my post after its appearance on Progressive Bloggers, I realised most wouldn't have a clue who stella ambler is. Here is some quick background.She is running for…
Stella Ambler, wtf? update…
update Upon reading my post after its appearance on Progressive Bloggers, I realised most wouldn’t have a clue who stella ambler is. Here is some quick background. She is running…
Stella Ambler, wtf? update…
update Upon reading my post after its appearance on Progressive Bloggers, I realised most wouldn't have a clue who stella ambler is. Here is some quick background.She is running for…
Stella Ambler, wtf? update…
update Upon reading my post after its appearance on Progressive Bloggers, I realised most wouldn’t have a clue who stella ambler is. Here is some quick background. She is running…
Tory majority still out of reach despite first-week gains, polls suggest – The Globe and Mail
Tory majority still out of reach despite first-week gains, polls suggest - The Globe and Mail http://goo.gl/5LaVs Thank God ! The Conservatives are projected to win 150 seats and 38.8…
Dobbin: Stephen Harper on “Our benign dictatorship”
Cross posted from Murray Dobbin's blog. Murray is a member of the Catch 22 Campaign team. ============================= I have just come across an article written by Stephen Harper and Tom…
Edmonton-Leduc NDP campaign diary, Day 9
About to leave for some more canvassing. Sign placement is going well. If you live in the riding and would like to have a lawn sign, please let me know…
Great blog. By the way, you are full of it.
Last week I was in Dallas, at the annual March meeting of the American Physical Society, attended by members of the Division of Condensed Matter and Computational physics. For different…
Green Party Canada: Week 1 of the 2011 Election Campaign
The Green Party is getting great publicity from their exclusion from the televised debate. They should have been ready to turn that into something electorally significant, instead of simply crowing…