Festive Left Friday Blogging: Ollanta Presidente!
My gosh, the dominoes are just tumbling in Latin America, aren’t they? It’s getting so that you’d hardly recognize the place anymore. First it was Venezuela, then Bolivia and Ecuador.…
June 2011
Really, Wouldn’t Legalizing Pot Be Better?
America has a huge drug problem - a prescription drug problem. And it's one that's flourishing in the Republican heartland. The Guardian tracked down a Kentucky guy, Chad, who drove…
Worth discussing
One of the few times when the NDP has always been able to count on pundit attention in the past has been its policy conventions, when commentators often churn out…
A New Weather Phenom – a Heat Burst
Imagine. The sun has long gone down. It's a warm evening, about 85F. Then, within 20-minutes, the temperature shoots up almost 20 degrees to 102F. WTF? Exactly.This happened in Wichita,…
This Week in Alberta – Jumping the Queue
Stephen Duckett (AKA Cookie Monster) has raised a stir by suggesting some politically connected individuals receive preferential treatment in Alberta's Health Care system, and are able to jump the queue.The…
Freeper Friday*:
“Behold the next Holocaust brought to you by Obama, Pelsoi, Reid and the DemoRAT party. Their camps will be hospices where you will be remanded to for your “end of…
Freeper Friday*:
"Behold the next Holocaust brought to you by Obama, Pelsoi, Reid and the DemoRAT party. Their camps will be hospices where you will be remanded to for your “end of…
Freeper Friday*:
“Behold the next Holocaust brought to you by Obama, Pelsoi, Reid and the DemoRAT party. Their camps will be hospices where you will be remanded to for your “end of…
Robert Gates Doth Protest Too Much – America Losing Its Appetite for War?
According to outgoing US defense secretary Robert Gates, the US is getting tired of carrying the load for its European allies. Gates, in a moment of abject hilarity, said the…
On incomplete reporting
Yes, it's a problem if the Cons are giving different answers about climate-change policy to different audiences. But I'm not sure how the difference between federal action making next to…
Gettin’ our conservative on: live blogging Preston Manning at #cpc11
10:30 AM: Had to run over to the Rideau Centre for a cold beverage because none seem to be available in the conference centre, but I'm back in the same…
Headline of the day: "God Caught Backing Multiple GOP Candidates for President"
Good one, Dan Amira!
Jason Kenny’s World
Jason Kenny is quite pleased with the role he played in the recent federal election. Speaking at the Conservative Party's victory party last night, he told his audience:Polls indicate that…
Fred Barnes blames Gingrich’s implosion on ‘the wife’
Yep, 'the wife'. Not Callista. Not Mrs. Gingrich. But 'the wife'. The possession. The trophy. The 'problem'. 'The wife'.
It’s Dead Jim!!! Or how my EeePC 1000 died
I love/loved my ASUS-Tek EeePC 1000, it is was (nearly) indestructible. It went to Mexico with me and returned several times, surviving airport security,… it went on many a dive…
Political impotence and the little blue pills
Fish minister Clyde “The Finger” Jackman is going to fight to save a local coast guard co-ordination centre and its dozen jobs. Well, that’s what the torqued CBC headline says.…
Video: Don Plett rips into Peter MacKay on one member, one vote
As promised, here's some video of a speech Conservative Senator and former party president Don Plett gave at a hospitality suite Thursday night sponsored by MP Scott Reid, who is…
Friday miscellany: CPC drones, trees and the sun!
CPC drones are all over the place in downtown Ottawa as hundreds of Blue Team Robot-Worshippers gather for their love-in/prayer-fest/progressive-bashing convention. They are easily recognisable in the crowds. For one,…
Alfred Apps wants to ape US-style leadership race
Because that's just what the Liberals need, a US-style campaign. That's what the Conservatives do, covet American government practices. No need for Liberals to go there.And, why is Alfred Apps…
Liveblog: Panel of Conservative pundits
(refresh for updates)9:05 AM: Whole delegates are off doing fun constitutional things blogger/media types like me are banned from, I'm with a small group in a large room for a…