Good Bikes on the Streets of Toronto
The Good Bike project is bringing colour to the streets of Toronto. Bright neon bicycles are celebrating aspects of Toronto, they really are eye-catching. Over the past few weeks, more…
August 2011
‘The Murdoch Primary’
Josh Marshall has an interesting take on the GOP frontrunners, wondering how Fox News, WSJ and Murdoch's other news outlets will cover the race between Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and…
How Top Conservative Cabinet Minister Tony Clement Created A $50 Million Slush Fund And Spent It In His Riding Under Guise Of G8 Conference
Tony, Tony, Tony!"An auditor general’s report in June has already painted a disturbing picture of how $45.7 million in legacy fund cash was dished out with no bureaucratic oversight or…
Aylward Chosen as New NL Liberal Leader
Former minister Kevin Aylward will lead the Newfoundland and Labrador Liberals into the next election (coming up this October) after he was chosen among 7 candidates to replace Yvonne Jones,…
Tip of the iceberg
Needless to say, we'll figure to hear plenty more about the revelation that Tony Clement administered G8 Muskoka pork-barrelling out of his constituency office to avoid the accountability that comes…
Rogers Cup Tennis Champions Sexism
“Come for ladies, stay for the legends”? Leave it to Rogers Sportsnet/cellphone/baseball/stadia to set feminism back another decade with their recent Rogers Cup. Are bikinis next? The Rogers Cup tennis…
Hope for McGuinty and Horwath?
(Sorry if anyone missed my wonderful revelations over the past few days, but a workin' man has things to do)The common assumption these days is that current Ontario Liberal Premier…
ALP Leadership Candidate Profiles: The Doctor is in
The Alberta Liberals will be selecting a new leader on September 10th, from among 5 candidates: Laurie Blakeman, Hugh MacDonald, Raj Sherman, Bruce Payne, and Bill Harvey. To vote, simply…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - The Halifax Chronicle Herald pushes back against the Cons' and Libs' anti-Bloc witch-hunt: For partisan reasons, involvement with the Bloc has become a…
American Taliban truths – "Tough love" teen homes in Missouri (pronounced ‘Misery’)
She was monitored day and night by two "buddies," girls who'd been there awhile and knew the drill. They accompanied her to the shower and toilet, and introduced her to…
What’s this I hear about Tony Clement? Surely it can’t be true?
"Funneling requests for taxpayer-funded projects in his riding directly through his political office in Huntsville"? Can't be. Must be that commie Toronto Star doing the digging and reporting facts again.…
Enter stage right — WAY right — Rick Perry
Just as former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty -- probably the only guy who's close enough to the centre that he could actually beat Barack Obama in next year's presidential race…
350 or bust 2011-08-15 09:52:06
I can hear the Ministry of Natural Resources helicopter already up in the sky on this hazy Red Lake morning. The smoke from nearby forest fires continues to drift into…
Conservatives threaten lawsuit against asbestos widow
Sometimes I tell clients not to sue, especially in libel cases, because winning will be more costly than just overlooking the slight. The CPC has a right to protect its…
This Fish Is Beginning To Stink
During the election campaign, the government explained that the lack of a paper trail for the G8 funding in Tony Clement's riding was the consequence of necessary speed. Things needed…
On improved positions
Last week, I noted the top-line results from Angus Reid's latest federal polling. But perhaps even more important than the stability in Canada's party polling numbers is the question of…
Clement steered G8 funding in riding, documents show
It's enough to make one cynical -- maybe power does corrupt? thestar.com http://bit.ly/qbLvgE OTTAWA—Tony Clement personally presided over the $50 million G8 legacy payouts, funneling requests for taxpayer-funded projects…
Proof that Ezra “Chainsaw” Levant is a Paranoid Loon
Last week a commenter was highly critical of my labelling of Sun TV’s token loudmouthed brat, Ezra Levant, as a loon. Said commenter referred to Levant’s seemingly solid-gold street cred…
May contain Nuts
Up at the cottage last week we were drowning worms at a furious pace in a futile attempt to entice the exceedingly rare Doe Lake walleye to latch on to…