Market research association to convene panel on Campaign Research
Yeah, that’s going to do it. One corrupt body made up of corrupt members going after one of its own. Right.
February 2012
4290…Stuff To Do In Ottawa On A Wednesday
Check this out: Part of Freedom to Read Week and a fundraiser for PEN Canada, Censored out loud 2012 will consist of readings and performances of challenged works. SPECIAL GUEST:…
Could Irish Voters Scuttle Europe’s Austerity Madness?
The Irish public may be charting the next round in the battle over European austerity politics. The coalition government in Dublin reluctantly yielded to overwhelming public pressure demanding a referendum…
"Sex-Crazed Co-Eds Going Broke Buying Birth Control, Student Tells Pelosi Hearing Touting Freebie Mandate"
How crazy has the US right wing become? This crazy. The headline comes from a prominent Christian blog. Critics have pointed out that the GOP fully intends to take back…
That’s a Moray
It’s like the Monterey Bay Aquarium people knew I was coming. And that the sight of my intoxicating love globes would send the octopus into paroxysms of madness. Lovecraft had…
Doctors Don’t Always Get to Bury Their Mistakes
One question – who allowed this to happen? “This” is the oxycontin addiction plague that has swept through northern native communities and may leave enormous suffering in its wake when…
Helena Guergis lesson to Michael Sona: you can’t fight ‘em once they’ve thrown you under the bus
"Holy shit Helena, what do I do now?" "Shut up and eat it." You have to feel for Michael Sona. We don’t know if he’s guilty or not, much in…
Velshi Out At Toronto Atmospheric Fund
He flew briefly with the Angels, decided that evil paid better. Some background here on Velshi’s brief stint at TAF.
New longer Anonymous video re Vic Toews and C-30. Liberals, MacKay mocked, too.
Anonymous on MacKay: “Anonymous has been relatively civil in our videos up until now. But these statements are so absurd we must declare this a giant steaming bowl of bullshit”.…
4289…Political Correctness Meets Lin Sanity
My buddy Len Berman tells me that “Ben & Jerry’s, has apologized for including fortune cookies in its “Taste the Lin-Sanity” frozen yogurt sold in Boston. They’ve replaced the cookies…
Anatomy of a Vote Suppression Operation
I will be out of touch for most of the day, and if I’m lucky, by the time I get back to my computer this evening, the culprits will have…
L. Ian MacDonald quacks: “Even if there were robocalls, Stephen Harper won fair and square”
Old MacDonald had a wank I, L. Jymn Parrett, almost spit a mouth full of Cazadores over my PC reading that headline from Postmedia. The lede is just as good:…
Robo-con thoughts.
That’s what we’re naming this alleged electoral fraud scheme – at least on Twitter, apparently. My thoughts on this are as follows: – Is Harper or high ranking members of…
4288…Junior Hockey Makes The New York Times
That’s what my friend Len Berman tells me. He lives in New York City so it is easier for him to read The Old Gray Lady, eh? Mr. Berman interprets…
ndp’s pat martin on harperco’s election fraud
Just in case you haven’t watched this yet, please do. I have only one quibble. I doubt anything made Richard Nixon blush!
4287…One More Thing About Dalton
Yesterday Dalton McGuinty also lamented the days of the crappy Canuckbuck. Now, in a great part I would presume, because of the oil in Fort McMurray, the Canadian dollar is…
4286…There Is No "I" In Team; No "Moi" In Equipe
That is why I was and am a little, no, a lot disappointed in Premier Dalton McGuinty’s un bon mots re the Alberta Oil Sands. Like he is not a…
Facebook is NOT The Internet – The Internet IS The (Social) Network
In the beginning there were BBSs (Bulletin Board Systems). In a foreshadowing of things to come, almost immediately following the invention of the Personal Computer (PC) they became communications devices…
The Affordability of Post-Secondary Education
Carleton University’s Ted Jackson teaches a graduate seminar course on post-secondary education in Carleton’s School of Public Policy and Administration. Earlier this month, I was invited to give a guest…