Foster Friess on Contraception
Rick Santorum’s billionaire “sugar daddy” stuns MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell with his retrograde “joke” on the subject of contraception: Hard though it is to believe that U.S. politics of late has…
February 2012
4232…The Kid Is Dead
My mom says that deaths come in threes and the death today of Gary Carter, the greatest Montreal Expo ever, makes it three celeb deaths this week: Whitney, Wheels and…
GOP Culture war might win them an election
#gop #obama #politics #socialissues Watching the GOP nomination race unfold, I note that its taken a shift to the weird with the unexpected debate over contraception erupting over the news…
Canadian Press: Who will pick up the tab for online spying?
By Jim Bronskill for The Canadian Press The government’s online surveillance bill — already hitting snags over privacy — is raising concerns among Internet providers about who’ll pick up the…
Forget Nazi comparisons. MLK is the new go-to-guy for beleaguered Republicans. Darrell Issa edition.
What do you do when you’re a right winger and the blowback against a sexist and ‘autocratic regime’ brings a shitstorm to your door? If you’re disgraced Darrell Issa, you…
Hilarious spin
Well now, he is the omniscient one: “Harper sensed cyber outrage was looming.” Prime Minister Stephen Harper had already made the decision to kick a controversial cyber crime bill to…
4231…Tape Delay On The Death Of Wheels
For those of us of a certain age the Degrassi series means something. Just the thought of Caitin Ryan makes some of us, um, weak in the knees. Another iconic…
NCC fundraising letter exposes Stephen Harper’s hypocrisy
Way back in 2001, Elections Canada charged a certain Paul Bryan for violating section 329 of the Canada Elections Act. Stephen Harper, then President of the National Citizens Coalition, a…
Thanks Kid….
Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
QP: To build, not to buy
It was only after the first cursory question from Turmel on the usual subject of the OAS that she asked about the big story of the day – the new…
One of the Best
Gary Edmund Carter (April 8, 1954 – February 16, 2012) (nickname “The Kid”) was an American former Major League Baseball catcher. During a 19-year baseball career, mostly with the Montreal…
#TellVicEverything
The #TellVicEverything meme has exploded on Twitter today, in response to Vic Toews’ proposed legislation to force Internet service providers to monitor their customers’ online activities and turn the information…
Forum Alberta Poll & 2012 Election Projections
Forum Research has another poll out for the Alberta provincial scene, showing a closer race than last time, with 37% PC, 30% Wildrose, 14% ALP, and 13% NDP. Note, however,…
If the Cons Want to Read Our E-Mails…
Why don’t we find out what they are doing online? I mean what’s good for the goose is good for the gander eh? You know all of this is so…
The Best Piece You Will Read In The Globe This Week…
. …Starts like this: “The police scanner squawked with bursts of excited voices. Shots fired. Man down. Bruce Smillie looked out on a deserted newsroom. The reportorial staff had vanished.…
Transparency ‘R’nt Us
Here’s a pair of media reports about the federal government that suggest an ongoing problem is about to get even worse. Yesterday the Ottawa Citizen reported on comments from John…
Confess Now, Before He Finds Out
Tell Vic Everything. You’ll feel better for it. Recommend this Post
Syria and the reluctant alliance between al-Qaeda and the West
Al-Qaeda and Western nations agreeing on a policy of critical importance may seem strange, yet such is the case with Syria. Ayman al-Zawahiri, head of al-Qaeda, has publicly thrown his…
Vancouver top cop: Occupy Vancouver like Stanley Cup riots
One of the biggest wastes of taxpayer money during the past year was the needless occupation of a heavy police force, supplemented by the RCMP, around the non-violent Occupy Vancouver…
Cutting Enbridge Deal with Alberta is Bad Advice for Christy Clark
In a Vancouver Sun op-ed this week, former BC deputy minister Bob Plecas offers some advice to Premier Christy Clark on how to win the next election. Here is one…