Problems on the home front
Everybody knew that Mission Control was a total tramp, but nobody had the heart to tell Sad Spaceman. Alltop likes directing from the ground too.
2012
Election Tampering! MAYBE!
Elections can get ugly and in the last election it was apparently especially ugly. With constant amount of evidence showing that people in many ridings were called to lie about…
Great Gambols with Public Money: Muskrat Falls version #nlpoli #cdnpoli
While she is telling others to stand by for tough budgets and tight times, Premier Kathy Dunderdale is planning to spend more than $3.0 billion in accumulated oil surpluses to…
In the robo-call affair, the law will work as intended
Oh for the love of…“In the robo-call affair, time and the law favour the Tories.” It’s not like it’s a mission or anything around here to blog about John Ibbitson…
Denialists In The Canadian Classroom
In the last couple of weeks, stories in the American media have appeared outlining how the Heartland Institute has been plotting to sneak climate change denialism onto the U.S. K12…
Robocalls: Cui bono?
The robocalls needed major funding and information. They could have been done by wealthy outsiders with good intelligence but as always cui bono: John Ivison: Stephen Harper must show robocalls…
And this surprises you because…? #nlpoli
Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador is about what the social scientists – like political scientists, for example - would call clientelism. You may have heard it called patronage. Regardless of…
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…
The poutine connection
Today in Robocon revelations, court documents show a number of calls between the Conservative campaign office in Guelph with RackNine – the company that did the robo-calling – despite the…
WikiLeaks: Stratfor’s Suggested Strategy to Indict Assange
There has been no information to this point that has confirmed any US Government sources were physically harmed due to their participation in ratting to US Diplomats, and in turn…
L. Ian MacDonald wanks: "Even if there were robocalls, Stephen Harper won fair and square"
MacDonald relaxes at home 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: “Dirty…
Dean Del Mastro Has a Sudden Case of Memory
The Robocall controversy that been front and center for the last few news cycles has been interesting to say the least. We now have about forty to fifty ridings that…
Occupy Ottawa – February 2012 Review
March 1, 2012 – This month at Occupy, will be published at the end of each Month and will be a synopsis of what’s taken place over the course of…
Shorter
Conservatives on the ethics committee: Enough chatter about Harper stealing the election! We need to talk about how the Liberals hurt Vic Toews’ delicate fee-fees.
This Just in: Conservative Government Votes No-Confidence in Elections Canada
Thanks to Glen McGregor of the Ottawa Citizen I made my way to this article, which seems to be an editorial. It’s amazing that the Conservatives show complete contempt for…
Video: @JoshMatlow on #transit planning | #TOpoli #TTC #Toronto
From a meeting on the future of public transit, hosted by Toronto councillors Josh Matlow and Karen Stintz, Feb. 28, 2012. One caveat: That said, god love @jbcurio for getting…
America’s poor
via: The Mad Priest
The Canadian Senate Can Kill Bill C-10
Even as the Tory’s draconian omnibus crime bill approaches the critical vote in the Conservative-dominated Senate, Canadians must still hope that sanity will prevail. The Senate, though unelected and dominated…
Video: @JoshMatlow on population density and subways | #TOpoli #transit #Toronto
From a meeting on the future of public transit, hosted by Toronto councillors Josh Matlow and Karen Stintz, Feb. 28, 2012. Related posts: Video: @KarenStintz’s opening remarks, Feb. 28, 2012…