Carville gets the Shawinigan handshake
Forgot to post this one, from the dinner Monday night in Ottawa. Wanna know how to do deal with your political opponents? No “conversations” or “process”: let Chretien show the…
May 2013
Props thundering away
Off from the airstrip in Repulse Bay and on to Coral Harbour:
Props thundering away
Off from the airstrip in Repulse Bay and on to Coral Harbour:
Jon Ivison fear mongers: ‘Grim report warns Canada vulnerable to an aboriginal insurrection’
If you want to know the current state of the National Post, it is one of pure hate. Ultra-Conservative, the Post features racist rants from the likes of the Kay…
Abacus Federal BC Poll
You may remember that a couple of days ago Abacus Data released their first poll for British Columbia’s provincial politics, showing what everyone else has been showing. It appears that…
Ask General Kang: How much time should I be spending on Social Media every day?
None. Next question. No, seriously, what is the right amount? It depends. Do you have other things to do? Like, I don’t know, a job? Let’s assume yes, and let’s…
Scientists In Chains
Melissa Mancini, over at the Huffington Post, has documented Stephen Harper’s war on science. Consider the record: Environment Canada put out 71 news releases in 2012, compared with 110 in…
Depraved Indifference – UPDATED
The term ‘cultural divide’ does not begin to explain this. Depraved indifference, on the part of both the company and the parents, perhaps does. UPDATE: This piece on Slate, which…
Keystone Kops: TransCanada Spent $280,000 Lobbying For Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline In First Quarter
TransCanada, the multinational corporation hoping to build the controversial northern half of the Keystone XL pipeline, spent over $280,000 on lobbying the U.S. government in the first quarter (Q1) of…
The reason(s) behind individual Conservative MP’s rejecting Anti-Trudeau 10%’ers
I find the revelations that several Conservative MP’s are uneasy and not willing to participate in the “10 percent’er” mass mail attack ad campaign that the Conservative Party plan against…
How optics and soundbites are changing the race in BC
Christy Clark is cute as a button. She speaks with confidence. No stammering, no stuttering. Like Stephen Harper, Clark is knows how to sway the media and BC’s citizenry with…
Am Not Dead
Am just working off-site way across town. Things should return to normal tomorrow. Try and get by without me.
Stephen Harper and the Fatal Boondoggle
Oh. My. Gotterdammerung. Not even Sybil the Soothsayer could have predicted it would end like this eh?Who could have known that Stephen Harper's rotting Con regime would collapse this way?…
All lawbreakers will be punished … unless they happen to be Alberta Conservatives
“’Ave you got a leesence for your minkey?” An investigator for Elections Alberta pauses momentarily in his probe of political donations made to the Progressive Conservative Party by seeing-eye monkeys.…
Eric Sheridan: ARC Sometimes Grants Requests
Meet Eric Sheridan. He and his Mini Me are members of Max Hynes' Southern Ontario Skinheads, a group Max has claimed isn't violent. Wait. No, this isn't a really good…
Knowing Whales
The huge body of the dead humpback whale lay silently on the beach at White Rock, BC, as if it had chosen this spacious stretch of sand as a conspicuous…
LinkedIn is as confused about what I do as everyone else
Often when I meet people, they ask me what I do. The challenge is, there is no easy answer to that question. I advise companies and non-profits on strategy, I…
Jason Collins’ ex-fiancée says gay announcement is “a lot to process” (VIDEO)
On Monday, NBA player Jason Collins announced he’s gay. Carolyn Moos, a former WNBA player who dated him for 8 years, tells CNN’s Piers Morgan the announcement is “a lot…