More accreditation OLP stuff for bloggers
I published an update after speaking with Christine Mcmillan here. Keep an eye on the @OntLiberal twitter feed, or their website, or at Prog Blog for when the accreditation form…
2013
He’s Number Two
This story about everyone’s 2nd choice for LPoC leader is really just an excuse to show off my awesome unofficial Marc Garneau campaign buttons. There are still some buttons available.…
High-Value Delivery #nlpoli
Two cabinet ministers trekked up the Southern Shore on Wednesday to hand over a cheque for some government cash to a local group of seniors. Of course, they dragged their…
If Theresa Spence was a White Politician, She Could Have Just Fired the Auditor
Some explanation is necessary, I feel, for my post of a couple of days ago, noting the media was displaying a striking degree of hypocrisy with respect to the apparently…
Idle No More and the Great Confusion
Well I think it's safe to say that it was quite a day in my home and native's land eh?As if the great Ojibwa Mishipeshu of Lake Superior was thrashing…
Justice Delayed For Bradley Manning (VIDEO)
Via RTAmerica: “On Wednesday, Army Private First Class Bradley Manning was in Fort Meade, MD where his pre-trial hearings continued. Manning’s court-martial was originally scheduled to begin in March, but…
What’s in a Merger?
We have a problem. Nobody knows what a merger is. When you want to mobilize people and get people moving you need a plan of action. A raison d’etre.…
Playing games
It worries me to see games being played over something so important. If Spence follows through on her threat not to attend the hard-won meeting with Harper just because the…
Three investigations kick-off 2013 in Alberta politics.
TweetDespite winning a large majority in last spring’s provincial election, Alberta’s long-governing Progressive Conservatives had a rough ride in the media and on the floor of the Assembly last year.…
The cheek of Jim Flaherty … expensing his Maybelline while preaching austerity!
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty before application of his Smashbox and Cover Girl. Below: Mr. Flaherty after his makeup makeover. Warning: Any resemblance to J. Edgar Hoover is certainly purely coincidental.…
Handy Words That Don’t Exist In English
Arigata-meiwaku (Japanese): An act someone does for you that you didn’t want to have them do and tried to avoid having them do, but they went ahead anyway, determined to…
Idle No More Might Be Popular No More: Polls
A few online polls suggest Idle No More is not supported by a majority of Canadians. Though there appears to be no major polling done as of yet, three recent…
Late night
Andrew Sullivan posted this today as people have been having fun riffing off Chuck Hagel’s name. Video is a brilliant bit from Monty Python. Note to self: Ensure I subscribe…
Thank You Again Shawn Graham For Helping NB Children With Autism
In the pictures above Shawn Graham makes a financial commitment to helping NB’s autistic children and signs the cast of then Autism Society New Brunswick President Lila Barry. In the…
Canada: It’s Worse Than I Thought
Recently I was writing an article about Stephen Harper and how his previous actions imply his future behavior towards First Nations. However, accumulating background information for this suggests that things…
Canada: It’s Worse Than I Thought
Recently I was writing an article about Stephen Harper and how his previous actions imply his future behavior towards First Nations. However, accumulating background information for this suggests that things…
Canada: It’s Worse Than I Thought
Recently I was writing an article about Stephen Harper and how his previous actions imply his future behavior towards First Nations. However, accumulating background information for this suggests that things…
Another update re: accreditation process for blogging at the OLP Leadership Convention
I spoke with Christine McMillan by phone today, and I have some more information from her regarding the accreditation process: – The blogger accreditation form will be up at the…
Canada: It’s Worse Than I Thought
Recently I was writing an article about Stephen Harper and how his previous actions imply his future behavior towards First Nations. However, accumulating background information for this suggests that things…