Highly-Scientific Polls: colour me surprised
Ran those fun little polls yesterday on 2015′s Best Politician, Best Political Advisor, and Best Political Strategy. Check out the results for the several hundred who voted, below. It wasn’t…
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World’s Worst Journalist, still
And while I am on the topic, the world’s worst journalist – TWWSNBN – still holds that title. Sending out one of your bosses to harangue me won’t help, big…
Dishonest column of the month award
…goes to this Rosie DiManno gem in today’s Star. In it, DiManno commences by castigating comments, and looks completely ridiculous by the end. A summary of short-form DiManno, herewith: I…
Adios comments section
The comments section at SRBP is gone, this time for good.The theory was great.People could offer their own views on your writing and then you could have an exchange of…
Compassion confounds Conservatives
I get the feeling that Conservative supporters are confounded Canadians like a PM with compassion. Amongst the sites that still allow comment sections (and that number is shrinking, but that’s…
Is there a Ghost of Liberals Future?
His late partner Jacob Marley promised Ebenezer Scrooge there would be three ghosts visiting him in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. In relating this tale to the concerns of Liberals…
Cancer Bats tonight!
Daughter Two and me are seeing the Cancer Bats at the Hard Rock tonight (Bjorn and Lala bailed; got a spare ticket for whoever wants it). It’s a Christmas tradition…
Scott Reid for Speaker #nlpoli
Liberal member of the House of Assembly Scott Reid is a candidate for Speaker of the House. By the looks of things, members will have a competition for the Speaker's…
Mike Duffy and the Ghastly Portrait of Stephen Harper
It was if the air was suddenly let out of the balloon. One moment the prosecutor was pounding Mike Duffy. The next moment he wasn't. The trial was suddenly adjourned.…
The Quick Clay Dam #nlpoli
A very short post by James Gordon at Uncle Gnarley contains a whole lot of information about the dam Muskrat Falls.Gordon is a retired professional engineer with a 60 year…
Americans—a dangerously fearful people
For nine years we were led by a fearful prime minister, and during the last election he gave us broad hints about who we should fear the most. Not that…
Un drone aurait livré une arme à la prison Rivière-des-Prairies (repost)
Des mesures d’urgence ont été prises et des recherches sont en cours au Centre de détention Rivière-des-Prairies à Montréal pour tenter de retrouver une arme de poing qui aurait été…
A Racist in the Streets: Trad Youth Ramps Up Public Actions (repost)
If the rhetoric of the racist right is tweaked at the edges, with the sharp language about minority groups shifted towards a broad discourse of “white dispossession,” then it can…
In other news, sale of club sandwiches in Wisconsin have mysteriously plummeted in recent weeks
Quote of the year? We have a winner! “He said that if you try to include corpses in the category of animals, then “you are going to have several cases…
Deterrence and Denunciation; an extremely important sentencing decision
Today's decision in R. v. Lacasse, 2015 SCC 64 is extremely important in terms of sentencing. Among many other points it clarifies when deterrence and denunciation apply most:73] ...
Stephen Harper’s Monument to Himself Gets Downsized
He was hoping to build this monstrous monument to himself on land reserved for a new Federal Court building, expected to be named after Pierre Trudeau.He was hoping it would…
Dec. 17, 2014 – Defection Day – an Alberta anniversary to remember … and to forget!
PHOTOS: Defecting Opposition leader Danielle Smith, looking uncomfortable, gets an awkward and apparently unwanted hug from then-premier Jim Prentice at Government House in Edmonton as they announced their plans to…
What are political parties offering workers in the Spanish elections?
On 20 December, general elections will be held in Spain, amidst a climate marked by the fallout of the Paris attacks and the pro-independence debate in Catalonia, with a profusion…
Trade unions take on the extreme right in northern France
It is Saturday afternoon and the Christmas market in Hénin-Beaumont is deserted. A light rain is falling on the town, adding a layer of sadness to the place. In front…