He Doesn’t Do Well In A Court Of Law
http://www.pressprogress.ca/ The Harper government is rushing to prevent Omar Khadr’s release from jail. The National Post reports: Federal lawyers have signalled to Khadr’s defence team that they will seek a…
2015
The mad mathematics of Ontario’s Whigs.
Maybe Ontario teachers were on strike back when little Kathleen Wynne and Charles Sousa were there to learn mathematics. It would be the only excuse for the utterly ridiculous decision…
Hedging bets in Alberta
Everyone got it wrong in Alberta’s 2012 election – well, almost everyone – so they’re all hedging their bets this time. CBC numbers guy: Seven polls were published between Thursday…
On Harper’s Mastery Of The Economy
H/t The Toronto Star ‘Nuff said. Recommend this Post
Let’s Put Politics Where It Belongs: The Political Economy
The advantage of being able to speak and read in several languages is that you get to see how different cultures divide up the world, a phenomenon commonly referred to…
Stephen Harper’s Depraved Attempt to Revive the Terrorist Menace
As you know Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney made a surprise visit to Iraq, to try to whip up interest in the Great War on Terror. Which has been flagging…
Teddy’s updated PEI prediction
Just a small change due to further research, each the Tories and Liberals gain and lose a seat. Also a change in colours to match the colours used on the…
Teddy’s final Alberta prediction
Not much to say, I’ll let everyone react to the shock in their own way, but in short, I am predicting an NDP majority in Alberta. I’ll have much more…
Fearful Symmetry #nlpoli
There’s a couple of constables in an office over in the basement of the old Memorial College building at Fort Townshend, right next to where the USO building used to…
Sadistic Police and Their Entitlements
If you wonder why police are losing respect as a credible element in a peaceful, democratic, civilized society, watch this video . Not only does a white shirt pepper spray…
A Perspective on Time
It was time. She’d fought against it for so long. She hadn’t thought that this day would ever come. She’d dreaded it, longed for it, prayed against it, prayed for…
NDP Leader Rachel Notley proves electrifying political speech-making still thrives in Canada
Surrounded by candidates, Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley pauses during her speech as something like 1,500 supporters cheer her on in Edmonton yesterday. Below: Part of the crowd at Sunday’s…
Ben E. King, Gone. B.B. In Hospice.
“Legendary Bluesman” somehow doesn’t quite do justice to B. Riley B. King. King, who has suffered from diabetes for it must be a couple of decades now, left word for…
An Orange Chinook howls in Alberta. Is the PC dynasty at its end?
How badly do the Progressive Conservatives need to mess up for Albertans to want to elect an NDP government? It may sound like a silly question in the context of…
Are Conservatives Too Dumb to Govern?
We already knew that the brains of progressives and conservatives are wired differently.And that Cons have a larger fear glandPeering inside the brain with MRI scans, researchers at University College…
Fearmongering or Hopemongering? It’s Your Call Alberta
“I think it has deteriorated into groundless name-calling, and it’s certainly not the strategy that I would take.”—Rachel Notley reflecting on comments made by Jim Prentice and Brian Jean To…
Kid Kodak open thread
To all long-suffering staff in the office of the “Ombudsman” Kid Kodak Marin: you can post here anonymously. No one will ever know your name, me included. Comment, in particular,…