Fish where there’s fish
…that’s something I say so much about campaigns that my staff have heard it a billion times. Talk about the stuff voters want you to talk about. Manage the dialogue.…
2018
The conflicts of Jagmeet Singh.
New Democratic leader Jagmeet Singh has a problem. He appears to want to be a separatist in India but a nationalist in Canada. Perhaps it is his devout Sikhism and…
Far Right March in Hamilton on March 25: We Have the Details
120 lbs beta males vs beer drinking whiskey chugging hot bitches fucking bar fighting powerlifting gun shooting alpha males Would it kill you to use proper punctuation? More on this…
If you’re an Albertan who demands low taxes, balanced budgets, and pipelines to B.C., expect to be told to look in the mirror
PHOTOS: Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci, a New Democrat. Below: Former Wildrose leader and United Conservative Party leadership contender Brian Jean, now retired from politics, and B.C. based environmentalist Tzeporah…
Best of Alberta Politics 2017: Formation of the United Conservative Party
It was the clear winner in the first round of voting in the Best of Alberta Politics 2017 survey. With a solid 59 percent of votes, readers of this blog…
Best of Alberta Politics 2017: Greg Clark, MLA for Calgary-Elbow
After the dust settled and more than 1,200 votes were tallied, Dave Cournoyer and Ryan Hastman were delighted to present Greg Clark with the Best Opposition MLA of 2017 award…
Cambridge Analytica – Why Has Trump Fallen Strangely Silent?
It’s not like the Mango Mussolini to go mute when something, anything threatens to impugn his reputation. He’s always ready to denounce people as liars or unflattering stories as “fake…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Dick Bryan argues that the minimum wage should reflect the financial risks faced by low-wage workers, while Nick Day offers some lessons…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cuddled cats.
This is Awesome – I Think.
The folks at Grist are billing it the Scopes Monkey Trial for the 21st century. Only this time it isn’t evolution on trial but climate change. The trial pits the…
Cambridge Execs – "We Won the Election for Trump."
Don’t these people know when to shut up? Top execs of Cambridge Analytica were supposedly top experts in dirty tricks but they fell for a hidden camera sting. Britain’s Channel…
Revisiting ‘the Wimp Factor’. Will it return?
For most of the 1970s, Canada had the coolest leader in the room. His name was Pierre Trudeau, and he was undeniably the hippest, coolest, and dare I say “grooviest”…
Why a Small Alberta Oil and Gas Town is Pursuing Geothermal Power
Like many towns across Alberta, the landscape around Hinton is a pincushion of oil wells. At the bottom of some of the deeper wells, temperatures can reach upwards of 120…
Jason Kenney Debates a Motion
An update from the Kenney-channelling-Trump department. After weeks of flooding the airwaves with demands for an emergency debate on a motion condemning BC’s interference with the Trans Mountain pipeline Jason…
March 3: Problems on my computer?
I am experiencing great and strange problems in preparing this blog. Neither of my word systems will allow me to write what I want to. (Of course, I know nobody…
Yoga Breathing Exercises Helps Your Vagus Nerve and You Relax
You’ve been breathing your entire life and some of us can improve our techniques despite years of practice. Go ahead and think about your breathing right now. Are you breathing…
To CBC News
I’m astonished at how poorly CBC News is covering the AggregateIA, Cambridge Analytica, Steve Bannon, Trump story. They don’t see the connections. Coming from our state broadcaster, it’s embarrassing. It…
Mainstreet: PCs “lead in every region”
Mainstreet – who, full disclosure, is one of the polling firms with which Daisy Group does business – dropped a big poll this morning. It’s not good news for the…
Earthgauge News – March 19, 2018
Edition #12 of Earthgauge News for the week of March 19, 2018 A weekly Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Join me here…
Jordan Peterson watch: “you sanctimonious prick…I’d slap you”
I enjoy documenting what this guy is really like.