Bloomberg is Out
They’re falling like flies. What’s left – Biden, Sanders and Warren? Mayor Mike has withdrawn. Bloomberg just kissed goodbye the half-billion dollars he wasted on his presidential bid but not…
2020
Trump = Sanders
Attacking the party they want to lead. Falsely claiming the vote is rigged. Smearing anyone who disagrees with them on anything. Finding fantasy conspiracies everywhere. Sound like @realDonaldTrump and his…
Campaigns don’t matter
When your consultants come to you saying the campaign needs to spend untold millions on ad buys, don’t listen to them. As Donald Trump showed in 2016, and as Joe…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Polly Toynbee and David Walker write about the brutal social consequences of a decade of austerity in the UK. – Andrew Jackson reviews…
#JoeMentum on #SuperTuesday!
You said he couldn’t do it. Quite a few of you, in fact. You know: Joe Biden will never win the nomination, it’s all over, he should quit, etc. Some…
Avoid these Evil Tech Companies
Tech companies have transformed from the stereotypical scrappy startup to the stereotypical megacorporation hellbent on making money before all else. Google is a great example of this transition from a…
The downhill dance of Doug Downey.
It is all Caroline Mulroney’s fault. Nobody wants a member of the legislature who constantly embarrasses the people in his riding. We sure got that in spades in Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte. And…
Unmeasured GHG emissions ignored
One of the pre-election promises made quietly by the BC NDP to me and other concerned citizens was to apply best scientific practices in regulating British Columbia’s northeast gas fields.…
With coronavirus chaos south of the line, brace yourself for some of it to come to our way in Canada
U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s incompetent and ideologically driven response to the international coronavirus crisis poses a serious national security threat to Canada. Can we do anything about it? Say,…
It’s the Econom… I mean, Senate, Stupid!
For my younger audience, note that the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign was driven by the message: It's the Economy, Stupid! (internally only). So... Super Tuesday results are coming in and…
It’s the Econom… I mean, Senate, Stupid!
For my younger audience, note that the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign was driven by the message: It's the Economy, Stupid! (internally only). So... Super Tuesday results are coming in and…
It’s the Econom… I mean, Senate, Stupid!
For my younger audience, note that the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign was driven by the message: It’s the Economy, Stupid! (internally only). So… Super Tuesday results are coming in and…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Grocery cats.
Peter MacKay and the Cage Boy Horror Show
I have always had trouble taking Peter MacKay seriously. I've always thought of him as a wannabe Margaret Thatcher, who couldn't quite pull it off.There is a reason I call…
Learn To Code Political Edition: Building @WBrettWellson Bot
Yes i can. — Richard Fantin (@RichardFantin) February 14, 2020 A few weeks ago Duncan Kinney of Press Progress asked (possibly half jokingly?) if anyone can build a bot to…
Covid 19 an "Act of God"?
It’s not just the health care system fretting about the Covid-19 virus. Commerce is also affected especially in the modern-era of global supply chains. A lot of western concerns are…
Jana Pruden #Minifie2020 Lecture
Live streamed at UR Journalism Facebook. I’ll be tweeting during the lecture, stay tuned.
March 3: A slow day in the news.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-us-reaction-criticism-1.5482317 Donald Trump, despite the opinon expressed by a doctor in the article above, (and despite the rise of coronavirus) has been dismissive of those who warn about the danger…
CNN misses nothing
pic.twitter.com/DA3N3tOFlg — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 4, 2020
Conservative Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Marilyn Gladu
Today I’m sharing the survey response received from Marilyn Gladu via Facebook. She is the MP for Sarnia— Lambton and was first elected in 2015. Mrs. Gladu’s response was the…