By-Election Analysis And A Look Ahead
Let the NDP crow for a day. They’ve earned it. As for a Spring election, its about as likely/unlikely as it was yesterday morning, which means we’ll probably have one.…
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Global Warming Denier James Delingpole Gets Ass Booted Out Door
Word is the UK Telegraph (the Torygraph, as they call it) felt he was an embarrassment. And of course, in his sign-off column he admits he knew nothing about science.…
Who Benefits From Income Splitting?
Rich folk. From this guy. No wonder Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is having doubts. I can’t see this as being good politics, and it wouldn’t surprise me if his negative…
The Hand They Will Play
Its a good hand. A surplus for the election year. Taxes to cut, and money to wave in front of people. Not unbeatable, however: some creative policy, an economy that…
Thumped By A Frenchy! Sun News Star Brian Lilley Takes Boot To Nads From French Billionaire Boss!
The only time I would ever ask my readers to watch anything from Brian Lilley. If you really don’t want to, I’ll just say its all about Brian calling out…
Federal Government Sacking Another Library?
So this notification at GCSurplus looks to have been placed by the Office of The Privacy Commissioner of Canada. That is, the address given in the ad (112 Kent Street)…
Non-Muslim Removed From Islamic Preaching Course A Hard Core Fruit-loop
From Jen Gerson’s rather gormless piece: A London, Ont., university is defending its decision to restrict access to a course that teaches Muslims how to proselytize.The Huron College course —…
Why Ontario Anti-Wind Forces Keep Losing Their ERT (Environmental Review Tribunal) Appeals
They want the Tribunal to take their word at face value: “There is no reliable evidence to demonstrate that the project will cause serious physical or any other serious harm,”…
Randy Hillier: Ontarions, You Are Lazy
Follow the man’s argument: The proverb “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations” refers to a family’s generational cycle through poverty and prosperity; does this proverb also reflect Ontario’s political generations?The…
Rob Ford’s Wednesday Night
It around midnight and was very quiet (as it is on Wednesday — we have a large trivia crowd that leaves right after trivia on Wed.) — around 5 patrons…
Farber Vs. Gwyn On John A.
From Bernie’s piece in The Star:The latest hullaballoo around renaming Toronto’s Union Station after Sir John A. Macdonald should have and could have been avoided from the start. It simply…
Postmedia Fires A Useful Guy
From J-Source: Postmedia Network is downsizing its parliamentary bureau and had laid off five parliamentary bureau staff.Three political reporters—Mike De Souza, Andrea Hill and Tobi Cohen—as well as planning and…
Steyn Appeals To The Denio-Sphere!
From Watts Up With That: DonS writes in comments:Mark Steyn, embroiled in a lawsuit brought by Dr. Mike Mann, is asking for suggestions as to how he can substantiate his…
Is Mark Steyn Doing A Slo-Mo Double Endo Into The Snow Fence Of Failure?
Is he crashing and burning, in other words? Getting involved in a potentially ruinious lawsuit must be bad enough; representing yourself must surely make it worse. Witness this, from The…
Tim Hortons History In Pictures
They’ve put together a slide-show. So far this is my favorite pic: The more things change, the more they remain the same.
Superbowl Sunday: Stay Safe
So don’t even think it. Personally, I will be off the road by game time. And, yeah, I may well be eating wings and nachos. Don’t wreck your evening, and…
Free Dominion Is BACK!!! Sort of…
They’ve gone read-only, for the time being. Meanwhile, it worth nothing the occasion that brought them out. A federal appeals court has put the final nail in the coffin of…
Forum Research Fucks Up, Admits Error
From ThreeHundredEight.com: UPDATE: As appeared to be the case, Forum Research has confirmed there was an error in its two reports that listed the numbers that should have been Trudeau’s…
Are Genetically Modified Crops Killing The Monarch Butterfly?
Indirectly, it seems: The vast majority of monarchs that arrive in Mexico grew up eating milkweed in the United States and Canada, according to Karen Oberhauser, professor at the University…
LPC Senate Change: The View Of A Tory Insider
Keith Beardsley is a Tory insider. Smart guy. Not obviously insane. His angle on Justin’s shock announcement this morning is surely worth noting: It will…be interesting to see how the…