The World Post Section 13
I have confirmed from several sources that this story is basically correct. Arthur Topham, publisher of The Radical Press, was indeed recently arrested for hate crimes, for among other things…
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I’m From The Church And I’m Here To Help
A bit snarky, because I get what he means. Anyway, here’s CPoC MP Michael Chong on AGW, from Dennis Gruending’s latest: Chong said that faith groups can play an important…
A "Gaffe", Eh? Part Duh
Abacus Data finds 37% support for the Tories nationally, unchanged since January. With newly installed leader Thomas Mulcair at the helm, the New Democratic Party has rocketed to 35% backing.…
There’s The Rub
I am mostly neutral on the idea of reversing line 9. But when I read this bit: From Sarnia, the upgraded and refined product would be sent down Enbridge’s Line…
Just Who Has Bailed On The Heartland Institute?
Yesterday, I noticed this in the UK Gaurdian re. The Heartland Institute’s ongoing travails: A number of other experts meanwhile began cutting their ties with Heartland, according to a tally…
Margaret Wente Fumbles Another
Her model of an ungrateful Que. student is from out of province. Plus there’s a nice bit of writing from MC at the end: I suppose from where Margaret Wente…
Heartland Loses Another!
Economist Peter Cramton ( a specialist on auction theory and practice) sent me the following email today: Dear Mr. Murphy, I do believe that climate change is one of the…
Bernie Farber On The Canadian Museum for Human Rights
A useful corrective, if only because we usually hear about the museum’s various downsides.
Holy Crap: Etobicoke Centre Federal Election Result Declared Null And Void!
Due to “irregularities” in the vote. This is important for several reasons. It seeds the media with CPoC-as-vote -fraudster stories for several weeks (at least until the Supreme Court issues…
A "Gaffe", Eh?
The New Democrats (36%) have moved into a narrow national lead over the Conservatives (32%). Liberals trail with 19 percent. Green support stand at seven percent support and the BQ…
World’s First Hockey Player Clearly Gay
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. In fact, I bet there were fewer concussions and general head-hunting behavior back in ye oldyn tymes.
Senator Larry Smith Has Found A Bad Job
“You have to understand that I’ve worked very hard over my career and to do what I’m doing now I’m making a major, major concession in my lifestyle to even…
A Dear John Letter From The Heartland Institute’s Joe Bast
…in which he says goodbye to all those scholars who “are feeling trepidation” at being seen on the HI website. Joe still loves you. Its all a big misunderstanding. Please…
Guy Lauzon: He Sees Dead People
From The Cornwall Free News: CFN – Cornwall Ontario resident Barrie Brown was shocked when his daughter brought him a condolence note from SD&SG MP Guy Lauzon on Barrie’s passing!…
Henry "Jake" Jacoby Also Wants Off Heartland Expert List
Henry “Jake” Jacoby, Professor of Applied Economics in the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at the MIT Sloan School of Management.of MIT sent me the following email this…
Standards, Please!
When you visit to the website of the The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council you get this message: …which Google expands upon as follows: If I am guessing correctly, someone added…
Heartland Expert Exodus Update: 3 Staunch Defenders, 1 Quiet De-Listing
A number of folks I’ve emailed re the HI Institute billboard fiasco, who you’d think would probably come out in defense of the institute, have done so. Here’s a response…
Washington Post Picks Up Chris Landsea Story
Gives me a nice cite and link. But my favorite bit is the opening line: More than a week after it was abandoned, the Heartland Institute’s controversial billboard campaign –…
Paul Reiter Asks To Be Removed From Heartland Experts List
This morning I received the following email from Paul Reiter, a well-known medical entomologist at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. He, like Chris Landsea, has some disagreements with very specific…
Gruending On the War of 1812 And The Rebranding Of Canada
The big project this year is an attempt to rebrand the War of 1812 between Britain (along with its Canadian colony) and the United States. That part of the war…