Thank You Link Byfield
…one of the Wildrose party’s “trouble” candidates: As a personal note, Joanne and I are thrilled to have met so many fine new friends. Together we can all be proud…
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Gruending On The One Year Anniversary Of The Harper Majority
Its all good, but I’ll just highlight a bit that seems especially pertinent: It is worth noting, however, that Conservative backbenchers continued to bring forward private member’s bills that could…
NDP Liberal Merger Odds Now 0
The poll done by Toronto-based Forum Research Inc. this week shows the NDP was the choice of 36 per cent of decided and leaning respondents, with the Conservatives close behind…
Whip It Good
Stephen Woodworth’s person-hood motion will not be defeated by Bob Rae’s whipping or not whipping his caucus against the measure. It will be defeated because Stephen Harper needs it to…
Krista Erickson Looks Like Ann Coulter, And Other Things We Learned About Mark Steyn’s Toronto Appearance Without Actually Going
Last night, Mark Steyn–the U.S. author whose writings served as the inspiration for Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik–performed in Toronto for a small crowd of mostly white geezers: A…
Iggy, Still A Dick…
…forgotten but not gone, relevant in the UK, apparently. Wanking it re the possibility of Que. separatism. Kind of like a more pretentious Al Apps, but even more embarrassing.
They’re Cute When They’re Disgruntled
And of all the Blogging Tories, this guy seems most disgruntled at the frankly shocking Alberta election result from last night. It’s cruel to kick a person at their lowest…
Ontario Budget 2012: Winners, Losers, And Mega-Losers
1) Let’s start with the mega-loser in all of this: Tim Hudak and the PCPO. Tim could have got something from the government in exchange for seeing this budget through.…
Another Day, Another Wildrose Kook
In a news release, the Buddhist Society says Oplanich then violated its tranquility “through bullying, intimidation and threats.” As well as directly criticizing the Buddhist faith, threatening to call the…
Go For It, Andrea Horwath
Conducted by Public Polling Inc., the survey found that “over two thirds of respondents would like to see corporations pay their fair share to help reduce the provincial deficit, with…
Finally, Someone Has Noticed
…that the Wildrose Human Rights platform goes a wee bit beyond repealing the hate speech section of the. From WK’s Sun column today: Wildrose’s platform wants to kill a section…
What Was Harper Doing Meeting With Chinese Communist Propaganda Chief ?
Rumour has it that the Chinese guy was asking for advise.
Tory MP Brent Rathgeber On Peter MacKay and F-35s
From his blog: As I watched Bob Rae’s admittedly thoughtful question of Privilege tabled earlier today in the House of Commons alleging Ministerial impropriety regarding the F-35 Fighter Jet (non)…
Link Byfield Going Down?
Westlock County Councillor Maureen Kubinec placed highest among our poll takers with 41.43 per cent of the vote. Kubinec was followed by former Alberta Report publisher Link Byfield with 30…
Goodbye Levon
Rock legend Levon Helm has finally passed. There will be alot of blogosphere tributes over the next little while, and if you read them you will hear him sing on…
Elsevier Pranked
Elsevier is a very large publisher of scientific and medical journals. It has been boycotted recently number of high-profile scientists due to its high subscription prices for individual journals, bundling…
WildRose Party’s Human Rights Platform Part I: Wildrose Would Allow "No Blacks Allowed" Signs
A few notes on this piece from Canadian Lawyer Magazine on the party’s human rights platform. One thing jumped right out at me:First, the Wildrose states that it would repeal…
Fox News North: Hard News, Hard Numbers
…no audience: CBC News Network drew 1.4 per cent of viewers, U.S. news network CNN took 0.9 per cent, CTV News Channel attracted 0.8 per cent and Sun News brought…
Wildrose Candidate Ron Leech: I Can Speak For All Because I’m White
During the interview, Leech said, “I think, as a caucasian, I have an advantage. When different community leaders such as a Sikh leader or a Muslin leader speaks they really…
Glad Somebody Noticed
Ms. Smith’s language may prove attractive to voters, but it means Alberta will likely be pursuing a more aggressive strategy at a time when it most needs the co-operation of…