Conclusive evidence that Harper is worried
Harper is besieged on all sides. Defections. Senate scandal. Duffy cheques. He is feeling more heat than ever. The storyline has always been: “sure you don’t like him. He isn’t…
Constant Vigilance
Free investment advice
Chantal Hebert has joined the list of experts squishyly predicting that Harper will not stick at his post until 2015. I agree with the pundits expecting that the Not So…
Irony of ironies
My M. P., Stephen Harper just sent a pamphlet outlining how Parliament works. Funny thing is, no mention of contempt, ministerial responsibility, responsible government, prorogation, confidence votes. He did state…
Three down. Three to go
Impolitical gets a little excited about three up-coming by-elections. And suggests that there might be 2 more to come. At a time of a well deserved drop in support.Well if…
Never attribute (wholly) to (F35) incompetence that which can be adequately explained by malice
The AG has shown the Harper Regime to be a pack of liars. The Galloping Beaver has, along with lots of other bloggers, done a great job of unraveling the…
An example of the need to stop Robocalls in their tracks
I was watching the CTV news last night (Give me a break. It is the only channel I can get here) and at the end of a segment on the…
Looking back at the effects of voter suppression in 2008
I read with interest Professor Anke S. Kessler’s draft paper on the effect of Robocalls on the 2011 election.It reminded me that I had run a series of posts from…
The Cons need to join AAA
Attack Ads Anonymous that is. (or What is up with the Attack Ads?: Inferring the final act of Robcon).So they went back to the only trick the Reform Pony knows.…
Take a moment to feel sorry for Michael Sona
Yes, I remember Michael Sona and his actions from last May. At the time I was thinking about how strong a kool-aid dependency he must have. In my opinion, to…
Phollow the phones?
The person who purchased the scammer phone used in Guelph used the puerile pseudonym “Pierre Poutine”. It is likely that if other phones were used, similarly insulting aliases were used.…
Harper is to Canada like a tequila binge is to you
Whither Canada?* There have been a lot of posts and editorials of people despairing of the future of Canada recently. They aren’t hard to find. Here is one. This C30…
Just take the phone lines away from the Harperians
While I was at home, preparing for Burns Night, I received an interesting couple of phone calls last week that I would like to relate. Call number 1 was from…
Steady on, Montreal Simon
Montreal Simon draws his bead away from Captain Anti-Canada for a post defending the honour of the world’s greatest poet from a senseless and uncalled for slight.. He does a…
One thing I don’t understand about Harper and his ilk
I get that he is a wee petty man full of hate. I understand that he would benefit more from spending his spare time on a professional’s couch then writing…
Amongst the people I have absolutely no sympathy for
are those who say things like this: I am a Tory, but like many others who cast their ballot the same way I did not vote for the draconian and…
If Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging 2011-12-16 22:19:00
Chantal Hebert plays the harridan today chastising the media for abrogating their responsibility by not truly reporting on the seriousness of Jack Layton’s cancer. But this last sentence makes me…
A perfect example of Harper’s antipathy towards Canada
This nonsense of replacing the beaver as a symbol of Canada with the polar bear shows just how much Harper hates the country he governs. The beaver has been our…
The implications of Harper’s War on Labour.
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out —Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak…
The Conservative Party as a malignant organism
Check out the most prominent ads on National Newswatch this morning. They are actually the same ad. Advertizing a petition on the official website of the government party to influence…
The revolution will be commercialized (In a good way)
What is the meaning of this? It means that a coherent purpose is coalescing from the inchoate rage. And the emerging message is a good one.