Maurice Vellacott on the MASSIVE Con-job
It was only a matter of time before a Conservative confirmed what we already know: The Conservative Party’s central campaign office in Ottawa takes charge of all Elections Canada voter…
Dr.Dawg
Poll-dancing
No doubt Barbara Yaffe’s column this morning—dissing Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition and pretending the Liberals are once again in second place—would be seen by her and her collegial in-group as…
Mic-check at AIPAC earns displeasure
Odd behaviour from folks who object to the term “Israel firsters.” Just saying. Shortly after the people’s mic began , the crowd of AIPAC attendees reacted forcefully. Some of them…
Harper’s Speaker™ delivers again
Let’s juxtapose, shall we? December 13, 2011. Harper’s Speaker™ Andrew Scheer rules that Liberal Irving Cotler’s parliamentary privilege was not breached when the Conservatives blanketed his riding with deliberately false…
Conservative bluff called
…and the Harperites are in trouble now. Release phone records? Hey, no problem, say the Liberals. OK, we’re showing you ours. Will you show us yours? Er…gosh…maybe not, says the…
Conservatives on the defensive: squirrels and bright shiny objects
A Twitterer suggested last evening that this would be a week of Conservative diversions meant to deflect public attention from its role in the deepening Roboscam scandal: Watch for #CPC…
Reprise: is Elections Canada up to the job?
Unprecedented voter suppression tactics, now identified in over seventy ridings, are being investigated by Elections Canada in two of them, Guelph and Thunder Bay. I have already expressed scepticism that…
Conservative tries to sabotage Elections Canada complaint process
Is this legal? Inquiring minds want to know. Fake complainant Neil J. Edmonson has now deleted his Twitter feed. Small wonder.
Information gatekeeping: the news that didn’t fit
This past week the corporate media chose en masse not to follow two stories of considerable interest to Canadians. 1. Frank Graves poll. The media normally love polls, but in…
Elections Canada "investigation": not good enough
There was no conduct reported that would bring into question the election result overall or the result in a particular riding. Although misconduct was reported in several ridings, there is…
Free little pigs!
I’ve read and re-read this article in The Guardian about “open journalism,” and I’ll admit I’m still not all that clear on the concept. It sounds like a mixture of…
Vote-rigging, surveillance–and more torture
I have to rub my eyes when I realize I’m writing about Canada. Since July of last year, CSIS has had the official go-ahead to share information with torture-states even…
The Pantsafire Chronicles: Dean Del Mastro
Because those collecting the whole set would have been disappointed if I’d missed this. Kick back, enjoy the show, and crack a cold one every time DDM uses the word…
And this song is dedicated to…
Asleep in the daytime, asleep at night Life is all playtime; working ain’t right.
Calgary conservative advocates murder of David Suzuki
Eliminationism at full throttle. Meet Richard Evans, sometime blogger, failed aldermanic candidate, with an odd fixation on NAMBLA. Calgary police have been notified. Not very bright, this guy.
Rush Limbaugh calls young law student a "slut"
…no doubt after returning from another trip to the Dominican Republic. Not even in the land of the First Amendment can you defame someone to this degree. She’s in the…
The fulsome Dean Del Mastro
What, Dean, ducks not yet in a row? “Vikileaks” won’t be dragged before HUAC the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics until next week? “We are going…
Roboscam: what is to be done?
“I’m not convinced that there are such systemic issues raised here as to warrant a public inquiry,” opines Andrew Coyne, “and I’m not sure anyone has really made that case.”…
What’s Black and white
…and fawned all over? An officer of the Order of Canada. Looks like Conrad will keep his medal. Different rules, of course, for a one-legged man fallen on grim times,…
Andrew Breitbart: February 1, 1969 – March 1, 2012
No apologies for violating my own “nil nisi bonum” rule with that cartoon by Gilbert Shelton. There are always exceptions. Breitbart filled a much-needed gap. He lived a mercifully short…