"Robo-calls? Get a grip. We’re Canadian"
So says Globe & Mail scold Margaret Wente. We expect our elections to be squeaky clean, and that’s a good thing. Obviously, there were election irregularities in Guelph, and maybe…
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Stephen Harper: “The jackasses at Elections Canada are out of control.”
Expect this 2001 refrain to be repeated in short order if the Robo-call scandal has legs. “The jackasses at Elections Canada are out of control.” In 2001, Stephen Harper was…
Conservative Nik Nanos: All that commotion over Robo-calls? Blame it on Harper haters.
The Conservatives’ favourite pollster Nik Nanos is a little miffed at the 64% who didn’t vote for Harper. This majority has come out en masse in social media to protest…
John Ibbitson shames himself in the Conservative daily Globe & Mail
Itchy and Scratchy The Globe & Mail is a terrible newspaper. It was once highly regarded but has fallen into disrepute. Only if you are a Conservative or a right-wing…
Any Calgary folks going to the Patrick Rosspalooza tomorrow at Calgary Court Centre?
Curious to see if any progblogging buddies will be heading down to court tomorrow at 10 a.m. Calgary time for Patrick Ross’ day in court. You many remember Canadian Cynic…
Conservatives play Whack-A-Mole with Robogate blame game. First it was the Liberals. Now it’s Elections Canada.
“Take my wife. Please.” I hope comedians around Canada are paying attention. The jokes from the Conservatives during the Robogate scandal keep on coming. Only thing is, these jokers don’t…
Harper doubles down on environmentalists as ‘radicals’
Go over to Richard Hughes’ fine ‘Cowichan Conservations’ blog to read a shocking letter from the PMO in response to a citizen’s inquiry regarding the Northern Gateway project from a…
What Rush hath wrought: 16-year-old harassed for being a “slut, a prostitute, a horny piece of trash that is out to sleep with every guy in school”
The fallout from Rush Limbaugh’s attack on Sandra Fluke has more far-reaching consequences than the public humiliation Fluke received at the hands of the radio star and the subsequent withdrawal…
Evangelical group kicked out of Delta public schools
Two volunteers from the Pais Project, a group of fundamentalists, have been told not to come back to Delta schools. Superindent Dianne Turner reminded the group that “the Delta school…
What Rush hath wrought: 16-year-old harassed for being a "slut, a prostitute, a horny piece of trash that is out to sleep with every guy in school"
The fallout from Rush Limbaugh’s attack on Sandra Fluke has more far-reaching consequences that the public humiliation Fluke received at the hands of the radio star and the subsequent withdrawal…
Hey Rob Anders, it’s your party which is the party of Putin
Peas in a pod Like the Conservatives’ voter suppression tactics during the last federal election in Canada, it looks like Russia’s governing party also rigged the vote. No surprise there,…
Toronto Maple Leafs: America’s Team?
I don’t have much time for Don Cherry, Brian Burke or the Toronto Maple Leafs. I like even less Hockey Night in Canada whose warped coverage of hockey is not…
Israel is NOT Netanyahu: Israeli President Shimon Peres: ‘Under President Obama We Have The Best Relationship On The Issue Of Security’
Netanyahu is a crazy warmongering neocon hawk. He is not Israel, as much as the North American chickenhawks would like you to believe. But while the far-right attacks Obama’s pro-Israel…
Sandra Fluke gets the Brigette DePape treatment
To Fox News, “slut” + “prostitute” = “Fame-Hungry Activist” Remember Brigette DePape and the sexist, vile treatment she received at the hands of our media and the Conservative party? Welcome…
Rick Santorum: Sarah Palin is the Clarence Thomas of Feminists
Posted without comment. H/T: Buzzfeed
Rob Anders doubles down on his disdain for the troops
It’s bad enough that chickenhawk Conservative Rob Anders fell fast asleep during a veteran’s presentation on homeless soldiers but now he is calling the accusers, both veterans themselves, “NDP hacks”…
Five advertisers drop Rush Limbaugh after Sandra Fluke slander
After Limbaugh called the woman refused at place at Darrell Issa’s birth control table ”slut” and “prostitute”, the media and the progressive blogosphere and even Republican presidential contenders (save Romney…
14 Cons conned voters from US Front Porch Strategies
Looks like Stephen Harper and his puppet, the hapless Dean Del Mastro, have been caught in yet another lie. Fourteen Conservatives have been found to have used an Ohio telemarketer,…
Six advertisers drop Rush Limbaugh after Sandra Fluke slander
I’ve made it a rule at LFR to no longer blog about Rush Limbaugh. His modus operandi is to piss off the left. Every time we write about him, we…
So, what’s in Anonymous’ bombshell Toews video?
Early this morning, Anonymous dropped its Toews bombshell via youtube. I tried to follow the narrative but my hearing (Menieres/tinnitus) was not up to Anonymous’ echoed audio. I gave up…