WARNING – Excessive Exposure to Harper Conservatism Can Be Harmful to Your Health
Another Tory backbencher succumbs:
The Mound of Sound
Now It’s Brazeau Getting Under-theTable Deals
Senator Patrick Brazeau marched out of the Senate today after accusing current Tory Senate leader Claude Carignan of offering to see that the suspension hearings would “go easy on him”…
What If WE Demand Answers?
There are a number of aspects of the Wright-Duffy-Harper-Perrin-LeBreton-Tkachuk-Stewart Olsen-Novak affair that seem tinged with possible criminality. What if we prepared a shopping list for the RCMP and the public…
Benjamin Perrin’s Awkward Situation
Former PMO chief counsel and Harper personal legal advisor, Benjamin Perrin, has been laying low since he abruptly left Ottawa and hightailed it back to the security of his teaching…
Stephen Harper Can Clear the Air, But He Won’t.
Stephen Harper is never shy about using his powers as prime minister so when he doesn’t use those powers it’s safe to assume there’s something he doesn’t want done. For…
In the Midst of this Miserable Tory Civil War, Let’s See What’s On God’s Mind
From The Tweet of God “If there had been an 11th Commandment what would it have been?” Thou shalt not take the first ten seriously.My son turned water into wine,…
No Senate Reformation Without Provincial Consent
The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected the Harper government’s claim that the federal government can rejig the Senate without the approval of the provinces. That this was a truly…
A Show of Hands, Please
Hands up everybody who believes Nigel Wright was the lone gunman, that he acted alone in his under-the-table deal to funnel money to Mike Duffy. Hands up everybody who believes…
Cat Fight – Wallin Fingers LeBreton, Stewart-Olsen
Senator Pam Wallin claims she’s the victim of a vendetta against her by two Tory senators resentful of her high profile – Marjory LeBreton and Carolyn Stewart-Olsen. Ms. Wallin said…
Harper Says Duffy’s Lying
Really. Steve Harper seems to be leading with his chin in what is now the Duffy-Wright-Harper scandal. Steve got up on his hind legs today and said he never threatened…
I Have a New Toy
Ain’t She a Beaut? The downside of keeping a computer until it literally gives up the cyber-ghost is that it leaves you hopelessly unprepared for the next generation of technology…
If You Still Don’t Get It
There are still some who don’t get why the Duffy-Wright-Harper affair happened. Why would such powerful people expose themselves to such jeopardy? Why was Duffy given such preferential, under-the-table treatment?…
Where Do We Go From Here With Duffy-Wright?
Ottawa has been rocked by two days of revelations and accusations skilfully delivered by veteran defence counsel, Don Bayne, and the beleaguered senator Mike Duffy himself. Bayne fired the opening…
Wherein Mike Duffy Drops Stephen Harper Straight Into the Sewer
Senator Mike Duffy says Stephen Harper is an outright liar. Duffy told his fellow senators that it was Stephen Harper’s decision that he repay his housing allowance payments at a…
In Texas, Lethal Injection is Just One Way of Killing Inmates.
Texas is tough on crime. The state executes as many inmates as the rest of the U.S. states combined. And, in addition to those it fills full of lethal chemicals,…
If You Thought Ted Cruz was Batshit Crazy, He Came By It Honestly Enough.
It’s the old adage about how the apple never falls far from the tree. In this case Ted Cruz, the guy who tried to bring down the United States government,…
Duffy’s First Appearance in the Court of Public Opinion
Mike Duffy’s counsel may have declared war on the Harper government yesterday. Today it’s Duffy’s turn to take the battle onto the floor of the Senate. My guess is that…
To a Man Who Has Only a Hammer
Mark Twain was right on the mark when he wrote, “To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Out of the past Twain speaks to and of…
New Research Reveals How Quickly Climate Change Impacts Set In
The Sahara desert is about the driest spot in the world. It wasn’t always that way. It wasn’t always a desert. About 10,000 years ago it looked like the grasslands…
Australia Invents New Wildfire Warning Level – "As Bad As It Gets"
The Aussie state of New South Wales is having a vicious wildfire season. Shane Fitzsimmons, commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service, said the forecast for Wednesday was worse than…