Graham James coaches the Canadian Hypocrites – who win the Immoral Cup
Let me see if I get this. Graham James was a junior hockey coach, trainer, etc., who worked for years in the Canadian hockey system. He had remarkable success, and…
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Musical interlude
In keeping with the convention theme…KTA – Longer than a Lifetime (And if anybody has audio of the song from Jack Layton’s tribute, feel free to pass along the link.)
NDP Convention – Day 1
Don’t know how coherent or value added this will be after a day of tweeting, thought I’d try to get a few things down here. First of all, impressions on…
Mulcair’s Magic Number?
One number everyone will be watching, Mulcair’s first ballot percentage. Some talk about a Mulcair first ballot win here at the NDP convention, but I think that would be a…
today so far
the first day has been good. this has to be the first time a convention in Canada has been run with new media. the different campaigns have put together good…
Leadership 2012 – First Ballot Endorsement
The NDP’s leadership campaign has presented such a wide variety of opportunities and questions for party members that it’s been difficult to decide who to endorse – and I’ve reached…
Sir, your room in the ice hotel is currently flowing down the St. Lawrence River
A couple of years ago, the biathlon (normally includes cross country skiing) at the B.C. Winter Games had to be replaced by haha the “summer biathlon”. This year, if you…
My choice for NDP leader is for Thomas Mulcair
I have watched the NDP leadership campaign over the past seven months. There is an impressive list of candidates to replace Jack Layton. However, one candidate impresses me the most–Thomas…
NDP Leadership Convention Liveblog
Welcome to the Politics, Re-Spun NDP Leadership Convention Liveblog. Two of our embedded Politics, Re-Spun crew in the convention, Anna and Laura are in Twitter as well as on the…
Thank You Maude Barlow As We Remember Site 41
283_22484445714_714085714_1295357_3440_a.jpg Taken from response to For The Water, http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/2858 Kichesipirini Assert Alliston Aquifer An International Concern Submitted by Paula LaPierre on Thu, 2012-03-22 10:33. The Alliston Aquifer is part of…
Should Quebec Students’ Strike for Lower Tuition be Spread to Rest of Canada?
Students in Quebec have been protesting a 75% tuition increase over five years announced by the provincial government. there are two sides to this story In favour of keeping lower…
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…
Why become like Tony Blair when we can stay social democrats?
I’m getting really disturbed by the vision of now already dozens of political journalists, advisers and “pundits” claiming that the only way for Canada’s New Democrats to move forward is…
Obnoxious British accents – Americans Can’t Get Enough
Why is it that Americans have become so drawn, in this twilight of their empire, towards cockneyesque abrasive annoying British accents? One hears it more and more, every day. Time…
Molly’sBlog 2012-03-20 21:49:00
CANADIAN POLITICS: DEFEND OUR SOCIAL HOUSING: True to form our present federal Conservative government is quite content to see funding for “social housing” (co-op, non-profit and public housing) gradually wither…
Ol’ JB Screeches Out Another Tune – My Way
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I cobbled together another song an’ video an’ it’s all about King Steve.
Gay marriage was a slippery slope after all
Same-sex marriage is a slippery slope. A Sens fan marrying a Leafs fan? Abomination..
Québec voters
Yesterday, Lysiane Gagnon reported in The Globe and Mail that, according to a recent survey by Léger Marketing, the Bloc has the most support in Québec, at 31 percent, four…
Liberals need an aggressive communications strategy
The only way to stop the Conservative attack machine is to hit it back, hard. This means creating an attack ad that will register with viewers, something that the Liberals…