Stephen Harper – The Mortician
Dr. Death. Prime Mordial of Canada. It’s rumoured he drinks formeldehyde on ice. What else would a guy who has sounded the death nell for Canada sip back after a…
Lennon circa 1965 would have dropped him like a bad habit
Seriously, I hope John Lennon's ghost lays a first-class haunting on Stephen Harper. Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
Mount Allison Residences: Hunton House (10 of 13)
Mount Allison Residences: Hunton House (10 of 13): Located on the "South Side" of campus, residents claim Hunton House, is the perfect size, creating a family atmosphere where you never…
Next deadlock: Alberta
I refuse to believe that the people of Alberta are as socially conservative and right wing as their political representation suggests. I do not believe that the people of Alberta…
TEN COMPELLING REASONS TO VOTE FOR STEPHEN HARPER
(Let’s raise the tone of the debate. This is about values, and principles, not which level of government has jurisdiction. Vote for what you believe in.) 1. If you believe…
Quebec voters to break separatist deadlock?
It seems that Quebec voters are warming up to the idea of voting NDP. It was only a matter of time before voters there would tire of separatist parties and…
Michael Ignatieff in Victoria: What will you do for the youth? (video)
Here is AMFresh video by my partner at AMFresh of one of the questions asked and answered at the Victoria Election Town Hall rally with Michael Ignatieff on Sunday evening…
Debating the debate: dissecting Tuesday’s Royal Rumble at the Legion…
(Updated – thanks to a reader, changed the headline from ‘Wednesday’ to ‘Tuesday’… the short week has me all screwed up!) A few quick points – and a poll! -…
Harper Describes Himself As ‘Radical Right-wing Ideologue’
In 2001 in the race for leader of the Canadian Alliance Party, the Globe and Mail reported that in a meeting with Tory Caucus supporters, Stephen Harper described himself as…
It won’t be the same without sculpture – Vancouver Biennale to uninstall and auction off public artwork
35 works of art will be disappearing from Vancouver this summer. If you’ve noticed a favourite sculpture wrapped in yellow tape, get ready to say your goodbyes.
Be careful what you ask for – part II
Subtitled why a Harper majority would be bad for the Conservative party. Now we know that a Harper majority would be a disaster for Canada, but what isn't as well…
Be careful what you ask for…
... you might get it. So the Grits have taken down the ad with the Harper "misquote". The problem for Harper and his Conservatives is that Harper has a big…
Canadian youth can own this election
For the last five years, the Harper conservative party has spent millions of dollars attacking the leaders of the opposition parties, with vicious, exaggerated, and fabricated, personal attack ads. Please…
NDP-Grit Divide Is The Real Story Of Election 41
Shockwave: The NDP has tied the Grits for support as the election enters its final phase, according to a pollreleased by Angus Reid Public Opinion. Both parties are polling at…
Updates from The National Citizens Coalition
FYI, I get emails from the NCC, all of them peddling shamelessly for Harper... April 12, 2011: Dear Friend of freedom, It seems like just yesterday that we braved a…
What I’m reading….
Nicolas NicklebyI've gotten to Chapter 41, but I'm stuck, because I keep returning to reread the theatre chapters, because those are the best, and the rest of the novel just…
What Happens When You Mess with Nature
Remember the Chernobyl chicken? Variously portrayed as the size of a moose, or having four legs, or what have you, this creature was not only the product of overactive imaginations…
Oh look!
Yet another way for the NDP not to defend the life saving long gun registry. The NDP candidate said one of the major issues on the Conservatives' agenda is the…
Stephen Harper is no George Bush
Extremism in the pursuit of a goal is still extremism A couple of days ago, we wrote about a hand picked Harper gun policy advisor who compared Canadian police officers…