Shed a tear for Rob Ford … or risk making a ‘red meat conservative’ blubber
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone – as long as the person getting stoned is a conservative. Below: a typical strained pea conservative blubbers, although not…
Conservatives
In and Out
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/election-financing-scheme-smelled-former-tory-mp-117457603.html Old, but important in understanding that PM Harper’s corrupt team isn’t new at it.
Ideology versus principles
Just a thought running through my head right now: When does ideology trump principle? Are there people who exist for whom principle always trumps ideology? Lets look at some examples:…
Rob Ford Does The Expected
If there’s an incriminating video out there, naturally you’d hire a criminal cracker to destroy every copy. My prediction? Rob Ford will announce a new housing strategy.— Andrew Matte (@AndrewMatte)…
Conservatives Win Friends and Improve Policy…
…Or that might be what the usually compliant and forgiving media would say if they hadn’t been pissed off about being locked out of policy meetings at the Conservative Convention…
The most important question(s) of the day:
Will Rob Ford’s crack smoking video knock Mike Duffy’s expense scandal off the top of the wires? Which story is worse for the Conservative establishment? How’s that convention going, anyway?
Right to work… for less
As the Conservative Party of Canada skulks from Ottawa to the friendlier confines of their heartland for their party convention, right to work legislation is going to be one of…
Latest Ipsos-Reid Poll Shows NDP Rising At The Expense of The Liberals
Ipsos Reid just released new federal poll numbers.Their latest poll was conducted between Oct. 25 and 28, 2013. Their previous poll covered Oct. 16 to 20, 2013.Here is a comparison…
Latest Ipsos-Reid Poll Shows NDP Rising At The Expense of The Liberals
Ipsos Reid just released new federal poll numbers. Their latest poll was conducted between Oct. 25 and 28, 2013. Their previous poll covered Oct. 16 to 20, 2013. Here is…
Latest Ipsos-Reid Poll Shows NDP Rising At The Expense of The Liberals
Ipsos Reid just released new federal poll numbers. Their latest poll was conducted between Oct. 25 and 28, 2013. Their previous poll covered Oct. 16 to 20, 2013. Here is…
Latest Ipsos-Reid Poll Shows NDP Rising At The Expense of The Liberals
Ipsos Reid just released new federal poll numbers.Their latest poll was conducted between Oct. 25 and 28, 2013. Their previous poll covered Oct. 16 to 20, 2013. Here is a…
It’s Not the End of the World
His mind slid away into the labyrinthine world of doublethink. To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously…
Mulcair Seems Not to Care…
NDP vows to keep pressure on PM over Senate expenses NDP’s caucus chair speaks to media after meeting with MPs CBC News Posted: Oct 30, 2013 11:07 AM ET Last…
*Yawn* Another ‘Scandal’ Masks the Real Issues
Senator Mike Duffy’s bombshell allegations raise more questions Duffy says PMO coached him to lie about source of $90,000 cheque CBC News Posted: Oct 29, 2013 6:02 AM ET Last…
Duffy vs. PMO: The Duffy Documents
Postmedia reports “Sen. Mike Duffy told a spellbound upper chamber Monday that the prime minister’s former chief of staff, who paid him $90,000 to cover his housing expenses, had also…
PMO: Where Resigning Means You Were “Dismissed”
Nigel Wright has resigned as PM Harper's chief of staff. This is a real loss to the people & good government of Canada.— (@davidfrum) May 19, 2013 Nigel Wright has…
Where Canada Is Going
It’s very important to Canada’s economy that we send a resource (we can’t use without killing the planet) to Communist China so their economy can continue to pollute at record…
On condoms and omnibus bills
Just like when using a condom, it’s good policy to check any omnibus bill for holes before using them. That is, unless you are our current government who expect Parliament…
A (re-)Introduction
We live in interesting, but not unprecedented political times. Darth Harper, the Controller-in-Chief, has done an admiral job of keeping things quiet, but the fruits of his autocratic nature are…
I’m coining a new word
Well, a new hyphenated word, really. base-whisperer This refers to someone who knows how to communicate to his or her political base, and forms all of their communication and political…