Discussion is healthy, indeed #nlpoli
From the Telegram a former chief of staff in the Premier’s Office puts it as eloquently as only he could: If public discussion, questions and debate on any issue should…
democracy
ConCalls: Poutine Delayed is Justice Denied
There’ve been murmurs about renaming the RoboGate/RoboCon/RoboCalls/RoboScam scandal into something else, or dropping a cutesy name altogether. The fact is there were live calls made as well as robodialed calls,…
For Stephane Dion, a Quick Math Lesson/Thoughts on Seperation
Stephane Dion penned an op-ed for the National Post. (there’s an odd combination) detailing how the NDP’s position on Quebec separation, detailed in the Sherbrooke Declaration, threatens national unity. There…
SaskBot Decodes a Little More RoboScam
If Del Mastro is a robot, expect his head to blow off from a serious logic error , any day now. The Liberals made an improper robocall, in Guelph of…
Indifferent To Democracy
Indifference and democracy go together about as well as oil and water, which is not at all. Yet that is precisely where we we are today, far too may Canadians…
RoboCon: Where’s Waldo? Who’s Poutine?
Canada’s short-lived version of Where’s Waldo, is now closing one chapter in the morning, to open a new phase of the search. Will Pierre Poutine finger their co-conspirators, and spill…
New video of Michael D’Antuono’s art
Last month I posted an interview with Michael D’Antuono. A few days ago he sent me the above video, which is a beautifully narrated piece which outlines the background of…
North Korea is no Iran
Iran has an elected President. Iran allows for protests against the government. Iran does not have nuclear weapons and is years away from having the capability to build them.Iran has…
RoboCon – The Waiting Game Is Rigged To Lose
The full exchange is on my Black Knight post. D.I.D. writes: If we revert to mob mentality and, like the French Jacobins, call for the King’s head, then we are…
RoboCalls – Another robocall from Guelph Appears
** I wrote the first part of this blog post a couple days ago, and the story is very significantly updated, so I felt it should get the full attention…
RoboCon – The Scope
What’s the scope of the RoboCall Conspiracy? Another Green blogger explained how to find Poutine, and narrow down who else could be involved, at least a day before the National…
Robots Take Over the World
The Leader Post could not be more funny; Funny strange, and “haha”. In a week where Robocalls are on the lips of every politically aware Canadian, they run this photo…
Make Us Do The Right Thing
“I agree with you, I want to do it, now make me do it.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932, in a statement to labour leaders who had advocated for bold…
Why RoboCon matters to me, and Conservatives
I keep encountering Canadians who think the illegal robocalls scandal is no big deal. They suggest that many of the ridings that were won by Conservatives, were in bigger margins…
The Harper Government’s Approach To Scientists: Control The Pests
* Although Rick Mercer treats the current situation regarding control of scientists and their tax-payer funded research in Canada with humour, unfortunately it is no laughing matter when the government…
RoboCon – Black Knight Winning
Why do reasonable people consider that only supporters of Conservatives were responsible for the illegal robocalls? It’s because of evidence like this: ““Last week I was contacted by a voter…
Firms Use #CPC Tactics To Halt Bad PR
Many of you will remember yesterdays post about John Fryer, the UVic professor who wrote a letter to the editor of the Globe and Mail about the two day Manning…
RoboCon – Jones’ing for Poutine
Pierre Jones is now the alias of Pierre Poutine, the anonymous coward who’s behind the illegal robocalls that misdirected non-Conservatives, and self-identified undecided voters, away from election polls last Spring.…
In And Out, Open And Shut Conviction
In & Out scam… $52,000 fine. Repaying Elections Canada for illegal campaign rebate for overspending in 2006 by ~$1,300,000 … 230,000 dollars. Occupying the Prime Minister’s Office… Priceless. Some things…
Red Chamber Blues
BC Premier Christy Clark took a break from bullying teachers yesterday to back the idea of elections to Canada’s Senate. If the private member’s bill introduced by Liberal John Les…