National horserace numbers/basless speculation open thread
Nanos, a realpolling firm, has decreed that the Libs remain in second place – ahead of the NDP, and not so far behind the Reformatories. Wow! Now, yesterday’s events bummed…
Musings
10,000
I have 10,000 Twitter followers. Check it out, at @kinsellawarren on the Twitter web thingie. The 10,000th victim was Kevin Kiley of PEI, whose handle is, er, @KevinKileyPEI. He wins…
Cigarette smokers are vile
I knew that would get your attention. In the linked column, Chris touches on something the media have been raising increasingly, in recent days: cigarette butts being tossed everywhere. They’re…
Before you start measuring the drapes in Langevin, Liberals…
…note the name of the polling firm.
Alberta and Libs
I’m an Alberta Liberal, and – despite what MacParland says – I totally and completely deplore what David said. It doesn’t reflect Liberal policy or any other Liberals’ view, whatsoever.…
Ford follies, ad infinitum
My former Carleton U. J-school pal Mandel neatly sums up Rob Ford’s decision to urinate on those who got him where he is: “Talk about shooting the messenger — and…
PEH Liberals and Fight The Right!
They came far, and it was greatly appreciated!
Nationhood and Trudeau
The irrepressible Terrence Watson asked me, on Twitter, what I thought about Justin Trudeau’s piece on CNOOC-Nexen. I told him I hadn’t read it, so I went and read it.…
On that OLP leadership voting thing
Okay, it occurs to me that I’ve been talking a lot about this Ontario Liberal leadership stuff, but not telling folks how to get involved. So here goes. I obviously…
Sandra on Focus Ontario
Forgot to post it yesterday. Looks like a Premier, doesn’t she?
Milloy endorses Pupatello
Right here.
In Tuesday’s Sun: robocalls redux
Robocalls, the controversy thought forgotten by many hopeful Conservatives, is back. With the ruling party preoccupied with byelections in Durham, Victoria and Calgary, the timing could be deadly. As electors…
Meilleur, Orazietti, Mauro and young Liberals back Pupatello
Meilleur: “Je connais très bien Mme Pupatello. En tant que ministre provincial du Développement économique et du Commerce, elle a créé beaucoup d’emplois. Comme ministre des Services sociaux et communautaires,…
Elections Canada to probe robocalls
Story here. The mandate of the probe is unclear, but those currently engaged in robocalling in Ontario (OLP candidates Wynne, Murray) will doubtlessly take note.
Sandra Pupatello talks to Progressive Bloggers
Right here.
Pupatello on homophobia
One of Kathleen Wynne’s senior campaign folks, Milton Chan, has a very important statement on his Facebook page, here. What he is describing is completely, totally unacceptable in any modern…
In Sunday’s Sun: if you lost your seat, you can’t compete
Now that the Liberal Party of Canada’s leadership race is officially underway — and that the party is moving up dramatically in various public opinion polls — here’s what some…
Hillcrest Canadians ’99 “A” parents…
…are jerks. What adult cheers when a young boy gets really hit, hard? Time for some public shaming, I think.
We get letters: This. Week’s. Winner.
From Carl T. At carlgen@gmail.com: You And People Like You Live In This Country Will Not Fight Or Die To Protect It. Then You Claim That They Are The Only…