Reflecting on Ralph Klein
On the far-right CBC Rex Murphy program the other day, Rex was inviting Canadians to call in and join in on his hagiographical paean to his idol. He bagged a…
Politics – Canada
Tom Flanagan’s Workday
Tom Flanagan’s Workday 8:23 Hoo well. Gotta get up again, tell all those worthless losers to get out there and get a job. 8:25 Whoa, I just dreamed I was…
Why There Is No Left, Left (and Francis Fukuyama)
((Perhaps like Francis, I bit off more than I could chew. I started this post and set it aside for a while, but still I decided to finish and post.…
The Lougheed Legacy: Christy Clark, and a Divided and Uncompetitive Nation
The Lougheed Legacy: Christy Clark, and a Divided and Uncompetitive Nation You will note that I did not make this post at the time of Peter Lougheed’s death and the…
Zorg Report 2012-05-02 08:23:00
Alberta Votes, Redux: How Danielle Smith and the Wildrose Managed to Lose Huge Pollsters, Pundits, the Media, and Academics Ironically Make Danielle Smith Lose Election I chose the word “manage”…
Alberta Votes . . . for Mugabe Again!
Alberta Votes . . . for Mugabe Again! Pollsters, Pundits, and Academics Amazed; Blame Voters for Being Unvoterly Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the Soviet Union, Equatorial Guinea, Castro—strange bedfellows…
Air Canada – do you want it, or do you want to live?
My local CBC radio station led this morning with: “Air Canada: do we need it?” I guess that’s a rhetorical question, like, “use of your left hand; do you care?”…
Fixed Elections, F**ked Democracy
Ensuring dictatorships, as in Russia, one step at a time. Of course, political scientists have already dilated at endless length on this subject, so far be it from me to…
Jim Flaherty Urges Lower Mortgage Rates; Insists Banking Sector Needs Freedom from Government Constraints
Jim Flaherty Urges Lower Mortgage Rates; Insists Banking Sector Needs Freedom from Government Constraints November 13, 2014 (CP) – Daniel Zorg Former Ontario and Canada finance minister Jim Flaherty today…
Canada’s Conservative Stephen Harper Government Emulates, Flatters, and Praises by Imitation Assad, Kim Jong-il, Various Dictators, and Anti-Christian Fellow Travellers
The story: Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, has become the latest politician to blame the United States for problems affecting his own country. At issue is the so-called…
Harper Goes to School on Chretien
Harper Goes to School on Chretien Stevie wasn’t just building a firewall around his unilingual desk when he was sitting across from John, oh no. Note the shrugging, empty phrases—you…
Harper Goes to School on Chretien
Harper Goes to School on Chretien Stevie wasn’t just building a firewall around his unilingual desk when he was sitting across from John, oh no. Note the shrugging, empty phrases—you…
Ralph Nader Speaks . . . .
On the Canadian election, U.S. politics, the "security perimeter" and proportional representation.All in less than 8 minutes.Concentrated, rational analysis . . . .Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Too Bad It’s a Holiday and Hockey Playoff Season . . . .
or more people might have tuned in to Dawna Friesen's "One on One" interview with stevie this evening.Basically, she ripped him a new one and he didn't look at all…
s*%tharperdid . . . .
The definitive record of stevie in one place.Spread the word . . . .H/T "drf"Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Barney & Gomer Coming to Your Neighbourhood Soon . . . .
As soon as harperco "improves" their citizen's arrest legislation, we can all live like we were in Mayberry, North Carolina.Yee haw . . . .Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Coming to Canada Soon ? ? ? ?
Welcome to Crazytown . . . .H/T: drfRecommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Is There a Chiropractor in the House ? ? ? ?
This vs this.It appears the current government's spending priorities need a fiscal adjustment . . . .Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Canadian Coup de RCMP . . . .
*Updated link due to the Lady Alison's astute discovery. (Thanks, Alison!) Apparently the story disappeared off the web 'til it reappeared this morning at the updated link to the Montreal…