Even with a new leader, the NDP can’t defeat the Tories alone
I just can’t get excited about the NDP leadership race, which ends March 24 in Toronto, because irrespective of who wins, it’s hard to see it leading to a positive…
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Fact Checking The New Paul Ryan Budget on Energy and Environment
ryan_620x350.jpg Representative Paul Ryan (R–WI) has released his budget for fiscal year 2013. To almost no one’s surprise, his outline is filled with too many falsehoods and outright lies to…
Fone Fraud: The Solution
The solution to robo-calling and the ‘fone fraud fiasco’ is simple: permission.
Aliens?
Quite possibly, the worst Photoshop job ever with the worst grammar ever. (Know Your Meme, Ancient Aliens)
Crime and Conservatives
I know correlation is not causation, but it’s hard not to notice that in jurisdictions with a strong Conservative political tradition, they tend to have higher crime rates. Awwwwkward …
Initial Thoughts on NDP Leadership Convention (#ndpldr)
So, what do I think is going to happen at this weekend’s NDP leadership convention? I’ve been paying attention to the media articles, the debates, and the Twitter feed. It’s…
ConCalls: There’s More?
As we near a month since the RoboCon/Robocalls scandal burst onto the blogosphere and main stream media in a big way, there are no signs of it fading. When the…
Politics Has Changed
In case you didn’t already know (and really, why would you if you don’t live in Toronto…or even if you do), today is by-election day in the late Jack Layton’s…
And the winner is…
And the winner* of the riding of Toronto-Danforth is… *Refresh to see results from Elections Canada.
ConCalls: Whose Strategy was on Your Front Porch?
We can’t keep letting Pierre Poutine get the credit for masterminding a national vote suppression conspiracy. Poutine is a side dish, not a main course. There’s no evidence that Poutine’s…
Gas prices and political popularity #nlpoli
In some other places, gasoline prices have a political impact you can identify and measure. That isn’t the case in Newfoundland and Labrador. The reasons? We don’t have anyone doing…
MP’s need to speak out on Human Rights!
MP’s did a lot of talking about Robocalls. It has been viewed by many as an attack on Democracy, and that is something we take very seriously in Canada. You…
ConCalls: How Much Was Poutine Billed by RackNine
What was the bill that Pierre Poutine paid for using PayPal and their gift credit card? Maybe someone knows this already, but here’s my speculation and calculation: Assuming 1.9 cents/minute,…
Legalize Same-Ideology Unions
The Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party shouldn’t merge to defeat the Conservatives, they should merge to be better than themselves . Liberals often cite diversity is strength but…
Anonymous Conservatives With Poutine’s Phone Records? Oh Oh!
**Read recent history, if not caught-up.** A collective “Oh, shit/merde!” is possibly going quickly out of the mouths of anonymous Conservatives in Ottawa. They’ve basically involved the party in the…
One progressive party under one banner?
“Nope,” I said. “They’re too goddamn stupid.” That’s what Warren Kinsella told Bobby Kennedy Jr. when asked if the NDP and Liberals could ever be persuaded to work together. And…
Broken Convention possibility
Romney is the front runner again (and all is back to normal). At this point the only thing that can give Santorum enough delegates for a broken convention is if…
Why ‘Moderation’ is a big deal…
Why moderation? Why would one want to stay closer to the political center? Is there empirical or even theoretical proof that such a stance would be the ideal? It is…
ConCalls: The Crime Was Trying, Not Succeeding
Del Mastro may be medicated. Stupid medication! A legislator should know better how the law works. “Intent, not outcome, is the basis for criminality“ We mostly all laugh at those…
So Illinois?
In Irder for Santorum to have any chance to stop Romney from getting 1144. He will need to win over big states and mid western states. Illinois is one of…