Changes in the fishery #nlpoli
Your humble e-scribbler was on The Broadcast with Jane Adey, discussing the campaign to split the inshore fishermen from the FFAW. Give it a listen if you missed it: CBC…
Ryan Cleary
Setting fire to your own ass is never a good idea #nlpoli
While Paul Davis and the Conservatives were launching their official election campaign, Ryan Cleary turned up in a recorded interview on NTV to talk about the controversy he embodies. The…
Media Training 101: Truth and Credibility #nlpoli
Last Friday, CBC’s David Cochrane asked Ryan Cleary about information Cochrane had – apparently from NDP sources – that Cleary had tried to run in a district where the New…
Blue balls #nlpoli
Ryan Cleary didn’t become the punchline to any New Yorker cartoon at 3:00 PM last Friday afternoon. Peg Norman and other local New Democrats may want to believe he did. …
The United Newfoundland and Labrador Party #nlpoli
In preparation for the coming general election battle, the provincial Conservatives are digging in their headquarters within sight of the head waters of Shit Creek. They are frustrated, as David…
An opportunity to feel like we’re part of the country again #nlpoli #cdnpoli
This is Craig Westcott’s editorial from The Pearl newspaper, reproduced with permission.. This is a tough column to write. Taking an editorial position in favour of one candidate over another…
Dead heat = dead meat #nlpoli
As the federal election winds down to the last day, the result is likely going to be nothing any of the pundits expected. Okay, the election isn;t winding down for…
Les vrais newfies #nlpoli
Sometime late in the last century, Bloc NDP leader Tom Mulcair said something in the Quebec National Assembly about Newfies. Mulcair apologised for the remark during his campaign stop in…
Delusional Hat Trick: Lorraine, Trevor, and Ryan #nlpoli
No sooner had Lorraine Michael pronounced the New Democratic caucus back together again than two of its members announced that they would leave and sit in the House of Assembly…
Whatever happened to Ryan Cleary? #nlpoli
The story is the kind of thing that used to set the arch-nationalist Ryan Cleary screaming about the ignorance of mainlanders and tearing at his clothes over the latest proof…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – On the anniversary of Jack Layton’s death, Tim Harper points out how far the NDP has come in just a year, while Brian…
What the cod moratorium wrought #nlpoli
The cod might be gone these 20 years but there are no shortage of people making a fine dollar telling us what it all means. Surely the one making the…
Can we believe anything he says? #nlpoli
Climb-down Cleary is at it again. Not surprisingly, Noob Bloc NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary is furiously sucking back his latest effort to tell it like it is. First,…
You can’t make this stuff up
So the politician who used to spill plenty of ink to deride other politicians for holding town halls decided to hold one on his own. (More likely, it was decided…
$#*! politicians say, pensions edition #nlpoli #cdnpoli
If you could get Noob Bloc-NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary for what he is worth and sell him for what he thinks he’s worth, you could wipe out the…
$#*! politicians do: pancakes edition #nlpoli
A year ago, he was running down politicians who host town halls for their constituents. He called himself a s#*t-disturber for saying it. Now that he’s got the job, noob…
Does he believe anything he says? #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Now that he’s safely latched on the public tit in Ottawa, Noob Bloc-NDP MP Ryan Cleary says that everything he ever wrote was just to stir debate. Well, that’s what…
Cleary on the Move #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Noob Bloc NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary is on the move. Backwards. In the most recent seating plan for the House of Commons, Cleary’s seat goes all the way…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Nycole Turmel offers a reminder that we shouldn’t allow the Cons and their proxies to distract anybody with shiny objects when they’re so…
With a bit of straw and a cocoanut #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Perhaps we should do as the wag said. Perhaps we should appoint a royal commission to find noob Bloc NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary’s position on the seal hunt.…