Wildrose or PCs? Having fingernails pulled out, or toenails?
The other day, one of my sons (the one who actually knows there’s an election going on) asked me which I would prefer: a Progressive Conservative government, or a Wildrose…
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Meet your Wildrose Candidate: Alan Hunsperger
Despite WRP leader Danielle Smith’s flip flopping on abortion: pro-choice? Pro-life? Will she defund abortion? No, wait, she expects you to defund abortion, Smith still wants you to believe that…
Twitter Username Change GeoffatMtA–>GeoffBCampbell
Not a big deal but if you want to get in touch with me you’ll have to tweet @GeoffBCampbell from now on. That is all. Filed under: Uncategorized
If It’s Not One Thing
…It’s your Mother. Is that how the expression goes? == The Conservatives haven’t been in hot water over just one scandal lately. There are more than the average human can…
Windfarms apparently don’t hard bird populations
Windfarms do not cause long-term damage to bird populations, study finds. Maybe this will put that part of the debate to rest, although climate-change deniers don’t tend to listen to…
Charter Night
Last night I spent a little time with some Liberals to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Ralph Goodale noted a few of the…
Health Integration: Not in Ontario
I am sure there is a plan to improve health care. There must be: Ontario’s recent budget says it wants to improve integration, control costs and increase access. Yet Ontario’s…
F-35 Lies by Harper and MacKay
Our top Ministers of our Canadian Government are so very disgraceful. They continue to lie to us, after being caught by multiple non-partisan authorities. It’s often claimed that people expect…
Who’s a bigger drag on Canada’s future? The old or the young?
This is my latest column for Canadian Business magazine. Giorgio, a hard-working, smart-as-a-whip University of Toronto student, asked me a great question after a recent guest lecture: What if the…
Diminished Honour is spelled Honor
F-35 $10B+ lie. Your polling station has been changed, lies. Your funding is ^NOT granted, lie. Canada is rapidly losing its honour (with a u). When our honour is diminished,…
The company you keep
Those of you who’ve been following the progressiveblogger.ca battle are probably confused right now, not sure really what the issue is. You aren’t alone on that point. Some people have…
Have spare change — will travel
Spare Change, a photo by jrtce1 on Flickr. NASA’s latest funding model was not as successful as they hoped. Alltop keeps getting wooden nickels.
In and Out: Political Double Tap
The Harper Government is known for its zombie like resiliency. Just when you think it’s down for the count, it gets back up to bite your arm off. Zombieland was…
Wildrose leader Danielle Smith’s hidden agenda
Here is Alberta’s Wildrose leader Danielle Smith: “…abortions are a horrific practice… Any politician who challenges the status quo gets pilloried by the media, abortion-rights groups and opposing politicians…the taxpayer…
Bit Torrent Links
I’m downloading the latest Ubuntu Linux OS to try it out. It’s a free alternative to Windows, and comes in very handy if Windows ever quits working (for one of…
Memo to PCs: Here’s how to go negative on Danielle Smith
OK, PC party, listen up. I’ve been cheering for your demise ever since Peter Lougheed stepped down, so I really shouldn’t be giving you any advice. And please, don’t take…
Summer 2012 Job for Mount Allison Students
Mount Allison is hiring a Communications Assistant for the summer May 23-End of August. It’s the job I’ve had for nearly a year now and it has been an incredible…
Red Shirt
Trekkies know what happens to the characters on away missions, if they are wearing red. Smith got the Vulcan hand sign for “Live Long and Prosper” incorrect. Her thumb should…
Proud 50 Year Conservative Tradition: Fighter Jets
Bungling Canadian fighter jet development: A proud Conservative PM tradition for over 50 years. #AvroArrow #F35 #Dief #Harper Canadian Military Journal (Vol. 10, Num. 4) (2010) (with bold added): Debate…
On the recent abortion dust up
Well said.