Sunday, November 15, 2009
Probably The Sexxxiest Picture Of Stephen Harper That There Is
...because he's got that supermodel-on-the-cat-walk "I know you want me, I don't want you" look in his eyes. Labels: Sexxxy Stephen Harper
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Just A Reminder Re That Hidden Agenda
Jim Flaherty at a Defend Marriage rally, probably in 2004 or 2005, bashing the concept of Same Sex Marriage.Labels: Defend Marriage, Jim Flaherty
Friday, November 13, 2009
Colby ("The Unshaven") Cosh Gone
I was going to write about Mr. Cosh's desperate need of a shave, but now I would probably feel bad about it. Good luck Mr. Cosh. Sorry for always spelling your name with an "a".Labels: Colby Cosh aka Colby Cash, Death of National Post, Die Media Die
Discover Canada
Labels: Beothuk, Discover Canada
Thursday, November 12, 2009
The Dysktra Affair
Interesting as to when Dykstra's origonal blog post (which contains the picture he allegedly took with his blackberry) was written. He claims 11:38 AM on Remembrance Day, but Jane Taber writes:
Update The Liberals are disputing Mr. Dykstra’s version of events, pointing to an RSS feed that suggests the item was posted this morning at 11:06 a.m. - after the photo went out - and not on Remembrance Day at 11:38 a.m.
Here's a screen shot of the front page of his blog, retrieved from google cache:

Don't know how easy it is to see, but the time-stamp here reads 2:53 PM. Meanwhile, the most recent version of the page bears a time-stamp of 11:38 AM. Note also that the wording of the post suggests it was written yesterday afternoon. So it looks as though both sides are wrong, although it also looks like Mr. Dyskstra diddled with the timestamps on his RSS feed and blog for some reason or another. I demand his immediate resignation.
Don't know if that helps solve much, but I do love a mystery.
Labels: Rick Dykstra, Veterans Day
Tories Slide Away From Majority
The Tories remain on top, dropping slightly to 36.6 per cent support from 37.4 per cent a week ago. The Liberals stayed virtually the same at 26.6 per cent (compared with 26.8 per cent) while the NDP was up slightly at 16.8 per cent from 16.3 per cent.
The Green Party gained, up to 11.2 per cent from 10 per cent support, and the Bloc Québécois dipped to 8.8 per cent from 9.4 per cent.
Interesting though that the Libs. are still below their theoretical 30% floor, so it doesn't look like they're getting much benefit from the Tories slow decline. Where is the vote going? I hope its not to the NDP--that would be like Canadians rejecting steak for meat-loaf.
No internals, but I am sure Ms. O'Malley will be along shortly with those.
(PS. Interesting talk at last week's prog-blogs event about what happens to Green Party leader Lizzie May after the next federal election. It sounds like she'll pack it in if she doesn't win a seat, which would essentially kill the party as a credible political force. Hate to say it, but that's the best thing that might happen to the Libs. It seems to me the 2nd choice for most of those voters is LPoC not NDP.)
Labels: Canadian Federal Polls, Elizabeth May
Text You Very Much
...Tory MP Rick Dykstra, seen here responding to incoming blackberry messages during a Remembrance Day Ceremony. Stay classy Rick!Labels: Remembrance Day, Rick Dykstra
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Welcome SDA Readers!
Labels: KKKate, Small Dead Animals
Cheap Shots On Remembrance Day
And that makes me wonder why tomorrow, some Conservative MPs will be at another ceremony commemorating a man who fought for communist tyranny.
"The man" is, of course, Norman Bethune. Stay classy, Gerry Nicholls.
Labels: Classiness, Gerry Nicholls, Norman Bethune
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
More On Now Infamous B'nai Brith Ad!
This ad annoys me, too, but for different reasons: the typography, the images, the colour scheme. It's hard to discuss anything reasonably when the fires of Hell are burning in the lower right corner. This is not an appeal to reason. If you like demagoguery, you'll love this ad.
Exactly. And I am not sure what the trigger is supposed to be. What (recent?) historical event brought this ad about? Nor am I sure what specific political outcome it sets out to achieve, beyond lowering the discourse. BB has always been a bit too right for me on several issues, but I've always assumed they were a class act.
Its also butt ugly, like somebody puked on the page. I sincerely hope the ad agency of my good friend Harry Abrams wasn't behind it.
Finally, the argument that its about radical Muslim groups and not Muslims is like the argument that its about Zionists/Israel and not Jews. Both are valid in theory, but can be abused in practice. This ad says nothing concrete or useful about a Canadian response to domestic terrorism (or anything else). It looks like its saying that they (Muslim radicals) are everywhere, so be afraid.
See infamous BB ad here.
Labels: B'nai Brith
Stay Classy B'nai Brith

Labels: B'nai Brith
Gun Problems In Milton (And Other Rural Areas)
...here in Milton, we just don't have a lot of gang-bangers or drug dealers or bikers or Mafia-types, or any of the sorts of scary career criminals you see on American TV (well, we do, but most of them are locked up in Maplehurst up the road).
What we do have in this quiet little town are drunks, abusive spouses and bored teenagers. Some of them have access to firearms. Most of them are upright, law-abiding citizens - right up until they're not. So for me as well as for all those other people trying to defend their 'rural lifestyle', the odds of getting shot by a previously law-abiding spouse, or a drunken neighbour, or some kid showing off his dad's .22 to his friends are much, much higher than the chances of getting shot by a gang member with an illegal handgun.
In other words, the people who tend to be the most vocal against the long gun registry are also the ones who potentially benefit the most from it.
Jen's post also takes aim at a number of gun-registry myths. All good ammo (as it were) in the on-going debate.
Labels: Long Gun Registry
Monday, November 09, 2009
Duffy Does Sums
Sharon, from my comments:
Duffy was reported to spend $44,000 in three months... that breaks down to $176,000 per year not $132,000. He appears to be making the mistake of assuming 3 months is a 1/3 of a year instead of 1/4th.... I can't believe this guy made his living in journalism.
Labels: Candian Innumeracy, Mike Duffy
Duffy Strikes Back
"On an annual basis he spends 128.000 and I spend $132,000," said Duffy. "We're within $4,000 of each other and he's attacking me for lavish spending. It's a stunt."
On Holland College:
"You look at Holland College in P.E.I., they got $8.5 million this year," said Duffy. "People say why do you travel? It's because you need cards to play and chips to use."
[...]
"So I'm going to ask the minister of science Gary Goodyear to look favourably upon Holland College. He has a zillion applications and I say, 'gee Gary, would you take a personal interest. I think it has merit. Will you look at that and see what you can do," said Duffy. "So when Holland College comes up they get $8.5 million. They're going to build some new buildings, take down some substandard housing and rearrange things and do it in a way that will substantially change your impression of Charlottetown.
Labels: 40th Canadian Parliarment, Mike Duffy, P.E.I Pork



