in Lawrence Martin's voice. He is now calling his beloved grit leader iffy. He is quite shocked that the Canadian people prefer the Tories to the anointed accidental tourist.
I also suggest he read Stephen Taylor's blog. His anti Tory rant includes the false story about removing pictures of HM PM Harper from a website.
The PM’s only weak spot is in Quebec. He got a lift there yesterday with the embarrassment inflicted upon the Liberals with the resignation of their Quebec lieutenant, Denis Coderre.
Up until now one thing that could be said about Michael Ignatieff’s leadership is that, in comparison to Stéphane Dion, he brought discipline to the Liberal party. Now even that is in doubt. Iggy is being called Iffy.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tory support is solid
I have never understood why people vote for the grits. They represent nothing and change their policies like they change their shirts. I guess being chameleons can work some of the time. Tory and dipper voters have more policy heft. Even scott beer and popcorn reid understands this. It's fun to watch grit cheerleaders in the msm weeping into their beers over the falling grits.
I do remind my friends at Tory HQ that you should remember your base. They are your greatest asset and you would be wise to make more of an effort to implement policies that they have voted for.
These are dark days for the federal Liberals....Scott Reid, who was director of communications for former prime minister Paul Martin, said the Liberals are actually doing worse than the polls show.
The problem is that Liberal support among those likeliest to vote is soft, while Tory support is strong.
"We’ve got to really start to pay attention to committed voters," he said Wednesday.
These are dark days for the federal Liberals....Scott Reid, who was director of communications for former prime minister Paul Martin, said the Liberals are actually doing worse than the polls show.
The problem is that Liberal support among those likeliest to vote is soft, while Tory support is strong.
"We’ve got to really start to pay attention to committed voters," he said Wednesday.
HM PM Stephen Harper: Getting the Job Done
While ignegative and his delusional grits tear each other to pieces adsay that the relationship with the US has been damaged, we have the Tories getting the job done.( h/t)
Buy American exemption deal in the works
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
CBC News
A deal may be imminent that will exempt Canada from the controversial Buy American provision included in the U.S. stimulus package, CBC News has learned.
According to Canadian government sources, Ottawa expects that the White House will use its discretionary power to exempt Canada from the clause very soon. In return, Canada would simultaneously announce that its provincial and municipal doors are now wide open to U.S. companies.
Sources say the announcement could be made when the two trade negotiators, Ottawa's Don Stephenson and Washington's Everett Eissenstat hold their first formal meeting.
The provision gives priority to U.S. iron, steel and other manufactured goods for use in state-level and municipal public works and building projects funded with taxpayer stimulus money. Canadian governments and businesses have railed against the policy.
During Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit with U.S. President Barack Obama last week, Harper again made a pitch for an exclusion for Canada from "Buy American" provisions.
Buy American exemption deal in the works
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
CBC News
A deal may be imminent that will exempt Canada from the controversial Buy American provision included in the U.S. stimulus package, CBC News has learned.
According to Canadian government sources, Ottawa expects that the White House will use its discretionary power to exempt Canada from the clause very soon. In return, Canada would simultaneously announce that its provincial and municipal doors are now wide open to U.S. companies.
Sources say the announcement could be made when the two trade negotiators, Ottawa's Don Stephenson and Washington's Everett Eissenstat hold their first formal meeting.
The provision gives priority to U.S. iron, steel and other manufactured goods for use in state-level and municipal public works and building projects funded with taxpayer stimulus money. Canadian governments and businesses have railed against the policy.
During Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit with U.S. President Barack Obama last week, Harper again made a pitch for an exclusion for Canada from "Buy American" provisions.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Spector's take: planning for succession
An interesting piece from Norman Spector on the continuing story of grit infighting. seems the senior source for this one is probably coderre himself. Is catsmear going to find him and use his chaisaw? Will he destroy coderre's ambitions t lead the grits apres ignegative? Tune in tommorrow for the grit soap opera, Another World: The Changing Leader
In Le Devoir today, the front-page banner headline reads: “Liberals’ Québec wing decapitated,” reflecting an additional five resignations that came in the wake of Denis Coderre’s announcement yesterday. And, in the body of the article, a Liberal anonymouse identifies the Toronto bad guys Mr. Coderre had in mind. My bet, for what it’s worth, is that Coderre himself, or someone very close to him, is the reporter’s source. In any case, the Bloor Street black hats are three in number, according to the article:
Alfred Apps (president of the Liberal Party), Sachin Aggarwal (director of operations) and Daniel Brock (an Ignatieff adviser).
In La Presse, columnist Vincent Marissal puts paid to the whole notion of this being a war between Toronto anglos and Québec francos:
“Limiting Martin Cauchon’s supporters to a few Toronto advisers is simplistic. Denis Coderre knows very well that Cauchon’s principal supporter is Jean Chrétien, who’s still a heavyweight in the Liberal establishment.
Cauchon’s comeback and the support of powerful Liberals have not happened by chance. If Michael Ignatieff loses the next election, which is far from impossible, he’ll have to be replaced. Evidently, the Liberal establishment prefers Martin Cauchon over Denis Coderre.
In Le Devoir today, the front-page banner headline reads: “Liberals’ Québec wing decapitated,” reflecting an additional five resignations that came in the wake of Denis Coderre’s announcement yesterday. And, in the body of the article, a Liberal anonymouse identifies the Toronto bad guys Mr. Coderre had in mind. My bet, for what it’s worth, is that Coderre himself, or someone very close to him, is the reporter’s source. In any case, the Bloor Street black hats are three in number, according to the article:
Alfred Apps (president of the Liberal Party), Sachin Aggarwal (director of operations) and Daniel Brock (an Ignatieff adviser).
In La Presse, columnist Vincent Marissal puts paid to the whole notion of this being a war between Toronto anglos and Québec francos:
“Limiting Martin Cauchon’s supporters to a few Toronto advisers is simplistic. Denis Coderre knows very well that Cauchon’s principal supporter is Jean Chrétien, who’s still a heavyweight in the Liberal establishment.
Cauchon’s comeback and the support of powerful Liberals have not happened by chance. If Michael Ignatieff loses the next election, which is far from impossible, he’ll have to be replaced. Evidently, the Liberal establishment prefers Martin Cauchon over Denis Coderre.
Ann Coulter comes to Canada
My friend Andrew Lawton in London, Ontario is trying to bring Ann Coulter to UWO in March 2010. He needs help raising money to make this a reality. I will be attending a private reception with Ann, when she comes to London. I have met Ann Coulter at CPAC a few years ago. She is very funny and drives the left crazy.
If you want to as meet Ann as well, give $500 to help pay for the event. Any donation would be appreciated.
Donate here.
Picking data
It seems the chicken littles have also used very unscientific methods to perpetuate their hoax. If you choose only selected data points, you can make any graph you like. This is frankly scientific fraud and should be investigated by the fundibg agencies.
A colleague in the climate-realist blogosphere sends along the following narrative which all Planet Gore readers, even the muttering monitors over at Team Soros, should find very interesting. The inescapable and powerful conclusion is that Mann-made warming is real, while man-made warming remains at best a theory, more likely a hypothesis. Really.
A colleague in the climate-realist blogosphere sends along the following narrative which all Planet Gore readers, even the muttering monitors over at Team Soros, should find very interesting. The inescapable and powerful conclusion is that Mann-made warming is real, while man-made warming remains at best a theory, more likely a hypothesis. Really.
Its not really a secret
I have been hearing these rumblings from a variety of sources. I must say I certainly do not want an election. The Torie are in quite good shape, but I dont see a majority yet, so I suspect the same results will come form another Tory minority. I must also say that we the volunteers are tired. I suspect we will not have an election until next June.
The Tories' secret: They want an election
With the NDP going backward and the Liberals going nowhere, it must be awfully tempting
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Jeffrey Simpson
The political leader who would probably prefer an election but can't be seen to angle for one is Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The Conservative line has been: We are governing, soberly and in the national interest, and therefore see no need for an election. Maybe so, but with the New Democrats going backward (hence their sudden support of the government to avoid an election) and the Liberals going nowhere, it would be awfully tempting for the Conservatives to contrive some parliamentary vote that would bring their government down.
The Tories' secret: They want an election
With the NDP going backward and the Liberals going nowhere, it must be awfully tempting
Column Comments (40)
Jeffrey Simpson
The political leader who would probably prefer an election but can't be seen to angle for one is Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The Conservative line has been: We are governing, soberly and in the national interest, and therefore see no need for an election. Maybe so, but with the New Democrats going backward (hence their sudden support of the government to avoid an election) and the Liberals going nowhere, it would be awfully tempting for the Conservatives to contrive some parliamentary vote that would bring their government down.
What is going on in the UK?
This is very sad. A Clockwork Orange? We have similar laws in Canada. God help us all.
Labour must be defeated.
On Sky TV earlier, David Cameron was asked to comment on the deaths of Fiona Pilkington and her daughter. This is what he said (transcript from CCHQ):
“This is an absolutely horrific case and clearly the police have got questions to answer and the council has questions to answer. But also we have had a decade of a Labour Government telling us about anti social behaviour legislation and instructions and orders to the police and it just isn’t working. We’ve got to get rid of the police paperwork, we’ve got to get them back on the streets, we’ve got to make them feel empowered to intervene and clear these people off the streets and make them accountable locally so there are consequences if they don’t deliver.”
Q: How important is anti social behaviour?
“It is the most important thing. If you go round our towns and cities people are complaining about anti social behaviour, low level crime and levels of violence. That needs to be dealt with by the police. The problem is that this Government has wrapped them up in paperwork, in red tape, in bureaucracy. They hardly spend any time on the streets, they are spending all their time at their desks filling in orders from the Home Office when they should be accountable locally. That paperwork should be torn up in order to empower them and to make them feel that they are meant be on the streets clearing these people off the streets. That’s what they would get from a Conservative government and they’re not getting it from Labour. We would do everything differently. You’ve got to start with families, we believe you’ve got to strengthen families, you’ve got to support families, you’ve got to back marriage including in the tax system, you’ve got to do more to deal with the problems of welfare, you’ve got to have better discipline in schools. This goes all the way from the family through to the school through to the welfare system. All of that needs to change, everything will be done differently by a Conservative government.”
Labour must be defeated.
On Sky TV earlier, David Cameron was asked to comment on the deaths of Fiona Pilkington and her daughter. This is what he said (transcript from CCHQ):
“This is an absolutely horrific case and clearly the police have got questions to answer and the council has questions to answer. But also we have had a decade of a Labour Government telling us about anti social behaviour legislation and instructions and orders to the police and it just isn’t working. We’ve got to get rid of the police paperwork, we’ve got to get them back on the streets, we’ve got to make them feel empowered to intervene and clear these people off the streets and make them accountable locally so there are consequences if they don’t deliver.”
Q: How important is anti social behaviour?
“It is the most important thing. If you go round our towns and cities people are complaining about anti social behaviour, low level crime and levels of violence. That needs to be dealt with by the police. The problem is that this Government has wrapped them up in paperwork, in red tape, in bureaucracy. They hardly spend any time on the streets, they are spending all their time at their desks filling in orders from the Home Office when they should be accountable locally. That paperwork should be torn up in order to empower them and to make them feel that they are meant be on the streets clearing these people off the streets. That’s what they would get from a Conservative government and they’re not getting it from Labour. We would do everything differently. You’ve got to start with families, we believe you’ve got to strengthen families, you’ve got to support families, you’ve got to back marriage including in the tax system, you’ve got to do more to deal with the problems of welfare, you’ve got to have better discipline in schools. This goes all the way from the family through to the school through to the welfare system. All of that needs to change, everything will be done differently by a Conservative government.”
I have always Liked Andy Williams
And I still do.
"I was very close to Teddy Kennedy, too, and his death recently brought it all back. What a tragedy. Had he lived, I think Bobby would have been a great president."
But Williams had a less favourable opinion of the current president.
"Don't like him at all," he said, "I think he wants to create a socialist country. The people he associates with are very Left-wing. One is registered as a Communist.
"Obama is following Marxist theory. He's taken over the banks and the car industry. He wants the country to fail."
Politicians, media personalities and conservative activists have accused the US president of espousing socialist ideas.
"I was very close to Teddy Kennedy, too, and his death recently brought it all back. What a tragedy. Had he lived, I think Bobby would have been a great president."
But Williams had a less favourable opinion of the current president.
"Don't like him at all," he said, "I think he wants to create a socialist country. The people he associates with are very Left-wing. One is registered as a Communist.
"Obama is following Marxist theory. He's taken over the banks and the car industry. He wants the country to fail."
Politicians, media personalities and conservative activists have accused the US president of espousing socialist ideas.
General Hillier
I am a member of a charitable and service organization called The International Knightly Order of St George. The main charity we support is the Military Families Fund. We recently installed General Rick Hillier as our temporal Patron. The ceremony was full of pomp. We had many from the military coming to honour general Hillier, including a large contingent of Army Cadets. The general was utterly gracious, taking time to speak to all of the cadets and all of the members of HM Canadian Forces in attendance.
HM Minister of Justice Rob Nicholson was also in attendance ( we were in his riding). It is the second time I have chatted with HM Minister of Justice in the last two weeks( he was also at the Mulroney event). I once again brought up the issue of section 13. of the hrc act. We also discussed the Monarchy ( I was wearing my Monarchist league of Canada tie in Montreal).
It was a magnificent event.
I urge all of you to donate generously to the Military Familes Fund. Show your gratitude to the families of those who fight and have died defending our freedom and protecting our great land! The families of these brave young men and women endure enormous hardships. Let's all try and lighten their loads a little!
A great line
Don Martin quotes another senior grit.
A senior party strategist noted that the Liberal advance team, seeking to highlight the government's alleged tardiness in spending stimulus money, had used the wrong field for an Ignatieff photo op last week, and that the park wasn't scheduled for construction until next year anyway. "In our rush to dump Stephane Dion, we have given ourselves John Turner," he sighed.
I wonder if catsmeat is going to hunt this one down as well and crush his dreams?
A senior party strategist noted that the Liberal advance team, seeking to highlight the government's alleged tardiness in spending stimulus money, had used the wrong field for an Ignatieff photo op last week, and that the park wasn't scheduled for construction until next year anyway. "In our rush to dump Stephane Dion, we have given ourselves John Turner," he sighed.
I wonder if catsmeat is going to hunt this one down as well and crush his dreams?
Monday, September 28, 2009
More fallout
Seems a whole bunch of grits are quitting in Quebec. Seems they are following Denis Coderre.
Quatre proches de Denis Coderre ont décidé lundi de remettre leur démission au chef libéral, Michael Ignatieff, pour appuyer celle de Denis Coderre, a appris La Presse.
L'organisateur en chef du parti au Québec, Pierre Lajeunesse, le président d'un comité chargé d'approuver les candidats, Éric Simard, un responsable du financement, Jean Rizzuto et le cousin de M. Coderre, Jean-François Coderre, ont tous fait savoir au bureau du chef du parti qu'ils claquaient la porte.
Le bureau du chef libéral a confirmé que MM. Lajeunesse, Rizzuto et Jean-François Coderre avaient démissionné aujourd'hui vers 15h. Jean-François Coderre était jusqu'à aujourd'hui coordonateur aux bureaux montréalais du parti.
Par ailleurs, selon le réseau CTV, Nathalie Le Prohon, qui devait se présenter dans Outremont et qui a accepté la semaine dernière de tenter sa chance dans Jeanne - Le Ber pour laisser le champ libre à l'ancien ministre Martin Cauchon, reconsidérerait son choix et songerait à ne pas être candidate libérale lors des prochaines élections.
Quatre proches de Denis Coderre ont décidé lundi de remettre leur démission au chef libéral, Michael Ignatieff, pour appuyer celle de Denis Coderre, a appris La Presse.
L'organisateur en chef du parti au Québec, Pierre Lajeunesse, le président d'un comité chargé d'approuver les candidats, Éric Simard, un responsable du financement, Jean Rizzuto et le cousin de M. Coderre, Jean-François Coderre, ont tous fait savoir au bureau du chef du parti qu'ils claquaient la porte.
Le bureau du chef libéral a confirmé que MM. Lajeunesse, Rizzuto et Jean-François Coderre avaient démissionné aujourd'hui vers 15h. Jean-François Coderre était jusqu'à aujourd'hui coordonateur aux bureaux montréalais du parti.
Par ailleurs, selon le réseau CTV, Nathalie Le Prohon, qui devait se présenter dans Outremont et qui a accepté la semaine dernière de tenter sa chance dans Jeanne - Le Ber pour laisser le champ libre à l'ancien ministre Martin Cauchon, reconsidérerait son choix et songerait à ne pas être candidate libérale lors des prochaines élections.
CCF Third annual Conference
The Canadian Constitution Foundation is having its third annual conference called Race, Religion, Equality and Freedom:
Current Canadian Legal Controversies.
I have attended the last two conferences and they were stellar. I am told by my friend Ori Rubin that some blogger nad student tickets might be availible at cheaper rates ($25)and there are some regular seats still availible. The Friday Night panel includes Prof Moon.
email greg.gary.us@gmail.com
Here is the great line up
Race, Religion, Equality and Freedom:
Current Canadian Legal Controversies
Canadian Constitution Foundation
Third Annual Law Conference
October 2-4, 2009
Best Western Primrose Hotel, Downtown Toronto
Preliminary Schedule (as of August 2009)
Friday October 2
6:00 p.m.
Registration opens
6:30 p.m.
Reception
7:00 p.m.
John Carpay, CCF Executive Director, welcoming remarks
7:15 p.m.
Panel I – Is there a human right to be free from offence?
Debating the restrictions on free speech in human rights legislation
Grant Huscroft, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law
Richard Moon, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law
Philippe Dufresne, Canadian Human Rights Commission, Ottawa
Mark Freiman, President, Canadian Jewish Congress
Saturday, October 3
9:00 a.m.
Panel II – Intellectual property law
Howard Knopf, Macera & Jarzyna,Toronto
Richard Owens, Stikeman Elliot LLP, Toronto
10:30 a.m.
Panel III – The legal status of polygamy
Debating whether polygamy should be a Criminal Code offense
Martha Bailey, Queens University, Faculty of Law
Nicholas Bala, Queens University, Faculty of Law
Lorraine Weinrib, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
Bradley Miller, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law
12:00 noon
Lunch and keynote speaker: Supreme Court of Canada Justice Louis LeBel
1:30 p.m.
Panel IV – Racial equality, aboriginal rights, and Section 15: examining R. v. Kapp
Dwight Newman, University of Saskatchewan, College of Law
Bryan Finlay, Weir Foulds LLP, Toronto
Craig Jones, Office of the Attorney General, British Columbia
Jonathan Kay, National Post, Toronto
3:00 p.m.
Break and free time
6:00 p.m.
Reception
6:30 p.m.
Dinner and Keynote speaker: George Jonas, Senior Columnist, National Post
Sunday October 4
10:30 a.m.
Panel V – The place of religion in the public square: examining Christian Horizons
Iain Benson, Senior Associate Counsel, Miller Thomson LLP, Toronto
Alvin Esau, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law
Andrew Lokan, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP, Toronto
Race, Religion, Equality and Freedom:
Current Canadian Legal Controversies
Canadian Constitution Foundation
Third Annual Law Conference
October 2-4, 2009
Best Western Primrose Hotel, Downtown Toronto
Preliminary Schedule (as of August 2009)
Friday October 2
6:00 p.m.
Registration opens
6:30 p.m.
Reception
7:00 p.m.
John Carpay, CCF Executive Director, welcoming remarks
7:15 p.m.
Panel I – Is there a human right to be free from offence?
Debating the restrictions on free speech in human rights legislation
Grant Huscroft, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law
Richard Moon, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law
Philippe Dufresne, Canadian Human Rights Commission, Ottawa
Mark Freiman, President, Canadian Jewish Congress
Saturday, October 3
9:00 a.m.
Panel II – Intellectual property law
Howard Knopf, Macera & Jarzyna,Toronto
Richard Owens, Stikeman Elliot LLP, Toronto
10:30 a.m.
Panel III – The legal status of polygamy
Debating whether polygamy should be a Criminal Code offense
Martha Bailey, Queens University, Faculty of Law
Nicholas Bala, Queens University, Faculty of Law
Lorraine Weinrib, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
Bradley Miller, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law
12:00 noon
Lunch and keynote speaker: Supreme Court of Canada Justice Louis LeBel
1:30 p.m.
Panel IV – Racial equality, aboriginal rights, and Section 15: examining R. v. Kapp
Dwight Newman, University of Saskatchewan, College of Law
Bryan Finlay, Weir Foulds LLP, Toronto
Craig Jones, Office of the Attorney General, British Columbia
Jonathan Kay, National Post, Toronto
3:00 p.m.
Break and free time
6:00 p.m.
Reception
6:30 p.m.
Dinner and Keynote speaker: George Jonas, Senior Columnist, National Post
Sunday October 4
10:30 a.m.
Panel V – The place of religion in the public square: examining Christian Horizons
Iain Benson, Senior Associate Counsel, Miller Thomson LLP, Toronto
Alvin Esau, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law
Andrew Lokan, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP, Toronto
Poor Baby
This is sickening on a number of levels, including the fact that the judge and prison official were appointed by a Tory government .
An Appeal Court has confirmed that Canadian taxpayers must pay $6,000 for the "pain and suffering" endured by U.S. multiple murderer Gregory McMaster who injured his knee after prison officials deliberately failed to promptly replace his worn-out running shoes.
Federal Court Judge Leonard Mandamin rejected the federal government's appeal last week from a controversial ruling by Prothonotary Kevin Aalto who castigated federal prison authorities last year for their "appalling delay" in getting the free, new extra-wide Size 13 New Balance running shoes to McMaster.
The judge also ordered the government to pay the legal costs of the 52-year-old American who killed three young Canadians and a Minnesota police officer during a week-long cross-border shooting rampage in 1978.
An Appeal Court has confirmed that Canadian taxpayers must pay $6,000 for the "pain and suffering" endured by U.S. multiple murderer Gregory McMaster who injured his knee after prison officials deliberately failed to promptly replace his worn-out running shoes.
Federal Court Judge Leonard Mandamin rejected the federal government's appeal last week from a controversial ruling by Prothonotary Kevin Aalto who castigated federal prison authorities last year for their "appalling delay" in getting the free, new extra-wide Size 13 New Balance running shoes to McMaster.
The judge also ordered the government to pay the legal costs of the 52-year-old American who killed three young Canadians and a Minnesota police officer during a week-long cross-border shooting rampage in 1978.
very funny
ignegative has decided to propose a motion of non confidence this week. Considering the news today, this is very amusing. If layton wants to kill off the grits , he should let the government be defeated. The grits are in the midst of an internecine war in Quebec. The headlines about iggy and the grits are almost universally bad. The poll numbers are consistently bad for the grits. If iggnegative wants an election, the tories are ready.
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal party will release the text Monday afternoon of its non-confidence motion that MPs will be expected to vote on Thursday.
The Liberals want to bring down Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority government and force a general election but, to do that, MPs from all three opposition parties must vote in favour of the Liberal non-confidence motion. It appears, though, that the NDP will stand with the government Thursday.
Brad Lavigne, the NDP's national director, appeared on television shows Sunday saying his party's first priority is to see government legislation that would extend the maximum amount of time some people can receive employment insurance benefits approved by the Commons. That legislation, the government says, would help about 190,000 people who are nearing the end of their benefit period.
Chantal Hebert says iggy is not a leader.
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal party will release the text Monday afternoon of its non-confidence motion that MPs will be expected to vote on Thursday.
The Liberals want to bring down Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority government and force a general election but, to do that, MPs from all three opposition parties must vote in favour of the Liberal non-confidence motion. It appears, though, that the NDP will stand with the government Thursday.
Brad Lavigne, the NDP's national director, appeared on television shows Sunday saying his party's first priority is to see government legislation that would extend the maximum amount of time some people can receive employment insurance benefits approved by the Commons. That legislation, the government says, would help about 190,000 people who are nearing the end of their benefit period.
Chantal Hebert says iggy is not a leader.
What is catsmeat role in the grits?
He needs help getting a ticket to an event featuring iggy. Isn't he iggy's chief strategist? He needs help getting a ticket to an iggy event? Sounds pretty telling to me. Maybe iggy is annoyed by this. (h/t)
Here's a web experiment.
Iggy's big economic speech today in Toronto is totally - and I mean totally - sold out. And Yours Truly left it too long to get a ticket. Typical.
Here's a web experiment.
Iggy's big economic speech today in Toronto is totally - and I mean totally - sold out. And Yours Truly left it too long to get a ticket. Typical.
It just gets worse and worse...
for ignegative. Jean lapierre was preescient. He said he would have immediately resign as Quebec lieutenat of the grits given ignegatives vote of non confidence. Now it seems Coderre finally got the message. ignegative is not really a leader and cannot be counted upon. Even the semblance of party unity is gone.
(h/t)
Denis Coderre is expected to step down Monday as Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff's Quebec lieutenant, CTV News has learned, over a disagreement about the political comeback of one of the Quebec MP's main rivals.
Coderre will hold a news conference Monday at 11 a.m. in Montreal North where it is expected that he will announce his decision, CTV's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife told Canada AM.
(h/t)
Denis Coderre is expected to step down Monday as Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff's Quebec lieutenant, CTV News has learned, over a disagreement about the political comeback of one of the Quebec MP's main rivals.
Coderre will hold a news conference Monday at 11 a.m. in Montreal North where it is expected that he will announce his decision, CTV's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife told Canada AM.
Yet another outlier
Polls now are consistently showing a 6-9 point lead for the Tories. This latest lger poll is more bad news for ignegative. Will ignegative bring down Hm Government. I think not
When asked which leader would make the best prime minister, 32% said Harper, 21% said Ignatieff and 18% said the NDP's Jack Layton.
Canadians also said Harper was best suited to lead the country through a recession (36%), ahead of Ignatieff (22%) and Layton (13%)...
Canada
right direction 48%
wrong direction 30%
When asked which leader would make the best prime minister, 32% said Harper, 21% said Ignatieff and 18% said the NDP's Jack Layton.
Canadians also said Harper was best suited to lead the country through a recession (36%), ahead of Ignatieff (22%) and Layton (13%)...
Canada
right direction 48%
wrong direction 30%
Chancellor Merkel to cut taxes!
Wow tax cuts, labour deregulation and extending the lives of nuclear power plants. Excellent ideas Chancellor Merkel. Now maybe we can talk about climate realism?
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she’ll press ahead with tax cuts and labor-market deregulation after winning re-election with enough support to govern with the pro-business Free Democrats.
With Germany struggling to recover from the deepest economic slump since World War II, voters spurned plans by Merkel’s Social Democratic challenger to raise taxes on top earners. Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s SPD had its worst postwar result in what he called a “bitter day” after sharing power with Merkel for four years and governing for the previous seven.
“There’s a clear sentiment in favor of economic changes, especially on income taxes,” Tilman Mayer, head of the Bonn- based Institute for Political Science, said in an interview. “Voters have turned their back on grand coalition-style compromise politics.”
Merkel, 55, said on ARD television that talks on forming a coalition with the Free Democrats will proceed quickly, and her focus will be on creating jobs in Europe’s biggest economy. She dismissed the FDP’s call for a complete overhaul of the tax system, saying she wanted to be seen as the “chancellor of all Germans” and won’t let her new junior partner dictate policy.
During the campaign, she pledged to pursue deregulation, extend the life of nuclear-power plants and introduce across- the-board tax cuts of 15 billion euros ($22 billion).
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she’ll press ahead with tax cuts and labor-market deregulation after winning re-election with enough support to govern with the pro-business Free Democrats.
With Germany struggling to recover from the deepest economic slump since World War II, voters spurned plans by Merkel’s Social Democratic challenger to raise taxes on top earners. Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s SPD had its worst postwar result in what he called a “bitter day” after sharing power with Merkel for four years and governing for the previous seven.
“There’s a clear sentiment in favor of economic changes, especially on income taxes,” Tilman Mayer, head of the Bonn- based Institute for Political Science, said in an interview. “Voters have turned their back on grand coalition-style compromise politics.”
Merkel, 55, said on ARD television that talks on forming a coalition with the Free Democrats will proceed quickly, and her focus will be on creating jobs in Europe’s biggest economy. She dismissed the FDP’s call for a complete overhaul of the tax system, saying she wanted to be seen as the “chancellor of all Germans” and won’t let her new junior partner dictate policy.
During the campaign, she pledged to pursue deregulation, extend the life of nuclear-power plants and introduce across- the-board tax cuts of 15 billion euros ($22 billion).
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Sir Paul
...won a prize writing about Our Sovereign Lady's coronation when he was 10 years old.
McCartney was 10 when he wrote the essay
An essay written by Sir Paul McCartney as a 10-year-old has been found after lying undiscovered in Liverpool's Central Library for more than 50 years.
Years before the Beatles received their MBEs, he beat hundreds of other school children to win a prize for his 1953 essay marking the Queen's coronation.
In neat handwriting, he refers to "the lovely young Queen Elizabeth".
In 2013, the library will display the essay - found in a scrapbook - to mark the 60th anniversary of the coronation.
nyt editor on nyt lefty bias
An interesting article on the nyt by one of its editors. He comes close to admitting the nyt of leftist bias, but then goes on to make a lot of excuses. The nyt has a leftist bias, that they won't admit so it continues .
Readers noticed. James Jeff Crocket of New Britain, Conn., spoke for many when he said he was sure he knew why the paper was silent: “protecting the progressive movement.”
Finally, on Sept. 16, nearly a week after the first video was posted, The Times took note of the controversy, under the headline, “Conservatives Draw Blood From Acorn, Favored Foe.” The article said that conservatives hoped to weaken the Obama administration by attacking its allies and appointees they viewed as leftist. The conservatives thought they had a “winning formula,” the article said, mobilizing people “to dig up dirt,” then trumpeting it on talk radio and television.
By stressing the politics, the article irritated more readers. “A suspicious person might see an attempt to deflect criticism of Acorn by highlighting how those pesky conservatives are at it again,” said Albert Smith of Chatham, N.J.
I thought politics was emphasized too much, at the expense of questions about an organization whose employees in city after city participated in outlandish conversations about illegal and immoral activities. (Acorn suggested some videos were doctored but fired or suspended many of the employees.)
The Times quoted a statement by Bertha Lewis, Acorn’s chief executive, saying that the two activists, James O’Keefe, 25, and Hannah Giles, 20, spent months visiting Acorn offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, Miami and Philadelphia before getting the responses they wanted. But the article left out one city Lewis cited: New York. Between the time of her statement and the publication of the article, a new video surfaced, featuring an Acorn worker in Brooklyn advising Giles to bury money from prostitution in a tin.
Readers noticed. James Jeff Crocket of New Britain, Conn., spoke for many when he said he was sure he knew why the paper was silent: “protecting the progressive movement.”
Finally, on Sept. 16, nearly a week after the first video was posted, The Times took note of the controversy, under the headline, “Conservatives Draw Blood From Acorn, Favored Foe.” The article said that conservatives hoped to weaken the Obama administration by attacking its allies and appointees they viewed as leftist. The conservatives thought they had a “winning formula,” the article said, mobilizing people “to dig up dirt,” then trumpeting it on talk radio and television.
By stressing the politics, the article irritated more readers. “A suspicious person might see an attempt to deflect criticism of Acorn by highlighting how those pesky conservatives are at it again,” said Albert Smith of Chatham, N.J.
I thought politics was emphasized too much, at the expense of questions about an organization whose employees in city after city participated in outlandish conversations about illegal and immoral activities. (Acorn suggested some videos were doctored but fired or suspended many of the employees.)
The Times quoted a statement by Bertha Lewis, Acorn’s chief executive, saying that the two activists, James O’Keefe, 25, and Hannah Giles, 20, spent months visiting Acorn offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, Miami and Philadelphia before getting the responses they wanted. But the article left out one city Lewis cited: New York. Between the time of her statement and the publication of the article, a new video surfaced, featuring an Acorn worker in Brooklyn advising Giles to bury money from prostitution in a tin.
The hatfields and McCoys grit style?
L. Ian macdonald explains the shooting war that has broken out once again among the grits. iggy and his team seem quite clueless on Quebec.
There's more to the renewed hostilities inside the Liberal Party than a clash of ambitions between Martin Cauchon and Denis Coderre. It's a much broader canvas than that, involving the two warring Liberal clans, the Trudeau-Chrétien wing and the Turner-Martin side of the family.
Cauchon belongs to the former, Coderre to the latter, and Michael Ignatieff is now caught in middle of a shooting war that has shattered the delicate façade of party unity....
Moreover, Ignatieff's office put it out that Cauchon was being offered another seat without knowing his answer.
There are two points about this. First, Ignatieff's entourage, like Martin's, is top heavy with guys from Toronto who know nothing about Quebec. Second, they can't seem to get anything right.
In the immortal words of Casey Stengel, about the Amazin' Mets: "Can't anybody here play this game?" Apparently not.
There's more to the renewed hostilities inside the Liberal Party than a clash of ambitions between Martin Cauchon and Denis Coderre. It's a much broader canvas than that, involving the two warring Liberal clans, the Trudeau-Chrétien wing and the Turner-Martin side of the family.
Cauchon belongs to the former, Coderre to the latter, and Michael Ignatieff is now caught in middle of a shooting war that has shattered the delicate façade of party unity....
Moreover, Ignatieff's office put it out that Cauchon was being offered another seat without knowing his answer.
There are two points about this. First, Ignatieff's entourage, like Martin's, is top heavy with guys from Toronto who know nothing about Quebec. Second, they can't seem to get anything right.
In the immortal words of Casey Stengel, about the Amazin' Mets: "Can't anybody here play this game?" Apparently not.
A big win in Germany
Congratulations to Chancellor Angela Merkel . Her center right coalition has scored a decisive victory in elections. She will be able to push her center left partners out of the coalition. A crushing defeat of the left in Germany. Apparently bo predicted this whem he saw the Chancellor earlier this year.
We have achieved our choice of destination!
We have achieved our choice of destination!
a good resume for a university president...
but not a leader for Canada. Rex analyzes iggy.
Manner is one part of the answer. He is cocky and uncertain almost simultaneously, aggressive and challenging one moment, hesitant and even confusing in his message the next. That message, what there is of it, is a muddle. He casts the word “vision” around like it's a talisman, but speaks in the mushy platitudes of a high school valedictorian. He seems stranded between the two models of successful Liberal leadership, caught between the saloon and the salon. He cannot, by nature, mimic Jean Chrétien's carefully crafted populist style. Neither does he have the electricity and presence of Pierre Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau's braininess was sexy, Mr. Ignatieff's you merely gather from the résumé.
Manner is one part of the answer. He is cocky and uncertain almost simultaneously, aggressive and challenging one moment, hesitant and even confusing in his message the next. That message, what there is of it, is a muddle. He casts the word “vision” around like it's a talisman, but speaks in the mushy platitudes of a high school valedictorian. He seems stranded between the two models of successful Liberal leadership, caught between the saloon and the salon. He cannot, by nature, mimic Jean Chrétien's carefully crafted populist style. Neither does he have the electricity and presence of Pierre Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau's braininess was sexy, Mr. Ignatieff's you merely gather from the résumé.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
German Jihadis
This is just great. It's not bad enough that Europe is now a post Christian society, some Europeans are becoming jihadis.
Pakistan discovers 'village' of white German al-Qaeda insurgents
Investigators have discovered a "Jihadi village" of white German al-Qaeda insurgents, including Muslim converts, in Pakistan's tribal areas close to the Afghan border.
By Dean Nelson in New Delhi and Allan Hall in Berlin
Published: 11:44AM BST 25 Sep 2009
The village, in Taliban-controlled Waziristan, is run by the notorious al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which plots raids on Nato forces in Afghanistan.
A recruitment video presents life in the village as a desirable lifestyle choice with schools, hospitals, pharmacies and day care centres, all at a safe distance from the front.
Surprise?
Not really. They are just carrying on President Bush's policies.
AP: Guantanamo Might Not Close by January
The White House is acknowledging for the first time that it might not be able to meet President Obama's January deadline for closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
AP: Guantanamo Might Not Close by January
The White House is acknowledging for the first time that it might not be able to meet President Obama's January deadline for closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
iggy is not a leader
Who's in charge of the grits?
According to ex grit Jean Lapierre certainly not iggy.
According to ex grit Jean Lapierre certainly not iggy.
Bibi's Speech
Bibi gave a wonderful speech at the UN. You can watch or read it here. he answers he vile little anti-semite from Iran.
A day before I was in Wannsee, I was given in Berlin the original construction plans for the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Those plans are signed by Hitler’s deputy, Heinrich Himmler himself. Here is a copy of the plans for Auschwitz-Birkenau, where one million Jews were murdered. Is this too a lie?
This June, President Obama visited the Buchenwald concentration camp. Did President Obama pay tribute to a lie?
And what of the Auschwitz survivors whose arms still bear the tattooed numbers branded on them by the Nazis? Are those tattoos a lie? One-third of all Jews perished in the conflagration. Nearly every Jewish family was affected, including my own. My wife's grandparents, her father’s two sisters and three brothers, and all the aunts, uncles and cousins were all murdered by the Nazis. Is that also a lie?
A day before I was in Wannsee, I was given in Berlin the original construction plans for the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Those plans are signed by Hitler’s deputy, Heinrich Himmler himself. Here is a copy of the plans for Auschwitz-Birkenau, where one million Jews were murdered. Is this too a lie?
This June, President Obama visited the Buchenwald concentration camp. Did President Obama pay tribute to a lie?
And what of the Auschwitz survivors whose arms still bear the tattooed numbers branded on them by the Nazis? Are those tattoos a lie? One-third of all Jews perished in the conflagration. Nearly every Jewish family was affected, including my own. My wife's grandparents, her father’s two sisters and three brothers, and all the aunts, uncles and cousins were all murdered by the Nazis. Is that also a lie?
Friday, September 25, 2009
iggy is not having a good September
A great piec from the NP. iggy silly statement with the reality. It really makes iggy look delusional. Let's begin.
Michael Ignatieff, Sept. 14:
"The Conservatives are giving up Canada’s place in the world."
Toronto Star, Sept. 25:
PITTSBURGH – Canada will be the birthplace for the rise of the world's new pre-eminent world economic institution, the Star has learned.
The moment will come June 25-27 in an unusual gathering of world leaders in Huntsville, Ont. Originally planned as a G8 summit, the event will now include the full G20. That group includes the biggest industrial countries, plus major emerging economies such as China, Brazil and India.
Michael Ignatieff, Sept. 14:
"The Conservatives are giving up Canada’s place in the world."
Toronto Star, Sept. 25:
PITTSBURGH – Canada will be the birthplace for the rise of the world's new pre-eminent world economic institution, the Star has learned.
The moment will come June 25-27 in an unusual gathering of world leaders in Huntsville, Ont. Originally planned as a G8 summit, the event will now include the full G20. That group includes the biggest industrial countries, plus major emerging economies such as China, Brazil and India.
Tories at Magnan's
Senator Brazeau Senator Seidman HM Minister of Public Works Christian Paradis
Rodolphe Husny Louis Philippe Lochhead
When I was a resident at the Montreal General Hospital, one of my teachers and mentors was Dr Lorne Cassidy. He would bring a bunch of us to Magnam's every once in a while. I don't drink very much , but I have warm memories of Dr. Cassidy and my other friends at Magnan's.
Yesterday I went to a Tory 5 a 7 at Magnan's. It was great seeing friends and chatting about iggy. The fight in Outremont was a big topic of discussion. It seems Martin Cauchon has won that fight. iggy seems to have lost. I hada chance to chat with Senators Seidman and Brazeau and with Rodolphe Husny, my friend who has the task of defeating cauchon and mulcair. It was great to see Quebec Tories who were confident and ready for a fight.
The Senators and HM Minister gave short speeches ( which is always a good thing). HM Minister Paradis spoke about the bq not fighting for exploited children, he also spoke of the fact that Hm Government is getting the job done in Quebec. The Tories are practicing an open federalism with a policy of respecting provincial rights. Senator brazeau spoke about the diversity of our party. Senator Seidman spoke about how honoured she was to be named to the Senate. She spoke about wanting to serve Canadians.
We seem to be having little trouble attracting candidates. We had a great dinner ( Magnans has an amazing roast beef), where I had some interesting discussion with some new friends. I have once again come to the conclusion that I am much more right wing than most Tories in Quebec. I also think a big tent is necessary. It was a great evening.
Good
I am a climate realist. Jeffrey simspon is a chicken little. He seems very upset that billions more dollars are not being wasted in the cause of the ridiculous kyoto targets. I say good. Look at the pathetic demo for HM PM Harper's speech at Tim Horton's.
Canadians say they care about this subject, but most are unwilling to allow government to force them to live in he stone age, so that the goreacle can take private jets to yet another photo op.
Canada's emissions record is the worst in the industrialized world, because since a previous government signed the Kyoto accord, the country's emissions have grown by 27 per cent, instead of declining the promised 6 per cent. The latest government report has shown Canada's emissions rising again after a slight decline in the previous two years.
You might think that for a country bathing in its own moral superiority, believing “the world needs more Canada,” this record would be a source of national shame, such that citizens would demand the government take a leading role in reversing the domestic record while urging the world to do much more to reverse the ominous trends.
If so, you would be wrong.
The Liberals' record on this file while in office was appalling. Never forget this. But the Liberals' dreadful record of empty rhetoric, failed plans and false targets does not excuse the Conservatives' lame efforts since arriving in office.
Global warming simply is not an issue on which Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to expend one ounce of political capital. Earlier this week, while other world leaders took the podium for a special United Nations session on climate change, he preferred a meeting and photo opportunity with the mayor of New York. He did attend a private leaders' dinner, but then rushed back to Canada for another of his patented economic “announcements” at a Tim Hortons facility.
Mr. Harper sent Environment Minister Jim Prentice to the UN, where he criticized the Chinese and Americans for not presenting carbon reduction targets, despite the fact that every expert in Canada (and many overseas) knows that Mr. Harper's own government's target – a 20-per-cent reduction by 2020 – cannot possibly be met under current policies.
The Gazette slaps down grit apparachiks
This editorial almost makes me pity dion. dion must still have a substantial debt from his leadership campaign and now the grits don't even want him to run. stephane dion deserves better, Canada deserves better than the grits.Stéphane Dion deserves better
Lots of news on the grit internecine bloodshed. And of course lots of grit insiders blasting the party. This is a great pre-election narrative.... for the Tories.
Will iggy even bother to have another motion of non confidence before spring? Will rae engineer iggy's return to harvard now or later. Tune in tomorrow for the continuing saga of the delusional grits.
Stéphane Dion deserves better
THE GAZETTESEPTEMBER 25, 2009 4:04 AM
Fastidious voters who hope to retain a shred of faith in the democratic system should probably avoid too close a study of the internal machinations of political parties. They are seldom less than ruthless and never pretty.
But even by those low standards of civility, recent efforts on the part of some important factions of the federal Liberal hierarchy to oust Stéphane Dion as the party's flag-bearer in St. Laurent are notably repellent.
True, Dion's reign as party leader was short and inglorious, and his stumble-prone campaign in 2008 culminated in one of the most humiliating defeats in Liberal history. Finally, his disastrous attempt to forge a coalition with the New Democrats to oust the Conservatives with the connivance of the Bloc Québécois dashed whatever hopes he had left of ever becoming prime minister.
Lots of news on the grit internecine bloodshed. And of course lots of grit insiders blasting the party. This is a great pre-election narrative.... for the Tories.
Will iggy even bother to have another motion of non confidence before spring? Will rae engineer iggy's return to harvard now or later. Tune in tomorrow for the continuing saga of the delusional grits.
Stéphane Dion deserves better
THE GAZETTESEPTEMBER 25, 2009 4:04 AM
Fastidious voters who hope to retain a shred of faith in the democratic system should probably avoid too close a study of the internal machinations of political parties. They are seldom less than ruthless and never pretty.
But even by those low standards of civility, recent efforts on the part of some important factions of the federal Liberal hierarchy to oust Stéphane Dion as the party's flag-bearer in St. Laurent are notably repellent.
True, Dion's reign as party leader was short and inglorious, and his stumble-prone campaign in 2008 culminated in one of the most humiliating defeats in Liberal history. Finally, his disastrous attempt to forge a coalition with the New Democrats to oust the Conservatives with the connivance of the Bloc Québécois dashed whatever hopes he had left of ever becoming prime minister.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Its days like this that I miss Cherniak.
One of the libloggers posted this screed. Holocaust denial and persecution of the Iranian people is to be admired according to this liblogger . I again state I am very proud of the actions of HM Government. I am a Christian Zionist and am proud of my support of Israel and the Jewish people.
Cherniak was annoying, but at least he wouldn't have tolerated this nonsense. I am not a big fan of catsmeat, but even he couldn't stomach this nonsense.
Once again the conservatives have demonstrated they are nothing more than puppets, with Zionists being their puppet masters. Kowtowing is not my idea of leadership, but then again what would Harper and company know about that!? Failing to have a position on Climate Change, while also failing to demonstrate an independent resolve to at least listen to the other side, instead of following blindly the dictates of another, does not make me proud of my country. How dare these people do these things on my behalf! If the truth be known, I believe most people feel as I do.
I personally read Ahmadinejad's speech and found it to be thoughtful, spiritual and full of resonance with respect to our world situation. Calling a spade a spade is 'refreshing' and not something to be shunned and boycotted.
Cherniak was annoying, but at least he wouldn't have tolerated this nonsense. I am not a big fan of catsmeat, but even he couldn't stomach this nonsense.
Once again the conservatives have demonstrated they are nothing more than puppets, with Zionists being their puppet masters. Kowtowing is not my idea of leadership, but then again what would Harper and company know about that!? Failing to have a position on Climate Change, while also failing to demonstrate an independent resolve to at least listen to the other side, instead of following blindly the dictates of another, does not make me proud of my country. How dare these people do these things on my behalf! If the truth be known, I believe most people feel as I do.
I personally read Ahmadinejad's speech and found it to be thoughtful, spiritual and full of resonance with respect to our world situation. Calling a spade a spade is 'refreshing' and not something to be shunned and boycotted.
More good news from Nik Nanos
I must admit that I am not enamoured of deficits and would live massive spending and tax cuts, but Canadaians like HMPM Harpers approach on these issues.
Nanos National Poll - Canadians prefer controlled stimulus; Harper scores well on issue management
Canadians are largely in favour of further spending to stimulate the economy, recent polling indicates. Asked which they would prefer, nearly two thirds of Canadians (64%) preferred continued stimulus spending in order to stimulate the economy, while 30% believed there was no further need for government stimulus spending. Only 5% of Canadians were unsure. Quebecers were more likely than other Canadians to be in favour of stimulus spending (76%), while Canadians in the Prairies were more likely to favour an end to stimulus spending (37%).
A majority of Canadians believed deficit reduction was a priority and the most preferred strategy for deficit control was cutting programs (48%), followed by raising taxes (29%). Five percent of Canadians said we do not need to fight the deficit while 18% were unsure.
Nanos National Poll - Canadians prefer controlled stimulus; Harper scores well on issue management
Canadians are largely in favour of further spending to stimulate the economy, recent polling indicates. Asked which they would prefer, nearly two thirds of Canadians (64%) preferred continued stimulus spending in order to stimulate the economy, while 30% believed there was no further need for government stimulus spending. Only 5% of Canadians were unsure. Quebecers were more likely than other Canadians to be in favour of stimulus spending (76%), while Canadians in the Prairies were more likely to favour an end to stimulus spending (37%).
A majority of Canadians believed deficit reduction was a priority and the most preferred strategy for deficit control was cutting programs (48%), followed by raising taxes (29%). Five percent of Canadians said we do not need to fight the deficit while 18% were unsure.
Hannity and Coulter on UN and obamacare
and more dem lies about health care.
(15) Democrats lost Congress in 1994 because President Clinton failed to pass national health care.
I'm not sure if this is another example of the left's wishful-thinking method of analysis or if they're seriously trying to trick the Blue Dog Democrats into believing it. But I gather liberals consider the 1994 argument an important point because it was on the front page of The New York Times a few weeks ago in place of a story about Van Jones or ACORN.
According to a news story by Jackie Calmes: "In 1994, Democrats' dysfunction over fulfilling a new president's campaign promise contributed to the party's loss of its 40-year dominance of Congress."
That's not the way I remember it. The way I remember it, Republicans swept Congress in 1994 not because Clinton failed to nationalize health care, but because he tried to nationalize health care. HillaryCare failed because most Americans didn't want it. (For more on this, see "ObamaCare.")
I guess catsmeat...
didn't send out the memo to the liblogs that they need to support iggy. I wonder when bob rae will be crowned grit leader. iggy's days seem numbered and the wizened dauphin rae has a knife.
"Martin Cauchon was an outstanding minister of justice and has been a fighter for liberal values all his political life," Rae said.
"If he wants to return to active political life, room must be found for him and his important beliefs and values."
Many Liberal bloggers have echoed those sentiments, albeit in considerably more scathing language.
"Has Iggy swung so far to the right that he's determined to sideswipe any of the progressive people in the party?" demanded one.
"I am absolutely fuming about this decision."
"Martin Cauchon was an outstanding minister of justice and has been a fighter for liberal values all his political life," Rae said.
"If he wants to return to active political life, room must be found for him and his important beliefs and values."
Many Liberal bloggers have echoed those sentiments, albeit in considerably more scathing language.
"Has Iggy swung so far to the right that he's determined to sideswipe any of the progressive people in the party?" demanded one.
"I am absolutely fuming about this decision."
Yet another outlier
Ekos shows the Tories with an even bigger lead with increased support in Toronto. The pattern of polls is clear. I guess the grit warrom will saw this is the seventh or eighth outlier. To everyone else the trends are clear.
After a summer that saw the federal Conservatives and Liberals in a virtual tie, the Tories have opened up a comfortable lead over the Liberal Party and appear to be making a breakthrough in Toronto, a new poll suggests.
The EKOS poll, done exclusively for the CBC and released Thursday, shows the Tories with 37 per cent support, followed by the Liberals with 29.9 per cent. The New Democratic Party followed with 13.8 per cent, the Green Party with 10.2 per cent and the Bloc Quebecois with 9.1 per cent.
After a summer that saw the federal Conservatives and Liberals in a virtual tie, the Tories have opened up a comfortable lead over the Liberal Party and appear to be making a breakthrough in Toronto, a new poll suggests.
The EKOS poll, done exclusively for the CBC and released Thursday, shows the Tories with 37 per cent support, followed by the Liberals with 29.9 per cent. The New Democratic Party followed with 13.8 per cent, the Green Party with 10.2 per cent and the Bloc Quebecois with 9.1 per cent.
Yeah Canada!
I was so very happy when I watched as the representatives of HM Canadian Government walked out on that vile little anti semite's UN speech. Were you watching antonia z?
Ambassador Bolton comments on the little worm and the rest of the insanity at the UN
We stand with the people of Iran and Israel.
Watch HM Minister of Foreign Affairs
Watch HM Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Bolton comments on the little worm and the rest of the insanity at the UN
Brian Crowley on CJAD
Tommy Schnurmacher had a great show yesterday with Brian Crowley doing a segment on his new book. You can listen here.
He also had Marc Morano ( one of my favourite climate realists) and Rod Blagojevich( the dem governor accused of corruption). You can hear the ex governor here.
Tommy is getting some really great interviews. Good for him and CJAD. I will try and find the Marc morano clip later.
Elections in Germany
I wish Chancellor Merkel good luck in the German elections this weekend. I saw one of her election ads. I like her style, if not all her policies. I would like to see more positive Tory ads to come out in Canada.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Excellent
I hope Terence Corcoran's analysis is correct and that our leaders are only pretending to want to do something about climate change. That was the grit way under dion and pseudo chretien. Which seems to reflect the will of the people. Talk about the climate hoax and do very little.None of the G7( 8 or 20?) reached Kyoto targets. This whole thing is a scam. i gues even BO understands that growth is more important than the climate hoax.
The G20 is going for growth over CO2
By Terence Corcoran
In this week’s battle of the summits, Pittsburgh wins. As the world’s top 20 political figures, leaders of the so-called G20 group of nations, open two days of summit work in Pittsburgh tomorrow, it can now safely be concluded that one issue has been resolved.
In the great public policy battle between global economic growth and global climate change, the G20 is going for growth. And if growth trumps climate at the G20, that spells the end of any hope of a major climate agreement in Copenhagen in December.
Copenhagen was essentially sidelined yesterday at another event, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s Climate Change Summit in New York. There, along with Chinese leader Hu Jintao, U.S. President Barack Obama more or less shuffled climate control policy off into the great dreamscape of unattainable plans and long range objectives. Like equality for all and peace in our time, the world will have to wait for sweeping and binding climate policy.
On the urgency of climate policy, Mr. Obama used language with enough drag coefficient to stop an ocean liner, even one with the momentum and power of climate change.
The G20 is going for growth over CO2
By Terence Corcoran
In this week’s battle of the summits, Pittsburgh wins. As the world’s top 20 political figures, leaders of the so-called G20 group of nations, open two days of summit work in Pittsburgh tomorrow, it can now safely be concluded that one issue has been resolved.
In the great public policy battle between global economic growth and global climate change, the G20 is going for growth. And if growth trumps climate at the G20, that spells the end of any hope of a major climate agreement in Copenhagen in December.
Copenhagen was essentially sidelined yesterday at another event, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s Climate Change Summit in New York. There, along with Chinese leader Hu Jintao, U.S. President Barack Obama more or less shuffled climate control policy off into the great dreamscape of unattainable plans and long range objectives. Like equality for all and peace in our time, the world will have to wait for sweeping and binding climate policy.
On the urgency of climate policy, Mr. Obama used language with enough drag coefficient to stop an ocean liner, even one with the momentum and power of climate change.
Neither open nor transparent
Its not bad enough that the thought police at the hrc crush our rights to free spech and make ridiculous rulings on a regular basis. My friend Derek Fildebrandt has exposed their financial shenanigans. What are jennifer lynch and her thought police hiding? They are not transparent, open or timely. Abolish this useless agency of oppression.
Good work Derek.
In a post yesterday, I indicated that the CHRC was not able to provide receipts for Commissar Lynch’s travels to Vienna , Geneva, Dublin, Copenhagen and Kuala Lampur within the normal timeline. After reading yesterday’s post however; I believe that I left out a critically important element of the Thought Police’s excuse for not providing the information. According to ATIP Coordinator Ginette Bastien, providing the a few mere receipts within the statutory 30-day limit would “unreasonably interfere with the operations” of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
Good work Derek.
In a post yesterday, I indicated that the CHRC was not able to provide receipts for Commissar Lynch’s travels to Vienna , Geneva, Dublin, Copenhagen and Kuala Lampur within the normal timeline. After reading yesterday’s post however; I believe that I left out a critically important element of the Thought Police’s excuse for not providing the information. According to ATIP Coordinator Ginette Bastien, providing the a few mere receipts within the statutory 30-day limit would “unreasonably interfere with the operations” of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
John Williamson is right!
I am a supporter of the Canadian Taxpayer's federation. John and I are friends. I like his views. He is a great addition to the PMO.
Williamson's wisdom
Posted: September 22, 2009, 8:29 PM by NP Editor
John Williamson, Stephen Harper, Conservative party
Long-time National Post readers will know John Williamson from his time as Ontario and then federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Before that, Williamson was a member of the Post’s editorial board, and more recently a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute and Manning Centre while completing his Master’s degree at the London School of Economics. Williamson has now moved to a new job — that of director of communications for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Williamson's wisdom
Posted: September 22, 2009, 8:29 PM by NP Editor
John Williamson, Stephen Harper, Conservative party
Long-time National Post readers will know John Williamson from his time as Ontario and then federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Before that, Williamson was a member of the Post’s editorial board, and more recently a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute and Manning Centre while completing his Master’s degree at the London School of Economics. Williamson has now moved to a new job — that of director of communications for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
when grits rumble
L.Ian Macdonald writes that the facade of party unity among Quebec grits has pretty much evaporated. Without the sacks of money in brown paper bags, what unity? It's apparently more than just Outremont. coderre is trying to oust dion and several other mps. coderre actually believes he can one day be prime minister of Canada. How frightening.
There are two elements to the latest blow-up inside Liberal ranks - the first is a bitter blood feud between Martin Cauchon and Denis Coderre, formerly close cabinet colleagues in the Chrétien government, who were once presented as the yin and yang of Liberal renewal among Quebec francophones.
And the second is an effort by Coderre, now the party's chief organizer and Ignatieff's Quebec lieutenant, to dislodge several other sitting MPs from safe Montreal-area seats to make way for star candidates who would be nominated by acclamation.
One of the incumbents on Coderre's hit list is none other than Stéphane Dion, a former leader of the party. Coderre thinks Dion should have the decency to disappear. Dion thinks Coderre and Ignatieff should treat him, as a former leader, with more respect. And he's right - they owe him, big time. Had it not been for the abortive Three Stooges coalition, and the infamous grainy video that followed, Dion wouldn't have been dumped as leader on the spot, and Ignatieff would have faced a competitive convention.
There are three other names and ridings on Coderre's list - Raymonde Falco from Laval-les-Iles, Lise Zarac from LaSalle-Emard and Bernard Patry from Pierrefonds-Dollard.
And all hell has broken loose inside the party.
The ugliest spat is between Cauchon and Coderre
There are two elements to the latest blow-up inside Liberal ranks - the first is a bitter blood feud between Martin Cauchon and Denis Coderre, formerly close cabinet colleagues in the Chrétien government, who were once presented as the yin and yang of Liberal renewal among Quebec francophones.
And the second is an effort by Coderre, now the party's chief organizer and Ignatieff's Quebec lieutenant, to dislodge several other sitting MPs from safe Montreal-area seats to make way for star candidates who would be nominated by acclamation.
One of the incumbents on Coderre's hit list is none other than Stéphane Dion, a former leader of the party. Coderre thinks Dion should have the decency to disappear. Dion thinks Coderre and Ignatieff should treat him, as a former leader, with more respect. And he's right - they owe him, big time. Had it not been for the abortive Three Stooges coalition, and the infamous grainy video that followed, Dion wouldn't have been dumped as leader on the spot, and Ignatieff would have faced a competitive convention.
There are three other names and ridings on Coderre's list - Raymonde Falco from Laval-les-Iles, Lise Zarac from LaSalle-Emard and Bernard Patry from Pierrefonds-Dollard.
And all hell has broken loose inside the party.
The ugliest spat is between Cauchon and Coderre
Nasty antonia z
She's at it again. The Star really needs to get a watcher for her twitter account.
It's not the sort of creepy verbal trick I expected from a broadsheet Canadian newspaper journalist — until I got an email tipping me off to the fact that Antonia Zerbisias of the Toronto Star put this up on her Twitter feed: "MP Irwin Cotler's children join IDF. Which country are you loyal to, sir?"
Loyalty tests for a person's children? That's pretty disgusting, Antonia. Now why don't you use your Twitter feed to apologize. Or are you going to wait until your own newspaper slaps you down for yet another inappropriate attack on a Jewish public figure — like it did in July?
I think I see a pattern here. Just another example of how hatred of Israel is driving the once-respectable Canadian left stark raving batcrap.
It's not the sort of creepy verbal trick I expected from a broadsheet Canadian newspaper journalist — until I got an email tipping me off to the fact that Antonia Zerbisias of the Toronto Star put this up on her Twitter feed: "MP Irwin Cotler's children join IDF. Which country are you loyal to, sir?"
Loyalty tests for a person's children? That's pretty disgusting, Antonia. Now why don't you use your Twitter feed to apologize. Or are you going to wait until your own newspaper slaps you down for yet another inappropriate attack on a Jewish public figure — like it did in July?
I think I see a pattern here. Just another example of how hatred of Israel is driving the once-respectable Canadian left stark raving batcrap.
Dr Day on Healthcare
Dr Brian Day has another excellent defence of allowing private care into our healthcare system. In a word it will lead to competition and better outcomes.
It is understandable that some in the public system should fear competition from the private sector. But, strong, talented and accomplished executives will benefit from expanded opportunities for growth and development. Unions should recognize that increased investment and new resources will benefit not only patients, but also health-care workers. With government spending on health care rising at an unsustainable rate, and draining resources from other essential services, new sources of revenue are desperately needed.
In his Sept. 9 speech to the joint session of the U. S. Senate and Congress, President Barack Obama said, "I will not accept the status quo as a solution."
Canadians' fears of a private option are as irrational as U. S. fears of a public option. The European hybrid systems confirm this fact. It is time for our leaders to step forward and acknowledge that the status quo in Canada is also unacceptable.
It is understandable that some in the public system should fear competition from the private sector. But, strong, talented and accomplished executives will benefit from expanded opportunities for growth and development. Unions should recognize that increased investment and new resources will benefit not only patients, but also health-care workers. With government spending on health care rising at an unsustainable rate, and draining resources from other essential services, new sources of revenue are desperately needed.
In his Sept. 9 speech to the joint session of the U. S. Senate and Congress, President Barack Obama said, "I will not accept the status quo as a solution."
Canadians' fears of a private option are as irrational as U. S. fears of a public option. The European hybrid systems confirm this fact. It is time for our leaders to step forward and acknowledge that the status quo in Canada is also unacceptable.
A letter to the editor
The oldest son of two of my best friends published a letter to the editor. He loves to discuss politics with me. He happens to support the grits, but I will continue to try and sway him. He is a very bright and talented young man. Watch out for this young man, he may run the country one day.
Pedestrians beware
THE GAZETTESEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Re: "Canal path is for all" (Letters Aug. 31).
I would like to congratulate Matthew Dowie for recognizing that the Lachine Canal path is for cyclists, in-line skaters, and pedestrians. However, there are clear signs painted on the concrete indicating that there is a reserved lane for pedestrians to the side of the path for cyclists and in-line skaters.
I have had too many encounters with pedestrians walking on the bikeway as if they own it. Pedestrians should keep off the reserved lane for cyclists and skaters, especially if they think that there is "dangerous speeding" by "Tour de France wannabes."
Jacob Dawang
Westmount
Pedestrians beware
THE GAZETTESEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Re: "Canal path is for all" (Letters Aug. 31).
I would like to congratulate Matthew Dowie for recognizing that the Lachine Canal path is for cyclists, in-line skaters, and pedestrians. However, there are clear signs painted on the concrete indicating that there is a reserved lane for pedestrians to the side of the path for cyclists and in-line skaters.
I have had too many encounters with pedestrians walking on the bikeway as if they own it. Pedestrians should keep off the reserved lane for cyclists and skaters, especially if they think that there is "dangerous speeding" by "Tour de France wannabes."
Jacob Dawang
Westmount
Tafelmusik
My friend Paul gave me a ticket to see a Tafelmusik concert. It featured R.H. Thomson playing Ovid telling his stories of the ancient myths. It is an abbreviated version of a signature concert for Tafemusik. It took place in Trinity St Paul's United Church. It is a lovely church with very good acoustics. R. H. Thompson was a wonderful narrator. His narrative blended wonderfully with the beautifully performed baroque music. It was an enjoyable musical afternoon.
"Metamorphosis:
From Myth to Music."
proLogUe: Castor & poLLUX
entrée des astres (entrance of the stars) Jean-philippe rameau
tambourin
aCis & gaLatea
Menuet & prélude pour galatée Jean-Baptiste Lully
Marche & entrée de polipheme
passacaille
tambourin rameau
eCHo
sonata for three Violins in echo Biagio Marini
echo symphony (Fairy Queen) Henry purcell
pYgMaLion
ouverture rameau
air – gavotte – Minuet
pantomime
Contredanse
aLCYone
Bourée Marais
Marche pour les Matelots
tempeste
Chaconne
tambourins
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Changes at CFRB
Seems John Tory is the new afternoon host and John Moore is on in the morning. Bill Carroll moves to 9 am. I suspect that John Oakley will get even more listeners in the morning. John Tory will be an improvement in the afternoon. There will also be less call in segments. I think this bodes poorly for the station.
Legendary Toronto AM radio station CFRB is no more.
As part of the overhaul of the station, the call letters are gone, to be replaced by Newstalk 1010.
If you like history, you may not like this one.
The letters date back to 1927, and stood for Canada's First Radio Batteryless, for the radio tube Edward S. Rogers, father of Ted Rogers, invented that increased the popularity of broadcasting.
Legendary Toronto AM radio station CFRB is no more.
As part of the overhaul of the station, the call letters are gone, to be replaced by Newstalk 1010.
If you like history, you may not like this one.
The letters date back to 1927, and stood for Canada's First Radio Batteryless, for the radio tube Edward S. Rogers, father of Ted Rogers, invented that increased the popularity of broadcasting.
Climate Change on CBC
CBC's Radio Noon in Montreal today had an hour on the latest waste of time , the UN climate meeting. The usual suspects were on includong Stephane dion and the evr rude lizzie may. I had to call in. I am on after Lizzie. I expressed my view about how these conferences are a waste of time, money and energy . Click here to listen to the show on real player.
Equal justice
I despise those who harm children. The courts have been remarkably lenient on women who murder their children. Not this judge. This modern day medea will spend at least 33 years in prison. Quite remarkable for the United Kingdom.
On Tuesday Judge Mr Justice Bean imposed two mandatory life sentences and said Kumari-Baker should serve 33 years before being considered for parole.
During the two-week trial, jurors heard that Kumari-Baker attacked the girls in the early hours of June 13, 2007 as they slept at her home in Stretham, Cambridgeshire.
She first walked into Davina's bedroom and stabbed her eldest daughter 37 times, then moved into Jasmine's bedroom and stabbed her 29 times.
Evidence showed that Davina - whose body was found kneeling on the floor - had struggled. Jasmine was found dead in bed.
Kumari-Baker attacked the girls with two kitchen knives she bought at an Asda supermarket two days earlier, prosecutors said.
Jurors were told that Kumari-Baker was unhappy about a new relationship her ex-husband had entered into.
She was also upset by the break-up of her new relationship with boyfriend Jeff Powell.
Dan Cook on Outremont
I love Dan Cook's Blog. Outremont is my riding. Of course the best choice for Outremont is my friend Rodolphe Husny.
Rodolphe Husny: Outremont
Rodolphe J. Husny is a member of the Leaders Circle and was a delegate at
the Conservative Party Convention in Winnipeg in November 2008. Interested in
business development and politics, he joined the Junior Chamber of Commerce of
Montreal (JCCM) and the Regroupement des Jeunes Chambres de Commerce du Québec
(RJCCQ). He is a member of several economic organizations such as Young
Canadians in Finance (YCIF), the Fondation du Maire de Montréal pour la
Jeunesse, the Conseil des Relations Internationales de Montréal (CORIM), and
the Montreal Economic Institute (IEDM). He likes the cultural world and
contributes as a member of several museums in Montreal, the Ballet Jazz de
Montréal and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He joined the great social media
adventure with his blog www.rudyhusny.ca/blog. Mr. Husny is also candidate as
a Chartered Accountant (CA) and assists to a professional training session on
Audit (2006-2009). He was a certified runner of the Fédération Suisse de Ski.
Rodolphe Husny: Outremont
Rodolphe J. Husny is a member of the Leaders Circle and was a delegate at
the Conservative Party Convention in Winnipeg in November 2008. Interested in
business development and politics, he joined the Junior Chamber of Commerce of
Montreal (JCCM) and the Regroupement des Jeunes Chambres de Commerce du Québec
(RJCCQ). He is a member of several economic organizations such as Young
Canadians in Finance (YCIF), the Fondation du Maire de Montréal pour la
Jeunesse, the Conseil des Relations Internationales de Montréal (CORIM), and
the Montreal Economic Institute (IEDM). He likes the cultural world and
contributes as a member of several museums in Montreal, the Ballet Jazz de
Montréal and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He joined the great social media
adventure with his blog www.rudyhusny.ca/blog. Mr. Husny is also candidate as
a Chartered Accountant (CA) and assists to a professional training session on
Audit (2006-2009). He was a certified runner of the Fédération Suisse de Ski.
the post iggy period?
Lysiane Gagnon paints a pretty dark picture for the iggy grits. She points out that Jack Layton saved the grits. She writes about the post iggy era. The accidental tourist mem is firmly ensconced in her piece. She call him a visiting professor. She also paints a pretty bleak picture for the grits in Quebec.
Not only was the Liberal Party clearly not ready for an election, this time the Harper government had a real chance of obtaining a majority. The Conservatives are only 12 seats away from a majority, and all recent surveys showed them much ahead of the Liberals.
Of course, voters were angry at the Liberals for raising the prospect of an unnecessary election. But Mr. Harper has manoeuvred well these past few months. His government has positioned itself centre-right. Canada has sailed through an economic crisis that devastated most other developed countries. The government is delivering goodies – public works, EI reform, home-renovation programs. At long last, Mr. Harper is taking a more mature look at foreign policy by reigniting, for instance, relations with China. With an electorate increasingly fed up with minority governments, Mr. Harper was poised to make gains, enough maybe to reach a majority.
Meanwhile, Mr. Ignatieff still hasn't delivered on the promise of a renewed Liberal Party. While Mr. Harper spent the summer at work, Mr. Ignatieff vanished from the radar for most of the time. His speeches in Parliament are often lame, as were the first TV ads featuring him in a bucolic setting. His image is still blurred. He still looks like a visiting professor, unable to explain in concrete terms what exactly he would do to make Canada better, apart from high-speed rail between Quebec City and Windsor – a tired idea to be sure.
Not only was the Liberal Party clearly not ready for an election, this time the Harper government had a real chance of obtaining a majority. The Conservatives are only 12 seats away from a majority, and all recent surveys showed them much ahead of the Liberals.
Of course, voters were angry at the Liberals for raising the prospect of an unnecessary election. But Mr. Harper has manoeuvred well these past few months. His government has positioned itself centre-right. Canada has sailed through an economic crisis that devastated most other developed countries. The government is delivering goodies – public works, EI reform, home-renovation programs. At long last, Mr. Harper is taking a more mature look at foreign policy by reigniting, for instance, relations with China. With an electorate increasingly fed up with minority governments, Mr. Harper was poised to make gains, enough maybe to reach a majority.
Meanwhile, Mr. Ignatieff still hasn't delivered on the promise of a renewed Liberal Party. While Mr. Harper spent the summer at work, Mr. Ignatieff vanished from the radar for most of the time. His speeches in Parliament are often lame, as were the first TV ads featuring him in a bucolic setting. His image is still blurred. He still looks like a visiting professor, unable to explain in concrete terms what exactly he would do to make Canada better, apart from high-speed rail between Quebec City and Windsor – a tired idea to be sure.
vile vermin appeal
Matthew 18:6But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
These two pieces of excrement are appealing. I think the trial judge described them quite accurately. Of course clayton ruby plays the race card. Well the little boy, these monsters are convicted of killing, is also black. Where is the justice for him??? These two should die after very long lives, in prison.
During testimony in the 2002 trial, the court was told of numerous instances of abuses, including how Marcia Dooley, angry with Randal's inability to keep food down, forced the boy to eat his own vomit.
The presiding judge at the time, Superior Court Justice Eugene Ewaschuk, determined Marcia Dooley inflicted most of the beatings and was the one who murdered him.
During sentencing, Ewaschuk called Marcia Dooley "Randal Dooley's cruel and evil stepmother."
Ewaschuk called Tony Dooley a coward, saying the father chose deliberately to do nothing to prevent his son's death.
Defence lawyers admitted during the trial the couple abused the boy, but said that did not make them murderers.
These two pieces of excrement are appealing. I think the trial judge described them quite accurately. Of course clayton ruby plays the race card. Well the little boy, these monsters are convicted of killing, is also black. Where is the justice for him??? These two should die after very long lives, in prison.
During testimony in the 2002 trial, the court was told of numerous instances of abuses, including how Marcia Dooley, angry with Randal's inability to keep food down, forced the boy to eat his own vomit.
The presiding judge at the time, Superior Court Justice Eugene Ewaschuk, determined Marcia Dooley inflicted most of the beatings and was the one who murdered him.
During sentencing, Ewaschuk called Marcia Dooley "Randal Dooley's cruel and evil stepmother."
Ewaschuk called Tony Dooley a coward, saying the father chose deliberately to do nothing to prevent his son's death.
Defence lawyers admitted during the trial the couple abused the boy, but said that did not make them murderers.
Monday, September 21, 2009
empty iggy
Senior libs don't seem all that happy with their crowned leader iggy. iggy really didn't get the job done.
"He's put absolutely nothing on the table. It's just empty rhetoric," a top Liberal who supported Mr. Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) in both of his leadership campaigns told The Hill Times last week. "It's not enough to say, 'That in good times we're going to bring forward the progress...' If he goes into an election and doesn't really have anything substantive to put on the table, we're looking at a massacre."
And Chantal hebert is increasingly unimpressed, by the man who Stephane Dion beat to be grit leader.
Meanwhile, Toronto Star syndicated columnist Chantal Hébert said on last week's CBC TV The National's 'At Issue' panel said the Liberals should be concerned.
"There was Michael Ignatieff, supposedly in the pre-takeoff moment of an election campaign. His party has been going down and Mr. Harper has never been closer to majority territory than he has grown to and grown his lead to over the past three weeks, and that, if I were the Liberals, would be a huge source of trouble rather than the minor satisfaction of having turned the table on Jack Layton."
"He's put absolutely nothing on the table. It's just empty rhetoric," a top Liberal who supported Mr. Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) in both of his leadership campaigns told The Hill Times last week. "It's not enough to say, 'That in good times we're going to bring forward the progress...' If he goes into an election and doesn't really have anything substantive to put on the table, we're looking at a massacre."
And Chantal hebert is increasingly unimpressed, by the man who Stephane Dion beat to be grit leader.
Meanwhile, Toronto Star syndicated columnist Chantal Hébert said on last week's CBC TV The National's 'At Issue' panel said the Liberals should be concerned.
"There was Michael Ignatieff, supposedly in the pre-takeoff moment of an election campaign. His party has been going down and Mr. Harper has never been closer to majority territory than he has grown to and grown his lead to over the past three weeks, and that, if I were the Liberals, would be a huge source of trouble rather than the minor satisfaction of having turned the table on Jack Layton."
R.I.P. Irving Kristol
My deepest symapthies to Bill Kristol and his family on the loss of his father and mentor.
He was commonly known as the godfather of neoconservatism, even by those who were not entirely sure what the term meant. In probably his most widely quoted comment — his equivalent of Andy Warhol’s 15 minutes of fame — Mr. Kristol defined a neoconservative as a liberal who had been “mugged by reality.”
It was a description that summarized his experience in the 1960s, along with that of friends and associates like Daniel Bell, Nathan Glazer and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. New Deal Democrats all, they were social scientists who found themselves questioning many of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society ideas.
Mr. Kristol translated his concerns into a magazine. In 1965, with a $10,000 contribution from a wealthy acquaintance, he and Daniel Bell started The Public Interest. Its founding is generally considered the beginning of neoconservatism. “Something like a ‘movement’ took shape,” Mr. Kristol wrote, “with The Public Interest at (or near) the center.”
The Public Interest writers did not take issue with the ends of the Great Society so much as with the means, the “unintended consequences” of the Democrats’ good intentions. Welfare programs, they argued, were breeding a culture of dependency; affirmative action created social divisions and did damage to its supposed beneficiaries. They placed practicality ahead of ideals. “The legitimate question to ask about any program,” Mr. Kristol said, “is, ‘Will it work?’,” and the reforms of the 1960s and ’70s, he believed, were not working.
He was commonly known as the godfather of neoconservatism, even by those who were not entirely sure what the term meant. In probably his most widely quoted comment — his equivalent of Andy Warhol’s 15 minutes of fame — Mr. Kristol defined a neoconservative as a liberal who had been “mugged by reality.”
It was a description that summarized his experience in the 1960s, along with that of friends and associates like Daniel Bell, Nathan Glazer and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. New Deal Democrats all, they were social scientists who found themselves questioning many of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society ideas.
Mr. Kristol translated his concerns into a magazine. In 1965, with a $10,000 contribution from a wealthy acquaintance, he and Daniel Bell started The Public Interest. Its founding is generally considered the beginning of neoconservatism. “Something like a ‘movement’ took shape,” Mr. Kristol wrote, “with The Public Interest at (or near) the center.”
The Public Interest writers did not take issue with the ends of the Great Society so much as with the means, the “unintended consequences” of the Democrats’ good intentions. Welfare programs, they argued, were breeding a culture of dependency; affirmative action created social divisions and did damage to its supposed beneficiaries. They placed practicality ahead of ideals. “The legitimate question to ask about any program,” Mr. Kristol said, “is, ‘Will it work?’,” and the reforms of the 1960s and ’70s, he believed, were not working.
Victims of communism
HM Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney defends the victims of communism, while the friends of the commies, the dippers, heckle. (h/t)
Stop this
This is a stupid partisan move by holder. Maybe BO will listen to 7 former CIA directors.
Seven former Central Intelligence Agency directors lined up against Attorney General Eric Holder, who launched a criminal investigation into alleged abuses in the CIA’s interrogation program.
Seven former Central Intelligence Agency directors lined up against Attorney General Eric Holder, who launched a criminal investigation into alleged abuses in the CIA’s interrogation program.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
poor iggy
The economy is improving and Canadians are becoming bullish on the economy. The grits will be gnashing their teeth over this.
Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Canadians have become bullish on the country’s economic prospects for the first time since 2007, according to a poll by Nanos Research, adding to evidence a recovery is under way.
The share of Canadians who say they believe the economy will strengthen over the next six months rose to 45 percent, according to an advance copy of Nanos’s quarterly economic survey provided exclusively to Bloomberg News. That’s more than twice the 18 percent who predict the economy will weaken.
The results are consistent with recent data that suggest the economy has emerged from its recession this quarter, helping to fuel rallies in the country’s stock market and currency. Canadian wholesale sales, manufacturing sales and the index of leading indicators rose more than forecast last week, according to government reports, while home prices have risen to records this year.
Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Canadians have become bullish on the country’s economic prospects for the first time since 2007, according to a poll by Nanos Research, adding to evidence a recovery is under way.
The share of Canadians who say they believe the economy will strengthen over the next six months rose to 45 percent, according to an advance copy of Nanos’s quarterly economic survey provided exclusively to Bloomberg News. That’s more than twice the 18 percent who predict the economy will weaken.
The results are consistent with recent data that suggest the economy has emerged from its recession this quarter, helping to fuel rallies in the country’s stock market and currency. Canadian wholesale sales, manufacturing sales and the index of leading indicators rose more than forecast last week, according to government reports, while home prices have risen to records this year.
Climate Realism in Copenhagen
Looks like there will be a climate realist conference going on sat the same time as kyoto 2 in Copenhagen. It is being set up by one of the coalition partners of the Danish ruling coalition. Should be an interesting conference.
"There are many reasons for climate change. Amongst others, there is research that shows that the Sun's magnetic field has great significance. But that research is not included when the UN climate panel prepares reports that will form the basis of an agreement in Copenhagen, "said Morten Messerschmidt, Danish People's Party MEP, who will be moderator at the alternative summit.
"We are skeptical about the bias that is in the debate. Alternative theories are not publicised, researchers can not get their articles published, or find financing, and their views are being suppressed. It is unhealthy and the government is part of the establishment, which monopolizes the climate debate, "said Morten Messerschmidt, who hope the world press will come to the conference that will take place in Landstingssal at Christiansborg.
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"There are many reasons for climate change. Amongst others, there is research that shows that the Sun's magnetic field has great significance. But that research is not included when the UN climate panel prepares reports that will form the basis of an agreement in Copenhagen, "said Morten Messerschmidt, Danish People's Party MEP, who will be moderator at the alternative summit.
"We are skeptical about the bias that is in the debate. Alternative theories are not publicised, researchers can not get their articles published, or find financing, and their views are being suppressed. It is unhealthy and the government is part of the establishment, which monopolizes the climate debate, "said Morten Messerschmidt, who hope the world press will come to the conference that will take place in Landstingssal at Christiansborg.
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Antigone
I studied Antigone, the Jean Anouilh retelling of Sophocles, in French literature class in high school. I took French immersion. It was interesting to watch the Soulpepper production of the play. Antigone is the story of the daughter of Oedipus. It is a Greek Tragedy so pretty much everybody dies. It is the story of a single idealist who takes on the awesome power of the state.
I was absolutely blown away by the Soulpepper production . The acting particularly by R.H. Thompson( Creon) and Claire Calnan ( Antigone) and David Storch (Chorus) was stupendous. The lighting and set were ominous and fit in very well with the themes of the play. Overall, well worth seeing.
Most Anericans don't trust the media
I think much of the msm has an overt leftist bias. In the US the media malpractice during the last presidential election, and the ongoing obama worship is further evidence of how the press has become increasingly untrustworthy. This is an interesting survey from the Pew Research group. Seems nobody trusts the media.
The public’s assessment of the accuracy of news stories is now at its lowest level in more than two decades of Pew Research surveys, and Americans’ views of media bias and independence now match previous lows.
Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 63% say that news stories are often inaccurate. In the initial survey in this series about the news media’s performance in 1985, 55% said news stories were accurate while 34% said they were inaccurate. That percentage had fallen sharply by the late 1990s and has remained low over the last decade.
Similarly, only about a quarter (26%) now say that news organizations are careful that their reporting is not politically biased, compared with 60% who say news organizations are politically biased. And the percentages saying that news organizations are independent of powerful people and organizations (20%) or are willing to admit their mistakes (21%) now also match all-time lows.
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