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The Candidate: “What do we do now?”

That question is never answered in the movie: The Candidate. It is the final line of the film delivered by actor Robert Redford. The bad news for any serious political…

Trust In Trudeau

thescottross.blogspot.com January 7, 2013

Because Stephen Harper was a self-described “radical right-wing ideologue”, he was the only one who could make the conservatives more Liberal. Because Barack Obama was so anti-war, he was the…

Shaking Hands with the Devil You Think You Know….

cityprole October 19, 2012

While the Cons huff and puff and try to simply blow our House of Parliament down, let me play devil’s advocate here and rant about something that no one else…

How Do You Spend $375 Million A Day? Ask The Oil Industry

Farron Cousins July 29, 2012

oil-money.n.jpg The average U.S. household has seen both their net worth and their average income steadily decline over the last seven years. Unemployment in the United States still remains at…

Supply Management of Martha Hall Findlay’s Debt

thescottross.blogspot.com July 5, 2012

For Martha Hall Findlay the economics of Supply Management are simple; the economics of her 6 year overdue personal political loans, however, are apparently far more complex. Where Ms. Findlay…