For all the commentary Marco Rubio has managed to generate with his threat that Republicans may hate Amazon more than the workers seeking to organize it, nothing reflects the warped priorities of his party (and their Canadian cousins) than this passage: It is no fault of Amazon’s workers if they
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Alberta Politics: ANDREW WHO? Oh, wait! I grabbed the wrong picture from the file cabinet!
PHOTOS: Andrew Scheer … I mean Joe Clark, a then-almost-unknown MP from Alberta, celebrates his victory in the Tory party leadership contest with his wife, Maureen McTeer, on Feb. 22, 1976. (Photo: Toronto Public Library.) The real Andrew Scheer, seen below, an almost-unknown MP from Saskatchewan, was doing the same
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Right-Wing Umbrage
The right wing seems to have its knickers perpetually in a twist. It’s amazing any of them ever make it to adulthood, what with all that adrenaline-fueled outrage.Recommend this Post
Continue readingAlberta Politics: St. Albert-Edmonton Conservative candidate Michael Cooper must clearly state his position on women’s reproductive rights
PHOTOS: St. Albert-Edmonton Conservative candidate Michael Cooper, centre, with former Alberta Justice Minister Jonathan Denis, left, and Employment Minister Pierre Pollievre in a photo grabbed from Mr. Cooper’s campaign website. Below: A shot of Mr. Cooper snapped on my doorstep when he turned up campaigning for the Conservative nomination. ST.
Continue readingCalgary Grit: Marco Rubio Attacks Marco Rubio’s Flawed Immigration Bill
Republican Presidential candidates have a habit of bursting into flames, and Marco Rubio is looking mighty flammable these days. Marco Rubio indicates he won’t vote for own immigration bill without changes In an interview on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Tuesday night, Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio indicated that he
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Rube, Rube, Rubio
Maybe they should have stuck with Bobby Jindal. Up and coming Republican Marco Rubio of Florida was picked to give the GOP rebuttal to president Obama’s State of the Union speech this week. Rubio showed how quickly he was able to shed his lizard skin for the sake of a
Continue readingDeath By Trolley: Massive Republican Revival On Horizon?
Please indulge a bit of educated speculation. Throughout President Obama’s first term many economists have predicted another major economic crisis as big or bigger than 2008 in the not-too-distant future. Proposed contributing factors include the massive debt held be several European countries and toothless financial reform in America. Regarding the
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