So, What in Hell Does Justin Do Now?
This is another fine mess he’s created. He tried to help Rachel as much as he could but she’s out, bumped off by the bete noire of Western conservatism, Jason…
scandals
Wynne suing Hudak is hardly going to help her
The de facto practice of being a politician is to not so subtly imply all manner of scandalous inanities about one’s opponents. When there is an actual underlying scandal, the…
Turbulence
Back in 2008, myself and a couple of young Liberals launched “Edspedia.ca“, a mock website to poke fun at some eyebrow raising travel expenses by members of the Ed Stelmach…
Ten phrases that need to die in 2014.
All lists start with a bottle of scotch, a dash of politics, and a bit of pent up frustration. This is one of those lists. 1). “____ should resign.” Be…
An Interesting Analysis Of The Recent Scandals
In reading the following article from Global Research: The “Scandalization” of Canadian Politics: The Hard Truths of Neoliberal Conservatism, I found myself agreeing with the author on some points, but…
Stephen Harper and scandals
Senate scandal and his friend Rob Ford keeps people entertained with his shenanigans.
I have lost interest in politics
The following cowboy has succeeded to turn me off of politics – Senate scandal and now his buddy Rob Ford is in the news again. This time the video, Ford…
Stephen Harper: Will he fade away by 2015
All the scandals: Senate, robocalls, secretive government, all that pro-roguing…. Has his time come and come 2015 he will lose elections and Cons will choose a new leader? Or he…
Mike Duffy is about to explode
Would he take Harper with him?
On the Limits of Scandalmongering, or Why I Don’t Care About Rob Ford’s Alleged Crack Use
For all my political ideals and self-conceptualizations, I cannot for the life of me seem to get myself more than superficially interested in the scandals that plague the holders of…
Cone of Silence
Rob Ford and Stephen Harper are about as different as two politicians can be, but the one thing they have in common is an uncanny ability to brush off scandals…
Robocon
The first charges in the Robocon Scandal have been laid against Michael Sona. Most interesting in this, is that Sona’s lawyer has signalled they intend to shift the blame to…
The Purpose of a Political Party
A political party has one purpose. It is a service organization. And it serves the public. Everything else is secondary. A political party is focused on its relationship with the…
Smoking Gun
Fresh off the Daryl Katz scandal, Alison Redford is again in hot water: The issue centres on a giant lawsuit launched by the province against the tobacco industry. The province…
General Walter Natynczyk and Peter MacKay
From the Toronto Star: “….the Conservative government was behind a plot to damage his reputation when reports emerged last fall that he had used a Challenger jet to join his…
Staffers Dropping Like Flies
That makes two staffers now – one from the Cons, one from us – to resign in less than week as rumours of misconduct and so on swirl about. Amazing.…