More Notes From Underground: Kelly McParland Repeats Big Lie About Toronto
This was the most remarkable idiocy in an otherwise blisteringly stupid column about how Toronto doesn’t matter any more in Canadian politics: “Toronto’s political clout hasn’t disappeared altogether —...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Alex Himelfarb laments the Cons’ dismantling of a progressive state in Canada. But lest we lose all hope, Annie Lowrey reports on the Piketty/Saez economic...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Gerald Caplan looks at the principled leadership which Stephen Harper embarrassingly made into an attack on the NDP as an example what Canada desperately...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Michael Harris rightly points out that a steady stream of scandals and incompetence from the Cons says plenty about Stephen Harper’s own judgment (or lack...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Shed a tear for Rob Ford … or risk making a ‘red meat...
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone – as long as the person getting stoned is a conservative. Below: a typical strained pea conservative blubbers, although not in this case about the cruel...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Brian Gallant has a thin resume? Stephen Harper hasn’t held a...
New Brunswick Premier-designate Brian Gallant, grabbed from his campaign website. Below: Cranky old National Post opinion thingy Kelly McParland, age undetermined; Justin Trudeau, 42, getting off an...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Jim Stanford discusses how the Trans-Pacific Partnership is renegotiating NAFTA – and taking away what little Canada salvaged in that deal. And Jared Bernstein...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Thom Hartmann highlights how trickle-down economics have swamped the U.S.’ middle class: Creating a middle class is always a choice, and by embracing...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Caroline Plante reports on Quebec's scourge of medical extra-billing and user fees (as identified by its own Auditor General). And Aaron Derfel notes...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Former PC leadership candidate Richard Starke to UCP...
Photos: Vermilion-Lloydminster Progressive Conservative PC MLA and former Tory cabinet minister Richard Starke. (Photo from Dr. Starke’s Facebook page.) Below: Alberta conservative rivals and temporary...
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