Hello you. How are things? What have I missed? I didn’t see much news in the last couple of weeks but the headlines from the Chilcot Inquiry managed to waft their way to my holiday bolthole. Claire Short and former Foreign Office lawyer Elizabeth Wilmhurst may have got the applause but for me the stars of [...]
Elizabeth Edwards may add domestic violence to her divorce suit against her cheating husband, John, because he "beat" her, the National Enquirer reported.
Elizabeth Edwards may add domestic violence to her divorce suit against her cheating husband, John, because he "beat" her, the National Enquirer reported.
Evan Solomon's rather feeble CBC replacement show, replacing Don Newman's, has reached a new low; the totally dumb Elizabeth May now has a microphone to document her terrible concern that our Olympic athlete candidates are wracked with anxiety over their continuing subsidies from the Canadian taxpayers. Why should my taxes pay to support aspiring athletes? This simply seems absurd to me. We have an...
Folks from all parties packed the Hill Helps Haiti fundraiser organized by the government relations firm Summa Strategies. The event raised over $32,000. Below, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq (left) and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Gail Shea. . Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay. . Green leader Elizabeth May. . Labour Minister Lisa Raitt. . Liberal MP Justin Trudeau. . Jeancois Joseph from the Haitian...
I'm impressed that Crooked Timber's Henry Farrell took note of the ongoing controversy over the prorogation of Canada's parliament, asking blogger Tom Slee for a chronology of events. Early Jan. In an outbreak of slacktivism, thousands of people join the Facebook group Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament, who also have one of those old-fashioned website things here. The media, always happy for...
Time for my predictions for the future. Don't worry, they won't be weather related. The global warming religion is splitting into two as a result of the recent scandals engulfing by the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and I see that split accelerating, and ultimately causing a fundamental change to the global warming religion. On the one hand, you have the high priests...
Canadians should stop pretending our politics are driven by altruism – we are as money-obsessed as any other nation After prime minister Stephen Harper's prorogation of parliament in late December, many Canadians spent much of January expressing their displeasure about the decision. An Ekos poll released mid-month revealed the Conservative party's dip in popularity since Harper's decision to...
Though hardly of present quality, but a collection of articles from the past several days for those who have been without. All things equal there will be a regular Digest tomorrow, though at times I wonder if it would be missed. Joe ____________________ PROROGATION PAGE http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/prorogation/ Tory lead over Liberals all but evaporated, poll suggests Politicians score...
Interesting story but my sense is that this is just the usual internal Party squabbling. Notice how many of the quotes are from the infamous anonymous!!! http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html'id=2479718 Upheaval in Green party over May leadership Sunday, January 24, 2010  Deddeda Stemler for National Post Green party Leader Elizabeth May is facing increased criticism from...