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Thanks, but no Thanks
I’d say that falls into the category of “Headlines Stephen Harper doesn’t want to see” (along with “Rob Anders to go on national speaking tour” and any headline with the words “Helena Guergis” in it). And the Star’s choice of the sub headline “15,000 rally in Ottawa to praise Harper for picking up where George […]
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This Week in Alberta – The Liberal Accountability Act
The Alberta Liberal Party’s annual convention will be going on in Edmonton this weekend (featuring Warren Kinsella) – in anticipation of it, Daveberta and Calgary Liberal have offered their take on the state of the ALP. The ALP also made some news this week, by releasing their “12 Step Clean Government Initiative“. Here are the […]
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Calgary Grit Live
I was on the Michael Coren Show’s blogging panel this Tuesday – also representing the left was Big City Lib, with Fildebrandt representing the right, and Strictly Right providing a voice for those who feel Sarah Palin’s a commie. You can watch the full video here.
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Maybe the cocaine fairy left it in his car
You’ve probably seen it by now, but you can watch last night’s Mansbridge interview with Helena Guergis here. In it, a soft spoken and visibly shaken Guergis presents herself as being completely trusting of her husband and completely in the dark as to what’s been going on and how cocaine found it’s way into Jaffer’s […]
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Conservatives take power through undemocratic coalition
Cameron strikes a deal with the Lib Dems, giving them 5 Cabinet positions and (I assume) a referendum on PR. The moral of this, if you want one, is that there’s nothing inherently evil about coalition governments. In this case, it made a lot of sense. Back when Dion tried it, it really didn’t it. […]
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Michael Ignatieff’s Fallback Plan?
Gordon Brown resigns – Labour leadership race to follow
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Monday Quick Hits
1. The Hill Times has released their annual MP survey. John Baird and Bob Rae do well in the more meaningful categories, while Rona Ambrose and Pablo Rodriguez continue their dominance in the “best hair” category. Rona is also on top for sexiest woman, with Helena and Ruby falling off the list after a difficult […]
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Insert Overhyped Headline Here
Can Computers Replace Journalists?By FREAKONOMICS New software developed by computer science and journalism professors at Northwestern University, and licensed and distributed by Narrative Science of Evanston, Ill., may be bad news for some writers. The software can generate news stories from hard data inputs. ”There’s no human author and no human editing,” says Stuart Frankel, […]
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Cutting her Loose
It’s official: Tories drop Guergis as riding candidate The Conservative Party’s National Council has bounced Helena Guergis as the nominated candidate for Simcoe-Grey, CTV News has learned. She was informed of the decision Wednesday afternoon, as was her riding association, CTV Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife reported. Sources told CTV News that Guergis was removed […]
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Stephen Harper: Role Model
With the UK election set for tomorrow, in true Canadian style, we’ve seen a last gasp “stop the Conservatives” strategic voting pitch being tossed out by Labour. Not a bad play on their part since I suspect voters would tend to overestimate their local Labour candidate’s chances and underestimate their local LibDems’. But even if […]