Daily Archives: December 7, 2008
And Then There Were Two…
Looks like it’s down to Bob and Iggy according to reports. Hey, that coin toss notion seems like a more practicable idea all the time.
Filed under Liberal Leadership Race
The New “Mr. Dithers”?
I’m not suggesting that’s a fair characterization of Michael Ignatieff, but it’s one that Craig Oliver attempted to apply to him on today’s Question Period. Oliver seemed a little frustrated that he couldn’t manage to get Ignatieff to go out … Continue reading
Filed under Liberal Leadership Race
Bob Rae: Selling the Coalition
Bob Rae talking with Evan Solomon on CBC’s News Sunday program and to Jane Taber on CTV’s Question Period about the coalition, the failure of the Harper government, and the future of the Liberal leadership.
Filed under Liberal Leadership Race
100 Words
This curious addendum to an article in the Ottawa Citizen about petty infighting over the now infamously “botched” video response Dion made to PM Stephen Harper’s five minute address to the nation has an inadvertently poetic quality to it. A … Continue reading
Filed under Liberal Party of Canada, Stéphane Dion
Fiddleris Moronicus
Aside from all of the shameful and, quite frankly, embarrassing shenanigans that have been taking place on Parliament Hill since the last session (briefly) opened until it was prorogued for the better part of two months, the true extent of … Continue reading
“Drunk French Commies”
That’s how one commenter on YouTube described the coalition supporters protesting at Nathan Philips Square yesterday. Keep it classy, Conservatives! Speaking of classy: From the comments we learn that “SDA’s horde of mouthbreathers are posting photos and threatening to identify, … Continue reading
Filed under Conservative Party of Canada
Tales of the Free Market
CNN’s Michael Ware investigates a worker “prison camp” in Iraq run by Najlaa International Catering Services, a Kuwaiti subcontractor to American war profiteer KBR. Truthout has more details on this appalling story of exploitation.
