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A British National Party EU MP sums up climategate quite nicely, right here.Take note of the last sentence on the site, I think is extremely important and something we should seriously think about."The threat to national sovereignty and the prosperity of all in the developed world from the United Nations cannot be overstated." With the exception of Maxime Bernier, I wish more of our global war

Chasing Apple Pie | posted 14 minutes ago

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Friday Night Funnies: Irish DUI Test

You know you have had enough of winter when you see this:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Patton staggered home very late after another evening with his drinking buddy, Paddy. He took off his shoes to avoid waking his wife, Kathleen. He tiptoed as quietly as he could toward the stairs leading to their upstairs bedroom, but misjudged the bottom s

Climbing out of the dark | posted 9 hours ago

How can Parliament work if the Liberals don't show up?

The Iceman made an interesting comment over at the Phantoms place that got me thinking thoughts.Iceman: "Half a million Canadians voted for one of the abstainers. Half a million Canadians who went to the polls to vote for a representative, and that representative was absent on the most important legislative vote of the year."....Half a million! Wow, that is one hell of a lot of Liberal vote

Alberta Ardvark | posted 9 hours ago

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Ed Stelmach Backtracks on the Royalty Framework

It's about time the Premier lowered royalty rates for the oil industry. He shouldn't have touched them in the first place.Since he raised them couple of years ago, thousands of jobs have been lost, revenues for the government was drastically reduced etc. in turn every sector has suffered. He believed Albertans were not getting "our fair share." (wasn't how I felt btw.) So he went abo

Chasing Apple Pie | posted 19 hours ago

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Gibbs Finally Donns Team Canada Jersey

Took long enough! Kinda looks good on him though, don't you think?Gibbs wears Canadian hockey jersey to pay off Olympic betWhite House press secretary Robert Gibbs was a good sport today as he modeled a Team Canada hockey jersey at his briefing, paying off a bet placed on the Olympic gold medal hockey game last month. "This does signal casual Friday at the White House," Gibbs joked, turning

Chasing Apple Pie | posted 19 hours ago

Alberta's Royalty Review.. no Magic Pill

Yesterday our Premier, Ed Stelmach, announced amendments to Alberta's oil and gas royalty structure, essentially a review of the royalty changes implemented before the world economy collapsed and oil and gas prices fell dramatically.The verdict?Well, having spoken to the Premier on several occasions, my impression is that he is truly a sincere man who wishes to do his best to assist our Province

Searching for Liberty | posted 22 hours ago

And in local news: NDP MP Linda Duncan is upset...

Linda Duncan the NDP MP for Edmonton-Strathcona is upset. She is upset that conservatives in Alberta want to win back her riding and are, gasp, holding fundraisers for the conservative candidate Ryan Hastman. Oh my, those evil conservatives will stop at nothing to target helpless little ol' Linda.You can read the article here, but there is more to this story than what you read.First off the art

Alberta Ardvark | posted 23 hours ago

Does Mr. Iffy and the Liberals Have Any Original Ideas?

One wonders if Mr. Iffy and his party can actually come up with any real original ideas. For instance,you had Mr. Iffy proposing EI reform ideas that he adopted from the Dippers. OTTAWA - Liberal and Bloc Quebecois MPs plan to unite this week behind a New Democratic Party bill aimed at increasing pressure on the government to standardize employment insurance eligibility across Canada. The bill w

Chasing Apple Pie | posted 23 hours ago

CO2 = Air Fertilization!! I Love That Term!

One of these things isn't like the others, can you spot which one? I can spot which one it is, too bad environmentalists can't spot the three true pollutants.Asbestos:Quebec urged to end asbestos exports'Virtually all Quebec's asbestos is exported to developing countries, where protections are few and awareness of hazards are non-existent,'— Letter from international group of scientists to

Climbing out of the dark | posted 1 day ago

Could Amazon be the first of many bringing jobs to Canada?

Amazon.com is looking to open a new Distribution Centre here in Canada, if Canadian Heritage allows for it. Canadian Heritage has 45 days to complete the review launched Jan. 27, but it could be extended by another 30 days if needed. Walid Hejazi, a professor of international business at the University of Toronto, said he believes the [...]

ThePolitic.com | posted 1 day ago

canadian heritage, distribution centre, university of toronto, amazon, international business, canada

National Post story on Warman v. Levant nuisance suit

Here's a story in today's National Post about Richard Warman's nuisance lawsuits against me -- part of the larger lawfare campaign waged against me by radical Muslim activists, their Canadian Human Rights Commission collaborators, and even some Official Jews like Bernie "Burny" Farber of the Canadian Jewish Congress: Free-speech blogger Ezra Levant has accused anti-hate activist Richa

Ezra Levant | posted 1 day ago

For the Liberals, MP means Missing Parliamentarian!

So, below is a list of all those Liberal MP’s who did not show up for work, or were directed not to by their unelected leader when it came time to vote on the Budget [h/t to Alberta Ardvark & The Phantom Observer]: MP = Missing Parliamentarian Bagnell, Larry – MP – for Yukon, Yukon Bennett, Carolyn – [...]

ThePolitic.com | posted 1 day ago

liberal mp, ardvark, parliamentarian, yukon, budget

Tories Ready to Trample on Rights to Catch a Few Drunk Drivers

Is this what the Conservatives mean when they say they’re tough on crime? The Harper government appears ready to move ahead on legalizing random roadside breath testing, which a new federal discussion paper says has produced “remarkable results” in catching drunk drivers in other countries. In a rare move, the federal government has posted [...]

ThePolitic.com | posted 1 day ago

rare move, remarkable results, drunk drivers, discussion paper, conservatives, federal government

PM Harper, Is a Doer

PM Harper is a doer not just a talker. He doesn't fill space with empty rhetoric like the Liberals generally do. He gets things done!The usual Liberal friendly journalist, Lawrence Martin of the Globe and Mail points out how the PM has a vision and is quietly enacting it and how it's the Liberals that are the lost ones without a vision.Not one for fancy phrases, Mr. Harper has never articulate

Chasing Apple Pie | posted 1 day ago

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Salty!

I have heard a lot over the past year or so regarding New York's possible bill passing to reduce salt in restaurants, etc. I know that a lot of people eat too much salt - but that is their choice. I rarely eat out at restaurants and don't buy a lot of ready-made foods to cook at home because for 1, it gets very expensive, and 2, I know that a lot of additives tend to go in and I have high BP so

Random Musings of a Tormented Mind | posted 2 days ago

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..the Problems of a Few Little Ducks

Did you see the picture of the dying Swann?David Swann and Brian Mason are all up in arms because the Premier of Alberta apparently didn't look the pictures of ducks covered in goo.I have a more important question to put to the Liberal and NDP parties in Alberta: Have you looked a the picture of your parties mired in the muck and drowing in obscurity because you can't articulate any p

Searching for Liberty | posted 2 days ago

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Sometimes It's The Small Things....

That makes your heart sing!For once Air Canada gets something right for it's customers, or because of it's customers demands!Air Canada flight idled for Olympic hockey fansVANCOUVER — Travellers the world over know the pains of flight delays - due to fog, weather, late pilots, or just plain busy airports.But only in Canada would a flight get delayed for a hockey game.Air Canada president Calin

Climbing out of the dark | posted 2 days ago

The 29 Liberal MPs that Ignatieff would not let do their job.

29 Liberals were absent from Parliament for a confidence vote on the budget earlier tonight.29 Liberals were not there to do their job and represent the people who elected them to office, which is a bit ironic considering their biggest complaint over prorogation was that they were not allowed to do their job, in Ottawa, in Parliament.Here are the Liberals that did, either by choice or by being tol

Alberta Ardvark | posted 2 days ago

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Our Health Care System Needs Reform

The Obama administration seems to be ramming through a health care system like ours that the American people don't want.They should think twice. Our costs are skyrocketing and unsustainable while the quality of care is depleting. . Look at a new Ipsos Reid opinion poll.Six in Ten (59%) Say Canadian Healthcare System Is Not Sustainable Because of Costs" Toronto, ON – The majority of Canadians

Chasing Apple Pie | posted 2 days ago

The Iffy Alternative.

Michael Ignatieff : “They’ve (Canadians) [Interesting that Ignatieff uses 'they've' instead of 'we've' * here.] had three or four elections and they’ve told me as clear as can be: ‘Listen up, Ignatieff, we don’t want an election, we want an alternative’ -- and that’s what I’m doing,”Here is just the latest example of 'what he is doing'.Ignatieff and the Liberal Party did

Alberta Ardvark | posted 3 days ago

Thoughts on the Rahim Jaffer story.

A couple of thoughts on the Rahim Jaffer story from yesterday.First off, Anita Neville or anyone else too stupid not to know the difference between what is a Provincial and a Federal matter, the entire thing was handled by the authorities of Ontario. He was stopped by the OPP, was prosecuted by the Ontario Crown, and judged by an Ontario appointee to the bench. The federal government had absolutel

Alberta Ardvark | posted 3 days ago

Too Much Time On Their Hands!

I already miss the proroguing of Parliament. I haven't been able to watch QP this week, but I don't really need to because it's just back to the same garbage as before Christmas. It's time for MP's to take a look at their responsibilities. First and foremost, they need to listen to their constituents. We don't need 308 MP's going to Ottawa to argue about this bill or that. We have too many

Climbing out of the dark | posted 3 days ago

I’m Loving It

My Open Range column from the February 2010 issue of Alberta Venture magazine: Self-employment is disparaged as something less than a job. It shouldn’t be “I’ll tell ya, by the end of the last semester, one-third of my MBA class had become ‘entrepreneurs,’” the young robotics genius cackled as we rode a chair-lift on a snowy day [...]

Dr. J and Mr. K | posted 3 days ago

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The "Evoke" Game - Are YOU Up for Saving the World?

So.Interesting little webproject - "Evoke".It asks people to join and engage in a "game" which requires them to put their mind to solutions to broad world problems, to create a sort of facebook-style page for themselves and then move through a series of challenges requiring them to become quasi-comicbook "heroes" by providing creative solutions to their "missions". The project is funded by

Searching for Liberty | posted 4 days ago

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Dosanjh makes more baseless accusations against our troops

Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh just can't help himself when it comes to smearing our Canadian Forces. Yesterday he went on the CBC to imply that our soldiers "ordered the torture" of Taliban terrorists and "sent people to torture" -- or at the very least consented to that happening. It's all very vague -- Dosanjh is building accusations on rumours, so it's all a product of his own fervid im

Ezra Levant | posted 4 days ago

Bob Chiarelli is a Zombie

That’s the only way I can explain the fact that his political career just won’t die. From 1987 to 1997, Ottawa suffered through Mr. Chiarelli’s reign as an MPP. His time at Queen’s Park was undistinguished, and ended when Mr. Chiarelli resigned and returned to Ottawa to deal with a family tragedy. Soon after, he settled [...]

ThePolitic.com | posted 4 days ago

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Through His Pain, He Shows Maturity!

When I read this, I was sad for his loss, but his response to what had happened showed what a caring brother he was, and how hard it was to help his brother. I have a huge amount of respect for how he is handling a very bad situation. Don't blame cops: brother of man shot WINNIPEG -- A brother of 28-year-old Eric Daniels, who was shot by Winnipeg police Saturday night in the West End while brandi

Climbing out of the dark | posted 4 days ago

The Problem With the Palin Hypocrisy Angle on Healthcare

Tonight the US is abuzz with the revelation that former GOP Veep candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin had traveled across the Alaska-Yukon border to utilize the Canadian health care system in the fine northwestern territory. We Canadians have long understood that many of our home-grown journalists get snatched by the big American media [...]

ThePolitic.com | posted 4 days ago

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I Write On My Hands Too

I scribble on my hand when I have something particularly important to remember.... does that mean I should be plastered across the media for being a dufus? I have been watching a few news clips (like on HLN News earlier tonight) showing Sarah Palin with notes on her hands at various times. I saw a clip of Palin on Leno poking fun at herself, etc etc. But seriously, what's the big deal? I saw some

Random Musings of a Tormented Mind | posted 4 days ago

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Retiring Boomers should pave the way to 0% unemployment. Right?

So, TD Bank is saying that retiring baby boomers will disrupt the economy. My first thought? Duh! This was followed shortly by the thought that the massive vacuum in the employment sector should, in theory, mean the end of unemployment. Right? Yeah, I’m not so sure about it either. However, it will be an interesting test on [...]

ThePolitic.com | posted 4 days ago

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Day to cut 245 patronage posts

Newly appointed Treasury Board President, Stockwell Day, is going to cut 245 patronage positions, many of which are currently vacant.Now here's the typical NDP-socialist spin for always wanting a bigger government for no other reason than to have a bigger government that we can't afford:New Democrat MP Pat Martin, the party's Treasury Board critic, said he expects the cuts to be the first of m

Hatrocks Cave | posted 4 days ago

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Sports Analogy for Good Government

In political debate, good analogies are worth entire books of reasoned argument. On the Acton Institute’s Powerblog today, a great analogy for good government: Fans of various sports, basketball for instance, know that the best games are typically the ones in which you do not notice the referees. Yes, the referees are there, making calls when

Nicholas Gafuik Online | posted 4 days ago

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Sports Analogy for Good Government

In political debate, good analogies are worth more than entire books of reasoned argument. On the Acton Institute’s Powerblog today, a great analogy for good government: Fans of various sports, basketball for instance, know that the best games are typically the ones in which you do not notice the referees. Yes, the referees are there, making

Nicholas Gafuik Online | posted 4 days ago

acton institute, powerblog, political debate, analogies, best games, referees, analogy, basketball, sports

Fire. Them. All.

Hmm.So, a group of 2nd grade school children in Los Angeles just had a sudden, joint, idea to write letters to their governor, whose name they either don't even know or don't know how to pronounce.Seriously.A group of teachers and their administrator decide to start the political brainwashing early, and enlist these children to help them. If I were the Governor, I know the response I would

Searching for Liberty | posted 5 days ago

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Throwing away the crossword puzzle

What do you do when you have just filled in the crossword puzzle? You toss it away with complete lack of interest, right? Up to that moment, you have been obsessed with every letter. Up to that moment, you have been spending hours, over the course of days perhaps, decoding. Then poof! A sudden change [...]

Barrel Strength | posted 5 days ago

crossword puzzle, lack of interest, poof, sudden change

Iggy Approved The Money!

My new hero..... Bigcitylib. An honest post that deserves recognition.Torture Whistle Blower's Carr Center Position Was Funded By Tobacco Company Front Group--And Iggy Approved The Money!He is getting a hard time in the comments so why not stoke the fire a bit. Hey Stephen, maybe we should add BCL to the BT aggregator >=)

Alberta Ardvark | posted 5 days ago

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Is It Time to End Question Period?

Monte Solberg questions the validity of Question Period. I happen to agree with him. I used watch question period but I come to see it as nothing but mudslinging temper tantrum session. Each trying to get in their 15 second sound bite for the next news cycle. Each trying to score political points. The opposition and the media use it always to embarrass the government. That's why I don't watch

Chasing Apple Pie | posted 5 days ago

Craig Oliver Plays The Owl!

CTV's Craig Oliver goes on the attack, sort of....Oliver looks like an owl with his glasses, and he was very confrontational towards Minister Day. I don't know if he thought he was scoring points but he came across as just plain rude. Minister Day calmly answered his questions and made Oliver look like a fool. The supposedly big scandal of the day is that Flaherty used a government plane. Okay,

Climbing out of the dark | posted 5 days ago

A Great Poem and a hat- tip to Colin

As is my habit I like to write about my walks wherever I happen to be. I admit to being awed, puzzled by and frequently in the thrall of nature. I can't help but ask the "why" question when I'm out in it's midst. A couple of posts ago I wrote what I thought was kind of a fun little poem on my berry about a berry, while in Nose Hill Park (I was out there again this morning too). I enjoy poetry

Monte Solberg | posted 5 days ago

First things

I'm cooling my heels in the Edmonton airport, just arrived from Calgary and soon to be departing for Toronto. Yes, it is an odd way to fly to Toronto but if I explained the back story I'd weep bitterly, so I won't. Anyway, this is the week when conservatives and libertarian types gather for the Institute for Marriage and the Family Canada and Manning Centre conferences. They are preceded by the

Monte Solberg | posted 5 days ago

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