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Swedish cosmetics firm tries to topple Iranian regime....

Ahhh...my kind of cosmetics company...Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi accused Swedish cosmetics firm Oriflame on Saturday of trying to harm Iran's security after five of its employees were arrested amid allegations of espionage."Oriflame intended to fight the (Iranian) system. There are no economic reasons behind the company," Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi was quoted by state televi

GayandRight | more | posted 4 days ago | @gayandright

Paul Wells’ arrogance on display once again

Only Paul Wells knows what is news…just ask him. Yesterday, he was all in a Twitter about John Geddes’ article on Vancouver’s Insight drug injection centre: “Yes, I’m still beating the drums for our piece on the RCMP Insite cover-up. It’s that significant. http://bit.ly/aDDFZg” “What you see in our InSite story isn’t just a gov’t [...]

BC Blue | more | posted August 23rd | @bcbluecon

john geddes, paul wells, t paul, twitter, rcmp, arrogance, drums, vancouver, insight, drug injection

Premier Stelmach Wins the Lottery!

Let me present you with Alberta's newest millionaire. It's non other than our dear Premier. He has won $1,004,000 from yes, you and me the hardworking taxpayer. He and others will get a nice little sum when they leave the legislature whether they quit on their own or are defeated next election which is scheduled to take place by 2012. Ed Stelmach. $1,004,000. Now, a million-dollar m

Chasing Apple Pie | more | posted August 9th

Quebec bureaucracy

Quebec has more bureaucrats per citizen than almost all other Canadian and most American jurisdictions. More bureacrats , more silly rules and regulations. After all they have to justify their existence. The latest is their attempts to close a private school a few weeks before schools reopen. Their crime crimes against petty bureacratic regulations which help no one. Quebec , like Canada needs tma

Dr Roy | more | posted August 4th | @eapr9

Under New Management 18 months and No Specifics.

Image via Wikipedia M.I.A: Liberal Platform, specific ideas If arrogance was an award, Ignatieff would be the undisputed world champion. Is this his fifth or six tour trying to connect with the... Satire, Federal Politics, Canadian Politics

Canadiansense | more | posted August 3rd

undisputed world champion, liberal platform, federal politics, canadian politics, new management, wikipedia, arrogance, specifics, nif

BC Liberal Arrogance Reaches Event Horizon

Perhaps the greatest single motivation pushing people in British Columbia to oppose the HST isn’t that they know anything about it, what it will do, or how it will affect them. It’s that ever since they heard the “surprise” announcement that it would be implemented without debate or discussion last summer, we all knew the [...]

Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted July 7th | @unambig

event horizon, hst, british columbia, arrogance, motivation, surprise, inevitability

Lorne Gunter and the grit elites

As someone who has supported the Tories since I was 16, I am amused to read about disillusioned grits. Indeed people like my friend HM Minister of Citizenship and immigration, Jason Kenney and columnist Lorne Gunter used to be grits. Gunter today has a piece on grit arrogance and pandering to the elites. An excellent article. From Pearson to Ignatieff, the party of elitism TwitterFacebookLink

Dr Roy | more | posted July 7th | @eapr9

citizenship and immigration, minister of citizenship and immigration, lorne gunter, jason kenney, grits, elites, trudeau, pamphlets, arrogance, tories, big time, chief of staff, columnist, pearson, hometown, national youth council

What is Wrong with the GG's Husband?

Where does he get the nerve? Governor General Michaelle Jean's husband Jean-Daniel Lafond had the audacity to suggest that the Queen shouldn't stay at Rideau Hall but should instead stay at hotel. Was she supposed to find a room at the Travelodge or Super 8? OTTAWA – Jean-Daniel Lafond didn’t want the Queen to bunk at Rideau Hall when the monarch visited the nation’s c

Chasing Apple Pie | more | posted July 7th

jean daniel lafond, governor general michaelle jean, princess elizabeth, rideau hall, odd request, audacity, arrogance, digs, majesty, monarch, travelodge, jerk, gg, super 8, nerve, gig, ottawa, queen, job

What McGuinty can do with his ‘Strong Medicine’

Well I’ll leave that up to your imagination. However, Dalton McGuinty’s arrogance clearly knows no bounds. I do wish that the Ontarians who blindly vote Liberal time after time please consider trying to wean yourselves off your addiction. Please? It’s strong medicine but it’s for your own good. And mine.

Blue Like You | more | posted June 23rd | @joannebly

dalton mcguinty, strong medicine, time after time, arrogance, addiction, imagination, medicine

“Liberal Arrogance” Is A Redundant Noun

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, a man who knows all about looking into cameras and lying about taxes, stood in front of another one this week in order to launch a TV spot trying to sell the hated HST. Like his BC Liberal cousins, Dalton has been having a difficult time selling the idea that it’s [...]

Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted June 22nd | @unambig

tv spot, hst, arrogance, dalton, cousins, noun, cameras

Mulroney Stinks. It's That Simple.

Well.Shock of shock.The Oliphant Inquiry has completed with a finding that taking large sums of cash in paper bags from a greasy arms dealer, was "inappropriate".To think that Brian Mulroney had the arrogance to actually sue the Government for defamation is so grotesque that it's all I can do to keep from vomiting.Fortunately, with the close of the inquiry, Mulroney's reputation, his legacy, h

Searching for Liberty | more | posted June 1st

brian mulroney, paper bags, arrogance, defamation, sums, shock, reputation, legacy

Three Words to Describe Ignatieff

If you could choose three words to describe Liberal leader Mike Ignatieff, which would you pick? Something perhaps like "bad luck harbinger" or maybe "ignorance is bliss"? I would like to turn this question into a webpoll, but first I'd prefer to harvest some ideas. So far my own nominations include: 1) Foolhardy arrogance personified 2) Blind to Canada 3) Getting bad advice 4) Impudent di

The Iceman | more | posted May 25th | @pragmatictory

liberal leader, ignorance is bliss, bad advice, harbinger, bad luck, arrogance, crusader, dissent, canada

Liberal vision of Canada does not include Conservatives

Liberal arrogance and entitlement always amazes me. We have five main political parties in Canada, the Conservatives, the Liberals, the NDP, the Greens and the Bloc in Quebec. Yet, to some Liberals, the only acceptable political parties are Liberals and NDP — what Glen Wheeler refers to as “progressives.” A labour lawyer and member of the […]

Just Politics | more | posted May 25th | @sandycrux

labour lawyer, political parties in canada, glen wheeler, progressives, arrogance, liberals, conservatives, bloc, greens, quebec

National Post: B.C. Anti-HST Campaign On Verge Of Victory

My newest entry in the National Post is about the HST again, but it’s also on the subject of the BC Liberals and their latest act of supreme arrogance: Things have not gone well for the BC Liberal party since the end of an Olympic Games that Premier Gordon Campbell had hoped would restore some support. [...]

Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted May 24th | @unambig

bc liberal party, premier gordon campbell, bc liberals, hst, olympic games, arrogance, verge, victory

It's Time To Ignore Michael Ignatieff

If you have not done so already.This might seem a bit harsh, but this has nothing to do with his policies (even though there's not a lot of them). But this is the same guy who took it upon himself, without consultation, to say that Canadians don't care about all the expenses of Members of Parliament. If that is not the definition of elitist arrogance, I don't know what is.Michael Ignatieff want

My Can Of Contemplation | more | posted May 23rd

political persuasion, prime minister of canada, michael ignatieff, members of parliament, member of parliament, youtube, minister of canada, auditor general, canadians, arrogance, video camera, politician, taxpayers, parliament, accountability, colleagues, travels, consultation, hell

MPs are feeling the heat

MPs from all parties are really feeling the heat from voters over the refusal of the Board of Internal Economy to open MPs books to an audit by Sheila Fraser. Cracks are starting to appear in the ranks of our MPs, as some are now suggesting the decision should be reviewed. To illustrate this change in attitude, you may recall, a month ago Liberal MP and Board of Internal Economy member Marcel P

Keith Beardsley | more | posted May 19th | @atory01

Ignatieff: We didn't start the culture war, they did.

Ignatieff gets up in front of a paying audience and attempts to re-write history.Igantieff said the Conservatives have accused the Liberals of “trying to start a cultural war’, but suggests it’s the Conservatives that have really done that. The Liberal leader said “let’s be clear: we didn’t end the 25-year consensus on a women’s right to choose. They did.”Really? I could have

Alberta Ardvark | more | posted May 18th | @albertaardvark

Ignatieff: I am more Canadian than you are.

Michael Ignatieff:“As everybody knows, I’m just visiting,” Ignatieff said, joking. “They say it makes me less of a Canadian,” he said, of his former ex-pat status. “But I’m here to tell you it makes me more of a Canadian.”Now he is claiming to be more Canadian than the 99% of us who have not lived abroad for 34 years. Seriously, has this guy lost it?The arrogance of Ignatieff

Alberta Ardvark | more | posted May 18th | @albertaardvark

michael ignatieff, arrogance, amazes, collective history, culture war, polls

Loyalty to the CPC

Should loyalty be a matter of the simplistic my party right or wrong mentality? Oh - I certainly hope not because if that is what is required to be considered a good conservative then there is something seriously wrong with the CPC.Many of you who are reading this blog have spent years volunteering during election campaigns, helping out the riding when there weren't elections and donating w

Rightchik | more | posted May 18th

The foxes are in charge of the chickens

Members of parliament seem adamant about not allowing Auditor General of Canada Sheila Fraser to get a peak at individual MPs’ expenses, and shame on them for their unprincipled stand. The degree of arrogance and blatant hypocrisy displayed by three of the four parties in the House is appalling. The Bloc’s leader is the only one to say Ms. Fraser can see the books. This issue has been in the

Russ Campbell | more | posted May 16th | @cycroft

Only Tories Can Form Next UK Government

The title is not meant to hint at arrogance or any sense of superiority over other parties. If Labour had won the most seats, I would say Labour has the chance to form a government. But from looking at the results from last Thursday, I can only conclude that the Tories can provide the only legitimate government for the UK at this point in time, unless another election should be called.When you loo

My Can Of Contemplation | more | posted May 10th

Guergis' Final Curtain Call

It appears that the political career of Helena Guergis has come to an end. CTV reports that the national council of the Conservative Party has removed her as the nominated candidate for Simcoe-Grey.Guergis is set to testify alongside her husband, Rahim Jaffer, at a Commons committee on June 5. This would be the first time since her firing from cabinet and ouster from caucus that she would be makin

My Can Of Contemplation | more | posted May 6th

helena guergis, commons committee, airport staff, jaffer, central ontario, political career, public statements, ouster, conservative party, arrogance, caucus, tories, plight, dominance, sympathy, hell, job

Michael Ignatieff: Arrogance Personified.

Micheal Ignatieff is DEMANDING that the Governor Generals term be extended for 5 years.Hey Mike, (can I call you Mike?) have you ever thought that the GG doesn't want to do another 5 years? Have you asked her?A guy who can't even get his own party to do what he wants now demands that the PM extend the GG's term.That good readers, is arrogance personified!h/t National Newswatch.

Alberta Ardvark | more | posted May 2nd | @albertaardvark

governor generals, national newswatch, good readers, arrogance, gg, leader of the opposition, stephen harper, common people, whoop, dido, yap, bly, joanne

Something to Think About

Sometime within the next 12 months we are going to the polls, I suspect next spring. What I am not so sure about is the outcome of that election. Conservative polling numbers are marginally better than the opposition parties. You would think that Conservatives would be polling better because of how well Canada has weathered the global financial crisis. But that is not the c

Rightchik | more | posted April 20th

Americans: Give thanks to Obama…

Are you enjoying his arrogance yet? He expects you to praise him, laud him as your savior. Talk about a frickin’ god complex! This liar-in-chief — “the leader of the regime” — expects your gratitude, while he mocks those who aren’t happy having socialism rammed down their throats by the great wealth redistibutor. “You would think they’d [...]

mooseandsquirrel.ca | more | posted April 17th | @mooseandskwerl

frickin, arrogance, socialism, liar, savior, gratitude, regime, god

He is Risen, Hallelujah!

Easter is about the One who entered history, lived the exemplary life, died on behalf of those who struggle, those who are weak, those who miss the mark, those who fall short of God's glory -- all of us --, and then rose again on the third day.Christ's resurrection marks the Father's vindication of his message and his Person. It marks the ultimate defeat of evil -- it's just a matter of time,

The way the Ball bounces | more | posted April 3rd

Liberal Party 150 Montreal : Lacks Faith

This post is a note to the importance of a step of faith,(conviction) in taking a course of action, making a decision.The leadership of the Liberal Party initially decided against participation and attendence of their own senators, members of parliament. They folded days later.Liberals, please think harder encapsulates the Montreal gabfest quite nicely. Jeff Jedras a Liberal blogger has many

Canadiansense | more | posted March 28th

Obacamare, the walking dead edition

bo's arrogance truly knows no end. With the majority of the American people, and even many of his own supporters, in opposition, he seeks to pass his deeply flawed healthcare proposals. He has said he will nsert a few GOP tidbits. The bigger problem for bo is the lack of the Stupak language in the new version.Which is what drove even strong Obama supporter Warren Buffett to go public with his jud

Dr Roy | more | posted March 5th | @eapr9

budget reconciliation, warren buffett, party line vote, seminar leader, senate bill, wicked ways, arrogance, partisan, gop, curve, judgment, republican, proposals, opposition, scope, failure, congress, absence, economy

Paula The Piranha Meets Robert De Niro!

I found two interesting videos on the National Post site, one has a Toronto councilor going bananas and the other has Robert De Niro on SNL, I ask, who is the comedian!First up the Toronto councilor, she would be funny if she wasn't so serious about saving the world from Conservatives. She really loses it. I hope someone runs against this far left piece of work.Then we have this really funny piec

Climbing out of the dark | more | posted March 2nd | @hunterinalberta

robert de niro, toronto councilor, going bananas, nut bar, snl, piranha, arrogance, comedian, free speech, university students, conservatives, good luck

Global Warming.. Climate Change.. and what we "know".

Well.John Cross, author of Dawg's Blawg, just made my day.While wandering over to see the goings-on at Big City Liberal, after reading his blog continuing to try and ignore the clearly inappropriate actions and commentary of Dr. Phil Jones in betraying any effort at scientific objectivity in the "climategate" scandal, one commentator, "Prairie Kid", commented that attacking the "hacker" who

Searching for Liberty | more | posted February 17th

Krauthammer on bo's arrogance

Dr Krauthammer remakes the point that bo's arrogance and socialism will continue to be his undoing. This being a democracy, don't the Democrats see that clinging to this agenda will march them over a cliff? Don't they understand Massachusetts?Well, they understand it through a prism of two cherished axioms: (1) The people are stupid and (2) Republicans are bad. Result? The dim, led by the mali

Dr Roy | more | posted February 10th | @eapr9

Environnement: Place au débat ?

Voici une lettre à lire dans le journal le Monde ici, qui à été écrit par Drieu Godefridi, un climato-sceptiques, qui dit que les coups porter au GIEC vont permettre de faire un véritable débat scientifique sur la question du climat. Pourquoi ?«C'est assez dire le climat de terrorisme intellectuel qui régnait, et des scientifiques de premier plan ont été jusqu'à suggérer de cr

Pour un monde � droite | more | posted February 8th

premier plan, intimidation, arrogance, motifs, consensus

TTC unions do no-one a favour

The TTC doesn't help alleviate the stereotype of Torontonian arrogance. Following public outcry at their inefficiency, TTC employees are rambling against the public and apparently want to add insult to injury through some work-to-rule action. Where on earth does the TTC find them? Every public transit system will have its ups and downs, as much as every business has good and bad employees. Commo

Luca Manfredi | more | posted February 8th | @lucamanfredi

public transit system, public outcry, insult to injury, ups and downs, logical reasons, humbleness, s books, different world, inefficiency, scraper, culprit, arrogance, stereotype, ups, common sense, manners, ttc, boss, earth

Mr. Iffy Is Wasting an Opportunity

Mr.Iffy is missing a valuable opportunity with the PM proroguing parliament.While PM Harper and his government are busy working getting things done for Canada, what has Mr. Iffy been doing? He's been busy grandstanding and griping with his arrogance.As is pointed out by Michael Bliss, historian and author, Mr. Iffy and his party should be working hard on policy and explaining to us the voters

Chasing Apple Pie | more | posted January 29th

Despatches from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious

The University of East Anglia broke the law. Everybody knew it, and now the obvious has a redundant seal of approval. By not answering Freedom of Information requests, the UEA contravened the FOI act and could have been prosecuted. Since the cover-up was exposed only a few months ago and no complaint was officially lodged, everything is now under a statute of limitations.Lesson to everyone: if you

Free thinking unabridged | more | posted January 28th

university of east anglia, insult to injury, jail bars, east anglia, russian experience, foi act, stringency, bigwigs, information requests, seal of approval, freedom of information, statute of limitations, uea, raw data, arrogance, thesis, reputation, grants, job

Four Tory Years

It has been 4 years since the Tories were first elected to power. I started blogging just before that election. I was very tired of grit arrogance and corruption. I was overjoyed to see HM PM Harper and the Tories defeat dithers and the grits. HM PM Harper has now been HMPM for four years. The grits just can't get over that they can't get back to the public trough so easily. There have been 3 l

Dr Roy | more | posted January 23rd | @eapr9

Pas fort comme stratégie...

Ici. Jean Charest qui continu à cracher sur le gouvernement conservateur, rien de très intelligent pour améliorer les relations Québec-Ottawa. De plus, on passe sous le silence l'investissement qui à été fait, une première au Québec, Ottawa investi environ 4 millions et Québec le même montant. Cela créera de l'emploi et aidera l'environnement.De plus, il faut sans cesse qu'il

Pour un monde à droite | more | posted January 12th

arrogance, personnels, gouvernement, ottawa, silence, attitude, jean charest, investit

Minority government instability is not a good excuse for proroguing Parliament

Mr. Harper has recently claimed that proroguing Parliament was a good thing because the market is worried about the constant threat of an election. This isn't the most bizarre excuse that the government has given (that honour goes to the "we all have to watch the Olympics" excuse), but it is certainly close.I agree with Tom Flanagan that investors pay more attention to the state of the economy

Freedom is My Nationality | more | posted January 12th | @freedomnation

tom flanagan, majority government, michael ignatieff, personal view, manoeuvres, arrogance, foreign affairs, premiership, parliament, honour, excuse, olympics, investor, perspective, economy, investors

When smart people in high places make dumb decisions someone is likely to die

One news story from late last year that seems to have gotten very little attention in the media is the one about the United States preventing authorities in the Netherlands from installing body scanners before the would-be suicide bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, passed through security at Amsterdam’s airport. According to the Times Online story: “The Dutch claimed that they had been tr

Russ Campbell | more | posted January 5th | @cycroft

Liberal Woes Are Self-Inflicted

Paul Wells has a new post up linking to Steve at Far and Wide and his blog posting criticising the Liberal war rooms slow response time and linking it to Ignatieff's poor polling numbers.While I agree with Steve's assessment of poor responses from the Liberal war room, the fact is both Ignatieff and the Liberal Party have far deeper problems than just news scrums. Those problems started back whe

A CAW Workers Voice Of Reason | more | posted January 3rd

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