Blogging Tories posts about "sports"
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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 | more | posted 1 day ago
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 | more | posted 1 day ago
This is a copy (with translation) of a letter I sent the editorial team of Pravda.ru following their publication of an article slamming Canada and the Vancouver olympics. I don't say much of substance, but here goes.
Уважаемая редакция Правда.ру,
Пишу из Канады прочитав отклики на статью Тимоти Бэнкрофта-Хинчи и
Luca Manfredi | more | posted February 26th
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term software,
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weet,
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Vancouver police tell an American living in Vancouver to put his damn Yankee flag away. NSFW language near the end of the clip.
The Vancouver police played spoil sports the whole Olympics, making a record 21,000 “voluntary” liquor pour-outs during the Games, getting liquor stores to close early on weekends and during Canada’s gold medal win [...]
Unambiguously Ambidextrous | more | posted 6 days ago
Le patriotisme canadien a atteint un sommet aujourd'hui. Une victoire d'équipe Canada au hockey en prolongation pour gagner l'or, quand c'est Sydney Crosby qui fait le but, ça n'a pas de prix.Un sondage, fait avant la médaille d'or au hockey, indique que les canadiens qui sont attaché à leur à passé de 38% à 45%. Les gens sont plus nombreux à être fier de leur province. i
Pour un monde droite | more | posted February 28th
What a joy it has been to watch our athletes! I have been on the edge of my seat many times cheering for our athletes. My favorites are Virtue and Moir, they are so young and full of life they are a joy to watch. Here is their gala performance, it's an updated version of the one I posted earlier. Virtue and Moir Gala PerformanceWe have all noticed that PM Harper has been taking in a variety of sp
Climbing out of the dark | more | posted February 27th
Andre Forget/QMI AgencyMarie-Philip Poulin and Tessa Bonhomme deserve to enjoy this moment. With 8 gold medals we share the podium, because of these terrific women. But it ain't over til it's over... and we may win 4 more gold medals. Evidently, it's the gold medals the IOC judges who "owns the podium".And what's with these sophisticated Europeans and Jacques Rogge the Belgian sports functi
Onward James | more | posted February 26th
This is the story....CTV informs us that 11.5 of the medals out of 15 so far have been won by our Canadian women. So, men, what's up with that?Have all our men been turned into metrosexuals more interested in fashion than sports? Or are our women just more competitive and capable? Seriously, where have all our competitive men gone? CTV is even called today "Woman's Wednesday" after 4 medals in
Climbing out of the dark | more | posted February 24th
CTV is determined to make sure everyone knows that the "Own the Podium" program is a failure. Well CTV is the failure. They fail to understand that Canadians are pumped about our athletes and we understand that they can't all be on that podium. Yet CTV continues to mention the fact that we are not in top spot on the podium. Hey CTV, we NEVER have been! We just finally won our first gold on Cana
Climbing out of the dark | more | posted February 22nd
I would like to take a moment to applaud Mr. Kevin Martin for his marvelous victory over Great Britain this evening. Yes, those same Brits who are hosting the next Olympics and have won a grand total of one medal thus far in Vancouver have been defeated by Canada in the curling arena. Well done Kevin. I would buy a consumer product that you publicly endorsed.Speaking of sports on ice, am I the
The Iceman | more | posted February 21st
I had the chance to go bowling with former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney last evening. The result at FrumForum:
“NO BAGGY CLOTHES. NO CONSTRUCTION BOOTS. NO SPORTS JERSEYS. NO HEAD GEAR. NO RIPPED OR BAGGY CLOTHING,” screamed a sign outside Lucky Strike Lanes in Gallery Place-Chinatown. They shuffled by in dark, black overcoats, nodding quietly to [...]
Tim Mak | more | posted February 18th
This is very fun.
more about "PM attends the Kinsmen Annual Sports …", posted with vodpod
Prairie Tory | more | posted February 17th
I would say that about the only happy fusion of sports and politics in Canada thus far has been Colby Cosh. However, that being said, let me direct your attention to my friends at Montreal Mystique's latest interview ( that I'm aware of, anyway ): Montreal Mystique Interviews Jean Béliveau.We will now return to our regularly-scheduled programming.
The Blog of Walker | more | posted February 13th
Just giving a quick shout-out to friend Ethan Rabidoux for creating and co-authoring the excellent In the Bullpen sports blog.
Ethan and his colleagues have been updating it frequently (thus giving it an advantage over LC.com). They have some interesting takes on the NFL next season. Even though they picked the Colts to [...]
Lanny Cardow | more | posted February 9th
Tout à fait scandaleux comme proposition, qui réduirait grandement les libertés de choix des citoyens québécois. Le problème est que le système de santé n'est pas utilisateurs-payeurs, si c'était le cas, on ne parlerait pas de cette taxe. On taxerait aussi la malbouffe en plus des boissons gazeuses. Si on se fait à ce principe, à quand une taxe sur les motoneiges et les quatre-roues p
Pour un monde droite | more | posted February 3rd
Dave Zirin on the Olympics:“I mean if there could be a way we could de-link this idea of an international festival of sports with the IOC, and let the IOC become an absolute relic of history, that would be something that I would support very happily,” he said.
The Blog of Walker | more | posted January 20th
The hockey game tonight can only be described with one word: Epic. Canada and America are the two best countries in the world. The showdowns that often happen between our nations in sports should be proof enough of that. The Americans deserved the gold medal. We had an amazing offense, but the American offense was our equal, and the defense just enough better that our boys in red couldn't quite m
The Raging Tory | more | posted January 5th
I crap on the CBC regularly, and yet I do choose to watch CBC Newsworld as my primary source of televised cable news (I get my print journalism from the National Post). I watch it so that I may complain about it when warranted, and since my taxes help pay for it I feel like I have an invested interest. My question today is, if you were starting your own cable news network and coul
The Iceman | more | posted December 21st
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