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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: redtory
| Source: Red Tory v.3.0
One thing that’s striking about the “Tea Party” movement is it’s almost exclusively white racial composition. This inconvenient truth was very much in evidence at last week’s TPN convention in Nashville, Tennessee. It shouldn’t be terri ...
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: Steve V
| Source: Far and Wide
Start with a self evident truth- Stephen Harper, as champion of maternal health and protecting young children in the developing world is a CRASS FRAUD. Don't believe this assertion? I challenge anyone to find any text, from anywhere in ...
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
Gerard Kennedy, MP
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: Scott Tribe
| Source: Scott’s DiaTribes
Here’s a wonkish-type post from me today on Senate reform, since there’s another poll out today (h/t Harperbizarro)that shows many Canadians in favour of an elected Senate.
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
As I took the subway to court I was unhappy to hear the magic words "attention subway passengers, we are experiencing longer the regular ... ".
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: LeDaro
| Source: LeDaro
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
http://tinyurl.com/yjcvlhk
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: jim bender
| Source: THE WOODSTOCK ONTARIO INDEPENDENT NEWS
Traffic stop nets more than 600 pounds of pot
(clicking on the above link will take you offsite)
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: foottothefire
| Source: hotfoot
I usually have no issue with Jim Travers perspective on things (notwithstanding the conservative spittle flying in daily disagreement with everything Jim writes). On his assessment of the Afghanisnam withdrawal, I do.
Not that he’s wr ...
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: bigcitylib
| Source: BigCityLib Strikes Back
The feds have been taking some flack for the Canadian Olympic pavilion in Vancouver and, yeah, it looks like a beer tent. But this site shows a number of the big pavilions for comparison purposes, and for the most part they incline towa ...
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: jim bender
| Source: THE WOODSTOCK ONTARIO INDEPENDENT NEWS
TIM HORTONS BANS CUSTOMER FOR LIFE AFTER COFFEE COMPLAINTS
A Tim Hortons' customer claims that he was banned for life from Tim Hortons' in two small east coast towns after he complained about the good folks at Hortons' BURNING his coff ...
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: Robert McBean.
| Source: Five of Five
Peer pressure and social media can be a force of intense trivialisation.
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: Jymn Parrett
| Source: Let Freedom Rain
Margaret Wente grasps the bit of climate change and misses the yoke by a mile. Progressive sexism - smell the glove.
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: redtory
| Source: Red Tory v.3.0
It seems unthinkable that Ron Paul would be challenged in his upcoming primary race by an assortment of disgruntled advocates of the populist movement that he arguably helped inspire and motivate.
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: Eugene Forsey Liberal
| Source: Eugene Forsey Liberal
Watch this. Chinese did it. Germans copied them, and more. Finns studied & built better. Even pasty-faced Brits are onboard. Some are thinking modular. We should get on it. Once, visiting Ottawa and out for a run, I came across similar ...
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: Earl J. Woods
| Source: My Name is Earl (J. Woods)
About a dozen years ago, my friend Pete asked me to guess what kind of new vehicle he'd just purchased. Pete was obviously very proud of his new acquisition, and I thought hard about what he might have bought. I turned the possibilities ...
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: mavenandmeddler
| Source: mavenandmeddler.com - Purely Maven: Main Journal
“He wants to share his ideology with the citizens. He will make all of his proposals known in the days ahead,” said Governor Jim Gibbons press secretary, Dan Burns.
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Feb 9, 2010
| Source: bgrice.com
Christopher Hume of The Toronto Star wrote a great article today about the ordeal that Suaad Hagi Mohamud underwent, and the inherent racism in the Harper Reformatory Conservative Government, an issue I blogged about yesterday.
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
What a story of war online turned over to the Courts! I almost hesitate to blog the story!!!
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: LeDaro
| Source: LeDaro
My thoughts and prayers to Jack Layton, wishing him a speedy recovery.
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
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Feb 9, 2010
| Author: Owner and Doggy
| Source: The Happy Wanderer
The STM has just decided to raise rates for a CAM on the south shore. Those people will now have to pay $110 per month instead of $70 per month which they used to pay. This decision will only affect 3000 people. Horrible idea. We should ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
Today's National Post has an article about government (usually municipal) funding for claims made by officials against citizens for defamation. The article points out that governments themselves (at least outside Quebec) cannot sue for ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
- Adlai Stevenson
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: Craig
| Source: POLITICS
YouTube - World: NATO's Imminent Offensive in Marja
We are going to leave Afghanistan the same way we left Vietnam - in disgrace. Iraq will also be a stain on america. We prowl the world seeking revenge. Our whole identity revolves aro ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: Eugene Forsey Liberal
| Source: Eugene Forsey Liberal
Where's Democracy? Où est la démocratie?
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: redtory
| Source: Red Tory v.3.0
From the outset, let me just say that personally, I don’t care — in fact, I think that harmonizing taxes makes a lot of sense from the practical standpoint of efficiency in terms of revenue collection and remittance — but a lot of peopl ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: Eugene Forsey Liberal
| Source: Eugene Forsey Liberal
I'm struck by irrationality of fellow Habs fans. I would ask everyone to think about things more rationally. Some points to consider:
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: bigcitylib
| Source: BigCityLib Strikes Back
The amazing Buckets has now confirmed Ezra Levant's back-dating of a post that may well prove important to the defamation case being brought against him by CHRC lawyer Giacomo Vigna. Put crudely, Vigna has sued Levant for suggesting tha ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: Scott Tribe
| Source: Scott’s DiaTribes
Via Kady O’Malley, we see that CAPP is thinking of doing several things; changing what its acronym stands for, becoming incorporated as a non-profit organization, and more substantively, trying to educate people about democracy and act ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
http://tinyurl.com/ykn3pxy
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: Ted Betts
| Source: Liberal Video Depot
The "base" is getting restless.The Canadian Taxpayers' Federation has served as a farm team of sorts for the Conservatives through the years. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney once headed the organization, as did the Prime Minister's cu ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: Pareta
| Source: Pareta
Looks like someone really cut loose and downed a second cup of green tea last night before bed. Tsk tsk.
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: redtory
| Source: Red Tory v.3.0
The “smart grid” concept explained in practical terms using electric hybrids automobiles as a starting point for illustrating the idea of how a more intelligent framework of energy distribution might work.
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: Earl J. Woods
| Source: My Name is Earl (J. Woods)
Early this morning I watched a commercial. It featured the now-common "Dramatization" subtitle, for which I am grateful, for the ad also featured a car crashing onto the front lawn of a suburban home, a bag of groceries hopping out of t ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: LeDaro
| Source: LeDaro
According to the chair of the RNC Michael Steele. Which planet does this clown live on?
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
Thanks to Yossi Schochet for this:
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
At least they have a decent excuse for a system in chaos:
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: Liberal Justice
| Source: For Liberal Justice
Well, I said for Iggy to lead us back into power we need to be at 32% by the end of January. That number was achieved thanks to the brilliant leadership of Ignatieff. The next goal is for us to be at 34% by the end of February and new ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: James Curran
| Source: A Blog By James Curran
I'd like to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for the unwavering support that you have offered me over these past few months.
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: Steve V
| Source: Far and Wide
The new Nanos poll confirms the recent trend, a large Conservative lead has "evaporated". The national numbers (last Nanos poll in brackets):
Cons 35.6% (39.5%)
Libs 33.9% (30.2%)
NDP 16.4% (18.7%)
Greens 5.6% (7.7%)
MOE of 3.1, t ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: bigcitylib
| Source: BigCityLib Strikes Back
Yesterday, I suggested that Ezra Levant might have back-dated a post in which he retracted some of the false information he had been pushing re Giacomo Vigna, a CHRC lawyer that Levant will be meeting in an Ottawa courtroom tomorrow mor ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: saskboy
| Source: Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy
This is big news in a world where the average temperature is set to keep rising. Mosquitoes are among the most deadly animals in the world, and the best drug we have is about to become a placebo. Way to go, profiteering drug companies!
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: bigcitylib
| Source: BigCityLib Strikes Back
The Conservatives led by nearly 10 points in mid-November…they are now at 35.6% while the Liberals are at 33.9%...the NDP is at 16.4% and the Greens are at 5.6%...in Québec, the Bloc is at 33.2%...the Liberals are at 29.3%...the Conserv ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: Top Can Inc.
| Source: My Can Of Contemplation
Interesting Facebook group tries to answer the question: "Can this Onion Ring get more fans than Stephen Harper?". I think it already has.
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: jim bender
| Source: THE WOODSTOCK ONTARIO INDEPENDENT NEWS
LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSED IN 2009
The value of building permits issued by the City of Woodstock plummetted drastically when compared with the totals for 2008 which has resulted in high unemployement for the local construction indus ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: jim bender
| Source: THE WOODSTOCK ONTARIO INDEPENDENT NEWS
CANCER LINKED TO DRINKING SODA POP
Researchers from the University of Minnesota say that they have discovered a link between pancreatic cancer and the consumption of 2 or more soft drinks per week according to a study that was release ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: redtory
| Source: Red Tory v.3.0
Sean Holman poses the question of the B.C. government: “Will wildfires burn a hole in the coming fiscal year’s budget?”
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: mavenandmeddler
| Source: mavenandmeddler.com - Purely Maven: Main Journal
Watching the Sunday morning round of political shows, I listened to Alan Greenspan deliver his whiskered old dogma that lowering taxes would certainly help bring the economy out of its funk. Then, an ad came up for the woman who would l ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: Eugene Forsey Liberal
| Source: Eugene Forsey Liberal
Just one quick technical note, re. yesterday's and today's denticare posts. Once the non-profit public dental insurer had operated for a year, it would have a good idea of costs and revenues, and thus the appropriate rates to charge. An ...
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Feb 8, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: Jymn Parrett
| Source: Let Freedom Rain
Not that I'm watching..
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: John Laforet
| Source: John Laforet’s Blog
It had a great day connecting with my neighbours in Ward 43 today. Although it was cold, the sun was out, and many people were quite willing to talk about how we can change direction and turn the page together in the upcoming term on Co ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: bigcitylib
| Source: BigCityLib Strikes Back
...if Tory MP Rod Bruinooge would explain where he gets information about "sex-select abortions" in Canada. He might also explain why the Tories have been systematically defunding the Canadian Federation of Sexual Health. When he gets a ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: thescottross.blogspot.com
| Source: The Scott Ross
When newspapers did justice to their role, there exists a record of a century old speech that echoes to this day, demanding rational thought not popular whim. That though an elected Senate would garner the Upper House more public approv ...
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