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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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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: Owner and Doggy
| Source: The Happy Wanderer
That's the amount which arctic warming will cost us this year. It's calculated on the social cost of carbon: the cost on agriculture, power generation resources, everything. By 2050, arctic warming would have cost us 2.4 trillion USD th ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Source: bgrice.com
I am trying to imagine what it must have been like. I am trying to put myself in the situation. Standing in an airport, at immigration, and being told I don't look like my passport photo.
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: redtory
| Source: Red Tory v.3.0
Having little else to do, I watched some of the former half-term Alaska governor (failed vice-presidential candidate, faux co-author of her own best-selling autobiography, teabagging keynote speaker, etc.) Sarah Palin’s blathering, inco ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: Jymn Parrett
| Source: Let Freedom Rain
They don't believe in global warming, the environment or truth so what do they do to wiggle their way out of a globally untenable position? They are about to hire a guy to spin that they're actually the good guys, despite their denying ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: LeDaro
| Source: LeDaro
In 2009 when Obama spoke to both Houses of congresses Joe Wilson shouted, "you lie". Now when Obama gave the State of the Union address in January of this year Samuel Alito replaced him, although he used somewhat different language and ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: Jymn Parrett
| Source: Let Freedom Rain
Who killed it? Why, super partisan Sarah Palin, that's who.
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: bigcitylib
| Source: BigCityLib Strikes Back
An interesting post from Ezra Levant dated January 18th. I say interesting because, well, I missed it at the time, which (if you know me) is a bit surprising. Also, such comments as were made in response to the post are all dated from J ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: rockfish
| Source: Canadian Rosebud
So Stephen Harper has finally clued in that his crew of climate-change deniers in cabinet just don't know how to rag the puck convincingly, and now he has to hire one.
Enviro-not minister Jim Prentice is too busy working on his success ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: Baron von Tollbooth
| Source: It's Cowboy Steve
Prime Minister Cowboy Steve today answered his critics with defiance and resolve when he said he would rather do time than turn over uncensored documents to Parliament. Cowboy Steve was referring to withholding government documents on t ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: The Mound of Sound
| Source: The Disaffected Lib
I'm betting it was a grease fire or maybe a spark in the storeroom where the make-up artists store Lloyd Robertson's supply of mortician's wax but, either way, a fire last night gutted CTV's Ottawa newsroom. Gone forever is the network' ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: Scott Tribe
| Source: Scott’s DiaTribes
I couldn’t help but laugh at the picture and caption the Toronto Star is using of Jim Flaherty coming out of an igloo up in Iqaluit where the G7 Finance Ministers are meeting.
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: bigcitylib
| Source: BigCityLib Strikes Back
Has Speechy Warrior Jay Currie discovered that, while speech may be free, web-space costs at least 5$ per month?
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: James C Morton
| Source: Morton's Musings
Rex Murphy -- I don't always agree with him but he has a point:
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: LeDaro
| Source: LeDaro
Sarah Palin spoke at the teabaggers' party in Nashville. She does not like a President who is a lawyer and who gives lectures. She will reinstate the US standing in the world after the damage done by the Obama administration. She was as ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: Eugene Forsey Liberal
| Source: Eugene Forsey Liberal
In my previous post on denticare, I forgot to explain the relationship between denticare & Canadian federalism, probably because it seemed obvious. But here it is, just in case. Nothing prevents any province from listing denticare or an ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Source: bgrice.com
Well, I guess I will be going a bit dark on this blog over the next little while. I am working pretty much full time on the New Westminster - Coquitlam By-election, and I doubt I am going to have a great deal of time to Blog. I will pos ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: Fish
| Source: Little Fish in a Giant pond
Have you ever heard someone say "I will be a Liberal (Conservative, New Democrat, etc.) until the day I die"? I'm sure most of us have.
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: jim bender
| Source: THE WOODSTOCK ONTARIO INDEPENDENT NEWS
"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."
-George Orwell
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: Steve V
| Source: Far and Wide
Below, Ursa Horribilis emerges from his winter den. When he entered his den to hibernate late last fall he weighed a plump 160 seats, but emerges reduced to 110 at best:
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: jim bender
| Source: THE WOODSTOCK ONTARIO INDEPENDENT NEWS
As we know, in some parts of Canada smart meters have been installed, never mind whether customers objected.
Permission was given to me from my medical doctor and EMF/EMR expert Dr. Karl Braun-von-Gladiss (Privat-Institut für ganzheitl ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: Autism Reality NB
| Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick
As with many complex disorders, causation is generally thought to involve some forms of genetic risk interacting with some forms of non-genetic environmental exposure. The balance of genetic risk and environmental exposure likely varies ...
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Feb 7, 2010
| Author: Jymn Parrett
| Source: Let Freedom Rain
Looks like Sarah was cheating on her big speech tonight. Seems she was reading the answers to the questions from the underside of her hand.
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