Apr

24

MMMM-My Kyoto

April 24, 2008 | 6 Comments

Canada’s greenhouse-gas emissions rose 25 per cent between 1990 and 2005, the biggest percentage increase among G8 countries over the same time period, according to new Statistics Canada figures released Tuesday. cbc
Hmmm…the Conservatives were wiped out in 1988 1993 and did not get back into power until 2006…The Liberals signed Kyoto and hired Rick Mercer […]

Mar

4

70 73!! Seats???

March 4, 2008 | 3 Comments

Looks like the Alberta Tories may have actually increased their majority. Ex-theologian and Kyoto dweeb supporter is sitting in a bar with Calgary Grit and BCer in Toronto crying in their beers.
Apparently the “Liberal brand” is just not selling.
Somehow I am not surprised.
Update the First: “The extent of the Conservative victory stunned the Alberta Liberals, […]

May

8

Babe

May 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Sarko won - which I think is hugely good for France - but Segolene Royal still wins the best looking gal to run for a major office since Benazir Bhutto.
Update: Greg Staples has a rather intriguing question…
Update II: 600 arrested, 700+ cars torched. The “youths” - and Lord knows we would not want to identify […]

Dec

3

The Big Mo

December 3, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Rae is moving….where?
If he goes to Dion it’s over. And Iggy knows it. Will Iggy do the classy thing and follow the mo?
For the Liberals’ sake I hope so.
Of the 1100 votes which were loose on the last ballot 800 went to Dion.
Update: Now it is all about the delegates. Dion Gear is going to […]

Dec

2

December 2, 2006 | 1 Comment

“I could have stayed on, there might have been sparks for me but frankly I am in this for a reason,” Kennedy told reporters after walking over to Dion’s camp.  ctv
Smart.
Kennedy only picked up 64 votes from the first ballot. Dion picked up 220. Combined they have 1858 votes which would put Dion within 500 […]

Dec

2

We’ve got ourselves a ballgame

December 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Michael Ignatieff
1,412

Bob Rae
977

Gerard Kennedy
856

Stéphane Dion
854

Ken Dryden
238

Scott Brison
192

Joe Volpe
156

Martha Hall Findlay
130

cbc
Total ballots cast: 4815 To Win 2407
So Iggy hits just under 30% and needs 1000 new votes to win. Did the speeches matter? Not for this first ballot. But the relative performances of the candidates and the buzz about that performance is going to […]

Dec

2

Boring….

December 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Regular readers will know I cannot stand Warren Kinsella; but he is awfully good at getting things Liberal right,
CTV NewsNet cut away from Iggys speech.
Were they bored too? kinsella
(The good news is that I don’t have to link directly to the pathetic little man.)

Dec

2

Rae Daze

December 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Grand video…Must have cost his brother a fortune.

Dec

2

The Old Flag

December 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Watching Kennedy exit the room I was amused to see the Red Ensign being waved by an eager Kennedy supporter. (Which somewhat sets off the fact that GK signage looks as if it is a barcode.) Not at all a bad speech. Well delivered and on time.
He mentioned his kids and as he exits has […]

Dec

2

Slipping in the Fix

December 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment

That’s where it starts to get tricky, at least for anyone not intimately familiar with the minutiae of Liberal party rules. The maybe-sortas on the list weren’t officially listed as supporters for a particular candidate. But organizers for those candidates would - or should - have been aware of where each was likely to go, […]

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