You either pay attention or pay through the nose. I would rather pay attention.
The bottom line is that the only party with any money in its’ coffers is the Tories. The other parties aren’t upset at the ads. They are just upset that they can’t afford ads themselves.
The new $1000 maximum donation will hit the Liberal and NDP coffers dramatically, whereas the Tories are flush with $25 and $50 donations from thousands and thousands of supporters.
My friend (and co-worker) Eric was telling me about some time he spent with his 74 year old father over the holidays. Eric’s father was a big supporter of Trudeau and Chretien and he was especially fond of Paul Martin. He has been a staunch Liberal for decades.
He mentioned to Eric over the break how he thought our new prime minister is doing a fine job, that he is one of the best true leaders this nation has seen in ages and that he is by far the best dressed PM.
I can’t think of a more glowing endorsement considering the source.
You can thank my sister in Toronto for this one. This was especially gratifying since Spidey has been my favourite superhero since watching the old classic cartoon series every morning as a child. Thank you CHCH for making sure I got my daily dose of Spidey and Rocket Robin Hood.
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…Crossed with my Baldness, Business Sense, and Thirst for Power!!
This one was almost a given … although there is something sinister about being closely matched with Dr. Doom that is appealing too!!
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Throw the lot of them in jail. I could care less if they are partisans or not. To release government documents without an appropriate ATI (access to information) request could quite possibly be considered treason and to a stickler for rules like me, it is most definitely a breach of security.
I hope this investigation comes up with some names. And I hope they make examples out of those that leaked the documents so that any other partisan employees don’t “liberate” documents without a proper ATI.
From the “Things that cross my mind just before I fall asleep” department …
If the opposite of “inconvenient” is “convenient” and the opposite of “truth” is “lie”, then by the rule that two negatives are a positive, can we conclude that Al Gore’s movie/book is actually titled “A Convenient Lie”?
Hmmmm…..
“John Baird has been Minister for the Environment for less than a month and he has already lowered the temperature by 15 or 20 degrees.”
– – Lowell Green of CFRA – –
I heard that quote last week from Lowell and noticing that our high was -15C yesterday, I thought I would share that with you.
Keep at it Mr. Baird. If you keep on mother nature the way you did the Liberal Senators changing the Accountability Act, we may have another ice age on the way!!
I have been drinking Tim Horton’s coffee for as long as I can remember and drinking it from literally dozens, if not hundreds, of different franchise locations. And I want some answers.
Why, oh why, is the seam in the coffee cup ALWAYS lining up with the space in the lid created when you pull back the tab.
I know most of you are saying “What the heck is he talking about?” but I want you to pay attention. This cannot possibly be random. The diameter of a Tim’s Extra Large lid is 9cm, meaning the circumference is approximately 28.25 cm. The space created by the pull back tab is approximately 2.5 cm, which means the “seam” that runs up the cup should only appear in sip gap approximately once every 12 cups. Yet I seem to get the “seam” at least 80 to 90% of the time.
This is far too great to be random. It must be in the procedures or equipment Tim Horton franchises use to fill, stack and dispense the lids. In fact, I would go so far as to say the randomness probably comes in the “wrist twist” that some employees may add when pressing the lids down on the cup. If it wasn’t for that “wrist twist” I would think that 100% of the cups would give me the dreaded “seam”. And trust me, I am starting to hate it.
You get that uncomfortable bump in the lip of the cup and if you try to twist or remove and replace the cap, you inevitably get a leak in your cup due to the improper fit.
If you have noticed this or if you go out to Tim’s I urge you to pay attention to how often you get the “seam” and come back and comment.
I know this post wasn’t very political, but as Peter Truman of Global used to say “…but that too is reality.”
I didn’t see Christina Blizzard’s original column on this back in December, but the Ontario Lt. Governor, the Honourable James K. Bartleman is asking Ontario residents to donate children’s and young adult books for the native communities in Northern Ontario, Yukon, Nunavut and northern Quebec. The empty library shelves and 3rd world literacy rates in some areas can really use a boost from those of us who have better opportunities and well stocked libraries.
The drive ends January 31st, but you can drop off new and gently used books at any OPP or Toronto Police Services detachment in Ontario.
With the support and assistance of the Canadian Forces, other voluntary organizations, and shipping companies, these books will be shipped and distributed to aboriginal communities.
It sounds like a great cause to me. Time to raid the kids bookshelves!!
H/T to my friend Sandy
ADDENDUM: I want to commend my children because I mentioned this cause to them and T-Bone pulled out over 40 books by R.L. Stein’s Goosebumps series and told me that he loved these books and figured someone else may love them as much. Cookie dug through books she has had sitting on her shelf since she started reading so there were books ranging from Bugs Bunny learn to read books all the way up to some Judy Blume and various Lizzy McGuire and Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen books she has gone through.
As a dad, I am proud that a) my kids appreciate how important reading is and b) how compassionate they were in giving them up.
I took the three bagfuls over to the Teron Rd. OPP dispatch here in Kanata and was pleased to see dozens of bags and several boxes of books waiting to be picked up.
First cocaine, now guns. Stephane Dion has some winners endorsing him.
This page was removed from Dion’s site. (But it wasn’t removed from Google cache)
Just in case the Liberal lawyers manage to remove it, I took a screen shot.
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And what the heck, here is the text directly from the site cache!!
“Stéphane Dion’s ability to gain the confidence of both previous Prime Ministers despite the serious rift in the party, bespeaks his ability to pull the party together. Ontario has some excellent leadership candidates but we will never run this country without the support of Quebec. Ontario has always been fairly evenly split between the Conservative party and the Liberal party. A strong leader will sway it one way or the other so it is fairly market neutral but the weight of a Francophone Liberal from Quebec would possibly be the demise of the Bloc Quebecois party, ‘and good riddance’, this certainly would tip the balance in our favour in the next federal election. I also feel Stéphane’s commitment to environmental and social causes will pull support from the NDP out West. His combination of strengths have him way ahead of any of his contenders. Therefore, if we are to have a realistic chance of forming the next Government it only makes common sense to support Stéphane Dion.”
— Perley Holmes, Vancouver, BC
You can find a ton more on this at Steve Janke’s site.
Last night while watching Gallery Talk on our local CTV affiliate here in Ottawa (CJOH), Norm Fetterley was on with Mike Duffy and Robert Fife for his weekly Friday night 5 minute chat.
They were briefly discussing the recent polls that indicate Canadians are most concerned about the environment this election. Being a strong skeptic that this issue is forefront because of the left leaning media, my ears perked up when Norm pointed out that in his many years he has noticed that the environment only becomes an important issue when the economy is strong. In times where the economy wasn’t so strong, the primary issue usually turned to things like healthcare.
Mike Duffy said that he tended to agree with that statement indicating that this may just be an aberration.
This made me smile because I immediately thought of all the left leaning peaceniks like David Suzuki who come crawling out of the woodwork when the economy is good. Their hands held out (so to speak) to get public speaking engagements and to create a swarming effect and buzz around the government. And swarming is exactly what it is.
Earlier today I was reading this article (H/T Jack’s Newswatch) which outlines how the media circus around the Picton trial is easing up as the throngs of journalists from overseas head on home. The swarm around a trial where almost 50 people were allegedly murdered by a single man has broken. How long before the press moves on when it comes to the environment?
My guess is that it may last through the next election, but it won’t last forever. The ice will eventually come back.