It's going to be a long slog. For the next two months, there will be a gloom hanging over the leadership of the country ( Read more... )

Harper trying to sound empathetic comes across as Hannibal Lector - level creepy ( Read more... )

This is the dangerous point for the coalition. We're in the "buyer's remorse" phase. But its a done deal - the lines are drawn and if they back down now, their parties are dead. Already we see Harper playing upon the expectation that someone out there will get cold feet. I part of me believes there is a honorable core to him that can see the ( Read more... )

I worry the coalition is taking too long to get their PR in gear ... they're at risk of making the same mistake Dion made when he became leader: they are letting the conservatives have the airwaves unopposed. I would like to believe that people are sick and tired of Conservative propagnda, but I've seen at work that some people just swallow the ( Read more... )

The Conservative government appears to have its path: they can force the house of commons to take its winter break early, abuse the airwaves with propaganda to get their base foaming at the mouth, then return with a throne speach laden down with election goodies. It's a scorched-earth policy, attempting to leave a visciously divided and inflamed ( Read more... )

The Conservative government is uttering its death knell. In desperation, it has released tapes of private NDP caucus meetings ... um ... what are they doing with tapes of private opposition meetings? How in the world they thought THAT wouldn't blow up in their faces, I don't know - the worst thing on the take was the revelation the opposition ( Read more... )

It's beginning to look like the government is going to fall on their disastrous little power games. The opposition parties have drafted a non-confidence vote (which can be introduced in a week after the PM scrambled to clear all votes off the agenda) and there are serious negotiations under way for an unbelievably complex (by our standards) ( Read more... )

The reckless brinksmanship on the brink of an economic upheaval and refusal to behave like a minority government should by any proper application of karma lead the conservative government to be utterly wiped out. The stupidity of their games in the budget update is mind-boggling ( Read more... )

Arwen's archnemesis, my parents' hyper-loyal Australian Shepherd ("Bunny"), has passed away at the age of 14 ( Read more... )

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