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- John Moore, CFRB

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- John Oakley, AM640

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Archive for June, 2011

The Hudak/Dunlop PCs: they care about “pocketbook” issues, alright
Thursday, June 30th, 2011

…specifically, your pocketbook, and how they can get their sweaty mitts on it:

Buy Ontario
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

…unless you’re the Ontario NDP, that is, in which case you’ll use American photographers, American models and American companies for your, um, election platform.

Smoke Free Ontario is the right way to go
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

…so say the people.

Meanwhile, Big Tobacco’s shill, Tim Hudak, voted against the Smoke Free Ontario Act.

I Am Canadian?
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Interesting piece.

Why, you might ask, was he compelled to write now about this issue? Is it in fact even an “issue”?

For him, I can testify, it was. He deeply despised those Conservative “Just Visiting” ads, and my sense was that they wounded him on a personal level.

At the time, I recall thinking that the little political tableau was replete with irony: one leader was a Canadian who had lived in the United States, and desperately wanted to prove he was Canadian.

The other leader was a Canadian who lived here, but who desperately wanted to be an American.

The self-hater won. Happens a lot, in my experience.

Dog-related question
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Roxy Roller, Canada’s favourite political dog.

Roxoid, seen above, is always hungry. She’s part lab, so that comes with the territory.

She eats Fromm’s. The place where she has been getting her food, Tails in the Beach, makes us both really, really unhappy for a host of reasons. We wouldn’t recommend it.

So: anyone know where you can get Fromm’s in the East End?  We need an alternative.

Look at Roxy. She’s counting on you to come through with an answer.

I love it when Tim Hudak talks about “pocketbook” issues
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

…because it gives me an opportunity to watch this again.

OMG OMG
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS LOL OMG LMAO

NDP steals platform cover from U.S. campaign poster
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

H/T GritChik.

In today’s Sun: postal strike winners, losers
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

“Brian Topp says the NDP won by being “muscular” and standing up to the Tories. In reality, the Dippers lost – big time. Shortly after the May 2 election, the New Dems were in a hurry to convince the rest of us they were moving towards the centre. They talked about ditching socialism, and reaching out to unhappy Liberal voters.

But then along came the postal labour dispute. With their obstructionism in the House of Commons, the NDP lurched left, and gave us every reason to believe they still favour union power over people power. The New Democrats may remain popular in Quebec – but I guarantee their one-sided filibuster tactics did them no favours in the rest of Canada.”

Seadoo GR, Inc.
Monday, June 27th, 2011

Stockaholics, take note: your boy is now a lobbyist, even though he says he’s not.

Here’s why he’s trying to suck and blow at the same time.