On Thursday, John Gormley hosted Michael Ignatieff (mp3) on his show. Interesting interview, I’ll probably buy and read his book.
Odd juxtapose happening if anyone has been paying attention to the world that Liberals inhabit.
There is a very different narrative about Ignatieff now than they offered to Canadians up to May, 2011.*
But yeah, the CPC is evil incarnate. Or something.
* Any perceived associations regarding coronations, inexperience, and vacuous policies in posts about previous leaders and current leaders of the Liberal party are entirely coincidental.

Dec. 21st:

“They offered a paranoid, dystopian vision of a more dangerous and violent America where everyone is armed and no place is safe,” said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
(…)
“They were blaming it on all kinds of other things instead of guns themselves,” said Medea Benjamin, co-director of women’s peace group Code Pink, who was escorted out of the briefing after holding up a poster that read “NRA blood on your hands.”

Sept 29th:

In a statement corresponding with the announcement of COPS grants, Attorney General Eric Holder said, “In the wake of past tragedies, it’s clear that we need to be willing to take all possible steps to ensure that our kids are safe when they go to school.”

February, 2009 “I am outraged by Sarah Palin’s promotion of this cruel, unscientific and senseless practice, which has no place in modern America,” actress and animal activist Ashley Judd said in a press release. “Because she is apparently determined to continue and expand this horrific program, I am grateful that Defenders will aggressively fight to stop her. I am proud to be a part of that effort.”
June, 2013 “Noah and me working with Canadian wild life officials to cull seal population near Rankin Inlet. Over population of seals is causing great damage to local fisheries. Thousands of seal pups must be culled each year. We worked with trappers who taught Noah how to identify the weak ones.”

Unexpectedly: Canada stuns with biggest job gains in 11 years
Unexpectedly: The American economy has created 78,000 fewer jobs per month over the last three months as compared to the previous three months.

…there must not only be smoke but real fire when both the WSJ’s Peggy Noonan and the NYT’s Maureen Dowd agree on something in large part.
Some background here and here.

By juxtaposition! Paul Wells of Maclean’s magazine shows fairness–from the “Comments” here (timing for comments will change):

A short history of backfiring Conservative ads
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MarkOttawa • an hour ago
“Small Dead Animals” got there a few days ago:
“A Short History of Backfiring Reporters”
Mark
Ottawa
harebell MarkOttawa • an hour ago
Next you’ll be posting the views of Stormfront or some other bunch of haters.
This would be the same SDA that mocked camp survivors a wee while back, would it?
Paul Wells MarkOttawa • 44 minutes ago
In fairness, I should acknowledge that I did read that SDA post before writing this one.
MarkOttawa Paul Wells • 16 minutes ago
Thanks,
Mark
Ottawa

…Now Is The Time At SDA When We Juxtapose!
1) David Brooks:

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Shai Agassi’s company, Better Place [hurl], for example, has generated glowing magazine profiles, but it has managed to lose more than $500 million while selling astoundingly few cars. He stepped down as the chief executive, and his replacement lasted only a few months. It turns out that the things that are sexy to politicians and paradigm-shifting to conference audiences are not necessarily attractive to consumers…
By 2020, the United States will overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest oil producer, according to the International Energy Agency. The U.S. has already overtaken Russia as the world’s leading gas producer. Fuel has become America’s largest export item. Within five years, according to a study by Citigroup, North America could be energy independent. “OPEC will find it challenging to survive another 60 years, let alone another decade,” Edward Morse, Citigroup’s researcher, told CNBC.
All of this was accomplished by people who exist largely beyond the reach of the lavalier-mike circuit.
Joel Kotkin identified America’s epicenters of economic dynamism in a study for the Manhattan Institute. It is like a giant arc of unfashionableness…

2) Spiegel Online:

The Price of Green Energy: Is Germany Killing the Environment to Save It?
The German government is carrying out a rapid expansion of renewable energies like wind, solar and biogas, yet the process is taking a toll on nature conservation. The issue is causing a rift in the environmental movement, pitting “green energy” supporters against ecologists…

Who’d a thunk it?

March 11, 2013

Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair said reviving his party in Saskatchewan is one of his highest priorities.
“We’re going to continue to be here. We’ll be here every step of the way,” Mulcair said in a speech to Saskatchewan NDP members Saturday.
“Together, we will succeed.”

March 12, 2013

In a whirlwind visit to Washington this week, Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair is bearing an entirely different message from that brought by the parade of Conservative leaders who recently invaded the U.S. to sell the Keystone XL pipeline.

In related news, Saskatchewan NDP leader Cam Broten could be heard swearing in his office.

National Post, February 2013 – OCAP threatens to take over Metro Hall if city does not address shelter bed ‘crisis’
Sun News, December 2012 – The Menzoid took to the streets of Toronto to give a some free meals to the homeless, but found they were much pickier than expected.
h/t Dan T

2008 – 2011 “Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board” predict a disaster for farmers if the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) monopoly is ever dissolved.
2012-12-18: Farmers freed from the CWB are doing great!
Let Freedom Reign!

Here are some key events in Germany in the 1930’s:

• 1933-01-28 – The Weimar Republic collapses
• 1933-01-30 – Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
• 1933-02-28 – Law for the Protection of People and State is enacted, suspending civil liberties and eventually forcing all other political parties to shut down
• 1933-03-23 – The Enabling Act is passed, effectively handing legislative powers of the Reichstag (German Parliament) over to the Chancellor
• 1934-06-30 – Night of the Long Knives begins (Note: many more than the 77 people mentioned in the video were murdered)

Here are some key events in Egypt in the 2010’s:

• 2011-01-25 – The Egyptian Revolution, a series of mostly non-violent demonstrations, begins
• 2011-02-11 – Vice President Omar Suleiman announces that President Hosni Mubarak will step down as president
• 2011-05-24 – Hosni Mubarak is ordered to stand trial on charges of premeditated murder
• 2011-11-19 – Clashes erupt between Egypt’s security forces and protesters, resulting in the deaths of around 40 protesters
• 2012-04-20 – In Tahir Square thousands gather to protest against the disqualification of several major candidates and to protest against the military generally
• 2012-06-02 – Hosni Mubarak is found guilty of complicity in the murders of protesters
• 2012-06-24 – Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Mohammed Morsi, is elected President of Egypt
• 2012-08-12 – President Morsi demands the resignations of the head of the country’s armed forces and the Army chief of staff; he also cancels the constitutional declaration curbing presidential powers
• 2012-11-22 – Mohammed Morsi issues a declaration banning challenges to all of his decrees, laws, and decisions

Any predictions on when the Egyptian Night of the Long Knives will occur? Or will the Children of the Arab Spring in Egypt recover their liberty through a series of really clever Tweets?

Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
CBC, November 19th – In perhaps his most forceful comments on climate change to date, [Environment Minister Peter] Kent says the recent Hurricane Sandy that devastated parts of the U.S. East Coast is putting the issue top of mind…”
Steven Goddard, October 20th – October hurricanes used to occur about once every 1.7 years, but now they only occur about once every 5.1 years.
h/t dmorris

2008-06-18: Whoopi Goldberg & her cohosts on ‘The View’ have a love-in with Michelle Obama.
2012-10-18: Whoopi Goldberg asks Ann Romney about body bags coming home from overseas.

October 5, 2012 – What the higher powers in Calgary want you to see: A “Lib Dub”, copying what Grand Rapids, Michigan did two years ago.
September 15, 2012 – What they don’t want to talk about: Muslims insisting that negative comments about Mohammed be outlawed in Canada * (with all women praying behind the men) **
* – A key player at the protest was none other than Syed Soharwardy, a man who saw no problem with trying to silence Ezra Levant.
** – Incidentally, the entire issue of the “trailer” on the Internet that they were protesting has since been shown to not have been the cause for the violence that killed the American ambassador in Libya.
h/t Ronnie B.

Sept 7, 2012: Canadian Jobs Report is three times economists expectations.
Sept. 7, 2012: American Jobs Report fails to meet expectations.
Related, Rick Santelli: (TY, Melinda Romanoff)