Nov, 20, 2011: I’ve been a Republican all my adult life. I have worked on the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal, at Forbes magazine, at the Manhattan and American Enterprise Institutes, as a speechwriter in the George W. Bush administration. I believe in free markets, low taxes, reasonable regulation, and limited government. I voted for John McCain in 2008, and I have strongly criticized the major policy decisions of the Obama administration. But as I contemplate my party and my movement in 2011, I see things I simply cannot support.
Feb 10, 2012: “Anyone who is willing to stand next me, to fight the progressive left. I will be in that bunker. And if you’re not in that bunker ’cause you’re not satisfied with this candidate…More than shame on you…you’re on the other side.” (12:20 to end, but listen to the whole thing)
Related.
Everyone say, “Ahhhh”
“Officials say the six workers, laid off Jan. 25, were ordered to leave their buildings immediately. Contrary to regulations, they were not given access to a union representative and the layoffs were not done according to seniority, claim officials.” – Star Phoenix
And after you stop giggling, ask what could they have possibly done to justify an immediate firing and escort out of the building?
Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012)
Legalize Mary Jane?
Interesting (given the events of the last decade, quite real) perspective.
h/t: twitter.
Guelph
Do it. Go now. Call a by-election.
You have to be kidding me.
“Through consolidation, we should be able to save hundreds of millions of dollars. We’re not at a point where we have an exact number yet, of course.” – Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid
I wonder how Mr. McGuinty can blame the petro-dollar for Ontario’s state of affairs when his own minister doesn’t really know where the monies are going?
h/t, HoM
Unmasked
Anonymous, not so much.
Help me, I can’t put down the phone!
Incompetents. All that work trying to misdirect and still failing. Who cares about Guelph, that failure is inexcusable.
Ralph must have been quite put out that he wasn’t getting enough press. I’m very positive about this though. The next time I get a call late at night or early in the morning I too, can scream, “ELECTION FRAUD!”
FWIW, this is about as close to a statement as you’re going to get until the file is close to being closed. Kudos to Macleans for giving him space.
The World Still Has Too Many Philosophers
Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have anything to do with the fetus’ health. By showing that (1) both fetuses and newborns do not have the same moral status as actual persons, (2) the fact that both are potential persons is morally irrelevant and (3) adoption is not always in the best interest of actual people, the authors argue that what we call ‘after-birth abortion’ (killing a newborn) should be permissible in all the cases where abortion is, including cases where the newborn is not disabled. – The Journal of Medical Ethics
Via The Blaze, h/t john g
Update: The Editor responds.
We need you!
“The report by the council also said keeping employees will be a challenge with 18 per cent of the construction workforce or about 6,600 workers expected to retire within the next 10 years.” – CKOM
“Over the next five years, between 75,000 and 90,000 skilled workers will be needed to plug the labour shortage. Recruitment will mainly be in areas of advanced technology, construction, mineral exploration, agriculture and petroleum.” – and we’ll go to Europe to get you.
I wonder if this tweet might have something to do with that?
“Brad Wall @PremierBradWall In Sask we’ll make decisions that ensure our budget is balanced, promises are kept and programs that help people are sustainable. #skpoli”
Bob Rae’s Nixonian moment
The staffer did it.
Well, two controversies, two staffers fired…err resigned.
Now, how about everyone in the HoC grow up, eh? Flying off the handle is our job.
@SunNewsNetwork and wallyj in comments report Adam Carroll was the staffer.
Carroll’s cached twitter feed. Thanks, mark.
His Politwiiter feed and his twitter pictures. Thanks, Kapusta.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant
I guess the best efforts to make the toy-gun story go away, failed.
Brian Lilley talks.
KW’s 570News – Jeff Allen’s 9am podcast, and the 10 am podcast (although I couldn’t get it working so it may not be up yet). 10 am podcast is working now.
Allen’s 9am show features the police and the CAS’s Scott. Recommended listening.
Update: Solomon Friedman is confirmed to be the Samsone’s lawyer. He is on Adler and has advised the Samsone’s to avoid the media.
Taken by Storm
Chapter 1 of Taken By Storm – Dr. Christopher Essex & Dr. Ross McKitrick, (2002), Key Porter Books Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, opens with a description of a thunderstorm and the inability of science to understand the forces involved in that storm.
Science has published a study based on satellite estimates of global rainfall. Then calculating the frictional drag on the raindrops.
From Nature:
All the same, the total global total rate of energy dissipation from precipitation is around 10^15 watts, about 100 times the rate at which humans consume energy worldwide.
Science is getting closer to understanding that thunderstorm.
The liberal Jackboot
The wing-nuts questioned why firearm enthusiasts hated the registry?
Not that the Tories are going to do anything about the warrant-less search and seizure parts of C68. Oh, no. You have no rights when there may be the tinkling of an idea that a firearm may be somehow involved. Even if, you know, one isn’t.
Where are last weeks defenders of warrant requirements now?
I truly hope this ‘free’ and law-abiding citizen sues the pants off of everyone involved. Then I hope that they are left destitute and lose what-ever certifications these social scientists had.
Oh, but it’s alright though, it’s for the children, “Our community would have an expectation if comments are made about a gun in a house, we’d be obligated to investigate that to ensure everything is safe.”
Cause, you know, if you aren’t with them, you’re with the child pornographers, or something like that.
Update: Ezra: h/t Occam
Y2Kyoto: Made up models; made up memos
I don’t know if anyone has been following the Peter Gleick controversy or not, but it’s hilarious.
Powerline does an excellent deconstruction of the memo at the heart of the controversy and as always, you can keep up-to-date with Anthony.
Its Out!
The CFL 2012 season schedule!.
The free agency period has been cause for celebration.
A few good-byes to long standing Riders. Thank you Wes and Gene.
And a couple of surprises, see ya Stuuuu and Andy all the best except when you play the Riders!
Two things. The OLine signings mean that whomever wins the starting running back position is going to have some excellent lanes opening up. They also mean that Darian is going to have a bit more time to make decisions.
I love the signings and GM Taman deserves accolades for his yoeman work. Last year showed our weaknesses and on paper GM Taman has addressed those issues. Now it’s up to our new coaching staff to bring the excellence we know wears Rider Green to the field.
How many months till training camp again?
Because Greece is so far away
Most with any recollection with recognize the name Don Drummond. No enemy of Liberals, he. Well, maybe now.
The Full Report.
You broke it, voters of Ontario, you buy it.
UofR Student Union
Dipsticks.
So at their AGM on the 8th the dumbasses got hijacked by anti-semites and ended up passing another Anti-Israel motion. (I know, quelle surprise, leftist university radicals hijacking a non-entity about Israel.)
I wonder if the student body at UofR understands just what “Commit to identifying and divesting from companies that support or profit from Israel…” means when you put it in the context of this.
Canola: Israel – April 2011 – 8.900k tonnes 2010-2011 16.2k tonnes
Soyabean: Israel – 2009-2010 – 22.6k tonnes
Wheat Flour: Israel – 1q 2011 – 30k tonnes
I guess this means that the wingnuts won’t be going home to Dadda’s farm anytime soon.
h/t JGL.
Newt
After tonight’s debate I guess we’ll have a good idea whether Newt is Inevitable and Mitt is unelectable…or the reverse again, or not, or something.
Privatization Failure
Darn.
In a letter to the editor, Mark promised me that, “The government’s decision to close down SCN is going to cost the people of Saskatchewan far more in lost investment from outside the province than was being spent to run SCN, money that was used to employ Saskatchewan labour and pay for services from Saskatchewan companies.”
So much for that. They’re even keeping the education on.
I really wanted to pay for it out of tax dollars.