Calgary Grit

A few random Sunday links” 1) The “six words for Bush” blog asks readers to submit 6 word memoirs about W. My favourite is the title of this post. 2) It sounds like something the Pastafarians would dream up, but there’s some data to suggest that climate change leads to more witch burnings… (h/t freakonomics) […]

With a neck and neck race for the democratic nomination, the usually insignificant Guam primary is now…slightly less insignificant. Barack Obama has become the first Democrat to ever set up a campaign office in Guam (Republican Rudy Gulliani, of course, set one up in January as part of his “Florida and Guam” strategy), while Bill […]

For those who missed it, the Hill Times released their annual MP awards (referred to as the “Hillies” my me and, nobody else). And the winners are… Sexiest MP First Maxime Bernier takes over Peter MacKay’s job in foreign affairs. Then he ends MacKay’s 9 year reign as the “sexiest MP” on the Hill. Anyone […]

Why don’t we just declare Stephen Harper “supreme emperor” and get it over with already? OTTAWA–Ottawa’s financial watchdog says she won’t go along with draft government rules that she says would undermine the independence of officers of Parliament like herself. Auditor-General Sheila Fraser found allies yesterday who condemned the Conservative proposal, which could mean that […]

…at least he’s doing better than this Liberal Party leader: TROUBLED WA Opposition leader Troy Buswell has broken down in tears at a press conference and admitted he sniffed the chair of a female Liberal Party staffer. With tears in his eyes, Mr Buswell had to compose himself before telling the media in Mandurah this […]

Maybe it’s best to just treat opposition motions as meaningless stunts but, at the same time, it’s hard to see the governing party voting non-confidence in the body tasked with organizing fair elections as inconsequential. For starters, William Corbett and other top officials are going to have to resign or be Keened. The government can’t […]

UPDATE: It appears the letter posted yesterday was an earlier draft of a Calgary Nose Hill fundraising letter. Kudos to SJ and the team there for thinking outside the box on this one. Here’s the full version: From: Conservative HeadquartersTo: Conservative CandidatesDate: December 2, 2005Subject: Urgent Request Dearest Candidate, Good morning, how are you and […]

This should be fun: Debate opens tomorrow on this Bloc Québécois motion: Que la Chambre exprime sa pleine et entière confiance envers Élections Canada et le Commissaire aux élections fédérales. That this House express its complete confidence in Elections Canada and the Federal Elections Commissioner (Inkless translation — ed.). Say what you will about the […]

Via the Liberal mole, this landed in my in box this morning – full details of the “Elections Canada conspiracy” that has been hinted at by Fox Mulder and anonymous Conservative Party officials all week long:

Random links from the past few weeks as I clean out my “mildly interesting blog stuff” folder. 1. Fast Company has an article on the Obama’s branding and use of the internet (apparently Liberal caucus each got a copy). 2. From where the internet works to where it doesn’t. This study shows that e-mail fails […]