Sister Sage's Musings » The Liberals http://sistersagesmusings.ca Center-left blog from Canadians across the country and beyond Sat, 05 Oct 2013 01:15:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Those Who Live in Glass Houses… Justin Trudeau is Not the Only Sitting Politician to Break the Law and Won’t be the Last http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2013/08/25/those-who-live-in-glass-houses-justin-trudeau-is-not-the-only-sitting-politician-to-break-the-law-and-wont-be-the-last/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2013/08/25/those-who-live-in-glass-houses-justin-trudeau-is-not-the-only-sitting-politician-to-break-the-law-and-wont-be-the-last/#comments Sun, 25 Aug 2013 16:11:21 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=13673 Well, Boys n girls,  it seems that Justin Trudeau has admitted to having smoked some weed about 5 or 6 times in his life, the most recent being a few years ago as a sitting MP at a dinner party with friends as they passed a spliff around the table.  The comments I’ve seen . . . → Read More: Those Who Live in Glass Houses… Justin Trudeau is Not the Only Sitting Politician to Break the Law and Won’t be the Last]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2013/08/25/those-who-live-in-glass-houses-justin-trudeau-is-not-the-only-sitting-politician-to-break-the-law-and-wont-be-the-last/feed/ 8 Stevie Harper Will Never Leave, At Least, Not Until Next Election http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2013/06/09/stevie-harper-will-never-leave-at-least-not-until-next-election/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2013/06/09/stevie-harper-will-never-leave-at-least-not-until-next-election/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:20:53 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=13636 Many journos, pundits, and journos are speculating as to whether or not ol’ Stevie Spiteful will leave sooner rather than later. Hell, even Chantal Hebert, who announced in her last column for the Toronto Star that she is taking a summer leave of absence to write book, announced that she made arrangements with her . . . → Read More: Stevie Harper Will Never Leave, At Least, Not Until Next Election]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2013/06/09/stevie-harper-will-never-leave-at-least-not-until-next-election/feed/ 5 Stevie Spiteful Kisses and Makes Up With Lyin’ Brian and Premier Johnny-Boy And Who Would Wave the Maple Leaf Alongside Harper? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/06/23/stevie-spiteful-kisses-and-makes-up-with-lyin-brian-and-premier-johnny-boy-and-who-would-wave-the-maple-leaf-alongside-harper/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/06/23/stevie-spiteful-kisses-and-makes-up-with-lyin-brian-and-premier-johnny-boy-and-who-would-wave-the-maple-leaf-alongside-harper/#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:32:43 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=12590 It is indeed true, boys ‘n’ girls, Stevie Spiteful just added the unthinkable to his repertoire: grovelling to former foes: Lyin’ Brian Mulroney and Premier Johnny-Boy. Get this, boys ‘n’ girls, Stevie Spiteful is starting to care about La Belle Province these days. Oh my! I wonder why?

Stephen Harper held a secret meeting . . . → Read More: Stevie Spiteful Kisses and Makes Up With Lyin’ Brian and Premier Johnny-Boy And Who Would Wave the Maple Leaf Alongside Harper?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/06/23/stevie-spiteful-kisses-and-makes-up-with-lyin-brian-and-premier-johnny-boy-and-who-would-wave-the-maple-leaf-alongside-harper/feed/ 3 Have These Harpercons Not Learned Their Roboscam Lessons? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/06/03/have-these-harpercons-not-learned-their-roboscam-lessons/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/06/03/have-these-harpercons-not-learned-their-roboscam-lessons/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:40:24 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=12495 Oh what have those dastardly LIbruls done now?

The Liberals are expected to complain in the House of Commons Monday that voters in the suburban Toronto riding of Etobicoke Centre received calls accusing Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj of plotting to “overthrow” the vote there, and saying voters will have their votes “taken away” by . . . → Read More: Have These Harpercons Not Learned Their Roboscam Lessons?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/06/03/have-these-harpercons-not-learned-their-roboscam-lessons/feed/ 1 Is It Just Me, or Does Anyone Else Find the Timing of the Latest Harpercon Ads a Tad Curious? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/03/19/is-it-just-me-or-does-anyone-else-find-the-timing-of-the-latest-harpercon-ads-a-tad-curious/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/03/19/is-it-just-me-or-does-anyone-else-find-the-timing-of-the-latest-harpercon-ads-a-tad-curious/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:25:39 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=11997 Yep, boys ‘n’ girls, the Harpercons have come out with a new shiny thing–an attack ad against the Liberal interim leader, Bob Rae.  I guess it’s never too early to get a jump start on that election campaign now, is it? I mean, they better get chopping now!! Only 3 + years before the . . . → Read More: Is It Just Me, or Does Anyone Else Find the Timing of the Latest Harpercon Ads a Tad Curious?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/03/19/is-it-just-me-or-does-anyone-else-find-the-timing-of-the-latest-harpercon-ads-a-tad-curious/feed/ 6 Why Did Bob Rae Apologize? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/27/why-did-bob-rae-apologize/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/27/why-did-bob-rae-apologize/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:12:15 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=11829  

Indeed! Why the hell did you, Mr. Rae?  So it was a Liberal staffer behind the Twitter moniker of vikileaks.  So? Glad someone was fighting back. Also, once again, with feeling, boys ‘n’ girls, @vikileaks didn’t use documents that weren’t already public record. In fact, anyone who would bother to look, they . . . → Read More: Why Did Bob Rae Apologize?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/27/why-did-bob-rae-apologize/feed/ 8 The Anti-Choicer Loses Liberal Nomination For Toronto-Danforth And The Riding is the NDP’s To Lose http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/10/the-anti-choicer-loses-liberal-nomination-for-toronto-danforth-and-the-riding-is-the-ndps-to-lose/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/10/the-anti-choicer-loses-liberal-nomination-for-toronto-danforth-and-the-riding-is-the-ndps-to-lose/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:50:04 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=11716 Well, I’m sure many Liberals can rest easy, for now–the fetus fetishist, Trifon Haitas, lost the nomination to advertising exec, Grant Gordon last night.  There was concern that the Liberals being in such bad shape, that it was ripe for a take-over from single issue interest groups, like a fetus fetishing group looking to . . . → Read More: The Anti-Choicer Loses Liberal Nomination For Toronto-Danforth And The Riding is the NDP’s To Lose]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/10/the-anti-choicer-loses-liberal-nomination-for-toronto-danforth-and-the-riding-is-the-ndps-to-lose/feed/ 3 Barely Five Minutes After He Was Announced Leader of The Bloc Quebecois, Daniel Paille is Out of The Starting Gate http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/12/12/barely-five-minutes-after-he-was-announced-leader-of-the-bloc-quebecois-daniel-paille-is-out-of-the-starting-gate/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/12/12/barely-five-minutes-after-he-was-announced-leader-of-the-bloc-quebecois-daniel-paille-is-out-of-the-starting-gate/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:21:59 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=11192 It’s official, Daniel Paille has won the Bloc Quebecois leadership with a little over 61% on the second ballot (they used a preferential voting system).   Ahuntsic MP, Maria Mourani came in second and  Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapedia’s rookie MP, Jean-Francois Fortin came in third and was knocked off the second round.

I contend that this is . . . → Read More: Barely Five Minutes After He Was Announced Leader of The Bloc Quebecois, Daniel Paille is Out of The Starting Gate]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/12/12/barely-five-minutes-after-he-was-announced-leader-of-the-bloc-quebecois-daniel-paille-is-out-of-the-starting-gate/feed/ 1 How can opposition battle Harper’s War Against Information when there’s no battle plan? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/21/10953/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/21/10953/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:56:25 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=10953 HillTimes:

There are an estimated 1,500 communications staffers working in ministers’ offices and departments, including 87 in the PMO and PCO.

(And don’t forget Sun Media, Postmedia, editorial board at Globe & Mail and 90 percent of the media.)

Soon after Mr. Harper won power, the Prime Minister’s staff started deciding which . . . → Read More: How can opposition battle Harper’s War Against Information when there’s no battle plan?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/21/10953/feed/ 1 Jane Taber and Candy Hoeppner Are Now Into Fiction: Part 1– Diabolical Wedgie Games: The Politics http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/10/jane-taber-and-candy-hoeppner-are-now-into-fiction-part-1-diabolical-wedgie-games-the-politics/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/10/jane-taber-and-candy-hoeppner-are-now-into-fiction-part-1-diabolical-wedgie-games-the-politics/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:42:15 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=10149 Yes, Jane Taber is all ga ga giddy, again, for her precious Harpercons and this time it’s over her new girlfriend, Candy getchergun Hoeppner.  Boys ‘n’ girls, Janie is all ga ga giddy this time because she is of the belief that Candy getcherguns Hoeppner, and she alone, is responsible for collapsing the Liberal . . . → Read More: Jane Taber and Candy Hoeppner Are Now Into Fiction: Part 1– Diabolical Wedgie Games: The Politics]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/10/jane-taber-and-candy-hoeppner-are-now-into-fiction-part-1-diabolical-wedgie-games-the-politics/feed/ 1 Being Oppositional, ‘Socialist’ Filibuster Drinking Games, Pandering to the Misinformed, Attempting To Debunk Some Myths http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/30/being-oppositional-socialist-filibuster-drinking-games-pandering-to-the-misinformed-attempting-to-debunk-some-myths/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/30/being-oppositional-socialist-filibuster-drinking-games-pandering-to-the-misinformed-attempting-to-debunk-some-myths/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:11:13 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=8513 Finally, I post my thoughts about the NDP filibuster of Stevie Spiteful’s draconian Back to work legislation of  locked out Canada Post workers and the press coverage it has received, along with many Canadians’ attitude toward it.  I’m not only concerned at Canadians’  attitudes toward Bill c-6, but also all the misinformation that had . . . → Read More: Being Oppositional, ‘Socialist’ Filibuster Drinking Games, Pandering to the Misinformed, Attempting To Debunk Some Myths]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/30/being-oppositional-socialist-filibuster-drinking-games-pandering-to-the-misinformed-attempting-to-debunk-some-myths/feed/ 8 Oh RG Harvie, Get With It! ADSCAM is So Yesterday, To Invoke Charlie Angus, Dracula is In Charge of the Bloodbank http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/15/oh-rg-harvie-get-with-it-adscam-is-so-yesterday-to-invoke-charlie-angus-dracula-is-in-charge-of-the-bloodbank/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/15/oh-rg-harvie-get-with-it-adscam-is-so-yesterday-to-invoke-charlie-angus-dracula-is-in-charge-of-the-bloodbank/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:56:50 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=8296 I find it quite amusing when blogging supposiTories still hammer on about ADSCAM to this day, and there are many who do, yet they still will not forgive any and all transgressions of their treasured Harpercons. In fact, they will become like tigers when anyone dares to slam them for it.  In fact, when . . . → Read More: Oh RG Harvie, Get With It! ADSCAM is So Yesterday, To Invoke Charlie Angus, Dracula is In Charge of the Bloodbank]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/15/oh-rg-harvie-get-with-it-adscam-is-so-yesterday-to-invoke-charlie-angus-dracula-is-in-charge-of-the-bloodbank/feed/ 3 So Bob Rae Says He’ll Back Out of Any Permanent Leadership Aspirations: I Still Say Marc Garneau Is a Better Choice For Interim Leader http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/05/19/so-bob-rae-says-hell-back-out-of-any-permanent-leadership-aspirations-i-still-say-marc-garneau-is-a-better-choice-for-interim-leader/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/05/19/so-bob-rae-says-hell-back-out-of-any-permanent-leadership-aspirations-i-still-say-marc-garneau-is-a-better-choice-for-interim-leader/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 00:12:09 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=7924 Ok, it’s official. Bob Rae says he’ll put the good of the Liberal party before any personal aspirations he may have had.  A very nice cover letter he wrote to support his application for interim leader of the party, indeed. However,  if anyone is to rebuild a party, the idea is to move forward. . . . → Read More: So Bob Rae Says He’ll Back Out of Any Permanent Leadership Aspirations: I Still Say Marc Garneau Is a Better Choice For Interim Leader]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/05/19/so-bob-rae-says-hell-back-out-of-any-permanent-leadership-aspirations-i-still-say-marc-garneau-is-a-better-choice-for-interim-leader/feed/ 3 End of The Road: No Time To Be Lulled Into a False Sense of Security and Stevie Can Still Get His Majority http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/05/01/end-of-the-road-no-time-to-be-lulled-into-a-false-sense-of-security-and-stevie-can-still-get-his-majority/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/05/01/end-of-the-road-no-time-to-be-lulled-into-a-false-sense-of-security-and-stevie-can-still-get-his-majority/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 02:23:32 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=7796 We have no arrived at the end of the road of  election 41 campaign. We have been polled, tweeted,  newsed, etc.   Before I go on, I would like to review all the party’s campaigns briefly.

Maybe there is something to be said for peek-a-boo campaigns? Jane Taber was certainly very complimentary of them . . . → Read More: End of The Road: No Time To Be Lulled Into a False Sense of Security and Stevie Can Still Get His Majority]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/05/01/end-of-the-road-no-time-to-be-lulled-into-a-false-sense-of-security-and-stevie-can-still-get-his-majority/feed/ 2 Enough With The Civics Lessons And The Speculations Already! Wait! I Have Another Scenario To Chew on! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/04/20/enough-with-the-civics-lessons-and-the-speculations-already-wait-i-have-another-scenario-to-chew-on/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/04/20/enough-with-the-civics-lessons-and-the-speculations-already-wait-i-have-another-scenario-to-chew-on/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:47:46 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=7642 I think Iggy just handed Stevie Spiteful his majority last night while talking to the Harper brown nose of the CBC, Peter Mansbridge.  It was an excercise in Gotcha Bull-shit on the part of Mansbridge, along with the rest of the Harpercon media and Iggy fell for it. Now the Harpercons and their cheerleaders . . . → Read More: Enough With The Civics Lessons And The Speculations Already! Wait! I Have Another Scenario To Chew on!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/04/20/enough-with-the-civics-lessons-and-the-speculations-already-wait-i-have-another-scenario-to-chew-on/feed/ 4 Once Again, Bill 101 Is a Provincial Matter, Quibbling Over Dumb Slogans And Reviving The Linguistic War As A Campaign Strategy http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/04/13/once-again-bill-101-is-a-provincial-matter-quibbling-over-dumb-slogans-and-reviving-the-linguistic-war-as-a-campaign-strategy/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/04/13/once-again-bill-101-is-a-provincial-matter-quibbling-over-dumb-slogans-and-reviving-the-linguistic-war-as-a-campaign-strategy/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:09:43 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=7507 I’ve got to stop reading the likes of  anti-feminist Babs Kay when I’m drinking hot coffee.  I invariably end up choking, burning myself and getting it all  over the place.  Perhaps today is the day I learn.

Before I start hammering her,  I have to ask, what was the deal with Gilles Duceppe bringing . . . → Read More: Once Again, Bill 101 Is a Provincial Matter, Quibbling Over Dumb Slogans And Reviving The Linguistic War As A Campaign Strategy]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/04/13/once-again-bill-101-is-a-provincial-matter-quibbling-over-dumb-slogans-and-reviving-the-linguistic-war-as-a-campaign-strategy/feed/ 2 Could The Red Book 2011 Backfire For the Liberals? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/04/03/could-the-red-book-2011-backfire-for-the-liberals/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/04/03/could-the-red-book-2011-backfire-for-the-liberals/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:58:03 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=7287 I’m going to play Devil’s advocate yet again, but more to the point I’m going to play the cynic here.  After all, given the pattern of the daily Nanos poll, showing the Harpercons going up steadily and the Liberals going down despite good campaigning from the Liberals and a poor one from the Harpercons, . . . → Read More: Could The Red Book 2011 Backfire For the Liberals?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/04/03/could-the-red-book-2011-backfire-for-the-liberals/feed/ 1 Hey Harpercons Coo-Coo For Tough On Crime: Why Aren’t You Denouncing This? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/04/03/hey-harpercons-coo-coo-for-tough-on-crime-why-arent-you-denouncing-this/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/04/03/hey-harpercons-coo-coo-for-tough-on-crime-why-arent-you-denouncing-this/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:26:35 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=7272 In Harpercon incumbent, young dipshit Pierre Pollievre’s southern Ottawa riding of Carleton-Nepean, the Liberal candidate, Ryan Keon had all or almost all of his signs defaced with crosshair scrawls. I see someone has been learning civility, civics and democracy from Sarah Palin.   Many like myself strongly believe this is the handy work of . . . → Read More: Hey Harpercons Coo-Coo For Tough On Crime: Why Aren’t You Denouncing This?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/04/03/hey-harpercons-coo-coo-for-tough-on-crime-why-arent-you-denouncing-this/feed/ 5 CK’s Quebec Riding Watch Part 2–Rest of La Belle Province http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/03/30/cks-quebec-riding-watch-part-2-rest-of-la-belle-province/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/03/30/cks-quebec-riding-watch-part-2-rest-of-la-belle-province/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:31:54 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=7224 I’m back to deliver my thoughts on the rest of the province.  You can refer to part 1, Montreal riding watch here.

As I’ve mentioned yesterday, Jean Charest will not be intervening in this election because of his poor reputation at this time as well as the deal he signed with the Harpercons regarding . . . → Read More: CK’s Quebec Riding Watch Part 2–Rest of La Belle Province]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/03/30/cks-quebec-riding-watch-part-2-rest-of-la-belle-province/feed/ 0 CK’s Quebec Riding Watch–Part 1 Montreal http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/03/29/cks-quebec-riding-watch-part-1-montreal/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/03/29/cks-quebec-riding-watch-part-1-montreal/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:03:42 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=7178 Everybody’s coming out with them. I thought I should put in my two cents. I have divided my analysis into two parts as it will be long, particularly my take on Montreal ridings.  I have added some trivia, some trademark CK snark and some humour.

There will be a few notable differences off the . . . → Read More: CK’s Quebec Riding Watch–Part 1 Montreal]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/03/29/cks-quebec-riding-watch-part-1-montreal/feed/ 6