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Australian Election called for September 7th 7 Aug 2013 | 08:23 am
As I mentioned in a post I made earlier, an election in Australia has been a long time coming. On January 30th 2013, the Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, called an election for September 1...
Super Thursday By-Elections: Winners & Losers 2 Aug 2013 | 05:20 pm
Last night's five provincial by-elections were a wild right, with a couple of surprises and three more-or-less expected results in five suburban ridings all held previously by Liberal bigwigs which, w...
Super Thursday - The Day of the Liberal's Reckoning 1 Aug 2013 | 12:12 am
Tomorrow is the day that five by-elections - those are again Windsor-Tecumseh, London West, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Scarborough-Guildwood, and Ottawa South - will be held. So far we've seen polling that ...
Re: Trudeau, stoned 26 Jul 2013 | 09:22 pm
I posted this comment to Warren Kinsella's site and, well, frankly I don't know if it will go through or not (either because I'm so brilliant he'll never let it be shown! or more likely because I lost...
What Would "Republic of Canada" Presidential Elections Look Like? 25 Jul 2013 | 02:48 am
You've all seen it on TV, in the newspapers, and online - the overwhelming amount of adulation and gawking at the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's new son, Prince George Alexander Louis. It is one part...
Japanese Quickie 21 Jul 2013 | 07:38 pm
Teddy here with a quick update on politics elsewhere in the world. In Japan an election was held today for half of the upper house. I've cobbled together this table to explain it: I hope this mish-m...
Are the Trudeau Liberals Crashing and Burning In the Polls? 19 Jul 2013 | 09:54 pm
The short answer is, well, yes. The long answer is yes, but not necessarily to the immediate benefit of the main opposition to the Liberals - the Conservatives and New Democrats. While I find the re...
A Look at Scarborough-Guildwood 17 Jul 2013 | 05:08 pm
On August 1st, alongside Windsor-Tecumseh, London West, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, and Ottawa South, the voters of Scarborough-Guildwood will be heading to the polls in a day that is hopefully not as swelte...
Harper Gov'ts Fetish with the Crown Has Gone Overboard 9 Jul 2013 | 08:16 pm
Look at these two rank insignias and tell me which of them looks more like it represents Canada: It seems pretty obvious which one represents Canada. Yet for some reason, our esteemed and hopefully s...
A Look at Etobicoke-Lakeshore 7 Jul 2013 | 07:44 pm
On August 1st, the provincial constituency of Etobicoke-Lakeshore will hold a by-election along with four other ridings across Ontario, including three of which I’ve already covered – Windsor-Tecumseh...
