Christy Clark’s LNG Pipedream: How Will China’s Impending Economic Collapse Help?
Monday, June 17, 2013
There is be a fast postscript to the Premier’s LNG fantasies when all is said and done. That she is surrounded by some of the best and brightest financial wizards in the province, and that they haven’t warned her of the forthcoming Apocalypse, is astounding to me. China is on the verge of economic collapse. It may very well not be as spectacular as that of the United States, but it will be the bubble bursting, whose air will flatten entire nations–and their economies. Where and how does Christy Clark think we will be absolved? That’s not asinine–it’s downright... [Continue reading]
The Butchering of Vancouver’s NPA
Friday, June 14, 2013
I know I signed off for the weekend, and the civic beat in Vancouver I long ago left to my pal Frances Bula and others like Jeff Lee and Carlito Pablo, but this story bothers me enough to step in. I used to be a director of the NPA. At that time, we had our differences on the board, but people understood we were all rowing in the same direction. Other than the acrimony of the 2005 campaign, that brought you Sam Sullivan, anything negative of note prior to that, I’d consider a skirmish. The campaign, though, thanks to someone named Christy Clark, was off on the wrong foot. Her whole cabal... [Continue reading]
Free for All Weekend!!!
Friday, June 14, 2013
As per usual, be nice and concise. Any topic large or small. And…any comments or criticisms of the show–I greatly welcome this–it’s what makes me a better broadcaster. Your continued patience is so appreciated. Enjoy the weekend. It promises to get better than the current rain… Hug a child, read a book, and then mix a colourtini or three…and watch as they fly through the air. I’m back Monday. Until then… Be well. [Translate] Continue reading →
Christy Clark’s New Cabinet! Tell Us Who to Watch!!!
Monday, June 10, 2013
Okay, in my ongoing efforts to find a happy medium between the show and the blog… Why don’t YOU tell me (and the rest of us) who the Ministers to watch are? Peter Fassbender and his religious right leanings on education? Suzanne Anton, the second most unqualified Attorney General (behind Shirley Bond) in the history of BC? Mary Polak, who as Minister of the Environment will be up against the seasoned rhetorical spin of Dr. Andrew Weaver? Bill Bennett, who is a BLIND Clark loyalist, in a position demanding uncommon independence at core review? Let’s have it! Who are YOUR picks... [Continue reading]
‘EXCLUSIVE’ BREAKING NEWS: BC Conservative Leader Set to Resign Immediately!
Saturday, June 8, 2013
You read it here first… At 11am, BC Conservative leader John Cummins will present himself to the board of directors of his party and offer his resignation. Cummins, who barely survived a leadership review from moderate conservatives in his party last year, has decided it’s time to retire from political life. At 71, and a far right winger, his brand of conservatism had no hope of resonating with the progressive conservative leaning people of BC–fiscally prudent, socially moderate–very. He was never able to understand this in any appreciable manner–and neither were... [Continue reading]
Christy Clark Unveils ‘New’ (Old) Cabinet…Shafts Perceived Intra-Caucus Critics and Possible Opponents!
Friday, June 7, 2013
Well, if some of you thought she was going to be inclusive, think again. Remember how a few days ago I told you that Christy Clark needs to reach out? Stop compiling enemies lists? She doesn’t care. It’s Premier Antoinette on steroids and you and any other critic(s) can go get stuffed. Two top spots in government, those of Deputy Premier and Government House Leader respectively went to Rich Coleman and Mike deJong. Moira Stilwell, out. Sam Sullivan, out. Monday on my show, I’ll tell you, with specifics, why…so stay tuned for that piece of breaking news. The Premier started... [Continue reading]
‘EXCLUSIVE’ BREAKING NEWS: Christy Clark Likely Going in Kelowna–and New Horses for the Queen of All She Surveys…
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
You heard it here first…Christy Clark’s negatives are so strong in almost every single last one of the safest BC Liberal ridings in the province, her people have been forced to approach Westside – Kelowna MLA, and all round good guy, Ben Stewart, to step aside for the good of the premier. Clark, I’m told, will run in a by-election in Kelowna and may even have plans to move there. A by-election call is likely in the next few days. Stewart won with almost 60% of the total votes cast. Westside is considered the easiest of the Kelowna seats to win and is longtime Bennett/VanderZalm/Campbell... [Continue reading]
The Vancouver Olympic Hangover: Three Years and Counting…
Monday, June 3, 2013
Notwithstanding the flowery rhetoric from premiers Campbell and Clark about what a huge success the Olympics were, the beleaguered taxpayers of the province continue to take it in the teeth. Along with the budget shell game that the BC Liberals have been playing for years, now all the predictions about Olympic venues are coming home to haunt us. Astounding anyone would have argued against this. But hardly surprising, considering Campbell and Clark’s penchant for spreading the fertilizer. __________________________ CABINET, SHMABINET… Who’s in Clark’s Cabinet and who’s... [Continue reading]
Early Weekend…Applying an Impassioned Eye on Legacies 2010/Lift Partners…
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Instead of giving you this brewing scandal piecemeal, I’m going to try and condense it over the weekend and provide you with a larger post for the beginning of next week. So, I’m taking tomorrow off, post-show. The sheer volume of material here is beyond massive. But the major question(s) remain: Why would this BC Liberal government send a quarter of a billion dollars to Legacies2010/Lift over a period of a decade, when that same government has been telling us that every penny counted and the cupboard remained bare? Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark told us that they had no more money... [Continue reading]
‘EXCLUSIVE’ BREAKING NEWS: BC Liberals Have Been Gutting Education and Healthcare for a Decade, Sending ALMOST A QUARTER OF A BILLION TAX DOLLARS to 2010 Legacies Now/Lift Philanthropy Partners!!!
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Why? That MUST be the immediate question. Why is it that for a decade the BC Liberal government has siphoned off from almost every provincial ministry $240,651,926 and sent it over to 2010 Legacies Now/Lift Philanthropy Partners?!? Christy Clark told us last week that not one dollar of any allocated funds for education have gone to anything but education. Really? In 2003/2004, as Minister of Education and Deputy Premier, Clark attended a meeting with Kim Haakstad, her long-time assistant, and Deputy Minister Emery Dosdall. In that meeting, Clark HERSELF, suggested that “media buys”... [Continue reading]
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