Tag Archives: Conservatives

Fake News? Should We Believe “Anonymous” Sources?

Posted on March 24, 2023 by cdsmiller17

2019/2021 Canadian Election Interference by China It’s hard to know who to believe anymore. My cousin, John Miller, is a respected journalist. He has a blog page called The Journalism Doctor. You should read it sometime. He laments the laziness … Continue reading →

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The Reason We Mustn’t Ignore the Past

Posted on October 21, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Lessons from History My last two posts here have gone over like a lead balloon (that’s where Led Zeppelin got their name). In pondering why, I have come to the conclusion that no one wants to read about events and … Continue reading →

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The New Canadian Leader of His Majesty’s Opposition

Posted on September 27, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Pierre Poilievre (June 3, 1979) Honestly, people, this man is just nine months older than my youngest child. (And my cousin, John, is concerned that Pierre Poilievre is being referred to as ‘Pee Pee’…) Why are political leaders allowed to … Continue reading →

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Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss?

Posted on September 6, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Liz Truss (July 26, 1975) Ha, that was funny. My WordPress post just aligned the above image of Liz Truss to the centre (when I prompted a change): this seems to be significant for the way the United Kingdom is … Continue reading →

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Is This Man the UK’s Next Prime Minister?

Posted on July 14, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Rishi Sunak (May 12, 1980) It may be too soon to tell, since the Tories will finally elect their next leader on September 9th but I like the odds of this happening. It feels a bit like Kamala Harris becoming … Continue reading →

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Two Strikes and You’re Out?

Posted on July 11, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Patrick Brown (May 26, 1978) Would you buy a used car from this man? Patrick Brown has been ejected from the federal Conservative Party’s leadership race for ‘irregularities’. Hmm. This happened once before when he was the leader of the … Continue reading →

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On Your Way to the Top, Watch Out What You Do…

Posted on April 29, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Anatomy of a Scandal (2022) Or they’ll get you on the way down This Netflix series is a slow burn that gets hotter and hotter as it progresses. (They say that it is even outscoring viewing numbers of Bridgerton 2, … Continue reading →

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Government: By the People for the People?

Posted on October 26, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Aristocracy vs Liberty Phineas Quimby was a very opinionated man. And having witnessed first-hand the American Civil War meant that he based his thinking on what he saw going on around him. Politically, he equated priests and doctors to the … Continue reading →

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Ontario: Giving our Trillium a Makeover

Posted on May 19, 2020 by cdsmiller17

New Look for an Old Symbol When Doug Ford became Premier of Ontario he promised to update the look of the province, mainly to get rid of outmoded Liberal influences. One of the most radical changes involved a new look … Continue reading →

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Wikileaks Dump Highlights CPC Tricks

Posted on April 30, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Julian Assange You wouldn’t think that Wikileaks would be interested in Canadian politics, would you? Well, that’s what I thought when I was trolling through some of the files from last week’s Wikileaks dump. But one title caught my eye: … Continue reading →

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