SpankyMcFarland

Practically speaking, FPTP means no contest in many ridings. In mine, the Liberals are the only viable non-Harper option. A vote for the NDP is effectively a vote for the Conservatives. Never before have accurate polls been so important to determine whom to vote for.

That beer was my first love when I came to Canada. The extra alcohol did its charm no harm.

You'd think the European team would have a much harder time working together but that has not been the case.

At least we can see it on TV, more than can be said for 6N rugby these days. One challenge has been the continuing dominance of the Big Five at the business end of the competition. It would be great to see a new country or two in the semis.

I get the feeling that federal politics matter only to a dwindling cone of older Canadians, and the arguments are over relatively small differences in policy.

His proposal would affect me directly.

One interesting thing. There are a LOT of Conservative supporters defending the party in the comments section of the CBC report.

Yeah, there can be no statute of limitations on mug shots for anybody over five. That was Rob Ford-like news all over the world. But on the other stuff, I think Jonathan Kay is right when he says that this is a generational thing and the younger people won't be so bothered by raunchy, off-colour or insulting written remarks as older voters might be. As a geezer myself, I'm more used to hearing this stuff from my peers than reading it.

In 2004, Mickelson showed up with a new driver, a Callaway, he had just switched to and sprayed the ball all over the place. He was playing with Tiger and they did not look like a team at all. Harrington and Montgomerie beat them that day. Rory McIlroy made a few jokes about the incident last year.http://www.sportinglife.com/golf/news/article/585/9486274/new-driver-is-improvement-mcilroy http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/17/sports/golf/a-puzzling-change-for-mickelson.html?_r=0 The passion of the Euro players just looks a lot higher. Apart from a few guys like Bubba Watson, the Yanks have often looked like they are just phoning it in. To me anyway. I am very biased in these matters.

More details on likejackingate: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-like-jacking-facebook-1.3229622

But does this mean that any aspiring politician has to avoid electronic media completely or lie through his teeth for years before he runs for office? You're going to get into heated discussions online if you care as much as these guys do about the questions of the day. We have all said foolish things, and nowadays utterances of all sorts are recorded.

Has Israel shown any interest at all in doing that? Assad and Iran are their focus. The US and Israel are backing different sides here. As in Ukraine, Israel has a different agenda from ours. Its relationship with Russia is complex to say the least.

Trudeau wants higher income Canadians to pay more tax. I'm happy to do that.

It made The National tonight.

Whatever about the basic issue, the government's argument that removing the niqab was not mandatory was easily disproven. It's hard to see how they thought they could win this.

The American players just don't seem as motivated to win. Given that stroke play is the norm everywhere now, they should win more often than not given their superior rankings. Tiger and Phil did not deliver as much as they should have over the years to this team event. Also the only time I have seen recrimination in the Euro ranks was with Faldo as captain and that was over his offhand attitude more than his tactics. Faldo also got a hammering when he criticized Sergio during this event which is simply not on for a former captain. Apart from that, the team spirit seems much stronger in the European side.

How much are all these lost cases costing us taxpayers BTW?

Here is the story. It disappeared for a while and then popped up again. If there is anything to it, I think it's serious: http://www.cbc.ca/player/Kids/Kids/ID/2675485781/

Iran's actions in recent years have been rational and regional. I see no reason for that to change. The Shia of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have suffered serious discrimination. Unrest in that group is the fault of the local governments. Russia, China and Pakistan are far more worrying to me than Iran.

I am in two minds about online remarks disqualifying a candidate. It would be a shame for any aspiring young politician to have to forswear all robust debate in favour of puppy pics.

I just saw Reg Sherren insinuate on CBC that the Conservatives are secretly buying Facebook likes without the knowledge of users. Is this true? That would be fraud.

Most PCs are Liberals?

Not in a left/ right sense.

The three main parties are all offering centrist solutions and pretending there are radical differences.

Aren't the PCs a valued part of the Conservative Party now? Tom Mulcair, a Marxist? I think a lot of disappointed NDP activists would disagree strongly with that characterization.