By Josh Lieblein So it's rapidly becoming clear that there are no wholly good actors in the evolving saga of Patrick Brown. Everyone's got dirt on them and picking a side is thus very difficult. To that end, while my colleague Graeme Gordon tackles the maelstrom of back and forth allegations and counter-allegations in his … Continue reading Fool PC Party of Ontario Members Once, Shame On You. Fool Them Twice, Shame on Them
By Josh Lieblein The Patrick Brown "coup"/Inside Job theory is a masterwork of motivated reasoning. The Brown loyalists are clearly trying to explain away their own cognitive dissonance. They are trying to convince themselves — as opposed to anyone else — that Brown is innocent. They aren't bothering to ask or answer any of the most basic or … Continue reading Some Completely Fair Questions For People Who Believe Patrick Brown Was The Victim Of A Conspiracy
By Josh Lieblein DOUG FORD: Populist Prime Pros: Well, even mentioning that Doug has pros would be too much for some people, so I'll say this: While the rest of the party is obsessively chasing after the middle, Doug's "base" consists of people who are completely outside the voting spectrum. If anyone can reach these outsiders — the … Continue reading The Contenders: Sizing Up The Field For The Next PCPO Leader
It's been almost three weeks since the false report of an eleven-year-old girl being twice attacked by a crazed Asian man with scissors, cutting a 12-inch slice in her hijab, was first blasted across cyberspace on Friday, January 12. Once the Toronto Police concluded their investigation, finding the incident was a fabricated hoax, the media — … Continue reading Hijab Hoax: Some Answers from Toronto Police and Lingering Questions for Toronto District School Board, Media, Politicians, and Girl’s Family
By Josh Lieblein So I've been tasked with trying to explain what's going on behind the scenes as the PCs try to hash out who will be their next leader. This is a nigh-impossible task for a few reasons: The state of play is changing so rapidly that anything I write here could be obsolete … Continue reading Trying To Make Sense Of The PC Party Leadership Wrangling
By Josh Lieblein They told us that radical social conservatives and Trumpists were the problem. They told us that the path to victory was through building a modern, inclusive PC Party of Ontario. They told us to keep quiet on social media. That speaking out would embolden Kathleen Wynne. That we needed to put an … Continue reading The PC Party Of Ontario Fostered A Partisan Culture Of Silence
After holding an emergency press conference at 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday night to address sexual misconduct allegations, now former-Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Leader Patrick Brown barrage of questions from reporters, a slew of campaign staff resigning and caucus members calling for his resignation. By 1:30 a formal statement from PC Leader Patrick Brown was … Continue reading Patrick Brown Resigns as Progressive Conservative Leader After Revolt from Caucus
Correction: Only one woman was allegedly asked to perform oral sex (while still in high school). The other said there were unwanted advancents from Brown. I deeply regret the error. At 9 p.m., Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Patrick Brown called an emergency press conference that took place 45 minutes later. A … Continue reading Patrick Brown Meltdown: Anonymous Allegations Have Sunk the Candidacy of Former Favourite to Be Ontario’s Next Premier
The state broadcaster is at it again with it's disgraceful propaganda. CBC's "The National" — pathetically in third place in the TV ratings for a Canadian nightly news broadcast, despite being given a $1.2 billion advantage over its competitors courtesy of taxpayers — disgustingly neglected to report on the conviction of former Ontario Premier Dalton … Continue reading CBC, in True Pravda Fashion, Omits Gas Plant Conviction on Friday’s ‘The National,’ But Has Time to Look Back at Host’s Archive Footage and for Trump, Trump, Trump
By Josh Lieblein At long last the estimated $1.1 billion saga of the Liberal Gas Plant Scandal is at an end. Justice Timothy Lipson ruled that Dalton McGuinty's former chief of staff, David Livingston, was guilty of attempted mischief and illegal use of a computer. Liberal staffer Laura Miller was charged but found not guilty. … Continue reading The Worst Moments From The Liberal Gas Plant Scandal
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