Source: http://www.capitaltonight.com/2010/11/paterson-advises-bloomberg-make-a-deal-on-black/
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Paterson Advises Bloomberg: Make A Deal On Black
Gov. David Paterson today suggested Mayor Bloomberg should agree with state Commissioner David Steiner’s conditions in order to obtain the necessary waiver for his schools chancellor pick, Cathie Black. Speaking on WOR, Paterson called Steiner’s suggestion that the mayor appoint an educator to be Black’s No. 2 “very fair,” adding: “I think she would have
Peek-a-boo politics
The Liberals are complaining that Julian Fantino, the Conservative by-election candidate for Vaughan is playing “Peek-a-boo politics” by skipping all-candidates debate. For Liberals, they hope, this plays into a bit of a weak narrative of a secretive and scripted government that doesn’t want to engage “real Canadians”. ?This type of ?peek-a-boo? politics is straight out [...]
Source: http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2010/11/peek-a-boo-politics/
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Preston Park: A three way marginal that will decide the future of the City Council
And then there was Preston Park.� This is the last of my reviews of what might happen in next year’s local elections.� Preston Park (or Preston Ward) as it used to be known under different boundaries) was once solid Conservative.� You know the old adage that if you put a blue rosette�on a monkey�it would [...]
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What's In Warren Buffett's Mailbox?
We opened the Berkshire Hathaway baron's correspondence the day of his New York Times op-ed and found a rather prompt reply from Uncle Sam
Source: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/warren-buffett-uncle-sam-111710?src=rss
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America in Yemen: The Perfect War We've Been Waiting For?
Before the ink could dry, it seemed like the secret war had already begun. Just a couple of toner cartridges haplessly headed for American synagogues, and suddenly the headlines are shouting it: TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT YEMEN and OUR INVOLVEMENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE LONG-TERM. I suppose that's what it's come to in this country these days — that, as soon as an obscure Al Qaeda offshoot in Yemen claims responsibility for some UPS packages in Chicago, Americans assume we have another all-encompassing, mega-expensive affair on our not-so-bloody hands. Because when it comes to nation-building, the United States doesn't do anything small and beautiful anymore.
But with word coming from inside the Obama administration this week that an organized cluster of intelligence operatives from the CIA and elsewhere were "working fast to address... a window of vulnerability," well, that's got to get you thinking: With Afghanistan and the winding-down Iraq war keeping our forces at near full capacity, America's experiment in the world's most dangerous country is necessarily an experiment in light-footprint warfare, and it could prove to be our Whack-A-Mole strategy for dealing with Al Qaeda in the decades to come. As long as we don't bring the hammer down too hard.
Trouble is...
Source: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/american-al-qaeda-yemen-111810?src=rss
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