Ish Theilheimer

Did the NDP fire the wrong guy?

rabble staff — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:41:18 +0000

Monday, April 11, 2016

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Maybe ousting Mulcair will prove to be good strategy and help to rebuild and reinvigorate the NDP. Or, perhaps, there will be real costs, like losing the stronghold in Quebec Mulcair helped to build.

Video: Don't Get My Valley Up! A rap from Stone Fence Theatre's new musical

rabble staff — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:57:12 +0000

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July 18, 2014

Stone Fence Theatre, the Ottawa Valley musical theatre company known mainly for its history- and heritage-related material, has surprised itself, releasing a rap video online.

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Don't Get My Valley Up! -- the rap song used in the Act 1 finale of Stone Fence Theatre's new musical, G'day, We're from the Valley, EH!, which opens in Eganville July 22 and plays throughout the summer and fall in six Renfrew County locations. The rap is written by Ish Theilheimer and Chantal Elie-Sernoskie. Leads in video: Robin Pinkerton, Chantal Elie-Sernoskie and Ambrose Mullin. Information, scheduling and ticket purchases are all at the company's website, www.stonefence.ca . The video was shot and produced by Space Camp Collective, with recording by Robin Pinkerton.

Charge of the Policy-Light Brigade ended predictably for Andrea Horwath

rabble staff — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:49:51 +0000

Friday, June 13, 2014

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Whether you liken Andrea Horwath's 2014 campaign to the Iraq invasion, Custer's Last Stand, or the Charge of the Policy-Light Brigade, it ended, predictably, in confusion and slaughter. Although she and her supporters will spin it as a victory, because they increased the party's vote share marginally, it was anything but that.

Whether you liken Andrea Horwath's 2014 campaign to the Iraq invasion, Custer's Last Stand, or the Charge of the Policy-Light Brigade, it ended, predictably, in confusion and slaughter.

Note to Andrea Horwath: Forget being coy and list the benefits of voting NDP

rabble staff — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:37:33 +0000

Monday, June 2, 2014

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It's a news story as predictable as Easter pilgrims in Jerusalem or Rob Ford saying he's going clean. An NDP leader -- in this case Andrea Horwath -- is being pressed to say whether she would support the Conservatives in a minority situation, and as the script seems to demand, she is giving the wrong answer, sending the wrong signals and causing internal dissent.

Rather than play coy about which party she would support in a minority setting, Andrea Horwath can and should state directly what program she would insist upon in any government.

Ontario NDP supporters should learn from the Page 1 rule

rabble staff — Tue, 27 May 2014 16:49:58 +0000

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

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NDP supporters in Ontario may be upset by the letter of protest sent to party leader Andrea Horwath, but the protest is not all that surprising to those who follow the party and its history. Unlike most parties, the NDP has a tradition of mid-campaign internal criticism and carping, often involving some of those who signed last week's protest letter to Horwarth. The 1988 federal election, revolving around "free trade," and the 1995 provincial election, in which many union activists attacked the "Social Contract," spring to mind, but they are not unique.

It's not a question of party democracy. It's about smarts and survival. NDP members should give Horwath a break and work to change leaders democratically instead of signing a mid-campaign letter.

Seen from the hinterlands: Moore's disdainful comments on child poverty earn Scrooge 2013 Award

rabble staff — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:21:58 +0000

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

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Industry Minister James Moore wins the Scrooge 2013 Award for Honesty by being frank about his, and presumably his party's, utter lack of social compassion. When the MP for the B.C. riding of Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam appeared on a Vancouver talk show this week and was asked about alarming rates of child poverty in Canada, he denied the reality of millions of poor Canadians.

Industry Minister James Moore wins the Scrooge 2013 Award for Honesty by being frank about his, and presumably his party's, utter lack of social compassion.

Seen from the hinterlands: Left could grasp defeat from jaws of victory in Ford debacle

rabble staff — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:32:27 +0000

Thursday, November 21, 2013

The Rob Ford debacle may be humiliating for most Canadians and Torontonians, but it also shows clearly how the Right manages to triumph frequently in the face of reason. Meanwhile, the Left is showing off its talent in grasping defeat from the jaws of victory.

It's incredible to most that a mayor who has done and said things that would make Homer Simpson blush has managed to maintain such amazing loyalty. Polling tells us his approval rating in "Ford Nation" is almost as strong as ever. It's not just the sympathy vote.

The Rob Ford debacle may be humiliating for most Canadians and Torontonians, but it also shows clearly how the Right manages to triumph frequently in the face of reason.