The Ignatieff Liberals have decided that the Conservatives' patronage is the soft underbelly to erode their public support. They may well be right. The names Husakos, Manning (Fabian that is), and Finley all speak to the growing pile of patronage in Stephen Harper’s fiefdom. But have the Liberals really thought this through? Are they really in any position to ...

Poet, seeking patronage Energy Collective (blog) The 44-year-old CEO of Poet, which is the largest ethanol producer in the world, grew up in Minnesota on a family farm. He lives in Sioux Falls, .. Read more from the original source: Poet, seeking patronage – Energy Collective (blog)

According to the Jamestown Foundation, on October 29, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev promoted his son, Maksim Bakiyev, to lead the Central Agency on Development, Investment, and Innovation. This agency controls all foreign funds entering the country, along with control of major national hydroelectric and gold companies. Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s network of clients is growing stronger, to the ...

A few months ago someone on LJ (unfortunately cannot remember who) posted an interesting take on conventions which seems appropriate for some discussions I've seen around and about lately. She described it as "patronage", in a very old fashioned sense. It goes something like this: A wandering minstrel or troop of players have chosen a life where they randomly go about ...

Hard economic times impact every part of budgets, public and private, and school-sponsored youth activities are no exception. While school officials do their best to insure that students have a well-rounded selection of co-curricular and extra-curricular programs, sometimes there just isn’t enough money to go around for all the things they would like to have available

Its all so clear now: use taxpayers money to install 4 million Democratic operatives in the guise of government employees, revise social welfare programs, such as health care, in order to get people totally dependent on the state, then give amnesty with benefits to 12 million illegals in the country. What better way to increase the number of Democratic voters by 20 million? And these are just the ...

Alex Maligno errr Magno strikes again with his bastardized dialectical materialist analysis that is more of den of thieves’ materialism. Rightly so just like any callous opportunist riding the popular sentiments of peoples' outrage and condemnation of the blatant tyranny of the warlord but that is where the buck stops with his intellectually... Philippine political & social events ...

... 2, 2009 - The Better Government Association and ABC 7 News present Part Two ("Clout Farm") of an exclusive investigation into Cook County Townships -- governments awash in patronage, nepotism and cronyism. The BGA & ABC 7 discovered one township with no less than 18 jobs split among 8 politically connected families. We identified workers who made significant campaign contributions ...

Glitzy packaging and top-shelf sponsors aside, Design Miami remains a cherry on the international design circuit: A nice topper to the year, but no substantial meal. But that should be of no surprise, as since its founding five years ago by property developer Craig Robins, the fair has been about cultivating moneyed collectors, not breaking new work. These commercial underpinnings were ...

— from TomDispatch It's now a commonplace of the Afghan War. Western leaders in London, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Washington, as well as on flying visits to Kabul or even Kandahar, excoriate Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the "corruption" of his government. In return for their ongoing support, they repeatedly demand that he take significant action to "step up efforts to ...

For the last couple of weeks the Nashville neighborhoods e-list was lit up with a discussion by West Nashville leaders opposed to the ramrod style that Police Chief Ronal Serpas and Finance Director Rich Riebeling have pushed through the purchase of an old auto dealership for assignment as the new West Nashville police precinct. Despite the fact that two community meetings were held with ...

I just got done laughing at this Outback Steakhouse protest lift by some pretty witty NU fans/alums. Thanks to Ryan P. for the tip on this. One of the commenters had a great idea. As a way to leverage LTP and show the Outback folks some grassroots marketing love, let's add to the LTP Flag Project by taking photos of you wiht the Northwestern "N" flag at your local Outback. We'll ...

Political patronage Be sure to pick up a copy of the Lake Worth Herald tomorrow. There will be another story on Annabeth Karson and her assistant heading up the City's Complete Count Committee for the U.S. Census. Both are being paid $15K as part-time employees of the City and both worked on Jo Ann Golden's and Laurence McNamara's campaigns. The suggestion to enlist the services of ...

... it came to actual appointments, Harper has shown that he's just as willing to use the power for patronage purposes as was Chrétien. Here are some random examples. Pierre Blais, the new ... hand in elevating sitting judges and is free to do so without consulting anyone. A particularly egregious example of political patronage involved the appointment of Justice Bradley Green in New Brunswick, ...

Today, December 12, 2009, the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity celebrate with all the Americas the special patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In 1945, Pope Pius XII declared the Virgin of Guadalupe “Queen of Mexico and Empress of the Americas”. Pope John XXIII broadened her intercession when he invoked her as “Mother of the Americas” in 1961. (Photo: Exactmosaics ...