In a weird, frightening way, we believe in violent death. We regard it as a policy option, as much to do with self-preservation on a national scale as punishment for named and individual wrongdoers. We believe in war. For what is aggression – the invasion of Iraq in 2003, for
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liberal catnip: War
In a weird, frightening way, we believe in violent death. We regard it as a policy option, as much to do with self-preservation on a national scale as punishment for named and individual wrongdoers. We believe in war. For what is aggression – the invasion of Iraq in 2003, for example – except capital punishment on a mass scale? We “civilised” nations – like the dark armies we believe we are fighting – are convinced that the infliction of death on an awesome scale can be morally justified.
And that’s the problem, I’m afraid. When we go to war, we are all putting on hoods and pulling the hangman’s lever. And as long as we send our armies on the rampage – whatever the justification – we will go on stringing up and shooting and chopping off the heads of our “criminals” and “murderers” with the same enthusiasm as the Romans cheered on the men of blood in the Colosseum 2,000 years ago.
– Robert Fisk: In the Colosseum, Thoughts Turn to Death, 2007
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In a weird, frightening way, we believe in violent death. We regard it as a policy option, as much to do with self-preservation on a national scale as punishment for named and individual wrongdoers. We believe in war. For what is aggression – the invasion of Iraq in 2003, for
Continue readingliberal catnip: Rob Ford does Mary Tyler Moore
To the tune of The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song… Who can turn the world on with his bile? Who can take a slow news day And suddenly make it all seem worthwhile? Well, it’s you Rob and you should know it With each prance and every little presser you
Continue readingliberal catnip: Rob Ford does Mary Tyler Moore
To the tune of The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song…Who can turn the world on with his bile?Who can take a slow news dayAnd suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?Well, it’s you Rob and you should know itWith each prance and every little presser y…
Continue readingliberal catnip: Rob Ford does Mary Tyler Moore
To the tune of The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song… Who can turn the world on with his bile? Who can take a slow news day And suddenly make it all seem worthwhile? Well, it’s you Rob and you should know it With each prance and every little presser you
Continue readingliberal catnip: Jon Stewart on Rob Ford…again…
It just doesn’t get any better than this…
Continue readingliberal catnip: Jon Stewart on Rob Ford…again…
It just doesn’t get any better than this…
Continue readingliberal catnip: Jon Stewart on Rob Ford…again…
It just doesn’t get any better than this…
Continue readingliberal catnip: Rob Ford Video Rant
Wow.
Exclusive from The Toronto Star: Rob Ford caught in video rant
“I’m gonna kill that f**king guy. I’m telling you, it’s first-degree murder,” Mayor Rob Ford rages as someone in the room secretly uses a cellular phone to film the chief magistrate’s addled tirade.The target of the mayor’s anger is not in the room and is not known to the Star.“I’ll rip his fucking throat out. I’ll poke his eyes out. . . . I’ll make sure that motherfucker’s dead,” Ford says, then hitches up his pant legs as if bracing for action.
Ford says he “was extremely, extremely inebriated”.
“Again I’ve made mistakes, all I can do is reassure the people that … I don’t know what to say,” he said.
“I just want to come out and tell you that I saw a video … it’s extremely embarrassing.”
He added: “Obviously, I was extremely, extremely inebriated… that’s all I have to say for now.”
Somebody needs to drag his butt to rehab. Pronto.
Continue readingliberal catnip: Rob Ford Video Rant
Wow. Exclusive from The Toronto Star: Rob Ford caught in video rant “I’m gonna kill that f**king guy. I’m telling you, it’s first-degree murder,” Mayor Rob Ford rages as someone in the room secretly uses a cellular phone to film the chief magistrate’s addled tirade. The target of the mayor’s anger
Continue readingliberal catnip: Rob Ford Video Rant
Wow. Exclusive from The Toronto Star: Rob Ford caught in video rant “I’m gonna kill that f**king guy. I’m telling you, it’s first-degree murder,” Mayor Rob Ford rages as someone in the room secretly uses a cellular phone to film the chief magistrate’s addled tirade. The target of the mayor’s anger
Continue readingliberal catnip: The Senate: Where due process went to die today…
Senate votes to suspend Brazeau, Duffy, Wallin This is a dark, dark day for Canadian democracy and justice. The unelected senate took it upon itself to create a new system of so-called accountability by unceremoniously turfing 3 senators who haven’t been legally charged or convicted of anything – all at
Continue readingliberal catnip: The Senate: Where due process went to die today…
Senate votes to suspend Brazeau, Duffy, WallinThis is a dark, dark day for Canadian democracy and justice. The unelected senate took it upon itself to create a new system of so-called accountability by unceremoniously turfing 3 senators who haven’t bee…
Continue readingliberal catnip: The Senate: Where due process went to die today…
Senate votes to suspend Brazeau, Duffy, Wallin This is a dark, dark day for Canadian democracy and justice. The unelected senate took it upon itself to create a new system of so-called accountability by unceremoniously turfing 3 senators who haven’t been legally charged or convicted of anything – all at
Continue readingliberal catnip: Rob Ford: "Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine."
“Probably approximately about a year ago.” (Probably? He can’t even admit it to himself. You don’t say you’ve smoked crack in a drunken stupor unless you KNOW that you did.) “One time in one of my drunken stupors.” “There’s been times when I’ve been in a drunken stupor.” “No, I’m
Continue readingliberal catnip: Rob Ford: "Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine."
“Probably approximately about a year ago.”
(Probably? He can’t even admit it to himself. You don’t say you’ve smoked crack in a drunken stupor unless you KNOW that you did.)
“One time in one of my drunken stupors.”
“There’s been times when I’ve been in a drunken stupor.”
“No, I’m not an addict. No, I do not do drugs.”
Rob Ford just admitted to reporters that he smoked crack.
News link coming soon…
It’s the media’s fault that he didn’t come clean before now:
“I wasn’t lying. You didn’t ask the correct questions,”
Very raw video of Ford’s admissions.
So, Toronto voters, what now?
Meanwhile, Ford’s brother came out swinging against police chief Bill Blair.
Update: Better video of Ford’s admissions.
Continue readingliberal catnip: Rob Ford: "Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine."
“Probably approximately about a year ago.” (Probably? He can’t even admit it to himself. You don’t say you’ve smoked crack in a drunken stupor unless you KNOW that you did.) “One time in one of my drunken stupors.” “There’s been times when I’ve been in a drunken stupor.” “No, I’m
Continue readingliberal catnip: Steve’s Senate: The Grift That Keeps on Giving
The average Canadian can be forgiven for not being able to follow all of the bouncing balls being bunted about in the PMO playHouse as Stephen Harper fancies himself the prime mimicker of everything decent and upstanding while failing to keep his senate scandal stories straight from one day to
Continue readingliberal catnip: Steve’s Senate: The Grift That Keeps on Giving
The average Canadian can be forgiven for not being able to follow all of the bouncing balls being bunted about in the PMO playHouse as Stephen Harper fancies himself the prime mimicker of everything decent and upstanding while failing to keep his senate scandal stories straight from one day to the next. Absolute control corrupts absolutely (to bastardize an old cliché).
Last week, CBC/The National’s Peter Mansbridge summarized some of the history quite well in this video clip, in case you need to refresh your memory or catch up on the sordid affair.
Caution: may leave a bad aftertaste, especially if you’re a Conservative…
Master of the straw man this past Friday nite, Steve proudly told Conservative convention thunderstick enthusiasts:
“Our opponents accuse us of being unfair, nasty and ruthless and portray the offenders as victims, even martyrs. Friends, in terms of such opponents, I couldn’t care less what they say.”
Well, we already knew he couldn’t care less – about a lot of things. But to not care less about imaginary ideas you’ve concocted about your enemies…well…that takes a certain sort of something, doesn’t it? The word “strength” does not come to mind. “Delusion”, maybe.
And, ironically, it is exactly the classic Martyr personality that when confronted with its own weaknesses and mistakes, blames them on anything it can shake one of those thundersticks at. He blamed the courts, the Liberals, the NDP… never mentioning the fact that Conservative senators are also opposed to the senate motion to suspend Brazeau, Wallin and Duffy without pay. Something about “due process” – a concept Steve doesn’t seem to understand.
Due process, however, has now come knocking on the PMO’s door:
Duffy allegations bring RCMP to PMO doorstep
They may be paying a little visit to the office of Senator Irving Gerstein any day now as well – he who let it slip out (rather loudly and in front of hundreds of people) that he was in the thick of L’Affaire Duffy.
Whoops.
The chamber formerly known as that place as sober second thought will finally vote on the fate of the senators three on Tuesday.
What’s the rush, Steve? What’s the rush?
No matter what, this isn’t over by any stretch of the imagination. Even a delusional man can figure that out. Well, most of them can, anyway.
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