Or the rest of Postmedia? Or Sun Media? Or CTV News? Next to Canadian media, the US version is the epitome of decorum, balance and solid journalism. We live in a country where our media is 10 times as corrupt and bigoted as its American counterpart. What we are seeing is the
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Let Freedom Rain II: Michael Woods of Postmedia toes the party line attacking New York Times editorial on tar sands
There is nothing ‘alleged‘ about Harper muzzling scientists, idiot. Mr. Woods also gives the final word of the article to notorious liar Joe Oliver: “Americans are free to oppose resource projects in Canada as they are to development in their own country. However, it would be refreshing if they confined
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Harper’s Canada is a wonderful place to live
That is if you’re Albertan, Conservative, a bible thumper or white male. If you’re an aboriginal, forget it. If you’re an aboriginal woman, you’re fucked. Literally. Just consider Harper’s latest move an open invitation to beat, rape and murder indigenous women. There’s not much more to it than that.
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Move over Islam. The next line of attack on the right: Buddhism
Now that it’s being reported that mass murderer Alexis was heavy into Buddhism, how long before Fox News and the right wing blame that benign religion on this “terrorist attack?”
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: In which the American right wing discovers Margaret Wente
Haven’t read it and won’t but I do find it interesting that Canada’s serial plagiarism has a hit on her hands – at least in US wingnut world – attacking Obama as a “98-pound weakling.” Her Maureen Dowdish thoughts on Obama make me wonder if she, like Mr and Mrs
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Nancy Pelosi apes George W. Bush
I give up on the States. Republican or Democrat, the place is a powerhouse of bloodthirsty idiots. Now Obama wants to bomb Syria, with Nancy Pelosi cheering him on. George W. Bush Bush Oct. 11, 2001, address: “There’s no question that the leader of Iraq is an evil man. After all, he
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Hilton hotels: friendly home to hate speech?
Looks like Hilton/Markham GM Robert Regina is unafraid of making the Hilton chain a haven for hate speech. He is hosting Islamaphobes Pam Geller and Robert Spencer to speak at the hotel. You can contact the GM at patrick.regina@hilton.com. Be nice.
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Mulcair takes opposing tack to Trudeau on NDP caucus member smoking pot as MP: "I think that would be a problem."
The Liberals are looking a lot better these days, even under Trudeau’s unsteady hand. Oh, I long for Nathan Cullen at the controls of the NDP. H/t: @pdmcleod
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: No Stephen Maher, Justin Trudeau is not the "Paulina Gretzky of Canadian politics"
Justin Trudeau did not intentionally drop the bomb that he smoked a doobie while an MP. He said it because he is unschooled in message control. This was not a Paulina Gretzky moment (notice the huge photos of Gretzky and her boobs accompanying Maher’s words). Trudeau is not hip enough
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Ridiculous: BC municipalities seeking to license motorized wheelchairs
Having lived for six years in the heart of downtown Vancouver, I’m well aware of motorized wheelchairs or ‘scooters’ as they are sometimes called. They are a terror for the faint-hearted. These things can go plenty fast and their operators sometimes act like they’re at Le Mans. I’ve jumped out
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Australia censorship chronicles: Student newspaper cover of 18 vaginas censored.
The human body is a wonderful thing. But seeing too much of it takes away the thrill. That was the point of the University of Sydney student paper’s cover, featuring 18 vaginas. But the college’s council rejected the images. When the paper put black bars over the naughtiest bits to
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Protester farted in my face: Sun News reporter Faith Goldy
Another case of “she who smelled it, dealt it?” So shouts Fox News North. Or, Faith Goldy to be exact. Goldy spoke about the incident on The Source, saying, “”I’m just minding my own business, when all of sudden something putrid emerges in the air. So I gaze from my
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Stupid. Canada’s police chiefs want to give out tickets for pot possession instead of incarceration.
To many that may seem like a big jump for police chiefs who have been historically, hysterically “lock ’em all up, but look at it this way – why even ticket anyone for possession? Just let them be. A ticket, while infinitely preferable to jail time, is still an admission
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: So Ted Cruz was originally a Canadian. The shame.
Interesting Cruz was born in Calgary. Who would have guessed? Just sayin’. Now that Cruz has proffered a certificate showing his land of birth, I can’t wait for The Donald and the other loons on the right to accuse Cruz of forging his birth certificate. Oh wait, I forgot about
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Iraqi single mother suing George W Bush for war crimes
Good luck to her. Of course nothing will come of it as far as punishment but it will go a long way in resuscitating the memories of the horrible actions taken by Bush and his lawless posse. Sundus Shaker Saleh, an Iraqi single mother of three, has not forgotten. The
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Time magazine writer Michael Grunwald celebrates in the possible violent death of Julian Assange
Wingers hate Julian Assange because he threatens the contrived security of the USA. But this from a Time magazine writer goes beyond the pale. No wonder he deleted it post-haste. Time magazine must be so proud. After all, Grunwald is only painting the rag’s true colours. UPDATE: Just to be
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Not-so-unlikely-alliance: US/Canada right wing and Vladimir Putin
With Russia’s blatant homophobia making headlines in North America, right wingers north and south of the border are giddy with barely-guarded admiration for the barely-veiled tyrant leader of Russia. Now, the far right has even more admiration for Putin as the Breitartians are breathlessly reporting an anonymous (of course) Egyptian
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Stephen Harper’s favourite band shows why they are the face of Conservative rock
Calgarians, and fans of the band Nickleback, are furious that the band nixed a television appearance at the charity concert for the flood victims in Calgary. Nickleback. So Conservative. So Harper. They used to call it corporate rock. Now it’s Conservative rock.
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