In an act of what they used to, in the old days of Marxists discourse, call “revolutionary defeatism” I have a perverse kind of hope that the Conservative regime will indeed pass its crime bill as well as spend useless billions on ridiculous fighter-jets. These two policies are so hopelessly misguided and
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kirbycairo: First Chapter of A Book I wrote. . . .
I am posting chapters from my short, autobiographical novel concerning a year of my childhood in Santa Monica California. They are all very short chapters that can be read in a few minutes. It may be interesting to some, boringly self-indulgent to
Continue readingkirbycairo: Attack Toews and all his Friends . . .
I think the Vikileaks attack on Vic Toews is the best news-story to emerge over the last year. I say we as Canadians should expose every single detail of the lives of the disgusting tyrants of the CPC. They are profound hypocrites who have no interest in liberty or public safety, they
Continue readingkirbycairo: The Death Penalty Redux . . . . .
It is quite interesting that the very week that I decided to write a blogpost about, in part, the dangers of the death penalty, the Harper regime decides to push its new legislative efforts at having near total control of surveillance of our citizenry. And that appalling demi-god, draconian, Machiavelli-like Vic Toews tells us that if
Continue readingkirbycairo: On the "Reawakening" of Debates. . . . .
Well, as anyone with a pulse and 10% of political common sense knew, now that the conservatives have a majority we, as a nation have begun to talk about abortion and the death penalty again. As they have always done, the Harpercons have essentially generated this discourse by stealth, attempted
Continue readingkirbycairo: A Changing Mood. . . .
I was communicating lately with another blogger whose work I greatly appreciate about the way the mood has changed in the country in recent weeks. I have found in my own experience, as well as in my historical reading, that even significant political changes occur in a kind of mysterious
Continue readingkirbycairo: Something is wrong. . . .
I don’t think one needs to be particularly intelligent or insightful to know that something is desperately wrong with capitalist democracy. The system is ailing, there is no doubt about it. Not only is the international capitalist system suffering from problems but
Continue readingkirbycairo: Harper’s Message to Gay People – We Dont’ Want You Here!
Anyone who thinks that Harper and his bullies were unaware of the efforts by the Department of Justice lawyers to try to delegitimize same sex marriage is a fool. Obviously the Prime Minster knew. It is extremely unusual for the Federal Government to get involved in a divorce case and this case
Continue readingkirbycairo: I am a Billionaire Socialist . . . . Oh no, I mean just a Socialist.
So it is official then. The Conservatives have now seamlessly entered into the crazy realm of politics which we have usually, up until now, reserved for the more nutty elements of the Republicans in the US and among which Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin are two of the primary stars. Those of
Continue readingkirbycairo: Stange Bedfellows . . .
Politics does indeed make strange bedfellows. One of the difficulties with holding views that are not considered “mainstream” is that, at a superficial level, people will find various ways in which the views that you hold correspond or overlap with people who are widely vilified. If you are critical the
Continue readingkirbycairo: Only the Courts can Stop the Harpercons’ attempted Crime Spree. . . .
As I, and others have recently pointed out, with the existence of a de facto criminal cadre in Ottawa those who hope to protect human rights and limit the arbitrary power of government will have to depend upon the Supreme Court of Canada. The Harpercons routinely flout the law, disregard
Continue readingkirbycairo: The Monty Hall Problem. . . . .
Ok, this blog requires two clarifications by way of introduction. One is that I grew up watching too much tv and one of the shows that I recall seeing many times was “Let’s Make a Deal,” with beloved Canadian MC Monty Hall, (who is still alive, by the way, and
Continue readingkirbycairo: Fascism, a Liberal Party Legacy. . .
There is no question that the Harper government is a de facto fascist organization. I refer you to this excellent outline of what constitutes fascism in case you are so hopelessly naive or blindly partisan that you don’t know what is going on. However, as bad as this government is,
Continue readingkirbycairo: The Niqab and our Discourse. . . . .
Like many of us, I have thought a great deal about the issue of the niqab in public life. The recent banning of this garment in public in France set many people thinking and talking about the question and Minister Kenney’s recent banning of the niqab in citizenship ceremonies has
Continue readingkirbycairo: Our Little Children in Government. . . .
I think most people would agree that a person’s inability to think long-term is a sign of a kind of immaturity. Kids, for example, suffere from this notion of immediacy, they have trouble thinking about what might happen tomorrow, or even later the same day. I know if my daughter
Continue readingkirbycairo: Kill the Messenger, Then Cut Him UP, Drag Him Through the Mud, and Feed him to the Dogs.
Most people are familiar with this scenario – there is someone you know who, whenever they do something wrong, instead of simply apologizing and being contrite about it, they get really pissed off at whoever points out the error. I have known several people (who will remain nameless) who have adopted this rather aggravating and offensive
Continue readingkirbycairo: Attawapiskat. . . racism and tragedy. . . .
I have felt angry and helpless since I was very young and discovered just how much evil has been directed at First Nations People by the white men in suits who run our governments. These feelings of frustration have been elevated in recent days by the disgusting actions of the
Continue readingkirbycairo: Conservative MPs are Pedophiles (It is just a Rumour) . . .
I am sort of tired of commenting on daily political stuff nowadays. I feel like Marx must have felt after the failure of the 1848 revolutions when he began to think that it would be quite a while before the forces of opposition would once again muster the ability to
Continue readingkirbycairo: Some Thoughts on Romanticism. . . .
I am always on the lookout for early uses of the term Romanticism in English. The term Romantic as applied to literature was commonplace even in the 18th century but it usually referred things such as gothic novels or overtly pastoral material, and was often used in the pejorative sense. Romanticism identified
Continue readingkirbycairo: History and the Swing Riots.
Like many bloggers, I have, of late, been commenting on the so-called “Occupy” movement, its significance and importance, and the need to take such movements seriously regardless of the degree to which they seem focused or significant in the moment. I think it is difficult for many people to understand
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