Were I given to rhetorical flourishes, which of course I am not, I might refer to the gathering tomorrow of Mayor Ford and his good soldiers as a mini-Wannsee Conference as they prepare their plan to dispatch not just TTC head Gary Webster but up to five TTC executives. Says
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Politics and its Discontents: Torontonians Rising to the Challenge Presented by Mayor Ford’s Fascism
Although I don’t live in Toronto, I am riveted to and outraged by stories of those who abuse their power. As discussed in my previous post, that is precisely what is transpiring in ‘the big smoke’ under the direction of Rob Ford and his acolytes. Fortunately, however, people are fighting
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Fascism Spreads To Toronto
Although Canada will likely never see executions for wrong-thinking, the career equivalent of such is very much evident in Toronto, under the benighted ‘leadership’ of Rob Ford and his cabal of retrogressive ‘thinkers’ and Ford loyalists (aka TTC Commissioners Norm Kelly, Vince Crisanti, Frank Di Giorgio, Denzil Minnan-Wong and Cesar
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Contemporary Fascism: Harper Government Suppression Of Information Continues Unabated
In reviewing some of the traditional hallmarks of fascism, it is frightening to observe so many of them on the Canadian landscape, not the least of which is the Harper muzzling of federal scientists, who can no longer talk about their discoveries without government permission. Do these other characteristics of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Heather Mallick on Vic Toews
Heather Mallick offers an entertaining yet perceptive analysis of the Twitter woes afflicting the man who would be our Lord and Master in today’s Star that is well-worth reading. Her opening reads thus: As Public Safety Minister Vic Toews demands an investigation into how the story of his alleged infidelities,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Some Good News About Lucene Charles
Having attended a rally this afternoon in support of Lucene Charles, I was pleased to learn that things are starting to look up for her. Her deportation order, which was supposed to be put into effect on Monday, has received a six-month stay by a federal judge. You can read
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Parliamentary Pitbull
Doesn’t John Baird ever get tired of hearing himself harangue? Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Tories Unleash Attack Dog To Divert Attention From Poor Vic
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Sun TV’s Alex Pierson On Tabloid Journalism
Given the station’s sleaziness, Sun TV’s Alex Pierson, in high dudgeon over the Twitter ‘attacks’ on poor Vic Toews, has an especially rich comment about ‘tabloid journalism’ at about the 3:15 minute mark on this video. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rick Salutin On Happiness
Our self-absorbed society could do worse than read Rick Salutin’s thoughts on the pursuit of happiness found in today’s Star. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: We Have The Fraser Institute, They Have the Heartland Institute
Adding the word ‘institute’ into one’s ‘think-tank’, a measure devised to give the patina of legitimacy to what is frequently simply a right-wing propaganda machine, is nothing new, given their ubiquity on both sides of the border, the Fraser Institute and the Macdonald Laurier Institute in Canada, the American Enterprise
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Confess Now, Before He Finds Out
Tell Vic Everything. You’ll feel better for it. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More Enemies of the People Identified by Harperites
The Harper regime’s security forces have identified new threats to the people: Greenpeace and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: In a series of documents from 2005 to 2009, the RCMP and CSIS assess “threats from terrorism and extremism” and report growing concerns about environmental and animal-rights groups, as
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: When The Right-Wing Offends The Right-Wing
I have to admit, flawed human being that I am, I’m loving every minute of this. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Lawyer Sues Police For Unlawful G20 Arrest
In a world where injustice seems to prevail, I suspect we have to be content with the small victories. Nicholas Wright looks like he is well on his way to achieving one. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Not a G20 Criminal-Cop, But A Good Start
Once in a while, justice is finally served, however imperfectly. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Curious About The Man Who Wants To Invade Our Privacy?
Then check out this and this. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Did they Use The Harper Government In The Study?
This would seem to explain a great deal about our Conservative overlords. Recommend this Post
Continue readingIn the NDP Quest For Votes, Nothing Is Sacred, Not Even The Canada Health Act
I am well past the age where disillusionment comes easily, so it did not really surprise me to read of Peggy Nash’s willingness to abandon the principles of the Canada Health Act in her quest for Quebec support. Just another reason to regard ‘political integrity’ as a contemporary oxymoron. Recommend
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: What Do Stephen Harper and Rob Ford Have In Common?
Both, it seems, have a constitutional aversion to being honest with the people they purport to represent. Click here for a story on Harper’s folly (i.e., the F-35 fairy tale Haper Inc. is fond of spinning to benighted voters) and here for how Toronto Mayor Rob Ford tried to bury
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