Regular readers of this space will know that I am no fan of Prime Minister Harper. Yesterday’s revelation that a “boot camp” for new Conservative Senators explicitly told the new Senators that partisan travel was a legitimate expense makes me downright furious. Three former Conservative senators at the heart of
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The Cracked Crystal Ball II: The Legitimacy Of Harper’s Senate Appointees
With the latest set of revelations in the ongoing Senate Scandal, we find out that Senator Wallin spends the majority of her time living in Toronto. Frankly, I don’t much care where Ms. Wallin lives. That is largely her business – except for that part of her life where she
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Distort Things Much?
Over at his blog (where he has conveniently turned off comments), we find Walt Heyer madly scribing away, and getting it horribly wrong. He refers to three cases of what he supposes are gender transition regret: 1) Like the physician who wrote me. He became a “trans woman.” Yes, a physician! Even
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: On The Ongoing Senate Scandal
As the summer wears on, more keeps dribbling out about the misdeeds of various Senators. Whether we are talking about Wallin, Duffy or Brazeau the outrage that we direct towards these senators for their individual misdeeds should be directed in equal measure towards the man currently residing at 24 Sussex Dr.
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Barbara Kay on REAL Women Canada’s Outburst
In one sense, I was very happy to read Barbara Kay’s column excoriating Gwen Landolt and REAL Women Canada for their attack on Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird this week. I was pleased to see that at least someone on the far right could see the ridiculousness of Landolt’s position.
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Gwen Landolt On Russia and Uganda
It seems that Gwen Landolt’s organization has gotten its knickers in a twist over the Harper Government’s flaccid response to Russia’s recent spurt of severely anti-LGBT legislation. While the CBC’s article is fairly bland about the whole business, wandering over to REAL Women Canada’s website, we find Landolt’s entire “news
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: A More Detailed Analysis Of The Harper Government Factum
I spent some time today reviewing in detail the Harper Government’s factum arguments that they are putting to the Supreme Court of Canada with respect to the subject of Senate Reform. A large chunk of the first half of the document is devoted to how the constitution was amended prior
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Harper’s Senate Reform Reference
For the most part, I have chosen to ignore Harper’s cheap gambit of trying to get the Supreme Court to overturn the amending formula in Canada’s constitution to enable Senate Reform. However, Emmett McFarlane over at Maclean’s has undertaken a rather detailed examination of the government’s submission to the Supreme
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Wow, Walt – Generalize Much?
If the latest utterances from Walt Heyer were the first you had ever heard from him, you could easily be forgiven for believing that the man had never had anything to do with the transgender community. Women—Simply Men with no Snoopy The real war on women today is being waged on the
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Reasons For A Boycott Of The Sochi Games
In light of John Baird’s recent comments regarding Russia’s recently-passed anti-gay laws which basically outlaw any “gay propaganda” (such as two people of the same sex holding hands), I’d like to spend a bit of time talking about why a boycott of the Sochi games, along with generally isolating Russia
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