He did so love to play soldier. For years he posed as a Great Warrior Leader. He ordered our troops into the most dangerous part of Afghanistan without the proper equipment. He spent $20 billion dollars, cost us and the Afghans so many lives. He covered up torture, but still lost
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Montreal Simon: What Christmas Means to Me. Again.
I wrote this post a few years ago, after somebody questioned how an atheist like me, could celebrate Christmas. And I've run it every year since then on this day, because with some minor revisions to accommodate the passage of time, it still sums up how I feel about this day. It's Christmas Day, and
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Nightmare Before Christmas
Well I finally got to screen Stephen Harper's year end interview with Global TV, and it was one of the weirdest interviews I've ever seen.And one of the most chilling. For there was Harper sitting in what looked like a set from A Christmas Story.But sounding like a character out
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Gay Genius Alan Turing is Finally Pardoned
It's taken more than half a century of bigotry and prevarication, but the gay computer genius and war hero Alan Turing has finally been pardoned. Mathematician Alan Turing, who helped Britain win the Second World War by cracking Nazi Germany's "unbreakable" Enigma code, was granted a rare royal pardon on
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford and the Big Ice Storm Power Grab
As Toronto woke up to a scene of devastation with more than a quarter of a million people without power, one man was missing in action.And you can guess who that was eh?The Mayor in Name Only. As city officials, staff and cleanup crews worked to repair the havoc caused by an
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ice Storm, the Cons, And My Awesome People
When I heard the freezing rain tap tapping against my bedroom window the other night I feared the worst. It brought back memories of The Great Ice Storm of 1998, and I wouldn't want to live through something like that again. But when morning came I saw I was lucky. The storm
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Cons and the Imaginary War on Christmas
Oh no. Duck and cover. Two weeks ago I accused the Cons of waging a real War on Christmas, by laying off people and killing jobs at this time of the year. Now it turns out they're also in the trenches defending themselves from the imaginary War on Christmas. Read more
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Fraudulent Propaganda Video
Last night I ran this latest production from the Con Ministry of Propaganda and Disinformation, to make a point about Stephen Harper's Big Oil agenda.But tonight I thought I'd take a closer look at that ghastly ad to see what else we might learn.And I must admit I was shocked eh?Because
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Northern Gateway Scam
Well I see Stephen Harper got an early Christmas present, courtesy of the Big Oil gang at the National Energy Board. A polarizing debate over the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline heated up Thursday after an independent panel from the National Energy Board recommended the federal government approve the pipeline with conditions.Because
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Ghastly Personality Cult
It's a personality cult worthy of a place like North Korea. With a monomaniacal Great Leader who seeks total power.Who would muzzle his opponents, declare the truth to be what he says it is, attempt to brainwash us into submission with OUR money.And replace the Government of Canada with the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Decline of the Con Regime
They say he is holed up in his bunker at Harrington Lake surrounded only by his closest advisers.The small band of PMO fanatics who never say no to anything he says, even when he's rolling on the floor biting the carpet.Or in an alarming state of total DELUSION… 2013 has been a very
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day the Con Regime Revealed its True Face
First he claimed his callous comments about hungry children were out of context, and ridiculous… Then he claimed the story wasn't accurate, and ridiculous… Then when he realized the reporter had the whole interview on tape he apologized. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: James Moore, Child Poverty, and the Cruel Cons
Damn. I'm always making the same mistake. Because I can't help looking for the good in everyone most people, I keep thinking that some Cons are better than others. So when some of my friends in Ottawa told me that James Moore was slightly more human than most members of the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Scandal that Won’t Disappear
He's gone to ground. He can't be found. He's hiding from the media. Even his Twitter feed has gone silent. He's trying to make the sordid Senate scandal disappear by disappearing himself.But even from the safety of his hideout, he's lashing out at those he considers his enemies. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford and the Day The Cons Fought Each Other
He's a bigot, a bully, a boozer, a beast. He's shaming us in the eyes of the world. Each time Ford appears in the media, it's another eerie reminder of what we've become: crude, swaggering, bungling, irrational and mendacious. We've reached that staggering moment in a brilliant horror film when
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Country That Dared Challenge The Great War on Marijuana
It's a small country of just over three million people wedged between Argentina and Brazil. But little Uruguay has just done what other bigger countries have never dared to do: legalize the production and sale of marijuana.And for that I see is already attracting the unwanted attention of the Drug
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tubby Van Loan and the Collapse of the Con Regime
It couldn't have been a more surrealistic sight. The absurd Con House Leader Peter "Tubby" Van Loan, standing behind an absurd sign, declaring absurdly that the fall session of Parliament was a huge success.Amid calls for democratic reform from his own caucus, the Conservative government's House Leader is instead celebrating
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford: The Day the Bully Met his Match
Hallelujah !!! We have our David Daniel. Somebody has finally stood up to the ghastly Con Goliath Rob Ford. Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale has served Mayor Rob Ford with a libel notice over comments the mayor made during a televised interview earlier this week. Mr. Dale published a statement
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Great Con War on Christmas
Well I see the Cons have finally found a good way to use our Parliament eh?It may be a lousy House of Democracy, but it does make a great Christmas ornament.And it does send out a powerful message to its rabid base: there will be no War on Christmas here. Read more
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