I went for a walk the other day through the leafy lanes of The Shire, with a friend of mine who has suffered from severe depression from about this time last year.It was such a beautiful fall day. He was so happy, at having made so much progress on the
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Montreal Simon: Harperland and the Giant Slaughterhouse
The Con Meat Scandal has produced a lot of disturbing images. The sight of Gerry Ritz being hustled away by his handlers, after being unable to answer even a couple of questions from the media. All that ghastly shiny hamburger meat, staring out at us from every newspaper and TV set, and
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Thanksgiving and the Madness of King Harper
It's Thanksgiving Day in Canada. The day when you realize that summer isn't coming back.And a day when I feel particularly close to our U.S. neighbours. For although they don't celebrate Thanksgiving until November, we both share the Pilgrim turkey, on this most North American of holidays.As well as the happy
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Gerry Ritz and the Cold Cut Cannon
Four years ago, during a Listeriosis epidemic that killed 22 Canadians, somebody created a video game called the Cold Cuts Cannon.Where you could fire cold cuts at little Gerry Ritz heads floating gently over Parliament Hill.Pop his balloon so to speak, for having had the crassness to joke about the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Northern Gateway Pipeline is Dead
Or so says Jeffrey Simpson.The Northern Gateway pipeline that Enbridge proposes to build from Alberta’s bitumen oil to the Pacific coast of British Columbia is, for all intents and purposes, dead. Yes, regulatory hearings before the National Energy Board will continue until the NEB approves the project. And yes, Enbridge will
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Anders and the Reform Party Reborn
Oh. My. Zombie. I'm afraid that Rob Anders is entering the final stages of his earthly degradation.Just a few days ago that grotesque Con was accusing Tom Mulcair of killing Jack Layton.Now he's going after the human rights of transgendered Canadians.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Did Obama Lose the Election Last Night?
I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Obama and Mitt Romney had a debate but only Romney showed up. Mitt Romney pressed the reset button last night on his campaign. He presented himself as a compassionate centrist, deeply concerned about the fate of the unemployed and low-income households struggling to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Liberal Messiah and King Harper’s Nightmare
Lordy. It's lucky Stephen Harper is a secret religious fanatic eh?So he can console himself by reading how King Herod felt about the birth of the baby Jesus Justin.Liberal MP Justin Trudeau launched his long-speculated Liberal party leadership bid Tuesday, aiming to establish himself as a contender in his announcement
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Harperland and the Foulness of the Cons
Sometimes these days when I go looking for my Canada, strong, noble, and decent, I can't find it.Instead of a young country charging confidently into the future, I see a country full of angry, bitter, crazed Cons, filling up with hatred, and heading for the bottom. Instead of the cool, fresh
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Mulroney, the CIA, and the Con Meat Factory
Oh no. Blow me down like a leprechaun. It turns out Brian Mulroney didn't have to sing and dance for Ronald and Nancy Reagan at the Shamrock Summit. Like the Bojangles of Baie Comeau. The Americans liked him enough already. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Omar Khadr: A Child Soldier Comes Home
It has been a seemingly endless nightmare, a horror story not only for Omar Khadr, but also for the country that let him down so shamefully.But at least tonight he is finally home.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Stephen Harper Got Punked
Golly. I see Stephen Harper FINALLY got a chance to show why some weird religious organization, named him the Statesman of the Year.No. Not at this meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, the creator of the "Bibi Bomb" as inspired by the Road Runner.Because that was just man love.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Benny and Steve Go To New York
I didn't think it was possible for anything to be as scary and as ridiculous as the sight of Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.N. today.Looking like a maniac, warning that the whole world was in danger unless Iran's nuclear program was stopped. “At stake is the future of the world,” Netanyahu
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rona Ambrose and the Wacky Woody Show
About five years ago I made this button of Rona Ambrose. So I'm glad to see that my confidence in her was fully justified.Canada’s minister for the status of women joined nine other Conservative cabinet ministers and dozens of backbenchers in voting in favour of a motion to study the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Margaret Wente and the Sorry Song
I have to admit that I am enjoying every twist and turn in the Margaret Wente plagiarism scandal.Not because I really care whether she ripped off the words of others eh? For that snooty right-wing hack was NEVER original. And in her hands even the works of Shakespeare would read like monkey
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Slow Degradation of Stephen Harper
I think this cartoon by the Star's Theo Moudakis neatly sums up what Stephen Harper's Con regime is doing to our image abroad. Making us look small, cheap, shabby. And like Britain's royal loyal corgis. For the Cons can try to downplay the embassy move, call it no big
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Great Betrayal
Well I suppose it was inevitable eh? First Stephen Harper started clinging to the Queen like a fridge magnet. And going gaga over everything Royal. Then he spent gazillions to celebrate a war 200 years ago that helped keep Canada British. And now we're a colony again.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Invisible Tax
The more I think about it, the more bizarre and outrageous it seems.Stephen Harper going after Tom Mulcair, accusing him of promoting an invisible carbon tax. Like Clint Eastwood went after an invisible Obama in the empty chair.For let's face it, this is MADNESS.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Dead Parrot
When I first started portraying Stephen Harper and his Con Regime as a sinister freak show, I took a bit of heat even from some of my friends. The MSM was busy polishing Harper's ass, and calling him a political genius, so some of them thought I was exaggerating. Or
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Saving Our Democracy: When the People Awaken
As Stephen Harper drags our parliament into the pit of democratic depravity, by accusing the NDP of supporting an imaginary carbon tax only he can see. Repeating a Big Lie over and over again like a shameless con man, or a desperate maniac. Going after Tom Mulcair, as one pundit
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