Just for being gay. Oh well. Now you can…Wasn’t that brutal? And isn’t this horrible?The teenager’s mother adds that no one did anything — everyone stood around and watched. Only one person took any action — which was to record this vid…
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Montreal Simon: The Fordzilla and the Princess Warrior
I didn’t really want to write anything about this surrealistic confrontation, between Rob Ford, the grotesque Mayor of Toronto, and the Princess Warrior.Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is apologizing for using the “f-word” during a 911 phone call but denie…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy Oakland and the Power of Peaceful Protest
The backlash against the Occupy Movement has begun. With this assault on Occupied Oakland…And tonight the wounded protester in that video, Veterans for Peace activist Scott Olsen, is in critical condition in hospital.And here in Canada, the writ…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Canada and the Bully Nation
I don’t know why Canada is such a bully nation. What I do know is that it infects our country like syphilis, from our Parliament, to our hockey rinks, to our schools.A 15-year-old hockey player in Manitoba was forced to parade around the dressing room …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Requiem for the Long-Gun Registry
If you’ve followed my little blog over the years you know how I feel about the long-gun registry. So you can imagine how I feel tonight.Stephen Harper has begun the process of shuttering Canada’s long-gun registry, tabling a bill to scrap a database …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jamie Hubley, the Cons, and the Cycle of Hate
It’s been about a week since Jamie Hubley killed himself. And although for a while I was so sad I could hardly write about this tragedy, now I’m feeling better.Because now I’ve seen how many young Canadians have been moved to action.I have been en…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why the Occupy Movement Can’t Fail
I went down to the Occupy Toronto campground yesterday, just as the protesters were setting off on a march to City Hall. So naturally I followed them, and had a great time.Only to discover later, much to my surprise, that according to some in the …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Tragic Death of Jamie Hubley
I know a lot about suicide. Ever since I saw a young straight couple jump in front of a train at the McGill Metro station I have tried to do what I can to prevent it.I have worked as a volunteer in the mental health system in Montreal and Toronto. …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy the World: The Uprising Has Begun
I missed the march to the park. But when I saw the pictures on TV at work, and I saw how the Occupy movement is spreading.I knew that I was right when I said the other day that this is a movement that could change the world, and save it from destructio…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy Canada: Now It’s Our Turn
As the Occupy Wall Street Movement goes global.Protesters worldwide geared up for a cry of rage on Saturday against bankers, financiers and politicians they accuse of ruining global economies and condemning millions to poverty and hardship through…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy Wall Street: We Are Not Afraid
I see that New York’s monkey police are threatening to crackdown on Occupy Wall Street.A possible confrontation between New York police and hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protestors loomed Thursday after a Canadian company requested police help while c…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Missing Women and the Ugly Truth
I’m glad the inquiry into the case of Vancouver’s missing women has finally begun.But this makes me so angry.Because it only makes worse the ugly truth at the heart of this tragedy.The fact that the killing went on for so long because ci…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Voter Apathy: When Complacency is Collaboration
(click pic to enlarge)Well I must admit that on a gloriously warm Indian Summer long weekend, it was easy to forget that I’m living in Stephen Harper’s monstrous Canada.Easy to imagine that I was living in some paradise, where …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: My First Thoughts on the Ontario Election
I’m sure I’ll have more to say about the Ontario election.Maybe. Zzzzzzzzzzz.But tonight all I have the energy to say is that the bigot Tim Hudak is now officially a LOSER. The scummy little bottom feeder.My riding, Trinity Spadina, helped sc…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy Wall Street and the Broken Social Contract
As the Occupy Wall Street protests continues to grow. And unions join the struggle.Some old wankers still struggle to explain what it means.The organizers of Occupy Wall Street are fighting to upend the system. But what gives their movement t…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Get Out the Vote: Defeat the Loser Hudak
He waved his daughter like a flag, he used her like a cheap prop. While attacking programs aimed at protecting bullied gay children. Like a homophobic hog. He called new immigrants “foreigners.” Like some burning racist from Alabama. He vowed…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy Wall Street and the Champagne Party
As frantic efforts to revive the Old Capitalist pig continue.And the Occupy Wall Street protests grow.It seems that some of the fat cats on Wall Street.You know…these pampered pussies…Still don’t get the message. But are caught on video watchi…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tim Hudak Plays the Homophobia Card
Well I see the Con teabagger Tim Hudak is so desperate he is hauling out the homophobia card.Just as I told you last night.And remember, the people they are going after are bullied gay kids.The miserable cowards.Oh boy. It takes all kinds of people to …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy Wall Street and the Radical Imagination
Their protest may be angry but unfocused. They have been ignored by the MSM. Brutalized by the police, and arrested in massive numbers. But slowly but surely Occupy Wall Street is rediscovering the radical imagination.We are watching the…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Cons and the Ozone Layer
There comes a time when you just have to say it eh? Stephen Harper’s Cons are not just crass, brutish and incompetent. They’re dangerous.The hole covered two million square kilometres — about twice the size of Ontario — and allowed high levels of h…
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