(1) What could match the grateful look of a faithful hound for taking him to his favourite place, the beach? Especially when it’s 40 degrees on the humidex scale, and he knows how to keep cool. But you don’t dare swim in the lake after i…
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Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Napoleon Complex
One of the things that worries me the most about Stephen Harper is the way he loves to play soldier, or Great Warrior Leader. One day he’s Stalin, the next day he’s Harpo of Kandahar, and the next moment he’s Napoleon.Because what else could …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Great Angelo and the Great Divide
I must admit that I have never paid much attention to anything Angelo Persichilli has ever said or written. I thought The Great Angelo was just another Liberal who sounded like a Con. And they’re a dime a dozen.But now he’s wearing …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: And Now for Something Absolutely Fabulous…
Look who’s back. And now not just absolutely fabulous, but also absolutely prescient.Edina, the hard-boiled, label-hungry PR guru, and Patsy, her addiction-fuelled magazine editor sidekick, now look like prescient visions of the future. When they first…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jack Layton, Rob Ford, and our Better Angels
I see that support for the NDP is surging and that Jack is getting the credit.Harris-Decima chairman Allan Gregg said the NDP gain is most likely attributable to “the Jack effect.”“The national outpouring of emotion we witnessed over Ja…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Would You Blog If You Couldn’t Be Anonymous?
I ask that question because Dr Dawg thinks anonymity should be busted.And he’s in good company. So does Facebook.I think anonymity on the Internet has to go away… People behave a lot better when they have their real names down. … I t…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jack Layton and the Little Tree
Well I see that although we only just said goodbye to Jack Layton, our classy media is already beating their tin drum over who will replace him.And so are quite a few Liberal bloggers. Which seems rather crass, considering the timin…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Life, Death, and the Bollywood Hosers
(click pic to enlarge)I have to admit I’m having a hard time recovering from the overwhelming events of the last week. In all my life I’ve never seen anything like it. Who knew the death of a politician could both sadden me, and inspire me to…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Saying Goodbye to Jack: The Video
I almost missed Jack’s funeral. But luckily I didn’t because it was a true gathering of the clan… or the Jack Nation.And though it was of course a sad occasion because he was taken too young. It was also a chance to celebrate his life. And we su…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Lezra Levant and the Orange Drag Show
Oh boy. This going to be embarrassing eh? Remember how in my last post I said people should ignore how Lezra Levant, in an interview with Michael Coren, mocked the way Canadians were reacting to Jack Layton’s death?Well I changed my mind…Because…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Hanging Out With the Jack Nation: My Video
I wasn’t able to pay my last respects to Jack Layton today. When I went on my lunch break the line was just too long.But I did spend some time with the Jack Nation at City Hall, and once again it was an awesome sight.If only he could have seen it. Watc…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Washington Monument and the Holy Rollers
OMG. Shake me like a rattle. Or call me a prophet eh? Because as soon as I saw this. I knew that the Christianist crazies would soon be howling at the moon, and proclaiming it to be a sign of God’s wrath for the sins of America. i.e.&nbs…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Jack Nation and the Promised Land
I found the sight of Jack Layton leaving the House of Commons for the last time incredibly moving.The cannons blasting, the people clapping, the bells playing “Imagine.”And when the funeral cortege crossed the bridge into Quebec, so Jack could say a la…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Krusty Blatchford and the Farting Dog
Oh.My.Doggy. I was hoping not to have to write anything about the way Christie Blatchford crapped on Jack Layton’s memory, the day after he died.Because as he so sadly showed life is too short to worry about nasty things like that, when we’ve got a wor…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jack Layton and the Power of Myth
(Click pic to enlarge)On my way home this evening, I stopped by City Hall to check out this improvised and rapidly growing memorial to Jack Layton.Where people were dropping by to write chalk messages to the lost leader. On the ground……
Continue readingMontreal Simon: They Didn’t Call Him the Happy Warrior for Nothing…
He was the greatest leader I have ever known. His words will inspire us forever, and lead us to victory one day. And of course now he’s a legend.But one of the things I liked most about Jack Layton was that he was a REAL human being…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jack Layton: The Sadness and the Hope
I was walking my dog just before dawn this morning. There was a chill in the air I hadn’t felt for months. But in the distance the sun was rising orange. So I should have known that Jack had died.And when I found out I was so sad, not just for my MP Ol…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Late Night at Simon’s: Bruce and the Magic Ponies
Shortly after the gay blogger Bruce McDonald killed himself, I went over to his shuttered site Canuck Attitude, and stole his jukebox.I was hoping to remember him by playing some of the old tunes and cartoons he use to run late on a Saturday night. But…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Porky Tales: Rick Perry and the Bankers
Welcome to another edition of Porky Tales, where greed meets despair, and the Sopranos meet the bankers.And where tonight we juxtapose how the Bank of America treated an elderly couple in Florida. Seventy-year-old Sharon Bullington may lose her home be…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Plan To Rebrand Canada
Uh oh. Hold the fruit salad. It turns out Stephen Harper’s obsession with everything royal isn’t just another moment of madness. It’s part of a Con Master Plan to lead us bravely into the future. By marching us back to the&nbs…
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