Lordy. If it wasn’t for one glorious day at the beach, I don’t know how I would have made it to Sunday.Because it was a brutal week. The suffocating heat, the old lady with her head in the fridge, the horror of Norway.And the long announced death …
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Montreal Simon: Michael Coren and Right Wing Syndrome
Well as just about everybody knows by now, the Christianist Gollum Michael Coren crawled out of his cave hole anal orifice and laid this stinky turd.But not before looking like a complete idiot: No you don’t you bloody fool !!!…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Norway: The Horror and the Sorrow
If you sail a boat in a straight line off this Scottish beach where I played when I was a boy, it won’t be too long before you’ll find yourself in Norway.Which is why I know them so well, why this hurts so much.A lone political extremist bombed th…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Politics of Punishment
Every now and then he betrays himself. Every now and then the mask falls off and exposes the monster behind it.Like when he woke up one morning and decided to gut the census. For no sane reason.Or when he plans to jail even more Canadians, especia…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How to Stay Alive in Harperland
One of the things you notice right away when you return from almost any modern country in the world, is the crumbling state of our infrastructure.In Toronto, giant pieces of concrete regularly fall off this elevated expressway, not too far from where I…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Rupert, James, and Rebekah Show
Well I must admit that I was a bit disappointed by yesterday’s episode of The Rupert, James, and Rebekah show.All of them blamed everybody but themselves, and the old man ate so much humble pie I thought he was going to shit himself.Murdoch admitt…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Honouring My Hero Nelson Mandela
Monday was the 93rd birthday of my greatest living hero, Nelson Mandela.Tributes poured in from all over the world, and South Africans celebrated by singing songs for him, and performing small acts of kindness.It’s a day when people in South…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford: The Man Who Would Eat Toronto
(click pic to enlarge)They say it’s a hard city to love. When I moved here a few years ago my friends in Montreal said I’d absolutely hate it. That they didn’t call it Hogtown for nothing eh? And that I’d probably die of boredom.But actually I’ve becom…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rupert Murdoch and the Bullying of a Nation
Golly. I just can’t get enough of the Rupert Murdoch/News International scandal. The old Con monkey is under attack everywhere.He has finally lost his immunity, his dignity, and his preciousssss Rebekah…Or whatever…David Cameron’s C…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rupert Murdoch and the Fox News Gang
For the last two weeks I was lucky to have been in Britain as the Rupert Murdoch / News International scandal hit that country like a massive meteorite, rocking its very foundations.It was an awesome spectacle. The torrent of outrage, the angry debates…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: My Great But Short Escape from Harperland
(Click pic to enlarge)Well I have to say that as I lay on those grassy dunes, staring up at the clouds, listening to the roar of the waves, drinking in the fresh North Sea air, it was really easy to forget the horribl…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Time to Say Goodbye For Now
I realize it’s probably not the best time to leave Canada. Canadian summers are so short eh?But the truth is I can’t wait to leave, because politically speaking this has been the worst summer EVAH. First the Cons got a majority, and then it started to …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stopping the Cons: How Far Will Canadians Go?
Well I see the great postal filibuster has ended. The NDP has surrendered to reality. The union-bashing Cons got what they wanted. The workers were shafted. And the Liberals looked lame.But at least the workers were grateful.And at least the …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: New York Approves Gay Marriage
It took a long time, even in the place where the gay rights revolution was born. Every homophobic group in Amerika tried to stop it. But tonight the state of New York finally legalized gay marriage.Here’s the historic vote as covered by Rachel Maddow: …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Exodus Quacks and the Hooray You’re Gay Song
Holy Lady Gaga. Sometimes it’s not easy to be gay eh? When the bigots aren’t trying to kill you, the Christianist closet queens are trying to “cure” you.Like the pathetic quacks at Exodus Global Alliance. (EGA)In the United States their huggi…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Afghan Farce and Amnesty’s Birthday Video
When I think about what Stephen Harper and his sinister thugs might have been up to in Afghanistan. And how we’ll never know what really happened, because the Cons have shutdown the judge’s panel.The Conservative government decided to sh…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford and the Gay Pride Parade
Well I see that Rob Ford has announced that he’d rather get drunk at his cottage, than march in the Pride Parade.Rob Ford is skipping the pride parade to spend his Canada Day weekend at the cottage, ending a long tradition of participation by Toronto m…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: You Know You’re Having a Bad Day…
When a sailing lesson turns into a swimming lesson.Hey guys…follow the boat with the motor and you’ll be fine.Or in the case of BBC Scotland, you can’t tell the difference between the weather woman and Rudolph Hess…The good news? It was the 7:30 am…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Cons, Pensions, and the War on Young Canadians
If you want to survive Canada’s Summer of Anger, there are two subjects you absolutely must NOT discuss with your fellow hosers.One…who is to blame for the Vancouver riot? Because chances are you’ll have to listen to some deranged rant abou…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Homeless Man and the Dog
I am always moved when I see the special bond between a homeless person and his or her dog.
How they share what little they have with their pets. And how their dogs are oblivious to their miserable surroundings, and are just glad t…
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