Well I must admit I was shocked to find myself watching the NDP Convention on Sun TV. All because Sébastien taped Fox News North instead of CPAC. Claiming he didn’t understand my instructions because they were written in …
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Montreal Simon: When the Con Party Animals Go Wild
Lardy. Bean me with a bacon bit…or a Vienna sausage. They don’t call them Con hogs for nothing eh? But who knew they were such party animals?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s own department has repeatedly broken the government’s toug…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Postal Workers and the War on Pensions
I visited a postal worker’s picket line yesterday morning. And in the evening Sébastien dropped by and took this great picture after the Cons announced they intend to force them back to work.
The Conservative government is vowing t…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ugly Truth About the Vancouver Riot
Well it’s the day after the Vancouver riot, and I see that just about everybody is blaming everybody but themselves.
Those weren’t real hockey fans, that isn’t Vancouver, hockey is Canada, and we’re better than that eh?
Wrong, wrong, w…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Real Crime of Brigette DePape
Oh.My.Godzilla. Where’s Barney when we need him? It seems the right-wingers in this country can’t stop lumbering after Brigette DePape.
When they’re not bellowing “Canada is not EGYPT !!!!!!” they’re calling her a political extremist.
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Montreal Simon: The Con Bigots and the Rainbow Chasers
It was a grey and rainy Monday, so imagine how great it was to stumble home from work, and see this beautiful rainbow streaming down on my island.
Especially since I know that a sight like that must drive these rainbow chasers CRAZY.
A…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Gay Girl in Damascus Who Wasn’t
It was a compelling story. A young Syrian-American lesbian blogging about life and love in the darkness of a police state, only to be kidnapped.
Arraf wrote a blog called “A Gay Girl in Damascus,” a mixture of erotic prose and updates abou…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tracy Morgan and the Power of Redemption
I see that after having been buried by an avalanche of criticism, Tracy Morgan has apologized for his hideous homophobic rant.
“I’m not a hateful person and don’t condone any kind of violence against others. While I am an equal oppor…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Plans for World Domination
Well it wasn’t Nuremberg. It was Ottawa. But the message from Great Deranged Leader to his adoring followers was the same. Now that we have conquered Germany Canada, we must conquer the WORLD !!!!!!
Harper painted a dark picture of the w…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tracy Morgan’s Homophobic Rant
I’ve never liked Tracy Morgan. I find his humor asinine, crudely sexist, and vulgar.
And now I like him even less.
He said that there is no way a woman could love and have sexual desire for another woman, that’s just a woman pretendin…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Hogs and the Road to Resistance
Well at least now nobody can deny what lying hogs they are.
So the G8 legacy for Baird and Clement is complete — pork barreling, deceit and promotions.
Toronto’s G20 legacy is still unfolding, but it will include heavy-handed police…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Sun Nooz TV : The Con Comedy Show
When I heard that Kory Teneycke was going to be the big boss of Sun Nooz TV, I knew it would bomb eh?
But who knew it would be such a comedy show?
It’s important to bring to your attention, though, the fact that Sun News is providing…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and Curse of Stanley
Oh dear. I see Stephen Harper jetted off with his entourage to Boston today, to try to revive the flagging fortunes of the Vancouver Canucks. Only to curse them further.
And stick us with the hefty gas bill.
Harper spokesperson Dimitri …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: George Rekers and the Sissy Boy Experiment
He was a happy little boy, until George Rekers got his hands on him, tried to change him into a “real man.”
And destroyed his life…
And who is George Rekers? This Christianist freak.
Great eh?
Little boys have the right to play wit…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Hate Crimes and the Rainbow Cupcakes
Statistics Canada has released the latest figures on hate crimes in this country and the results are depressing.
Statistics Canada said hate crimes reported to police increased by 42 per cent, rising to more than four incidents a day…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and Brigette’s Message
Well I see the legend of Brigette DePape continues to grow, like a red rose of hope in the darkness of Harperland.
““I have been really inspired because there have been thousands of people who have sent messages or commented …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Oil Pimps and the Secret War in Europe
One more reason not to wear a maple leaf on your back pack if you visit Europe.
Newly released government memos have exposed a secret war that Canada is waging in Europe to kill clean energy policies and ensure no market closes to the di…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Bullied Gay Children and their Straight Friends
In 1972, Marlo Thomas, the American actress and social activist, released a children’s book Free to Be…You and Me, which became an album and this made for television movie.
The project challenged gender stereotypes, it encouraged tolerance, and …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay and the Mouse that Roared
Oh no. Duck and cover. Where’s the Red Baron when we need him? I KNEW it was a bad idea to make Peter Dumbo MacKay the Minister of Defence.
First he lost the PC Party, then he lost Belinda, then he lost Afghanistan, then he lost the se…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Throne Speech and the Country I Love
Well I watched most of the Throne Speech today, and all I want to say is that Disneyland would be lucky to be able to stage a show like that one. At least there were no nasty surprises.
So it could have been worse.
I’ll never trust Step…
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