I think the readers of this blog will have no problem understanding why the second video naturally follows the first one: NowThis @nowthisnews ‘He wants to create a kind of passive, ignorant population’ — Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat is sending out a warning about FL Gov. Ron DeSantis, comparing him to
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Politics and its Discontents: Then They Came For The Educators
As a longtime educator, I have always believed that whatever progress we can make as a species resides within the domain of knowledge and its concomitant, critical thinking. When both fall into societal disrespect, devolution seems to be the inevitable outcome. Now that education has become one of the right’s
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: From The Land Of Freedom
It’s hard not to be inspired by our southern neigbours, eh? Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: This Is Not A Parody
A little something for those Canadians who pine for the re-opening of the border to Amerika. Rarely have I seen such a sterling expression of commitment and leadership: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Clear Threat To The World
I know that I probably allot an inordinate amount of space on this blog to the United States. I wish it were otherwise, but the fact that they are the most powerful nation on earth and that we live next store to this dysfunctional giant means what happens there potentially
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Toxic Nation
Recent events here have served to amply remind all of us that, as Canadians, we do not walk on the side of the angels. However, events south of the border serve as yet another reminder that the United States is a toxic nation that all of us would do well
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Will Trump Embolden Bigots in Canada?
Yesterday we read Kinsella’s post about a white power, Alt.Right handbill posted in his neighbourhood. Today we have an account from CBC Ottawa of a woman, Anna Maranta, a rabbi no less, who awakened in the early hours of Tuesday morning to find a swastika and the word “kike” spray
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Let’s Not Be Under any Illusions. Alt.Right Lives and It Will Have a Voice in Trump’s White House.
I’ve been using the word “AmeriKa” to refer to Trumpland. Now it seems I might be infringing on somebody else’s intellectual property rights. Kinsella found this handbill plastered on what appears to be a light post near his neighbourhood. I was a bit surprised to see the URL for america.org.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Dangerous Demonization of Justin Trudeau
It's a strange thing about Justin Trudeau. He may be the most popular Prime Minister in recent Canadian history, and a nice guy.But nobody is hated and demonized by some Canadians as much as he is, and now that hatred is out of control.For what else can explain that some crazy from the Green
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Lord of the Pigs
As you know, when Donald Trump began his campaign for President of the United States I thought he was just a bad joke.And it was just another insane bigot eruption in the so-called Land of the Free.But now that he appears to be closing in on the Repub…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Does Stephen Harper Want to Turn Us Into Bloody Amerika?
I try not to watch too much American TV news, because what's happening in this diseased Harperland is crazy enough.And because every time I do watch it these days, it seems another black man is being killed by a white police officer for no sane reason.And when I see someone
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Nightmare in Amerika, and the Lesson for Canada
At first sight it couldn't be a more depressing sight, or more of a nightmare.Team Mitch McConnell and his ghastly Republican tea baggers, seizing control of Congress, and promising to bring change to America.Which has some progressives in that country wondering whether it's the end of irony.Or the beginning of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Tea Bagger Tim Hudak and the American Invasion
Damn. What a happy coincidence. Last night I was complaining about how the Liberals and the NDP were failing to go after Tim Hudak for his botched million job plan.And for his connections to American right-wing extremists like the sinister Koch brothers, in whose think tanks that plan was hatched.But
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Could Stephen Harper Bring Back the Death Penalty?
I've always thought that capital punishment was one of the things that prevented the United States from being a truly great country. Along with racism, religious bigotry, and the culture of guns and violence.And this only prove my point. Because no nation that executes people, in that manner or any other,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Breaking: Right-Wing Terrorists Shutdown U.S. Government
Well yank my doodle dandy. One more good reason why right-wingers should never be allowed anywhere near a democracy. In Canada they've closed down Parliament, in the United States they've closed down the government. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Mitt Romney and Wrath of Lord Mo Mo
Golly. I've spent the last two days sacrificing one shrimp after the other on the barbie. To the eternal glory of the angry weather god Lord Mo Mo. Hoping that the Big Mo might nudge Hurricane Isaac, in the general direction of Mitt Romney and the Republican convention. And so
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Bigot, the Blowtorch, and the Flaming Cheerios
It must have seemed like a great idea eh? To a bigot as dumb as this one. Show how much you hate General Mills for supporting gay marriage. "We do not believe the proposed constitutional amendment is in the best interests of our employees or our state economy," the company's vice
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Harperland and the Chicken Homophobes
It's hard to believe that this is still happening in Canada, even in a city as diverse as Toronto. It's hard to believe that some crackpots still think that religious rights should prevail over human rights. Juliet Stewart says her clients, a Seventh-day Adventist husband and wife, told her in
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Gays and the Church of the Bigot Chicken
I don't really know what to say about this Made in Amerika story eh? Because it's got EVERYTHING. Bigots, gay marriage, Jesus, and a steaming heap of deep fried chicken. Hundreds of thousands of people across the country headed to Chick-fil-A restaurants on Wednesday, answering a call from Mike Huckabee,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Obama and the Cruelty of Hatred
It was long overdue. “At a certain point, I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” Mr. Obama said. It won't make any difference to gay couples in many states
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