Good golly Miss Molly. Who needs Pussy Riot when we got Stephen Harper? And could this possibly be true? Could he really be a changed man, as his new/old image would suggest? Could he really have morphed into a Great Purry Furry Leader who now loves scientists, isn't going to
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Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper: When the Bully is Beaten
Well there he was in a classroom in Vancouver, in yet another tightly controlled phony photo-op. Handing out E.I. benefits to the parents of sick kids, posing as Big Daddy, but still sounding like Big Brother. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is defending the independence of the environmental review process underway for
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Parizeau Connection
OMG. This is scarier than the French Connection eh? I'm sure you know the famous story about how Jacques Parizeau decided to take a train trip from Montreal to Banff in 1969. And how he would later say: "When I left Montreal's Windsor Station, I was a federalist. When I
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Pipeline and the Terrorist Menace
Some days this summer its been too hot to go to the beach. And when I do go, and I lie there on the baking sand, I can't help thinking of the sun as the enemy. Burning the life out of the planet. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Darth Harper and the End of the Con Empire
It must have seemed like such a good idea to a man like Stephen Harper. He would teach Obama to humiliate him by delaying approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. By making Americans think the Democrats are driving Canada into the arms of their Chinese enemies. Because they don't call
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Christy Clark and the Big Oil Sellout
I wish I could cheer for Christy Clark in her battle with Alison Redford over the future of the Northern Gateway pipeline. But I just can't eh? I just don't believe that bartering with someone who wants to shove a pipeline up your ass is something that should be celebrated. At
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math | Politics News — www.rollingstone.com — Readability
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math | Politics News — www.rollingstone.com — Readability “…the planet does indeed have an enemy – one far more committed to action than governments or individuals. Given this hard math, we need to view the fossil-fuel industry in a new light. It has become a rogue
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Desperate Makeover
Uh oh. This could be ugly. I mean pretty. It looks as if Stephen Harper is badly in need of a major makeover. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s public approval ratings have reached an all-time low in 2012, and Nanos Research president Nik Nanos says the Conservatives may want to begin
Continue reading350 or bust: Global Warming: Most Of Us Say Catastrophe, Big Oil Says Opportunity
I’m back from a short canoe trip on a small lake just an hour’s drive from our house. The weather was warm & dry, the conversation lively, the food delicious (despite not catching any fish) and we only had to flee from the mosquitoes around dusk. Here’s what’s coming across
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Angry Canadians
OMG. Fan me with a chicken feather. I can understand why Stephen Harper must be wondering why he's laying one egg after the other. His polls are tanking, his credibility is shot, his corrupt regime is imploding, and his dirty oil pipeline is now just a pipedream. But after everything
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Alison Redford and the Pipeline to Nowhere
Holy hee haw. Lasso me like a baby steer. I can't believe that Alison Redford is still snubbing Tom Mulcair. Redford said no meeting with Mulcair is on the books. "Nobody's asked me to meet with him and I'm quite busy Stampeding and speaking to Albertans about what matters to them."
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Obama and the War of the Billionaires
When I watch this ad, I am reminded that the U.S. presidential election is now less than four months away. And how the right-wing billionaire's club that paid for it is going all out to remove Obama from office. Read more »
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: B.C. Premier Condemns Enbridge Inc For Michigan Pipeline Spill
Finally, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has taken a public position on the Northern Gateway pipeline! Enbridge, the company behind the condemned pipeline through her province “has some pretty important questions to answer” following revelations of its inept handling of a July 2010 spill in Michigan. The spill dumped more than
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Most Horrible Day
Golly. Talk about a study in contrasts. There was Tom Mulcair flashing a winner's smile. While in the other corner, there was Stephen Harper looking absolutely AWFUL. As if he'd just seen the grim ghost of his political future. Or somebody had just asked him whether he REALLY likes handcuffs.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Oil Sands Fact Check: New API Front Group
shutterstock_48011344.jpg How do you sell a rotten bag of goods? Rule number one of effective propaganda: repackage it into something seemingly less grotesque. In that spirit, the Houston Chronicle recently reported the American Petroleum Institute (API) has created yet another front group, this one to promote tar sands crude, one of the dirtiest sources of fuel in the world, as a
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Redneck Rodeo
It's hard to imagine a more horrible or absurd sight, than Great Black Hat Leader at the Redneck Rodeo. Posing as a pretty Brokeback cowboy, pursued by a posse of horny admirers. But sounding like a rabid Alberta separatist. "I think if the founders could be here today and see
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Right-leaning British magazine rips Stephen Harper
Since coming to power in 2006, the Canadian prime minister “has acquired a reputation for playing fast and loose with the rules.” Harper plays to his social conservative base. He and his Conservative majority government tolerate neither criticism nor dissent. But these “bullying” ways are set to boost the opposition’s
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Harper Government Must Set Canadian Scientists Free
Nature, one of the biggest and most-read scientific journals in the world, made this call in a February 29th editorial. The journal lamented the Harper Government’s undisguised hostility to openness, expert opinion and publicly-funded scientific expertise. Rightly so. At some point, the government’s stated communication policy, posted on a federal website and
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Mulcair and the Orange Juggernaut
I knew that the NDP's support in Quebec would improve as soon a Tom Mulcair became leader. Nobody hates the Con regime more than Quebecers do. And they know a fighter when they see one. But this is still stunning. Read more »
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Interview With Environmental Artist Franke James (part the 2nd)
Here’s the second part of my freewheeling interview with environmental artist and activist Franke James. We discuss the pro-active philosophy that guides her visual essays, including her most recent essay ‘What’s Harper Afraid Of?’ Which has generated more that 5,300 letters to the PM, her workshops and the lack of
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