This and that for your Sunday reading:- Ross Douthat (!) discusses the distinction between actual cosmopolitanism, and the global elitism that’s instead come to dominate international power relations:Genuine cosmopolitanism is a rare thing. It require…
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Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, and the Gay Pride Parade
For almost ten years Stephen Harper waged a stealthy war against gay Canadians.He forced a second vote on gay marriage, he voted against every gay rights bill that ever came before Parliament, including those designed to protect gay people from hate cr…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rex Murphy and the Brexit Bigots
It's been just over a week since the result of the Brexit referendum shocked the world.And triggered what can only be described as a racist horror show. Police in Britain have recorded a dramatic rise in racist attacks in the wake of Brexit, with…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Nigel Farage and the Rise of the Anti-Brexit Resistance
Six years ago, while campaigning for his racist UKIP party, Nigel Farage narrowly escaped death when his small plane crashed in a field.But although Farage survived, Britain may not be so lucky.Because after UKIP's racist forces helped the LEAVE s…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Another Religious Fanatic Prepares to Run for Con Leader
As we all know the hideous religious fanatic Jason Kenney has been hinting strongly that he is about to leave Ottawa, and ride west to unite the right in Alberta.No doubt believing that he will be given a hero's welcome, or be greeted like Jesus hi…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jason Kenney and the Brexit Racist Horror Show
As you may remember the ghastly uber right-wing Con Jason Kenney couldn't wait to trumpet his joy at the Brexit result.Calling it a triumph of hope over fear, even though it was exactly the opposite.As well as a triumph of bigotry over decency.So n…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The ISIS Crazies Threaten To Attack the Toronto Pride Parade
The other day I told you that I’m planning to attend Toronto’s Gay Pride parade, even though I’m recovering from knee surgery.Because I want to honour the victims of the Orlando massacre, and show the hate mongers of this world that we are not&nbs…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: When the Right Wing Media Tries to Deny the Reality of Homophobia
I attended this memorial in Toronto last night to remember the victims of the Orlando massacre.And although it was a beautiful peaceful event, afterwards I couldn't help but notice the anger of some of the LGBT people who attended.Anger over the …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Please Help Save the Brutalized Albinos of Malawi
As you may know, I despise bullies of any kind with a passion. Especially those who terrorize children.And this has to be one of the most horrifying bullying stories I've ever heard about. It's like a bloody zombie movie.And it couldn't …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Hypocrisy of Ezra Levant and the Limits of Free Speech
He is Canada's most notorious hate monger, and his ghastly Rebel site is a sewer of bigotry.But whether he is mocking the death of Jack Layton, or going after the Roma or the Muslims, Ezra Levant would rather call himself Canada's free speech c…
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Revolutionary thought of the day, from a revolutionary American.Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Liberal Redneck’s Warning
It was only a few weeks ago that Donald Trump promised that as soon as he won the Republican nomination, he would start behaving in a more "presidential" manner.But last week when he finally did clinch the nomination, and sent out that pictu…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: When Ezra Levant Meets Jason Kenney
Well we all know Ezra Levant, the so called Rebel Commander, and one of the worst hate mongers this country has ever known.And we all know Jason Kenney, the monstrous religious fanatic and ghastly bigot who is believed to be the leader-in-waiting of th…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Convention and the Rapture of Jason Kenney
Lordy. Judging by the reaction of the Cons and their stooges in the media, you'd think the Harper Party's convention was such a great success they had all died and gone to heaven.Or more precisely had risen from the dead, and were now on their…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Don’t Be Fooled the Cons Are Still the Bigot Party
I see the Cons are trying to make us believe that dropping their long held opposition to same-sex marriage means that they are now a new/nouveau party.The Conservative Party gave itself a makeover, donning a more moderate and modern face as grassroots …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Rona Ambrose Called Justin Trudeau a Woman
It was a bizarre apparition. At the Con convention yesterday during a discussion on how to modernize the Harper Party, MP Marilyn Gladu came out dressed as the Grim Reaper. In what was apparently an attempt to make fun of the idea that the Cons are d…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Redneck Con Larry Miller Disgraces Himself Again
The next time you hear Rona Ambrose call her zombie party the new/nouveau Cons, send her a message with just two words in it: Larry Miller.Because O'l Larry is still there, he couldn't be more Reform or more redneck.He's still the &quo…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ghastly Misogyny of Ezra Levant’s Rebel Rag
As you probably know, the hate mongering internet rag The Rebel is as revolting as it's self-styled "Rebel Commander" Ezra Levant.It's a swollen sewer, a raging torrent of bigotry aimed at all kinds of people, especially Muslims.It …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Will the Gay Marriage Issue Tear the Cons apart?
For almost ten years Stephen Harper never ceased to show his contempt for gay Canadians.He voted against every gay rights bill that came before parliament. He cut off funding to all LGBT groups.And he never changed the party platform that calls for sam…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Late Remorse of the Con Barbarian Kellie Leitch
I'll never forget this picture of Kellie Leitch taken during the last election, shortly after she launched her Barbaric Cultural Practices campaign.And about the time she realized what a monstrous thing she had done. And what a terrible mistake she…
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