Last evening, I was watching the 6:00 o’clock news, distracted and perturbed by the howling winds (up to 100 kms. per hour) buffeting our windows. Here in Southern Ontario, about 100 kilometres from the snowstorm that has devasted Buffalo, I can perhaps be forgiven for feeling especially sensitive to increasingly
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Montreal Simon: The Day Stephen Harper Couldn’t Hide Any Longer
He has always been a strange bird. When it comes to the Great War on Terror, or any war from 1812 onwards, he's a raging chicken hawk. He can't get enough of it, or squawk loud enough But when it comes to the Great War on Climate Change, he has
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Tough week for Canada’s already poor climate change reputation
Canada’s dismal record on fighting climate change was brought into the spotlight twice this week — first with a crucial UN report spelling out the tough task ahead for the world’s nations, and second, with the president of France delivering an embarrassing lecture to the Harper government in our own
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Harper’s War and the War He Won’t Fight
Well now we really are at war. Canadian warplanes have dropped their first bombs on Iraq.And in his command bunker or closet, Stephen Harper has been tweeting or retweeting up a storm. And so have his excited followers. Even though even the "good guys" in the region think it's a waste of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Monstrous Planet Burners
He would have us believe that terrorism is a greater threat than climate change. But with every day that passes the burning planet proves Stephen Harper wrong.For imagine what might happen if a city of 20 million people runs out of water. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Day of the Con Planet Burners
It happened during Question Period in the middle of the debate about whether Canada should go to war.So most did not notice and it will soon be forgotten.The moment when Tom Mulcair quoted Stephen Harper's infamous 2002 statement on Kyoto:“Kyoto is essentially a socialist scheme to suck money out of wealth-producing
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Environmentalists, civil society must unite, adopt stronger tactics to fight climate change
The 311,000 protestors who took part in the exhilarating Climate Summit march through Manhattan and those who blocked some entrances to Wall Street have returned to their homes. The leaders of the more than 120 nation states that made pie-in-the-sky, non-binding promises for reductions in carbon emissions at the UN
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Leona Aglukkaq’s Disgraceful Con Clown Summit Show
She was Stephen Harper's designated hitter at the Climate Change Summit in New York.And although the Con Propaganda Ministry tried to stir up media interest in her speech. And Leona Aglukkaq seemed to believe afterwards that she had hit one out of the park… Wheels up! Successful week in #NYC where I
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Small Clip Reveals A Big Truth
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Continue readingA Different Point of View....: 200,000 protesters won’t stop corporations from dominating UN
The United Nations will host dozens of governments, corporations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) during a one-day Climate Summit 2014 in New York on September 23rd but, alas, according to scientists and environmentalists, the meeting will deal mainly with only one limited way of fighting climate change. In recent years the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: It’s Not Either/Or
Those who have more than a passing acquaintance with federal politics are likely aware of the false premises and logical fallacies Stephen Harper and his wrecking crew regularly use to advance their mad agenda. There was, of course, the famous Vic Toews’ declaration about either standing with the government or
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Sad Bromance of Stephen Harper and Tony Dumb Dumb
Well as you may remember, a few days ago I wrote about Tony Abbott's visit to Canada, to see his good buddy Stephen Harper.The man he calls a "beacon" to the entire Conservative world.And I told you how the bromance was so hot and heavy it almost set off the fire
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper, Tim Hudak, and the Con Climate Change Deniers
When I first saw this picture of Stephen Harper and Tony Abbott having breakfast together, I thought something had gone wrong with their "special relationship."I mean they both looked so tense, and the cat looked sooooo jealous.And that even after Abbott called Harper a "beacon" for Conservatives all over the world.But
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Groupie from Down Under
Well he may be making a fool of himself on the world stage. Posing as a champion of democracy and Vladimir Putin's worst nightmare. Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Russian President Vladimir Putin is an “extreme nationalist” and an “imperialist” who is threatening global peace and security. And he doesn’t mind
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Regime and the Whale Songs of Resistance
When I was a boy I sometimes used to dream about running away to sea. So the sight of that old sugar boat today, made me dream for a moment of sailing to some place far from Harperland.Because this tortured country is getting crazier by the day.And so is the monster
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ghastly Cons and the Climate Change Monster
I went down to my favourite beach today to celebrate the Rites of Spring, only to find the last remnants of the Winter from Hell still clinging to the pier.And for some reason the sight of that ghastly chunk of ice reminded me of the monster in the movie The
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper, the Melting Planet, and the Collapse of the Capitalist System
He has tried to deny the reality of climate change as long as any crazed person could.Even as he torched the planet, and turned Canada into a hellish place.But the world is warming, the ice is melting faster than anyone once imagined.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Big Ice Hole and the Con Climate Change Deniers
In the 1970's a Nimbus satellite first revealed a giant hole in the sea ice around Antarctica, which appeared every winter for three years.Only to disappear and not be seen again since.Now some Canadian scientists have figured out why, and the implications couldn't be more ominous. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Big Freeze and the Con Climate Change Deniers
It's the winter that seems to have gone on forever. The bay is frozen solid.Like much of the Great Lakes.And I can't wait begin for it to warm up. Not just because I've got a roaring case of cabin fever.But also because the birds who live in the bay are
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Climate Change: Bill Nye Uses Science, The Right Wing Relies On Ideology
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