OMG. That'll teach me to stroll through a graveyard in Con Canada, when a Harper moon is in the sky. First I read that Vic Toews' internet snooping bill had quietly died. The Internet surveillance legislation sponsored by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has disappeared down a dark legislative hole. For
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Montreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty’s Nightmare Taxi Ride
When you are numbed to the horror of Harperland, it's easy to laugh at little Jimbo Flaherty. The nasty Con garden gnome is a natural comedian. "I was brought up in a certain way. There is no bad job, the only bad job is not having a job," he told
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Quebec Students: If You Can’t Beat Them Cane Them
Well I suppose it was inevitable eh? Ever since the Quebec students began marching, the Con media has been attacking them like a pack of rabid hyenas. The Con liberal Andrew Coyne called them a violent mob. The windy little teabagger Rex Murphy called their protest a self-indulgent parody. The
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay and the Libyan Fiasco
Oh no.Try to keep this one confidential eh? Because if the Russians find out, they'll invade us tomorrow. But it seems that Peter Dumbo MacKay, our Minister of War, is having trouble crunching massaging the numbers. Again. Amid allegations the Conservative government intentionally lowballed the price of the F-35 stealth
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Massive Meltdown
Well so much for all those carefully staged photo-ops of Great True North Leader surveying his frozen dominion. So much for his grand plans to assert our arctic sovereignty. Six years after the Harper government declared the Arctic to be a new operations area for the Canadian military, the army
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Coyne and the Quebec Students
They staged massive peaceful demonstrations for twelve weeks, hundreds of them were arrested for no good reason. Many of them were beaten and gassed. One of them lost an eye. Despite the violence and the hatred directed at them they still managed to work out an honourable compromise, and only rejected
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Quebec Students and the Savage State
Uh oh. It looks like my Quebec student’s victory celebration party, from which I’m still recovering, was a little premature. Students in a half dozen colleges and 10 university faculties and departments voted to reject the agreement on Monday after the Charest government boasted of having won the battle. Students
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Cons and the Trojan Horse
Well, let's put it this way eh? It wasn't exactly democracy's finest hour. First the Cons rolled their Trojan horse budget, packed to the rafters with non-budget stuff that will gut our environmental laws, into the House of Commons. Then when the opposition demanded the bill be split up so
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Quebec Students and the Great Victory
They marched for three months. In the cold of February and the chill of the Maple Spring. Many of them were roughed up, or arrested for no good reason. For most of that time the corrupt Charest government refused to talk to them, just tried to divide and conquer. They
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Big Majority Party
It's been one year since Stephen Harper stole an election and finally got his majority. And you should have seen him at his Great Majority Party today, wearing a silly hat, and blowing his own trumpet. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Woodworth and the Abortion Debate
Oh. My. Gilead. When I saw those women in red on Parliament Hill today, I thought the Harper Cons were getting ready to re-enact their favourite scene from The Handmaid's Tale. When the women are brought before the men, told to be submissive as Lord Harper's missionary church commands them.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Limo Madness: The Expensive Adventures of Bev Oda
Oh no. Somebody call Limousine Anonymous. I see poor Bev Oda has had another unfortunate relapse. Oda was originally supposed to stay at the Grange St. Paul's Hotel, the site of the conference on international immunizations she was in London to attend. The Savoy is two kilometres away and Oda
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Vic Toews and the Prison State
Well I was glad to see Vic Toews pop up on the TV today after his recent physical and mental Vikileaks problems. And I was also glad to see he looked as scary as ever. But sadly my joy at seeing him back on his feet didn’t last long eh?
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The RoboCon Scandal and the Con War Room
Well I suppose it had to happen eh? Sooner or later the investigation into the RoboCon scandal had to lead all the way to the Con War Room. Elections Canada investigators on the trail of the “Pierre Poutine” suspect in the robocalls case have been asking questions about the actions
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Summit Humiliation
Holy Chiquita Banana. What an embarrassment.There he was, looking like Obama’s Sancho Panza, or the Dirty Oil Man. Making an idiot out of himself. Again. Canada and the United States are finding themselves at odds with Latin American countries on two thorny issues — the war on drugs and the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Cons and the Man Who Would Drown his Dog
Uh oh. I see Stephen Harper ran into a little moral turbulence today, courtesy of the Auditor General. But he just shrugged it off, claiming he never said we would buy the fancy jets that don’t work, and we don’t need. After spending years telling us they were essential. Not
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Thomas Mulcair and the Struggle for Canada
(Click pic to enlarge) Oh boy. What a difference a week makes. It seems like just yesterday when I was waiting for the fog to lift, and wondering who will save us from Stephen Harper’s ghastly regime? Because I really don’t want to live in a country like this one.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Is Vic Toews Out of Control?
As you know I have long been concerned about the mental state of the Con zombie Vic Toews. And whether he’s fit to remain in office. First he came crawling out of his crypt, the one with the large bed and the mirrored ceiling, claiming that anyone who didn’t support
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The NDP and the Nightmare in Harperland
I was thinking the other day, as a thick fog hid Toronto from view. That ever since I arrived in this city, it’s like a curse has been hanging over me. The Nightmare in Harperland.The G20 police state in my backyard, the death of Jack Layton, the crushed dreams of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Robot Speaker and the RoboCon Scandal
As you know I’ve had my doubts about Andrew Scheer, the Speaker of the House, ever since he ruled that Vic Toews’ parliamentary privileges had been violated by Anonymous. Boo hoo zombie. After ruling last December that the disgusting misleading phone call campaign aimed at Irwin Cotler did not violate
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