by matttbastard I have no clue who I’m going to endorse for the NDP leadership — but I sure as shit know which potential candidate will never, ever receive a vote from yours truly: sellout 3rd way posterchild Gary Doer, who has … Continue reading →
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Canadian Progressive World: Jack Layton: A Funeral Befitting A Great Canadian
It’s one of those solemn Canadian moments: A casket draped in the flag of Canada. A body lying in state on Parliament Hill. Canadian flag on the Peace Tower and public buildings across the country flying half-mast. Canadians, in their thousan…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Stephen Harper has a tantrum in Brazil and locks himself in the bathroom until he gets his way
Less amusing translation of Brazilian article on Harper bathroom tiff | Centre BlockCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper put Brazilian diplomats in a difficult (embarrassing) position this Monday, demanding a change in the Brazilian diplomatic protoc…
Continue readingWe Always Knew Stevie Harper Was Anally Retentive
Well, well, well! What do we have here? Stevie locked hisself in the john, AGAIN??
On a trade mission to Brazil this week, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper apparently engaged in some pretty undiplomatic behavior, according to Brazilian newspaper Folha.
On Monday, Brazilian president Dilma Rouseff asked that official speeches and toasts take place . . . → Read More: We Always Knew Stevie Harper Was Anally Retentive
Continue readingFive of Five: Sunday Night Marxism
Given all I’ve been reading about wiki-leaks, I can’t help but thinking we would have been no worse off with Rufus T. Firefly as our leader. We’ve always been at war with Sylvania.That and the unbelievably quiet revelation that former Canadian Ambassa…
Continue readingbastard.logic: Two Minutes Hate for Turkey (Hiss! Spit!)
by matttbastard Via John Cole: The Murdoch Street Journal sounds the battle cry as Outer Wingnuttia declares war on the declining Turkish Republic (the biggest BFF breakup since Paris & Nicole deleted each other from their respective Sidekicks): Israeli special forces … Continue reading →
Continue readingbastard.logic: Israel & the Freedom Flotilla Assault: It’s All About the Gaza Blockade
by matttbastard Israel does it again. With one deadly commando raid of an aid flotilla bearing essential goods in violation of Israel’s (illegal) blockade of Gaza, the Israeli government has reasserted its expressed right to, essentially, defend its borders by … Continue reading →
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