Canadians sure get full measure when they send their prime minister on a personal appearance tour. He did more in two days in New York than most rock stars can do in a week. The British prime minister and that New Yorker who currently occupies the Washington White House were
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Montreal Simon: Is Donald Trump Killing Americans? Really
I must admit that I've just about had enough of Donald Trump, and I wish I could filter him out of my life.Just the sound of his whiny voice, or the sight of his bloated orange ugliness, is sometimes enough to make me feel like vomiting.So about a week ago I
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Hurricane Mueller Finally Strikes The Trump White House
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how Hurricane Mueller was closing in on Donald Trump at an alarming speed.I said it was gathering strength with every passing day.And that it was only a matter of time before it came ashore at the Trump White House.Well now Mueller has finally arrived.Read
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump’s Insane Day At The United Nations
Ever since General John Kelly took over as Donald Trump's chief of Staff, or Babysitter-in-Chief, he has been able to restrain him better than most.Marred only by the occasional temper tantrum or soiled diaper.But yesterday as we all know, Trump was able to escape Kelly's clutches for a couple of hours.And
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Antifa Question. Again
Donald Trump is trying to make us believe that he has turned over a new leaf, and that he's not as bad as we thought he was.But sadly for him it's just not working.For it seems he can't stop comparing Nazis to the Antifa, or anti-fascists, who confront them in the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Deplorable Ship of Fools
Yesterday I wrote about how Donald Trump's dinner with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer had outraged many of his loyal supporters.After it produced a deal between the main course and dessert to protect young undocumented immigrants.A deal which has given the Republican leadership a bad case of indigestion.One that has
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Donald Trump Blew Up His Own Base
In one of my last posts I looked at the budding menage-a-trois between Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer.And how it was making many Republicans really nervous.Well last night Trump invited Chuck and Nancy to have dinner at the White House.And for many Republicans it must have looked like the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Alex Jones: Donald Trump Is Being Drugged By the Deep State!
Ever since Donald Trump gave Mitch McConnell the cold shoulder and made a deal with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, Republicans have been in a state of total shock.And to a slightly lesser extent so have the Democrats… But while the Republicans scream betrayal, and wonder what Trump might do next…Read
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How To Save Your Soul In Trump’s Hell
Ever since Donald Trump became president, the resistance to him and his deranged regime has been loud and proud.And deeply personal. But Trump has now been president for seven months and 24 days, and sustaining that level of resistance is not easy.Not when Trump is such a monstrous hog.Read more
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Steve Bannon and the Death of the Republican Party
I don't know or care how the grubby boozer Steve Bannon managed to burrow into Donald Trump's diseased brain.And only a psychiatrist can explain why Trump believed anything Bannon told him.But now Bannon has granted an interview to CBS' 60 Minutes, and one thing he said did make sense.Read more
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Meet My New Favourite Candidate For U.S. President
I'm afraid it's just too nice today to think of blogging instead of sailing. Or whatever.But now that Hurricane Irma has finally come ashore in Florida, before CNN blew up from all that huffing and puffing.And now that I can at least hope that Hurricane Mueller might take down Donald Trump
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Deadly Threat of Hurricane Mueller
As you can imagine, Donald Trump has so many things to worry about these days. What with Hurricane Irma threatening to engulf the state of FloridaAnd the Hispanic Hurricane Jose following so closely behind.It's a climate change denier's AND a bigot's nightmare. But of course the hurricane he's really worried about is Hurricane Mueller.Read
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rush Limbaugh Changes His Mind About Hurricane Irma
The other day I told you how the grotesque RepubliCon blowhard Rush Limbaugh was refusing to take Hurricane Irma seriously.And how he was claiming it was just fake news. Well now with Irma closing in on his Palm Beach enclave, it seems that the lardy Limbaugh has changed his mind. Read
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: How’s the kitchen coming Chrystia?
Though not sure if the analogy of NAFTA negotiations being like renovating a kitchen comes from Canada’s foreign minister, by now she would disown the quote anyway. After meetings in Washington and in Mexico City, it is obvious that the discussions of North America’s trade agreements are going nowhere. By
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rush Limbaugh Says Hurricane Irma Is Fake News
It's a monster hurricane, roaring out of the Atlantic Ocean and into the Caribbean. Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms ever recorded, battered the islands of the northeast Caribbean early Wednesday, leaving severe damage in its wake as it barreled toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.A monster
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ed Finn discusses how corporate giants exert far more influence than we generally know – or should be willing to accept. And Joseph Schwartz and Bhaskar Sunkara comment on the difficulty in achieving durable social-democratic policies while economic power is concentrated in
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Labour Day reading. – Ed Finn offers a reminder of the rights and benefits we now take for granted which were won only through labour organization: Look back at Canada’s 150-year history, and you’ll find that many of the basic rights and benefits we all enjoy
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Celebrating a different kind of Labour Day in Alberta – one with something to celebrate!
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and friend with unionized firefighters at last year’s Edmonton and District Labour Council Labour Day BBQ. Below: Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan at the same event, and Labour Minister Christina Gray. Today is Labour Day, which in recent years has become a traditional
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: How Truth Dies
The UCP leadership race just began and already we’re being asked to choose between two conflicting versions of the truth. Jason Kenney says Brian Jean is a poor financial manager because Jean created a $337,000 deficit in the UCP caucus budget–apparently Jean embarked on a “massive hiring spree” to run
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Climate Change Trap
It was a bizarre sight, like a scene out of a really bad disaster movie.Donald Trump back in Texas again, handing out food at a Houston shelter.And complaining that his hands were too big for his plastic gloves. *Shudder* But then he had to go back, for his first visit four
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