I was alerted to this story by my friend Jonathan; it is profoundly disturbing, even though, because it involves an alleged rape committed by Donald Trump, it probably should not shock or astound anyone. Tomorrow, October 14, may be a stressful day for the Republican nominee, in that he has
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Montreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Trumpism That Will Survive Him
He's been slowly losing it since he lost the debate, and a tape revealed him to be vulgar, foul-mouthed misogynist who boasts about using his tiny fingers to sexually assault women.He's been staying up too late tweeting crazy things, the strain of the long campaign is getting to him.And now Donald Trump
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Where’s Pat Paulsen, now that America needs him? And why didn’t Jason Kenney phone Brian Jean?
PHOTOS: Pat Paulsen and Bobby Kennedy. Below: Mr. Paulsen in 1970 … and in focus, putative PC leadership candidate Sandra Jansen and Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean. Where’s Pat Paulsen, now that America needs him? Or, to put this another way, seeing as Mr. Paulsen permanently departed this vale of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Republican Civil War
Donald Trump is said to be holed up in his bunker in the Trump Tower, surrounded only by his most faithful supporters, like Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie, and the usual gang of neo-nazis.He's still claiming that he won the last debate. And that he's going to win the election, and
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump on Hillary Clinton: Now and Then
As we know these days Donald Trump can't say enough bad things about Hilary Clinton.He calls her "lying, dying, and crooked Hillary" and accuses her of enabling her husband's sexual scandals.And during Sunday night's debate he called her the "devil" and vowed to jail her if he ever became President. But
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: It’s Official: Trump Won The Debate
So declares America’s favourite crazed evangelical, Pat Robertson. Presumably, his assessment came from on high. Recommend this Post
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Never Watch a Presidential Debate When You’ve Got the Flu
Ms Soapbox has the flu and missed Thanksgiving dinner last night with her family and friends. She stayed home and watched the second Presidential debate. It almost finished her off. But even in her foggy state of mind Ms Soapbox couldn’t help but notice that Mr Trump is a peevish,
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Canadians can be thankful for small, and probably temporary, mercies in wake of U.S. presidential debate
PHOTOS: Republican candidate Donald Trump stalking Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton around the debate stage in St. Louis yesterday evening (CNN Photo). Below: 20th Century screen star Bela Lugosi, Edmonton political commentator Chanchal Bhattacharya and a Wildrose supporter in a Trump-style ball cap (National Observer photo). Happy Thanksgiving! I guess we
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Trump Never Had A Chance
Guest Post by Chris Henderson Seemingly every day, someone tells me that they’re worried Donald Trump will win the election. Aside from the natural anxiety that comes with a possibility potentially catastrophic (yet still remote), I really don’t believe Trump… Continue Reading →
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Night of the Stalker
When the latest chapter in the horror show that is the U.S. presidential election was finally over last night, I was shocked to hear a CNN pundit declare that he thought Donald Trump had won the debate.Because while Hillary Clinton didn't perform as well as she did in the first one,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: #NotOkay: Canadian woman’s Twitter sexual assault story call fuels rebellion against Donald Trump
A Canadian woman’s #NotOkay call on women to share their sexual assault stories on Twitter has partly fueled U.S. Republican leaders’ unfolding rebellion against their party’s nominee for president. The post #NotOkay: Canadian woman’s Twitter sexual assault story call fuels rebellion against Donald Trump appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingIn This Corner: Stuff Still Happens, week 40: OK, now he CAN’T win
Even the Teflon Don can’t get out of this one. Everyone except his most fanatical supporters knows Trump is a pig, a boor, a crass, classless thug. Now we have the best evidence yet of exactly what kind of person Donald Trump really is. An audiotape of Trump on a
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Republican rebellion against Trump unprecedented in modern campaign history, experts say
By Alexander Panett-Canadian Press- WASHINGTON — An internal rebellion has erupted against Donald Trump, knocking out support from longstanding pillars of the Republican party and threatening to turn his presidential campaign into ruins. Election historians Read more…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Death of the Republican Party
He has been holed up in his bunker in the Trump Tower slowly going crazy, or crazier. His aides say one moment he is depressed, the next moment he is delirious.But yesterday afternoon Donald Trump finally emerged for a few brief moments, to wave to his shell shocked supporters and
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump’s Disgraceful and Disgusting Non Apology
I can only imagine what the atmosphere must have been like at the Trump Tower last night.But it couldn't have been pretty.The panic, the wailing, the sheer desperation. And the old hog bellowing "I'm better than Bill Clinton, and I will make America Great Again #!!@#!!!But when shortly after midnight,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Has Donald Trump Just Destroyed His Own Campaign?
We already knew that Donald Trump was a sexist hog and a grubby misogynist. We knew he called women pigs and dogs. We knew he was a dirty old man. But this should just about finish him off. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Is Donald Trump’s Campaign Going Off the Rails?
Watching Donald Trump these days is like watching a mad man riding a roller coaster, and about to fly off the rails.Because while sometimes he sounds supremely confident, brandishing one small poll after the other to make it sound like it just a matter of time before he turns the White
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dani Rodrik suggests that instead of engaging in extended hand-wringing over the collapse of public interest in corporate trade deals, we should instead be working on strengthening domestic social contracts: The frustrations of the middle and lower classes today are rooted in the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Terroristic Man-Toddler
Well now that we know that Donald Trump enjoys the good things in life, but doesn't like to pay for them.Or pay taxes.Now that we've seen how he intends to fix that problem.Read more »
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