PHOTOS: Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley. Below: Peter Lougheed, Alberta’s first Progressive Conservative premier, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his father, the late prime minister Pierre Trudeau. GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alberta Rachel Notley’s decision yesterday to make support for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan put a national price on carbon conditional
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Susan on the Soapbox: “Post-truth” Politics in Alberta
Albertans can learn a lot about the importance of truth in politics from the Trump/Clinton presidential race. Political lies have moved beyond “misstatements” for which politicians “take full responsibility” and (sort of) apologize, to “truthiness”, a term coined by Stephen Colbert for a lie that appeals to a voter’s feelings,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump Goes Over The Deep End. Again
I didn't think Donald Trump could sink any lower after his monstrous meltdown on Twitter the other night.But then he's been in a furious frenzy since he lost the debate. He still believes he won. So there he was yesterday taking out his frustration on Hillary Clinton.By mocking her recent bout
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Bill Maher Goes After Donald Trump’s Ghastly Surrogates
There is only one thing worse than watching Donald Trump in a full orange frenzy, and that's watching his shameless so-called surrogates in action.The hapless stooges Trump sends out to try to defend him, and promote the deranged idea that he's fit to be president.So I'm glad to see Bill Maher
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Canadian Judicial Council Responds To My Complaint
Regular readers of this blog may recall a post I wrote this past June about an unsettling experience I had at a local grocery story. It was there that my wife and I witnessed the shocking and distasteful behaviour of Ontario Superior Court of Justice Antonio (Toni) Skarica, who was
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump’s Monstrous Night of Moral Depravity
We already knew that Donald Trump was a bloated demagogue who acts like a spoiled and cruel child, and likes to hurt and humiliate others.We knew he's a bully, a bigot, a crass misogynist, a serial liar, a rabid climate change denier, a friend of dictators, and the last person we
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Senseless Cruelty of Donald Trump
In my last post I looked at how Donald Trump's visceral misogyny and disgusting fat-shaming could cost him the election.Along with his racism, his xenophobia, and his dangerous demagoguery.But what makes him such a monster is one character flaw that stands out above all the others.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Will Donald Trump’s Misogyny Be The Issue That Destroys Him?
It was the final exchange in a 90-minute debate, but it may be the one that will destroy Donald Trump's chances of getting anywhere near the White House.For when Hillary Clinton brought up the story of the one-time Miss Universe Alicia Machado, and how Trump had treated her.And all he could
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Rise of Adolf Hitler
Although Donald Trump used to sleep with a copy of Hitler's speeches on his bedside table, I've tried to avoid comparing him to the Nazi dictator.For whatever he is Trump isn't Hitler, and to suggest he is only insults that murderous maniac's many victims.But after reading a review of a new
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Big Polling Fraud
Anyone who watched the Donald Trump Hillary Clinton debate knows who won. And it wasn't the Annoying Orange.But don't tell that to the bloated demagogue, because he simply can't accept reality.And spent the day after his humiliating defeat claiming victory.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Night Hillary Clinton Demolished Donald Trump
I must admit I was a bit worried, deeply concerned, a nervous wreck before last night's debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.The bloated demagogue has been enjoying some momentum. Polls suggest the race is now a dead heat.And with just six weeks to go before the election, it was a
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Air Horn Politics
“We’re all seriously suffering from a kind of Trump derangement syndrome…he uses up so much of the oxygen and it’s like having…a big air horn installed in your head and you just can’t get away from it.”— Garry Trudeau, the … Continue reading →
In This Corner: Stuff Still Happens, week 38: Bulletin – Liberals like to $pend money
The Trudeau government, less than a year old, has certainly adopted well to governing. Like most governments, the Trudeau Liberals have found that there is a surprising amount of money just lying around, so they might as well use it. For example, it was revealed this week that one of Trudeau’s inner circle, Gerald Butts, […]
Montreal Simon: Ted Cruz’s Hilarious Endorsement of Donald Trump
Let it never be said that Ted Cruz holds a grudge for long. Or that he will let anything get in the way of his feverish desire to be President.
Not even what’s left of his dignity, his father’s good name, or his wife’s honour.
For after having called Donald Trump every dirty word in the book, and claiming he’d have to be a “servile puppy” to endorse him
Big Ted has rolled over like a lap dog and endorsed him anyway.
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Politics and its Discontents: UPDATED: I Know It Is Unseemly To Make Fun Of The Stupid
…. but sometimes I lack self-control.UPDATE: Thanks to The Mound, for sending me the link to this video:Recommend this Post
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump’s New and Outrageous Scam
As a Canadian I have always found it hard to understand how Donald Trump has managed to fool so many Americans into believing that he is more than just a grubby Con man.
Its always seemed so obvious to me. I mean look at him. What else could he be?
But now at last that may be changing.
The media in that country has finally started to take a closer look at Trump, his Empire, and his campaign.
And revealing him to be a shameless hustler Con man clown.
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Montreal Simon: Bernie Sanders Sets Out To Save Hillary Clinton
As we all know Bernie Sanders was treated unfairly by Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party establishment.
And he has every right to be bitter.
But with the shadow of the fascist Trump looming over America.
Bernie is hitting the campaign trail and urging his supporters to vote for Hillary.
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Montreal Simon: Donald Trump’s Hellish Day On the Campaign Trail
As you may know Donald Trump has been trying to reach out to to African American voters, by visiting black churches and asking one wacko preacher after the other to bless him.
But it doesn’t seem to be working, with his support still mired in the single digits and falling…
And his visit to a black church in Cleveland yesterday can only drive that support down further.
Because it began weirdly, and ended disastrously.
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