Here is just one of many examples of the insanity of doublethink which engulfs us. (Never forget: War Is Peace, Slavery Is Freedom, and 2+2=5.) Remember Trump separating immigrant families? People were rightly outraged. Now it’s just another part of the “new normal” we cheerfully accept, being the spineless shit-eaters
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Alberta Diary: Doublethink, Alberta Tory style … Sorry, really, but who’s this Alison Redford person?
Former Alberta premier Alison Redford, left, confronts a frightened Premier pro tempore Dave Hancock. Below: A frame from the lost video clip of Ms. Redford’s part in the video tribute to Alberta’s past Tory premiers. Actual Alberta politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. MONTREAL Official Alberta Progressive Conservative Party
Continue readingAlberta Diary: The Stephen Harper model for Wildrose power: promise free votes and deliver the Borg Hive
Singing along: What we were promised by the Reform-Conservative platform. Below: What we got. Alberta’s Wildrose Party blossomed at the edges of the same muddy spring whence sprang the federal Reform Party of Preston Manning and Stephen Harper. As is well known, the Reform Party went on to engineer the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Seismic Activity Reported In Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England
In one of the best examples of doublespeak I have encountered in a long time, Ontario Finance Minister had this to say about wage freezes and bargaining rights yesterday: “Bargaining in good faith is not only the right choice to make, the Supreme Court of Canada requires it,” the finance
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