I recently posted about our national embarrassment known as Conrad Black, sycophant extraordinaire. The following, by editorial cartoonist Michael de Adder, was tweeted by Neil MacDonald, who observes. And a grateful Black is now vigorously pushing back against any idea that the attack on the Capitol was violent. Just high
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Politics and its Discontents: He Speaks For The Majority, I Suspect
That would be The Star’s Patrick Corrigan: Meanwhile The Star’s editorial board offers some insights into why Canada has fared so, so much better in dealing with Covid-19 than the United States: It’s a terrible thing for an old, dear friend to watch America — as a result of its
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Give Me Your Frightened Masses
Run, children, run, to your polling stations!H/t Theo Moudakis Meanwhile, for those made of sterner stuff, there is an insightful analysis by Larry Kazdan of Vancouver of what should truly frighten all of us: Today’s unemployment rate of 5.5 per cent may be considered “rock bottom,” but unemployment after the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Ain’t It The Truth?
Having resisted the fear-mongering that passes as ‘strategic voting,’ and having already cast my ballot, I offer the following for those still to exercise their franchise next week: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: "It Is Not Fair"
H/t Greg PerryI suspect the following letter by a young person expresses the angst of an entire generation: I had hoped my final years in high school would go smoothly. But instead of stressing over university applications, I worry if it is even worth it to go through all this
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Some Heavy Lifting
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: To The Obsequious Go The Spoils
And no one is more obsequious than Lord Tubby Black. H/t Michael De Adder Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Day Of Reckoning
H/t Theo Moudakis Here in propaganda central (a.k.a., Doug Ford’s Ontario), it would appear that few are being fooled by the outrageous campaign the Ford regime is conducting against the carbon tax imposed by the feds after Doug the Thug axed our cap-and-trade program. I believe the following letter-writer speaks
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Just Another Trudeau-Hater, Eh?
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: And Now, A Word From Another Green Guy
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Your Monday Morning Thought
So glad that we have our heads screwed on straight. H/t Greg Perry Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Dissecting Justin
The first cut, they say, is the deepest. And now, for something completely different: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: This Is What Ontario Has To Contend With
Ontario would appreciate the sympathy of saner provinces: H/t Mackay Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Whose Her Daddy?
Notwithstanding efforts at misdirection by Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government, it’s clear that she (Caroline Mulroney) is Daddy’s (Doug the Thug) girl: H/t Theo Moudakis Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: This, From The ‘Greatest Country On Earth’
I guess when you live in that bastion of democracy, the United States of America, one must be mindful, shall we say, an unwritten set of rules: Rob Rogers has been working as the editorial cartoonist at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for the past 25 years. On Thursday, he was fired.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Ain’t Love Grand?
A little something for you incurable romantics on this most ‘sacred’ of days. H/t Theo Moudakis Happy Valentine’s Day! Recommend this Post
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