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Politics and its Discontents: Playing To The Lowest Common Denominator
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Short-Term Gain For Long, Long-Term Pain
I will readily admit to readers that I am not by nature one who sees the glass as half-full; however, since the June 7th provincial election of Doug Ford, which revealed that far too many of my fellow-citizens are quite happy to enter into Faustian pacts, my natural tendency toward
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Golem Of Ontario
I just finished reading a book by Jordan Tannahill, entitled Liminal. Here is an excerpt that, given the Ontario election results, seems an appropriate parable. I offer it without further commentary: He mentioned being totally transfixed by an old Yiddish story about the Clay Boy, a variation of the golem,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Doug Ford: When Bitter Reality Bites
It didn't take long for Doug Ford to show his total lack of class, and what kind of Premier he will be.For only minutes after he was declared the winner, he burst onto the stage to soak up the sweaty cheers of his fanatical supporters, stick his orange face into
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Andrea Horwath is going to win Ontario on June 7 – that’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it!
Happy Victoria Day! I’m feeling good about my prediction that the next Premier of Ontario will be Andrea Horwath. When I made that prediction back on Feb. 27, scads of commenters on social media and quite a few on this blog and at Rabble.ca said I was crazy. This being
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: How Self-Aware Are We, Really?
My cynicism is never far from the surface, but during election campaigns, it is front and centre. For me, those are times in which my faith and belief in my fellow human beings are sorely tested. And believe me, I do not exclude myself in my darker deliberations about our
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Doug Ford Was Exposed As A Fraud
The Team Harper gang that is running Doug's Ford's campaign, gave him the tinny slogan "For The People," to try to make him look like he really is a man of the people. But sadly for them he's a millionaire, and you know, Dougie will be Dougie.A few years ago he
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Doug Ford and the Tin-Pot Northern Trump
I'm always glad to get back to Canada, even after the shortest trips abroad. Especially at this time of the year, when if you bundle up it almost feels like Spring in The Great White North.And at Sugar Beach in my neighbourhood, if you've got a good imagination, you can
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Unity at all costs? Ontario PC choice of Doug Ford as leader shows need for principled conservative division
PHOTOS: Doug Ford in 2014 (Photo: Bruce Reeve, Creative Commons). Below: Toronto’s calamitous mayor Rob Ford, who died in 2016; second-place Ontario PC candidate Christine Elliott, who has not yet conceded the victory to Doug Ford; Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney; and U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photos: All from the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: On The Company You Keep
This kind of makes it easy to judge Harper, doesn’t it? Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Member Of Ford And Harper Nation No One Likes To Talk About
I’m sure this guy would get along famously with Earl Cowan. One does wonder about what is in Etobicoke’s drinking water, though. Recommend this Post
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Wonderful Day the Ford Nation Died
Well it was closer than I thought it would be, the bestial Fordzilla put up a desperate struggle.But at last he could hold on no longer.And after four long nightmarish years the Ford Nation has finally been defeated. Read more »
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Life In Scarborough: Got Me Some Ford Nation Hoodys!!!
My bus crapped out around Lawrence & Warden. The bus-driver kicked us all off due to mechanical difficulties, and told everyone the next 54 was coming along any minute. After 15 minutes waiting, I noticed that our stop was right out front of the Ford Campaign’s Scarborough office. It
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: Gallery: Doug Ford campaign posters.
Gallery: Doug Ford campaign posters.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford’s Totally Disgusting Bigot Fest
He is in addition to all his other flaws, a ghastly anti-gay bigot. And so it seems are many members of the Ford Nation.For when six gay activists turned up at the so-called Ford Fest to protest against his vicious homophobia.This is what happened…Read more »
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: I’m surprised I have never seen anyone post this song…
I’m surprised I have never seen anyone post this song (click on the video link above) in relation to the fucked-up Ford brothers, Doug and Rob. Maybe I have just missed it. The original lyrics don’t all apply to the Fords, so here is an amended version. Asshole (Rob Ford
Continue readingPop The Stack: Toronto Is More Than The Core
Marcus McGee makes a nice attempt at an ode to Toronto as opposed to the idea of Ford Nation: “Toronto isn’t Rob Ford. Toronto is more than that”. Unfortunately, I think he missed the point of why there is dissatisfaction in some parts of the city. All his anecdotes refer
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: No wonder Rob Ford is so screwed up. His mother is Dame Edna…
No wonder Rob Ford is so screwed up. His mother is Dame Edna and his father was Nosh from the movie Eat the Rich (see photos above). But seriously folks, you good people of the great city of Toronto, there’s something disturbing about Ford’s mother Diane. Don’t be too quick
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford and the Downfall of the Moron Nation
Well I suppose it was inevitable. But it sure took long enough. And the damage he did to Toronto and Canada's reputation was incalculable.He's a bully, a bigot, a beast.But he's finally going down. Read more »
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