That is the title of a piece written by Gerald Caplan, in which he opines that the Harper Conservatives are like nothing Canada has ever seen before, a party that refuses to follow the customs and practices of past governments, a party that sees politics as a form of warfare
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Politics and its Discontents: Now This Is Getting Really Frightening
Despite the steadfast denials of Harper and his functionaries, along with the stalwart efforts of Dean Del Maestro at diverting public attention away from voter suppression crimes, Elections Canada reports that it has received over 31,000 complaints from Canadians reporting attempts to subvert their vote. Even the true believers who
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Tory Strategy: I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff
… until I get my way. Judging by this story of conservative misbehaviour in Etobicoke Centre on election day, it’s not hard to figure out someone’s favorite bedtime story. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Bizarro World of the Harper Conservatives
When I was a lad (a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away), I was a devotee of Superman comics. There was something about the son of Kryton’s thirst for truth and justice that appealed to my boyish sensibilities. One of the components of the Superman universe was
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Nation’s Editorial Boards: Harper Voter Suppression Stonewalling Bad For Democracy
At least that seems to be the consensus at the following newspapers: The National Post The Vancouver Sun The Hamilton Spectator The Toronto Star The Calgary Herald The Lethbridge Herald The Ottawa Citizen The St. John’s Telegram And the list goes on, with one predictable exception, of course: The Toronto
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Today’s Star Editorial Cartoon
Works on more than one level, doesn’t it? Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Doug (In-AndOut-Scandal Finley) Tells Us To Relax and forget About Robocalls
Senator Doug Finley, the mastermind behind the in-and-out crimes committed by the Harper Conservatives, and husband of the Tory’s go-to-girl, Diane Finley, narrowly escaped justice in those illegal acts thanks to a plea bargain by the Conservative Party. Now this same paragon of virtue is telling us to all rest
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rick Mercer Has Harper’s Number
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Voter Suppression: Canadians Continue To Vent Their Fury
While the rogue Prime Minister continues to deny his party’s involvement in voter suppression, Canadians continue to vent their fury. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Tory Strategy of Fostering Voter Disengagement
I have long believed that a good part of the Conservative strategy to become Canada’s natural governing party rests on a strategy of disenfranchisement. By lowering the tone of public debate, by acting in high-handed and undemocratic ways, by hobbling data-gathering apparatuses, and by employing a myriad of other tactics
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Star Continues Digging into Tory Voter Suppression Crimes
While Canada’s so-called newspaper of record continues doing only a perfunctory job in its coverage of the voter suppression crimes that may very well have affected the outcome of the last federal election, The Toronto Star continues to dig deeply and widely, bringing readers a very comprehensive picture of what
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Sound of Subversion – A Robocall Recorded
So this is what subversion sounds like. The Star has obtained a voice recording of one of the fake calls in Guelph, giving instructions to the recipient to go to the wrong polling station. What is that old saying about the banality of evil? Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
The face of unrepentant smarm: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Conservatives: Farther Gone Than I Had Realized
The Harperites are more out of touch with reality than I realized if they think this Tory bought-and-paid-for hack is going to do them any good in their voter-suppression crimes. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: John Ibbitson’s Faith In Stephen Harper
While acknowledging the seriousness of the voter suppression crimes being uncovered, The Globe’s John Ibbitson writes the following: … we can be reasonably certain that Mr. Harper, who is Leader of the Conservative Party as well as Prime Minister, knew nothing about what was going on in Guelph or elsewhere.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Is That Pungent Odor Coming From A Smoking Gun?
If the Canadian media and the Oppositions parties do their jobs, perhaps we’ll soon have an answer. The following is reported in today’s Star: Callers on behalf of the federal Conservative Party were instructed in the days before last year’s election to read scripts telling voters that Elections Canada had
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: You Know The Conservatives Are In Trouble When
….they start losing some of their biggest cheerleaders. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More on Election Fraud
For anyone concerned about the rapidly deteriorating system we call democracy, I urge you to read Dr. Dawg, who has done his usual excellent job of putting the pieces together, this time on Conservative criminal acts that appear to have compromised the last federal election. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Dark Master Speaks
Regarding the robo-call criminal acts, did Stephen Harper actually deny any involvement with a straight face? Meanwhile, a young Tory staffer has apparently been chosen to take the fall. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Harper’s Continued Debasement of Democracy
For those with a naive trust in the ‘integrity’ of the Harper regime, I heartily recommend that you start educating yourselves about the machinations being orchestrated in Ottawa by our dark lord. Here and here would be two good places to start. Otherwise, continue to bury your head in the
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