“Yes, Mr. Bond, I do believe I can take over Canada.”The news so far in this latter week has been all-a-chatter about Kevin O’Leary. First it was for his attempt to buy the resignation of the Premier of Alberta in a coup-d’etat attempt reminiscent of t…
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Montreal Simon: The Con Media Says Kevin O’Leary Would Make a Great Prime Minister
When Kevin O'Leary announced that he is thinking of running for the leadership of the Harper Party, I thought that most Canadians would shake their heads in disbelief.Or burst out laughing.But it seems I was wrong. Because believe it or not, some…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Will Kevin O’Leary Be the New Leader of the Cons?
Well now we know why Kevin O'Leary came charging out the other day.Claiming he was willing to invest a million dollars in Alberta's sagging oil industry if Rachel Notley resigned.And looking and sounding a lot like Donald Trump.Because believe…
Continue readingAlberta Politics: ‘Kevinismus’ in Canada: Should Kevin O’Leary run to lead the sad-sack federal Conservatives?
PHOTOS: Kevin O’Leary, in a typical pose (CBC photo). Below: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump and perpetual Alberta conservative leadership candidate Thomas Lukaszuk. Give Kevin O’Leary his due. At …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Kevin O’Leary’s Disgraceful Assault on Rachel Notley
As if Rachel Notley, the decent NDP Premier of Alberta, didn't have enough real problems.Plunging oil prices, growing unemployment, a flood of death threats from that province's ignorant and violent rednecks.Now she has another monkey on her …
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: O’Leary For CPoC Leader?
@Bigcitylib2 ding ding.— Rosemary Barton (@RosieBarton) January 13, 2016It actually makes sense if you think about it. The rest of the field sure ain’t making anyone’s heart beat any faster. This may be the year of the crass rich gu…
Continue readingBlevkog: It has come to this…
I have been placed in a very weird position. This week’s election results in Alberta, in which Rachel Notley handed Jim Prentice an historic electoral slapping, has made me agree, I think for the first time, with something said by Kevin O’Leary, the bloviating former CBC in-house tycoon. In his
Continue readingLeDaro: Kevin O’Leary made a fool of himself again
This guy is a moron.
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: Bigotry Against the Rich: Is That a Thing?
So apparently the rich are an oppressed minority now. Last month, in what is thought to have become the most widely read letter to the editor ever published by The Wall Street Journal, venture capitalist and former News Corp board member Tom Perkins writes, “I would call attention to the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Guest Post From John B.
Click here to read an unflattering magazine profile of this ‘titan’. Yesterday afternoon, I wrote a brief post on Kevin O’Leary, the fatuous, obnoxious self-promoter the CBC, likely in its futile efforts to appease the Harper government, keeps in its stable of right-wing cranks. In response to the post, I
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Most Obnoxious Blowhard?
Many of you have probably already heard of this, but I can’t help but wonder if Kevin O’Leary is in some kind of competition with Donald Trump for the title of world’s most obnoxious blowhard. Recommend this Post
Continue readingAutonomy For All: The CBC’s Right Wing Personalities Have No Counterparts
For all of the various whining that the CBC is “statist” and left wing biased, I ask, where are the left wing CBC counterparts to these gems: Rex Murphy, seen here writing an absurd polemic attacking Rob Ford’s critics using a series of cliched strawman puerile caricatures of his opposition
Continue readingAutonomy For All: The CBC’s Right Wing Personalities Have No Counterparts
For all of the various whining that the CBC is “statist” and left wing biased, I ask, where are the left wing CBC counterparts to these gems:Rex Murphy, seen here writing an absurd polemic attacking Rob Ford’s critics using a series of cliched strawman…
Continue readingAutonomy For All: The CBC’s Right Wing Personalities Have No Counterparts
For all of the various whining that the CBC is “statist” and left wing biased, I ask, where are the left wing CBC counterparts to these gems: Rex Murphy, seen here writing an absurd polemic attacking Rob Ford’s critics using a series of cliched strawman puerile caricatures of his opposition
Continue readingLeDaro: Kevin O’Leary loves money – Shark Tank
Kevin O’Leary:Money,money,money,money,money,money,money,money,money,money,……………..
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rachel Parent Takes on Kevin O’Leary Over GMO Foods
While I often lament people’s lack of engagement on matters of crucial importance, this very well-informed and articulate 14-year-old, about whom I wrote an earlier brief post, gives me some hope for the future. It is especially rich to hear a corporate shill like O’Leary talk about the importance of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Young Person Responds To Kevin O’Leary
It is young people like Rachel Parent who give me some reason to hope for the future: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rick Salutin Skewers the Mythology of the NDP and CBC’s Leftishness
My favorite columnist, Rick Salutin, has a brief video on The Star website in which he asserts that the NDP and the CBC are no more leftist than Rex Murphy, Kevin O’Leary, or Don Cherry. You can watch it here. Recommend this Post
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Kevin O’Leary v. Chris Hedges
This is from last week, but I just ran across it tonight. Both O’Leary and Hedges play to type… with quite spectacular results. O’Leary’s shtick as a flippant, amoral greedhead plays well on Dragons’ Den but falls utterly flat in … Continue reading →
Politics and its Discontents: CBC Apologizes Privately for O’Leary
The following has been reported in The Globe with regard to Kevin O’Leary’s boorish and abusive recent interview with Chris Hedges:CBC’s ombudsman says Kevin O’Leary’s heated remarks during an interview with author Chris Hedges violated the publi…
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