I've always amused myself by portraying the right-wing Trudeau hating columnist Margaret Wente as Marie Antoinette.I can't remember why I started portraying her that way, but it was probably because of her snooty approach to everything.But at any rate, I'm happy to report that our Marie Wente will keep her head.But she
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Montreal Simon: Is This Margaret Wente’s Worst Column Ever?
In the course of her long and sordid career Margaret Wente has written some terrible stories.In her inimitable style, half click bait, half snooty Marie Antoinette.Some written by her, some plagiarized. But I do believe that this could be her worst column ever.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Doug Ford and the Ugly Canadians
I must admit that I never paid too much attention to Doug Ford until recently. I just saw him as the lesser half of the ghastly Ford Brother's Comedy and Horror show that almost tanked Toronto.A political thug who tries to intimidate anyone who doesn't agree with him. A millionaire who
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jason Kenney and the Ghastly Cheerleader Margaret Wente
He's the shiny bigot balloon of Alberta, the new leader of that province's United Conservative Party.And although he is widely despised by most decent Canadians, Jason Kenney does have one big supporter, or cheerleader in the east.The ghastly Margaret Wente.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Trudeau, Trump, and the Ghastly Margaret Wente
As you may know, Justin Trudeau is going to meet with Donald Trump this week to fight for the future of NAFTA. And try to hold back a tidal wave of protectionism. And since hundreds of thousands of jobs in this country hang in the balance, you might expect that most Canadians
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Sic transit gloria mundi … Globe and Mail, a ‘writers’ newspaper’ no more or a national one either, cans two great columnists
PHOTOS: This was the way into the Globe and Mail back when it was located at the unfashionable west end of Toronto’s Front Street. The door was moved. Apparently the “writers’ newspaper” behind it didn’t come with it. Below: Fired Globe columnists Tabatha Southey and Leah McLaren (Photos: Twitter). Many
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Quebec Bashing Media and the Tempest in a Snowstorm
It's a classic Canadian story, with some of the good and some of the bad that makes us who we are. And a lot of snow which does the same thing.And it could have been an uplifting tale about battling and conquering the elements in the Great White North. But instead
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Trudeau Haters and the Con Media
Sometimes when I hear the Harper Party, the Mulcair Party, and all the other Trudeau haters going after Justin Trudeau with blood in their eyes, and foam in their mouths.I can't decide whether I'm living in the New Canada, the liberated Harperl…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Now Will Margaret Wente Finally Be Fired?
When I last left Margaret Wente just over a week ago, she was bobbing merrily up and down along with the rest of the Con media, in the wreckage of the Harper regime.Still praying for a miracle, and the destruction of Justin Trudeau.But sadly for our Q…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Wente Back At It
From the Media Culpa blog, is it plagiarism or something just short, like lazy journalism?
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Wente Back At It
From the Media Culpa blog, is it plagiarism or something just short, like lazy journalism?
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Media’s Fatal Underestimation of Justin Trudeau
As I've mentioned before, the tired, hapless hacks in our MSM underestimated Justin Trudeau from the time he decided to run for office.For them and their Con masters Justin just wasn't ready.And even though he rebuilt the shattered Liberal Part…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Margaret Wente’s Bizarre Attack on Justin Trudeau
One never knows what the Globe columnist Margaret Wente is going to write about next.One moment she acts like our very own Marie Antoinette, lamenting the state of the modern world, and the fact that there are so many horrible young and poor people ou…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Panic of the Cons and the Idiocy of Margaret Wente
As you know, the Con zombies and their friends in the media have been attacking Justin Trudeau and his plan to change the electoral system as if there was no tomorrow.After having realized there will be no tomorrow for them, once the first past the po…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Paul Krugman discusses the connection between concentrated wealth and extreme anti-social political behaviour:Wealth can be bad for your soul. That’s not just a hoary piece of folk wisdom; it’s a conclusi…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Margaret Wente’s Hypocritical Attack on Elizabeth May
Oh boy. I knew it was just a matter of time before Margaret Wente, our Marie Antoinette, would look down from her high throne.Or her high horse in the Con media.And condemn Elizabeth May in the most contemptuous manner possible.Read more »
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Accountability, Whither Thou Goest?
If there is one good thing to be said about the Leslie Roberts scandal, it is that privately owned Global Television has acted with dispatch both in its investigation of the newsman/PR firm co-owner’s terrible breach of ethics, and its subsequent actions. While the official ‘story’ is that Roberts has
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Surveillance State Under Stephen Harper
Yesterday, Margaret Wente wrote a piece pointing out that in terms of policy, there is no discernible difference between Justin Trudeau and Stephen Harper, and yet people are craving change. In typically lazy manner, she simply cited friends who say “He’s gotta go!” So what’s the problem with Mr. Harper?
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Madness of Stephen Harper and the Unusual Wisdom of Margaret Wente
According to the Ottawa rumour mill Stephen Harper is now so obsessed with Justin Trudeau, that none of his faithful flunkies dare mention Justin's name in his presence.Lest he fall to his knees and start biting the carpet, or THEM.And for more evidence of that all you have to do
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Perspective That Age Bestows
Unlike some, I do not bemoan the passage of time. True, I am of that generation known as ‘the baby boomers,’ but while I am at times mildly bemused about certain things (‘How can it be 50 years since the Beatles first played in Toronto?’), I was never beguiled by
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