As I have written before, the evasion of responsibility on the part of the Ford government and its chief medical flunky, Dr. Kieran Moore, is deeply disappointing but not really unexpected. Ideology and political culture almost guarantee that his official stance (get your shots and masks in crowds) will be
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Politics and its Discontents: The Great Pivot, A.K.A., Refashioning His Image
By now you have probably heard about Pierre Poilievre’s outrage over an apparent threat against his wife, Anaida. The threat, made by Jeremy MacKenzie, is, of course, reprehensible and unacceptable. However, the outrage Poilievre expresses is tinged with a heavy measure of hypocrisy. Here is a shot of PP with
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rage Farming And Hypocrisy Come So Easily To Him
While political hypocrisy is hardly rare, in my view Pierre Poilievre ‘elevates’ it to an entirely new level – new at least in Canadian politics. And while his blind followers will no doubt fail to see this, rational, reflective citizens will. By now, most people will have heard about or
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Timely Reminder
With the travel circuit as busy as it is, now is a good time to remind each other that our political ‘leaders’ have advised all Canadians to avoid unnecessary travel: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: They Just Can’t Help Themselves
Every time they speak, they show their absolute contempt for ‘the people’. Who am I referring to? The British Conservation government. As a companion to yesterday’s post about the hapless Dominic Cummings, please enjoy, or bear witness to, the witless Cabinet Minister Michael Gove’s ‘defense’ of Cummings: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Village Idiot
I suspect few regard British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as anything other than a village idiot. If you have been following the scandal surrounding his Chief Adviser, Dominic Cummings, you will also see that like attracts like. Boris has been twisting himself out of shape defending the hypocritical Cummings; after
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Back To Business As Usual?
After all of the feel-good rhetoric of the Climate Summit of the Americas, held last week in Toronto, it would appear that we are back to business as usual, at least in Canada. The Globe and Mail reports the following: Canada’s premiers are poised to sign an agreement to fast-track
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: WildRose Revisited
The other day I wrote a post about the Wildrose Party’s retraction of its definitive equal rights clause that covered almost every conceivable individual. Although leader Danielle Smith had enthused the day before about its inclusiveness, when party delegates voted it down, she quickly changed her tune, saying that the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: No Shame, No Shame At All
There is no situation, however tragic, that Harper and his regime won’t exploit for political advantage. I guess that comes as no surprise to anyone: Be sure to check out the Conservative Party website for more evidence, as well as Alison’s caricature at Creekside. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: When Israel Says It Isn’t Out To Punish Innocent Palestinians, It’s Lying – And We Don’t Care
Actions speak so much louder than words, especially when it comes to Israel attacking Palestinians. The current invasion of Gaza demonstrates that Israel’s claims to be targeting Hamas but not the Gaza Palestinian population is an outright lie. That much is blatant from the weapons used. What weapons? Try water.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Ten Chemical Weapons Attacks Washington Doesn’t Want You to Talk About
In Oceania and throughout the West, there are things citizens are not supposed to remember. After all, if we don’t remember them, did they really happen? Click here for a refresher course in the use of chemical weapons from some players we should be well-familiar with. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: It’s All One Big Coincidence
Glad that Ontario Premiere Kathleen Wynne has put to rest that ugly speculation that the province’s change in attitude toward a subway for Scarborough has nothing to do with the upcoming provincial byelections. Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Same Old New Energy! #nlpoli
Thanks to the Telegram’s James McLeod and his Twitter feed from Gander, take a look at two of the resolutions from the Progressive Conservative. Here’s the one on fiscal responsibility. Read it, though, and you quickly realize that the resolution is about continuing on the same path that produced the
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Pots and Kettles #nlpoli
Pots and kettles are a staple of Newfoundland politics. Premier Kathy Dunderdale in the House of Assembly on Monday, May 7: We have had the Member for Torngat Mountains this morning on every media outlet in the Province talking about a cover-up of the Burton Winters tragedy, Mr. Speaker, in
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