Co-hosts Obert and Anita dramatize a recent secret conversation between Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and US President Barack Obama. Harper and his Conservative majority government are militarizing Canadian society. They’re re-writing the country’s history to fit their fledgling right-wing worldview. Canada‘s Independence Day is around the corner and Harper
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The Scott Ross: Canada’s #1 Social Problem: There Aren’t Any More Social Problems
What’s worse than being a fat, polluting, racist, ignorant jerk? That’s easy, not knowing you are one. And what’s worse than even that? Being in a society full of people just like you, where no one is aware of immoral conduct, of greed, of sexism, and of the ignorance that
Continue readingThe Skinny: Progressive Bloggers: abortion-‘bortion, what’s that contortion?
I do enjoy reading the differerent blog posts on the Progessive Bloggers aggregate. There are a diversity of opinions expressed by bloggers who post under the progressive label. Bloggers include Liberals, NDPers, non-aligned social democrat…
Continue readingThe Skinny: Progressive Bloggers: abortion-‘bortion, what’s that contortion?
I do enjoy reading the differerent blog posts on the Progessive Bloggers aggregate. There are a diversity of opinions expressed by bloggers who post under the progressive label. Bloggers include Liberals, NDPers, non-aligned social democrats, perhaps a socio-path or two, former Progressive Conservatives, current Greens, and the occasional Marxist-Leninist. I
Continue readingThe Skinny: Progressive Bloggers: abortion-‘bortion, what’s that contortion?
I do enjoy reading the differerent blog posts on the Progessive Bloggers aggregate. There are a diversity of opinions expressed by bloggers who post under the progressive label. Bloggers include Liberals, NDPers, non-aligned social democrats, perhaps a socio-path or two, former Progressive Conservatives, current Greens, and the occasional Marxist-Leninist. I
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180 degrees. About face. Alison Redford may have been called a flip flopper before, but this time it was a complete polar turn around. To be fair, I see nothing wrong with flip flopping. We all make mistakes and we all make decisions without necessarily considering the complete information. Reversing
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180 degrees. About face. Alison Redford may have been called a flip flopper before, but this time it was a complete polar turn around. To be fair, I see nothing wrong with flip flopping. We all make mistakes and we all make decisions without necessarily considering the complete information. Reversing a decision simply means that … Continue reading 180 degrees. →
Continue readingwRanter.com: Even with a new leader, the NDP can’t defeat the Tories alone
I just can’t get excited about the NDP leadership race, which ends March 24 in Toronto, because irrespective of who wins, it’s hard to see it leading to a positive outcome for progressive politics in this country. Will Thomas Mulcair, the party outsider who reportedly flirted with the Tories prior to
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Conservatives Unite, Liberals & NDP Divide
It is widely known that over the last few years a certain political group has been arrogant, close-minded, and divisive, what may come as a surprise is that group is made up of the Liberals and the NDP. Both Liberals and New Democrats have criticized Conservatives for years, alleging they
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Undemocratic Conservative Coalition
There is only one federal party in Canada that calls for the creation of a coalition. Of the four major political organizations, there is only one that has in its constitution as one of its founding principles the responsibility to develop such a union. It isn’t the Green Party, it
Continue readingThus Prate the Pundit » Social Critique: Should the NDP Renew Itself with a Shoot of Green?
Before our last federal election in 2010, I’d proposed a rationale for the NDP and Green Party to merge (from an NDP perspective). With the NDP leadership convention operating at full speed, now is a great time to reconsider this idea. In fact, one of the NDP’s recurring debate themes
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Time Will Merge What Liberals & NDPers Can’t
Up upon an isolated mountain top, in a dark and long forgotten manor, underneath thunderous clouds, a large titanic body of gears and motors emblazoned in red stands motionless. The large lifeless liberal leviathan, composed of parts gathered from across the land and across time is all but complete except
Continue readingExcited Delirium: If Davos Isn’t About Capitalism, What’s Stephen Harper All About?
Stephen Harper vs raging grannies. This is what Conservatives and capitalism are all about? Bullies and braggarts?
Continue readingMontreal Simon Has A Message…
AllTheShowin’UpThatFits ParticipatoryDemocracyVille …For Progressives. Which, based on the role that protest and pushback has played in recent events (eg. the flipping of Rob Ford’s budget cuts in Toronto; the delaying of the Keystone pipeline; the weakening of attempts to clampdown, bigtime, on internet freedom), is the following: …(W)hen progressives get
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: All I want for Christmas is a paradigm shift #nlpoli
Here’s the difference between a province that is successfully tackling the challenge of labour shortages compared to one that is hopelessly adrift. Saskatchewan is open to people from anywhere. In Newfoundland and Labrador, meanwhile, the emphasis in every discussion seems to be on keeping local people in or figuring out
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Emphasizing neutrality with respect to the progressive/regressive spectrum
Deficit neutral bills are a stalwart tool of the savvy politician. They allow for the sidestepping of the often raucous and partisan debates about the size of government and the size of deficits. With deficit neutral bills, there is a sense to which the policy can be considered on its
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Koch Konnections (aka “If They Can Do It, We Can Too!”)
If the Koch Brothers can do it, we can (and should) too!
Continue readingDeath By Trolley: Atheists are Differently Religious – and No, Atheism is not the/a Religion
A main focus of this blog is to consider and compare different political and ethical philosophies so as to promote better understanding of one’s own worldview and those of others. I frequently focus on progressivism/liberalism and libertarian conservativism, arguing that these incompletely overlapping moral/political philosophies each have their own internal logic and validity, but that […]
Death By Trolley: The Obama Cult Apparently Still Has Some Members…
Over the past few weeks I have posted several articles critical of Barack Obama and his clear-cut progressive fakery. For a brief run-through of some of the things that Obama has done to earn the title of fauxprogressive, click here. I even went so far as to enter the first definition for fauxgressive on the […]
Exponential Book: Tough acts to follow
This week has marked the untimely departure of two charismatic leaders from the helm of two very different organizations. Canada’s New Democratic Party Jack Layton succumbed to cancer, shortly after leading its party last May to the best electora…
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