CALGARY – Jason Kenney’s been in power for less than a week and already his election promises are falling like dominoes.* Yesterday, another wobbled when the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled that the federal government has the power to establish limits on greenhouse gas production that provinces must meet, and
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Alberta Politics: Jeff Callaway bids to derail Kamikaze Campaign finance probe – why won’t he wait, like Trump?
Despite obviously having been tempted to shut down the “Russian collusion” investigation when he saw friends and supporters charged with lying to the FBI, aides to U.S. President Donald Trump managed to persuade him to hold his fire. How? Although many of us wondered about this during Special Counsel Robert
Continue readingMontreal Simon: It’s Finally Mueller Time in America
It seems like we've been waiting forever. But the signal was finally spotted. The caped crusader jumped into his batmobile, and headed for the White House, where the Penguin was in a panic.And now we can finally say it.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How Donald Trump’s Inauguration Turned Into A Nightmare
Donald Trump's inauguration was supposed to be a magic moment that would mark his arrival on the word stage.A glittering affair fuelled by millions of dollars in corporate donations.But instead it turned into a huge embarrassment.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump, the Joker, and the Toddler Pageant
Donald Trump remember what happened yesterday for a long long time, maybe even forever. For by the time the day was over, he must have felt he was trapped in a bad Batman movie, and they were calling him The Joker and The Toddler.First Robert Mueller arrested his old buddy, the grubby old
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump’s Roger Stone Nightmare
It's not hard to imagine how Donald Trump must be feeling like today. It couldn't be easier.All you have to do is read this hysterical tweet: This is what he is complaining about.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How Robert Mueller Is Rolling Up The Trump Crime Family
I'll never forget how Mad Mike Flynn used to warm up Donald Trump's election campaign rallies, by getting the Trumpling mob to chant "lock her up, lock her up, LOCK HER UP!!!!!!!"Triggering a foaming frenzy of hatred aimed at Hillary Clinton, that was drenched with misogyny and depravity.And of course I
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump’s Horrible Hurricane Problems
As Hurricane Florence churns across North and South Carolina, Donald Trump has more than one hurricane on his mind.For while Florence should be occupying his limited attention span now that it's a killer. He's also obsessed with Hurricane Maria that struck Puerto Rico last year, and that he claims hardly killed
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Conservatives defend racist heckler who tried to sandbag the prime minister … so how’s that working out for them?
Hmmmmmmm … Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives appear to have picked defending a racist heckler who tried to sandbag Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with a string of tendentious questions about immigration as the hill they want to die on! I wonder how this will work out for them? Not well, I imagine.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Could This Be Donald Trump’s Worst Day Ever?
Donald Trump is holding a rally in coal country West Virginia, and I think I can imagine what he's going to say."Pray for me bubbas, I'm having a really bad day."And who can blame him?Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Disastrous Return of Rudy Giuliani
Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani haven't been seen together since the heady days of the Republican leadership race.But Trump has been shaking up his legal team as Robert Mueller closes in on him, so he decided to call on Giuliani again.And it may have been one of the worst decisions of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump, James Comey, and the Great Distraction
It was quite a performance by Donald Trump, one that no doubt made millions of people wonder they would survive him. For first he went after the former FBI director James Comey, with an early morning tweet storm yesterday, that had to be seen to be believed. After Comey in a new
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump Goes After Robert Mueller
There is no man Donald Trump fears more than Robert Mueller, the special counsel who could have him evicted from the White House, and even sent to the Big House.He's the recurring nightmare who makes Trump wake up screaming. Which explains why until this weekend, the cowardly Trump hadn't dared criticize him.But
Continue readingMontreal Simon: What Is Donald Trump Hiding?
Ever since Robert Mueller indicted thirteen Russians for interfering in the 2016 election, Donald Trump has been acting like he's finally losing his marbles.Lashing out at just about everybody. President Trump lashed out with fresh anger about the intensifying Russia probe over the weekend, accusing Democrats of enabling a foreign adversary to interfere
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Donald Trump Can No Longer Fire Robert Mueller
Donald Trump can rant and rave about Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russian trollsHe can claim the indictments shows there was no collusion.He can try to discredit the FBI. As only a pathetic and increasingly desperate dotard could.But he can't call Russian interference a hoax any longer.And he can't fire Mueller.Read
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Did Donald Trump Just Convict Himself?
Even though Donald Trump must be feeling terribly betrayed by Mike Flynn's decision to cooperate with Bob Mueller, and sing like a canary.As he should, because as I said earlier today, Flynn's testimony could end up sending Trump to the Big House. The Orange Oaf was able to stay off Twitter
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Michael Flynn and the Unravelling of Donald Trump
Two days after Donald Trump was elected president, Barack Obama warned him not to hire Michael Flynn for any national security job. But Trump didn't listen to him, he made Flynn his national security adviser.And of course now he's sorry. Very sorry. President Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, pleaded guilty on
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Has Donald Trump Gone Stark Raving Mad?
We've always known that Donald Trump is a virulent racist, and that strange and dirty things swirl around in his head.And in the last few days he has been teetering on the edge of the abyss, with his tweets becoming more and bizarre. Or more and more deranged,But now he has finally exceeded
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump’s Sad and Scary Thanksgiving
As you probably know, yesterday Americans celebrated their Thanksgiving or Turkey Day. And sadly, there was at first glance, very little to give thanks for this year.Although the biggest turkey in the United States, the so-called Orange Oaf, begged to disagree.Claiming that it was the BEST Thanksgiving EVER.And strongly suggesting
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump’s Deeply Disturbing Twitter Weekend
Even by Donald Trump's insanely low standards, his behaviour on Twitter in the last 48 hours couldn't be more deranged and deeply disturbing.Firing out tweets in every direction as if he was in some fevered frenzy.Looking and sounding more and more like a maniac.Read more »
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