Watch as Don Martin uses words like fake and Conservative shill in his withering assessment of The Puffster: H/t Enough Harper Recommend this Post
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Politics and its Discontents: Stephen Harper – Then and Now
“I have looked at the numbers. Her travel costs are comparable to any parliamentarian travelling from that particular area of the country over that period of time”– Stephen Harper, February 13, 2013, as part of his staunch defence of Senator Pam Wallin’s extravagent expenses, now under investigation. Wallin resigns from
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Little Something For Your Friday Consideration
We are about to go out exploring downtown Edmonton, so just a little something for your viewing pleasure today. It might be useful to bear in mind the context within which this should be viewed, the decision by Mike Duffy in 2008 to show the false starts and stops of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Tale of Two Reports
David Tkachuk Carolyn Stewart Olsen CTV’s Robert Fife has been doing exemplary work on the sordid tale of corruption and coverups in Ottawa that has been emerging these past several days. As the true nature of our Prime Minister and his regime becomes increasingly apparent to more and more Canadians,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Duffy "Perp Walk"
To watch the disgraced senator performing this new walk craze, please click here. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Beware High Walls
H/t Dawg’s Blog & Alison at Creekside for the inspiration. Oh, the great outdoors beckon on this fine Victoria Day morning, so for now, allow me to offer you this from today’s Toronto Star: Hard to believe Duffy has no nest egg Re: Duffy resigns from caucus, May 17 It
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Preferential Treatment of Disgraced ‘Senator’ Mike Duffy
If you watch this video from the 5:40 mark, a natural question arises: If someone knocks on your door, will the police arrive if you call them? Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Your Sunday Smile
Plus a sobering rebuke of Mr. Harper in this morning’s Star editorial: “This sordid saga of improper Conservative behaviour, high-level secrecy and winking at wrongdoing has infuriated Canadians, disgraced the unelected Red Chamber, and spurred renewed interest in its abolition.” Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Growing Public Cynicism
I can only hope that the growing public cynicism evident in these Star letters translates into a deep and abiding anger that lasts until at least 2015. Here is a sampling: Beyond money, audit reveals a bigger problem for Duffy, May 15 This column described Mike Duffy’s problem but the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: In Case You Missed It
Here is Rex Murphy holding forth on the current ‘troubles’ in Ottawa: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Mike Duffy Tried To Influence CRTC Decision on Sun Media
There just seems to be no bottom to this cesspool. Now the Puffster is said to have tried to subvert the CRTC hearing so that the money-losing Sun News gets its wish to be carried on basic cable. You can watch the video here. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Larger Problem
In his column this morning, Thomas Walkom suggests that Mike Duffy’s current scandal-plagued problems are representative of much deeper ones in the Senate, namely that our much-cossetted members of that ‘chamber of sober second thought’ are appointed, not because of their expertise (many of them have none), not because of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: I Know This Is Probably Getting A Tad Tiresome But
…. people showing such contempt for my intelligence really inflames me: A senior PMO official told Fife that Duffy couldn’t afford to repay the $90,000 and did not want to borrow money from a bank, fearing that his wife would be stuck with the large debt if he died suddenly
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Political Lessons From Macbeth
In Act 5 Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, when the overthrow of the ruthless, power-drunk politician/king is nigh, Angus speaks these words about him: Now does he feelHis secret murders sticking on his hands.Now minutely revolts upbraid his faith-breach.Those he commands move only in command,Nothing in love. Now does he
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Pierre Poilievre Does It* Again
If you start at about the 5 minute mark, you will witness Harper’s pet parrot Pierre, through endless repetition, parody a Member of Parliament actually answering a question and showing respect for Canadians’ intelligence. * Show an absolute absence of anything that could be even remotely interpreted as integrity. Recommend
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Friends In High Places
It must be very comforting indeed to the increasingly odious Senator Duffy that his relationship with the Prime Minister is so ‘special’ that the latter is willing to exercise unethical, perhaps even illegal interference on his behalf during the Senate’s investigation into his fraudulent expense claims. For the rest of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Mike Duffy – A Senator With Neither Credibility Nor Honour
Thomas Walkom explains why. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Why Is This Man Smiling?
Could it be because Senator Duffy was tipped off by the man investigating him for expense improprieties? Or could it be because once more, an errant staff member is to blame for Conservative ‘irregularities’? Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: ‘Is There No Honour In This Man?’
So asks MP Charlie Angus about the subject of this video report, Mike Duffy, who, as we learn, has even less integrity than it would be thought possible for any person to have: UPDATE: Unbelievable – now Duffy claims he repaid the money in March. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Some Low-Hanging Fruit
My, my, my, they are incorrigible, aren’t they? Recommend this Post
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