They say hogs of a feather flock together, so try this porky gang out for size. Stephen Harper, the Dirty Oils Sands and the Kochtopus.If the massive Keystone XL pipeline project gets fast-tracked, as some members of congress want, the far-ri…
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Driving The Porcelain Bus: Conservatives, I mean "Looters in Suits", continue with their plan – theft on a national scale
Montreal Simon: Tony Clement and the Chainsaw MassacreAnd that’s the Con plan. Right out of the Republican manual. First you waste billions on gazebos, prisons and fancy jet planes. Then you cut the GST and corporate taxes and starve the government of …
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Coward Thug Harper Appoints More Failures To The Senate
PM rewards three defeated Conservatives with Senate seats – The Globe and MailHow to become a senator under Harper? Show that the people don’t want you to represent them. Another way Harper shows his contempt for the Canadian people.Stephen Harper wast…
Continue readingLeDaro: Stephen Harper and Jack Layton: The new buddies
Watch out Mr. Layton. Black cats cannot be trusted and before you know it you become the meal.Read the story here for the context.Video:
Continue readingDeath By Trolley: In Defense of Abortion
In this month’s Canadian federal election, abortion was not an issue. However, whenever election time roles around in North America, the issue of abortion tends to garner at least a little bit more conversation than normal, even if it is not a specific policy issue. Social conservatives will want to elect politicians who may one […]
David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Success places Harper Conservatives between a rock and a hard place
A young Stephen Harper with the rock in the background. The hard place was yet to come. Below: Pierre Trudeau, Canada’s last truly liberal prime minister.This column appeared in Friday’s edition of the Saint City News.The people of Canada have spok…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: And The Contempt Continues
Before Parliament even resumes Cabinet Ministers are issuing decrees to Parliamentary committees:”Industry Minister Tony Clement said Thursday he will ask oil industry refiners, distributors and retailers to appear before a parliamentary committee to e…
Continue readingHarper Valley: Stephen Harper – Predictions
Let’s see if any of the following are true: 1. Stephen Harper is bipolar 2. His wife, Laureen, has been having an affair with an RCMP officer 3. Laureen is leaving Stephen but they decided not to do the split until after the election. Want my bookies number? Filed under: Political Humour Tagged: affair, bipolar, […]
knitnut.net: Insite comes to Ottawa
The Harper Government TM is still attempting to shut down Insite, Canada’s only supervised injection site. The case is now before the Supreme Court of Canada, which is where I spent yesterday morning.
I had to line up to go through a scanner, and empty my pockets and put metal things in a bin and so […]
Continue readingNow that makes perfect sense.
Let’s all jump in the old Tardis and got back in time about eleven days. Stephen Harper and his band of invisible communist fighters where waging the good fight; the fight against the Orange Crush. Sir Stephen was all, “oh, an NDP government will cause the stock market to fall”; “the price of gas will […]
The Equivocator: Stephen Harper will ^NOT be balancing the budget.
If you were wondering how the Conservatives were planning on filling that $11 billion hole in their platform? Apparently, they are planning on using Stephen Harper and Jim Flaherty’s massive cojones. Just 9 days after Canada’s 41st federal election PM … Continue reading →
Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Harper Majority Means No Real National Autism Strategy 4 At Least 4 More Years
Photograph by: Blair Gable, Reuters
Canadians are waiting to see what Stephen Harper does with the very solid majority that Canadians voted to give him on Monday. One thing they will not have to wait for during the Harper majority years is a Real Na…
Canadian Soapbox: Christian right will find out soon- What a friend they have in Harper – Can PM keep abortion off the agenda
Stephen Harper finally has his majority, the third time was the charm. Canadians, while perhaps not warming to the Conservative leader, did trust him sufficiently to let him rule without the burden of the leash that is a minority government. …
Continue readingHarper Valley: Big Bwana – A Song for the Stephen Harpers of the World (including you, Gordon Campbell)
Writen and performed by Wednesday Jones.
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Right of Center Ice: Confessions of an Election Hawk and Red Tory
I’ll confess it. I’ll admit it and put it on my sleeve. I was one of the election hawks in March. I did not get the government I voted for, nor the representative, but I got the men and women I deserve. A right wing neoconservative majority that effectively and
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Tired of politics Canadians let Harper off the leash…
Stephen Harper wanted a majority. Canadians wanted a break from politics. Last night both got their wish. I won’t rehash the results or gloat over my prediction of a Conservative majority with 162 seats…I got lucky.
Its time now to sit ba…
Continue readingliberal catnip: Election – Post-Game Thoughts
So, there we have it: the Cons have a majority government. The NDP is the official opposition. Iggy led the Liberal party to a historic low in the house. The BQ is all but decimated and, at this point, Elizabeth May of the Greens might have won a seat …
Continue readingElection – Post-Game Thoughts
So, there we have it: the Cons have a majority government. The NDP is the official opposition. Iggy led the Liberal party to a historic low in the house. The BQ is all but decimated and, at this point, Elizabeth May of the Greens might have won a seat for
Continue readingliberal catnip: Election – Post-Game Thoughts
So, there we have it: the Cons have a majority government. The NDP is the official opposition. Iggy led the Liberal party to a historic low in the house. The BQ is all but decimated and, at this point, Elizabeth May of the Greens might have won a seat for
Continue readingA. Picazo: Sun News Network: Let The (Incredibly Lazy) Astroturfing Begin!
It has been fascinating to watch the Conservative campaign strategy evolve over the past two weeks; working in tandem with Sun TV in a quest to secure a Harper majority, and to destroy the opposition leaders. Aside from the standard issued talking points submitted by the Conservative war room and
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