I have absolutely no doubt that when historians look back at this dark period in Canadian history, some will compare the reigning terrorist hysteria to the equally insane hysteria of the Salem witch trials.A collective act of temporary madness fomented and encouraged by evil men like Stephen Harper and Jason
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Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Muzzling of the Bill C-51 Debate
He didn't bother to attend the parliamentary debate on his dangerously flawed anti-terrorist bill C-51. He shut down that debate after only a few hours.And now he's making sure that even the experts won't have a chance to explain why the bill is such a threat. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Regime and the Latest Terrorist Menace
Well it was Sunday, so I'm pretty sure Stephen Harper must have thought his feverish prayers had been answered.For there was some masked fanatic on YouTube, apparently on the other side of Africa, calling on wannabe Jihadis to attack the West Edmonton Mall. The RCMP says it’s investigating a reported video
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Big Freeze
His icy contempt for Parliament couldn't be more obvious.Despite hailing new anti-terror legislation as fundamental to the fight against “the most dangerous enemies our world has ever faced,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper did not attend either of two days of debate on the bill in the House of Commons this
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jason Kenney and the Strangelove Cons
It was just a coincidence that the Turner Classic Movie channel should be running Dr Strangelove yesterday.On the same day that Jason Kenney made his first major speech as the Con regime's new Defence Minister.But in a way it seemed strangely appropriate, because I did have trouble distinguishing between the two
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tom Mulcair, Bill C-51, and the Monstrous Xenophobia of Stephen Harper
It was good to see Tom Mulcair finally take a stand against the Con regime's totalitarian anti-terrorism bill. Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair says the NDP will fight the Conservative government's new anti-terrorism bill when it goes before the House on Wednesday and pushed for the Liberals to do the same. After
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Black Helicopters
It was a chilling moment in Question Period yesterday, that should raise questions about whether Stephen Harper is still mentally fit to govern, and whether we are already living in a police state.The moment when Tom Mulcair asked him whether his totalitarian bill C-51 could be used to spy against
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Harper Regime and the Terrorist Game
Even by the low standards of Peter Dumbo MacKay, I thought it was bizarre when he claimed that a plot to commit a mass slaughter in Halifax was not linked to terrorism. "What I can tell you is that this appeared to be a group of murderous misfits that were coming
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Slow Melting of the Con Regime
Well I see that Stephen Harper has been spending more time in the tiny Con bastion of Quebec City.And it seems only appropriate that he should stage this photo-op at the city's Ice Hotel.Considering the state of his government, and the way his support is in danger of melting. Read more
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Darkness of Disaster Democracy
Well I'm sure Stephen Harper must have had a tortured weekend, huddled with the monsters in the PMO, and arguing with the screaming voices in his head.Trying to figure out how to scare Canadians with his Great Jihadi Menace, even more than he already has. So he can herd them
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Terror Laws and the Madness of Stephen Harper
When I saw Stephen Harper delivering his deranged speech on terrorism at a campaign-style event in a Toronto suburb yesterday, at first I almost felt sorry for him.Because that's not the face of a well man. That's the face of desperate leader cracking up before our eyes. But my sympathy didn't
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Stephen Harper Went Off the Deep End
I always knew he was dangerous. And that madness ran in his family.I knew the first Harper to arrive in Canada had to removed from office for "violent and oppressive measures vindictive beyond all reason."I knew one of his grandfathers committed suicide, and that he was prone to violent rages,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Beat of the Fascist Drum
He couldn't have had a better excuse to miss the return of Parliament, and dodge all those questions about his catastrophic economic record.For there he was at the funeral of a dead Mountie.Looking suitable sorrowful, and posing as a Great Crime Busting Leader.Which like everything he did today was choreographed
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How to Stop Stephen Harper From Using the War to Win the Election
I hate to ask this question, because I hate to criticize the opposition parties at a time like this one.But when will they understand that our war in Iraq is just a sideshow?Understand that the real war is the battle to defeat Stephen Harper and his Cons and take this
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and his Ghastly Boyfriends in Saudi Arabia
In the latest chapter of the grotesque love story between Stephen Harper and the backward rulers of Saudi Arabia, today I have both good news and bad news.The good news is that the brutish flogging of the blogger Raif Badawi has been at least temporarily postponed. The case of a Saudi
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Scary Year End Horror Show
I tried to put it off as long as I could, I was having too much of a good time to spoil it. Humming Christmas tunes, fixing one of my little robots, and playing with my neighbour's puppy. But eventually I figured I better check out Peter Mansbridge's interview with
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Happy Birthday Chelsea Manning
It's been five years since the young American soldier now known as Chelsea Manning began downloading hundreds of thousands of Pentagon files.And in the process not only revealed the horror, the brutality, and the hypocrisy of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the diplomatic world. But also the U.S.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Further Insane Adventures of Peter Dumbo Mackay
Once upon a time I thought that Peter MacKay was a fairly harmless Con buffoon, of limited intelligence, masquerading as a minister.The happy idiot who was easily conned into selling the once proud Progressive Conservative party, and his soul, to Stephen Harper and his Reform rednecks.The hopeless loser who shamelessly
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper, Tony Abbott, and the Great Terrorist Conspiracy
It all looks and sounds so familiar. A wild looking gunman terrorizes a cafe in Sydney, killing two people, and traumatizing a city and nation.And even though police say there is no evidence the man was a real terrorist, the country's Prime Minister is quick to plant that idea in
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Parliament Hill Shooting: What is the RCMP Hiding?
Almost as soon as the shooting stopped, and not long after he emerged from his closet, Stephen Harper declared that Canada was under attack by the dark forces of ISIS.And starting calling the dead gunman, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, an ISIS terrorist. Even though he was a mentally ill crack addict.And a
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