Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Joan Bryden reports on the Cons’ latest abuses of majority government power, this time in allocating and shuffling around the few opposition days already available in Parliament for their own purposes. But it’s worth noting the difference between the responses of the affected
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Accidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Linda McQuaig is hopeful that Quebec’s student protests against tuition hikes might remind many Canadians that we can do more than just meekly accept austerity and inequality: What seems to particularly gall some English Canadian commentators is the fact that the Quebec
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Vic Toews and the Prison State
Well I was glad to see Vic Toews pop up on the TV today after his recent physical and mental Vikileaks problems. And I was also glad to see he looked as scary as ever. But sadly my joy at seeing him back on his feet didn’t last long eh?
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Breaking Bourque! MacKay Tossed From Helicopter! Paradis meets Paradise! Toews phased out! Fantino Basically Fucked! Bernier Back In, Cleared To Date Bikers!
BREAKING: Bourque insiders are reporting late this afternoon that Prime Minister Stephen Harper may soon shuffle his Cabinet. It remains unclear at this time if the move will be a major re-jig involving several known political figures or if it will be a more modest housecleaning to address certain deficiencies.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Vic Toews In Hospital
This just in from The Star: Public Safety Minister Vic Toews was rushed to hospital by ambulance Monday morning. A spokesperson for the minister’s office, Mike Patton, told the Star the minister has been battling a seasonal flu for the past number of weeks, and was take to hospital for
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Christian Paradis and the Kafka Cons
OK. So let me get this straight. The Con stooge Christian Paradis is stumbling though an ethical mine field. The opposition is calling for a fresh ethics probe following new allegations about the conduct of federal Industry Minister Christian Paradis. The call comes less than a week after Conflict of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Is Vic Toews Out of Control?
As you know I have long been concerned about the mental state of the Con zombie Vic Toews. And whether he’s fit to remain in office. First he came crawling out of his crypt, the one with the large bed and the mirrored ceiling, claiming that anyone who didn’t support
Continue readingToews wankfest takes place today in Parliament
My brain hurts. Rarely has something been so indicative of the impotence and irrelevance of the modern Tory than Vic Toews’ retribution against those who mock him. In a primo example of Conservative wastefulness and vengeful preoccupation with payback, Parliament is set today to go after that ‘amorphous’ organization known
Continue readingHarpes spreading through Conservative party. Epidemic proportions.
Harpes symptoms: sweaty, fidgety, guilty looking as hell, overcompensating denials Harpes [har-peez] noun Conservative Pathology 1. Blistering dishonesty, festering corruption, uninhibited contagion among Conservatives. 2. Most prevalent among those closest to Prime Minister Harper (Vic Toews, Dean Del Mastro). Also known to infect Conservative rap duos (Easy-E and K-Mart).
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Some Questions for Pierre Poutine
Golly. I see the identity of the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel Blue Poutine is about to be revealed. The news that Elections Canada investigators are aware of the IP address that “Pierre Poutine” used to set up the Guelph, Ont., robocall account has convinced a suspect to step forward and accept responsibility
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Tabatha Southey speculates as to the inevitable results when the Cons try to summon the entire Internet to answer for its political activity. – David Olive points out that for anybody who wants to buy into “tax freedom day” messaging, the corporate sector
Continue readingTrashy's World: Why has there been a…
… secret robotic plane orbiting in space for the past year? No one seems to know. What the robotic space plane has been doing in orbit for so long remains a mystery, since Air Force officials have not commented on the flight’s details due to its classified nature. Outside experts,
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Canadian Environmentalists: Tree Hugging Terrorists or Just Concerned Citizens?
Super Evil Tree.png The Canadian Federal government’s new counter-terrorism strategy has been ruffling feathers in the environmental community since it was released by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews on February 9. The report says that the Federal government will be vigilant against domestic extremism “based on grievances – real or
Continue readingSo, what’s in Anonymous’ bombshell Toews video?
Early this morning, Anonymous dropped its Toews bombshell via youtube. I tried to follow the narrative but my hearing (Menieres/tinnitus) was not up to Anonymous’ echoed audio. I gave up after a couple of minutes of trying to decipher the contents. It didn’t sound like much so I moved on,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Is This Just Too Hot For Any of You to Touch?
Anonymous dropped its Vic Toews bombshell today. It’s a very serious allegation of abuse of power which, if it stands, goes to the heart of the Harper government. I did a post on it this morning but, beyond that, nobody but nobody is touching it. The allegation is that, while
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Canadian Online Surveillance Bill on Pause, But the Fight Continues
by Katitza Rodriguez | EFF Last Saturday, the Canadian government announced it would put proposed online surveillance legislation temporarily “on pause” following sustained public outrage generated by the bill. Since its introduction two weeks ago, …Read More
Continue readingNew Anonymous video on Toewsgate: "on the eve of their new release"
Tomorrow marks the day Anonymous drops the big Toews bomb. But just to keep you warm by the fire, here’s a taste of what is to come.
Continue readingOccupy Ottawa: Occupy Ottawa Review: February 2012
March 1, 2012 – Beginning with this post, Occupy-Ottawa.org will publish a synopsis of what’s taken place over the course of each month, as well as some of the trending topics at Occupy Ottawa, with …Read More
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Dean del Mastro’s PG-Rated Committee Hearing
Mama Mia. I see Dean Del Mastro wants to grill the creator of Vikileaks before a Commons committee. “This is just the latest in a long history of shady Liberal practices that harm our democracy,” Del Maestro said. “These nasty, dirty Internet tricks were deeply personal and fall short of
Continue readingNew longer Anonymous video re Vic Toews and C-30. Liberals, MacKay mocked, too.
Anonymous on MacKay: “Anonymous has been relatively civil in our videos up until now. But these statements are so absurd we must declare this a giant steaming bowl of bullshit”. Thanks to Sassy in the comments to this post, here’s a long video (9:24) from Anonymous getting into specifics about
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