Sun TV, Ezra Levant and Why the Danish Cartoons Matter
Ezra Levant, long time neocon insider and self-proclaimed stockaholic (one of 3 Stockwell Day fans), is among the bombastic characters on Fox News North (Sun TV).He used to run a…
Emily Dee
Art Imitates Life as Harper to Play Stupid Cop
Talk about type casting.Stephen Harper has a small role on Murdoch Mysteries, as a "clueless" cop, who doesn't recognize a liberal prime minister.Why would he?He thought Art Finkelstein had destroyed…
Is Slavery Really the Best Thing for Families?
If you think keeping track of the myriad of think tanks and AstroTurf groups that prop up the neoconservative movement, is a challenge; try unravelling their Religious Right infrastructure.Just when…
Help Put an End to Rupert Murdoch’s Criminal Empire
The ongoing scandal in the UK involving media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is making waves everywhere.His stock prices are on the decline and citizens are beginning to mobilize against him.AVAAZ has…
Afghanistan "Mafia" Boss Killed by Bodyguard
Ahmad Wali Karzai, brother of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been assassinated.A known drug trafficker and underworld boss, he was also the man given a $50 million contract to…
Rupert Murdoch Will Not Go Out in a Blaze of Glory
Rupert Murdoch, the man who has done so much to poison politics, is now trying to defend his "honour", after a scandal with one of his tabloids.News of the World…
When Hatred Goes Mainstream
Jolly Berlin crowds in the brightly-lit Kurfürstendamm nightlife district had more fun last week than these beery, sausage-stuffed revelers have had in months. Well-dressed German women and their swank, duel-scarred…
So You Want to Return to the 1950s? OK. I’m Game.
In reading books and essays written by, and not just about, the neoconservatives, I've found many common elements, from the philosophers they quote to the people they hate.One common desire…
Don Cherry Should Stick to Hockey and Stay Out of Politics
My right-wing followers keep sending me links to Sun TV and to articles by right-wing columnists, but this interview with Don Cherry on Fox News North just makes me incredibly…
Is Harper Planning to Wage War on Russia?
Ater invading Poland .... Oops! Wrong dicatator.After putting our soldiers in the most dangerous places in Afghanistan (A Soldier First, Rick Hillier) and blasting Libya back to the stone age,…
Harper’s Assault on Libya NOT Sanctioned by UN
I wondered why Harper took the extension of the so-called "mission" in Libya to Parliament. He didn't have to. As prime minister he alone can decide whether or not to…
The Neoconservative Passion for Alexis de Tocqueville
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada Neoconservative doctrine was written by academics and based on the writings of scholars, from Plato to Aristotle, Locke to…
Zombie Youth and the Canadian Property Rights Research Institute
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada In November of 2009, the Canadian Press learned that a government program designed to recruit the best and brightest…
I Wish it Was a Return to the 1960s and Not the 1990s
Robert Benzie had a piece in the Toronto Star this weekend: Return to the 1960s, in which he asks "One Party?"It is well researched and well written, comparing today to…
We Knew it Was Just a Matter of Time. Libya Open for Business!
It didn't take long for the vultures to swoop down on Libya. News that Washington's largest lobbying group, Patton Boggs, has been hired to sell the rebel army as the…
Why Has Our Atomic Energy Been Sold to a War Profiteer?
SNC Lavelin is in the news a lot.As one of the primo war profiteers, they are often the object of protests. They have been involved in scandal and yet have…
The Flotilla to Gaza Has Fox News North in a Flap
Fox News North is in a right flap over Canada's participation in the Flotilla to Gaza, to deliver badly needed humanitarian aid.Conservative columnist John Robson claims they are acting like…
Jim Flaherty and the Tea Party Abandon the Arts
It was once suggested to Winston Churchill that he cut funding to the arts to pay for Britain's war, to which he responded "Then what would we be fighting for?"A…
Since I Can’t Comment on My Blog I Must Explain Jack Layton Post
After posting my piece yesterday: Jack Layton Needs to Spend the Summer Taking "Speech" Lessons I received a couple of comments in defense of the Layton strategy.I'm still unable to…