Banana-oil Republic of Harperland. . . . .
We in the leftist blogging community have become something like forensic auditors of the slow debasement of democratic values under the HarperCon cabal. It seems that each week we have…
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Some Literary First sentences, just for fun. . .
On the day after the HarperCons finally made their utter hypocrisy TOTALLY clear by voting down a motion to ensure that MPs are able to speak freely in the House,…
The Liberal Party vs the Harper Party, can you tell the Difference. . . . ?
It has become commonplace among those on the left of centre to lump the contemporary Liberal Party of Canada in with the Conservative Party. And this tendency is clearly rooted…
Temporary Foreign Workers and the Semi-Slave economy. . . .
Jim Flaherty, that inconceivably incompetent buffoon who calls himself a ‘finance minister,’ keeps telling us that the Conservatives needed to expand the ‘temporary foreign workers’ program because there are ‘labour…
Thatcher’s Capitalist Revolt and the Impending Disaster. . .
I know one is not supposed to speak ill of the dead but Margaret Thatcher was an awful, terrible, scoundrel of a person. But as bad as she was, she…
The Racism goes Blithely On. . .
I recently wrote a blogpost on racism toward Canada’s Aboriginal people. I only received a couple of comments, one of which was depressingly racist in nature. I have since blocked…
The Nanaimo Letter and the On-Going Racism. . .
As I have written here before, and as many others realize, racism against Aboriginal people is one of the only areas where it seems that open bigotry is still accepted…
Liberal Vote Info Arrives. . . .
Like many people, today I received my form in the mail for voting in the Liberal Leadership race. I have voted strategically for Liberal Candidates a couple of times in…
The Empty Rhetoric of Martha Hall Finley. . .
Today on Power And Politics Evan Solomon interviewed Martha Hall Finley (perhaps my least favorite of all the Liberal Party leadership candidates). Finley was at pains to say that she…
Joyce Murray Follow-up. .. .
Earlier today I engaged in a small thought experiment in which I asked Joyce Murray for an explanation of her participation in the cabinet of Gordon Campbell. My language was…
My Open Letter to Joyce Murray. . . .
Dear Ms Murray Like many Canadians of all different political stripes, I got involved in the new open leadership process of the Liberal Party of Canada. Though my politics are…
We Miss You Roy . . .
This anniversary of the death of my ol’ dad seems to have arrived and passed in a strange, dreamlike state. As the time passes it seems more and more unreal…
How Embarrassing Can This Get?
I find the idea that Jim Flaherty is pressuring financial institutions not to lower mortgage rates sadly amusing. I have always said that the conservatives don’t really believe in “free-markets.”…
Thugs, Mugs, and Golden Tugs; Tell me why I don’t like Monday. . .
A few thoughts on a chilly March Monday. Only two days from spring yet we are expecting 20 to 30 meters of snow. So it goes. Today in the HuffPost…
ESP, Fuhrers, and a Naked John Baird. . . .
I can predict the future. I am no psychic, just of a practical turn of mind, politically speaking. I predict that Justin Trudeau will be elected leader of the Liberal…
Harper and His Cabal, When Men get Desperate. . .
I haven’t watched the thursday political panel on The National for a while but I caught it yesterday and was somewhat surprised by what I heard. The conversation was further…
Aboriginal Peoples, Stockwell Day and Nauseating Racism. . .
If you had the misfortune of seeing Stockwell Day on Power and Politics this evening then you are probably as nauseated as I am. The so-called “Power Panel” predictably addressed…
Chavez, Corporatism, and the Continuing Struggle. . .
The life of Hugo Chavez reminds us of many of the difficulties facing the world in our generation. Chavez was a man who saw that capitalism had led in Latin…
Lies, Damn Lies and Political Lessons. . . .
Among the interesting political events of the week is the leak of the BC Liberal Memo which outlines their very crass and opportunistic plan to win quick votes through the…
Harper’s time has finally come. . . .
Something has happened to the Harper government over the past few weeks and it must be deeply upsetting to those few caucus members who are not infected with the blind…