Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy. . . etc. . . .
As though to punctuate the irony of breaking diplomatic ties with Iran, Harper signed a trade agreement with China a day later. When he was leader of the opposition Harper…
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More Thoughts on this Thorny Language Question.
Continuing on with the problem of language laws and the issues that the election of the PQ raises, I thought I would make a few more comments. These thoughts were…
A Few Thoughts on the Quebec Election. . .
Ok, I admit it – I have never really understood the drive for Quebec sovereignty. I have generally not been sympathetic to nationalist movements except where they have been driven…
Romney and Randian Nutbars. . . .
Ok, I will go out on a limb here and predict that Obama will lose the up-coming election to Mitt Romney. This victory will not be based upon Romney’s popularity…
Rightwing dishonesty.
Among the many important differences between the right and the left is that if the position of the left is incorrect, it is an honest mistake. Socialist philosophy is fairly…
Charest and Nixon, Friends Indeed. . . .
Here are some interesting parallels – Jean Charest of Quebec is fighting an election in the midst of a major investigation into corruption, the results of which could easily drive…
Good Days and Bad Days in Harper’s Canada. . . .
Politically speaking, I exists in two extremes these days. On the one hand I am intensely pessimistic. It is now clear that Harper has de facto control of Elections Canada…
Hardy and Hardy. . . .
I am not surprised that Harper was so quick to agree to a meeting with Mayor Ford. They are, after all, cut from the same cloth; buffoonish clowns, agressive haters,…
Northern Gateway and Rightwing blindness. . . .
I seldom comment on provincial politics – particularly a province in which I no longer live. But BC politics has become interesting in the past couple of years and, for…
The Whimpering of Stephen Harper. . . .
Political strategies are, I think, subject to ‘sell-by’ dates and the whims of fashion. Though some elements of strategy are perennially useful, others change from decade to decade or era…
Our Madman Prime Minister. . .
The rise of the Harpercon regime has largely been the direct result of a media that has utterly failed to do its job in any meaningful way. Of course, we…
Please Keep your Mouth Shut Nazanin. . .
For those of you who didn’t catch it on CBC, Nazanin Afshin-Jam, the spouse of our own Minister of Defence, was interviewed the other day concerning Iran. Now, other than…
The Liberal Race begins. . . .
I am not a Liberal, and I actually think that the party, with its near wholesale adherence to neo-liberalism and corporatism, has outlived its historical significance. In terms of economic…
What’s up with That?
Though I understand being critical of certain unions and certain union decisions (after all one should never fail to be critical where necessary), all-out union bashing continues to baffle me.…
No Justice Here. . . .
One more scumbag gone, how many left to go? Bev Oda is an example of real human trash. She told bold-face lies to the House of Parliament, she actively supported…
Bouazizi and the Struggle. . .
I have never heard the full story of Mohamed Bouazizi until this morning when CBC replayed a story from earlier this year on the first anniversary of Bouazizi’s death. It…
Thinking about Canada Day, (From a Leftist Perspective) . . .
People are, as expected, whooping it up today in celebration of Canada Day and it is even the topic for Cross-Country Checkup. People are talking about their thoughts and what…
Hey, Let’s make it worse, that will make it better!…
If one is a regular reader of history one knows that the lead up to almost every revolution in history shares this much in common – the ruling elite payed…
Political Swagger and Justin Trudeau. . . .
Swagger makes me nervous. It always has. In novels and movies swagger is always a harbinger of doom. And undue confidence in “real” life is equally an omen. Whenever someone…
Egypt and the Disease of Power. . . .
Events in Egypt over the past 18 months have been sadly comical. First we have the initial rebellion. For over forty years the people of Egypt endured ruthless tyranny (which…