Bill 78 and the Slow Decline. . . .
If there were any doubts in your mind that we are inching our way toward a police state, there can surely be no doubt left after this week’s passage of…
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Just Take Any Job . . . (How about Revolutionary Leader?)
In a way I am happy that Jim Flaherty, that sad, pathetic, incompetent, shell of a man, has told Canadians that they just need to stop complaining and take any…
MP Bruce Hyer’s Confusion. . . . .
MP Bruce Hyer recently quit the NDP caucus and decided to sit as an Independent MP. In an article Mr. Hyer explains his resignation from the NDP caucus saying “I…
The slow (whimpering) decline of democracy. . .
One obviously need not be an expert in ‘political science’ to understand that things are reaching a rather difficult point in political history. Almost every country in the world now…
Political Language. . . .
Continuing on with the theme of political machismo, we should talk about the degree to which specific, everyday language reinforces the notions of machismo. Common expressions of attack against liberally…
Poison Discourse part II. . . . .
My last blogpost concerning the poisoning of our political discourse, and the abusive and vulgar response that I received from its chief antagonist, has reminded me of the (usually unmentioned)…
Mr. Kinsella and the Poisoning of discourse. . . .
For a long time now we have grown accustomed to the Conservative Party poisoning the political discourse of the nation. It has become so commonplace for the Harpercons to feed…
Why I don’t Believe in a Merger. . . . .
I don’t think I am naive. Nor am I ignorant of contemporary or historical political issues; I have made a careful study of political philosophy and tried to stay abreast…
Systematic Abuse. . . .
I am surely not the only one to notice that while every government is bound to fall prey to one kind of scandal or another, our present government is continually…
Class-warfare . . . . .
It is one of the great ironies of modern times that the rightwing has managed convince so many people that ‘class-warfare’ is an antiquated notion from a past age, when…
Will Thomas Mulcair (out of necessity) become our own Harper?
I believe that Harper and his bullies have poisoned our political culture in what might be a more or less permanent way. Even if we can escape this atmosphere of…
Our Political Dilemma. . . .
Imagine yourself in this dilemma – You regularly go to a certain chess club and often play with one of the primary players of the group. Only this player has…
Some thoughts on War, Tyranny, and Voter Fraud. . . .
Like many children during the Second World War, my father was evacuated into the countryside for much of the war. But he returned to London during the last couple of…
Is it Ignorance??
It seems to me that it is not at all difficult to understand what has been going on in Canada for the past five or six years, politically speaking. The…
Evil, Stephen Harper, and Catharsis. . . . .
It is getting increasingly redundant to write about the Harpercons, it is like continually writing that evil is bad – yes, it is, but how many times can you say…
What is Capitalism?
The late, great Ernest Mandel who was banned from entering the US for much of his life, wrote what is probably the very best introduction to Marx’s Capital ever written.…
Remember the Women in Your Life. . . .
In honor of International Women’s Day I pay tribute to all the women who have struggled tirelessly, and continue to struggle, for the rights and equality of Women, and thereby…
A short Update. . .
A short update on the post earlier today. Harpercon has claimed that he will relent on the issue of Elections Canada’s new proposed auditing power. No doubt the heat got…
How Many Insults Will Canadians Take?
Any Tory that is still holding on to the pathological fantasy that the Harper government is in any way interested in accountability and democracy should be deeply shaken this week…