Michael Coren and the Road to Redemption
For as long as I can remember, Michael Coren has been one the most ghastly anti-gay voices on the Canadian airwaves.A hardline right-wing Catholic who seemed to take pleasure in…
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The Con Regime and the Attack Ad Question
Well as you can imagine, the secure facility where I live is a Con-Free Zone.No pictures of Stephen Harper are permitted, except those stored in the bowels of my computer.And…
The Wal-Mart Workers and the Big Tomato
The two companies couldn't be more different. Wal-Mart, the destroyer of communities, that closed this store in Jonquiere, Quebec, after its workers voted to unionize.And after nine years of fighting…
Stephen Harper and the Destruction of the CBC
Gawd. I can only imagine Stephen Harper's state of mind. I bet he's so alarmingly aroused that they've had to bring in Jason Kenney with a bucket of ice water…
Stephen Harper and the Final Assault on Medicare
It's been less than two months since the Cons let the Canada Health Accord expire. And the corpse is still warm.But I see that Stephen Harper is in a hurry,…
The Con Regime and the Honey Bee Apocalypse
In the garden of a waterfront theatre not far from where I live, there is a little band of bees. They've been there for years, and time and the elements…
Mohamed Fahmy and the Shameful Silence of Stephen Harper
It's a trial that has caused outrage all over the world. The sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists, including a Canadian citizen Mohamed Fahmy, to long prison terms in Egypt.For…
The Further Sexist Adventures of Peter Dumbo MacKay
Oh no. Call the Old Boys Club. Peter MacKay has made a complete fool out of himself. Again.He just can't get sexism out of his system. Justice Minister Peter MacKay…
Jason Kenney and Our Temporary Foreign Air Farce
OMG. I didn't think it was possible for Jason Kenney and the other oil pimps in the Harper regime to embarrass this country more than they already have. I didn't…
Jason Kenney and the Latest Foreign Worker’s Scam
Uh oh. It looks as if the Cons have been forced to retreat to their wartime bunker.For not only are they trying to dodge the flak over their decision to…
WorldPride 2014 and the Shadow of the Deathly Con Regime
Well it wasn't the yellow brick road, it was just the rainbow crosswalk in Toronto's gay village.But it did lead to an amazing place. A celebration so big that two…
Stephen Harper and the Great Pipeline Gambit
Well it's the talk of the town. The pundits are perplexed. Shock and confusion reigns. Everybody is trying to figure out why Stephen Harper is disowning his tarry baby. After…
Rex Murphy: When a Pimp becomes a Pope
Lordy. I swear to Godzilla I didn't think it was possible. I really didn't believe you could be a pimp and a Pope at the same time.And the resident right-wing…
Stephen Harper and the Death of Parliament
It was the most politically depraved horror show this country has ever witnessed. It was nasty, it was brutal, it was bestial. The way Stephen Harper raped our bleeding democracy…
Peter MacKay’s Sad Spiral Into Sexist Idiocy
I've always had trouble trying to figure out Peter Dumbo MacKay's exact place in the Con universe.He used to strike me as more of a happy idiot, than a hollow…
Stephen Harper and the Northern Gateway Monster
Gosh. Have you noticed how these days the Cons are always running away from something? Just a few weeks ago Jason Kenney was running away from the foreign workers scandal,…
Martha Hall Findlay’s Ghastly Paean to the Northern Gateway Pipeline
Well I see Martha Hall Findlay has wasted no time soaking up the ethos of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. Or the oily fumes.And has…
Could Northern Gateway be Stephen Harper’s Final Act?
No sooner had I finished my last post, about Stephen Harper's decision to approve the Northern Gateway pipeline, when I was struck by a sudden happy thought.Could that be his…
The Cowboy King and the Northern Gateway Pipeline
Well, surprise, surprise, he couldn't contain himself. At the end of his political career, paranoid and increasingly desperate, his grand pipe dream of going down in history as Alberta's greatest…
Police Officer Charged in the Killing of Sammy Yatim
It was one of the most sickening things I have ever witnessed, the police execution of Sammy Yatim.A teenager riddled with bullets on a streetcar for no sane reason. And…