Stuff Still Happens, week 40: OK, now he CAN’T win
Even the Teflon Don can’t get out of this one. Everyone except his most fanatical supporters knows Trump is a pig, a boor, a crass, classless thug. Now we have…
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Republican rebellion against Trump unprecedented in modern campaign history, experts say
By Alexander Panett-Canadian Press- WASHINGTON — An internal rebellion has erupted against Donald Trump, knocking out support from longstanding pillars of the Republican party and threatening to turn his presidential…
Donald Trump and the Death of the Republican Party
He has been holed up in his bunker in the Trump Tower slowly going crazy, or crazier. His aides say one moment he is depressed, the next moment he is…
Donald Trump’s Disgraceful and Disgusting Non Apology
I can only imagine what the atmosphere must have been like at the Trump Tower last night.But it couldn't have been pretty.The panic, the wailing, the sheer desperation. And the…
Has Donald Trump Just Destroyed His Own Campaign?
We already knew that Donald Trump was a sexist hog and a grubby misogynist. We knew he called women pigs and dogs. We knew he was a dirty old man.…
Is Donald Trump’s Campaign Going Off the Rails?
Watching Donald Trump these days is like watching a mad man riding a roller coaster, and about to fly off the rails.Because while sometimes he sounds supremely confident, brandishing one…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dani Rodrik suggests that instead of engaging in extended hand-wringing over the collapse of public interest in corporate trade deals, we should instead…
Donald Trump and the Terroristic Man-Toddler
Well now that we know that Donald Trump enjoys the good things in life, but doesn't like to pay for them.Or pay taxes.Now that we've seen how he intends to…
Rachel Notley’s demand for a pipeline quid pro quo demonstrates the steely side of Alberta’s premier
PHOTOS: Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley. Below: Peter Lougheed, Alberta’s first Progressive Conservative premier, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his father, the late prime minister Pierre Trudeau. GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alberta…
“Post-truth” Politics in Alberta
Albertans can learn a lot about the importance of truth in politics from the Trump/Clinton presidential race. Political lies have moved beyond “misstatements” for which politicians “take full responsibility” and…
Donald Trump Goes Over The Deep End. Again
I didn't think Donald Trump could sink any lower after his monstrous meltdown on Twitter the other night.But then he's been in a furious frenzy since he lost the debate.…
Bill Maher Goes After Donald Trump’s Ghastly Surrogates
There is only one thing worse than watching Donald Trump in a full orange frenzy, and that's watching his shameless so-called surrogates in action.The hapless stooges Trump sends out to…
The Canadian Judicial Council Responds To My Complaint
Regular readers of this blog may recall a post I wrote this past June about an unsettling experience I had at a local grocery story. It was there that my…
Donald Trump’s Monstrous Night of Moral Depravity
We already knew that Donald Trump was a bloated demagogue who acts like a spoiled and cruel child, and likes to hurt and humiliate others.We knew he's a bully, a…
The Senseless Cruelty of Donald Trump
In my last post I looked at how Donald Trump's visceral misogyny and disgusting fat-shaming could cost him the election.Along with his racism, his xenophobia, and his dangerous demagoguery.But what…
Will Donald Trump’s Misogyny Be The Issue That Destroys Him?
It was the final exchange in a 90-minute debate, but it may be the one that will destroy Donald Trump's chances of getting anywhere near the White House.For when Hillary…
Donald Trump and the Rise of Adolf Hitler
Although Donald Trump used to sleep with a copy of Hitler's speeches on his bedside table, I've tried to avoid comparing him to the Nazi dictator.For whatever he is Trump…
Donald Trump and the Big Polling Fraud
Anyone who watched the Donald Trump Hillary Clinton debate knows who won. And it wasn't the Annoying Orange.But don't tell that to the bloated demagogue, because he simply can't accept…
The Night Hillary Clinton Demolished Donald Trump
I must admit I was a bit worried, deeply concerned, a nervous wreck before last night's debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.The bloated demagogue has been enjoying some momentum.…
Air Horn Politics
“We’re all seriously suffering from a kind of Trump derangement syndrome…he uses up so much of the oxygen and it’s like having…a big air horn installed in your head and…