Shameful, Absolutely Shameful
It’s terrible, isn’t it, when people resort to stereotypes to express their political displeasure? An absolute disgrace. Unconscionable. Heh heh. H/t Occupy Canada Recommend this Post
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Another Clear And Cogent Explanation Of The Polar Vortex
This explanation is offered by President Barack Obama’s science advisor, Dr. John Holdren. Even if Stephen Harper hadn’t abolished the position of National Science Advisor in 2008, it is hard…
That Didn’t Take Long
Bob ‘Mad Dog’ Runciman has a solution for those pesky protestors who dare embarrass the Prime Minister. Recommend this Post
Some Things Never Change
Although the following Rick Mercer rant was made early in 2013, most, I think, would agree that nothing has changed in the interim: Recommend this Post
A Letter We Should Widely Share
Although he likely doesn’t articulate anything that progressive bloggers don’t already know, Star letter-writer Paul Kahnert of Markham neatly and succinctly addresses the real design behind tax cuts for corporations…
Harper’s New Year’s Resolution?
Thanks to the Salamander for alerting me to this tweet from Stephen Lautens: Recommend this Post
I Am Nobody
Something for all disheartened Canadians to keep in mind, eh? Recommend this Post
Happy New Year
With the dawning of 2014, may the new year see increasing numbers of Canadians who: REJECT the Conservative Party of Canada and its efforts to excise the heart and soul…
Towards Greater Clarity Of Language
A little something from the conservative lexicon: H/t I don’t like what Stephen Harper is doing to Canada Recommend this Post
Charlie Angus Sings ‘The Reactionary Blues’
Kind of catchy, and makes for a great singalong, don’t you think? They’re melting down the ice caps And raising up the trolls.Putting shutters on the windows And burning all…
All It Takes Is One Ant
H/t Occupy Canada Recommend this Post
The Responsibility We All Must Assume
In a column entitled A disheartening year in Canadian politics published on Dec. 20, The Globe’s Jeffrey Simpson recounts the corruption, buffoonery and scandals that permeate our municipal, provincial and…
Guest Post: The Salamander’s Innovative Ideas For Bringing Down Harper
Come, my friends. ‘Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite the sounding furrows; – Ulysses – Alfred, Lord Tennyson I…
A Good Question
But what is the answer? Re: ‘Golden age’ for Poland caps 500 years of pain, Dec. 22 Seeing the statement “communism’s iron grip” was too much. What about capitalism’s iron…
Tory Policy-Making: The Dangers Of Simplistic Thinking
Fallacies of reasoning are easy traps to fall into. Whether it is absolutist thinking, straw man arguments or any number of other errors of thought, we are all prone to…
Another Timely Reminder From Canada Post
Perhaps the new levels of geriatric fitness to be achieved by ending home service will save government so much in health care costs that they can someday restore service? Just…
Were This The Best Of All Possible Worlds…
Were I of Dr. Pangloss’ rosy outlook and believed that this is the best of all possible worlds, I might have some sympathy for people like Industry Minister James Moore…
Canada’s Sad Devolution
What was once Canada the cool, the country a 1991 Economist cover story called the “post-modern nation-state”, has now devolved into a rightwing hellhole. So says The Guardian in an…
Not In My Name, Please
In a regime rife with duplicity, one of the most dishonest aspects of the Harper cabal is its endless capacity to pretend that the decisions it makes and the legislation…