More Much-Deserved Mockery
From the folks at Canadians Rallying To Unseat Harper: Recommend this Post
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More Much-Deserved Mockery
From the folks at Canadians Rallying To Unseat Harper: Recommend this Post
Leading Climate Scientist Responds To Joe Oliver And His ‘Neanderthal Government’ – UPDATED
The other day I wrote a blog post on one of our national disgraces, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver. While in Washington recently promoting the proposed XL Keystone pipeline through…
Is this A New Crime In Harperland?
While the word commit has several meanings, when it is used without the preposition ‘to’ (as in, He is committed to her cause), it is invariably associated with something heinous…
More On Harper’s Attack Ads
I hope to write an actual blog post on an entirely different topic later today, but since the latest poll shows a very strong reaction against the Prime Minister’s puerile…
Is Harper Just A Big Bully?
These Star readers seem to think so: Tories attack Trudeau on first day in new job, April 16 It is fair to criticize opposing politicians for their political beliefs and…
Harper Hypocrisy on Full Display
In his column this morning, The Star’s Tim Harper points out something that I think many of us are all too aware of: Stephen Harper is a hypocrite. There really…
Allan Gregg on Attack Ads
I have written about Allan Gregg on this blog before; probably his most noteworthy recent contribution to political discourse came in his speech to Carleton University’s School of Public Affairs,…
Incoming Editorial Cartoon
Oh, I do so savor The Toronto Star. Recommend this Post
Is Nothing Sacred?
Apparently not to Stephen Harper, who used the tragedy of the Boston Marathon bombings to try to attack Justin Trudeau. Apparently the Prime Minister discourages any rational consideration of crime…
Canada’s Domestic Israeli State
I have purposely stayed out of the blogosphere discussion of the latest atrocities between Israel and Gaza, atrocities that both sides must bear responsibility for. I have done so simply…
A Fact Check on Tory Lies
I suspect that the Harper regime’s capacity for fear-mongering, character assassination and bald-faced lies, so much in evidence in previous smear campaigns against Stephen Dion and Michael Ignatief, will have…
CETA – Part Four – Trust No One
Ultimately, the critical thinker has an obligation to educate him/herself. To simply accept government ‘assurances’ that all is well is to surrender the responsibilities inherent in being a citizen in…
CETA – Trust No One – Part Three
Here are two more CETA myths being perpetuated by the Harper regime, according to the Council of Canadians, that we should be aware of: HARPER SAYS: Free trade deals like…
CETA – Trust No One – Part Two
As reported in today’s Star, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, after meeting with Stephen Harper, has promised to push for early completion of the gruelling negotiations for a Canada-European Union free…
CETA – Trust No One – Part One
As I get older, I sometimes feel like a character from the X-Files, one of the recurring motifs of which was “Trust No One.’ I think I have lived long…
Harper’s Political Posturing
Given the recent spate of ‘bad luck’ experienced by Enbridge over its propensity for oil spills, the Harper regime knows it is facing an uphill battle to convince Canadians that…
On Austerity and Hippos
I often think that governments, especially our current federal one, hold the people they ‘serve’ in absolute contempt, regarding us as little more than Pavlovian creatures who will respond in…