The Danger of the Lone Wolf
Canada’s had its share of lone wolf terrorism. In fact, most of the worst incidents have been the work of lone wolf terrorists. They’re loners, often unhinged and looking for…
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They’ve Already Shown You Their True Colours. And You’ll Vote for Them, Why?
My party has only one voice in Parliament but it’s a voice against which all the rest are to be measured and, when you do that, you get to see…
Harper’s Bitumen Policy – Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
The Harper government has gone to extraordinary lengths to avoid the public learning just what’s in bitumen and the risk that stuff poses to our rivers, our lakes, our groundwater…
Canadians Being Spied On
Your Government is Spying On Your Downloads. http://t.co/2hkBFUe7K3 w/ @caparsons pic.twitter.com/OHOf95n64u — CANADALAND (@CNDLND) February 2, 2015 3. Or maybe the media has allowed government (#CSE) to define spying on…
The Seven Deadly Traits of a Permanent Warfare State
Classic military science holds that war is a state of affairs that exists between periods of peace. In other words, war is intended to achieve peace on terms acceptable to…
Any Cardboard to Spare?
Affordable housing in Vancouver within reach: Michael Geller Michael Geller says innovative design and financing ideas are key to creating more affordable Vancouver homes By Margaret Gallagher, CBC News Posted:…
Canadian and American right-wing politicians going on about…
Canadian and American right-wing politicians going on about Islamic terrorism has a sickening stench of hypocrisy, considering the fact that the American government and other Western governments helped fund, arm…
The Hypocrisy is Blinding
One of these people is Not Happy to Be Here Barack Obama cuts short his state visit to India, after lecturing his hosts on tolerance and women’s rights, so that…
ConCalls: DDM Calling For Mistrial! #RoboCon
Hapless Dean Del Mastro, the former Prime Ministerial Parliamentary Secretary is supposed to soon find out how long he’ll spend in jail away from his wife and baby child. What's…
Well, They Do Have It Coming
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of Australia. A new report claims that the ‘land down unda’ will be hit harder by climate change impacts than the rest…
Is Harper Collaborating With the Saudi Princes to Crush Their Shiite Minority?
Stephen Harper is beginning to catch a bit of flack over the sale of 15-billion dollars worth of Canadian-built light armoured fighting vehicles to Saudi Arabia. At first blush it’s…
It’s Nearly "Duffy Time" Again
We’re just over two months away from the start of the trial of senator Mike Duffy. It’s scheduled to open April 7 and continue to May 12, when it will…
Should the CBC Walk the Proverbial Plank?
http://montrealsimon.blogspot.ca/2015/01/what-needs-to-be-said-about-cbc-scandals.html The only valid argument for saving the CBC is that it has a MANDATE, coast to coast to coast, to be there for all the people of this country,…
Anatomy of a Homicide Investigation
Just as Ms Soapbox was fretting over Prime Minister Harper’s decision to appoint former CSIS director Richard Fadden to the newly created post of National Security Advisor she received an…
Steve Jong-un, Canada’s Closet Croucher
I’ll bet if Steve Harper and Kim Jong-un were marooned on an island together for a few weeks they might discover they had more in common than they might have…
Harper Casts a Dangerous Net. He’s Fishing For Your Rights, Your Freedoms.
One of the classic goals of terrorists is to force the government side to become regressive, to turn on its own people. Western governments, too stupid to realize this, use…
About That Islamic Terrorism, Who Are We Kidding?
Well those damned Muslims have us in hysterics now. Rupert Murdoch says this is on all Muslims. Bill Maher says ditto. But wait. There are two strains of Muslims –…
The Top Ten Wars of 2015
And a Happy New Year to you too. The new president of the International Crisis Group, Jean-Marie Guehenno, has issued his own New Year greetings in an article on the…
Does anyone doubt an early election now?
First, this morning, with the ouster of the Burglar of National Defense, Harper was clearly wiping the table of any “nuisance” that may dog him during the campaign. Now, it…
What’s a Single Issue Prime Minister to Do?
These are not good times for Canada’s petro-prime minister. Harper’s Holy Grail, Canadian energy superpowerdom, has sprung a leak. Even The Globe & Mail, says bitumen no longer makes any…