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Diabolical Prime Minister Caught Muzzling Scientists – Again
The fundamentalist fiend is at it again. Science to Steve Harper is the noonday sun to a vampire. This time it was a federal fisheries expert muzzled by Harp's political…
What Makes Stephen Harper Tick?
Douglas Pratt in his paper "Terrorism and Religious Fundamentalism" explores aspects common to religious fundamentalist movements, whether Islamic, Jewish, Christian, Hindu - whatever. He explains how these common features or…
And in addition to letting industry monitor itself…
…environmental compliance-wise… comes news that the Cons are looking at turning another vital public sector function over to the private sector: search and rescue. I really don’t get this one.…
Now don’t slam me for saying this!
The Heritage robot, James Moore, has said that the CBC isn’t immune to Strategic and Operating Review cuts – and this has the Twittersphere et al squawking mightily. While I…
Timely question on Harper’s intentions on foreign ownership of Canadian media
Geoff Stevens wonders: "Will Harper open door to foreign-owned media?" Specifically, he wonders whether Rupert Murdoch's empire might make its entree into Canada. The quiet meeting between Harper and Murdoch…
Cut, Cut, Cut
Stephen Harper would like to cut 4 billion dollars in spending in order to help balance the budget. knowing Harper these cuts of course attacks agencies he is against like…
Canada’s military… is Sweden next???
We have fairly suddenly become a nation of Hawks. War is good and it is necessary. Wave the flag mightily. Buy the best of the best for the troops. Support…
The capacity for critical thought – how do we build it?
Just as we wind down the first half of 2011 in preparation for Canada Day, three disparate blog posts are jumping out at me:At Sixth Estate, Government of Canada Issues…
Did Harper Suppress DND’s Climate Change Warning?
A study prepared by Canada's Department of National Defence sounds the alarm on climate change. The report concludes that energy shortages coupled with the rapidly spreading freshwater crisis and compounded…
Going to plan
As a clever person pointed out to me last week, the fall 2008 economic update is being executed now quite swimmingly following the election. We saw this one come to…
What A Show!
I haven't seen a filibuster in a while, but boy was that something. The Conservatives got there bill passed and now workers will reluctantly go to work Tuesday. The NDP…
The War on Drugs Isn’t Working
The U.S tough on Crime agenda is slowly being reversed. Amid major Budget deficit the state's are seeing the true cost of putting people for minor offences in jail. California…
Defending Canadian Labour
We've been warned. The Harper government's rash interventionism in Air Canada and Canada Post strikes has to be seen as a declaration of a war on organized labour in Canada.…
Harper calls Liberals unprincipled
There are certain principles that an individual cannot break, no matter what the situation is. Principles like, I can never kill anyone unless its in self-defense or I will never…
When Steve Says You’re Fine, Call An Ambulance
The Greeks should have seen it coming when, just a couple of weeks ago, Stephen Harper pronounced himself confidant that Greece was on the road to a full economic recovery.…
Democracy, dictators and Stephen Harper
Conservatives and their allies are busy keeping Brigette DePape in the news, in a variant of the Streisand Effect. The crescendo of tsk-tsking on the Right would have done Hester…
A Look Into the Dark Recesses of Steve Harper’s Mind
Over at Grist.com there's a discussion about Canada's (Stevie Harper's) abandonment of Kyoto. One commenter posted the following 2002 letter our Ruler sent to his then - and now -…
Harper’s Delusion
I enjoy listening to Harper's speeches after the fact, mostly because I can fast forward the particularly useless tripe. This morning I listened to the self congratulatory barn burner Harper…