Oh, And Another Thing
Without doubt, some readers will be wearying of my seeming obsession with Omar Khadr. A good part of my interest in him over the past few years stems from the…
Omar Khadr
A Very Good Week
H/t The Toronto Star For progressives, it has been a very good week. For Stephen Harper and his adherents, not so much. First, there was the resounding and iconic defeat…
The Monster Stephen Harper Goes After Omar Khadr
Oh dear. It looks like Stephen Harper is not too happy to see Omar Khadr go free.He wants him back in his dark dungeon so he can torture him some…
The Sweet Taste Of Freedom
Watching Omar Khadr’s media scrum last night, it became obvious why the Harper regime fought so hard, first, to deny media access to him while he was in prison, and…
Stephen Harper and the Desperate Days of Total Disaster
I have no idea where Stephen Harper is or what he's doing. He hasn't tweeted a word for 48 hours. His squawking Twitter site has suddenly gone silentBut I bet…
The Freedom of Omar Khadr and the Shame of the Con Regime
I wrote my first post on Omar Khadr eight years ago, and called it The Guantanamo Kid and Canada's Shame.And nothing that has happened since has ever changed my view.…
Omar Khadr’s Lawyer: "Mr. Harper Is A Bigot. Mr. Harper Does Not Like Muslims."
Denis Edney’s stinging rebuke of Stephen Harper and his regime’s contemptuous treatment of Omar Khadr over the years will resonate with all fair-mined Canadians. Recommend this Post
Some justice finally for Omar Khadr
Nice to see some long-delayed fairness and justice taking place this morning: “Mr. Khadr you’re free to go.” With those words, Alberta Court of Appeal Justice Myra Bielby turned down…
Harper, You’ve Been Served…
“Woke up this mornin’ feelin’ fine…” Despite every contrary act of the Harperoids, have to say that today is a good day..yes, C-51 passed, and, notably, with the self-destructive Junior…
Seeing Above The Clouds
One of the consequences of being a longtime follower of politics is the development of a cynical perspective on life, one that recognizes the avarice, self-interest and self-promotion that all…
He Doesn’t Do Well In A Court Of Law
http://www.pressprogress.ca/ The Harper government is rushing to prevent Omar Khadr’s release from jail. The National Post reports: Federal lawyers have signalled to Khadr’s defence team that they will seek a…
Stephen Harper’s Depraved Attempt to Revive the Terrorist Menace
As you know Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney made a surprise visit to Iraq, to try to whip up interest in the Great War on Terror. Which has been flagging…
Harper’s Jihad – Part Two
As I have written elsewhere on this blog, I am convinced that humans (along with other primates) have an innate sense of fairness, one that is regularly violated in so…
Harper’s Jihad
The closer we come to an election, the more strident and McCarthyesque the Harper regime is becoming over ‘radical Islam.’ There is, of course, the political opportunism of Bill C-51,…
What the Case of Omar Khadr Tells Us About Stephen Harper
Years ago I predicted that Canadians who didn't care about the way Stephen Harper was raping the human rights of the child soldier Omar Khadr would live to regret it.For…
Meanwhile, Back At Campaign Central
Hate campaign, that is. True to form, the Harper regime wasted no time in denouncing the decision to release Omar Khadr on bail pending his appeal. And in addition to…
Omar Khadr and the Grubby Con Hogs
Over the last eight years I have written almost a hundred posts about the case of Omar Khadr, Canada's child soldier.For I consider it one of the greatest cases of…
Stuff happens, week 12: Prentice sets the stage; Smith shut down; no future in Future Shop
The story this week in Alberta is The Greatest Budget Ever Sold. After weeks of Grim Jim Prentice telling us that the sky was falling, and it was falling on…
Stephen Harper and the Torture Cons
We have all read the horrifying stories about the CIA's torture campaign. The systematic brutality, the mechanical cruelty, the monstrous depravity.And a lot of Americans are finally understanding how they…
Omar Khadr’s Important Message to Canadians
It's been more than twelve years since he was horribly wounded in a firefight in Afghanistan. Then jailed and tortured in that hellhole called Guantanamo, even though he was a…