Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Annie Lowrey reports on the evidence showing that the perpetually-increasing inequality pitched by the right as an economic plan actually serves to…
Rick Mercer
Mercer on the Economic Action Plan ads
Yes, I’ve been posting Mr. Mercer’s rants of late. The last three have been bang on and deserve to be widely shared. It’s unfortunate that we don’t see more of…
Mercer does the beef recall
And P.S. Gerry Ritz should be fired.
Hey Thomas Mulcair! Zip this!
Rick Mercer has made a habit of producing videos with major politicians. Skinny dipping with Liberal Leader Bob Rae, A Slumber party with PM Harper and now zip lining with…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – The Economist adds a noteworthy voice to the chorus calling for greater tax enforcement to ensure the corporate elite pays its fair share:…
Rick Mercer Is More Effective Than Canada’s Opposition MP’s!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is another RMR and although it is clever and cutting comedy it is also dead serious. Democracy is dying in our Canadian Parliament. There should be…
Chaos On Bullshit Mountain
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger In the upside down world of politics today it is the comedians, musicians and film makers that are often making the difference. As the US Networks…
Rick Mercer on Stephen Harper: He Knows Better, But Doesn’t Care
Rick Mercer’s back, and in fine form. Here’s Rick’s rant from September 18th, Omnibus Bill II: The Sequel. Wake up, Canadians!
Thursday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your day. – Common Dreams discusses the prevalence of inherited wealth among the U.S.’ richest individuals (as pointed out by a report by United for a…
Mercer does omnibus
I agree. Could have done without the use of the word handsome but otherwise, spot on. Also, look for MP pension reform to be included in the omnibus bill for…
Dear David Johnston, Governor General of Canada,
Would you please appoint a Royal Commission to investigate Canada’s ever widening election fraud scandal? Rick Mercer and millions of other Canadians would be very pleased if you did.
Do YOU have pesky scientists…
… who want to derail your dogmatic agenda with icky data, facts and findings???? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH2_ueCeVv4 Mercer does it again! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Online Privacy
Rick Mercer lays a smack-down on Vic Toews and Bill C-30, his warrantless online spying legislation. Remember folks… you’re either with the philandering old pervert accused of shtupping his babysitter…
Rick Mercer takes on Vic Toews
Gay Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and blogger, Rick Mercer, addresses Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’s proposed Internet-surveillance legislation, Bill C-30, in a brilliant, two-minute video rant. A must…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Thomas Walkom points out that the McGuinty Libs’ choice to emphasize austerity rather than stabilizing Ontario’s economy may lead down exactly the same…
The Peter Kent Mystifier: Helping Canadians Sleep Smug As A Bug In A Rug
Thank you, Rick Mercer, for more of your refreshing reality checks on the nonstop nonsense coming out of Ottawa these days (LOL “…pleasant fog of platitude and flummery…”). * Thanks…
Rick Mercer’s Hilarious Takedown of the "Radical Foreign Interests" Echo Chamber
This Rick Mercer video started making the rounds several days ago, but in case you missed it, it's a hilarious skewering of the "radical foreign interests" talking point that the…
No Debate… So What?
Rick Mercer rants against the erosion of public debate under the Harper Government® concerning various issues of the day and its paternalistic “My house, my rules” approach to enacting various…
Laureen Harper’s Big Opportunity
Laureen and Stephen Harper. Even though it has been Ottawa’s worst kept secret for years, the rumour (which in all likelihood has some truth to it) that Laureen Harper has…
Backing Out Of the Kyoto Accord: Part Of Canada’s Shame-Based Heritage
Once again, Rick Mercer doesn’t pull any punches: