Pretend News vs Real News
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The superficiality of much of the news provided by the corporate media is not only insulting, it is a conditioning mechanism. Latest figures out of the US…
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Apocalypse Cow
Never get out of the boat. Absolutely goddamn right. Unless you were going all the way. Kurtz got off the boat. He split from the whole fuckin’ program. And me?…
Koch Bros. – They’re The Evil Thing!
Parody of “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing” – the classic Coke commercial from the early 70′s, targeting the billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch.
‘Cowichan Taxbusters’ Should Change Their Name to ‘Confused Taxbusters’
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger of the left persuasion. Seems as the so-called ‘Cowichan Taxbusters’ are beating up the tight-fisted rightwingers on North Cowichan Council. Now I could find plenty to argue…
Conservatives’ Crotchety Anti-Pot Attack Ads Have Reached The Point of Embarrassment
Can anyone out there follow the disjointed logic of the Harperite’s regarding marijuana? Their attempt to slam Trudeau’s plan to legalize pot for recreational purposes has backfired. Read Robyn Urbanks…
Rafe asks: Is ‘lying’ too strong a word for Clark Libs’ LNG fibs?
Rafe Mair has struggled with our Premier’s lack of ‘truthiness’ when it comes to the straight goods on LNG. If it were not so serious it would be downright hilarious.…
Eve Adams’Ant & rival should both be disqualified, ConservAntive Party probe urges
Inspired by this headline: http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/07/16/eve-adams-and-rival-in-riding-nomination-battle-should-both-be-disqualified-conservative-party-probe-to-urge/
How to Spot a Communist
As I just learned from a recent piece on Open Culture, I must be a Communist. Based on my preference for writing (and reading), that is. (This would definitely surprise…
When is a Community Plan NOT a Community Plan?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Paul Kamill is a relative newcomer to the Cowichan Valley. He bought a small acreage bordering on the proposed Balme family gravel pit on the Cowichan Bay-Cobble…
Here is Dan Murphy’s ‘Enbridge Video’ that the Province yanked
Many of you will remember Dan Murphy’s brilliant video satires that ran in the Vancouver Province. Well that is until Enbridge, who buy a zillion dollars worth of misinformation advertising,…
The Hunting of the Snark
I’ve always wondered why Lewis Carroll’s wonderful poem, The Hunting of the Snark – an Agony in Eight Fits – has never been redone, rewritten in a modern version, with…
Feds robocall themselves in search for unused telephone lines
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/feds-robocall-themselves-in-search-for-unused-telephone-lines-1.2646727
Three more PC MLAs throw their support behind Jim Prentice
TweetBy: Scooter M. Rock Political reporter with the Calgary Gazette Tribune: CALGARY- More than twenty MLAs have now pledged their support to former federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice’s campaign to…
The note to Justin Trudeau
Exclusive! The note left in Justin Trudeau’s residence after the breakin. Filed under: comment Tagged: Canada, election, politics, satire, satire already sheesh