2013 Cowichan Local Government ‘Stupid Awards’
Richard HughesPolitical Blogger In an attempt to win back some of accolades and spotlight from the CVRD, North Cowichan Council has seen the CVRD’s mishandling of the contaminated soil issue,…
satire
Alerts to Threats-In 2013 Europe
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be…
Tar sands ain’t funny, says Travel Alberta
Travel Alberta was begging for it. Its latest ads, featuring the many attractions of the province, are really quite nice. But then they end with the extraordinary phrase, “Remember to…
JustAnt defends pot revelation as caucus meets in P.E.I.
Inspired by these headlines: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/08/28/pol-liberal-summer-caucus.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/08/28/toronto-rob-ford-admits-smoking-marijuana.html
Vancouver Islanders Want To Form Their Own Province!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In our latest unscientific snapshot poll conducted by the Cowichan Conversations team of researchers and analysts it has been clearly established that Islanders want out! We are…
Fraser Institute Faces Ridicule Over Child Rearing Cost Study
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Fraser Institute lives to conduct self serving, right wing studies, analysis and such, generally designed to be instructive to the ears of right wing politicians and…
Victims of communism memorial to be built near ParliamAnt Hill
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/08/23/pol-cp-memorial-victims-communism.html
PM’s Tour Ends With Chinese Reporter Being Hauled Away By RCMP
Inspired by this headline: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/08/23/harper-tour-chinese-reporter_n_3806307.html?1377288176&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008
PM Harper arrives in Anthorse for Northern tour
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/08/17/politics-north-harper-visit.html
How To Beat Corporate Newspaper Pay Walls-Free Radio-TV & Alternate Media Options
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Like many of you I check the news, email etc. in the morning with a few cups of coffee. It is a nice way to…
Oil Pipeline Erupts Into Fish Bearing Stream, But No Fish Harmed-Satire
Just another spill
Canadian Taxpayers Federation Want To Blow Up The Senate-Video
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The Canadian Taxpayers have embraced humour , satire and a little hucksterism to promote dismantling the Canadian Senate. Their goal is to have a referendum…
How Man of Steel should have ended
I love these alternate (more logical) endings. This one presupposes that Superman is actually pretty smart. (Which, I’m not saying he isn’t, by the way. But we all know Batman…
Nine Defeated BC Liberal Candidates Awarded Political Jobs. So Far.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is an update from a previous post about the ‘Horganator’ providing a little sharped edged humour and entertainment in the BC legislature yesterday. Horgan had delighted…
BC NDP Leader Horgan Turns Tables on BC Liberals-Embarasses Liberals Over Political Payoffs For Defeated Liberal Candidates
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger There is no doubting it then when BC NDP House Leader John Horgan has the glint in his eye and the opportunity presents itself he is the…
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad mocked in satirical finger puppet performance
From The Guardian: Anonymous Syrian art group Masasit Mati launched the online finger-puppet show Top Goon: Diaries of a Little Dictator in 2011 to lampoon Bashar al-Assad’s oppressive rule. Amid…
Our Sensitive, Caring and Responsive Premier Reverses Big Raises To Party Hacks
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Has Christy Clark’s goal to be the MLA for Kelowna resulted in her embracing the once famous WAC Bennett’s ‘Second look’? Responding to the public outcry over…
*%?!*$% Facebook and Twitter
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Well hello summer, garden, friends. I have decided to go ‘Cold Turkey’ and pack in Facebook and Twitter for awhile. I have been hacked well over a…
When a satirical $90,000 Sen. Duffy bill enraged the Bank of Canada
By: Obert Madondo Satirical Duffy $90,000 Bill Veteran B.C. newspaper satirist Dan Murphy engaged in a little good old-fashioned Canadian political satire when he created a fake $90,000 bill starring…