The Senate: Where due process went to die today…
Senate votes to suspend Brazeau, Duffy, Wallin This is a dark, dark day for Canadian democracy and justice. The unelected senate took it upon itself to create a new system…
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Michelle Rempel Cannot Be Bothered To Pay Attention To Stephen Harper’s Answers During Question Period
It struck me as rather odd in the last week when Mike Duffy was unleashing his bombshells regarding the PMO’s involvement into his improper housing expenses that everyone, yes everyone,…
Ideology versus principles
Just a thought running through my head right now: When does ideology trump principle? Are there people who exist for whom principle always trumps ideology? Lets look at some examples:…
The Harper Cons: The Scandal and the Incompetence
Well I see the Con Convention is over, and so are Stephen Harper's plans to reboot or revive his tired corrupt Con regime. He did everything to please his rabid…
Steve’s Senate: The Grift That Keeps on Giving
The average Canadian can be forgiven for not being able to follow all of the bouncing balls being bunted about in the PMO playHouse as Stephen Harper fancies himself the…
Steve’s Senate: The Grift That Keeps on Giving
The average Canadian can be forgiven for not being able to follow all of the bouncing balls being bunted about in the PMO playHouse as Stephen Harper fancies himself the…
Steve’s Senate: The Grift That Keeps on Giving
The average Canadian can be forgiven for not being able to follow all of the bouncing balls being bunted about in the PMO playHouse as Stephen Harper fancies himself the…
Steve’s Senate: The Grift That Keeps on Giving
The average Canadian can be forgiven for not being able to follow all of the bouncing balls being bunted about in the PMO playHouse as Stephen Harper fancies himself the…
Stephen Harper and the Sinister Con Cult
I have never had any doubts about the real nature of Stephen Harper's Con regime. Not with a leader so crazed and evil, and followers so fanatical.But it's still good…
The Horrifying Oneness of Stephen Harper and Rob Ford
They may appear like an odd couple. The monstrous Machiavellian and the monstrous buffoon. But they both spent the weekend doing the same thing. Stephen Harper trying to reframe the…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – The CP reports on the latest federal-provincial discussion about pensions. And as is so often the case, all parties at the table seem…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Stephany Griffith-Jones points out the lack of any coherent argument against a Robin Hood tax on financial transactions – and the public…
Stephen Harper and the Day of the Wingnuts
Uh oh. It looks like the Con convention has ended on a nightmare note for Stephen Harper. I warned him not inflame his Con base, and above all not to…
Stephen Harper and the Men in Black
Well his convention speech was a total bust, a parody of a parody of an empty cliché as Andrew Coyne called it. Or a deranged quasi-fascist rant that only his…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Thomas Walkom notes that the Harper Cons’ latest EI cuts look to amplify the pain of unemployment in Ontario while serving the broader…
Conservative Party Does Not Believe in Equality of Voters
This fascinating and scary post just showed up on the FairVote Canada Facebook page: The Conservative version of equality. Bigger picture below. A couple of things to notice here and…
Conservative Party Does Not Believe in Equality of Voters
This fascinating and scary post just showed up on the FairVote Canada Facebook page: The Conservative version of equality. Bigger picture below. A couple of things to notice here and…
Apparently, the courts are the new enemy of Senate reform
So says the Prime Minister to his party faithful at their Calgary convention: “We were blocked by the other parties in the minority parliaments, and now we are being blocked…
Stephen Harper’s Monstrous Convention Speech
It was without a doubt one of the worst and most disgusting political speeches I have ever heard. One so foul it left me feeling sick to my stomach. And…