The Con Regime and the Surveillance State
Normally the sight of the moon rising over Mount Royal on a beautiful cloudless night would make me whoop with joy at the thought that I had finally escaped from…
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Reactions of selected Canadian politicos…
…upon hearing of Alice Munro winning the Nobel Prize for Literature Pauline Marois – “The Parti Québécois does not recognise this award because her writings are clearly counter to our…
Stephen Harper in Indonesia attending APEC meeting.
Interesting dress.
Stephen Harper finally noticed in Malaysia
Sunday October 6 Stephen Harper did meet Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak. Prime Minister Razak of Malaysia has stated that Malaysian state-owned oil company, Petronas, will invest billions in Canadian liquefied…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Thomas Walkom sees Stephen Harper’s approval of dove hunting as an ideal metaphor for the gratuitous violence of his government: The wildlife service…
Stephen Harper and the Sexual Orientation Deniers
It's a deeply disturbing story. A Toronto Star reporter goes undercover in a Toronto church and discovers a weird group of religious fanatics trying to "heal" gay people. Telling them…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that to end your weekend. – Daniel Goleman writes about the role of wealth in undermining empathy: (I)n general, we focus the most on those we value most.…
Stephen gone invisible in Malaysia
His Royal Highness was ignored and non-existent in Malaysia. Both the Malaysian authorities and media ignored him. It must be hard on his Royal Highness. “Harper’s three-day stop in Kuala…
Why Tom Steyer Has Stephen Harper Running Scared
Well I see that Stephen Harper hasn't dared reply to Tom Steyer's letter demanding to know whether he has been working with the Tea Party extremists to blackmail the U.S.…
Is Stephen Harper Collaborating with the Teabaggers?
Uh oh. I knew Stephen Harper's all out offensive to try to force Obama to approve the Keystone pipeline was going to end badly eh?First he made a fool of…
Stephen Harper and the Con War on Women
He's been trying to soften his image by posing as a friend of poor women and children. He told a U.N. group on maternal health that "action trumps rhetoric.". His…
What our Conservative government would do here on abortion..
(..if they could get away with it): International Development Minister Christian Paradis says the government will not fund overseas projects that allow war rape victims and child brides to obtain…
The Con Klown Tour and the True Horror of Harperland
Oh no. Not more humiliation. Can you believe it? Stephen Harper's Great Escape Tour is on its way to Kuala Lumpur. And I'm still waiting to hear from the CTV…
His Royal Highness Stephen Harper does not want journalists to ask questions
How dare anyone ask questions from His Highness without pre-approval. During an event last week in New York, Ellis (CTV photographer) asked Harper about the charges laid against then-Conservative MP…
Stephen Harper’s Insane War on the Media
A funny thing happened on the Road to Kuala Lumpur. Stephen Harper threw a hissy fit, and further exposed his tyrannical tendencies. The new gang of young fanatics in the…
Stephen Harper’s Truly Desperate Cabinet Meeting
Well they may have padlocked Parliament, but I see the new/nouveau Con cabinet still managed to hold a top-secret meeting.Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his top Cabinet ministers hunkered down…
Breaking: Right-Wing Terrorists Shutdown U.S. Government
Well yank my doodle dandy. One more good reason why right-wingers should never be allowed anywhere near a democracy. In Canada they've closed down Parliament, in the United States they've…
Stephen Harper’s Ghastly Supreme Court Appointment
Well I see that Stephen Harper is determined to prove he can chew gum, padlock Parliament, corrupt the Senate, AND degrade the Supreme Court all at the same time. For…