Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Oliver Milman reports on research showing how humanity is destroying its own environmental life support systems. And our appetite for exploitation is proving…
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Stephen Harper and My Horrible Majority Nightmare
It was a horrible nightmare. There was Stephen Harper in the musty basement of his House of Pain.Chained to a chair by the young fanatics running the PMO, to prevent…
Breaking: The Harper Cons Prorogue the Budget
Uh oh. In my last post I said that I wasn't sure whether Oily Joe Oliver knew what he was doing.But it turns out the situation is even worse than…
Fear Campaign
Fear is a primal response, instilled in us by evolution as a survival mechanism. Recognizing when to be afraid has kept our species alive on a planet where we are…
All The Ways Stephen Harper Could Soon Be Gone
It's one of my fondest dreams, the day Stephen Harper finally leaves. And it can't happen soon enough.Because I honestly believe that him and his ghastly Cons are losing touch…
Manitoba Autism Crisis Demonstrates Need For A REAL Canadian National Autism Strategy
Canada, despite a private members motion championed by the late Fredericton MP Andy Scott and Nova Scotia MP Peter Stoffer which called for one, does not have a REAL National…
Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia, and the Hypocrisy of the Harper Regime
A few days ago I wrote a post pointing out that our ghastly regime had failed to say a word about Saudi Arabia's savage flogging of the blogger Raif Badawi.After…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jeff Begley criticizes the Cons and the Quebec Libs for their refusal to even recognize inequality as an issue – which of course…
Stephen Harper and the End of the Great Economist Myth
Well it must have been a grim scene in the PMO bunker last night. For years the Con propaganda machine has tried to brainwash Canadians into believing that Stephen Harper…
The Con Regime Goes After Another Veteran’s Advocate
Yesterday I told you how Erin O'Toole, Julian Fantino's equally ghastly replacement, had gone after Mike Blais and his veteran's group. Now it turns out that wasn't an isolated incident,…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Hugh Segal discusses the need for an open and honest conversation about poverty and how to end it. And to better reflect…
Stephen Harper’s Sinister Plan to Kill Our Medicare System
Over the years I have written dozens and dozens of posts about the way Stephen Harper is planning to slowly strangle our precious medicare system.This one being the latest.And the…
Stephen Harper, Joe Oliver, and the Latest Porky Ad Scandal
As you may have noticed, Stephen Harper has stopped bragging about his government's economic record.Now it's all about the Great War on Terror, and the dangerous jihadis Justin Trudeau and…
New Harper Stooge Goes After a Veteran’s Group
Last week I predicted that Erin O'Toole, who replaced Julian Fantino as the Con Minister of Veteran Affairs would turn out to be no better than his predecessor.Or just another…
Stephen Harper, the Terrorist Menace, and the Web of Deception
One thing I learned long ago is that if you want to know what Stephen Harper is really up to, you can't just cover one story and move on, like…
How We Can Stop Harper and Take Our Country Back
In my last post I looked at Stephen Harper’s ghastly record and wondered how he gets away with it. And I said that I was confident that although a lot…
How Does Stephen Harper Get Away With It?
One of the questions I get asked the most is how after damaging Canada so much does Stephen Harper get away with it?And I have to tell them I have…
Harper’s supposed “strong leadership”
The tragedies in Paris this week were horrific, and rightly condemned by all those on the political spectrum in Canada. However, an unfortunate by-product of that which I’ve noticed is…
The Day Stephen Harper and his Cons Were Forced to Run For Cover
Yesterday I wrote about how Stephen Harper's grubby Cons were trying to use the tragedy in Paris for their own foul purposes.By setting up a website to whip up their…
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