Stephen Harper, the Terrorist Scare, and the Police State
I warned that Stephen Harper was looking for a way to scare Canadians, so he could try to stampede them into believing that only a Great Strong Leader like himself…
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Stephen Harper and the Monstrous Ebola Scandal
A few days ago I pointed out that Stephen Harper was trying to fan the flames of an Ebola panic.Even though his response to the epidemic has been lethally inadequate.…
The Journey to the End of the Con Regime
I was watching them make a music video on an old schooner in the harbour yesterday, when I suddenly realized that in exactly one year, if Stephen Harper doesn't break…
Party of One: The Book That Will Help Destroy Stephen Harper
Eight years ago when I started attacking Stephen Harper and his ghastly Con regime, it sometimes felt lonely out there.Almost nobody, and certainly nobody in the MSM, was attacking him…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Thomas Frank reviews Zephyr Teachout’s Corruption in America, and finds there’s even more reason to worry about gross wealth buying power than…
Michael Harris’ New Book
Veteran journalist and current national affairs columnist for iPolitics, Michael Harris, has just had his new book on Stephen Harper published. While the 500-page tome, entitled Party of One: Stephen…
Stephen Harper and the Deadly Politics of Ebola
The scene couldn't have been more ironic or more appalling. For even as the Ebola epidemic raged out of control, and Oxfam sent out a desperate call for more boots…
BREAKING: Russian Ship Threatens BC Coast Again
Well it looks as if Stephen Harper has jumped the gun again. For this morning he tweeted this: Thank you to the @CCG_GCC's Gordon Reid and others for the great…
Stephen Harper the Big Lie and the Merchant of Venom
It's hard to tell these days whether Stephen Harper is lying because he's desperate, or because he's lost his moral compass.Or on a day like yesterday, because he's simply delusional.…
Big Brother Harper and the Gentle Birdwatchers
First he came for the environmentalists and the activists. Then he came for the scientists. Then he came for those who fight poverty, and help the poor. Now he's come…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Michal Rozworski responds to idealized views of Canadian equality with the reality that we fall well short of the Scandinavian model: Canada…
The Con Regime’s Republican Assault on Canadian Children
It was one of the first things Stephen Harper did when he came to power. Declare war children.By destroying plans for a national childcare program. Parents have been paying for…
Stephen Harper and the Propaganda War on Canadians
Ever since he came to power Stephen Harper has been trying to brainwash Canadians with the greatest barrage of propaganda this country has ever seen.A barrage of lies and half…
Will Stephen Harper Go For a Late Fall Election?
It's been the subject of much fevered speculation. Will Stephen Harper call an early election? And if so how early?And no doubt Great Desperate Leader is consulting his crystal ball,…
The Con Regime’s Lethally Inadequate Response to the Ebola Epidemic
We are still awaiting our first case of Ebola.And even though the risk of a major outbreak in Canada is almost negligible, in the emergency rooms of the nation, doctors,…
Stephen Harper and the Murderous Con War on Drugs
As you know, I can't criticize and denounce enough what Stephen Harper and his foul Con regime are doing to this country. Just like I can't praise our Supreme Court…
On gleeful destruction
Others have pointed out Stephen Harper’s remarkably joyful mood at the prospect of getting into another Iraq war. But lest we let the moment pass without some photographic and Photoshop…
The Abominable Horror of Harper Night in Canada
I haven't been a regular viewer of Hockey Night in Canada for a long time. The thuggish goons, the concussion casualties, the grotesque Don Cherry, as well as the sad…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Adam Lent highlights the strong majority of respondents in the UK who see the political system as serving the powerful rather than…
Stephen Harper and the Climate Change Charade
With every day that passes, the devastating consequences of climate change become more obvious and more alarming.The galloping horsemen or signs of the impending apocalypse. Flooding, famine, disease and war…