The Return to Harperland and the Great Progressive Depression
Well I'm finally back home in Toronto, after spending two weeks in Scotland, and a few days in Montreal.And although I'll miss the excitement of the Scottish referendum campaign, and…
The End of Con Canada
When Even a Blogging Tory Dares Call the Harper Cons Thugs
The Blogging Tories isn't the Con aggregator it once was. It has fallen a long way since the days it once dominated the Canadian political blogosphere.With only five posts in…
The Harper Regime’s War on the Wounded Children of Gaza
The other day I told you about a tiny candle of decency in the darkness that is Gaza.Ontario's plan to bring wounded children to be treated in the province's hospitals.…
Ethics Watchdog May Investigate Harper’s Inner Circle
Well I'm glad to see that Senategate might not be just a one shot made for TV movie. Where we only get to hear from selected members of the Con…
Stephen Harper’s Hypocritical and Dangerous Ukraine Adventure
Well as you know Stephen Harper has been posing as a Great Warrior Leader ever since the Ukraine crisis began. In relentless pursuit of the ethnic vote, he has tried…
Stephen Harper and the Failed Smearing of Justin Trudeau
It has been said of Stephen Harper that you can put him in the prettiest places on earth, you can surround him with cute children and/or kittens.You can use a…
The Con Mob and the Criminal Assault on the CBC
He's slashing the CBC, like only a Con, or a Jack the Ripper could. He's draining its life blood, chopping it into pieces, and cooking it in his hellish kitchen.The…
Gaza, Israel, and the Dangerous Harper Doctrine
It's an enduring mystery, a strange thing. Why does Stephen Harper seem to like Israel more than he likes Canada?What is it about that country that moves him so much,…
Stephen Harper’s Monstrously Biased Assault on Canadian Charities
He is the foulest bully this country has ever known. He muzzles scientists, he has terrorized the civil service into submission.He says he likes to see fear in the eyes…
The Day Stephen Harper Broke Up With Homer Simpson
Well they always were a weird couple, Stephen Harper and Homer Simpson.Sharing a strange space together on Lord Harp's sinister Twitter feed. Wading through the people Prime Minister Stephen Harper…
The Latest Gaza Horror and Israel’s War on the Media
When I read stories like this one. A deadly attack on a school in the city of Rafah in the south of Gaza has been denounced as a "moral outrage"…
The Con Clown John Baird and the Destruction of Gaza
As if the situation in Gaza wasn't bad enough. As if the need for serious diplomacy to end the slaughter couldn't be greater.As if Canada wasn't enough of a rogue…
Scotland, Gaza, and the Shameful Silence of So Many Canadians
I spent my last day in Scotland in this beautiful highland forest with Sébastien and a group of friends, taking turns leaping into the icy waters of a deep gorge.Celebrating…
Is Stephen Harper’s War on Marijuana Going Up in Smoke?
He has made the Great War on Marijuana the main weapon in his assault on Justin Trudeau.Making it sound like Trudeau's plans to legalize weed would corrupt Canada's youth and…
The Children of Gaza and the Bestiality of Stephen Harper
It was an act of unspeakable barbarity. One that has been condemned by governments all over the world. The US and UN have condemned the shelling of a school housing…
The Horror of Gaza and the Crimes of Stephen Harper
The situation in couldn't be bleaker or more horribly symbolic.The brutal Israeli assault on Gaza continues.The lights have gone out. Efforts to end the violence are going nowhere. And Stephen…
Stephen Harper and the Baby Killers
He is a man who lost his moral compass a long time ago, if he ever had one.He is a liar, a bully, a cheat, a grubby little dictator.But at…
Stephen Harper and the Never Ending War on Women
I always knew Stephen Harper was going to be a terrible Prime Minister, when somebody who knew him well told me he thought he owned the truth.But I only realized…
Rob Ford’s Totally Disgusting Bigot Fest
He is in addition to all his other flaws, a ghastly anti-gay bigot. And so it seems are many members of the Ford Nation.For when six gay activists turned up…
Stephen Harper and the Winds of Freedom
On a sunny afternoon in Edinburgh, in a city where the old and the new work together so well.In a country with a record of resistance going back more than…