By Montreal Simon I was glad to see Obama visit the latest community in America to be shattered by gun violence. And I was happy to hear him say this. “We can’t tolerate this any more. These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change.” So maybe all the poor little children, and […]
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To my alleged progressive friends: What are you cheering for?
By Frank Moher Since Tuesday evening, alleged progressives in both the U.S. and Canada have been celebrating the re-election of an American president who, in his first term: – Signed the National Defense Authorization Act, the most damaging piece of legislation to US civil liberties since Roosevelt interned Asian-Americans. (During the campaign, a very confused […]
The Globe: War is Peace
By David@Sixthestate.net Even by the steadily declining standards of The Globe and Mail, Canada’s “paper of record” hit an unusual low in its angry and Orwellian response to the announcement that the European Union was being given this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. It’s definitely a bit of a head-scratcher, although notably less so than, say, […]
As the armadas mass in the Gulf . . .
By Montreal Simon The other night I accused Stephen Harper of timing his decision to sever ties with Iran in order to ratchet up tensions just as Benjamin Netanyahu was about to go ballistic. From The Atlantic: “Why is he doing this? “My guess is that he’s saying what he’s saying because he knows he can’t […]
Friendly Canadian input on the US election
By David Taub Bancroft The sun is shining. The flowers are blooming. We are in a year that is divisible by four. I think we all know what that means. In a matter of months, our American friends will once again start hanging chads or whatever it is they do to hold a presidential election, […]
Harper’s hippies for trucks plan
By Alison@Creekside In this week’s episode, Steve lays a cunning trap for Barry. In exchange for agreeing to pass travel and “informal” info about Canadians on to Homeland Security, Steve gets Barry to promise to maybe match $1-billion in Canadian taxpayer dollars to fund some pilot projects sometime in the future that will principally benefit the 40% of Canada-US […]
Wikileaked: The “incremental approach” to CanAmerica
By Alison@Creekside I guess everyone has their favorite US Ambassador to Canada. Mine has always been Paul Cellucci, who once suggested building huge aqueducts to carry Canadian water to the US and worried in 2008 that the election of Obama would “imperil the future economic integration of the continent.” Last month WikiLeaks released one of Cellucci’s […]
The security perimeter: It’s Aliiiiiive!
By Alison@Creekside Well, it’s back. The “one security perimeter” deep integration SPP/FTAA zombie, now with new and improved emphasis on security. You’re shocked, I’m sure. Like it ever really died. The re-animators just learned not to dig it up and parade it around in parliament too often. “Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter […]
Ass-raping for freedom and prosperity
By Alison@Creekside When Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan complained about young boys being kidnapped and sodomized by Afghan soldiers and interpreters inside Canadian Forward Operating Base Wilson in Kandahar, they were informed by their superiors to look the other way because it was a “cultural difference.” One reported incident of “cultural difference” left a young boy […]
