He came bounding into his first news conference as Premier-elect, looking as if he couldn't believe it himself.He spent the next half hour waffling about some of the many wild promises he made during the campaign, claiming he needed to "look at the books" before he could say how he planned to
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Montreal Simon: Doug Ford and the Wooing of the Religious Fanatics
I didn't have a chance to watch much of the first Ontario election debate, but what I saw of Doug Ford was enough.For there he was straining to remember the lines his Team Harper handlers made him memorize.While his fake followers jumped up and down outside. But of course they were just performers
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Doug Ford and the Theocon Conspiracy
We already knew that Doug Ford arranged to get anointed in a church to solidify the support of social conservatives.We knew that he has promised to make it harder for young women to get an abortion, harder for LGBT kids to be safe in our schools, and that the thought of all that
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: And Speaking Of Fanatics
While right-wing religious zealots like Pat Robertson and Gordon Klingenschmitt are the two crazed evangelicals I most frequently highlight in my blog, we would all be very naive to believe we lack home grown examples of the corrupting influence the bully pulpit can bestow. Here in Ontario, for example, the
Continue readingA. Picazo: Freedom Of Religion vs. License To Discriminate
This op-ed appeared in The Ottawa Citizen on April 8, 2015. There’s a fundamental misunderstanding, or perhaps, a deliberate mischaracterization, of what constitutes religious freedom in a pluralistic society; of the role governments should play in protecting religious liberties, the extent to which citizens are obligated to facilitate the customs of another, and what
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Could Someone Possibly Guilty of War Crimes Really Win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Social media has been buzzing recently over the announcement that the B’Nai Brith has put forward Stephen Harper’s name as a possible recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. This prestigious award is presented to an individual or group of individuals who have “done the most or the best work for
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: John Oakley Hosts Harper Clone
Many thanks to The Salamander, who, in his response to a post from last evening, sent along this link to the John Oakley Show. On the show, the Reverend Charles McVetey, as unhinged and extreme an evangelical you are ever likely to encounter, explains the evangelical Christian validation for Stephen
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: It’s High Time Canadians Started Listening to Bill O’Reilly at Fox News
The Conservative Movement, that has been gaining momentum since the 1960s, has made one of their missions, destroying progressive agencies; especially those that support the Welfare State. In the U.S., they honed in on ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), that advocated for low- and moderate-income families. What
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Hypocrisy on Free Speech and “Protecting Freedom.”
On June 6th (the same night that the trans human rights Bill C-279 advanced to committee) Conservative MP for Westlock – St. Paul, Brian Storseth’s Private Member’s Bill C-304, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (protecting freedom), passed Third Reading in the House of Commons, and advanced
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Why are we so Shocked to Learn that the Conservatives Stole the Election?
During the G20 in Toronto, when Canadian citizens were being arrested, beaten and shot with rubber bulletts, simply for engaging in their democratic right to protest, at Charles McVety’s Christian College, another event was taking place. With an election on the horizon, Harper’s point man to the Religious Right, was
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: McVety’s Trans Bashing Ad Judged Misleading
Of course, compliance with ASC rulings is voluntary, so theoretically Sun TV and the other outlets could run the ad again. Luckily, Uncle Ben has taken revenge on our behalf.
Continue readingBully Away The Gay is A-OK, According To Religious Wingnuts
Religious zealots like the Charles McVetys of this world are getting more certifiable by the day as they pervert religion further. Well, now some of these zealots have really outdone themselves this time around as they are opposing an anti-bullying bill tabled by the McGuinty government, as they think it’s
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Sun TV: It Doesn’t Get Better
They’ve been running that gay/trans-bashing commercial again from McVety and Co. Classy Bunch. Although I suppose it would be more of an issue if anyone was watching the stuff.
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Hate Speech on Trial in Canada
If you lived in certain parts of Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto over the past decade, there’s a chance you’ve encountered or at least heard about flyers distributed by Bill Whatcott. These fliers are typically peppered with photos of naked or half-naked gay men kissing (or in at least one instance, engaging in oral sex), with 
Dented Blue Mercedes: Learn about gay and trans kids? No. Have them protest abortion? Okay.
A group of parents in B.C. are adamantly opposed to the Burnaby school district enacting an LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying policy. Catholic school districts in Ontario want to ban rainbows and Gay-Straight Alliances. Charles Adler is worried that a calendar that is a teachers’ reference (and notes the Transgender Day of Remembrance) might cause kids to become 
Slap Upside The Head: National Post Apologises for Publishing McVety Ad
The National Post, Canada’s largest right-leaning national newspaper, has apologised for publishing a transphobic advertisement from the Institute for Canadian Values, headed by anti-gay lobbyist Charles McVety. The ad—which pretends to be written by a doe-eyed, four-year-old girl—is headed by the phrase “Please! Don’t confuse me!” “I’m a girl,” it reads. “Don’t teach me to […]
Continue readingAnother step down the Conservative evolutionary scale. Sun runs homophobic McVety ad. Bonus Shaidle charm offensive.
Conservatives have a very well defined hierarchy of idiocy. The National Post is about midway down the pack, excelling at Disingenuous, Lacks Moral Clarity and Will Do Anything to Further a Conservative Meme. Not to mention the bottom of the pack for Empathy.
Then you have Sun Media. It’s right there in the basement, . . . → Read More: Another step down the Conservative evolutionary scale. Sun runs homophobic McVety ad. Bonus Shaidle charm offensive.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tim Hudak Plays the Homophobia Card
Well I see the Con teabagger Tim Hudak is so desperate he is hauling out the homophobia card.Just as I told you last night.And remember, the people they are going after are bullied gay kids.The miserable cowards.Oh boy. It takes all kinds of people to …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tim Hudak, The Bloater, and the Dirty Game
Gawd. It’s a horrible thought eh? But when I think about the homophobic porker Charles “Bloater” McVety these days, I can’t help thinking of the Con teabagger Tim “Hoo Hoo” Hudak.Because after reading McVety’s grotesque ad in the National Pos…
Continue readingNational Post and free speech
I find it not a little humorous that the National Post is back pedalling furiously over their publishing Charles McVety’s repulsive homophobic ad. Even more humorous is the Post’s high-minded explanation of why it published an ad that should never have been published in the first place.
The most humorous though is how . . . → Read More: National Post and free speech
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