Love this guy. If you’re too stupid to see that Trump is a pathological liar, skip this video. It will just hurt your brain. pic.twitter.com/BvPIUNBurs — Chip Franklin (@chipfranklin) November 11, 2019 Recommend this Post
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Democracy Under Fire: Intent V Reality
The over the top coverage of the dress and makeup of a young fellow at a party some 20 years ago has reached the point of a media frenzy, whilst our society clearly needs a discussion about how we treat and view individuals who look or dress different from ourselves,
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: The ABC Dilemma ….again
As ‘be counted’ day approaches each of us of voting age must decide which ‘party’ to vote for, yes I know we do not vote for the party but for an individual who ‘represents’ (or more correctly is a member of) said political party. Lets face it the whole idea
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Democracy in danger?
Given the title of this blog I must ask the question is our very democracy in danger from the proliferation of discourse on social media, whether true or not, about our political leaders and their various ‘platforms’. I will freely admit that being one of the rare individuals that has
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Much ado about nothing?
Does anyone believe that most, if not all, large national and international companys seeking to do business with overseas entities such as Saudi Arabia do not provide ‘incentives’ to the principals involved? Does anyone believe that without such ‘incentives’ said companys would not receive the contracts but would be passed
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: The Echo Chamber….
Is ‘Social Media an asset or an intrusive addiction? Is the ability to instantly access this stream of unfiltered information an asset or simply spreading misinformation? As someone who could be said to be addicted to the internet but is not ‘on’ any ‘social media’ I have mixed feelings about
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Leadership, Democracy & Twitter
Recently I read an opinion piece in The Hill Times decrying the ‘Lack of Leadership’ in both the U.S. and GB given the current Cluster Fk in both countries. It goes on to say ‘The answer is fairly simply: lack of leadership.’ and that ‘Unbridled populism fails unless it is
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Ho, Ho bloody Ho
This time of year is not my favorite season, yes its nice to visit family and catch up with both their recent activities and their plans for the future but the whole clamor of what is now largely a retail opportunity leave me less than enthusiastic. For far too many
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Enough said…
In a longish op-ed published in iPolitics Michael Harris says the next election is Trudeau’s to loose, I cannot help but agree for the other choices are bleak. “By insisting on making war on the carbon tax his call to political arms, Scheer couldn’t say more clearly that he is
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Sen. John McCain Eulogized
“He was a great man,” “We gather here to mourn the passing of American greatness.” “The real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who lived lives of comfort and privilege,” Meghan McCain during
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Promises, promises, promises…
With the Ontario election period rapidly approaching the major political partys are busy trying to buy your votes with your own money (or actually promises to spend it by putting various shiny things in the window) whilst at the same time using ‘creative accounting’ to say how much it will
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Tending the Garden
“You have to tend to this garden of democracy, otherwise things can fall apart fairly quickly. And we’ve seen societies where that happens,” Former president Barack Obama In these days of a clearly ‘unstable’ individual in a position of great power in the US of Eh who does not seem
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Policticialy correct or a step backwards?
A group of activists called on the Ontario government to ban the practice of stationing uniformed police officers at high schools across the province after the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) voted to permanently end the program…… TDSB staff released a report recommending the elimination of the program because it
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Mixed Messages
Apparently some MPPs who regularly vote for or against long and complex pieces of legislation without fully studying it personally (they all blindly vote much of the time as told to by their leaders) need more time to study a simple bill to enable students whose future employment prospects may
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: A New Name for Greed
I am not fond of ‘labels’, particularly political labels, they tend to be far to generalized and invariably lump a wide range of views under one label that is often cannot clearly define all the views encompassed by the generality. After all does ‘Liberal’ define all liberals or ‘Conservative’ cover
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: A New Name for Greed
I am not fond of ‘labels’, particularly political labels, they tend to be far to generalized and invariably lump a wide range of views under one label that is often cannot clearly define all the views encompassed by the generality. After all does ‘Liberal’ define all liberals or ‘Conservative’ cover
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Gone, But Never Forgotten
Each year, George Carlin’s acerbic commentary and observations become more and more relevant. If we don’t want a repeat of what happened last time, then it’s up to us to educate those who wilfully or otherwise do not know that Harper & the CONservatives have sold us out. H/t Politicked
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Canadian Political Satire: Obert Report Episode 1: Harper’s NDP Hitler Comment
Welcome to Episode 1 of the Obert Report, a future online talk show program in the making. The episode is a satirical commentary on a recent outrageous comment made by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper who recently said during a debate in Parliament: “The leader of the NDP, in 1939,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Appreciation of Small Pleasures
In this life, filled as it is with so many vicissitudes, I firmly believe that we have to enjoy small pockets of pleasure that come our way, whether it is a sumny day, a walk in nature, a good book or, in this case, the return of David MacFarlane to
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