What rubbish, you might ask? This rubbish: I think it has been well established that Andrew Scheer is a deeply conservative Christian who, unlike Justin Trudeau, actually believes what his bible says. There are millions of people in Canada who are very much like Andrew Scheer: they are Buddhists, Christians, Daoists, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and … Continue reading It’s time to end this rubbish
Category: Values
Almost four years ago (2)
Following on from a couple of days ago ... Almost four years ago I said that: The next Conservative leader should have been like a long-dead Liberal ~ I was, as regular readers will know, speaking about Louis St Laurent who, if he was alive today would not, I am certain, recognize the modern Liberal … Continue reading Almost four years ago (2)
Trump’s follies
Two former US diplomats, Professor Michael McFaul (← left) who was the United States Ambassador to Russia and, prior to that, Special Assistant to the President and senior director of Russian and Eurasian affairs on the National Security Council, and William J Burns (right →) who was also Ambassador to Russia and Deputy Secretary of State and is now president of the Carnegie … Continue reading Trump’s follies
Almost four years ago
Almost four years ago I wrote, "Pretty much every day since the October election my Twitter feed has been full of 140 character rants about either or both of the “evil Canadian media” or the “stupid Canadian voters.”" There's no change in 2019, except that Twitter now allows 280 characters. Is some media biased? Yes … Continue reading Almost four years ago
Trumpians in Canada
The Federalist is a conservative website ~ not especially pro-Trump ~ which has been described as being a bridge between the "deep" scholastic journals (like Foreign Affairs) and social media; it is said to provide serious commentary that is authored by young, media-savvy writers. Mark Hemingway, who is an editor at The Federalist, explains in … Continue reading Trumpians in Canada
Canada has spoken, and …
... the results are a grave disappointment for me. I, personally, simply cannot understand how millions of Canadians could overlook Justin Trudeau's dismal atrocious record of broken promises, policy blunders, lies and unethical behaviour, heaped on top of the whole blackface thing and still vote Liberal. But they have and now all of us must … Continue reading Canada has spoken, and …
“Now’s the day”
Here's what I put on my social media page a few days ago: "There are just under six days until the polls are closed and we will ~ hopefully ~ know which political party will govern Canada for the next few months or years. We, family, friends and I have been out supporting the rule … Continue reading “Now’s the day”
