tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post3844544588064406571..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Portrait of a TyrantSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-52509923636590396862015-12-01T01:55:33.033-05:002015-12-01T01:55:33.033-05:00Harpers gone. Let's move on
We can not undo t...Harpers gone. Let's move on<br /><br />We can not undo the past but we can help improve the future<br /><br />Let us work in our communities to welcome the refugees and improve the environment e.a.f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06244666617774794918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-2973888848268619472015-11-30T09:59:07.000-05:002015-11-30T09:59:07.000-05:00Cats are very discerning creatures.Cats are very discerning creatures.jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-66387655736443939312015-11-30T09:34:20.912-05:002015-11-30T09:34:20.912-05:00hi David...yes I think he will turn up on Thursday...hi David...yes I think he will turn up on Thursday. Unless Duffy says something when he takes the stand. And I do hope that if he does turn up he will be mobbed by the media, and humiliated further, if that's possible...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-87685220137681877012015-11-30T09:32:23.388-05:002015-11-30T09:32:23.388-05:00hi Scotian...yes I'm very happy to see the Hou...hi Scotian...yes I'm very happy to see the House of Commons being restored to its proper state, and that gallery of pictures of Harper has finally been removed. I'm also glad that trudeau has brought up his dad's desk from storage, and sent Harper's down to the warehouse hopefully to be used as firewood. And as you write in that last paragraph, he did have to beat out some serious competition to be the worst and the weirdest prime minister ever...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-50149033920773403672015-11-30T09:28:32.194-05:002015-11-30T09:28:32.194-05:00hi anon...oh yes, I had a copy of the original, bu...hi anon...oh yes, I had a copy of the original, but I didn't want to expose my readers to Great Little Leader's private parts, so I was relieved to find a pic with that tiny dot covering the parts in question.;)And yes, it will be interesting to see whether he shows up in the House of Commons, and if he does whether he takes any part in the proceedings. My guess is that once he studies economics for a bit, he will probably leave for a lucrative stint on some oily board or other. And yes, if I never see him again that would be fine with me...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-40409706009131808402015-11-30T09:23:39.367-05:002015-11-30T09:23:39.367-05:00hi anon...we need an investigation into the way th...hi anon...we need an investigation into the way the military has been covering up information, to suit the political interests of the Cons and their own. Twice they have denied killing civilians, even though the information came from the Pentagon and our allies the Kurds.And even though our military did absolutely nothing to investigate the claims. As I've said before, as we take our country back, we also have to take back our military....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-66933299354571695442015-11-30T09:20:02.640-05:002015-11-30T09:20:02.640-05:00hi anon...yes I agree PnP is almost unwatchable. I...hi anon...yes I agree PnP is almost unwatchable. I used to watch it religiously but not any longer. I do recognize that many reporters must be tired after what was an extremely long campaign. So I am prepared to give them some slack. But the tone of the panels seems to be slipping, and it's all giggle this or giggle that, and both cynical and biased...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-49477094587216216152015-11-30T09:14:41.416-05:002015-11-30T09:14:41.416-05:00hi Dan...yes I'm afraid this artist did make f...hi Dan...yes I'm afraid this artist did make fun of not so Great Leader's private parts. Thank goodness for the black spot somebody put on the picture I took from the internet. For with the spot it's horrifying, but without it it's frightening... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-6753596233606506642015-11-30T09:11:56.420-05:002015-11-30T09:11:56.420-05:00hi anon...well I wouldn't hang it on my wall e...hi anon...well I wouldn't hang it on my wall either, although if I had the money I would buy it and donate it to the Memorial to the Victims of Harperism, which I hope we will some day build. It is very political, and I remember reading that everything in the painting was there for a reason. Although what the dog is doing there I don't know. It should have been a cat or a chinchilla... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-49789366678449577302015-11-30T09:05:38.565-05:002015-11-30T09:05:38.565-05:00hi anon...someone put lipstick on Rempel on Power ...hi anon...someone put lipstick on Rempel on Power and Politics? How come I missed that show? ;)<br />But yes, I can't believe what an irritating presence she has become. Loud, rude, and as dumb as a spoon. My only consolation is that knowing the Cons she must be making a ton of enemies, and they will come back to haunt her...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-68696404801558268282015-11-30T06:06:18.497-05:002015-11-30T06:06:18.497-05:00Yes!
Yes!<br />Marmaladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01651890655542192076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-15351433101549164852015-11-30T03:21:10.658-05:002015-11-30T03:21:10.658-05:00https://youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=3...https://youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=3bVGPya-r8M<br /><br />Stephen Harper StyleDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-42242782197672596542015-11-30T03:12:26.859-05:002015-11-30T03:12:26.859-05:00Unless Harper is ill, he will have to show up this...Unless Harper is ill, he will have to show up this Thursday for the throne speech. If he doesn't, his own constituents may ask him to resign as MP. No private entrance for him to avoid the media now. 8-)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-13676158099778948932015-11-30T03:07:52.657-05:002015-11-30T03:07:52.657-05:00In Justin's office, he replaced the desk Harpe...In Justin's office, he replaced the desk Harper used with the one his father, Chrétien, and Martin each used when they were the PM. Harper's desk was dismantled and stored in a warehouse.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-47035363466535119652015-11-30T01:37:29.018-05:002015-11-30T01:37:29.018-05:00One of the things I loved seeing the most during t...One of the things I loved seeing the most during the CBC/Mansbridge behind the scenes day with Trudeau on Nov 4, swearing in day, was when they walked down that hall from his office to cabinet and the pictures of all the Prime Ministers of the past were back where they rightfully belonged. For me that was as much a sign and symbol of the return of my Canada as anything else I saw that momentous day, and I was ever so glad to see it! Of the various things Harper did that was just plain creepy weird and disturbing on the personal level, as opposed to the political level, this removal of all past PM portraits and instead putting up nothing but his own portraits/image was possibly the most creepy disturbing and downright terrifying of them all. The need for that kind of denigration of our history and the achievements of all prior PMs AND the need to have Parliament Hill itself turned into a I-Love-Me wall (you know, that place in an office where most professionals stick up their certificates and credentials in professional organizations as proof of their qualifications) said some extremely ugly things about Harper the man, and the level of pure contempt this showed for our traditions and his respect for ALL the prior PMs of this nation should have been the equivalent to a 5 alarm fire alarm to Canadians that this man was clearly something different and far darker, uglier and more dangerous than anything we had ever seen rise to the pinnacle of power in this nation before. You expect this from right wing tin pot dictators and old school Soviet style leaders, not Canadian PMs.<br /><br />So to see all those portraits already back in place on Trudeau's first day as PM, the good that did me and my heart cannot be overstated, especially since it was never actually noted in that interview, just a part of the background for the observant viewer to notice, as if the past PMs portraits were simply supposed to be there, as they of course were except during the Harperium. Personally, I think this action should always be thrown back in the faces of anyone that tries to defend Harper and his time in power as nothing all that unusual or wrong headed as compared to anyone else. This element while in itself did not change the nature of the nation did show the true nature and narcissistic nature of Harper himself and at such levels to make any sane person whatever their usual political brand to fear what someone with this mentality could do with the power of a PM even a minority one let alone a majority one in our system.<br /><br />Harper was, and by no small margin, the most ugly, disturbing, and disturbed PM in our history, and when you consider we had one PM during a world war that talked to his dog and dead mother about how to govern, and was a nation founded by a notorious drunkard as our first PM, that is no small threshold to be clearing!Scotianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284856315992405261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-9837431222441310012015-11-29T21:41:14.400-05:002015-11-29T21:41:14.400-05:00I had to google to see his whole membership. No bl...I had to google to see his whole membership. No black dot Simon. The portrait really is something. Would love a socio political analysis of it. Am glad that someone is getting some home renos in selling it with its slight appreciation in value over few years. <br /><br />I have been wondering what Harper has been up to. Hear that he was spotted at a Calgary Chapters looking for books on economics and business. Interesting that after all these years he doesn't have books on hand that he now has time to read. Also wondering if he'll show up at the House of Commons on Thursday. I'm thinking not. I'm thinking he's brought his trucks home, and that he's not playing with anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-57820714158141168232015-11-29T15:52:52.651-05:002015-11-29T15:52:52.651-05:00O/T - file under: Chickens coming home to roost
C...O/T - file under: Chickens coming home to roost<br /><br /><i>Canada's military authorities misled and stonewalled the country's information commissioner and the media over records related to a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, an investigation has found.<br /><br />The probe found the Department of National Defence promised the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada to make a report on the incident public by a certain date, even though it knew it couldn't deliver.<br /><br />"When providing assurance to our office regarding a publication date, integral stages of the investigation had not yet commenced," Allison Knight, the information office's senior investigations director, wrote in a letter this month to The Canadian Press news agency.<br /><br />"Our office concludes that (National Defence) provided unreasonable time frames, which formed the basis of the assurances given to our office."</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.castanet.net/news/Canada/152869/Military-rapped-for-lying" rel="nofollow">http://www.castanet.net/news/Canada/152869/Military-rapped-for-lying</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-43870019469353569102015-11-29T15:22:58.829-05:002015-11-29T15:22:58.829-05:00I'm so happy Harper's gone. Notice how PnP...I'm so happy Harper's gone. Notice how PnP seems to have taken a nose dive since the election. Almost unwatchable.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-88754982320942202372015-11-29T11:58:12.809-05:002015-11-29T11:58:12.809-05:00Reminiscent of the Simpsons Monty Burns portrait b...Reminiscent of the Simpsons Monty Burns portrait by Marge Simpson although I doubt Harper will have a similar conversation with the artist...<br /><br />"And, uh, incidentally, thanks for not making fun of my genitalia." <br /> ―Montgomery Burns <br />"I thought I did." <br /> ―Marge Simpson Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-87644388153605130122015-11-29T10:42:17.176-05:002015-11-29T10:42:17.176-05:00I would not want it even if someone pays me a lot ...I would not want it even if someone pays me a lot of cash to take it .... perhaps unless I am allowed to burn it immediately after taking the money. :)<br /><br />My impression was that the artist who had painted it was not a Harper fan and meant it to show that the emperor has no clothes.<br /><br />Perhaps it is Laureen who is offering (secretly?) to buy it now? Or perhaps he is trying to buy it himself to give the impression that people still want to buy it? Nothing is beyond Harper, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-58844980620779115882015-11-29T09:46:03.332-05:002015-11-29T09:46:03.332-05:00Funny but true Simon......speaking of lipstick, so...Funny but true Simon......speaking of lipstick, someone put some on Michelle Rempel on Power and Politics the other day!!!! Ha haAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com