Well as you know Stephen Harper is at the NATO summit in Wales and posing as a Great Statesman Leader.
Although you'd never know it from his position in this group photo eh?
Because any further back and you'd need binoculars to see him.
But then I'm sure he's just glad to be there, because it is his last foreign honeymoon before he's forced to return to Canada.
And it will be a hard landing...
I have always believed that while a political party can change a government, only a movement can truly change a country. Or the world.
I got a glimpse of the power of a movement during the Quebec student protests.
When for a while at least, young and old came together to challenge the very foundations of the increasingly savage capitalist society we're living in. And dream of something better.
And now I'm seeing it again in Scotland, where despite massive opposition from the Big Business and other forces of the establishment, it's one of the reasons the YES side may be heading for victory.
Ever since Justin Trudeau was elected Liberal leader, Stephen Harper has based his entire strategy on trying to destroy him.
But a new Abacus poll is out, and it's not good news for Great Ugly Leader.
For it shows that his depraved attempts to destroy Justin just aren't working.
And that if he hopes to win the next election, and avoid humiliation, he's going to have to change that strategy.
Well I see Great Chicken Hawk Leader is on his way to the NATO summit. With a strong message for his friends AND enemies.
"NATO I'm a raging bull not a piggybank. !!!!!"
"Putin gimme me the ethnic vote or ELSE. !#@!!! "
And the best one eh?
"ISIS you will not stop me from bribing Canadian voters !!!!!!"
Its design has not been finalized, but it will be called the Memorial to the Victims of Communism.
It will be built on a choice piece of land in the heart of official Ottawa.
Land a well known architect is now accusing the Harper regime of stealing.
With just 15 days to go before the Scottish referendum, a new poll has confirmed the trend that I wrote about yestarday. The YES side is surging, and Scotland could be soon heading for independence.
The poll by YouGov showed the unionist lead had shrunk to 6 percentage points from 22 a month ago as support for independence jumped to 47 percent in August, suggesting a major shift in opinion ahead of the September 18 referendum.
And although some may be surprised, I'm not. And neither is the English writer George Monbiot, who says voting NO would be an "astonishing act of self-harm."
A few weeks ago I told you how veterans are preparing to declare war on the Harper regime, that has treated them so shabbily.
And how they are planning to make their presence felt in the next election campaign.
A network of veterans across Canada is planning a co-ordinated campaign against the Conservative government during next year’s election.
“When the election is called, you’re going to see some large fallout, believe me,” said Sydney veteran Ron Clarke.
“As soon as the writ is dropped, we are in action.”
Now one of them has announced plans to go after the ghastly Con buffoon Peter MacKay.
It's Labour Day. The Snowbirds are roaring over my house for the last time, heading for the CNE air show on the other side of the island. It feels like summer is over.
And the roar of the jets only reminds me of what a cataclysmic summer it has been. The summer of Gaza, ISIS, Ukraine, Ferguson and Ebola. A summer of death and destruction, hatred and despair.
And of course just another grim summer in the horror of Harperland, where hope goes to die.
So I'm really glad I spent much of July in a very different country...
Where hope is very much alive, and something incredibly beautiful is happening.
Well as you know, no world leader has screamed as loudly about the crisis in Ukraine as has Stephen Harper.
If words were weapons the Russians would have surrendered by now.
But now NATO is demanding that he put his money where his mouth or his snout is.
And the chicken hawk has been plucked.
I must admit that when I first heard that Vladimir Putin had replied to Stephen Harper's stirring Arctic Challenge.
The one that went basically like this: "Hey Putin, the Arctic and the North Pole are MINE, and so is Ukraine. And I'm a Great Strong Leader, so THERE. You Nazi !!!"
By calling Harper and his friends Nazis, and threatening to invade the place.
