There couldn't have been a more brutal clash of images. The old veterans in their wheelchairs honouring their comrades who died fighting the fascists to make Holland free.
And Stephen Harper posing for his propaganda reels, sucking up to the vets he has betrayed so miserably.
Playing politics in the garden of the dead, and having the nerve to talk about freedom and tyranny.
With just a few hours to go before Albertans go to the polls, in what could be a historic election, the excitement continues to mount.
And while some experts are still predicting that Jim Prentice's election day machine will allow him to keep his job.
A new poll is predicting that Rachel Notley's NDP is heading for a blowout victory.
As you know Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney made a surprise visit to Iraq, to try to whip up interest in the Great War on Terror.
Which has been flagging badly as the days get warmer and most Canadians tune it out.
And as the war fever fades, so do fears about the Great Terrorist Menace.
Especially since the ISIS crazies have yet to attack us, despite all Harper and Kenney have done to provoke an attack, by blowing hot air out of every orifice...
So the Cons are now so desperate they're going after Omar Khadr. Again.
We already knew that the brains of progressives and conservatives are wired differently.
And that Cons have a larger fear gland
Peering inside the brain with MRI scans, researchers at University College London found that self-described conservative students had a larger amygdala (link is external) than liberals. The amygdala is an almond-shaped structure deep in the brain that is active during states of fear and anxiety.
The conservative party is big on national defense and magnifies our perception of threat, whether of foreign aggressors, immigrants, terrorists, or invading ideologies like Communism. To a conservative, the world really is a frightening place.
Which explains so much...
It looked like a scene out of one of those On the Road movies with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
Except that this movie is not a comedy it's a horror show.
It's Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney on the road in Iraq,
Giving themselves another big, fat, juicy photo-op with OUR money.
With just two days to go before the Alberta election the excitement is mounting, and so is the fear campaign.
With Jim Prentice and his Big Business posse trying to scare the people of that province into voting for them and not the NDP.
And today it was Big Oil's turn to try to rescue the crumbling Con dynasty, and threaten Albertans.
Gosh. What a difference a day makes. The other day I was lamenting that an Abacus poll seemed to suggest that enough Canadians had liked the Con's porky budget so much they had given given Stephen Harper a big boost.
But now an EKOS poll suggests that while nobody is complaining about being bribed.
The budget hasn't moved his numbers.
Oh no. I can't believe it. She's at it again. Rona Ambrose just can't stop scaring people, and has absolutely no idea of her own limitations.
Just a few days ago she was terrorizing the peaceful residents of Vancouver by posing as a Health Minister AND a Justice Minister.
And demanding that they close down their pot shops, before the Killer Weed kills them, and Justin Trudeau kills their children.
Now she trying to scare the people of Alberta, with dark warnings about the Deadly Job Killing NDP Menace.
While posing as a Finance Minister !!!!
It's now been two full days since this shocking report on sexual harassment and violence in the Canadian Armed Forces.
The Canadian Armed Forces perpetuates a sexualized military culture that is hostile to women and gay members, and harassment and assault are often tolerated by senior officers, according to a report released Thursday.
But still Jason Kenney, the Defence Minister, has yet to issue a single solitary statement, about the problem and what he expects the military to do about it.
So now I'd like to ask that grotesque chicken hawk which of these details does he NOT find offensive?
It's been eerily quiet down by the waterfront where I live. It still doesn't feel like Spring.
People seem strangely subdued. And although I am looking forward to all the good things warm weather brings, I can't shake the feeling that something awful is about to happen.
And polls like this one don't help.
