Canada and United States celebrate their independence on either end of a four day weekend.
American's didn't have much to celebrate since half the population lost their independence thanks to SCOTUS and the other half are rapidly losing theirs. Sadly about 1/3 of Americans think that is a good thing. And of course yesterday was celebrated in typical American fashion with several mass shootings. Reading the Twitter threads is heartbreaking. The gun nuts were out in full force with the usual nonsense arguments that AR15s are not military weapons and the carnage could have been carried out with a deer rifle. Except it never is. I am sure the dead and wounded destroyed by AR15 bullets appreciate the difference. And of course police put 60 bullets into an unarmed black man but captured the White shooter alive. Canada has the same problem, maybe not as deadly but just as racist.
One of my readers suggested that Tibit Taliban was incorrect as Tim Horton's is no linger Canadian owned. I think it is still accurate as the Free Dumb Convoys are not Canadian owned either. They spout the same lines as the American pretend Patriots yelling about freedoms they never lost. The Federal investigation into the February occupation of Ottawa, and the border crossings is revealing that the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) and all the provincial conservative parties were in it up to their eyebrows. The purpose of the occupation was to over throw a duly elected government. Isn't it fun?
The Ottawa police had their act together this time and the Timbit Taliban never got a vehicle near the downtown. They had to do their protesting on foot. Two of the leaders of the February occupation (Lich and King) could not attend as they were in jail, Lich for breaking her parole conditions. But wannabe leader of the CPC Pierre Poilievre (aka PP, Pierre Polysporin, Peter Polliwog and many more) marched with them in style. But their protests got virtually zero traction and PMJT returned from Europe in time to make a very good speech reclaiming the Canadian Flag for the rest of us (https://youtu.be/53bSV1n2XUQ). PP made a creepy video of himself stroking his wood and telling white Canadians to reclaim that which had always been theirs (https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre/status/1543585267403014145).
Canadians laugh at this at their own peril. Americans laughed until it was too late. The racism in this country is far stronger than you think and once it is given mainstream credibility will grow rapidly.
I watched in horror and despair. And sadly some of those very same people have cloned and are here too.
ReplyDeleteThat is so sad. White supremacy and accompanying racism is a disease that seems to infect a great many in any country setled by Europeans
DeleteThe last political cartoon -- I think the war in Ukraine actually did cause a real loss of support for the Trucker Convoy gang because even the most politically unsophisticated people could see what idiotic crybabies they were being over "our loss of freedoms." Trudeau may be a lot of things, but clearly, Putin he's not.
ReplyDeleteTheir loss of freedoms can be summed up as I'll wear a mask and get vaccinated to protect me. I won't do anything to protect anyone else.
DeleteThe Liberals have always been the party of sleaze (though Mulroney gave them a run for their money). They are as Fotheringham put it many years ago the Natural Governing Party of Canada because they are also reasonably competent and because they steal enough progressive ideas from the NDP to actually do some good for ordinary citizens. I expect more than half the stuff we think about JT is propaganda repeated as nauseum. I would like to see Chrystia Freeland as PM, to be honest.
Chrystia Freeland would be my choice as Trudeau's successor too. There doesn't seem to be any other obvious heir apparent in the Liberal party that I can see.
Deletewe're fucked
ReplyDeleteDemocracy is on the wane because too many people think if they make an X every four years the world owes them nirvana. It doesn't work that way. One must remain informed and active. Autocracy is much easier. Someone does your thinking for you. Hence the popularity of religion among certain people
DeleteToo much attention and credence is given to professional victims; not enough to true victims.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that the truth. And the biggest professional victims are evangelical Christians
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