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It’s All Beer and Circuses in Doug Ford’s Toronto…
.... Toronto seems doomed to get what it "needs", not what it wants. Doug Ford, the Premier of Ontario, having just ensured that we can crack a cold one in the park, has very public, very bad plans for the people of Toronto, Ontario's, and Canada's, largest city. Taking more than a hint from Trumpism, … Continue reading It’s All Beer and Circuses in Doug Ford’s Toronto…
I Guess Canada Doesn’t Do Rule of Law Anymore
The Hegemon has Monetized First, let me remind you about The Speech at Davos. Remember The Speech? Mark Carney, wearing his finest dress toga, drew a line in the sand, clearly aimed / not-aimed at Trump. (If anyone doesn’t know what Davos is, it’s what you do when you’re rich enough to vacation in Switzerland … Continue reading I Guess Canada Doesn’t Do Rule of Law Anymore
Welcome to NotAmerica
{it's not a typo} Ever since Mark Carney got up at Davos, first quickly checking his facial expression for anything that might convey humanity, then promptly dousing it with RAID— —wagged his schoolmarm-y finger at the assembled beautiful people of Europe (and Donald Trump), and explained, as though to a bunch of depressed hormonal adolescents, … Continue reading Welcome to NotAmerica
Our Hearts Belong to Daddy
.... 'cause our daddy takes us to hell ... Good morning friends. My name is Mark, and I'm a bank manager. It's comforting to see you all here and know I don't need to struggle alone. I'm going to start my address in French, OK? Ahem: « Alors, le President ! Ostie qu’il m’énerve ! … Continue reading Our Hearts Belong to Daddy
Here Comes the Insurrection Act
Renée Good's Death is the Flower of Trump's Psychopathy I wonder if anyone else has had the feelings of numbness, of helplessness and despair, of unreality and dissociation, that I have had these past few days. There is an image, a video clip, really, that I can't get out of my brain. It loops on … Continue reading Here Comes the Insurrection Act
The Dumb-roe Doctrine
out with the sovereignty; in with the Lebensraum New World Order: Part Two "We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny." President William McKinley, 1898 Happy January 6th Insurrectio-versary to you! Please accept this bedraggled copy of Nancy Pelosi's day planner, with a big, … Continue reading The Dumb-roe Doctrine
Suddenly, Last Trump
I so want to cut it out of my brain New World Order: Part one Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), screenplay by Gore Vidal and Tennessee Williams, based on Williams's play. Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift. Directed by Joseph Mankiewicz. “Dementia praecox. Such a pretty name for a disease, sounds like a rare flower, … Continue reading Suddenly, Last Trump
Deck the Cull with Squawks of Folly
... some people just aren't equal to the task of being grown-ups ... {Not getting your way is hard, bitch!} It's just been such an emotionally immature, shameless, self-indulgent, toe-curling embarrassment; this three-ring circus peopled by a bunch of whiny spoiled brats. And yes I'm still going on about the ostrich cull at Universal (!) … Continue reading Deck the Cull with Squawks of Folly
Bury Your Head in the Sand
maybe if we ignore it, it'll all go away... Hey American buddies, comment ça va, heins? As per usual, I send you friendly, yet increasingly weirded-out, greetings from Canada—you know, that inscrutable, chilly, socialist hellhole located somewhere up there. In case your memory needs a jog, we're the nation that you don't notice until something … Continue reading Bury Your Head in the Sand