So, Roger Cohen is testifying against Donald Trump. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's questioning of him created several leads for Congress to follow in order to expose the "con-man for life" Donald Trump's corruption. If Trump is impeached it'll be a good thing. That will, of course, bring us President Michael Pence, which would be worse. Although he'll only have a year. Then, the Presidency would probably fall to a Democrat. Which is often "less worse" or "lesser evil" (as Democratic Party apologists tend to argue). Although a President Sanders, or President Warren or President Gabbard would be far less worse and dareIsay "better."
The Wilson-Raybould saga continues to unwind. As of late, partisan Liberal hacks (when they're not stupidly insisting that this whole thing is a non-scandal) are clinging to two main arguments:
1. All of this special favouritism and interference with the independence and impartiality of the Attorney General was not bad because Wilson-Raybould didn't immediately offer her resignation.
and
2. Wilson-Raybould supposedly didn't interfere with the Director of Public Prosecution's decision because a subordinate of the DPP produced a memo saying that SNC-Lavalin should get a Deferred Prosecution Agreement.
The problem with 1) is obvious. Whatever honest or squalid reasons JWR had for not resigning does NOTHING to change the fact that the Trudeau government's heavy-hitters were all putting intense pressure on JWR to save SNC-Lavalin from the consequences of that firm's monstrous criminality. And they were doing so based on political calculation (elections in Quebec), financial calculations (SNC-Lavalin is a major contributor to the Liberal Party) and etc.
JWR might not have looked at the subordinate's memo, but she didn't have to. It was her decision. That's what the independence of the Attorney General is all about.
The fact of the matter is that the Trudeau government admits to major interference in the legal system on the behalf of SNC-Lavalin. This is a prime example of the capture of our political system by corporate oligarchies. Supposedly JWR was told that the Liberal Party could swing it so that sympathetic media types would speak in her defence, justifying her decision in the press if she felt it necessary to keep up appearances of integrity.
Polls are showing that most Canadians don't care about this scandal anyway I'm told. That's neither surprising, nor relevant. Most Canadians sleep-walked through the serial scandals of the harper years; up to and including covering-up torture and electoral fraud. That they can't grasp or don't care about the significance of this rotten behaviour is just par for the course.
Supposedly this helps the Conservatives. First of all, if Justin hadn't have betrayed principled Canadians on electoral reform we wouldn't even have to worry about those hypocritical troglodytes. But that's one of the reasons Justin betrayed us. Because the Conservative bogeyman is so useful for neo-liberal assholes like the Liberals. They just point to the monsters to their Right and insist that we all have to vote for them and that anyone who doesn't is responsible for the nightmare to follow.
So, yeah. The slimy corporate media in Canada hasn't spent much time on shit-head Andrew Scheer's sharing a platform with racist Nazi Faith Goldy. Scheer should be getting pilloried for that disgusting behaviour continuously. But Canada's political culture is corrupt, racist, oligarchic, hypocritical, stupid, ignorant and profoundly anti-democratic.
Speaking of nightmares: Doug Ford just continues to disgust and appall. He's going to attack public healthcare. He's pursuing ruinous austerity. He's a completely scuzzy, rotten, stupid, nauseating individual. I get people not voting for Wynne (although I voted for her directly as my MPP). But I can't forgive the stupidity, ignorance, greed or what have you, of a vote for the ridiculously horrible Ontario Progressive Conservatives.
Listen Liberals; If you're going to insist that our only political choices are to be between the rotten and the horrible, then you have to admit that the path we are on will continue to be rotten. Inequality, corruption, austerity, and "business-as-usual" capitalism are going to lead to disaster and perhaps the extinction of our species. You're all going to have to grow-up and do the hard thinking that's required to get us all out of the mess that we're in. You can't be stupid, partisan hacks and expect people to take you seriously.
I really wanted to say more but I'm tired and blogging is a waste of time.
The Wilson-Raybould saga continues to unwind. As of late, partisan Liberal hacks (when they're not stupidly insisting that this whole thing is a non-scandal) are clinging to two main arguments:
1. All of this special favouritism and interference with the independence and impartiality of the Attorney General was not bad because Wilson-Raybould didn't immediately offer her resignation.
and
2. Wilson-Raybould supposedly didn't interfere with the Director of Public Prosecution's decision because a subordinate of the DPP produced a memo saying that SNC-Lavalin should get a Deferred Prosecution Agreement.
The problem with 1) is obvious. Whatever honest or squalid reasons JWR had for not resigning does NOTHING to change the fact that the Trudeau government's heavy-hitters were all putting intense pressure on JWR to save SNC-Lavalin from the consequences of that firm's monstrous criminality. And they were doing so based on political calculation (elections in Quebec), financial calculations (SNC-Lavalin is a major contributor to the Liberal Party) and etc.
JWR might not have looked at the subordinate's memo, but she didn't have to. It was her decision. That's what the independence of the Attorney General is all about.
The fact of the matter is that the Trudeau government admits to major interference in the legal system on the behalf of SNC-Lavalin. This is a prime example of the capture of our political system by corporate oligarchies. Supposedly JWR was told that the Liberal Party could swing it so that sympathetic media types would speak in her defence, justifying her decision in the press if she felt it necessary to keep up appearances of integrity.
Polls are showing that most Canadians don't care about this scandal anyway I'm told. That's neither surprising, nor relevant. Most Canadians sleep-walked through the serial scandals of the harper years; up to and including covering-up torture and electoral fraud. That they can't grasp or don't care about the significance of this rotten behaviour is just par for the course.
Supposedly this helps the Conservatives. First of all, if Justin hadn't have betrayed principled Canadians on electoral reform we wouldn't even have to worry about those hypocritical troglodytes. But that's one of the reasons Justin betrayed us. Because the Conservative bogeyman is so useful for neo-liberal assholes like the Liberals. They just point to the monsters to their Right and insist that we all have to vote for them and that anyone who doesn't is responsible for the nightmare to follow.
So, yeah. The slimy corporate media in Canada hasn't spent much time on shit-head Andrew Scheer's sharing a platform with racist Nazi Faith Goldy. Scheer should be getting pilloried for that disgusting behaviour continuously. But Canada's political culture is corrupt, racist, oligarchic, hypocritical, stupid, ignorant and profoundly anti-democratic.
Speaking of nightmares: Doug Ford just continues to disgust and appall. He's going to attack public healthcare. He's pursuing ruinous austerity. He's a completely scuzzy, rotten, stupid, nauseating individual. I get people not voting for Wynne (although I voted for her directly as my MPP). But I can't forgive the stupidity, ignorance, greed or what have you, of a vote for the ridiculously horrible Ontario Progressive Conservatives.
Listen Liberals; If you're going to insist that our only political choices are to be between the rotten and the horrible, then you have to admit that the path we are on will continue to be rotten. Inequality, corruption, austerity, and "business-as-usual" capitalism are going to lead to disaster and perhaps the extinction of our species. You're all going to have to grow-up and do the hard thinking that's required to get us all out of the mess that we're in. You can't be stupid, partisan hacks and expect people to take you seriously.
I really wanted to say more but I'm tired and blogging is a waste of time.
2 comments:
You are probably correct thwap blogging might be a waste of time. But it is good to find your playground and see you on line again.
Hi Willy,
Where do I know you from?
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