The Ontario NDP is addicted to sucking. That’s the only conclusion that can be drawn when watching Marit Stiles and her staff figure out how to navigate the difficult Canadian political terrain of opposing genocide.Nora Loreto is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
This needed to be said. Both about the ONDP (which I call Liberal light) and about the disgraceful ganging up on Sarah Jama by all political parties in Onterrible. Thank you, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart!
Thanks, Ms. Loreto, from the bottom of my heart as someone who trudged through a blizzard to vote for Jama last March. I'll vote for her and Matt Green, but cannot reconcile how the NDP sold out a true fighter for Hamilton Centre.
The Canadian parliament and Ont. legislature no longer function democratically, therefore they don't actually represent citizens. The recent spectacle in the house of Commons of parliamentary sheep(every party incl. the NDP) standing to honour an ancient Nazi war criminal as well as the money-laundering Ukrainian leader, Zelenskyy. Now this! The Ont. NDP doing the bidding of the bullying dolt Ford, who is using this manufactured issue to cover the fact that he and his co-conspirators are under investigation for possible criminal acts in the Greenbelt debacle. Jama is exercising her democratic right to express an opinion that runs contrary to that of the sheep who occupy seats in the Legislature. The NDP is a shell of whatever good they once stood for. I've lost all respect for these pretenders. I'm just another voter who's been disenfranchised with no political representation in a sea of woke, snowflakes and unprincipled jellyfish. Pathetic!
This made me profoundly sad. It’s so rare that someone in power voices my thoughts and feelings about important issues. It felt like things were turning, that the needle that measures compassion was moving in a positive direction.
I felt like the NDP was actually going to represent its constituents and speak for all of who have been silenced for so long.
Marit Stiles is a coward and a disgrace. Jama's censure is nothing less than a crucifixion engineered to instill fear in the rest of caucus and the public writ large. So they can go back to pretending this country is a "democracy."
You do know that Egypt has a border with Gaza, right? I ask this because I always see nihilists referring to Gaza as a prison or the Warsaw ghetto - which it has nothing to with either. Gazans can’t enter israel without permission from Israel. Entrance and exit into Egypt is up to Egypt. The fact that hamas is such a vile organization that the Egyptians want precious little to do with them speaks volumes toward how genuinely awful hamas is; omitting this aspect of the story is just silly.
And there will be a ceasefire as soon as the hostages are returned, and Hamas lays down their arms. There is no scenario where Hamas exists once this episode has been resolved.
I posted the link to this fine piece on Mastodon, and it's getting a lot of boosts (= "retweets"). The whole sad story of the ONDP's cynical actions remind me of a poem from the old (but classic!) Pogo comic strip:
This needed to be said. Both about the ONDP (which I call Liberal light) and about the disgraceful ganging up on Sarah Jama by all political parties in Onterrible. Thank you, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart!
Thanks, Ms. Loreto, from the bottom of my heart as someone who trudged through a blizzard to vote for Jama last March. I'll vote for her and Matt Green, but cannot reconcile how the NDP sold out a true fighter for Hamilton Centre.
The Canadian parliament and Ont. legislature no longer function democratically, therefore they don't actually represent citizens. The recent spectacle in the house of Commons of parliamentary sheep(every party incl. the NDP) standing to honour an ancient Nazi war criminal as well as the money-laundering Ukrainian leader, Zelenskyy. Now this! The Ont. NDP doing the bidding of the bullying dolt Ford, who is using this manufactured issue to cover the fact that he and his co-conspirators are under investigation for possible criminal acts in the Greenbelt debacle. Jama is exercising her democratic right to express an opinion that runs contrary to that of the sheep who occupy seats in the Legislature. The NDP is a shell of whatever good they once stood for. I've lost all respect for these pretenders. I'm just another voter who's been disenfranchised with no political representation in a sea of woke, snowflakes and unprincipled jellyfish. Pathetic!
This made me profoundly sad. It’s so rare that someone in power voices my thoughts and feelings about important issues. It felt like things were turning, that the needle that measures compassion was moving in a positive direction.
I felt like the NDP was actually going to represent its constituents and speak for all of who have been silenced for so long.
Marit Stiles is a coward and a disgrace. Jama's censure is nothing less than a crucifixion engineered to instill fear in the rest of caucus and the public writ large. So they can go back to pretending this country is a "democracy."
You do know that Egypt has a border with Gaza, right? I ask this because I always see nihilists referring to Gaza as a prison or the Warsaw ghetto - which it has nothing to with either. Gazans can’t enter israel without permission from Israel. Entrance and exit into Egypt is up to Egypt. The fact that hamas is such a vile organization that the Egyptians want precious little to do with them speaks volumes toward how genuinely awful hamas is; omitting this aspect of the story is just silly.
And there will be a ceasefire as soon as the hostages are returned, and Hamas lays down their arms. There is no scenario where Hamas exists once this episode has been resolved.
I posted the link to this fine piece on Mastodon, and it's getting a lot of boosts (= "retweets"). The whole sad story of the ONDP's cynical actions remind me of a poem from the old (but classic!) Pogo comic strip:
“Those who fight when all have fled
Walk with hero’s mighty tread.
But those who fight, then run away,
Live to run another day.”