Stephen Harper Prorogues!

harper-to-shut-down-parliament at The Globe and Mail.

the-short-parliament at Macleans.

Three Spirits

On Christmas Eve, PM Harper is visited by three spirits a la Dicken’s Christmas Carol

Stephen Harper Flashdance

http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/12/22/a-good-day-for-democracy-maybe/#commenting

Proroguerie The Science

How does this prorogue thing work anyway?

Steamrolled

Stephen Harper overcomes gracefully

Dealing with Difficult Politicians

I came upon this video from The Buddhist Society of Western Australia’s YouTube page. This video is Ajahn Brahm’s talk Dealing with Difficult People.

Two stories in this talk, The Anger Eating Demon and The Donkey in the Well, seem, to me, to be relevant to the current political situation in Canada.

Anger Eating Demon begins at  13:00 to 19:24; Donkey in the Well from 53:30 to 58:22

The more you hate and revile your opponents, the more you raise them up.

A song for the moment

Harper, Dion, Duceppe and Layton wait as anxious children. The Governor General’s plane flies in. I hear this song.

She’s makin’ a list an’ checkin’ it twice
We’re gonna find out whose naughty and nice
Santa Claus is coming to town…
Santa Claus is coming to town…

Coo! Coo! Coo!

Stephen Harper: Pussycat

Who haven’t we heard from yet?

Harper plays dead