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Joe Shlabotnik

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3. Its pretty obvious,

Reply to alcina (Original post)

Sun Sep 20, 2015, 12:46 AM

Sep 2015

that our government seeks to act with impunity, serving only the interests of the elites, all the while increasing the scrutiny and micromanaging dissent among us common folk, and dismantling our institutions for sale to their most favored bidders. Some might call it ironic, others might call it fascism. Worse yet is that many don't know/don't care.

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Vanishing Canada: Why we’re all losers in Ottawa’s war on data (Maclean's) [View all] alcina Sep 2015 OP

This coming from right wing Macleans magazine. Wow. snagglepuss Sep 2015 #1

Harper is an abomination. CanadianComrade Sep 2015 #2

They've known the same devil for a long time Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2015 #4

We need to make sure everyone we know votes alcina Sep 2015 #7

Its pretty obvious, Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2015 #3

Even fascism at least claimed to be efficient starroute Sep 2015 #5

In the days of Mike Harris alcina Sep 2015 #6

Harper: arikara Sep 2015 #8