Talking to Kool-Aid Drunks

They say: 'Daddy State leader good. Got us through perilous economic lapping scary shit. Don't change horses or sweater vests.' Etc.

When you meet these people online or in real life, this is what to say: 'Yes. I agree completely. Big Daddy has everything under control. Everything is so A-OK, you don't even have to bestir yourself to vote. Put your feet up and relax. It's all good.'

No arguing. No tongue-chomping. No Shawinigan handshakes.

All good.

Some Good News

It's a fact. Stephen Harper and his Conbots are delusional.

It’s widely said these days that Canada is moving politically to the right and that Canadians are becoming generally more conservative in their outlook on public matters.

It’s an assertion based sometimes on hope, often on conjecture, occasionally on fragmentary evidence, but never on serious facts and deep analysis. Indeed, the latest Focus Canada survey by the Environics Institute so completely demolishes the assertion that perhaps now it can be laid to rest.

Go read the whole thing. It will cheer you up.

Well, except for this bit:

The Harper government can take heart that 52 per cent of Canadians are satisfied with the country’s direction, compared with 40 per cent who aren’t. That’s the second-highest satisfaction rating (after China’s) in the world.

Well, and except for the fact that this news is based on sciency-truthy stuff, you know, that stuff that right-wing nut jobs are impervious to.