But the next time this happens...oh man. The next time this happens, those guys better
look out. I’m so ready. I’m going to look them in the eye, and them I'm going to turn around, march
right out of there, find a computer, pull this link up, type out an e-mail and then just be all like “Hey buddy! Suck on this!
And that’s just 2014! They’ve
done way worse shit in the past.”
So
here it is, my annual list of all the terrible things the Conservative
Government of Canada has done this year that I can both remember and find links
to. Enjoy.
They use the government as as their official promotional apparatus
You would think spending public money on partisan activities
would rile up staunch Conservatives. But
who am I to know these things? Maybe
they have a new rallying cry? “Cut the
size of government except for Public Relations employees!” “No more government spending except on
partisan advertisements!” Seems a bit
strange, but apparently this is the new reality.
Our government spends insane amounts of money telling us how great they are. I took a harder look at this earlier in the year and determined that actual dollar amounts on government advertising aren’t much different than what the Liberals did before them. But the subject of those advertisements is completely different. The Liberals taught us about the harms of smoking, how to file our taxes online and snookered people into joining the army. The Cons told us that down is up, became the marketing arm of the Canadian oil industry and kept telling us about how great a job they’re doing. While also trying to snooker people into joining the army.
For years we’ve wondered how the Cons are able to make so much more in donations than the other parties. We have some new insight. Joe Oliver turned his latest economic update speech into an $800 per table fundraising event. Shelley Glover “invited” members of the Winnepeg Arts Community...who rely on her ministry for funding...to a fundraiser. Leona Aglukkaq did something similar. And Mark Adler decided to invite a bunch of lobbyists...lobbyists who officially lobbied him...to come to a fundraiser. They probably were in his office when the invitations were delivered and he felt awkward not inviting them, right?
Worst though, is that they’re using government agencies as political tools. They’ve unleashed the CRA on charities whose message they don’t like, subjecting them to audits. People high up in the CRA have even admitted that they look at political leanings when they select charities for audit (she later claims that she misspoke) and that they listen to complaints from MP’s and Ministers. This hit peak ridiculousness when a birdwatching group received a threatening letter from the CRA shortly after sending letters to several ministers over concerns about threatened bird habitat. Don’t worry though. The Cons looked into their own actions and decided it doesn’t need to be investigated.
Our government spends insane amounts of money telling us how great they are. I took a harder look at this earlier in the year and determined that actual dollar amounts on government advertising aren’t much different than what the Liberals did before them. But the subject of those advertisements is completely different. The Liberals taught us about the harms of smoking, how to file our taxes online and snookered people into joining the army. The Cons told us that down is up, became the marketing arm of the Canadian oil industry and kept telling us about how great a job they’re doing. While also trying to snooker people into joining the army.
For years we’ve wondered how the Cons are able to make so much more in donations than the other parties. We have some new insight. Joe Oliver turned his latest economic update speech into an $800 per table fundraising event. Shelley Glover “invited” members of the Winnepeg Arts Community...who rely on her ministry for funding...to a fundraiser. Leona Aglukkaq did something similar. And Mark Adler decided to invite a bunch of lobbyists...lobbyists who officially lobbied him...to come to a fundraiser. They probably were in his office when the invitations were delivered and he felt awkward not inviting them, right?
Worst though, is that they’re using government agencies as political tools. They’ve unleashed the CRA on charities whose message they don’t like, subjecting them to audits. People high up in the CRA have even admitted that they look at political leanings when they select charities for audit (she later claims that she misspoke) and that they listen to complaints from MP’s and Ministers. This hit peak ridiculousness when a birdwatching group received a threatening letter from the CRA shortly after sending letters to several ministers over concerns about threatened bird habitat. Don’t worry though. The Cons looked into their own actions and decided it doesn’t need to be investigated.
They cheat at
elections and are rigging the deck in their favour
The money shot here is, of course, Michael Sona. Who is the only
person found guilty in the Robocalls scandal, even though there is all
kinds of information
pointing to more people being involved.
But then there is Dean Del Mastro, who was also been found guilty of cheating in an election. Surprisingly, he actually took the high road in the end, and resigned from Parliament. Don’t feel too bad for him though, because the Cons changed the law so that he could keep his pension.
But then there is Dean Del Mastro, who was also been found guilty of cheating in an election. Surprisingly, he actually took the high road in the end, and resigned from Parliament. Don’t feel too bad for him though, because the Cons changed the law so that he could keep his pension.
- Removing investigatory power from the Chief Electoral Officer
- Requires ID to vote and takes away vouching
- Allow for scrutineers to use smartphones and tablets (and getting a head start on an app via a potential conflict of interest)
This
is all bad enough, but then several of them started making
up stories about rampant voter fraud to justify
their actions (don’t worry, they looked into it and decided
not to investigate themselves). Then
it came out that they didn’t consult
with the Chief Electoral Officer before they wrote the bill (or
the guy that will be taking over investigations from him), and they bastardized
the conclusions of a report to justify their actions. And then they decided to limit
debate on the bill.
They create ridiculously names for their terrible laws
They create ridiculously names for their terrible laws
After talking about the “Fair Elections Act”, it seems like
a really great time to transition into talking about all the other ridiculously
named Acts created by the Cons. Luckily,
somebody
has dug into this in depth. Several people, actually. Let’s talk about some of these gems:
The “Zero Tolerance
for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act” – Where we call out barbarians (i.e. other
cultures) and make things that are already
illegal super-duper illegal.
The “Protection of
Communities and Exploited Persons Act” – Where we tell prostitutes what
is best for them and don’t
take their opinions into consideration.
The “Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act” – They decided to make it easier for people to own guns...until it seemed like it wasn’t the right time to make it easier to own guns.
The “Strengthening
Canadian Citizenship Act” – Where we make citizenship an arbitrary
thing that can be taken away. Don’t
worry though...they’re
totally going to do the right thing.
The “Jobs, Growth and
Long-term Prosperity Act” – This is an oldie, but a goodie. It improved prosperity by reducing oversight
on CSIS, weakening
employment equity protections for women, minorities and the disabled, and gutting a whole bunch of
environmental protections. But the
main reason I bring it up is that this sucker, in 2012, made
it easier for companies to hire Temporary Foreign Workers. Which brings us to...
They turned Temporary Foreign Workers into a total shitstorm
Temporary Foreign Workers were the issue that united Canada in 2014. Liberal leaning folk hated it because the TFW’s were exploited by employers. True conservatives should probably hate it because it messes with the free market labour system. And racists hated it because it let foreigners into the country to steal their jobs. So of course the Conservatives had to come out against this terrible thing that they allowed. Let’s summarize all the terrible TFW crap that happened:
They turned Temporary Foreign Workers into a total shitstorm
Temporary Foreign Workers were the issue that united Canada in 2014. Liberal leaning folk hated it because the TFW’s were exploited by employers. True conservatives should probably hate it because it messes with the free market labour system. And racists hated it because it let foreigners into the country to steal their jobs. So of course the Conservatives had to come out against this terrible thing that they allowed. Let’s summarize all the terrible TFW crap that happened:
- Businesses and individuals are starting to swindle foreigners, asking for money up front and sometimes not even providing them with jobs. Here. Here. Here. Death threats here. Intimidation here.
- A Victoria McDonald’s became the poster child for TFW issues and was banned from the program...until they made a phone call and had some TFW’s fast tracked
See? A total
mess. Of course, the Conservatives agree
that something has to be changed. Even
though (Remember from above) they
made it easier to bring in TFW’s.
Even though complaints have been rampant
since 2006. Even though Conservative
MP’s are the ones most
frequently making requests on behalf of constituents. Even though the Parliamentary
Budget Officer suggests the whole reason for the program, shortage of skilled
labour, is bunk. They’re on your
side. Now. Kind
of.
What I think is worst though, is that these jackasses have used the promise of jobs to push through all sorts of environmentally destructive, dubiously tax generating mega projects on promise of “jobs”. But when the “jobs” finally appear...shit, they need special training and we don’t have enough people so 40-70% of the jobs to build that reduced tax rate paying LNG Mega Project are going to have to be TFW’s. Damn. Sorry. We’re complaining about Steve, not Christy.
What I think is worst though, is that these jackasses have used the promise of jobs to push through all sorts of environmentally destructive, dubiously tax generating mega projects on promise of “jobs”. But when the “jobs” finally appear...shit, they need special training and we don’t have enough people so 40-70% of the jobs to build that reduced tax rate paying LNG Mega Project are going to have to be TFW’s. Damn. Sorry. We’re complaining about Steve, not Christy.
They think they know better than everybody else
I once worked with a guy who could not be swayed by any
argument. No matter how many facts he
was given to contradict his position, he was always right. It was the worst. Okay.
That’s actually me. But imagine
an entire government made up of these people?
They’re always more right than you, even if you’re a heavily trained
expert in your field.
They decided that they know law way, way better than the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and made some over-the-top accusations against her with no merit. They also attempted some legal shenanigans to get their way, but their stoolie wouldn’t play ball.
They decided that they know better than the RCMP, and forced them into keeping their fur hats.
They decided that they know law way, way better than the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and made some over-the-top accusations against her with no merit. They also attempted some legal shenanigans to get their way, but their stoolie wouldn’t play ball.
They decided that they know better than the RCMP, and forced them into keeping their fur hats.
They told Canada Border Services that they had
to keep filming the TV Show Border
Security, even though they had a lot of issues with it and didn't think it was a good idea.
They’re so bent out of shape about harm reduction strategies, they’re trying to block them not just in Canada, but on an international level. Because no country should be able to decide that drugs are okay if Steve thinks they shouldn’t be.
We know Steve hates science, so it shouldn’t be a surprise when they ignore their own scientists when deciding fisheries policies.
And then we have a past Olympic Champion, and all around terrible Human Being, Nancy Greene-Raine, deciding that she’s an expert on Fish Farms. Yes. I know. I have to let this go.
They’re so bent out of shape about harm reduction strategies, they’re trying to block them not just in Canada, but on an international level. Because no country should be able to decide that drugs are okay if Steve thinks they shouldn’t be.
We know Steve hates science, so it shouldn’t be a surprise when they ignore their own scientists when deciding fisheries policies.
And then we have a past Olympic Champion, and all around terrible Human Being, Nancy Greene-Raine, deciding that she’s an expert on Fish Farms. Yes. I know. I have to let this go.
We're going to ignore the findings from the Ashley Smith inquiry and not make any changes to solitary confinement policies. Nope, instead we're going to remain "focused on the victims". They actually fucking said that in response to findings related to the death of an 18 year old girl.
They’re taking money away from a successful sex offender treatment program because fuck those guys, right?
They actually told us that they were doing a really great job of appointing women to senior positions. They use the phrase "outstandingly
well" to describe themselves. But they're actually doing 16% worse than
the Liberals before them.
They’re so sure they’re right, sometimes they end up arguing
with themselves about who is righter. Employment and Social Development Canada put together
a report that suggested the Canadian middle class has seen wage stagnation.
Finance Canada pointed out that this"appears to
conflict with the general message in Budget 2014 and previous internal
briefings", so they put together a new report that says the opposite.
This actually started a fun little game for me. Type "Conservatives" plus "reject" into the google machine and see what it spits out. You might have to add "Canada" in there someplace, because this doesn't seem limited to our Conservatives. Reject a report on current policies harming prostitutes. Reject a recommended ban on generic Oxycodone. Reject a plea for increased legal aid funding. Reject a UN Indigenous Rights document. Fun game.
They’re watching you
I’m not saying it’s a conspiracy...but Jian Gomeshi released
a book called 1982... and then all that stuff
happens roughly 2 months before the year ends... Add you add those numbers together...divide
by the CBC...The math is pretty obvious, people.
The Cons have decided to use the full
might of the Canadian government to track
people taking part in peaceful protests, panel discussions and University
lectures. Absolutely nothing
frightening about that.
And now they can search your phone without a warrant. They have to arrest you first, but that's just kind of a win-win, isn't it?
But why worry? We
have watchdogs to oversee that stuff, right?
Except that the newly
appointed privacy watchdog spent his career drafting the laws that he’s
supposed to be watch-dogging. No
bias there, of course. I’m totally able
to judge my previous work with nothing but impartiality.
Of course, the average citizen is probably okay, no? Well, Canadian
law enforcement makes approximately 1.2
million requests (94% of which are
warrantless) to Canadian telcos for users information every year. I’m sure they’re all criminals.
They’ve also decided that it’s okay to snoop on your Facebook
and other social media. All that
stuff is public anyhow, so why shouldn’t they be able to pore over it
and...shit...nobody really knows what they’re doing with it. Probably just trying to figure out which
photos of yours to like.
But we have laws and shit so things can’t get too bad. Right?
Well, even though it is illegal for CSEC to spy on Canadians, that’s
exactly what happened when they decided to track a bunch of Canadians via an
airport Wifi hack. At
first they denied it. Then they
admitted it but said
there was nothing to worry about.
And decided that it didn’t
really need to be investigated.
Well. Fine. If I have to give up some of my freedom to stop terrorists, that’s cool. Except some of the actions of these agencies are being determined by complaints and requests from Corporations, that have nothing to do with terrorism, public safety or...shit...anything remotely criminal. The RCMP and CSIS have been very busy spying on foes of the Northern Gateway pipeline. At the request of Enbridge. I wish they’d at least have the decency to hire their own thugs, spooks and goons.
Well. Fine. If I have to give up some of my freedom to stop terrorists, that’s cool. Except some of the actions of these agencies are being determined by complaints and requests from Corporations, that have nothing to do with terrorism, public safety or...shit...anything remotely criminal. The RCMP and CSIS have been very busy spying on foes of the Northern Gateway pipeline. At the request of Enbridge. I wish they’d at least have the decency to hire their own thugs, spooks and goons.
They pass all sorts of shitty laws that get overturned by the courts
CBC
covers it here (until June anyhow), so I almost don’t need to write
this. But there’s more, of course. Always more.
It felt like at least a couple of times each month I wrote “The
Conservatives lose another court case...”
Activist judges are the problem, I’m guessing.
The biggest of the year was probably the rejection
of the Marc Nadon Supreme Court appointment and the spat that ensued from
there. The good news there was that they
made Canadians aware of how awesome our Chief Justice is.
Next, the Supreme Court upheld Canadians right to online privacy, while the government attempted to allow police to obtain customers information without a warrant.
Next, the Supreme Court upheld Canadians right to online privacy, while the government attempted to allow police to obtain customers information without a warrant.
After that, we get into prostitution. The Feds lost a case last year and were told to re-jig the laws. Which they’re trying to do, but their new proposed law will probably fail the same test.
The overturning of “Tough on Crime” laws could get its own
section. Limits
to pretrial sentencing laws are overturned (and
here). The “victim’s
surcharge” faces problems. The repeal
of early parole rights is overturned.
All while crime rates continue to see their long
running trends towards historic
lows. A judge refuses to adhere to minimum
sentencing laws.
Moving along, the ban on medical marijuana cookies was overturned. And an injunction was enacted to allow licensed medical marijuana growers to keep growing at home.
Moving along, the ban on medical marijuana cookies was overturned. And an injunction was enacted to allow licensed medical marijuana growers to keep growing at home.
They probably don’t really want to do anything about this
anyhow...but their plans
on Senate Reform were turned back by the Supreme Court as well.
That doesn’t even include all the shit currently in
court. A group suing to overturn
the “Fair Elections Act”. A group of
Veteran’s suing to get their previous injury settlements back (which
turns into a more ridiculous story every day). They seem to be struggling
with a lawsuit from the victims of Residential Schools.
And my favourite...the Conservatives
cuts to Refugee Health Care were overturned. Which brings us to...
They treat refugees like shit
They treat refugees like shit
And really, why not?
It’s easy to cut funding for people who aren’t even Canadians yet. They don’t even have votes that can be
suppressed.
First up, remember that health care decision we were just
talking about? Well, they
might be ignoring it anyhow.
They stuffed
changes to refugee social assistance into the back of an Omnibus Bill. I need to hotkey that sentence. Just change the subject to suit the day.
We’ve decided to no longer
accept North Korean refugees.
Because who needs to escape that land of freedom? You know what our excuse is? They’re
able to settle in South Korea. So
they’re not eligible as refugees here. Which
is a pretty giant loophole you’re creating there.
But if you think North Koreans are the only people we don’t
give a shit about, think again. We’re paying
thousands of Roma to abandon their refugee claims. We’ve resorted to paying
human smugglers to take refugees back into Somalia. It’s so dangerous there, Canadians aren’t
allowed to travel there on government business.
Should be just fine for the poor schmucks we’re sending back. Others we just throw
in jail indefinitely, with no charges.
And why wouldn’t our refugee programs suck? They’re run by Chris Alexander. Who couldn’t answer a simple question on
Syrian Refugees, so
he hung up on As it Happens. Turns out he probably
had a reason to duck the question. And when you’re best option is “act like an
asshole on the radio”, you’re probably not doing a very good job. And now we're thinking of only taking Syrian Christians on as refugees, because that's what these people all need right now is some more judgement, categorization and discrimination.
And not really refugees, but we instituted a fear based visa
ban on anybody from one of them Ebola countries. Many
knowledgeable people pointed out why this is dumb.
We had a really great segue into talking about marijuana in our last
segment, but I had to use it to talk about refugees. So here is a terrible segue into that subject.
They’ve got their heads up their asses on marijuana
They’ve got their heads up their asses on marijuana
I don’t smoke pot, but I’m sick of all this reefer madness
bullshit. And you knew that when Trudeau
came out in favour of legalization they were going to double down on stupid. Their continued insistence that Justin
Trudeau won’t be happy until all the kids are stoned is pretty hilarious. This
guy too. And
another.
Since that announcement, they’ve used Health Canada to make a massive push on telling us that pot is bad for us (and they tried to recruit doctors to sign on to the ads, but they didn’t bite). They insist this was planned all along, but records show the decisions were made very recently. Don’t worry. They insist none of this is political.
Ads aren’t all they’ve got though. They’ve also used Health Canada to come down hard on medical marijuana companies for advertising, while allowing prescription drug companies to do whatever they want. And they’ve pumped some money into some one sided studies. They truly don’t seem to understand public opinion on this one. Or sound policy. Or anything other than their own science.
Since that announcement, they’ve used Health Canada to make a massive push on telling us that pot is bad for us (and they tried to recruit doctors to sign on to the ads, but they didn’t bite). They insist this was planned all along, but records show the decisions were made very recently. Don’t worry. They insist none of this is political.
Ads aren’t all they’ve got though. They’ve also used Health Canada to come down hard on medical marijuana companies for advertising, while allowing prescription drug companies to do whatever they want. And they’ve pumped some money into some one sided studies. They truly don’t seem to understand public opinion on this one. Or sound policy. Or anything other than their own science.
An incredibly large number of them are total assholes
You’re only as good as the people that you surround you
with. Until they do something wrong and
you hang them out to dry and blame them for the mistake and how dare you
suggest that I had anything to do with it?
But honestly, there are so many terrible Conservatives in positions of
power it’s actually kind of mind boggling.
It makes you wonder how terrible their backbench idiots are that they don't let out in public.
Leona Aglukkaq
Leona is our asshole of the year. She just can’t stop stepping in it lately, in
loud, embarrassing fashion. It’s
difficult to even understand some of her spats.
Her most recent involves a spat with a Deputy Mayor in Rankin Inlet,
after said Deputy Mayor suggested some people were so hard up in his community,
they were foraging at the local dump for food.
Leona may or may not have phoned him and demanded
an apology. And she may or may not have
threatened to sue him. But she did
most certainly read a newspaper in the House of Commons as debate over the
incident swirled around her. She
actually apologized
for this, which almost knocked her off the top of our list. But alas, no.
I’ll remind you that this lady is our Minister of the
Environment. And doesn’t seem to give a
shit about the environment. Her response
for why Canada doesn’t do anything about Global Warming? Well, Canada only puts out 2% of Global GHG
emissions, so why bother. That’s 0.5% of
the World’s Population putting out 2% of the emissions...but who cares about
things like that? She also just
kind of tends to make things up when asked to defend ourselves.
At least she has her bosses
support in not doing a fucking thing about the environment and in not
worrying at all about reaching
the laughably terrible targets that we have set.
What’s amazing is that the woman who decides what makes
it onto the Endangered Species List, doesn’t have a problem with hunting
polar bears. Or
seals. Seems to think there is no reason to block the international trade of 76 endangered species. Or caribou. And has
terrible manners. And seems to be delusional
about our place
in the world. And uses her position to speak
out against Greenpeace.
And no wonder she doesn't want to do anything about the fur hunt.
And no wonder she doesn't want to do anything about the fur hunt.
Julian Fantino
Julian rivals Leona for chief asshole. It was close, but he lost out simply because he’s
screwing over a smaller percentage of the population. Julian is the poster child for all of our
Veteran’s Affairs issues. Where to
start?
You’d think we’d start with the place where Julian’s
department gets called out by the Auditor General for
providing abysmal mental health services to veterans. Or about how he ducked
out of the country on the day of the Auditor General’s announcement. Or on how their pre-emptive strike in the
weeks leading up to the announcement was a total fiction and their “$200
Million over 6 years” was actually “$200
Million over 50 years”.
Or you’d think we’d start with the time he blew
off a bunch of Veterans he was supposed to be meeting with to talk about
closures of Veterans Affairs offices. It
was a total
shitstorm. And he blamed
the union.
Or maybe I’d talk about the $1.1
Billion in funds his office has left on the table instead of spending on
supporting Veterans.
Or his insistence that only “back
office” jobs have been cut, despite boatloads of evidence
to the contrary.
Or about how the Harper Government seem to be really happy
to celebrate and commemorate past military glories while
shafting current soldiers.
Or his Justin
Trudeau reefer madness that we already talked about.
But I’m actually going to start/finish with my favourite
Julian Fantino moment. Where
he insisted wounded soldiers received “$10,000 per month” in benefits. Which is true. For 4 soldiers.
How does this guy not have more respect for Veterans?
Rob “Sleepy Time” Anders
Sleepy Time had a quiet year this year. Probably because he had to fight in so many
nomination battles because
he kept losing. And it seems to me
that we may not see Sleepy Time for quite a while now. So, this is more of a “Lifetime Achievement
Award” than anything. Sleepy Time has
been so awful, for so long, I sometimes don’t even remember why he’s so
terrible. Honestly, I was trying to
explain it to my Mom a while back and I couldn’t really think of anything.
Most of his ridiculousness relates back to his first
nomination battle. During that
campaign, hemade
misleading phone calls, banked on a non-endorsement
from the PM and threatened
to sue his opponent. And seemed
to be unaware that more than one person can have the same name. It got so bad, his
own party has told him to cut it out.
Other than that, he had a quiet year. Other than suggesting
we go to war with Russia.
Sorry. Can't resist this photo...
The Laundry List
And then we have the one hit wonder assholes.
The Conservative Senator who
had to apologize for hiring his girlfriend. I do love this photo though, as it seems like true love.
Or how about Conservative Senator Don Meredith, who has degrees
from imaginary Universities. He also
flew to Washington for a prayer meeting after
it was specifically not approved.
With his wife. Business Class.
And who can forget Pamela Wallin. Who actually stated that she regrets paying
back her expense money. I'd imagine there's a healthy dose of "I
didn't think they'd hang me out to dry after doing so" in this statement.
Patrick Brazeau is too sad now to make fun of now. He shows us how bad it can get when you get sucked into the Conservative vortex.
How about Conservative MP Cheryl Gallant, who is busy
raising money to fight the fascist ban on incandescent light bulbs. That her party put in place. Can’t wait until she sticks it to those out
of touch government stooges.
Eve Adams and Dimitri Soudas teemed up to make awesome everywhere. A temper tantrum over a 6 dollar car wash...campaigning with taxpayer funded mailouts... Dimitri getting fired...just a totally insane nomination battle that entertained everybody. Our power couple of the year, for sure.
What about Conservative MP Patrick Brown who tried to bill taxpayers for his trip to New York City to run in the marathon?
What about Conservative MP Patrick Brown who tried to bill taxpayers for his trip to New York City to run in the marathon?
Paul Calandra embarrassed himself in the House of Commons by refusing to come remotely close to answering a question, much to the delight of the clapping seals standing behind him. His excitement was short lived though, as he was forced to apologize after getting hung out to dry by his party. It did give us this though, which was awesome.
And Peter McKay. Who
rushed an unveiling of an Afghan war memorial so that it would take place while
he was still minister. This was deemed more important than giving the
families of those memorialized the required notice to be able to attend the
opening.
And finally, Chuck Strahl. Who, while
still holding some sort of oversight position with CSIS, registered as a
lobbyist for the Northern Gateway Pipeline.
You know? Former Conservative
Minister Chuck Strahl? Who
resigned to allow his son to sketchily take his position? And CSIS?
Who is secretly
watching Northern Gateway protesters?
This thing is just so
messy. They really put this whole Conservative shitstorm into a tidy little package of difficult to digest nuggets.
Well. I'm depressed. Sorry.
