tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259433565415179843.post4161148262426477338..comments2023-12-07T03:49:56.360-05:00Comments on On Two Wheels ... and more: Dark Money: a reviewCanajunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529505799866207528noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259433565415179843.post-65917057326242034462016-03-31T16:25:31.379-04:002016-03-31T16:25:31.379-04:00It truly is appalling and a study in social scienc...It truly is appalling and a study in social science (or mob psychology?) on why 30+% of Americans polled claim they would support him.<br />Canajunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529505799866207528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259433565415179843.post-87920704539710873302016-03-31T14:30:09.984-04:002016-03-31T14:30:09.984-04:00Trump. The stomach turns, and the mind reels. I am...Trump. The stomach turns, and the mind reels. I am still recovering from my deep disgust with the Harper regime. It seems that all western democracies and sliding towards mindless xenophobic retrenchment and isolation. As Sonja said, it's scary stuff.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259433565415179843.post-22560024867238719912016-03-29T15:22:54.906-04:002016-03-29T15:22:54.906-04:00Not really a surprise except that in Canada, at le...Not really a surprise except that in Canada, at least, we have strict political funding rules, whereas in the US it's seen as freedom of speech and so the money flows in the billions. There has also been a long standing rumour that the Kocks funded Stephen Harper's rise to power in the Reform movement. Not sure that one will ever get proven, but it sure explains a lot.Canajunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529505799866207528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259433565415179843.post-45781932511574026302016-03-29T15:06:05.189-04:002016-03-29T15:06:05.189-04:00This is scary stuff, David.
It is well known tha...This is scary stuff, David. <br /><br />It is well known that power attracts money (and the other way round) like manure draws the flies.<br /><br />And it doesn't really come as a surprise that Canadian politicians are no different from the rest of the world, or does it?SonjaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389245948579828531noreply@blogger.com