Scotland, heed the wise words of the guy who bites the heads off chickens. You know, Alice Cooper. According to urban legend, the rock star once bit the head off of a chicken. Reportedly, Alice then went on to play golf with former Republican presidents. It’s true! (The golf part,
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Warren Kinsella: The passion of the Fords
Spotted on Twitter. Anyone know who all these folks are? I can only name a few.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My take in this morning’s Hill Times
Can’t remember my password, so here’s the unedited version, filed with ‘em last week: “Political things tend to come in threes. This Parliament is likely to be no exception. Three things – three issues, three challenges – will define the coming session. One, the war that isn’t a war. Stephen
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Stiff Little Fingers: Nobody’s Hero
Saw ‘em last night with Lala, Chris, Andrew, others. They are bit older now, and they stand in front of the drum kit. But they’re still brilliant.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Now THIS is writing
I don’t agree with Strobel on politics, pretty much ever, but this column had Kirbie and I laughing our keesters off on the way back from Stiff Little Fingers last night. Just great writing, here: “Some folks are so sick of that temple to entitlement on Nathan Phillips Square, that
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Harper quitting?
Some folks telling me they think it may be announced here. . But why there and not on the Hill or at 24?
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: From the bulging Shameless Hypocrite file: John Tory on Doug Ford
There is plenty of stuff like this lying around. And it’s why I broke with the guy: he enthusiastically supported – for years, without qualification – the very thing he now claims to loathe and oppose. He’s not running because he opposes the Fords. He’s running because he’s the worst
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: One Ford out, one Ford in
While other folks will focus on the politics part, let me say that this can only mean that Rob Ford is really sick. I know all of you join me in wishing him better health.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Friday’s Sun: the rough beast slouching towards Baghdad
What rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Baghdad to be born? Theatrical, perhaps; a mangling of Yeats, to be sure. But watching U.S. President Barack Obama on the eve of the anniversary of 9/11, did you experience a creeping sense of dread? Did Obama’s speech to
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Throwback Thursday Thing
Yes, it’s me. In The Trial Continues, the alt band Chris Benner and I had in Ottawa. I plead that it was the Eighties.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: What will (or could) happen next in Toronto politics
Rob Ford – who, by the by, was the only mayoralty candidate to contact me during my recent run-in with the underside of a bus – is facing a huge health challenge. You know that. What you don’t know, perhaps, is that I had two epiphanies last night. Epiphany One,
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: NYC, 13 years ago yesterday
Picture posted by Banksy.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Wherever did you get the notion that misogyny and sexism is still a problem?
It couldn’t be. Could it?
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Dear #TOpoli: tonight you were a sewer of hate
It was really, really bad. My reaction:
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Wither thou goest, Dippers, in your orange car at night?
Reporter Andy Radia asked me what I thought about Tom Mulcair, the (aptly named) NDP retreat, blah blah blah. My response, for your edification: “Mulcair’s big problem can be summed up in three words: Mulcair isn’t Layton. For good or bad, who your leader is plays a big, big role
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: If this is all you’ve got, Conservatives, start dusting off those CVs
This is perhaps the shittiest ad they have produced to date, and that’s saying something. We’ll be talking about this on Sun News today, but here’s a quick summary of what’s wrong with it: He doesn’t look Prime Ministerial – no tie, hands in pockets, etc. His “God bless Canada”
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Beaches-East York
You know, if Tom wasn’t running, I think I would. Comment away!
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Tuesday’s Sun: what’s Harper’s Daisy going to be?
Fifty years ago on Sunday, politics was changed forever. It begins quietly, with a little girl. She’s in a field somewhere, and she has long, straight hair, and big eyes. She can be no more than three or four years old. She’s holding a daisy. In a child’s singsong voice,
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