Wow. My tiny by-election post, way down at the bottom of this page, has attracted nearly 200 comments. That almost ranks up there with the still-legendary Kraft Dinner post!! Related: read Susan Delacourt’s column about the by-elections, here. It is very, very good. Coyne is good, too, here. .
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Warren Kinsella: This picture makes me happy (and relieved)
It’s been a somewhat frustrating 17 months. So I was very, very happy to see this photo, taken at the Throne Speech. Never run away from anything, Churchill liked to say. (Particularly the past – it never works.) Glad to see some have learn that lesson.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Rob Ford was just on the radio lying his face off about his record
Courtesy of Newstalk 1010, natch. Here’s the truth. .
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Headbanging is bad for your health
…as any punk rocker could have told you. Watching this video, I think it is time for a Headbanger Intervention Strategy.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Friday’s Sun: will by-elections mean bye-bye?
As by-election results rolled in on the evening of June 30, did Prime Minister Stephen Harper start contemplating the location of the nearest exit door? It’s possible. After all, the quartet of by-elections arguably gave him plenty of cause for concern. In the Alberta riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca, his party’s
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: From the overflowing ‘A Picture Worth 1,000 Words’ file: Rob Ford
Maybe it’s just me, but I think he should consider using a different receptacle to drink stuff. Which I’m certain is water, and not something else. In related news, I’m assuming the reason he didn’t sue me for saying that he used heroin was that he, you know, used heroin.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: John Tory math: mayoralty candidate doesn’t know how many TTC stations Toronto has
Seriously. You couldn’t make this up if you tried. .
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Hey, I have almost as many Twitter followers as Rob Ford has excuses
Somewhere North of 16,000. Justins Trudeau and Bieber, watch out! .
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Dear John
Things are good. The boy is back (and apologized). Talked to someone, was good. Painting again. New songs. Business is rockin’. And the new book is flying out of me – almost 4,000 words in a week. Cheers, W
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: John Tory: shameless hypocrite, in his own words
John Tory’s Toronto mayoralty campaign set a deadline for themselves. They had to be in second place by the time July 1 rolled around. They aren’t. Olivia Chow, my candidate, remains well ahead in the top spot. Rob Ford – back from rehab, slimmer, contrite and still clearly enjoying support
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Two questions about last night’s by-elections
Question one: watching last night’s results, did Stephen Harper think once or twice about resigning, and finally going to make some real money somewhere? Probably. Question two: if he goes, what are the implications for Justin Trudeau and Tom Mulcair? That last one has me somewhere between “it doesn’t matter
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Tuesday’s Sun: Rob Ford, the destroyer
If you’re interested in politics, two things probably caught your attention yesterday. (1) Important by-elections took place – two in Alberta, and two in Ontario. (2) Rob Ford got out of rehab. This column is being written in advance, but we’ll hazard a guess that the second political happening –
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: On Joe Cressy, party politics and me
Ordinary people usually say that the candidate or the leader matters more than the party. Young people, in particular say that: they dislike political parties, and partisanship is one of the main reasons they cite for not voting or getting involved. Partisan political people, on the other hand, always put
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Rob Ford is back, like a stain in the carpet that you can’t scrub out
So I figured it’s time to reprise a video that kind of says it all about his “record” – which John Tory and Karen Stintz supported every step of the way, by the by.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Eat your heart out, Kirbie
.@LisaKirbie is super jealous because @LauraJaneGrace just responded to my query about Against Me’s start time. Heh.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Kathleen Wynne plays it smart in Toronto mayor’s race; Tory, Ford & Stintz have a bad day
Right here. Take that, John Tory, Rob Ford and Karen Stintz. Doesn’t exactly suggest that the newly-elected-to-a-healthy-majority-Premier thinks you are going to win, does it? No, it doesn’t.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Globe and Mail announces Comical Ali as new editor-in-chief
There’s no other way to explain their reliance on “internal” polling by John Tory, about John Tory. Nate Silver in the New York Times on such “polls,” here. Background on the sterling company in question here and here and here and here and here and, of course, here. Way to
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: BREAKING: SFH abandons punk rock, embraces Eurotrash dance club genre
Shocking as it may be, Canada’s best-loved geriatric punks have abandoned punk rock. As you will see in the video below, SFH has decided to become modern, and the resulting tune – ‘Eighties Dance Song’ – will be the biggest hit of the year. What is Davey singing? I don’t
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