Warren Kinsella: Toronto’s next mayor

Here. Reasons why I’d support her, if she ran: She knows how to work with everyone: that’s her rep from the Lastman years, when she was a councillor.  She’s flexible.  She isn’t into dogma. She’s hasn’t been part of the messes that have characterized City Hall for the past three

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Warren Kinsella: His Majesty, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and His other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith: we care

Crazed republicans remind me of crazed atheists: they are more preoccupied with saying they dislike/disbelieve than those who actually do like/believe in God or Her Majesty or whatever.  I mean, honestly, if you don’t care, why don’t you STFU? I swear: if Twitter didn’t exist, crazy people would go back

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Warren Kinsella: Free Pussy Riot now

Dear Masha and Nadia: As the one-year anniversary of your trial approaches, we are writing to assure you that, around the world, people are both still thinking of you and working for your release. Although you were the most visible of the protesters, we know that there were many other

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Warren Kinsella: Conjunctive, disjunctive

Ekos here. I don’t really believe the fed Grits are pulling down the Ontario Libs, or vice-versa. There’s a bit of brand overlap, but not enough to effect big shifts. I believe in the alternation theory: when the federal party is ascendant, the provincial party generally isn’t. There are three

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Warren Kinsella: Not just Windsor

…perhaps. Quote: “While it’s Duncan’s seat and not her former riding, there’s still a lingering hostility among voters in the city about the way Pupatello was betrayed during the leadership campaign. She’s a star in Canada’s Motown. The day of the leadership vote, Eric Hoskins and Charles Sousa unexpectedly threw

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