Tag: Musings

From QP Briefing: Hamilton police have launched a criminal investigation into a Progressive Conservative nomination contest clouded with allegations of fraud and ballot-tampering. The probe comes in the wake of controversy around previous nomination meetings that caused mass resignations from two PC riding associations and alleged breaches of voting rules. The investigation comes

And important anniversary.  Any bets on when history will repeat itself?

Every political hack remembers where they were when the first black man was elected president of the United States, or when Nelson Mandela was freed from a South African prison, or (more recently, depressingly) when Comrade Donald Trump cheated his way into the White House. Those were big political events. 

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Oh, and good riddance to bad rubbish.  Neo-Nazi Ernst Zundel is dead. He ran a holocaust-denying publishing operation out of Toronto decades ago, was charged & deported to Germany — Evan Balgord (@ebalgord) August 6, 2017

About six inches. Quiet type. Anyone know his name?

From the New Republic, a stirring and disturbing statement: Both in content and in context, the official transcripts of Donald Trump’s January phone calls with Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto—which were leaked to The Washington Post and published Thursday—depict a president whose very presence

But now it’s too late, Unpresident: Washington (CNN) Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued grand jury subpoenas related to Donald Trump Jr.’s 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower, according to a person familiar with the matter. The subpoena seeks both documents and testimony from people involved

For born unto you in this month was the Warren Child, and he brings you tidings of punk joy.  Details about this weeks-long celebration will be forthcoming shortly. 

Wow. Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown is poised to get a star candidate for next year’s election – Caroline Mulroney. Mulroney, whose father Brian Mulroney was prime minister from 1984 until 1993, announced Wednesday she will seek the Tory nomination in the riding of York-Simcoe She’ll win, and she’ll be

The white supremacist who is running the Disunited States of America wants to abolish affirmative action.  No surprise there. It is a surprise, however, when I sometimes hear this from otherwise-intelligent white people: “Why do we need affirmative action, anyway?  It isn’t fair.” And I always provide them with President

Full disclosure: I hadn’t watched The National in a long time. It was just, well, boring. Sorry, Peter et al.  These changes at The National are therefore smart – and needed. I like that these people are mostly experienced journalists. I like that they will be working out of the

So, there’s this quote in the Rolling Stone paean to Justin Trudeau: “I wanted someone who would be a good foil, and we stumbled upon the scrappy tough-guy senator from an Indigenous community. He fit the bill, and it was a very nice counterpoint,” Mr. Trudeau says in the article.

Holy shit la merde. Roughly half of voters in Toronto — a traditional Liberal stronghold – would cast ballots for the Tories with less than a year to go before Ontarians head to the polls, according to a new public-opinion survey. Among decided and leaning voters, 49 per cent said

I love #USpolitics. pic.twitter.com/uRWpLHayYK — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 31, 2017

Glen Murray, the Ontario minister of the environment, is gone. Some may interpret this as a loss for Kathleen Wynne. It isn’t. It’s awesome. One, I know Glen Murray. I’ve briefly worked with Glen Murray. I don’t like Glen Murray. Neither do a lot of people who are obliged to deal

This is the moment Exene Cervenka said to me: “Better an asshole than a mass-murderer.” @lisakinsella‘s a witness. pic.twitter.com/mdtY08pBkh — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 31, 2017 “What is wrong with these people?” It’s a question you hear quite a bit, in 2017.  Usually – but not always – the question