Tag: Musings

All of Southern Ontario is preoccupied with a big honkin’ snowstorm, so I wager not too many Real Folks™ in the Vote-Rich™ Centre of the Universe™ care.  But there’s a cabinet shuffle up Ottawa, this morn, and there’s lots of (looks like informed) speculation to be seen. My only reaction:

The diplomat didn’t hesitate.   “Set up a war room, now,” he said, tapping the table for emphasis. “It’s useless writing memos trying to guess what this guy will do next. You have to see what he does, and then respond, quickly. That’s what Trudeau needs to do.”   It

Here’s what Canadian Press says: OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to give his year-old cabinet a facelift on Tuesday. Sources tell The Canadian Press that the shuffle will involve at least six people. Those expected to be moved include International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is considered

Perhaps someone else would’ve been better, eh? From Abbas in today’s Hill Times: Several members of the federal Toronto-Danforth Liberal riding association executive are threatening to resign or won’t seek another term because of how they’re being treated by rookie Grit MP Julie Dabrusin’s office staff, Liberal sources told The Hill

Every Canadian Prime Minister should know how to spell "Canadian." Also, they should not be a bigot. pic.twitter.com/z4n4YXsncj — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 8, 2017

Increasingly having difficulty reading @nytimes due to Trump-related miasma. Haven't turned on @CNN since Nov. 8 for same reason. #uspoli pic.twitter.com/EOkkq1HCzg — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 8, 2017

Exploring in a used furniture shop on Queen East today, Cheyenne found this. She said I should come look.  It was stunning. It was incredible. We bought it right away. It was a huge find.  The artist is Ken Mailhot. The piece is called Man Emerging.  It will go on

He’s one of those things.  He either knew Russia was attacking the U.S. in a way that constitutes an act of war – in which case he has committed treason.  That, or he didn’t know, but – now knowing – still cravenly defends Russia. Which isn’t treason, per se. It

I never have thought I should look to big corporations and big unions for ethical guidance. But what Jerry Dias et al. are saying, these days – i.e., we should “join with the Trump administration” – is simply despicable. It’s disgusting. If there is anything more vomit-inducing than #unifor and

Spotted this in the National Post this morning: Clarification – Yank Barry: On April 15, 2012, the National Post published an article about Mr. Yank Barry entitled “The world according to Yank: Montrealer with checkered past gets Nobel nod, or does he?” The National Post acknowledges that Mr. Barry has

If Steve Ladurantaye was still alive, I would send it to him.

.@KellieLeitch, who we should all make a point to never call doctor. https://t.co/yjQDNAo5rN #cpcldr #cdnpoli #cpc pic.twitter.com/WxCWrDqeK5 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 5, 2017

You won’t be missed. Not by sane Catholics.

I’ll be hosting, and these fine folks will be on the panel: Desmond Cole, Activist, Author, Journalist Bernie M. Farber, ED the Mosaic Institute Ihsaan Gardee, ED National Counicl of Can Muslims Dr. Karen Mock, Human Rights Consultant, President JSpaceCanada Tickets are just $10, and $5 for students with ID.

In other news, Justin Trudeau is going to be Prime Minister for 142 years. The #CPCldr race is: — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 4, 2017

Images from latest issue of the neo-Nazi rag, Your Ward News. Where is Toronto Police? Toronto Council? John Tory? Why haven’t they helped STAMP out this hate?  If you want to get involved in the effort to fight these haters, contact Lisa.

Check out this whopper: No one thing killed blogging in Canada. Twitter played a role. Much of the old blogosphere energy now gets expended on Tweets. The structure of the Internet changed, too. Between maybe 2003 and 2009, when blogging was huge, the Internet was more about websites. Today it’s

…to kill off ethics oversight, and gut democracy.  U.S. House Republicans vote to gut independent ethics office against wishes of top GOP leaders WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Monday voted to eviscerate the Office of Congressional Ethics, the independent body created in 2008 to investigate allegations of misconduct by lawmakers

Its principal, when not snorting leftover California corn flake off the floor of a Montessori somewhere in Ottawa, deeply resents happiness in others. So I offer this yet again, worried as I am that it will cause him to have a debilitating stroke, because he is so old. That would

OTTAWA — The Conservatives have edged ahead of the Liberals in support, according to poll results released today that also put Stephen Harper’s party in the lead in the crucial Ontario region. If an election were held today, 33% of voters would cast their ballots for the Conservatives, up a