From CP via CTV: “I am very happy to see members of the press this evening,” Trudeau said early in his remarks, which drew subdued applause from the roughly 300-person crowd. “We are very happy to see (journalists) among us and thank you very much for being here,” he said,
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Warren Kinsella: Trump and GOP get their Kill Bill: assholes
When you take health care away from 24 million people, it means people are going to die. Donald Trump is an asshole: sing it.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The force is with the BC Libs, too
Star Trek: still better. NOW PLAYING: TAX WARS #BCNDP Debt Star™ ft. Darth Horgan. #MayThe4thBeWithYou. @jjhorgan #bcelxn17 #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/ZPDGzgFiJc — Today's BC Liberals (@bcliberals) May 4, 2017
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Well done, LPC
…really well done. But Star Trek is still way better than Star Wars. Stephen Harper’s apprentices? These are not the leaders you are looking for. #Maythe4thBeWithYou #cpcldr #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/rX84SicXS1 — Liberal Party (@liberal_party) May 4, 2017
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Dear Kev
Column, now on HuffPo. Got a lot of comments about this one. Sample: “You’re mean, but I like it.” Snippet: You weren’t going to ever, ever beat Justin Trudeau. He was going to put you — a bloviating blowhard, a misanthropic misogynist, a down-market Donald — through the political Cuisinart.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Globe and Mail: Christy Clark was “warm,” “friendly,” “respectful,” “handled [Linda] well”
Dear Team BC NDP: a hashtag, and a lot of fake Twitter outrage, does not a winning campaign make. Check this out – the Globe and Mail is calling you out on your (typical, usual) tendency to get outraged about every frigging thing, the absurd #IAmLinda included: Of all the interactions
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Follow the money
We just had a Daisy staff lunch – in part, to welcome the newest member of the team, Madi Fuller – and talked a lot about this shocker, from CP: OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives showed off their fundraising prowess during the first three months of the year, raking in
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Ten (very personal) reasons why I want the BC NDP to lose
I’ve gotten a few emails from folks who are genuinely puzzled as to why I support Christy Clark’s BC Liberals. So, here’s ten reasons. Friendship. From 1990 to 1993, I was Jean Chretien’s special assistant, and very involved in tormenting the Mulroney/Campbell Liberals in the House. In 1993, I oversaw the Liberal
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Beaver
Signifying security. By Kwakiutl artist R. Adams of Alert Bay. Picked up during a quick swing through Ottawa to get a daughter (100 per cent on final exam!), talk to a Prime Minister (the best!), and eat at the Shenger (suck it, Jason Kenney!). Beautiful, eh?
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: CJN on neo-Nazi rag
Story here: Warren Kinsella, a founding member of Standing Together Against Mailing Prejudice (STAMP) and a political consultant, said his organization, and others, “remain determined to keep this violent, racist and misogynistic rag out of their communities.” Kinsella, who lives in The Beaches, said he first found out about the paper
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: This week’s column: a Dear Kevin letter
Dear Kevin: At least Michael Ignatieff moved back here. You know what I mean, Mr. Disembark Tank. You’re Just Leaving. As expected. As planned. As such, I was going to wish you the best in packing for the return to Boston – but we both you know you never really
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: BC Libs edge ahead?
So says one pollster, here. Exclusive poll shows BC Liberals edging slight lead after televised debate A new exclusive online Ipsos poll for Global News and CKNW suggests the BC Liberals have a slight lead over the NDP after Wednesday’s televised debate. 29 per cent of voters said they believed Christy
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: PS – That softwood thing was pretty crappy to do to family
Canadians sing Star Spangled Banner. Take that, Trump. #USPolitics #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/qtkkp1SNuO — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 1, 2017
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: 100 days
We live in a dark time. The rough beast, his hour come round at last:
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The noose tightens
If the Department of Justice is involved, it means even more sleepless, fear-filled nights for the Unpresident. Get prepared, ipso facto, for a war in the Korean peninsula to commence any minute. Two (2) grand juries probing Trump/Russia conspiracy. FBI and DOJ facilitating. Woot! #USPolitics #potus https://t.co/BAJ9qDDWKI — Warren Kinsella
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The Damned this weekend
It’s their fortieth anniversary tour, or something, and Lisa and I will be going – under protest. The tickets were a very un-punk sixty bucks each. What a joke. Anyway, here’s what is still their best tune. Old punks don’t die, they just go on nostalgia reunion tours. (I’d know.)
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Because he really is one
SFH is heading back into the studio in May to re-record this gem about the Unpresident, and a dozen other guaranteed chart-toppers, too. Sing along! Dance! And buy all our stuff on iTunes*! * The new tunes will be 100% misogyny-free! (That, um, guy is gone.)
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: BC’s NDP: big labour pays their salaries – and is chummy with Trump, too
From the Straight, not exactly a paragon of anti-NDP sentiment: Oh, and here is a fascinating video on the BC NDP’s pals palling it up with Donald Trump – the guy, you know, who this week killed off 20,000 B.C. softwood lumber jobs.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: I miss my life before you became President, too, you moron
…as one of my witty readers put it. To wit, from that now-infamous Reuters interview with the Unpresident: He misses driving, feels as if he is in a cocoon, and is surprised how hard his new job is. President Donald Trump on Thursday reflected on his first 100 days in
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Even the Prime Minister of America wouldn’t get this wrong
From Commentary. In all seriousness, tall-forehead commentary-type folks, when you get stuff this basic wrong, you undermine your entire story/column/editorial. And so I used to tell my students at Carleton’s School of Journalism, when I would give them an “F” for mistakes like this.
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