Tag: Musings

How does bombing targets in Syria, without asking Syria for permission, and continuing to condemn Syria, make us an ally of Syria? #cdnpoIi — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 26, 2015 Opposing the Obama-led international coalition for whatever reason is one thing. But to actually suggest we have now somehow become

You all know my views on scandal stuff, but you also know I am a digitized, Internet-based broken record, and possibly not even a person.  To wit: scandal-mongering DOESN’T WORK. Cole’s Notes version as to why: The media/politico chattering class call EVERYTHING a scandal, and always append “gate” to the end

Right here: “The Bureau also took into consideration the dynamic nature of media markets and the challenges faced by traditional media in adapting to an increasingly digital world.” Shorter version: newspapers need all the help they can get, and we aren’t about to hasten their demise. Knock yourselves out, etc.

These are some of the things that happen every four years: leap year, a total solar eclipse, the Olympics, and the FIFA World Cup.  Oh, and debate—ad infinitum, ad nauseam—about the Liberals and New Democrats coming together to defeat the Satanic Stephen Harper Conservatives. That, too, happens every four years—and,

This Matthews guy is smart. One expert in genocide and war said the government motion neatly manoeuvred Trudeau into repudiating his own party’s foreign policy legacy. “I think now from a political perspective this is a bigger wedge issue because Liberals were the ones who helped bring about responsibility to

And here’s yet another reason why.

As expected, the Harper government is moving to extend and even expand our participation in the international force targeting ISIS. The Conservatives – with the possible exception of Michael Chong – will be unanimous in their support for that motion. The NDP – with no exceptions that I’m aware of

…which, clearly, is a European insane asylum.

If you’re like me, you form judgments based upon a number of variables. You look at the evidence, and you choose. So, you look at the evidence unearthed by the United Nations, which has reported that ISIS is “selling abducted Iraqi children at markets as sex slaves, and killing other

I can breathe in this world.    

Mark my words. My band did a Toronto show on Thursday night. We played live, and we were seen by a respectable number of people as far away as Australia. I’m told we were among the first bands to ever use this new video live streaming thing in that way. 

A classic.    

Michael Harris in iPolitics: The odd thing about about this re-run of the Right of the Living Dead in the CPC is that it represents something that Stephen Harper himself used to view with mortification and alarm. His original inspiration for muzzling MPs came from his days with Preston Manning.

From left: Davey Snot, Royal Niblet, Steve Deceive and Winkie Smith. Bjorn von Flapjack III? Who cares. We hate him, now.  I love Stevie’s Townshend-esque flourish. Classic.  Oh, and we made history! We broadcast our show live over Meerkat and Periscope, and got watched as far away as Australia. Cool. 

Spotted by the ever-vigilant Michael Slavitch.

In May 1939, the ocean liner St. Louis departed Hamburg with nearly 1,000 Jews onboard.  They were heading to Cuba, to escape Nazi persecution.  When they arrived in Havana, two weeks later, every Jew aboard was denied entry. The St. Louis’ captain tried again, in Florida.  There, too, the Jewish passengers were not

Quote:  Like a real dog whistle which produces sound at a high frequency that can be heard by canines but not by humans, dog-whistle politics refers to the use of code words that go unheard or unremarked by most people but which convey a particular — usually nasty, racially tinged

Quote:  Warren Kinsella, another Ottawa-based political strategist and former Special Assistant to Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chrétien agrees. “The NDP never wants the Green party there, the Liberals would prefer not to have the NDP there, the Tories would probably prefer to have nobody there. All of them have their

• Getting kicked in the face by a goat • Leaving a baby on a bus • Having to poop at your friend’s tiny studio apartment • Accidentally drooling while speaking to a Super Model • Being kidnapped by a drug cartel • Swallowing a pill sideways • Week-long Justin

It’s just one poll, election is far away, blah blah blah. But if those BC and PQ numbers are right, Harper doesn’t have far to go to secure another majority.  Wow.