Tag: Musings

…what’s remarkable isn’t the subject matter, or the fact that it used B-roll of people who left the network almost four years ago, or that I wore a sweater Lala detests, in public, on TV. No what’s remarkable is this marks the first-time appearance of Canada’s Best-loved Political Dog, Roxy™,

I was on Twitter, past midnight, reading some of the things people were saying about the network’s demise. There was a lot of gloating and awful stuff being said. I slept for four hours, then got up to watch the network disappear. They showed a promo for Pat Bolland’s show,

Political people are all the same. Whenever they get into big trouble – whatever their party, whatever their ideology – they go through Five Stages of Political Denial, sort of like Kubler-Ross’ Five Stages of Grief. First, they pretend there isn’t a problem. Thus, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau announced Monday

It’s true. There are some good people there, and I feel very bad for them. They worked hard. They were good to me, too, over the past four years. My views were almost always at odds with theirs, but they kept asking me back anyway. Not sure what is happening

That’s what they called it, in the Watergate days: ratf**king.  No less an authority than Wikipedia defines it as “an American slang term for political sabotage or dirty tricks.”  Donald Segretti, forged letters, false accusations, nasty leaks, that sort of thing: ratf**king. Which brings us, in a circuitous fashion, to

Look, I’m no fan of what Justin Trudeau did this week.  Most real Liberals aren’t, either. As I will opine in a column on Friday, he should have: Welcomed Eve Adams to the party; Said she was going to sit as an independent; Said she would be welcome to run for

Navdeep Bains, former Liberal MP and Justin Trudeau advisor: “[Adams] will be subject to [the] same rules as anyone else in terms of a green-light vetting process and the nomination process. The same rules will apply to her, for sure.” Gerald Butts, Justin Trudeau advisor: Dimitri Soudas’ “role with LPC is

I don’t know what’s worse: accomplishing nothing that is notable in your life – or accomplishing something when you are young, and never again repeating it. Such were my reflections, yesterday, when I got word through my agent that a big U.S. TV series wants to buy the rights to two

Worth a read, though I’m biased. Right here.

BREAKING: Announcing my plan to cross office floor to chat with members of #NDP & #CPC. I will then return to my desk. Thank you. #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 10, 2015

…and the reviews aren’t so good.  Mine, for what it’s worth, is appended at the end. Feel free to add yours in comments. Andrew Coyne, Post: “Justin Trudeau delivers a crawlingly demeaning performance while welcoming Eve Adams…feigned high-mindedness…gut-emptying shame…particularly painful…jaw-dropping self-abasement..For [Conservative secrets], Mr. Trudeau would endure any indignity.” Chantal

When Barack Obama’s Democratic Party loses the support of the likes of Anti-Flag, they’re probably in big trouble. Consider that, in 2008 and 2012, Barack Obama and his Democrats won power because they captured previously elusive constituencies: Hispanics, African-Americans, and so on. But Obama won both of his mandates because

(And, for clarity’s sake, I wasn’t denied in the “green light” process – I simply didn’t bother. Life’s too short, etc.) Warren: Here’s one of the things pissing me off about the eve Adams thing: 1) you don’t get green lit because you’ve been critical of the lpc 2) but

It’s a happy day. If you take everyone at their word, that is. Here’s why: • The Cons are happy because they no longer have around someone they insist they didn’t want around. • The Grits are happy because they’ve boosted their caucus (short term), possibly picked up a seat

My friends Laura Miller and Eve Adams (coincidentally) are both in the news today, for different reasons. So, here is some of a column I did awhile back, wherein both women (coincidentally) are mentioned. Oh, and my take on the Ottawa drama? I don’t see much downside for either Adams

Last night, my (feminist) partner and I went to see a movie.  The trailers came on, and one was for Fifty Shades of Grey, which has attracted no small amount of controversy.  When we got home, I looked up the plot on Wikipedia.  Here’s what I read: “The tension between

When Canada Goose was sold to a U.S. Hedge fund, I stitched this over their logo in protest. Today, I display it to remember Tuff Gong on his 70th birthday. Likkle more!  

Choose your gut over your head. You can’t go wrong.

At what point, exactly, do you finally admit you were tragically, fundamentally, historically wrong? (Reuters) – Islamic State militants are selling abducted Iraqi children at markets as sex slaves, and killing other youth, including by crucifixion or burying them alive, a United Nations watchdog said on Wednesday. Iraqi boys aged