Tag: Musings
Warren Kinsella: From the bulging Shameless Hypocrite file: John Tory on Doug Ford
There is plenty of stuff like this lying around. And it’s why I broke with the guy: he enthusiastically supported – for years, without qualification – the very thing he now claims to loathe and oppose. He’s not running because he opposes the Fords. He’s running because he’s the worst
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: One Ford out, one Ford in
While other folks will focus on the politics part, let me say that this can only mean that Rob Ford is really sick. I know all of you join me in wishing him better health.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Friday’s Sun: the rough beast slouching towards Baghdad
What rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Baghdad to be born? Theatrical, perhaps; a mangling of Yeats, to be sure. But watching U.S. President Barack Obama on the eve of the anniversary of 9/11, did you experience a creeping sense of dread? Did Obama’s speech to
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Throwback Thursday Thing
Yes, it’s me. In The Trial Continues, the alt band Chris Benner and I had in Ottawa. I plead that it was the Eighties.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: What will (or could) happen next in Toronto politics
Rob Ford – who, by the by, was the only mayoralty candidate to contact me during my recent run-in with the underside of a bus – is facing a huge health challenge. You know that. What you don’t know, perhaps, is that I had two epiphanies last night. Epiphany One,
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: NYC, 13 years ago yesterday
Picture posted by Banksy.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Wherever did you get the notion that misogyny and sexism is still a problem?
It couldn’t be. Could it?
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Dear #TOpoli: tonight you were a sewer of hate
It was really, really bad. My reaction:
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Wither thou goest, Dippers, in your orange car at night?
Reporter Andy Radia asked me what I thought about Tom Mulcair, the (aptly named) NDP retreat, blah blah blah. My response, for your edification: “Mulcair’s big problem can be summed up in three words: Mulcair isn’t Layton. For good or bad, who your leader is plays a big, big role
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: If this is all you’ve got, Conservatives, start dusting off those CVs
This is perhaps the shittiest ad they have produced to date, and that’s saying something. We’ll be talking about this on Sun News today, but here’s a quick summary of what’s wrong with it: He doesn’t look Prime Ministerial – no tie, hands in pockets, etc. His “God bless Canada”
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Beaches-East York
You know, if Tom wasn’t running, I think I would. Comment away!
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Tuesday’s Sun: what’s Harper’s Daisy going to be?
Fifty years ago on Sunday, politics was changed forever. It begins quietly, with a little girl. She’s in a field somewhere, and she has long, straight hair, and big eyes. She can be no more than three or four years old. She’s holding a daisy. In a child’s singsong voice,
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: wk.com: 2.2 million page views a year! 13 million since 2008!
A friendly inquiry this morning about how many people come to my web site elicited this response: “I don’t know.” So I decided ask the guy who would, from Team Propellerhead. His response: “In the last year you had 2.2 million page views– spread over 1.3 million sessions, and 355,000
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Daisy, fifty years later
Changed politics forever. Re-elected Johnson. Named my firm about it. Still gives me shivers. Oh, and wrote tomorrow’s column about it!
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Apology by former Harper advisor Manny Montenegrino
More about him here and here.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Fifty years ago today
One ad, one little ad, changed everything. Named my company after it, was inspired by it: do it, do it strong and tough and loud, and do it right. Take the risk, and you just might win. That’s Daisy.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Best sign, ever
It also neatly summarizes my perspective on all of existence.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The Ottawa Citizen’s massive apology to Dalton McGuinty
It’s a shit-eater, too. Wow. Some of us had been saying the Citizen had been reckless and wrong about the former Premier. Very, very happy to see this.
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