Tag: Musings

Since I was a kid – since this day in 1972, in fact, when I started writing a daily journal – I have always taken note of April 4, and said to myself:  “April 4.  Dr. King.” Today, 46 years ago, Martin Luther King was murdered by a racist in

Wow.  Gauntlet, thrown.  Lisa MacLeod, can you please make some defamatory allegations, just this once, and outside the privileged confines of the Legislature? Please? I’d like to see your wages garnished until the end of time, personally. Letter to Standing Committee by Brian Shiller, lawyer to Laura Miller .

The amount of citizen engagement in this mayoralty campaign is something I haven’t seen before.  Here’s another killer vid that came over the transom this morning, on XXXXX’s fave candidate, John Tory.

Me, back in August: “I’ve been saying for months that the Ontario NDP leader is the person most likely to be elected the next Premier…Horwath is the most popular politician in the province.  She has a capable, underestimated staff.  And she has not been hurt by her walk-softly-and-carry-a-big-stick strategy of

Spotted by Robyn Doolittle in John Tory’s release from his “ethics” announcement this morning.  Among other things, it helps to explain why John Tory’s campaign started badly, and has gotten worse: his supporters all want to remain anonymous! Not a good sign, big guy. Either that, or John makes up

Given that we’re paying attention to the OPP’s mistakes, this morning, this is appropriate: It has recently been reported that Laura Miller, a former Deputy Chief of Staff in the Ontario Government, had refused to cooperate with the Ontario Provincial Police in an ongoing investigation.  The source of that information

What does the story there, about the OPP and the Toronto Police fighting about the Rob Ford investigation, right out in then open? 1. It means there will never be any charges against Rob Ford.  There’s no way the Crown can lay charges, now.  There’d be no reasonable prospect of

Everything else is noise, basically. This is the ballot question. [HT Sprout]

And it’s a really, really good one. Quebec Liberal Lead Grows (37% Vs. 28% PQ) in Final Stretch With Nine Point Spread, Liberal Voters Least Likely to Change Their Vote Before Election Day Couillard Chosen Over Marois, Legault as Best Premier

Brilliant.  Dunno who did this, but I want to meet them.

她的支持者將教堂擠得水泄不通﹔各路傳媒更是強陣出擊﹐媒體密集程度可與體育明星等出場媲美﹐政界新聞現場少見如此高密度覆蓋的場面。 To wit: “Her supporters packed the church in St. James town….media coverage comparable to a star level athlete. In the political world, we hardly see such high profile media coverage.” I’ll buy that. .

Quiz time. Who said this? “His performance was one of the most remarkable I have ever witnessed…He demonstrated absolutely unflagging energy, getting the job done in very difficult circumstances, and never wavered.” That would be John Tory. And who was John talking about? That would be “Brian Mulroney.” (The Secret

Check out this Star story on what the Ontario Liberals are planning. Then read this gem from the www.warrenkinsella.com archives: “November 24, 2005 – Looking at the communications carnage in today’s papers – and recalling last night’s newscasts – I can now pass judgment. And my judgment is this: yesterday, Dithers’

This really happened.  My apologies for ruining your breakfast.

Single again. Weird. I think I was destined grow old in the company of dogs. Anyway, carry on. .

When the Quebec election campaign started, almost one month ago, the governing Parti Quebecois were in the lead, and everyone assumed they were heading towards a majority in the National Assembly.   Well, almost everyone. A certain former Liberal Prime Minister told this writer that there would be no separatist

Well, yes, in fact, it does.  And someone has noticed.  The results: funny. (Another reason I love this campaign: it’s prepared to laugh at itself.) .

To wit: Andrea Horwath says there should be a judicial inquiry into the gas plants stuff. She intimates there was a “criminal breach of trust.” She calls it “reckless.” She calls it a “scandal.”  She calls it a “deliberate and orchestrated cover-up.” She calls it “explosive.” She calls it “in