Tag: Musings

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

Wonder no more. And THINK about it.

He haunts us still. Remember that? That line – “he haunts us still” – is the very first line on the very first page of a terrific book about Pierre Trudeau. The book won all kinds of awards and accolades, but it is that first sentence which has come to

What a picture. “…Their SOUND was forever first and one-two-three-foremost within their arsenal, but the band’s look posture, taste, aroma, and very thorn-in-the-craw omnipresence offered vital inspiration, and delivered desperately needed hope by the dumpster-load, to all of us who just refused to take Frampton Comes Alive or even Rumours

My second failed attempt at hosting Sun News Network’s Byline, below.  Comments are welcome, but anyone who takes a cheap shot about hairlines is banned for life.

That’s a tiny quote from one of the early stories about the gas plant/email “scandal.” In the avalanche of hysterical, over-the-top coverage that has happened since, it would be easy to miss or forget that little bit of information, wouldn’t it? I went to law school; I love the law.

…and those are just the nice things I can say about the rightist, self-described “bagman.” Here’s a quote from Lean in the Toronto Star on June 15, 2013. “I will support any candidate who runs against Olivia Chow.” This jerk has also called Olivia a “disaster,” “wrong” and so on.

John Ford: The new mayoral candidate. from McGillicutty on Vimeo. .

Dear nice Toronto media people: None of the candidates mentioned the word “crack” because I suspect the research shows, consistently, voters don’t want candidates talking about crack instead of the issues. In addition, I suspect the research shows that the media’s ongoing preoccupation with crack, to the exclusion of any

I’m a bit of a YouTube man myself.  But, over on the competition, someone is being, um, somewhat critical of John.  Ouch, as they say. John Tory a.k.a. Mr. Dithers from McGGillicutty on Vimeo.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: OLIVIA DOMINATED DEBATE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 2014 The second hour of the Toronto mayoralty debate was a lot like the first: Olivia Chow dominated! The pundits agree that Olivia Chow was the only candidate who took on Rob Ford directly. Meanwhile, all the other candidates tried

Don’t just take my word for it: IN THEIR OWN WORDS: OLIVIA BEGINS FIRST MAYORAL DEBATE ON A WINNING NOTE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 2014 In the opening 23 minutes of CityTV’s first mayoral debate, journalists, columnists and pundits across party lines agree: Olivia has already demonstrated to Toronto that she