Tag: Musings

Answer! “Quite a few of you have asked me this, and God knows why. But, no. One, I’m too busy at work and with my kids. Two, I don’t understand the Liberal party’s insistence on having conventions in the dead of winter, in the coldest parts of the country. It’s

I clicked on the little button, and voila! My own computer-generated movie.  It picked the images all on its own, determined by what was clicked on the most, apparently. What did it reveal about my Facebook friends? That they are all interested in Jean Chretien, a bit of punk rock,

Hayley Wickenheiser, Feist, Alison Redford, Danielle Smith, and a bunch of others.  The men who went there? Aside from Tewksbury, Yip, and assorted athletes, not as notable.  

On his last ever-show, Jay Leno goes out of his way to pay tribute to the Tonight Show’s workers – and makes a point to say how he’s proud to have worked on a union-staffed show.  Worth a watch.    

John Tory does it again. Amazing.

Sochi starts today.  I don’t think we should be there: they’re the hate Olympics.  Russia is a bigoted, repressive regime, and we’re giving them legitimacy. Stuff like this is good, but not nearly enough. So, here’s the song that I’d like to see played at the opening ceremonies this morning

The rule I have always followed is this: in any letter or email, the message being conveyed is always contained in the second-to-last paragraph. The first part is just throat-clearing and the end part is just sign-off. So, too stories about polling, it seems. The way I read it, the

A month ago, I told you I had some great legal news, but my legal counsel – Brian Shiller, who hasn’t lost me one case yet – told me to be silent about it for a month.  So, uncharacteristically, I have done so. McHale’s action has been tossed out of

Left to right: Winkie Nuclear Age Smith, Davey Snot and Bjorn von Flapjack III. Where are Steve Deceive and Royal Niblet?  We know not. But we wrote this song for them tonight.

This is what happens when you let Randy Hiller write your labour policy, Mr. Hudak. Full disclosure: I practiced labour law, union side.  I’ve represented plenty of unions over the years, radical and otherwise.  So I have a tendency to think Hudak’s strategy – like his anti-foreigner strategy in 2011

Story here. The winding down of this fabled firm – where I was for a fun get-together just a couple weeks ago – is sad, but not unprecedented.  Goodman and Carr went the same way, a few years ago, for a lot of the same reasons.  Nothing lasts forever, including

I’m a big fan of Michelle Rempel and Megan Leslie.  If you’ve been paying attention, the two of them – aided and abetted by Liberals outside the Commons, like this person, as here and here – have been challenging sexism inside the Commons, whatever the source. The attack on Liberal

On the very (snowy) morning that we learn that Toronto homicide detectives are still after Rob Ford-related cell phone records – and, as Rob Ford himself admits in the Sun, likely his – there’s the creepy revelation below: not too long ago, John Tory appeared before the Fords, cap in

This is an amazing piece of work, sent by an acquaintance of a friend. I don’t know the author’s name. But if they’re reading this, I say: do more stuff like this. This is really, really powerful.

I post this for four unrelated reasons: 1. It’s relevant to current events (cf. what John Tory did to his public image yesterday). 2. Tomorrow Michael Coren is interviewing Clash drummer Terry Chimes, who (like many of us punks, Johnny Rotten included) is Catholic. 3. In the Social Blemishes (pre-Nasties),

My old colleague Tonda gets the scoop, here. If true about Mac Harb, very disappointed to see. I knew him when he was an MP, and considered him to be a hard-working constit guy. Sad.

No kidding. From the Star, “John Tory on defensive over comments about women.” Canada.com: “A man being touted as a front-runner for mayor in Toronto’s next election (despite not having filed his nomination papers yet) has single-handedly solved the gender pay gap. You’ve just got to ask, ladies. What don’t you

From: Doyle, Ryan rdoyle@newstalk1010.astral.com To: Warren Kinsella Hey Warren, Just wanted to say it was a pleasure to go back and forth this morning. You are welcome on my show any time! All the best, Ryan

What’s better, politically? Small or big? Well, a few years back, Conservative MP Peter Van Loan called Ontario Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty “the small man of Confederation.” Van Loan shouldn’t have made remarks about a political rival’s size, of course.  At the time, Van Loan was big enough that he

“Because you will find it’s immensely advantageous to your career.” That’s a quote.  Clip is right here. Is his re-run for Toronto mayor over before it started? That’s for others to decide.  Comments are open. In the meantime, check out the new Twitter hash tag: #JohnToryTipsForWomen.  Kinda says it all.