Tag: Musings

Always late to the party, I just spotted these: me, Davey Snot and Lala onstage with the Palma Violets at the Grove Fest in August.  Pix by Atsuko Kobasigawa.  Cool. We look like a “Christian rock” band to you?

Right now, lawyers are crowding into a Toronto courtroom for a fairly extraordinary hearing.  They are there to gain access to a nearly-500-page police ITO (Information To Obtain) that led to a search warrant.  The ITO apparently contains the name “Rob Ford” more than 100 times. You may have heard

Poking through the electoral entrails, looking for the federal angle, editorialists and opinion-opiners always assign far too much importance to (a) byelections, and (b) provincial elections. It’s ill-advised, because (a) byelections are lousy predictors of future general-election voter behaviour, and (b) in Canada, federal and provincial political parties generally share

So, Parliament returns. My hunch? Thirty-odd million Canadians won’t notice. The government that is led by Stephen Harper, and a few neatly-barbered, young Conservatives in PMO, is adrift—truly, officially and indisputably so. If they have a message, anymore, no one knows what it is. They—who used to have so much

From: Cesare Rizzuto cesarerizzuto31@gmail.com Date: October 13, 2013 at 10:51:37 AM EDT To: warren.kinsella@sunmedia.ca Subject: I don’t know Spoken like a true gay Man.or Women you must be proud of your shit

All evidence to the contrary, political folks try to be helpful. They try to answer questions, for example. The media and their political adversaries ask them questions, and the above-noted politicos, oftentimes the ones ensconced in government, faithfully endeavour to answer them. Even if they don’t know all of the

Bully for the Bulldog!

…well, my world did, anyway. Heard this, shaved my head, started wearing thrift store rags, and scrawled “ANARCHY” on the shirt I wore to the Bishop Carroll student council photo session. And the Social Blemishes (to become the Hot Nasties, who still have fans) took on an entirely new significance,

Me, almost a year ago: “Opposition leaders come and go — and, in 2015, Thomas Mulcair will switch titles with Justin Trudeau.” The learned professor, today: “The NDP and Liberals are trading places.” You’re welcome, professor. I accept cheques as well as money orders. Donation button is to the immediate

I don’t know what else he’s done in his career, but – as Dad to a young aboriginal woman, born in the Yukon – I applaud him for this. Well done.

Dear Jim: Some of your employees are behaving badly. I add my voice to those of others calling for the end of the ban on the Bulldog. More here. Sincerely, Warren

Julie Pacino directed the “writhing” video bits. So if you’ve got a problem with it, take it up with Julie and her Dad, Al.

—— Forwarded Message From: Mark Bourrie Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:03:58 -0400 To: Warren Kinsella Subject: Criminal libel If you do not remove the defamatory material about me from your web page, I will attend at a Justice of the Peace Tuesday and swear out a complaint of criminal

One of Son One’s schoolmates at St. Mike’s is Jaedan Washington.  Jaedan is about as tall as my boy, but heavier and – as you will shortly see – probably a bit stronger. Jaedan, number six, was recently  filmed by a St. Mike’s kid.  The video kicked around the school

Mark Bourrie is a member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery.  Anyone who reads this web site is pretty familiar with him, and the way he behaves.  You can read more about that here. Bourrie has sent two libel notices to Media Temple, the firm that hosts this web site.  He’s going

Ha!

Rolf Dinsdale, our former guitarist, is the Liberal Party candidate in his home town. To save Rolf (and me and Davey) some time, we state: • The band is neither “Christian rock” nor serious. It’s for fun. We all had day jobs. • The songs are satirical, mainly. To wit,

He’s written nasty legal letters to everyone who hosts/links to me. So, if the web site suddenly disappears after 12 or so years, you know who to blame. Stay tuned.

So, twenty years ago, I worked with, for and around my friend Dingwall.  On the night of the Nova Scotia Liberals’ smashing victory – their first in twenty years! – I got to play TV co-host with him, which is a first.  Watch, about seven minutes in (click on the

For those Gotcha Conservatives (hello, Andrew Harris!) who were impatiently bombarding me last night with emails and tweets, demanding my reaction to the gas plant schmozzle, I say this: I was on TV, co-hosting the Sun News Network’s excellent coverage of the Nova Scotia Liberals’ smashing victory, and therefore a