Tag: Musings

HALIFAX – When a political party has been in power for a long time, and they are desperate to hold onto it, they will usually opt for something new — and something that is strikingly different from what they’ve had. So, the cerebral francophone Pierre Trudeau begat the WASPy jock

1. Political folks say swear words about reporters.  2. Reporters say swear words about political folks.  3. Opposition politicians, far from being “outraged,” will actually sit on stuff to try and score transparently-obvious political points.  4. Speakers get appeals in legislatures, hallways, you name it. 5. Er, that’s it. 

I like these guys! They gave me standing O and bought every available copy of Fight The Right!  I’m in the mood to run for office, now!  

I mean it, too: thank God.

If I perish in a fiery crash, bury me in my biker’s jacket, the one I bought in high school. Still fits, and it’d render me a fine-looking corpse.

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“If you don’t care about the royal baby, don’t bother telling the rest of us you don’t care.” That was my personal message to assorted grumps, grouches and anti-monarchists Tuesday following the birth Monday of His Royal Highness, Prince George of Cambridge. I could take it no more, Your Babiness,

This is a bit too close to home. My brother, his wife and my littlest sibling all live in Winlaw, B.C., in the Slocan Valley, right near Lemon Creek. It is a beautiful place, and everyone is scared what this spill will do, long-term. Here’s a couple shots Troy Kinsella

Worldly, academic, author, former journalist, Harvard, even a bit of Russia. What could possibly go wrong?

As pretty much everyone knows by now, Justin Trudeau has this week (re) announced that he supports not just decriminalization of pot, but legalization.  I think he’s made a mistake. Before I explain why, here’s some important factoids to remember. Legalization is the process of removing a legal prohibition against something which is

Regular readers know my view about the preening megalomaniac who is the ostensibly non-partisan Ontario’s Information Commissioner – but who is, truly, a crazed publicity-seeking McGuinty-hater.  Officers of the Legislature, like her, are supposed to stay above partisan politics.  But – as the partial transcript of her Wednesday interview on

Here. Reasons why I’d support her, if she ran: She knows how to work with everyone: that’s her rep from the Lastman years, when she was a councillor.  She’s flexible.  She isn’t into dogma. She’s hasn’t been part of the messes that have characterized City Hall for the past three

I’m about to go on Sun News about Weiner’s weiner, among other things. So I decided to try out Slate’s fun Carlos Danger Name Generator, here. I am now officially Miguel Angel Dynamite. That is how I expect to addressed on Sun News, too.

Guys like Morgan rarely get kudos for doing the right thing, so I say: kudos for doing the right thing.  Nice to see that it still occasionally happens in Harper’s Ottawa.

Crazed republicans remind me of crazed atheists: they are more preoccupied with saying they dislike/disbelieve than those who actually do like/believe in God or Her Majesty or whatever.  I mean, honestly, if you don’t care, why don’t you STFU? I swear: if Twitter didn’t exist, crazy people would go back

Who provides oversight for the overseers? In this era of ombudsmen and commissioners and incessant inquiries, it is no idle question. In a time when, increasingly, gutless politicians are delegating authority for government oversight to unelected megalomaniacs, we need to consider whether we are heading down the right path. Mostly,

From: chrisallan276@hotmail.co.uk 4:39 PM To: Warren Kinsella You sit are a sick individual , I really have no idea how or why you are allowed to write a column for a newspaper ! Sent from my iPhone

Nice ending to an affair that I always found rather suspicious. Will assorted Conservative (and conservative) critics now apologize to Trudeau for their attacks on him? Of course not.