Tag: Musings

Ed Davis? Jose Calderon? Calderon, in particular, had become the heart of the Raptors squad in his eight years with the team. To lose him and Davis – who was much loved by fans, too – is awful. Question for head office: why didn’t you trade the $23 million dud

And she is so so so so so happy. Meanwhile, I feel so so so so old.

My apologies to Kady et al., but if the new Berry ditches its USP – the keyboard – it’ll end up ditching lots more customers.  I mean, when choosing between an iPhone and a wannabe iPhone, why not choose the real thing? (It’s a proposition that applies in politics, and

Yuck.

…if this guy says something’s good, it always isn’t.

Story here. Where you live, in this business, indeed matters.  That’s why you see so many Ottawa-based politicos on the shows beaming out of there.  It just makes more economic sense – even if what they say doesn’t always make political sense.

Worth a read.  I felt the same way, earlier on in the psychodrama. “Reconnect with myself”? Sheesh.

Does anyone else feel, as I do, that we are slouching towards war, and that there has been no real debate as to whether that is a good idea or not?

Is Idle No More no more? It certainly looks that way. Despite Monday’s “day of action,” the grassroots First Nations campaign appears to be concluding with a whimper, not a bang. Polls suggest that, for many Canadians, Idle No More is far less important than it once was. Attawapiskat Chief

The flowers, and the nice note, came from Ottawa’s Mark Bourrie, a writer who the National Post’s Jonathan Kay has described, inter alia, as “shrill,” “malicious,” “misguided,” and who has “ravings.” Um. Just today, Mark commented – under a fake name – that I was a “cowardly cocksucker,” “gutless,” and

From the card that came with the flowers, just delivered to the office: “Sorry to see your career die at such a young age. Hopefully interesting new challenges await in the used car sales profession.” I have a fan! This is so nice and unexpected!

We here at Daisy just paused in a staff meeting to watch NDP leader Andrea Horwath throw down the proverbial gauntlet: call a public inquiry, or else. My view on public inquiries, going way back? I don’t like ‘em: “…Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella doesn’t mince words. The longtime critic of

A Twitter friend, Vicki Davidson, has a better memory than I do (at my advanced age, that isn’t difficult). She told me about something I once said, on Global TV, so I went looking, and found this instead, from February 2009: • More recession madness: Kathleen Wynne, Ontario’s Minister of

…here, by Jennifer Pagliaro, with some important new details. This child’s death has shocked the city – and, more immediately, left me trying in vain to answer questions from my kids. I suspect I’m not alone.

I may be a small-L liberal, but I remain an unabashed fan of Laureen Harper. One of the best Prime Ministerial spouses to appear on the scene in our history, I dare say. More here.

Change chosen. By the time this newspaper hits the streets, Ontario will have a new premier-elect, and it’ll represent a big, big change. The chances are pretty good that the premier-to-be will be a woman for the first time in Ontario’s history. One of the women is a proud Italian-Canadian,

A couple weeks ago, I wrote this: Anyone who reads this web site at all knows where I stand. But I figured I would tip my hat to my adversaries in what has been a pretty good race. Will I be involved in the OLP, going forward? Beyond the convention,

In line to vote now. Here we go!