Shocker In T.O!
Tory, 68, announced the end of his mayoralty, less than four months after he was easily re-elected to a third term Tory had admitted a “serious error of judgment” by…
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Downtown T.O. Is Looking A Bit Scuzzy These Days
In fact it reminds when of when I 1st came to town in the mid 1980s, except that the porn shops have moved North on Yonge towards Bloor Street, and…
Accountability/Cancel Culture, and the Possible End of Twitter
So this might be the end of Twitter. I’m about 1/2 convinced Musk is willing to torch 44 billion dollars just to drive the thing into the ground, for reasons…
Public Drinkin’: T.O. Is Poised To Create Heaven On Earth, But Do I Approve?
Next summer T.O. plans to let you drink publicly, or at least in parks and on beaches. So far so awesome, but I have questions. For example, does the parking…
Richard Warman on The New Section 13
Pretty similar to the old Section 13, with a few twists, is the gist of it. I am just summarizing, so go look at the stuff through the link. Richard…
IDEAS THAT MATTER: The COVID Crisis–Are The Youths Trying to Kill Us?
I have often felt sad over the state of The Youths. What with robots coming for their jobs and Climate Change, their future seems lacking. But by the time its…
Life In Scarborough: The Plague Journal, Day II
Visited The Elsy (LCBO) today. I notice that while they’re knifing each other over toilet paper at the Walmart across the parking lot, here everything is calm. People believe that…
Life In Scarborough: The Plague Journal, Day II
Visited The Elsy (LCBO) today. I notice that while they’re knifing each other over toilet paper at the Walmart across the parking lot, here everything is calm. People believe that…
Life In Scarborough: The Plague Journal, Day I
This evening at the local Metro I saw something resembling “panic buying”. Not quite at that point. Nobody got violent. More like the kind of lineups you see before the…
On The Existence of Street Pianos In Toronto Community Centers
I used to be totally against them. It was always some no-talent eight year old plinking out a ghastly version of Chopsticks and you can’t tell them they suck or…
National Post Publishes Correction
BOOYAH! JOB DONE! The Natty Post corrects in response to this story: Editor’s note: In the original article, Michael Rogers intended to say “early evolutionary ancestors” instead of Neanderthals when…
National Post Publishes Absolute Bullshit Re Beyond Meat
The absolute bullshit is this bit: “For the last million years, we’ve evolved with a very specific diet that’s been based on whole foods,” Rogers said. “There hasn’t been a…
Trans Mountain Pipeline Approved
…but far from built. I’ve talked about this before. My opinion is that Trudeau did the right thing by approving the pipeline. You can’t really rule this country if the…
Mann Wins!!!! Frontier Centre for Public Policy FOLDS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Mann for successfully putting the boots to Winnipeg’s Frontier Centre for Public Policy. They defamed him; he fought back and won. See their grovelling apology below.…
PCPO Budget Is Mild Stuff
I don’t like the directions taken; cutting healthcare spending below the rate of inflation, and etc. But this government in this budget is definitely no Mike Harris Mark II. Mind…
Doug Ford’s OHIP Changes: A Bummer, or Not?
I’m especially wondering about his plan to cut back on pain relief for colonoscopies. I’ve gone through the procedure twice. First time around they hit me with a General and…
Life In Scarborough: The Fried Pork Rinds of Scarborough
Was inside the Jian Hing market at Markham and Lawrence on Family Day, looking for Filipino Pork Rinds. They have about 40 different varieties at Jian Hing. I’m not kidding,…
Toronto The Unready
WTF happened? Did the dispatcher pass out just before the storm hit? Did the plow-guy bust a leg trying to smuggle a hooker into the barracks through a back window?…