Not A Communist: Tom & Maggie
Actually this doesn’t look bad on him. Equivalent to finding out that Harper once played drums in a Hendrix cover band (he didn’t). Not sure there was any reason for…
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The Union Pearson Express (UPX)
Have no fear, #Toronto. There are plenty of open seats available on my #UPX train to Pearson Airport. #onpoli #topoli pic.twitter.com/Fruam7LjaQ — Mark McQueen (@markrmcqueen) August 18, 2015 $27 per…
Leger Poll Puts Tories in 3rd
The NDP has 33 percent of the vote, up one point since last month, while the Conservatives are polling at 27 percent, down five points, the Leger research group said.The…
Gruending On Rinks
Because I haven’t been writing much lately, yet still like to keep a hand in, here’s Dennis Gruending with a nice piece on subsidizing sports teams: The National Hockey League’s…
1st Debate: So How’d They Do?
Justin Trudeau Our guy did good. Articulate. Didn’t stumble (though I missed his closing remarks, which I hear weren’t so great). Scored points in the one-on-ones, got off a few…
Pre-Debate Good News Poll, And That Thing With The Tits
Albeit from a company I’ve never heard of (or not heard much of): @RJMcClelland Never heard of those guys. — Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) August 6, 2015 @Bigcitylib2 They don’t poll very…
Smart Or Stupid? (Mulcair And The Debates)
Mulcair is threatening to pull out of any debate that Harper ain’t at. Already, a tide of outrage is rising on twitter. Democracy is being defiled!!! and so forth. Mulcair…
A Short Note On A Long Election
This has risks for all parties. The risks for the 2nd and 3rd parties are obvious. They might run out of dough. But it also has a downside for the…
Of Sufficient Magnitude: More Excerpts From Ezra Levant Vs. Arman Chak Law Society Of Alberta Appeal Hearing
Ezra argues: There are tens of thousands of inactive lawyers like me in Canada. They include politicians like Peter MacKay and Thomas Mulcair. Sometimes these politician-lawyers are polite. Sometimes they…
Ezra Meets The Truth, Lies To Its Face
Ezra’s back in Dutch with the Alberta Law Society for an alleged breach of their professional standards. He writes in his own defense: To my knowledge the decision to prosecute…
The Golden Age Of Rock & Roll
The world should have ended the next morning. There was really nothing left to say, rock & roll wise.
It Begins…(The Death Of Rebel Media)
@TheRebelTV @ezralevant @MarissaSemkiw First rat to leave the sinking ship. — Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) July 19, 2015
Life In Scarborough: The Great Scarborough Storm Of July, 2015–An Eye Witness Account!!
I was sitting in my favorite workin’ man’s pub in The Scar when it hit! Sideways rain, hail, patio umbrellas falling over! The works! Total fuckin’ Apocalypse! Later, making my…
Your Ward News Update
I wrote about this back in May. I said: So there’s an T.O. East End Newspaper called Your Ward News. From what I gather its mostly a direct mail affair;…
Does Mother Canada Monument Run Afoul Of Aboriginal Title?
A stub of a story here: A report by a Mi’kmaq scholar denounces the controversial Mother Canada statue.The statue is part of a war memorial proposed for a national part…
Countdown To Her Grovelling Apology
Its’ your time, CPC MP Wai Young. 5…4…3…2…
Toronto’s Pan-Am Games: First Impressions
Was hanging around downtown today, and I will say that South American women really really know how to stuff a tight t-shirt. That is all.
Mother Canada Monument In Perspective
I think this graphic (which looks much better when you click on it) makes puts the whole “Mother Canada” statue debate in its proper perspective. Chris Selley is right!
Funny How Things Go: Reflections On Fallen Heroes
No word of a lie, two of my biggest child-hood heroes were Bill Cosby and Woody Allen. In grade four my teacher played an LP of Cosby’s stand-up routine on…