On Air Jitters
Everyone has them. This poor fellow had them worst than most. But, as you can see from his tweet below, he had a sense of humour about it. (FYI, NSFW).…
Lisa
Mayor Rob Ford goes international. Again.
Check it out here. And watch the clip, below.
Supertwin
I am a proud aunt to four nephews and a very lovely niece. Among my nephews is a set of identical twins who arrived on this earth far, far too…
PC MPP Rick Nicholls steps in it again when his office issues a “fake” press release
I just don’t think he can help himself. To wit: Nicholls office stated that the multiplication of press releases was a standard occurrence within the PC party, and not plagiarism.…
BC Liberals, well, aren’t
Just got back from Ottawa and the federal Liberal Party leadership announcement, where Liberals were so abundant they had to open an overflow room at the convention centre so everyone…
Rapists aren’t just strangers lurking in dark alleyways
Something to think about: In a survey of male college students: · 35% anonymously admitted that, under certain circumstances, they would commit rape if they believed they could get away…
Johnny Rotten: “Flat out sexist, misogynist pig,” says tv interviewer
About 20 some-odd years ago now, I lived in Los Angeles. I knew many interesting people, including one of Lydon’s bandmates, Steve Jones. The Sex Pistols are a wicked band…
Signed up to vote!
And you should, too! I haven’t declared who I’m supporting yet, but will soon. I’ll be chatting with Brian Dunstan at SNN this weekend for our usual post-debate debrief. Wild…
This makes me happy
Just weeks away to Target stores opening in Toronto! I unabashedly admit to being a Target junkie. My kids mock me for it but whatevs, as my daughter would say.…
72
Had he lived, he would be 72 today. Happy birthday, Dad.
MHF attacks JT and sort of apologizes
I’ve just returned from a few days’ vacation in La Belle Province, where I dropped in at the Sun News HQ in Montreal to talk with Brian Dunstan about the…
Sandra on the Hill?
Great column, great idea.
Garneau’s big move
One of the major criticisms of both the Ontario Liberal and federal Liberal leadership races is that they were, and are, boring. Everyone’s too nice, too dull, too blah. A…
Teenagers across Toronto are getting suspended
For missing vaccinations. A couple of weeks ago I got a letter in the mail saying that Toronto Public Health had no record of my son receiving a single vaccination.…
Everyone, meet Bocanut – Updated
You may be familiar with him already. Check here, here and here. For many months now, Bocanut has been obsessively commenting on my website, media websites and other bloggers’ websites…
David Plouffe is a political rock star
I don’t know what he plans to do now after leaving Obama’s White House last week but I can’t wait to find out. This made my day:
Harper’s “appalled”? Harper should’ve known better
Harper says today that he’s “appalled” by the Brazeau situation, but Harper knew this about him when he appointed “The Brazman” in 2008. He did it anyway.
Premier Dix?
I’m a westerner, having grown up in Vancouver and spending many years in the Okanagan before landing in Ontario. Way back, I was a post secondary education activist, fighting to…
This is not a great start to a reputation building campaign
Not sure how this story got “front page ink” on the Globe given everything else going on in the world today (but I think I know). Also, not sure why…