Are We Supposed To Be Grateful?
Make no mistake about it: I am absolutely delighted that the Ford cabal has, albeit quite belatedly, seen the light and is restoring the pilfered Greenbelt lands. But, like puppies…
Lorne
What Happened In Vegas
… didn’t stay in Vegas. Consequently, another one bites the dust. Dean Blundell explains all: The corruption obviously runs deep, and it runs from the top down. Doug the Slug…
Sometimes It’s Difficult To Know
Sometimes it’s difficult to know what is going on in the mind and motivation of Ontario premier Doug Ford. Is he merely a benighted soul who embraces a simple mantra…
Now This Is How You Make A Commercial
Just a change of pace for today. Besides, have you ever seen Samuel L. Jackson give a bad performance? Recommend this Post
Makes Perfect Sense To Me
What’s good for the silly goose should be good for the gander, eh? Recommend this Post
Yet Another Inconvenient Truth
crimes against humanity a deliberate act, typically as part of a systematic campaign, that causes human suffering or death on a large scale. One hardly knows where to begin, but…
Not Exactly As Advertised
Despite all of Doug Ford’s bluster and lies about how important the Greenbelt is to meet his goal of building 1.5 million new homes in the next 10 years, the…
Yet Another Post About Corruption
H/t Patrick Corrigan I’m fairly certain that readers who have stuck with me during my protracted postings on the Doug Ford corruption scandal are growing a bit weary of my…
I’ll Be Watching You
Woke up this morning thinking of some lyrics from The Police: … Every move you makeAnd every vow you breakEvery smile you fakeEvery claim you stakeI’ll be watching you Then…
Unabated Fury
If the people of Hamilton are any indication, the citizen fury against Doug Ford’s brazen and corrupt theft of Greenbelt lands continues unabated. In a meeting ostensibly called to get…
Rearranging The Deck Chairs On The Titanic
The title of this post is likely known to most. It means taking actions that will do nothing to avert disaster. And that is precisely what Doug Ford is doing…
Only A Good Start
What can be said about the overdue resignation of Housing Minister Steve Clark, other than that it is only a good start? His departure from cabinet (which I am sure…
Word Without Thoughts
Just another short post today. There is a scene in my favourite Shakespearean play, Hamlet, in which King Claudius, who killed his brother and stole his crown, is suddenly overcome…
Spinning, Spinning, Spinning
Regrettably, I don’t have too much time these days to post, and today is another busy day, so I shall leave you with the following editorial cartoon from Greg Perry,…
A Crime Against Everyone
The Enclosure Movement was a push in the 18th and 19th centuries to take land that had formerly been owned in common by all members of a village, or at…
Pictures, Not Words
While a flurry of columns, articles and editorials continue to rail against the Doug Ford cabal theft of Greenbelt lands, I thought that a couple of editorial cartoons might be…
Pick A Card. Any Card
As most of us know, magicians use misdirection to accomplish their seemingly amazing feats. In the hands of a skilled practitioner, the process is seamless and awe-inspiring. In the hands…
The Word Of The Day
It is a word that I don’t often use, but it is one that seems especially apt in describing the Greenbelt corruption stench currently assaulting us in Ontario. Many Ontarians,…
Clearing The Air
H/t Moudakis Here in Ontario, there are two reasons our air quality is compromised: this summer’s ongoing forest fires and the stench of corruption whose source is Queen’s Park. Of…
The "C" Word
No, I’m not referring either to cancer or a crude anatomical term. The “C” word of the day, and of many, many days ahead, I hope, is CORRUPTION, writ large…