Daisy is tops!
So sayeth NBC: Perhaps the most famous political ad of all time, this early television spot ran on air just once but generated enough media coverage to become a real…
Warren
In this week’s Hill Times: punk rock, Brexit and Laura Jane Grace
Punk: anarchy, class warfare, contempt for political institutions, right? Not quite, maaaan. Punk rock, like all youth subcultures, possessed myriad internal contradictions. It decried racism (as did Joe…
Fastball – The Way
This story is so, so cool. Wow.
When the victim victimizes
I was out of the town for Toronto’s big Pride parade, but I heard all about it. The local Black Lives Matter folks decided to blockade the parade, stopping it…
Proud that Trudeau is my Prime Minister
…after reading this.
Gun-loving+government-hating=Dallas
The #NRA wants armed-to-the-teeth citizens who are hostile towards government. Which, this week, resulted in #Dallas. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 9, 2016
Calgary with guns
My family has lived in both Dallas and Calgary. Whenever people would ask me what the difference was between the two places, I’d usually say: “Dallas is Calgary with lots…
My wife kicks ass: a play
My wife, rolling down window and yelling loudly at the guy: THEY’RE SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTERS, YOU SEXIST PRICK!
Another day in the US, another black man murdered by another non-black cop
Here: And a new video of the murder of Alton Sterling has come out, this one shot by the convenience store owner in Baton Rouge. The store owner called the…
Jason Kenney and caucus supporters photographed on an outing on Bow River yesterday
If Warren Kinsella was still alive, he’d be making a Barney joke right about now. Okay, that’s kind of mean, but I’m kind of a mean guy. Besides, Kenney made…
Police conducting hate crime probe of neo-Nazi rag
Quote: Lisa Kinsella, a member of a broad coalition of citizens and activists in Toronto who have been trying to have the publication stopped, applauded the news of the investigation.…
Imitation is the highest form of flattery…well, maybe not in this case
I knew that one line from Kenney's speech sounded familiar. Double-checked, and, sure enough… #ableg #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/bzfCUHqjBl — Robson Fletcher (@CBCFletch) July 6, 2016
The killing of Alton Sterling
Warning: it’s bad. So, the Baton Rouge police killed a man selling CDs. That much is clear. Also clear – in the absence of a mitigating factor, like Stirling somehow…
Email, cell phones and political folks
Let me you in on a secret. Next time you are in a political capital, take a good look at any political folks you happen to meet. Elected, unelected, in…
Publicity matters
Right. For what it’s worth, when some of us were conducting a comparatively low-visibility battle with actual neo-Nazis and white supremacists – who were, inter alia, circulating words and images…
Laura Jane Black Me Out
Interviewing her on Thursday. Fits.
If nothing else, we now have conclusive proof that the “Islamic State” isn’t Islamic
A bomb attack at the place where the Prophet Mohamed is buried. These terrorists are beyond Satanic. https://t.co/GRH2RpXAB4 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 4, 2016