Strummer
Joe Strummer – our hero, our muse, our shining light. Thirteen years today.
Warren
Me on Q: I (sort of) hate Star Wars
Yes, yes. I am a shit-disturber, as Bob R. says. It’s how I roll, baby.
In this week’s Hill Times: pictures > words
Most people – most normal people, anyway – pay little or no attention to politics. They’re Joe and Jane Frontporch, and they’re busy. Ferrying the kids to and from hockey…
I have lost the will to live
Quote: The famous New York City punk outpost CBGB & OMFUG, where Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, Talking Heads and many others cut their teeth and sullied its notoriously disgusting bathroom,…
Spanked
Quote: “…the federal Liberals have agreed to remove a section of law that allows parents to spank their kids without fear of prosecution. Groups that oppose corporal punishment of children…
Joy
From @iyad_elbaghdadi: “This iconic picture will live in history. When a women escaped ISIS territory and was able to wear color again.“ I love this. This is my favourite photograph…
Trudeau, Harper, image, substance
Here’s a Brit-born writer living in Toronto: “Harper embodied the qualities you’d look for in a bookkeeper or accountant: he didn’t seem to have much personality to get in the…
Our son, teenage smart aleck
Write an innocent post offering Christmas wishes, while simultaneously poking fun at agnostics and atheists, and what do you get? This is what you get. He’s 17.
Highly-Scientific Polls: colour me surprised
Ran those fun little polls yesterday on 2015′s Best Politician, Best Political Advisor, and Best Political Strategy. Check out the results for the several hundred who voted, below. It wasn’t…
World’s Worst Journalist, still
And while I am on the topic, the world’s worst journalist – TWWSNBN – still holds that title. Sending out one of your bosses to harangue me won’t help, big…
Dishonest column of the month award
…goes to this Rosie DiManno gem in today’s Star. In it, DiManno commences by castigating comments, and looks completely ridiculous by the end. A summary of short-form DiManno, herewith: I…
Cancer Bats tonight!
Daughter Two and me are seeing the Cancer Bats at the Hard Rock tonight (Bjorn and Lala bailed; got a spare ticket for whoever wants it). It’s a Christmas tradition…
In other news, sale of club sandwiches in Wisconsin have mysteriously plummeted in recent weeks
Quote of the year? We have a winner! “He said that if you try to include corpses in the category of animals, then “you are going to have several cases…
On Laura Miller
This is unmitigated bullshit. Laura and Pete are close friends of Lisa and I, and many others here at Daisy. That aside, I say: The OPP have long ago gone…
Highly Scientific Polls™: the year’s political best
It’s that time of year, when newspaper space gets filled with Highly-Subjective™ best-of lists. I have my personal preferences, to be sure, but I wanted to hear from y’all, first.…
My comment is that it is commendable for the Star to cancel comments
Because, in fairness, I didn’t permit comments for the longest time – which itself gave rise to a separate web site, not affiliated with me, so that people could comment…
Jeb! beat The Donald, plus a highly-scientific poll
He needed to bring his best game, and I think he did. “Donald, you aren’t going to be able to insult your way to the presidency.” Bush was tough, clear…