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In Friday’s Sun: “we are never going to let this happen again”
Yep. That’s what he said: it caught them by surprise. That’s what RCMP Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud actually said at a shambles of a press conference on Wednesday, looking feckless…
Ottawa, right now
Here is an incredible video shot by Josh Wingrove of the Globe. It is looking down the Hall of Honour towards the library of Parliament. On either side of the…
If you guys don’t come to our show tonight, I’ll never talk to you again
Actually, wait. If you don’t come, I will talk at you incessantly, without pause. That will motivate you better, I suspect.
SFH at the Garrison Wednesday night!
For Shift! For Chris Turner! For Evan Solomon! For civil liberties!
On ISIS fight, Canadians are with Obama
So sayeth Abacus. The polling firm didn’t ask, but I suspect that they would have found that Canadians don’t think the President is doing what he’s doing because of his…
We live in dangerous times
The murder of the CAF member in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu by an avowed ISIS sympathizer had political implications, and within minutes. Yesterday, the Prime Minister stood in the House of Commons to…
Tomorrow night! Shift! Chris Turner!
Evan Solomon will be there, and he may speak to you!
In Tuesday’s Sun: bookish
Politicians write books for different reasons. They write them to show that they are men and women of substance. They write them to demonstrate that they are brimming with ideas…
New York Times on John Tory: “uniquely charmless,” “rich white man,” “entitled,” “old WASP elite”
Quote: “The two front-runners are Doug Ford — Rob’s brother — and John Tory, with Mr. Tory holding a narrow lead in recent polls. They have indulged in the uniquely…
John Tory doesn’t think white people have an easier time of it
And the Torontoist is on to him, in a blistering (but belated) editorial: Let us now turn to John Tory, whose campaign has been a massive disappointment. John Tory’s candidacy…
Forties
Great writing, here, and some actual wisdom delivered in staccato bursts, too. Lala and all you in your forties, read.
Shift, Chris Turner, SFH, all in one place at one time
If you are sensible, you could be there, too. Meet Evan Solomon. Meet Andy Heintzman. Meet Clive Thompson. Most importantly, meet Davey Snot and Royal Niblet.
Globe columnist on Magnotta’s victim
Reading some of the horrible accounts of the evidence yesterday, this was brought to mind. She (and others) have never apologized for it.
This Ebola thing is going to end badly
The evidence, as they say, is compelling.
Ferris Bueller lives
Here’s the proof. A kid named Jeremy Fry at a Celtics game. Boston. Sent the song back up the charts. It ain’t new, apparently, but this is just so awesome.