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When you have: • an experienced, respected campaign manager • an amazing, professional campaign staff • terrific fundraising success • great online presence • a huge army of enthusiastic volunteers…
Warren
A tweet about New Brunswick’s election
…offered here with tremendous respect and affection.
In Tuesday’s Sun: warm, with a chance of scattered extinction
Media expert on climate change, I am not. You want columnist climate connoisseur? Go read Lorrie Goldstein or Ezra Levant. “Humanity’s burning of fossil fuels is having a warming effect…
Race and transit
Interesting. Hopefully nobody says any of this, you know, out loud anywhere in Toronto. “In short, the community got the burdens, but not the benefits, of all that investment. This…
NB election: on the one hand, and on the other
On the one hand, it’s Forum. You know, as in, Forum. On the other hand, there was this. Many of you said I was worrying too much. Sure hope you’re…
Rehtaeh Parsons Case: guilty
I’ve been following this important case for quite some time. From her Dad, this morning, som,e important news: This morning I sat in a Halifax courtroom and listened as one…
The end of everything
Something to think about, on the last day of Summer. From the NYT:
Attention Team Propellerhead: Warren’s free commentary on iOS8
I thought about inserting this web posting into the hard drive of your Mac, iPad or iPhone while you slept – without your permission, gratis! – but thought that would…
Meet my little friend
Spotted him up at the lake, as I was trimming back my modest patch of grass for the last time this year. Sigh. Just me, the dog and a steak:…
Separation anxiety
Today’s Sun – the first one. Good to see.
Old man, take a look at me now, I’m a lot like you were, etc.
“Old men”? Look, lots of us agree on his position on reproductive freedom. We were taking that position long before Justin Trudeau was, in fact. But calling your opponents names…
Best wishes to Rod Love and his family
I hate this fucking disease.
In Tuesday’s Sun: to Scotland, with affection and concern
Dear Scotland: To establish my bona fides, let me say that the most beautiful place on Earth is Oban, on your Western coast. I travelled there with a girl some…
Battleground: “At the end of the day, Rob Ford is also a human being”
…and some discussion of Brian Gallant’s “re-do” mess. Will John Tory continue to make jokes, now, about the Ford being “joined at the hip”? I wouldn’t be surprised.
Dear Rob Ford
All of us here say: get well soon. Sincerely, Us
When your opponent has cancer, do you attack him?
Now, I don’t know if Rob Ford has cancer. But, based on the stories that are emerging, based upon what political people are hearing, few will be surprised if the…
Gallant-gate: still wonder why Wynne won, and why Hudak lost?
Because Wynne never did stuff like this – and Hudak did. Dunno if Brian Gallant is a goner, but he sure as Hell made his life more complicated – and…