Warren strikes a pose, loses all dignity on the dock
Photo by Lala. She dumped me two seconds after she took it. .
Warren
Tory gets you Ford
Once again: John Tory apparently believes that everyone has forgotten who Rob Ford’s head cheerleader was for the past four years: namely, him. By demanding Ford’s resignation, Tory (and this…
An oldie but a goodie: everything you need to know about Tory’s campaign boss Kouvalis
Because the media are in the shorthand business – and because social media renders everything bite-sized and/or stupid – some people have taken to comparing me to John Tory’s campaign…
In Tuesday’s Sun: call in sick and win!
In the Summertime, a young politician’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of…no legislative sittings, and a concurrent growth in popularity! Yes, yes, we know. That is a terrible, awful bastardization…
Help needed
Hoping to do a column about the correlation between a government”s popularity and the sitting of the relevant legislature – that is, governments go up when the Leg isn’t on…
Where the Christian Right is strong
Here. Wish we had a similar map for Canada. Anyone? .
Who says federal politics is boring?
Wow. My tiny by-election post, way down at the bottom of this page, has attracted nearly 200 comments. That almost ranks up there with the still-legendary Kraft Dinner post!! Related:…
This picture makes me happy (and relieved)
It’s been a somewhat frustrating 17 months. So I was very, very happy to see this photo, taken at the Throne Speech. Never run away from anything, Churchill liked to…
Rob Ford was just on the radio lying his face off about his record
Courtesy of Newstalk 1010, natch. Here’s the truth. .
Headbanging is bad for your health
…as any punk rocker could have told you. Watching this video, I think it is time for a Headbanger Intervention Strategy.
In Friday’s Sun: will by-elections mean bye-bye?
As by-election results rolled in on the evening of June 30, did Prime Minister Stephen Harper start contemplating the location of the nearest exit door? It’s possible. After all, the…
From the overflowing ‘A Picture Worth 1,000 Words’ file: Rob Ford
Maybe it’s just me, but I think he should consider using a different receptacle to drink stuff. Which I’m certain is water, and not something else. In related news, I’m…
John Tory math: mayoralty candidate doesn’t know how many TTC stations Toronto has
Seriously. You couldn’t make this up if you tried. .
Hey, I have almost as many Twitter followers as Rob Ford has excuses
Somewhere North of 16,000. Justins Trudeau and Bieber, watch out! .
Dear John
Things are good. The boy is back (and apologized). Talked to someone, was good. Painting again. New songs. Business is rockin’. And the new book is flying out of me…
John Tory: shameless hypocrite, in his own words
John Tory’s Toronto mayoralty campaign set a deadline for themselves. They had to be in second place by the time July 1 rolled around. They aren’t. Olivia Chow, my candidate,…
Two questions about last night’s by-elections
Question one: watching last night’s results, did Stephen Harper think once or twice about resigning, and finally going to make some real money somewhere? Probably. Question two: if he goes,…
In Tuesday’s Sun: Rob Ford, the destroyer
If you’re interested in politics, two things probably caught your attention yesterday. (1) Important by-elections took place – two in Alberta, and two in Ontario. (2) Rob Ford got out…
On Joe Cressy, party politics and me
Ordinary people usually say that the candidate or the leader matters more than the party. Young people, in particular say that: they dislike political parties, and partisanship is one of…