Coach tales (updated)
For those interested – and some of you certainly seem to be – one son’s coach didn’t even show up at their weekend tournament. The boys accordingly won the tournament,…
Warren
Top Ten Albums of 2012
Every year, I post my top ten albums of the year around New Year’s Day. This year, I didn’t. Apart from my buddy Scott Sellers, I had become convinced nobody…
In Sunday’s Sun: the case against the NRA, terrorist organization
Good morning, Your Honour. We appear before you this morning to argue for the proposition that the defendant, the National Rifle Association of America, hereafter referred to as the NRA,…
Coaches
I’m not one of those parents who yells at my kids’ hockey games. It’s supposed to be for fun. None of the kids – none of them – are ever…
In comedy as well as politics, timing is everything
Take this headline-grabbing Friday afternoon revelation, for example. It came right around the time Sandra Pupatello was giving a major, much-anticipated speech. I’m sure it’s all just a great big…
Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists
Sleep on pillows made in Singapore Wrapped in comforters Sweating through sheets Drinking coffee in the morning Floating on Airplanes across the vast seas And your house is made of…
Matt Hopkins of London (updated)
Looking for his contact information, for the reasons you might suspect. He goes to Western and styles himself as political. Anyone have? UPDATE: Never mind. We’ve got it, and in…
We get letters
From “John Hanus,” whose name is perhaps unfairly misinterpreted as “Anus.” From: Johnmarymac@rogers.com Subject: Your time has come Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:50:47 -0500 To: Warren.Kinsella@sunmedia.ca You will be…
Stupidity watch: “Controversial reporter”
So says the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada about Stephen Maher. Words do not fully express how breathtakingly stupid this is. Stupider than a box of hair. Stupider…
Not a joke
The ad you may have heard about, and possibly seen. First reaction: whoever did this was drunk, or on drugs, or both. I’ll have plenty to say about the NRA…
That was then, this is now
Toronto Star, January 17: Liberal leadership front-runner Kathleen Wynne is rejecting Tory speculation that she would formally join forces to govern with the New Democrats if chosen premier at a…
The Star on the OLP leadership: Pupatello “smart, feisty,” Wynne “favourite of the left-wing downtown Toronto crowd”
A must-read, as they say. Sandra Pupatello (6 to 5): She surprised even her own campaign team by finishing first in last weekend’s election to pick delegates to the convention.…
Son Two versus Inflatable Raptor
The dinosaur will emerge victorious.
Not actually ridiculous, not actually nonsensical
It’s funny, but I was coincidentally in rural Ontario, today, with about 100 Ontarians (and clients) who happily live in rural Ontario. So I didn’t see any coverage of a…
Harinder’s thanks
About this.
I knew it
Doping, and now this! Is there no end to his shame?
Labour legend Hargrove on Pupatello
Quote: Former CAW president Buzz Hargrove isn’t a Liberal, but if he had a vote in the current Ontario Liberal leadership race, it would go to Sandra Pupatello. “She’s the…