Musings
“Besties.”
“Besties.” “Incredibly thoughtful.” “Keeping the relationship strong.” “Thoughtful engagement.” “Incredibly thoughtful.”#cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/iBUvQQMAdw — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 20, 2020
My latest: no election now
There isn’t going to be an election. Not anytime soon, anyway. Blame Covid. For a while there, it looked like there could be. Justin Trudeau’s Liberals had surged ahead of…
George Randolph is a good man
I know him, and I believe he is. Big heart, big brain, big dreams. Human. Here’s his full essay in Medium. Worth a read, and worth a follow. Excerpt: During…
RIP, Bill Morneau
Back in 2015, some folks in Toronto-Danforth were pressuring me to run for the Liberal nomination. They said I should go to this thing in Regents’ Park where some Liberal…
We get letters: I agree
I agree. I know nothing about the Demorat Party.
Dog lovers, unite: Off Leash Adventures is what you need
Live in B.C.? Live in Vancouver? Live in North Vancouver? Got dogs who – like Joey and Roxy – need the best friggin’ outing they can ever have? You need…
This week’s Sparky: Kamala the Kanadian!
This week’s @RatSparky: Kamala Kanadian Kaper! pic.twitter.com/Ku3Fe6dnTj — SparkyTheTalkingRat (@RatSparky) August 16, 2020
Well, well
Federal Polling: CPC: 33% (-1)LPC: 30% (-3)NDP: 18% (+2)GPC: 8% (+1)BQ: 7% (-1) Campaign Research / August 13, 2020 / n=2013 / Online (% change with 2019 Federal Election) pic.twitter.com/rhaMqyDApI…
Dowd: why the smears won’t work this time
Column here. Best part: It won’t fly. All those old tropes about castrating women are threadbare as Trump’s despicable attempt to recycle the birther smear he used to slime Barack…
I Just Don’t Understand Americans
I’ve long been somewhat of a politics/history junkie, and as such I read a lot about both topics, from ancient times to modern; I read about events, wars, issues, personalities,…
Ahem
I really, really want to name and shame those who mocked me when I said @JoeBiden would be the nominee and @KamalaHarris would be his VP pick, but it would…
My latest: when you become what you came to change
There’s even a name for it. It’s in the dictionary and everything. The Merriam-Webster people define it as “government by those who seek chiefly status and personal gain at the…
Daisy staff on the Festival of Joy!
I had and have the best-ever colleagues. Love them all.
Lord Kinsella thanks all of you for your kind birthday wishes
And I’m not kidding about the Lord thing. Please ensure future correspondence contains the proper salutation. Thank you, my subjects. 
The Cancer Diaries, Part 6
I’m sitting here, on my back deck, in the late Friday afternoon, beside Susan, trying to take stock of my life over a glass of wine, and read a bit…
My latest: suck it up, Opposition whiners, and get to work
The metastasizing WE scandal has many tendrils, like a noxious weed. It is spreading, inexorably, into the centre of the Trudeau government. It may kill it. The fundamentals are well-known.…