The twenty-second gap
This was quite the moment. Trudeau was asked outright to comment on Trump calling for military action against protestors and the tear gassing of protestors to make space for a…
Musings
Animal kingdom
I have a black lab and a white lab. They don’t fight over their color. pic.twitter.com/G7zDvvMMJO — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) June 2, 2020
No citizens were tear-gassed to make this photo op. Well, okay, they were, but whatever.
“Anyone know what this object is?” (H/T @marc__nadeau) pic.twitter.com/Ulgpgb88Jf — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) June 2, 2020
Sparky the Talking Rat: in yesterday walks today
Sparky: in yesterday walks today! pic.twitter.com/RBCpDaPTZH — SparkyTheTalkingRat (@RatSparky) May 31, 2020
Peter MacKay has an ad
I think it needed an editor – it’s about 30 too long. The “sharp end of the Covid stick” was weird writing. A war room is likely going to find…
Twitter gets a backbone
Didn’t see that coming.
Things I can do because I am white
I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice about it. I can go birding (#ChristianCooper). I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery).…
Premier Premiers: Ford, Horgan up
Seven-in-ten residents approve of British Columbia’s John Horgan (71%) and Ontario’s Doug Ford (69%). Ford, until now, has never held majority approval since his election – an uptick likely attributable…
A Star is mourned
When I was contemplating a move from Vancouver to Toronto, the Star found out via an editor I knew there. I met with some senior folks at the paper, and…
My latest: celebrate life
So much death. More than 100,000 gone in the United States. Close to 400,000 dead globally. In Canada, more than 6,500 dead, with Quebec accounting for most of that grim…
Presidents defeat themselves
Nearly 100,000 lives have been lost, and tens of millions are out of work. Meanwhile, the president spent his day golfing. pic.twitter.com/H1BVNtgVjA — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 24, 2020
This week’s Sparky! Five political rules to clip and save!
This week’s @RatSparky: five immutable political rules! pic.twitter.com/XI4zJ3939b — SparkyTheTalkingRat (@RatSparky) May 24, 2020
Allen Baekeland, RIP
We were friends in high school, at Bishop Carroll. We all loved punk rock and he sort of managed those of us in the unmanageable Social Blemishes. That’s Allen wearing…
Present view
Present view. Not bad. And, yes, I stopped the video before Joey started to lay some pipe. pic.twitter.com/Kv7wljDRga — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 23, 2020
#TBT: I cleaned up good, before my many ex-wives ruined my looks
#TBT: @JimWatsonOttawa, who made something of himself, and the Walking Irish Bar Fight, who didn’t. Ottawa, circa: I don’t have a clue. pic.twitter.com/6hkb7GoqPd — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 21, 2020