Musings
When Trump lies, someone dies
holy shit this @JoeBiden ad is good. pic.twitter.com/CAgIrt2Zua — Florida Chris (@chrislongview) March 26, 2020
This is one of the scariest things you will ever read
Here. I am posting it because I want you to send it to people who are not being careful. I want you to email it or text it to people…
Mike Bezzeg, RIP
He was a legend in Calgary’s music scene and beyond. Gave the Hot Nasties one of our first big breaks, and featured us on his hit TV show, FM Moving…
To the barricades, Comrade Spears!
We have nothing to lose but our, um, knee socks! Britney Spears seemingly called for the redistribution of wealth and a general strike on Monday, “regramming” a post written by…
My latest: defeating a silent, invisible foe
In June 2004, the young doctors in their sparkling white coats filed into my father’s hospital room, holding charts and papers. They were there to tell him how they were…
Democracy
Walter Lippman said it well: “In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable.” The Prime Minister squanders whatever goodwill…
Can’t believe this was a month ago tonight
SFH at the Bovine. This’ll likely be our last show for a long, long time.
Nearly 100,000 impressions
A lot of people seem to agree with this. Hope I’m wrong. Does anyone feel, as I increasingly do, that the United States is going to be hit very very…
We must defeat this lying bastard
This new ad from @ForTheRuleOfLaw will run Friday morning on Fox and Friends."We pretty much shut it down…It'll be down to close to zero…It's really working out…No, I don't take…
Spring
It has arrived, today, earlier than it has arrived in years. No welcoming of it at Stonehenge or Chichen Itza, this year. You know why. Spring. Yesterday, I drove up…
Home Hardware makes amends
Some of us complained to them, yesterday, that one of their Ontario stores was selling small containers of hand sanitizer for $15. People noticed. So did Home Hardware. Thank you,…
One year
A month ago feels like a lifetime, now. Twelve months – twelve months today – feels like an eternity. Anyway. Loved her, loved being married to her, loved every moment:…
Spotted by one of my former Law 599 students at the airport
Good information, here. Bad – really bad – that a provincial government has been obliged to fill the massive, yawning information gap caused by federal incompetence.
#Coronavirus: crisis comms in a crisis comms situation
Daisy Group has been around for almost 15 years. Generally speaking, we are basically a war room for hire. Specifically, we help folks through crisis communications situations. Like coronavirus. What…
Expert prediction
Friday the 13th is tomorrow, and it is going to be a motherfucker. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 12, 2020