Beto is out
No Senate run either. Damn.
Musings
God, gays and Scheer
I wrote this some time ago – you know, during that period when I was secretly running the CPC campaign. (More seriously, I was reminded of it by this. Kory…
Ms. Hébert on Mr. Trudeau
I totally disagree with her. When you lose a million-plus votes, when you are shut out from Winnipeg to Vancouver, and when you lose a sure-thing second majority – and…
Can you say President Trump?
Because, from 2020 onwards, that’s what we’re about to get more of.
Lights out
No, not me. (You wish.) The power. The power’s out. Has been for hours. That image up above is a pretty good representation of the County, this November 1. Power…
To shear Scheer, or not shear Scheer
That is the question. REASONS NOT TO Trudeau will engineer his own defeat and a snap election during a leadership race The next guy or gal may be way worse…
Huge NME interview with R.E.M.
Here. I fell out of love with them after the first four (maybe five) albums. But this interview is so, so good. Here’s the song that used to make me…
In other news, Christmas is cancelled because of snow
I don’t think they’ve cancelled Hallowe’en around here. But I haven’t had a single kid knock on the door, either. Spooky.
Disclosure?
We’re all for it.
On humbled post-election Trudeau
In my ongoing quest to be New and Improved Warren™, I note, approvingly, that Justin Trudeau has kind of disappeared in recent days. No costumes, no sock modelling, no social…
Woke, schmoke
Two things, woke folks. One, I read this with extreme interest, because in recent days, quite a few folks have “canceled” Yours Truly for, you know, (a) doing opposition research…
No GOTV, no ID = no big V
This writer started hearing about CPC problems with voter ID and GOTV efforts well before voting day. In a tight race, there is simply no excuse for that. Akin, naturally,…
Stinking Albatross
Despite lots of hype, their first album flopped. Not sure the second one is going to sell any better, either.
Proud
I’ll always be proud to work with those who oppose racism and anti-Semitism and homophobia and misogyny and Islamophobia. Always. I’ll always be proud to help those who have a…
Women and the racist Right
Important and lengthy CNN report, here.
Google’s secret plan to privatize everything – and spy on you
This Globe report, by Josh O’Kane and Tim Cardoso, is just extraordinary. In essence, the US-based multinational wants to privatize cities and turn them into profit centres. Everything. Along with…
And Canada becomes a little less of a country
And our federal leaders say nothing. Oh, and our Prime Minister says he’s okay with “values tests.” Does anyone care about what is happening, here? Immigrants who want to settle…
Toronto Star suspends paying a dividend – of two cents
They are in deep, deep trouble. Very sad to see. Torstar Corp. suspended its quarterly dividend as it reported a $40.9-million loss attributable to shareholders in its latest quarter. The…
Twitter vs. Everyone
Frank Bruni, who I hero-worship, has a typically-amazing column in the Sunday New York Times. Best bit: On Twitter in particular, Trump doesn’t exclaim; he expectorates. You can feel the…