Canadian Jewish News on our efforts to stamp out hate
Here: An anti-racism group called Standing Together Against Mailing Prejudice (STAMP) says that it is doing everything in its power to stop the publication of Your Ward News, a neo-Nazi…
Musings
President Toadstool
I am, for once, speechless.
Keesmaat wants debates that exclude others – and that aren’t diverse. That’s wrong. Here’s why.
A few days ago, John Tory put out a press release laying out what he wants to see in the Toronto mayoral debates. Given all the crap that is going…
Alleslev fair in love and war
..and politics. Hands up if anyone has ever heard of this person before. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Column: notwithstanding this, notwithstanding that
Show of hands: how many of you expected the Ontario government to lose the constitutional challenge of its Bill 5, which aimed to reduce the size of Toronto’s city council?…
Highly-scientific poll™️: secession not so popular, eh?
.@jen_keesmaat #topoli strategic errors poll: — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 17, 2018
Ten shocking secrets about the John Tory mayoral campaign
I always quote Fight Club to war room staff. You know: “The first rule of Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club!” But I’m going to violate that…
Jah Wobble is God
I have been playing punk bass since I was 15 years old. Early on, I figured out there were two ways to play bass. You can play all the fucking…
CBC: “Your Ward News is back, but community group still fighting to ban hate rag”
Lisa Kinsella, managing partner of The Daisy Group and one of the founding members of Standing Together Against Mailing Prejudice. The group vows do everything it can to sop the…
Star on Keesmaat: “over the top,” “seriously over the top,” doesn’t “move the city forward one iota”
This editorial slams those who have been slamming John Tory – specifically, Jennifer Keesmaat. Some quotable quotes: Keesmaat’s attacks on Tory “really come down to style far more than substance…Tory…
Anti-racism group slams latest issue of hate rag
Contact Lisa, Arti or Tom at (416) 642-3100 for more info.
The pith and substance of the s. 33 debate, in ten pithy points
The courts should not be supreme. The people’s representatives should be. Most judges think they are smarter than all politicians. They may well be, but elected people should have the…
The constitutional beast is back
From next week’s Hill Times: And that, to me, is Doug Ford’s biggest problem. Not that he overturned a court decision everyone expected him to win. Not that he used…
Bill Davis: a Canadian political giant speaks
From Steve Paikin’s spot: As a rule, former Progressive Conservative premier Bill Davis has avoided weighing in on controversial issues since he retired from public life in 1985. He is…
FIDLAR!
Seeing the guys again tonight with my daughter – and, yes, I’m regularly the oldest guy at FIDLAR shows. They are godlike geniuses. Here’s one of their recent best. See…
New Dark Ages promo thingie
Out in early November. Pre-order yours now!
Akin learns about my solo band project
The high school my kids go to sent out an e-newsletter today advising us parents it’s time for “Meat the Teacher”. I think that’s the name of a band @kinsellawarren…