Musings
Death of a monster
Two Canucks on the mid-terms campaign trail. The elderly woman approached us at the corner of Wythburn Road and Mardale Avenue, in South Portland. She squinted at us. We’d seen…
Mid-terms: the Canadian connection
The most beautiful #Democrat canvassing in South Portland! #USPolitics #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/8W3WJnsZpo — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 24, 2018
Boy, nobody saw this coming
@MaximeBernier to set up his own right wing party #cdnpoli #CPC18 https://t.co/Cly7wkQfkc — Robert Fife (@RobertFife) August 23, 2018 Said no one. What does it say about Consevatives? It says…
Boom
Michael Cohen in a courtroom in SDNY, under oath, declared that the President directed him to commit a federal crime. — Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) August 21, 2018
The Conservative Party’s new heroine
From next week’s Hill Times column: The Storm Alliance are led by a former Soldiers of Odin leader, Dave Tregget. Like David Duke did for the Ku Klux Klan forty…
I unreservedly support you except for the times I don’t
Hi candidate Jen Keesmaat, meet Chief Planner Jen Keesmaat from last September. She thinks Mayor Tory "deserves a mandate to continue the work he's already begun." #TOpoli pic.twitter.com/pFto6lO5iI — Andrew…
Column: Sir John A. was a racist
BOSTON – What never moves and never talks, but is too often racist? Statues, of course. They’re lifeless. Down here in America, but also back home in Canada. Statues paying…
Keesmaat’s former boss: she’s an opportunist – and she never got anything done
Ouch. “Nothing definitive was achieved ,” he said. “No agreements were reached, no final positions were established.” He said Gillespie only learned of her decision to run for mayor on…
Good morning
Wish you were here. Well, some of you, anyway.
A separatist speaks
When in a hole, stop digging, big guy.
BREAKING: federal MP favours breaking up federation
I was literally walking somewhere today when my friend Adam started chirping at me on Twitter. Hilarious resulting story here.
Calling all smart #UofT and #Ryerson students
Are you smart? Can you write? Can you research? Do you harbour a desire to be a famous hack or flack one day? Good news! Daisy Group is looking for…
Donald Trump isn’t the only one who wants to build a wall
Jennifer Keesmaat’s vision for Toronto, not exactly as pictured. There are 67 days until Election Day, and Jennifer Keesmaat still has this up. She slept on it, apparently, and she…
Randy Rampage, RIP
Randy, Chuck, Joey. The Hot Nasties played a few shows with DOA, and with Randy, who played bass for them, off and on. A big loss. One of the originals.…
On Sir John A., and Sir John A. statues
From next week’s Hill Times column, which I’m still trying to cobble together, like a monument of sorts: If you disagree , a challenge. Imagine, for a moment, you are…