Musings
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…
A reporter writes
Some reporters like writing process stories. It’s easier than writing stories about actual issues, I guess. Anyhow. A reporter has spent several days talking to anonymous sources about the Toronto…
Hurt you signalling
This is inarguably bigoted. https://t.co/BbwXF4Tb4C — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 13, 2018 3/ But why should we promote ever more diversity? If anything and everything is Canadian, does being Canadian…
Column: when monsters oppose you
Canada is in a social media war with Saudi Arabia. It’s not a real war – at least not yet. Real wars involve bullets and bombs and bodies. This one…
Northumberland ho
So, we got massively screwed over in a deal to find a new cabin in Northumberland County, on the big old Lake Ontario. A big mess. (There will be consequences.)…
Tory condemns hate rally
For Immediate Release August 9, 2018 Mayor Tory’s statement on hate rally being organized in Nathan Phillips Square “Hatred and acts of violence against any identifiable group have no place…
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Expert analysis of Buck-A-Beer controversy:• Ford’s core vote, who buy two-fours of Laker, eat barbecue and don’t know who Robert Mueller is, love it• Ford haters, who drink oak-aged Serbian…
This kind of deep thinking is why you guys keep me around
If self-help books worked, they wouldn’t need to print so many self-help books. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 7, 2018
KINSELLACAST 25: Warren on Trudeau and the Danforth – and Lisa on being a single welfare Mom
Better late than never! The segment with Lisa is something. Listen in.
Column: where was he?
Where was he? The Prime Minister of Canada, I mean. When Canada’s biggest city needed him – when the millions of people who live and work here were feeling anguished,…