From the archives: Martin Patriquin is a corrupt, over-refreshed scumbag
Always has been, too. The passage below is from this web site, on September 26th, 2010, as passed along by Dan Shields. I actually forgot I wrote it. Patriquin didn’t,…
Musings
Check this out, #ONpoli
Wow. And, postscript: Jenni Byrne is a bit of hero, no?
Handicapping the Ontario PC candidates
Following the shocking allegations about Messrs. Brown and Dykstra, it was reasonable to conclude that the Ontario Progressive Conservatives were basically toast. The election was less than 100 days away:…
James Di Fiore, in a post almost as short as he is
Some of you have passed along his wee post on Facebook. Stuff about little James for you to clip and save: On that Facebook post, Di Fiore actually named and…
New Dark Ages, now
I just returned from a major book fair at the Metro Convention Centre – and, whilst I was there signing copies of Recipe For Hate (Humblebrag Alert: we ran out…
New Dark Ages – revealed!
At the book fair and just spotted this. It’s official!
Ten sins: a proactive act of contrition
Am I sinner? You bet. Ever since I started writing about #MeToo, and expressing support for it – and ever since I’ve started condemning politicians who are hypocrites and creeps…
Revealed!
My new best friend. Found this cool little guy in bathroom. Anyone know what he is? Will he make a good pet?
The guy they’d win with is the guy who won’t run for them
Suggests to me he’s doing a good job doing what he’s doing. #onpoli from @AngusReid of *all* Ontarians, not just PCPO members: Which leader would make you most likely to…
A song for our times
All times, actually.
Let’s talk
And she is amazing! I’m grateful for my workplace and @lisakinsella & @kinsellawarren for being nothing but supportive through the challenges I’ve faced with my mental health since starting at…
Spare a thought for Melania Trump (and all political spouses)
Married to a serial philanderer, a rank misogynist and an admitted sexual assaulter. It can’t be easy. Is she aware? Of course she’s aware. There’s plenty of evidence, right there…
Tim Harper perfectly quotes Michelle Rempel
…who perfectly describes Ottawa. This thing is just getting started. Some are now frantically trying to get ahead of it, and some are trying to pretend it’ll all blow over.…
#MeToo bits and pieces, this and that
Apropos of nothing, here’s what I and others are hearing: PROVINCIAL Hearing Patrick Brown was dragging down the PCs among women. With him out of the picture, there is more…
Islam-hate found on an Ottawa mosque
Ottawa Police are investigating graffiti written on the Jami Omar Mosque in Bells Corners across from Seyton Dr. The same street where earlier this month, a teenager was struck and…
From my penpal Royal Galipeau
Royal and corresponded with each other: I’ll bet you didn’t know that. He favoured the old-fashioned writing of notes. I loved getting them, and am sad that – following his…
Our friend Loralea is running
And, that’s not all: I’m hearing Caroline Mulroney may not run for PC leader after all. That would certainly change the dynamic, quite a bit. Here’s some of the release…
Column: #MeToo isn’t just coming to political Canada – it’s here
The Conservative MP shook his head. We were in a restaurant at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, getting caught up. He’d just told me that a little-known backbencher named…