Summertime at the CBC: bite me
I get it. The full-time folks are gone on holiday, people are a bit sleepy, Peter Mansbridge has finally (finally) departed. CBC isn’t firing on all cylinders. I get it.…
Musings
Just did an interview with the Hill Times about the series I’ve been signed to write
…which gives me a shameless opportunity to share with you, Valued Reader, the cover, and an Amazon pre-order link to same. These books make excellent Christmas, Hanukkah and birthday gifts.…
CBC-TV arrogantly thought it could handle a far-Right leader. It got handled, instead.
You guys made a big mistake giving credibility and airtime to a leader of the new anti-Semitic/white supremacist Right. Big. #cbc #cdnpoli https://t.co/kl7W0WPkSn — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 5, 2017…
When ‘Being There’ becomes real life
"Hey! Let's give the nuclear codes to an addled, unglued old jerk!" #uspolitics pic.twitter.com/FVdNPQWWml — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 5, 2017
Racist Proud Boys in the CAF: Sajjan does the right thing
There will be consequences for CAF members who express intolerance while in – or out – of uniform: https://t.co/0GlW85XsOv — Harjit Sajjan (@HarjitSajjan) July 4, 2017 And: The members of…
Book news
I have been offered an international multi-book deal with a great publisher. Wasn’t expecting this when I woke up this morning, but I’ll gratefully take it. Wow, among other things.…
They’re white supremacist “Proud Boys” – and members of the Canadian military
Left to Right: Braidyn Pollitt – plus John Eldridge, David Eldridge, Grant Gauchier, and Eric Maurice giving white power salute. These five individuals are all members of the Canadian Armed…
Omar Khadr and Christopher Speer
Six days before he received the wound that killed him, Sgt. 1st Class Christopher J. Speer walked into a minefield to rescue two wounded Afghan children, according to fellow soldiers.…
This week’s column: Happy —— Day
Canada’s 150th birthday has come and gone. Notice anything missing? Like, say, a federal presence. If you live outside of Ottawa, you sure didn’t see much of that. In Ottawa,…
So: Canada, eh.
Present view. Little flag on our swim dock. Hey, Canada Day. People always say their country is the best country in the world. Canadians, too. But I don’t know if…
And, no, it doesn’t change “Liberal” to “Lieberal,” Reformatories
So. When I type "Dippers" as a fond short form of "New Democrats," autocorrect renders it "Diapers." Offered without comment, Team #NDP. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) June 29, 2017
Trump just attacked a woman for her looks
Saying she was “bleeding badly from a facelift.” Saying she had a “low I.Q.” and was “crazy.” Saying her partner was “psycho.” This bastard is, truly, the scum of the…
Canadian Jewish News on the neo-Nazi rag
Here. The Kinsellas said they were alerted to the article by friends. “We were shocked at reading such a blatant threat,” said Lisa Kinsella. “Then obviously we were concerned.… We…
The day Trump handed power to China
Full story here. Snippet: These investors, trade experts and government officials are still stunned by an event that got next to no attention in the U.S. but was an earthquake…
What do you do when the government gives your personal information to a bunch of violence-promoting neo-Nazis?
Because that’s what the panel investigating Canada Post’s delivery of the violence-promoting hate rag Your Ward News did this morning. And it was what I and others had warned them…
Have you no sense of decency left, you lying sack of shit?
This is the Joseph N. Welch "have you no sense of decency" moment. And the media provided it. #USPolitics pic.twitter.com/CYvkZVhy0D — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) June 27, 2017
Trump: making America hated again
Just extraordinary findings by the Pew people. Someone said to me last night: “I hate America.” I was astonished this person, in particular, would say such a thing. Apparently they’re…