ISIS, punk rock and the Hot Nasties
They’re all connected. Seriously. So, there’s these two guys, profiled last week in the Washington Post: Lucas Chapman, left, and Brace Belden, U.S. volunteers with the People’s Protection Units, or…
Musings
Manifest brevity
You'd be forgiven for thinking the United States is not a serious country anymore. #USPolitics pic.twitter.com/cEYtHdEbaz — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 5, 2017
Trump declares war on his allies
Get a load of this. Visitors planning getaways to the U.S. might have to relinquish their cell phone contacts and passwords under new ‘extreme vetting’ procedures being developed by the…
Allies in hate: Soldiers of Odin and the Jewish Defence League
The Soldiers of Odin is a rapidly-growing far-Right anti-refugee, anti-immigrant racist organization now found across Canada. Experts call them a terror group. More on them here and here. The Jewish…
The universe realigns: by-elections, (sort of) discussed and (kind of) analyzed
So: The Liberal vote was down in Markham, and the Tory vote was up. Liberals won big in Ottawa-Vanier, which is the safest Liberal seat in the galaxy. But it…
April 4, MLK
Since I was a kid – since this day in 1972, in fact, when I started writing a daily journal – I have always taken note of April 4, and…
This week’s column: are you gay?
“Are you gay?” It was 1983 or so, and my Carleton journalism professor, Roger Bird, had asked me if I was gay. I was surprised. “Is that an issue?” I…
The only good advice I can ever give you
Half the success in an office environment is never hitting "reply all." — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 3, 2017
What should Wynne and the OLP do?
Following the latest poll – showing the Ontario Liberal Party in third place for months, and behind the PCs in Toronto – I asked folks for their comments. I received…
Their dishonest “president”
Quite the Los Angeles Times editorial, the first in a series. Read it here. It was no secret during the campaign that Donald Trump was a narcissist and a demagogue…
Beau Dick, RIP
He was a Kwakwaka’wakw hereditary chief but also an extraordinary artist. Lisa and I have his work prominently placed in our home – and I came really, really close to…
This was released forty years ago today, and it is actual art, still
Every track, every note, every groove is perfect. Ras Pierre and me desperately wanted the Hot Nasties to be as cool as Television. Never were.
This morning’s April Fools thing, and the two best responses
My new job: some big news https://t.co/MDvZpfaq5K #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 1, 2017 @kinsellawarren Doesn't Lisa already run Daisy? — Lisa Raitt (@lraitt) April 1, 2017 Welcome aboard.…
My new job: some big news
Some of you were wondering why I abruptly travelled to Montreal on Thursday. Well, now that the appropriate approvals have been concluded, I can reveal I was there to meet…
Kinsella family text exchanges: a continuing series
Typical exchange with @emmakinsella95. No comment from @lisakinsella. How we roll.
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Dear #ONPOLI: Seven seats? Seven?
It’s Forum. It’s early. It’s voodoo seat projection. But: The poll found not only would the Liberals suffer a crushing defeat in the election, they would also lose official party…
Are you gay?
That’s the question k. d. lang asked Jason Kenney: You're gay aren't you? @jkenney — k.d. lang (@kdlang) March 29, 2017 She asked it because Kenney had proposed outing Alberta…