Confidential Ontario Liberal talking points for that Angus Reid poll
This poll excludes Prince Edward Island, and is methodologically unsound. Whoever is Premier there could be doing way worse! How about those Raptors? And, um, that’s it.
Musings
SFH, busily corrupting the youth of the nation
…but giving them the right politics!
Calling all cyber-detectives: your Ontario political mission, if you choose to accept it
It could be disgruntled Liberals, sure. It could be a certain ambitious cabinet minister, aided and abetted by a lobby firm and trade association he is connected to. It could…
This makes me sad
It perhaps explains Donald Trump, Kellie Leitch et al. It also can’t be dismissed as a methodological error – the question(s) were very straightforward. Mostly, however, it makes me sad.…
CNN says “breaking news” too often. But this really was breaking news.
This renders it a conspiracy, in other words. Much easier to prosecute. #USPolitics #Trumprussia https://t.co/hl8Hr1jd4o — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 23, 2017 BREAKING – US officials: Info suggests Trump associates…
The shocking truth revealed
I can now reveal I was offered the role of Ritchie in Happy Days, but I declined because it was beneath me. I will not be taking questions. — Warren…
The part of the budget that suggests to me that this isn’t the full budget
From the Globe: Despite calls from the United States for Canada to increase its contributions to international military efforts, there is no increase in defence spending in the 2017 budget.…
I am also reminded of Star Trek season two, episode 15, The Trouble With Tribbles
IT'S A LIVING THING SEPARATING FROM THE HOST pic.twitter.com/6yYJqpe1j2 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 22, 2017
A Sorbara story
Greg Sorbara was on Steve Paikin’s The Agenda last night on TVO. I was at Strombo’s place watching Against Me! play in Strombo’s living room, so I missed Steve’s show.…
Against Me! In Strombo’s living room! With me and Bjorn!
Wish Lisa and Emma could’ve been there, too – but they’re both in Ottawa. Yes, this was our official wedding dance song. Sing along! I don’t ever want to talk…
This week’s column, now on HuffPo!
And Donald Trump’s words sure are coming back to haunt him, aren’t they? It’s beautiful. I wish him deep and everlasting misery and pain.
Kevin O’Leary doesn’t know who the Minister of Public Safety is
It’s Ralph Goodale. You know, the Saskatchewan Liberal who has been in the House of Commons since 1993, which coincidentally is the same year that Kevin O’Leary moved to Boston,…
Roethke
It’s apparently International Poetry Day, or something like that. Having always loved poetry – and having always lacked the ability to write it well, myself – I decided I would…
This week’s column: campaigns don’t matter – words do
Campaigns matter. That’s a long-time conceit of political consultants, of course. We say it all the time. I even worked at a successful political consulting firm which trademarked the phrase.…
Pollyanna says: hail to Canada’s media
It’s not because the NNA nominees are out that I am reminded that we have some of the best media in the world. Not at all. I think, like Jerry…
BREAKING: FBI actively investigating Trump-Russia “coordination”
Here we go. It will be hard for the trained seals in the GOP caucus to ignore this. And, wow. Never thought Comey would go this far. WOW: FBI CONFIRMS…
This is not a fair way to deal with the other contestants
Spotted by my eagle-eyed friend, Andy Gregg:
Chuck Berry on the Sex Pistols, Clash, Ramones, Wire and Joy Division
…wherein Chuck, RIP, slices and dices my fave bands of all time (save and except Da Brudders), here: The Sex Pistols — “God Save the Queen” What’s this guy so…