Cultural misappropriation and misplaced indignation
So, this: This fall, Ottawa greenlit a controversial LNG terminal near the breeding grounds of one of B.C.’s biggest salmon runs. The Haida are among those First Nations opposed to…
Musings
SFH do Ramones tribute song
These guys got together last night and didn’t play this song they wrote for Da Brudders. However, you may be able to see them play it if you go to…
My pal Tim Powers coins a line for the ages
“If the Conservative party was a musical genre, it would be country music.” Genius. Oh, and Mad Max likes guns a lot. Surprise, surprise.
Idiocy on the 401
This just happened. This idiot did an illegal U-turn right in front of us and is now blocking the Westbound 401 near exit 730 at Cardinal, Ont. this is going…
Velshi, Critch, Frum and some other guy on the presidential race
In the new Post City. I had to convert it from a PDF on the way to Cornwall, so let me know if it’s hard to read.
What are you doing to celebrate sanity?
After the U.S. election, that is. Let’s face it: you’ll be watching Hillary Clinton sweep to a massive victory on November 8, likely at home. You may even be watching…
Stan Sakamoto and Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner
Here’s the results from Elections Canada: A few things: I had the honour to work with Stan’s son Mark back in the Ignatieff era. A finer man, and a more…
This week’s column: democracy belongs to us – not you, politician
Like a flower – wonderful, beautiful, perfect. That’s what a line-up to vote is, too: wonderful, beautiful, perfect. It is democracy, in its very essence: your neighbours, queued up with…
The Conservative Party leadership
Canadian Press did a roundup story on it, here. I think mine (with extra Blaney!) is way more interesting. Erin O’Toole: Ontario MP and former veterans affairs minister, and who…
When I debate Doug Ford on CITY-TV on U.S. election night, I need these all memorized
Could be difficult. Wow—Today's @nytimes features a 2-page spread of all the people, places & things Trump has insulted on Twitter since declaring his candidacy pic.twitter.com/eDzwZNIjkF — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1)…
The PC winner: a very young man who wants to keep alive very old fights
Voters care most about (a) the leader (b) some of a party’s policies, and (sometimes) (c) whether a party or a politician has been there too long. That’s about it.…
Would a good boss bonus himself while cutting staff?
Some do. Some have. We give you the Guild of Vampires at Postmedia. More cuts, more amazing journalists out of work. Meanwhile, up in Ottawa, no one offers up a…
Putin’s Puppet vs. Nasty Woman: the (blessedly) final debate
He needed to look and sound presidential, and somehow walk back his lies about the election being “rigged.” He didn’t do any of that. She needed to keep her cool,…
I can’t bear this
What an utter disgrace that a qualified, competent, decent woman is obliged to treat this scumbag as somehow equal. #debatenight #uspoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 20, 2016
Illegal aliens
Trump sure is obsessed by them. Wonder why.
Trump going full Willie Horton
…but too late. I mean, he’s losing in Arizona and Georgia, for Pete’s sake.