Postmedia water-cooler talk
Informed speculation, as it were, is as follows: The board has taken over, and Godfrey is basically out. I’m told his role is now purely symbolic, and he is not…
Musings
The New York Times and the times in Fort Mac
Front page of yesterday’s Times. I am a devoted reader of the New York Times. It was via the Times, in fact, that I first learned of the Carville-Clinton war…
The NBA needs to suspend Wade
.@NBA @MiamiHEAT: The Abdul-Rauf precedent is clear. Suspend Wade. #Canada @Raptors https://t.co/twgT8I1k7i https://t.co/dMVm2he6bS — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 8, 2016
Conservative MPs, you are a disgrace
Disgusting, despicable, detestable: none of those words adequately captures what Conservative MPs did this week. Forget about the fact that the anthem needed to be changed. Forget about the fact that…
STAMP applauds CUPW grievance action over neo-Nazi rag
The press release that went out last night. Share widely, please.
Highly-scientific poll: reaction to stuff Justin Trudeau did
For the Liberal Prime Minister, it was quite a week. It was like there were two Justin Trudeaus – one, a serious Prime Ministerial leader type, and one who was…
At the 1:30 mark, this gets actually terrifying
And, after watching it, I say to anyone – from the Left or the Right – who is trying to turn this catastrophe into a political victory for your side:…
The putative Republican presidential candidate speaks his mind
It’s not all that new, and he speedily deleted it. But get ready to be seeing a lot of it. Heh.
They are so, so screwed
Wow. .@realDonaldTrump will be presumtive @GOP nominee, we all need to unite and focus on defeating @HillaryClinton #NeverClinton — Reince Priebus (@Reince) May 4, 2016
On a day when 90,000 people have to be evacuated from their homes
….it’s amazing that some things even need to be said, frankly. Lefties using #ymm as an excuse to preach about global warming – and conservatives using it as a pretext…
Evacuating Fort Mac
Shot by a lawyer there. Incredible. My harrowing drive evacuating #ymm praying for my friends pic.twitter.com/XGFWfavqR2 — Jordan J Stuffco (@jstuffcocrimlaw) May 3, 2016
Fort McMurray
The fires raging there are truly frightening. Hoping that all are in a safe spot, or on their way to one. Meanwhile, the bloody CBC New Channel is talking about…
When social media becomes an excuse
Talk minus action equals zero, sayeth DOA. It's no revelation, but man: hashtags provide people with the false conviction that they're actually doing something. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 3,…
In this week’s Hill Times: another brick in the wall
PUNTA NIZUC, MEXICO – A wall. Donald Trump, the bilious billionaire who is edging ever-closer to the Oval Office, wants to build a great big wall between this country and…
Ten years of Daisy
Ten years ago today, Daisy Group opened for business in Yorkville. We’re still here (as a business, and in Yorkville, too). Ten years late, I will confess this much: I…
Big: Does social media depress you?
Apparently it depresses a lot of people. I’m not going to dispute the findings. It looks like serious people doing serious work. But, for the demographic particle that is me,…