From the ‘Donald Trump Is An Asshole’ video shoot
When SFH are impossibly rich and famous, we will of course pretend not to know you guys anymore.
Musings
Best quote of 2016 so far, on Trump, and possibly of all time
While explaining that he believes that Donald Trump’s success in the Republican party does not mean that establishment conservatism is dying, GOP strategist Rick Wilson dismissed the “childless single men”…
Fired: Postmedia is stupid, these two politicians aren’t
Journalists are vital to our democracy. I’m saddened to hear of the cuts at #Postmedia today and my thoughts are with those affected. — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) January 20,…
The Competition Bureau and Investment Canada are a joke
And the complicity of Canada’s three main political parties – all of them – has led to this. Senator Davey is rolling in his grave. Written for TO's @nationalpost, @calgaryherald…
In this week’s Hill Times: Trump North?
Kevin O’Leary wants to be leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. You know Kevin O’Leary, don’t you? In the early days of the new year, he offered up a…
Clinton won but is losing
She’s a superior debater to Sanders. She has a broader and firmer grip on the issues. She’s self-assured, measured and tough. Sanders – who I sort of like because he…
Evidence-based tweet
STOP SAYING "EVIDENCE BASED." JUST SAY SOMETHING IS TRUE OR NOT TRUE. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 17, 2016
Eight on Hateful Eight
1. It’s boring. 2. It’s too long. 3. The acting is bad. 4. It thinks beating women is funny. 5. It uses the N word so many times people walked…
David MacNaughton
A smart pick. Got to know the guy a long time ago. A backroom legend. Trudeau’s lucky to have him; Leslie too.
Go back to Canada?
We don’t want him either!
Oh, (un)timely death
David Bowie, George Jonas, Alan Rickman, Brian Bedford, Robert Coates, David Margulies, John Harvard, Robert Stigwood. And those are just the ones I can think of off the top of…
Happy birthday, JC
The Earthly one, not the Celestial one. Talked to him yesterday, my Mother of All Colds notwithstanding, to wish him happy birthday. Madame gave him a new pair of skis!…
Dear Kinsella kids
There will be no Spring Break in Florida this year!
Killing in God’s name
The familiar refrain of the Right goes something like this: “not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.” It’s become ubiquitous enough that you can find it on…
Low
I am in shock. What a towering genius he was. I literally can’t believe it. For us misfits at Bishop Carroll in Calgary – for our Room 531 gang of…
Catharsis vs. Cancer: Is obnoxiousness is the new charisma?
Sure. In the 2016 GOP presidential nominee race, it’s certainly that. So too the 2010 Toronto mayoralty race. The obnoxious jerk is the winner. Sure. But what the author doesn’t…
“A guild of vampires”
Alan conjures up a phrase that will forever live in infamy. Here. Newspapers living forever – thanks to the Count, mainly – not so much.