Election 2015: the bettors are back
Way back in March or so, four of us – former Liberal leader senior staffers all – gathered to bet on the outcome of the election. I won’t reveal the…
Musings
Dubya returns
It’s kind of scary when W. and Palin actually turn out to be smarter than any of the current GOP field, ain’t it?
This is a fucking disgrace
I am shocked. “The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has struck down an anti-cyberbullying law passed in response to the death of Rehtaeh Parsons, calling the legislation a “colossal failure”…
Then again, he probably wouldn’t even notice the difference. Which is kind of the point.
If I ran the Secret Service, I'd assign an all-Muslim detail to protect @realDonaldTrump. #GOP — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 11, 2015 UPDATE: Smart reader Jonathan Scott adds it’d be…
Do your cross-border Xmas shopping while you still can, folks!
BREAKING: With @tedcruz narrowing the gap, @realDonaldTrump now calling for a ban on Canadians in the US. @WilliamShatner has the report. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 10, 2015
Dear The Donald: expelling some Muslims won’t be easy, but we’d like to see you try
BREAKING: photo of bigot @RealDonaldTrump, taken seconds before Muslim @MuhammadAli punched him in the face. pic.twitter.com/UAecI7fR46 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 9, 2015
Before he won in a landslide in 2010, I recall the same things being said about Rob Ford
As in: he can’t win, he won’t win, he won’t last past . Well, here we are, folks. Donald Trump is going to be the GOP nominee – unless there…
Mbongwana Star – Malukayi (feat. Konono No.1)
You must listen to this. You must. Matt Galloway was playing it on CBC’s Metro Morning as I came in today. I asked him who it was. Here’s what he…
Boycott Trump now
Angry about Trump? There's one important thing you can do about @realDonaldTrump's bigotry: #BoycottTrump. Details: https://t.co/IPNDXpSgnk — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 8, 2015
45 years ago today
My girlfriend Paula Christison had been over, and we’d been studying, then watching something on the little black and white TV we had. My Carleton roommate, Lee G. Hill, was…
In this week’s Hill Times: sunny ways indeed
It was odd, the “sunny ways” thing. Not the phrase in and of itself. It has been around for a while. Sir Wilfrid Laurier apparently used it first, one hundred…
Buy Dalton McGuinty’s book!
…today, I tried to do so at one of the bigger bookstores in town, and it was completely sold out (I’m trying Amazon next). When I read it, I know…
CPC leadership: who can beat Trudeau?
At the moment, no one can. The guy is the most popular Prime Minister in the history of polling, pretty much. But here’s what the very smart folks at Abacus…
“Pollsters expecting return to more prosperous times”
More user-friendly version: “With this new government we will make out like bandits.” This is one interview they should have taken a pass on. Wow.
Goodbye to Boston
My God I love this band. Above the city, above my grave, from a rooftop looking down. I’ve been asleep for four years but I’m waking up. And if you’d…
The history of time is missing a few historic moments
Great video, but it’s missing a few critical moments in the Earth’s history: 2014: SFH release ‘Mayor On Crack’ 2013: SFH release ‘WDYHM’ 1980: The Hot Nasties instigate a riot…
Fourteen reasons
…why we still need effective gun safety laws. Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), civil engineering student Hélène Colgan (born 1966), mechanical engineering student Nathalie Croteau (born 1966), mechanical engineering student Barbara…