2015, not 1815: this is truly shocking, and it happened in Canada
Quote: WINDSOR, Ont. — A black man found a noose on his truck and another near his work station at an auto plant that is being retooled in this southwestern…
Musings
In this week’s Hill Times: scandals are boring, and Mike Duffy’s is no exception
In a week and a bit, the trial of Mike Duffy will commence. Official Ottawa will be agog, apoplectic and absorbed—via Twitter, via Facebook, via regular breathless and live televised…
Sad announcement
I don’t want to make a big deal out of this, but I figured I’d let folks know that we have gone our separate ways. Have agreed to be friends,…
If you are Stephen Harper
…you know you couldn’t pay for coverage this helpful. Wow.
Liberals, leaders, lackluster-ness
From that Ivison column Grits are passing around: The Liberal sense of manifest destiny has taken a hit with a new poll that suggests the party has less than 30%…
The emperor wears no clothes, but the kids bow to him anyway
Driving in with Son Two, Arcade Fire’s ‘Ready to Start’ comes on. I personally think Arcade Fire are insufferably pretentious/precious, and Win Butler makes Billy Corgan seem shy and retiring.…
Stick to your day job, big guy
Just as the Cons make use of their leader’s artistic expression to fundraise, so too do the Libs, now. Stick to your day jobs, fellas. If this keeps up, Tom…
For reasons I do not know, this fellow started following me
Ladurantaye, this blue-check legit?
The power of an apology
Quote: TORONTO – Premier Kathleen Wynne says if the Progressive Conservatives want her to drop a lawsuit against two of their members, all they have to do is apologize. Wynne…
Conservative voices, Liberal voices
Hard for Libs (principally those in Ontario) to kvetch about this when they have benefitted from this. Conversely, it will make it difficult for Cons (principally those in Ontario) to…
Ontario’s Ombudsman is a disgrace
Here’s yet more evidence, from Tom Adams. My recent experience, here. This man is out of control. Facing serial human rights complaints. Buying a $2,000 flat screen TV for his…
Harm, self-harm and depression
Quote: Investigators are focusing on whether a “personal life crisis” led a Germanwings pilot to intentionally crash a plane into the French Alps on Tuesday, Bild Zeitung reported, citing unidentified…
ISIS: I am confused, as usual
How does bombing targets in Syria, without asking Syria for permission, and continuing to condemn Syria, make us an ally of Syria? #cdnpoIi — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 26, 2015…
Why the Mike Duffy trial/scandal/whatever won’t topple the government, with bonus ALL CAPS
You all know my views on scandal stuff, but you also know I am a digitized, Internet-based broken record, and possibly not even a person. To wit: scandal-mongering DOESN’T WORK.…
The key sentence in the Competition Bureau decision on Sun-Postmedia acquisition/merger
Right here: “The Bureau also took into consideration the dynamic nature of media markets and the challenges faced by traditional media in adapting to an increasingly digital world.” Shorter version:…
In this week’s Hill Times: ten reasons why the Grits and Dippers won’t dance
These are some of the things that happen every four years: leap year, a total solar eclipse, the Olympics, and the FIFA World Cup. Oh, and debate—ad infinitum, ad nauseam—about…
ISIS: read this
This Matthews guy is smart. One expert in genocide and war said the government motion neatly manoeuvred Trudeau into repudiating his own party’s foreign policy legacy. “I think now from…
Pope Francis is the most important progressive leader in the world
And here’s yet another reason why.
The war against ISIS: write your own talking points
As expected, the Harper government is moving to extend and even expand our participation in the international force targeting ISIS. The Conservatives – with the possible exception of Michael Chong…
Meanwhile, indigenous people say they were born here first, and want Donald Trump to go back to where he came from
…which, clearly, is a European insane asylum.