Ten years ago
Ten years ago this month, the coughing started and it never stopped. It got worse, and by June that was it. I can’t believe ten years have gone by. .
Musings
In Sunday’s Sun: the scandal that isn’t
Remember that old Sixties line? You know, the one from the hippie subculture that became a movie, and even a lyric in a Monkees tune? To wit: “suppose they had…
The facts about Cobain, 20 years, whatever
I deliberated about jumping into this morning’s Kurt Cobain media orgy. You know, dead 20 years, voice of a lost generation, grunge sociology, I-remember-where-I-was-when-He-died, blah blah blah. There are stories…
Quebec: Dieu merci!
Ekos. Says it all. Wow.
MLK
Since I was a kid – since this day in 1972, in fact, when I started writing a daily journal – I have always taken note of April 4, and…
Wherein the lawyer to my pal Laura Miller kicks some OPP ass
Wow. Gauntlet, thrown. Lisa MacLeod, can you please make some defamatory allegations, just this once, and outside the privileged confines of the Legislature? Please? I’d like to see your wages…
John Tory: he won’t go left or right – he’ll take us backwards
The amount of citizen engagement in this mayoralty campaign is something I haven’t seen before. Here’s another killer vid that came over the transom this morning, on XXXXX’s fave candidate,…
www.warrenkinsella.com, your free Ontario politics crystal ball
Me, back in August: “I’ve been saying for months that the Ontario NDP leader is the person most likely to be elected the next Premier…Horwath is the most popular politician…
XXXXX: the identity of John Tory’s top supporter is revealed!
Spotted by Robyn Doolittle in John Tory’s release from his “ethics” announcement this morning. Among other things, it helps to explain why John Tory’s campaign started badly, and has gotten…
A statement by the lawyer to my friend Laura Miller, who is smart, decent and honest, and doesn’t deserve the crap being thrown at her
Given that we’re paying attention to the OPP’s mistakes, this morning, this is appropriate: It has recently been reported that Laura Miller, a former Deputy Chief of Staff in the…
What the front page of today’s Toronto Star means
What does the story there, about the OPP and the Toronto Police fighting about the Rob Ford investigation, right out in then open? 1. It means there will never be…
Two pictures which say what the Toronto mayoralty is all about
Everything else is noise, basically. This is the ballot question.
Ipsos’ headline
And it’s a really, really good one. Quebec Liberal Lead Grows (37% Vs. 28% PQ) in Final Stretch With Nine Point Spread, Liberal Voters Least Likely to Change Their Vote…
Rob Ford’s words, from the mouth of a child
Brilliant. Dunno who did this, but I want to meet them.
Here’s what Ming Pao says about Olivia
她的支持者將教堂擠得水泄不通﹔各路傳媒更是強陣出擊﹐媒體密集程度可與體育明星等出場媲美﹐政界新聞現場少見如此高密度覆蓋的場面。 To wit: “Her supporters packed the church in St. James town….media coverage comparable to a star level athlete. In the political world, we hardly see such high profile media…
John Tory talks about his hero
Quiz time. Who said this? “His performance was one of the most remarkable I have ever witnessed…He demonstrated absolutely unflagging energy, getting the job done in very difficult circumstances, and…
That was then, this is then, too
Check out this Star story on what the Ontario Liberals are planning. Then read this gem from the www.warrenkinsella.com archives: “November 24, 2005 – Looking at the communications carnage in…
No April Fool’s, but foolish and in April
This really happened. My apologies for ruining your breakfast.