Dumb dumb dumb
Spotted by my colleague Paulo. This is crazy.
Musings
Windsor-Tecumseh and London West
With Sandra Pupatello, the Ontario Liberals had a chance at a big win in Windsor; without her, they don’t. The Ontario NDP will cruise to a win there, as things…
Hockey and kids and violence
As regulars know, I spend a lot of time in hockey rinks. Two of my boys play in the GTHL, and one of them was seriously injured a few weeks…
You stink: the psychology of online vituperation
From the Times: “The results were both surprising and disturbing. Uncivil comments not only polarized readers, but they often changed a participant’s interpretation of the news story itself. In the…
150,000: what that means
That is a huge, huge number. I was with Justin’s campaign guru, Gerald Butts, last week for lunch. I told him I thought he’d do well with the social media…
In Sunday’s Sun: progressives – not dead yet
Is Canada becoming a more conservative place? Surveying the landscape some days it sure seems that way. My friends John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker certainly think so. Ibbitson and Bricker…
You never know what you’ll find at Goodwill
Sent along by a friend of a friend. Ah, memories.
Sandra’s for Justin
Warren, As a key supporter of my campaign I wanted to make sure that we stay in touch… We still have a really important campaign still on the go, and…
Whig-Standard: Kingston’s mayor marginalizes his own citizens, acts like a bully
“ implying that Kingston has been wronged by Gananoque’s interjection into the casino debate is as audacious as a bully complaining he skinned his knuckles while punching his smaller victim…
Tim Hudak’s favourite bands are the Smiths and the Talking Heads.
Damn you, former colleague Mohammed Adam! You just made it harder to dislike the guy. (Also, good read.)
Top secret
Yep. Right. On this cool new thing called “Facebook.” On the “Internet.” Yep.
Max Can’t Surf
Fidlar. My God, I love this quartet of anarchic, crazed, drug-addicted miscreants.
In like a lamb or a lion? It’s March in Ontario politics
March starts as neither a lamb nor a lion, but with a fascinating report. It suggests Tim Hudak has trouble – but, then again, if the Ontario PCs move decisively…
Female cardinals!?
Now that is a good idea.
Trudeau in Vaughan last night
…sent along by my friend Steven Del Duca. Hearing amazing reports.
Child pornography, real or imagined, is hate pornography
There can be no defence of it, in any context. My long-held view: “Possession of child pornography, whether the product of a camera or one’s imagination, does two terrible things.…
Andy Manahan deserves our thanks
This takes guts. More need to do likewise. Would he get off again? Don’t know. But an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada is perhaps coming soon on Ford’s…
Code
My son taught himself code when he was 13. He’s really good at it, now. But he has more to learn, he says, and he there’s no high school in…
My apologies to Kingston
…I’m not there today to speak at Queen’s. The weather hasn’t been particularly cooperative, this week. But the main reason is Son One. That hit that he got at the…