…but, in all seriousness, the now-infamous Toronto Star vs. Mayor Moron match has fully entered the pantheon of Totally Stupid Things.  My take: Reporters who show up with uncharged recording devices should be beaten, although perhaps not by rampaging mayors (roll over and play dead when mayors attack!); If a politician ever looks they are [...]

…I am profoundly sad at the passing of James Marker. Hawkins Cheezies are more than the greatest cheesie-type snack. They are the sine qua non of munchies. Out West, as a teenager in Calgary, slurpees and Hawkins Cheezies and, um, nothing illegal whatsoever made up a significant part of our regular nocturnal intake. There was [...]

It means we work really, really hard, like we are way, way behind. And we leave nothing to chance.

…guess that didn’t make it into the story. I like this part, however: “Kinsella said he’s fair game, because he’s partisan. “But spouses, girlfriends, boyfriends and family members are not,” he said. Kirbie told The Daily News the MPP’s comment was “gratuitous and beyond insulting . . . It’s the kind of thing Archie Bunker [...]

I react with horror and alarm as a giant disembodied hand prepares to high-five the Prime Ministerial forehead.

Here: A prominent Progressive Conservative who sat on a variety of ORNGE boards and gave a consultancy job to founder Chris Mazza’s girlfriend told a hearing probing the air ambulance scandal he resigned when he found out about Mazza’s salary. Pathway Group’s Kelly Mitchell, who was involved in PC Leader Tim Hudak’s election campaign, said [...]

Wonder if he got asked about his senior advisor getting tens of thousands from Ornge? He will today, if not.

Many years ago, while Conservatives were still the government, an Ontario PC lobbyist introduced me to Chris Mazza. Mazza was a Toronto doctor hoping to set up an air ambulance service. He was also, the Con told me, a hardcore Conservative supporter. He and his chief fart-catcher – another Conservative partisan, named Dr. Blum – [...]

From Fraser Allison, at frasman@shaw.ca: Occasionally, while having a coffee at a Second Cup and having nothing better to do, I have a look through the Calgary Sun ‘newspaper’. I noted your photo in your column and it seems that you have a very large mis-shapen head (forehead in particular) which leads me to believe that you may [...]

…but not down the memory hole.  From a year ago: The NDP got its first taste of the perils of prominence Wednesday after being forced to handle two public relations disasters as the newly elected Official Opposition. While MP-elect Ruth Ellen Brosseau was scrutinized for allegedly filing falsified nomination papers in Quebec, deputy leader of [...]

Say what you said in the Leg outside, coward.  We dare you.
UPDATE:  She’s responded, here.

Nearly one year after the election that finally saw them capture their much-desired parliamentary majority, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has become remarkable for being unremarkable. Apart from killing off the long-gun registry (which was promised), musing about changes to Old Age Security (which wasn’t), and handing out pink slips to some public servants (which should [...]

Check this out: “Mayor Rob Ford says he will work to defeat the Liberal candidate in the crucial provincial byelection in Kitchener-Waterloo. Ford, a proud supporter of the Progressive Conservatives, threatened last year to unleash “Ford Nation” on Premier Dalton McGuinty if McGuinty did not accept his request for more funding for the city. On his NewsTalk 1010 radio [...]

You remember Herb Tarlek, don’t you? Well, Herb lives, to this day, in the Earthly form of Frank Klees, Tea Party North MPP.  He does: they look the same, they dress the same, they think the same. Herb/Frank this morning declared that he intended to keep the bells ringing at the Ontario Legislature, until he [...]

What a load of Deepest Annex bullshit. What a load of crap. Jan Wong wants sympathy, after turning in a student in China to the authorities, which resulted in the student being disappeared? Jan Wong, who linked a massacre to “racial purity” in Quebec? Jan Wong, who got sued multiple times for crappy journalism? Jan Wong, [...]

Here. H/T BCL, natch.

…after all the good things that have happened so far in April, it’s inevitable. It’s the Irish Catholic Theory of Balance. I’ll explain it sometime. Anyhow, that lyric is taken from the Menzingers’ newest, ‘On The Impossible Past,’ and it is an extraordinary record. Easily best LP of the year, so far (after SFH, natch). [...]

We’ve got:
1. One daughter, ranked competitive swimmer
2. One son, GTHL “A” forward
3. One son, GTHL “A” goalie
4. One son, snowboarder, swimmer and lacrosse nut
I’ve decided to quit my job(s) and start driving kids …

Not sure why it’s out early, but it is. Linkage here: Question: What does Kim Campbell have in common with Michael Ignatieff? It’s a riddle, of sorts. The answer comes at the end. (And don’t cheat by looking!) For starters, there are the obvious things. Both were leaders of political parties with a proud history [...]