…well, a side gig, anyway. I’m one of the columnists for the new Canadian edition of Campaigns and Elections magazine. More here:

The Canadian Editorial Advisory Board, in development, currently includes Canadian political notables Anie Perrault, John Capobianco, Robin Sears, and Don Guy. Included in the growing list of regular contributors will be Warren Kinsella, President of Daisy Consulting Group, who will provide readers with insight on the challenges and decision making during campaigns in his column titled “In the War Room,” as well as Brett Bell, Principal of Grassroots Online, who will enlighten readers about online campaigning and social media in modern politics with his column “Open Source.”

I now expect all of you will run out and get a subscription. Or two or three. It’s the gift that keeps on giving!

UPDATE: The Globe notices.

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If you watch carefully, you will be able to see how Tim’s party is able to control Brad’s mouth.

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A couple of birdies tell me that Reform-Conservative spokesman Ezra Levant – who always professes to be so eager to face his detractors in court, and who is on an endless (and unaudited) fundraising campaign to pay for same – is frantically trying to delay, deny and/or generally put off a libel claim he is facing in an Ottawa courtroom.

Gee, I wonder why?

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…and if Glen had shown up, Coyle et al. would have been tut-tutting about how “risky” it was, how it’s “bad strategy,” blah blah blah. You just can’t win with some of these guys.

I’ve gone toe-to-toe with Glen in debate – I’ll let historians decide who won – and I can tell you, with no hesitation whatsoever, that this guy isn’t afraid of debating anyone. Anyone.

The last time TVO invited me on, I said no, too (principally because they defend playing host to avowed racists). The world didn’t come to an end, as far as I am aware.

Rant completed.

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TO: Danny Williams, Premier
FROM: Warren Kinsella, Who Has Never, Ever Been A Fan
SUBJECT: Sage Political Advice, For Free

Don’t screw up on a slow news day, pal.

I can get away with anything! I’m Super Danny! Wooot! Wooot!

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…I mean, really? Who cares? I don’t.

You shouldn’t, either. It’s John’s business.

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Liberals in dead heat with Tories, gaining in key battlegrounds: poll (Tories-Poll)
Source: The Canadian Press
Feb 1, 2010 15:28

OTTAWA – A new poll suggests the political ground is shifting under the Conservatives, with the Liberals making gains in key areas.

The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey shows a continuing dead heat between the two parties, at 32 per cent each.

But below the surface, the figures suggest the Liberals are well ahead in Quebec and have inched into the lead in vote-rich ridings around Toronto.

The Liberals also appear competitive in British Columbia and they’re favoured by women voters.

The NDP is at 15 per cent, the Bloc at 10, and the Greens at nine.

The telephone poll of 2,000 people was taken Jan. 21-31 and has a margin of error of 2.2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

INDEX: NATIONAL POLITICS

Update from the Good-Lord-I-Wish-I-Hadn’t-Written-That File: Post editorial mocks “growing public uprisings.” Wanna bet this one – and others, in which the conservative commentariat totally, totally dismissed the backlash against Harper’s three-month-long vacation (here and here and here and here) – won’t now be submitted for an NNA?

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I’m sad to see him go. And my boys and I – who were listening to Metro Morning today, as we do every day as I drive them to school – missed the announcement of his retirement.

He’s been to Hell and back, so he certainly deserves a rest. But we’ll miss Andy Barrie.

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So it’s early, too early, at the rink. And the Globe’s travel section, of all things, has a wonderful feature on Pacific Coast native art. Go figure.

Anyone who knows me knows where this art ranks in the constellation of my life. It’s like religion, but bigger. Here’s the Globe feature. Above, a Stan Bevan photo of the sentinels of the Kitselas Canyon, near Terrace. (And here’s a page on their raising.)

Down from the shimmering sky: you have no idea.

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…the poster is amazing, but we’re not actually Shit From Hell anymore. We’re SFH. We decided to make ourselves an interactive geriatric punk combo, and let our millions of fans decide what to call us: Stigma Fetish Hesitation! Spontaneous Fire Harvest! Societal Foam Hunk! Sudden Felony Horse! Have fun! Mix and match!

Most of all, attend!

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