I lead a morally complex life
Ah, the wonders of a winter morn! The crest of snow! The hearth of fire! The merry children! The Swedish death metal! The Drano hot shots!
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 17, 2016
Apropos of nothing
I am resigning my family to spend more time with my politics.
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 16, 2016
Love for Justin Trudeau
…Angus Reid says our love for the Liberal Prime Minister has diminished, here:

And I guess my response would be: we may love him a bit less, Angus, but we still love him, you know?
What’s really happening, of course, is that the perilous state of the Ontario Liberals – cf., Hydro bills – is hurting the federal Liberal brand. For Kathleen Wynne, that’s unlikely to change until she figures out a way to lower everyone’s hydro bills substantially. And I simply don’t know how she is going to do that.
Solution? For the federal Grits, (a) create a little bit of light between yourself and your provincial relatives and (b) start focusing on the pocketbook stuff. The ones who are doing well – Wall, Clark, Pallister – are the ones who are doing that.
Canada in a Trump world
BC NDP leader gets the weathervane treatment, and it’s brutal
That John Heaney photo, below, prompted some BC friends to send me a great video about John’s good pal, the BC NDP leader, John Horgan.
I always love a good weathervane ad. This one is particularly deadly. Brutal, even.
Punk rock makes for strange political bedfellows
Okay, my pal Brian Topp is coming home. That’s good for him and his family, not so good for Rachel Notley.
Her new top aide is a guy named John Heaney. Who is John Heaney, you ask? Well, he’s the young guy in the picture, to the far left (typical). In the centre (typical), wearing a dog collar, sleeveless homemade Sex Pistols shirt and snarling? That’s Your Humble Narrator. The young thugs pictured? The prairies’ first punk rock band, the Social Blemishes.
John Heaney (who went to both of my high schools, Bishop Carroll in Calgary and Loyola in Montreal), I apologize for embarrassing you in front of everyone important in Alberta, but you should’ve stuck with punk rock.
Trump Virus: now in Newmarket
A young woman is left troubled and worried for her safety after finding three ‘alt-right’ propaganda flyers posted around the parking lot of the Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket Monday.
The woman, who is bi-racial and in her early 20s, has asked not to be identified by name. She works two jobs at the mall. She uses public transit to get to work and after walking off the bus at the mall stop near Davis Drive Monday morning, she noticed a white flyer with black lettering taped to a tree. The flyer started with the phrase “Hey White People”, before posing a series of questions to the reader about political correctness, diversity meaning “less white” people, stopping immigration and being accused of racism for celebrating a person’s heritage.
The future of the Alberta NDP
…Alberta Liberal brothers and sisters, here we go!
I'm not saying it's impossible for @RachelNotley to be re-elected. I'm saying it's now TOTALLY impossible. #ableg https://t.co/WCfXnWAGZG
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 14, 2016


