Why you’ll never see a selfie of me with Trudeau, or anyone else for that matter
Robyn Doolittle’s bit on Rob Ford made me remember this.
The only politicians you should take a selfie with, IMHO, are already dead. They're the only ones who can't do anything corrupt or venal.
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 26, 2016
Further to my politician no-selfie rule: they almost always end up breaking your heart. They leave you with cold ashes & a plate of regrets.
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 26, 2016
Adler-Kinsella Show: on Ghomeshi and truth, Trudeau and words, and Trump and decency
It’s over
- National Enquirer releases highly detailed report on Evangelical favourite Ted Cruz, just as Holy weekend begins
- Trump way, way ahead in California, which has 172 delegates at stake
- Every front page is filled with stories about how the Islamic State is expanding the battlefield to the West
This thing is over, folks. Trump is the nominee.
So, if you’re like me, you’re going to do all you humanly can to get Hillary Clinton elected president.
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Trudeau on Ghomeshi
My readers called it
What will be the Ghomeshi verdict?
My view has always been the same: he’ll be acquitted. He may be reptilian, but the three complainants were an unmitigated disaster in Court, and the Crown was almost as bad.
What do you think?
Leon Korbee, RIP
I am very sad to hear of Leon’s passing. I have known him since we were both students at Carleton – more than 30 years. I worked with him when he was a journalist at ‘OH, and also on campaigns for Dalton McGuinty. He was always the most cheerful and optimistic guy in the room.
My deepest condolences to his family. He was a shining light in a business that is often too dark.
Yesterday ends happily
Brussels was a horror, Rob Ford was very sad, Hillary lost Utah and Idaho, Justin Trudeau didn’t get credit for making the biggest contribution to the welfare of First Nations in generations. Yesterday was therefore an unhappy day.
Until the end of it, that is. Late – too late – the results started to come in, in an important Calgary provincial by-election. The Calgary-Greenway contest saw the once-mighty PCs returned, but not by much. Wildrose came second, but not by much. And, nipping at all their heels, was the Alberta Liberal Party.
Whose candidate, Karbani Khalil, beat out the Alberta NDP. You know, the government.
I know I shouldn’t read too much into a by-election result, I know, I know. But the Alberta Grits were the first political party I belonged to, and the one to which I will always be loyal.
The PC win will effectively put the brakes on the unite-the-right efforts currently underway in Alberta. The results also mean the Alberta NDP is a one-term aberration – because it is. And all of that creates opportunity for my party.
I will be in Calgary next month for a series of meetings and seminars with my Alberta Liberal friends. When I have more details, I will share same here for those who wish to attend. In the meantime, forgive me for the lengthy post.
Yesterday was a crummy day, for lots of reasons. But it ended not badly, if you are an Alberta Liberal like me!