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I admire Fauci
Over one million views of this. That's because there are many, many people like me - who admire Fauci and his bravery. Who support science. Does that mean that I oppose your right to refuse vaccines? Nope. If you're an adult and you don't want them, fine. Whatever. If you want to die alone, drowning in your own fluids, go for it. But don't fucking expect me to pay for your extended stay in hospital because you refused a basic preventative measure. I don't want my tax dollars
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Peace in our time? Gotcha.
TRUMP ANNOUNCES GAZA BREAKTHROUGH - that was CNN. TRUMP CLAIMS HAMAS HAS AGREED TO DISARMAMENT DEAL IN GAZA - that one, the New York Times. TRUMP SAYS HAMAS AGREED TO NEXT PHASE OF GAZA PEACE DEAL - CBS News. TRUMP ANNOUNCES HAMAS DISARMAMENT DEAL - NBC News. So went Friday’s front pages, or the tops of major news websites. The best reaction, however, came on formerly pro-Trump news platforms in Israel: nothing. TV7 Israel News, I24 News, Israel Hayom: no triumphant proclamat
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Twenty years
The funeral was twenty years ago tomorrow. PUBLICATION: National Post DATE: 2006.07.27 PAGE: A16 COLUMN: Warren Kinsella SOURCE: National Post Close encounters with the ultimate tragedy One hundred lifetimes ago, I was a student at Carleton University's School of Journalism, slouched at the back of a classroom, listening to a professor named Brian Nolan talking about death. As journalists, he said, we would be obliged -- more than we knew, more than we liked -- to write about
3 days ago


My Jaffa gouache finds a home in Tel Aviv
...with a friend.
3 days ago


Toronto, 2026 = Berlin, 1938?
Canada is the worst. And, within Canada, Toronto is the worst. Statista describes itself as a global data and business intelligence platform. Based in Germany, it is an award-winning company that aggregates data and statistics from thousands of sources, and it annually produces more than a million statistical analyses on 80,000 different topics. For 2025, Statista reported, the worst country in the world for violent antisemitic attacks was Canada. Canada had 6,800 such attack
Jul 27


Some lies come back to haunt you, Mr. Carney
Did he lie? Politicians fib all the time, unfortunately. Some of them, like Donald Trump, lie a lot and get away with it. They’re mostly forgiven. But some lies, some falsehoods, some untruths - some misstatements, to use the Nixonesque phrasing - aren’t forgivable. They’re lies about big and important things. Voters remember those. So, did Mark Carney lie about the Gordie Howe International Bridge fiasco? Sure looks like it. Sure seems that way. When the sordid details seep
Jul 25


Summertime bits and pieces, gratis
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Jul 23


On the latest Toronto poll numbers
People asking me about pre-playoffs mayoral polling. Here's some useful facts, Toronto folks. • In 2014, John Tory was way behind Olivia Chow in July - nine points, in a Forum poll. Chow still lost. • In 2010, in the same time period, George Smitherman was ahead of Rob Ford. Ford won, Smitherman lost. • In 2003, around now, David Miller was in fourth place. He won the election. • It’s the pre-season. The playoffs are coming. The numbers are going to change. • But one thing th
Jul 22


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