“A rare act of open hostility between a federal Conservative MP and his provincial PC cousin is resonating throughout Queen’s Park, prompting astonishment from the sidelines, mild concern within the party and outright glee among Liberal ranks. The outburst came in a letter to a Toronto newspaper penned by Conservative MP Scott Reid… Several Tory MPPs have privately expressed shock over the letter. And one senior Liberal said the party will use Reid’s remarks against Sterling in the October 2011 provincial election. Sterling, an MPP since 1977, played down Reid’s remarks, calling them “silly” and “irrelevant.” He said he’s not worried about the impact the comments will have in the upcoming election.”

What’s it all mean? Well, it means they are Reformatories, for starters. They are two parties within one: Conservatives on one side, rural extremists on the other.

And Timmy Hudak did a secret deal with the latter to win the leadership of the former. Soon enough, he’ll pay a price for that secret deal.

He won’t like the outcome.

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…it was me.

Angelo’s column today, always worth a read.

I stand by what I said: if the Conservatives and the Reformers got their act together, we’d be in big trouble.  They did; we still are.

And they’ll keep winning as long as we keep splitting the vote.

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“This was a year of new controversies, like prorogation and WikiLeaks. It was also the year of old battles, in the Middle East, and between the Koreas, and in the grinding and never-ending war against terror.

It was a year of wonderful highs, like the Vancouver Winter Olympics and Sidney Crosby’s gold-plated goal. And many, many lows, as in the economic recovery that never seems to feel like one, or Stephen Harper’s brutalization of the pregnant Helena Guergis, or Maclean’s calling all of Quebec “corrupt,” or the G20 fake lake costing tens of thousands, or …”

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What’s it all about?  Well, I watch this every year with my kids, who I  miss.  Linus sums it up well, I’d say.

Hug yours, right now, and Merry Christmas.

o

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This is very sad and unnecessary. But it’s also unstoppable, in my experience.

To see what I mean, plug in “Warren Kinsella” into a Google search, and read what comes up as recommended search terms two, three and five.

In our case, it happens to be true.  In our case, in fact, political enemies of mine – Conservatives and Liberals – have circulated copies of the pleadings to two newspapers, three hate bloggers and each other.  I know who did it, and I’ll be dealing with all of them soon enough.

But in respect of any family, here’s free advice: don’t be a complete lowlife and scumbag.  Leave them alone.

(And I can’t believe this crap is happening at Christmas, either.  But it is.)

UPDATE: The Globe has removed the posting it had up this morning.

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And you only need to refresh it every twenty minutes!  Enjoy!

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You know what they’re doing, and you want to look away, but you can’t.

Consolation: there are 21 million others like you.

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If you live in Toronto – or if you live near Toronto – I’m extending an invitation.

This afternoon starting at about 4 p.m., my kids and I will participate in Community Centre 55’s annual Share A Christmas campaign.  If you’re nearby, and you have time, you should, too.

In Share A Christmas, we deliver food and toys to hundreds of families in Toronto’s East End.  Families apply to receive the food baskets and toys, and they come all faiths and walks of life.  We’ve delivered food to community housing neighbourhoods, but also to addresses where families have fallen on bad luck, or worse.  For my kids, it is always an eye-opener, and it always leaves a big (and positive) impression on them.  You get rewarded in a special way, too.

C’mon by.  You – and we – will be glad you did.

Details are here. We converge on Centre 55 at 97 Main Street, between Kingston Road and Gerrard, at about 4 p.m.  We get food – and, if there are kids in the family, toys too – and start delivering right away.  It’s an amazing program, and one that helped more than 600 families last year.

Hope to see you there.

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The original.  The 2010 version.  Don’t try this at home, kids, without adult supervision.

“As the assembled Conservatives watched, horrified – and as the many more Liberals present looked on, delighted – Chretien slapped the fabled “Shawinigan Handshake” on Harris.

The devilish move, from which few ever recover, traces its origins back to February 1996, when Chretien was wading his way through a crowd in Hull, Que., and a group of anti-poverty protesters mobbed him.

One of the protesters, Bill Clennett, tried to block the prime ministerial path.

Big mistake.”

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