Apr
25
The Conservatives are distributing talking points to their followers via Tory Nation. (The “24/7 virtual campaign office” of the Conservative Party of Canada.) Here’s the screenshots and my understanding of them. Click on any of the images for a larger version. A log-in screen to find out about calling talk radio. It’s odd that the …
Feb
05
Long time readers of The Grumpy Owl will know that I’ve been interested in dictators and revolutions for even longer than I’ve been interested in bespoke suits. I wonder if anyone other than me has been around here long enough to remember that I used to do theme weeks and that one of my first …
Jul
27
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is at it again: Come August, if you are below 22, you will need a zero alcohol blood level to drive a car. It’s unreasonable but not unexpected. This is one of the very worst charities in existence. MADD was founded by a decent woman with decent intentions. Candy Lightner, whose …
Jun
28
On the twitter, I’ve recently heard many people declare that “Toronto has become a police state.” If you’ve said something along those lines, you need to take a deep breath. You are only experiencing clarity. It will pass. Canada has been a police state for years. Over the weekend, we just saw how a police …
Jun
28
Feb
19
There might have been some good reasons to protest these Olympics but there’s no need to continue protesting them. These Olympics are protesting themselves. As Napoleon once said: “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” And make no mistake, Vancouver is making some huge mistakes. The whole thing has been a mess …
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (sci-fi), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap.
