How big a shitbag...

...was Gabriel Wortman?

HALIFAX — The girlfriend of a gunman who carried out a mass shooting in Nova Scotia has renounced any claim on his estate, initially valued at more than $1.2 million.

The woman — whom police have referred to as the gunman’s common law spouse — was named as the sole heir and executor of his estate.

It's funny because it's true

Would Adam Schiff lie to you?

"If President Trump is not impeached, the American people might get a say in who is president," Schiff said gravely. "We simply can't allow that to happen.

"When the Founders wrote that founding document thing, they never imagined there would be electoral outcomes that Democrats did not agree with."

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RELATED: Held her breath, stamped her feet...

Pelosi read through her copy as he spoke. She then stood up, disdainfully held the speech in full view of Congress and the nation, and tore the pages in half. She began tearing the papers just as Trump finished saying, “God bless America.”

The F in France...

...is for flexible...For Sale: French World War II military rifles... "only dropped once."

Forget about lying on the resume...

...I just wanna hear him belt out a little ditty about Mohammed...

Until recently, Rolf Dinsdale was a member of the punk rock band Shit From Hell, along with longtime Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella. The band's songs include “Horny Single Mom” and “Jesus Got Wood.” The video for the latter features a writhing woman and the lyrics, “Baby you're going to get impaled.”

Now, don't you read anything scurrilous into this, folks... ol' Rolf has an explanation for all that as well...

Dinsdale says the songs show his sense of humour and he considers his material pro-Christian. Jesus Got Wood is a Christian anthem."

Rolf, Rolf, settle down... this is Canada, you can piss all over Christianity til the cows come home. The question you should be asking is... "Honey, does this hat make my head look stupid?"

I look forward to seeing Justin Trudeau signing your nomination papers. Maybe JT can join you in a few verses of Jesus Got Wood.
(via BCF)

How the really cool kids roll...

...reader Jeff writes...

"I left a comment on the Ottawa Sun the other day. Warren had a new avatar. Wearing sunglasses and trying to look cool. About an hour later, the avatar was back to that silly grinning schoolboy one."

"After a quick poke around I found a page that hadn't been changed yet and got a screen capture."

Whaddaya wanna bet "Special K" wears his bluetooth thingie twenty hours a day?

That evil, backstabbing Stephen Harp...

...hang on a second...

-- By Warren Kinsella, QMI Agency -- At staff and campaign meetings — which, full disclosure, I also attended for a while — Rocco was a constant presence, beaming away with those impressive equine teeth of his, but contributing precious little.

Oh, good grief... this isn't gonna be another one of those infamous Kinsella... oh, who am I kidding, of course it is...

Rossi was dishing to the Yanks about what was going on in Ignatieff’s office. He kvetched that Ignatieff wasn’t listening to super-smart guys like him. Instead, Rossi whined, the Grit boss was much more preoccupied with his wife Zsuzsanna Zhosar.

Man... I just had this weird flash of deja-vu... like there was some other Kinsella-Rossi connection... wait...

"Rumours are swirling that the Rocco Rossi team will announce, as early as its Monday morning policy announcement, that it has landed a big political fish for its campaign team."

Hmmm... anybody remember how that Cinderella story worked out?

And, call me wacky... who was the guy who recently planted that machete between the Puffin King's shoulder blades?

"Secondly, Michael Ignatieff feels more comfortable among Rosedalian Liberals. You know, the ones who – over martinis at the Toronto Tennis Club – always felt more kinship with the likes of John Turner or Paul Martin than they did with, say, Pierre Trudeau or Jean Chretien. You know, Liberal lefties who win elections."

Doesn't Mr Kinsella allegedly make a living in "public relations"... specialising in people of a political stripe?

I guess that explains some Liberal insiders infamously coining the phrase "human shrapnel."

Why wait for May 2... when Special K...

...can simply look, yet again, into his crystal ball...

First off, the Liberals and the NDP had a shot at working together, about two years ago, but they blew it. The forces of the Left allowed themselves to be scared away off of cooperation/ coalition/ merger by Harper – despite the fact that Harper himself had brought together the forces of the Right, and then won government.

Secondly, Michael Ignatieff feels more comfortable among Rosedalian Liberals. You know, the ones who – over martinis at the Toronto Tennis Club – always felt more kinship with the likes of John Turner or Paul Martin than they did with, say, Pierre Trudeau or Jean Chretien. You know, Liberal lefties who win elections.

Thirdly, Iggy and his Rosedalian senior staff thought they could ignore Jack Layton’s NDP. By becoming a paler shade of blue, they assured themselves, they’d win back government. Thus, the Liberal chief was more hawkish than Harper on Afghanistan, more enthusiastic about the Oil Sands, and more willing to look at Medicare “alternatives” than any Liberal ever should. In so doing, Iggy scared away soft NDP voters, all of whom now consider Iggy to be a paler version of Harper.

What’s the solution for the Left? Same as it was two years ago: listen to smart guys like Chretien, Ed Broadbent, Roy Romanow, and bring together progressives to form a single, formidable political force.

That’s how to beat Harper.

The good news, I suppose, is that those of us on the political left will now have four long years to get our act together.

Oh, buddy... we feel your pain...

I want it back the way it used to be
Now there's a cloud that's hangin' over me
We've all been led astray
We need someone to light the way

...One who delivers all he promises
One who'll convince the doubting Thomas'
Fill out the questionnaire
We're in state of disrepair

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RELATED: More Kinsella Golden Touch

"Things Rocco Rossi could do with his newfound free time... Wander into Union Station naked and on fire."

"See if anybody notices."

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LAST WORD: As the Warren turns...

Unlike King Midas...

...everything Kinsella touches, turns to... what's the name of that band?The Toronto Red Star starts to snipe... you know you're finished as a credible left-leaning force...

Things Rocco Rossi could do with his newfound free time... Wander into Union Station naked and on fire.

See if anybody notices.

I saw the pictures and I thought...

...these guys just missed a really, really powerful campaign slogan...
I like that ol' Rocco has a sense of humour and is "incredibly proud of his Italian heritage"... I just think he didn't take it far enough, 'cos with a mug like that, he could've gone with...

"Rocco Rossi: he'll make sure the trains run on time"...

I'm not so sure though... he's sending the right message about fiscal responsibility...

"His campaign said they would spend at least $100,000 on the ad campaign." --

I'm just afraid to actually bring it up with him... in case he sends "Walnuts" Kinsella to make me an offer I can't refuse.

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FROM THE COMMENTS:

"Appealing to the Italian demographic by making an ad featuring the strongest negative stereotype about Italian people and applying it to the candidate."

"Good job, idiots."

I understand Warren Kinsella is currently trumpeting the ads as a stroke of genius.

Hmmm, here's a thought... try imagine the furore & outrage in the left-o-sphere if someone from the Ford campaign had made even the slightest inference about Rossi being associated with the mob.

Yeah... I know.

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LAST WORD: Moody loners with laptops

Much of the column is composed of a sort of reverie in which Mallick describes this hypothetical drunken episode.

She gets back to Ford in the last few paragraphs, but it feels tacked on.

Rossi lands Constantly Carping Kinsella?

Rumours are swirling that the Rocco Rossi team will announce, as early as its Monday morning policy announcement, that it has landed a big political fish for its campaign team.

Uh, Rocco... you have gone over his resume... right?

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UPDATE: Rossi gets "Shit from Hell"

Yeah... that'll fix everything.

Is the Puffin King about to...

...cut loose the tone deaf narcissist... that one Liberal apparatchik recently referred to as... "Human Shrapnel"?
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FROM THE COMMENTS:

"Mind you, WK could argue that he's not *doing* cheap shots. What with all those lawsuits and all, his are very *expensive* shots."

And...

"Don't you love how the interviewer thinks the Iggster is 'too decent for politics'."

"Why don't the media just call him PM and we can all do away with the unecessary vote later this year."

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You go back, hack... do it again

Your black cards can make you money...
So you hide them when you're able...
In the land of milk and honey...
You must put them on the table

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Self-celebrated Liberal party operative...

...entering final phase of "Operation Bigger Dick Than You"...

"Finally, as far as the LPC goes, if I(sic) asked for my advice - and I am all the time - I will say that CIC has utterly marginalized itself."

From your lips to Iggy's ear... you obnoxious bully. 

RELATED:   "The calliope crashed to the ground"

Meanwhile, apparently the crew on the now ditched Israel junket included Dr. Dawg, Jason Cherniak, Kate McMillan, Kathy Shaidle and Terry Glavin.

Obviously the CIC was planning a new “reality” show. The video would have been priceless.

Kate: Jeez Louise, that rocket nearly hit the bus.

Dawg: Fluke, it was homemade, no bigger than a firecracker.

Jason: Rockets fall from heaven upon the wicked.

Kathy: Turn the bus around.

Terry: My pal Amir said they’d land one a couple of hundred meters short for a photo-op.

Dawg: You know Amir!

LAST WORD:   Special K's a lawyer? Seriously?

"I'm trying to figure out which thought is making me smile more: the total self-destruction of Kinsella's case in his nuisance suit against me, or the prospect that he will remain as Michael Ignatieff's war room boss, with his increasingly bizarre, emotional judgment calls."

Apparently, there's also a little more dick-waving going on tonight...

"Oh, and when I told folks what I'm doing with a certain Conservative cabinet minister - details of which to be revealed tomorrow - the news practically got a Standing O!"

UNBALANCING THE UNIVERSE

That "WAS THEN"... this, and let's not be too gleeful... "IS NOW".

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Further to Agenda-quiddick

"We know Kinsella hates it when people mention his involvement in Adscam. He threatened to sue the National Post’s Andrew Coyne over it. He threatened to sue the Globe’s Normal Spector over it. He once called Justice Gomery’s inquiry a “pile of judicial garbage” – classy, coming from a lawyer."

"But for some reason Kinsella never did the one thing you’d expect someone to do who actually believed that Justice Gomery was wrong: he never appealed his findings."

Wait a minute... he's suing somebody... for what... LIBEL????

You mean like saying stuff that destroys somebody's reputation?

Seriously?

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How pathetic have we become...

...when we have to apologise for correcting somebody's mistakes?

In an interview yesterday, Ms. Greene apologized for correcting Ms. Jean, who represents the Crown as Canada's head of state.

"I feel very badly that I might have embarrassed her." Ms. Greene said.

I'm simply speechless.

My question is... "If you put Nancy Greene... or more to the point, Warren Kinsella... and Kathy Shaidle in the same room... would the universe explode?"

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RELATED: Speaking of pathetic...

...my own personal troll begins his nightly spamming of the comment threads to tell me... again & again... how unimportant I am to him...
Don't worry sweetie... I'm sure your mummy will be home soon.

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"Warren Hears a Who"

Maybe TVO will cancel the show and air 100 Ways to Wok Your Dog instead. Or maybe air a Barney the Dinosaur episode.

BTW, does anyone know how many tax dollars, federal and provincial, Warren's been paid over the years?

Posted by: andycanuck at February 12, 2009 2:39 PM

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FROM THE COMMENTS: Special K rouses the faithful

"Its hilarious. Go over to the TVO blogs and read the comments. Both of them! (Seriously, there is one wimp whining about Shaidle, another apparently agreeing, and that's about it.)"

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UPDATE: It's getting busier at the TVO blog

Read Special K's letter to the Agenda... and their response.

Funny how you never hear Warren et al... ranting about "Religious Supremacists".

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"Cat Out Of Hell..."

"...or whatever they're called..."

My mind might be playing tricks, but isn't that the title of a song from Warren Kinsella's band?

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Paging "Lucy" Warman...

...oh please, please, please... don't tell me the "war on hurtful words" is over.

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"Then they threw tax credits..."

"...at everything but the kitchen sink. Wait a minute. Even the kitchen sink qualifies for tax relief under the new Home Renovation Tax Credit designed to keep the trades in high demand."

Now we just have to watch Iggy's stylised and elaborate courtship dance...

Shortly before Ignatieff asked for the debate to be adjourned, he said, "The house should know, this is going to be a close call."

Later, on CBC, he said, "There are positive aspects of this budget, which I believe are the result of pressure from the opposition.

That loud drumming sound you hear... is Ignatieff patting himself on the back.

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RELATED: Newsflash from Planet Pinko...
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WELCOME READERS OF WORNOUT KINSELLA

Special K has decided to throw up a list of Blogging Tories who have expressed concern about the federal budget. That's funny... his usual shtick is all about how BT'ers are "mindless robots".

C'mon buddy, make up your mind.

I suppose we shouldn't be surprised... remember WK's last big project?

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LAST WORD: Iggy's "Race Warrior" assistant

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