"Our fundraising email did great," is, uh, "weird," as the kids say today.

My column in The Line about why we should all be relieved that Mr. Singh’s long, self-inflicted national nightmare is over. “Making the statements he routinely made was a pretty remarkable act of self-abasement. And he barely even flinched.” readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-…

I don’t quite know how to explain this. But I purchased these two tall boys at my local convenience store and was immediately overcome by this desire to riot, pillage, burn, etc. Weird. It never happened before. Wonder what’s changed.

Do you know what? I didn’t even think to look. I just tapped and left. I guess I’ll need to make a return visit.

And that reason is Ontario craft beer available for sale in a convenience store.

The gentleman deleted his post. Image attached, for reference.

“What’s really going on here is that the Russians have identified two major weaknesses in their American adversaries.” Must read ⁦⁦⁦⁦⁦⁦Tom Nichols⁩’s latest theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

Nah. He’s counting on hysterical overreaction from his critics to make him look sane by comparison. The premier thanks you for your service.

There are reasonable critiques of any public policy plan. I am not quote tweeting the reasonable critiques.

This is exactly the kind of consideration Ford intuitively grasps, which is why he’s won two majorities and will probably win a third.

Correct!

Was wondering how long before I got the first one of these.

This is because I bought two Ontario craft beers at a local convenience store.

This is half right. I agree on the first point. The second point is entirely wrong. Those people have travelled. And then realized how backward Ontario was.

This is also because I bought two beers at a convenience store.

There is nothing new about the Ontario (and especially Toronto) self-styled progressive having a very decent chance of being, in fact, deeply conservative. In the sense of “averse to change,” not partisan affiliation. Try putting some gentle density in their neighbourhood.

I RIPPED UP my breakfast napkin.

David is right. I think he's right in the big-picture sense, and that's been true for a while. But, a specific point: CASA ending makes a snap election likelier. And every party is going to have to adjust by focusing more on daily, tactical-level politics. Less will get done.

"We have all discovered that Mr. Singh is not a good politician." - - Matt Gurney on The Line podcast, about this week's news of the NDP withdrawing from formal political deal with governing Liberals. open.spotify.com/episode/79Trhj…