In my latest Loonie Politics column I argue that despite his recent byelection wins and high standing in the polls, Mark Carney is in fact already a failure because across the board his policies are achieving feeble or disastrous results, and even in Canadian politics reality matters eventually.
“All successful people learn that success is buried on the other side of frustration.”
Anthony Robbins Unlimited Power
“One of two Victoria crosses awarded during the battle of Kohima went to Lance Corporal John Harmon of the Royal West Kents for his brave exploits. Sniper Harman – who spent much of his boyhood on the remote Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel owned by his millionaire father Martin – sprang into action when he spotted a Japanese light machine gun team taking over a nearby trench. Without hesitation he sprinted some 35 yards towards the trench, flung a grenade which killed the two Japanese inside and returned to his line bearing a captured gun. Two days later on 9 April in cold, wet weather he repeated this astonishing performance, only this time there were five men in the trench armed with automatic weapons and he himself used a fixed bayonet rather than a grenade. ‘When all the enemies were dead he walked back to his lines ignoring his comrades’ pleas to run for cover. He was killed by a burst of fire and died, saying “I've got to go. It was worth it – I got the lot.”’ His actions kept the hill in British hands for the time being at least.”
Karen Farrington Victory in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to the Fall of Okinawa [she does not footnote this or any quotation].
In my latest National Post column I argue that the strange juxtaposition of wokism and vicarious debauchery in the New York Times is actually a logical and coherent consequence of being “nonjudgemental”… without being a message well-tailored to me.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I warn that Canadian public life is being swamped by a rising tide of mediocrity and we seem content to drown in it.
“One of the reasons most people don’t do well in life is because success is usually disguised behind hard work.”
Anthony Robbins Unlimited Power
“Remember, the road to success is always under construction.”
Anthony Robbins Unlimited Power
“I do not like to speak ill of any man but I strongly suspect yonder gentleman to be a lawyer.”
Samuel Johnson quoted without source in Tom Davey, For Whom the Polls Tell