Kathleen Wynne Put Down Your Pen

I'm calling for the immediate resignation of Premier Wynne. The latest scandal of McGunity's most senior staff ordering the erasing of gas plant memos is the final straw. I'm calling for the arrest of Dalton McGuinty for theft of over $1Billion of the taxpayers money in an attempt to win two seats in a single election cycle. The subsequent cover-up is more than the people of Ontario should take. An immediate election is required before Wynne out flanks the NDP on the left in an attempt to keep her government afloat.

On the federal scene Harper's time is also running out. His fabled hidden agenda is now out in plain sight and even uglier than we thought. His "fair elections act" is an effort to steal an election and a page right out go the Republican playbook on how to rob voters of their voting rights.

Harper's sabre rattling, with his toy Star Wars light sabre, is another cynical attempt to win ethnic votes much like his policy on Israel. Harper still has a mandate for another year and half before he is replaced.

Great to see Justin Trudeau slap down the Trinity Spadina bullies in the riding association. He has won back former Liberal supporters like me that were outraged by the Ianno family stranglehold on the riding.

No Cubicle Cube

Stink Boy

Wet-Nap Bathing

It's controversial!

The hot water is down in my condo. It has been down since Monday and will not be repaired until Saturday. I refuse to shower in cold water. I have an aversion to cold water. Bathing has been become a distant memory, an old habit that has died off. I just ran two miles on the treadmill and I'm sweating like Jimmy minutes before they open the Lone Star Bar.

I've been forced to raid my limited supply of wet naps to scrub the delicate areas. They have limited effectiveness. This week I am participating in an audit in very tight quarters with 15 people. I'm afraid my bathing austerity will further erode my fading popularity at the company.

I may pat myself down with a damp J-Cloth sprayed with Febreze.

Lake Ontario 6-Weeks Before Boating Season

Where Boat will be launched in 6-weeks

Lake Ontario is far from frozen over

Somewhere in there is my boat

Where I will be driving the boat into the Lake

Good Progress on The Bond Despite Very Cold Weather

Trinity Spadina Election

Olivia Chow has resigned as my MP so that she can run for the mayor's job. Whether she gets my vote will depend on a comparison of her platform to that of John Tory. I'm currently undecided.

By pure coincidence I had written to the head of the federal Liberal riding association to strongly urge them not to nominate any relative of Tony Ianno as the Liberal candidate in the upcoming by-election. The president emailed me back that indeed Christine Innes, wife of Ianno, was seeking the nomination. She suggested that I might want to volunteer for other local Liberals in adjacent ridings. Interestingly she did not suggest that I might help other candidates running against Innes for the party nomination in my own riding. I could only surmise that the suggestion as that Trinity Spadina was controlled by Ianno.

The very same day that the local president emailed me party leader Justin Trudeau banned Christine Innes from running as a candidate in the by-election as a Liberal, or in general election in 2015. Bullying tactics from the Innes team was given as the reason for the ban. The newspapers were suggesting that Ianno was behind the bullying.

I have outlined the issues around Tony Ianno, who is banned from trading on the TSX for 5-years, in past blog entries. I have voted for the NDP in several past elections to avoid voting for any member of the Ianno family. Full credit to Trudeau for standing up to this family. We can only hope that the riding executive is not controlled by his team. It is time for Mr. Ianno to step away from the Liberal for good.

Island Airport Expansion

The business lobby is out in full force trying to bully the government into approving the expansion of the Billy Bishop island airport in downtown Toronto. The argument is that the island airport is responsible for bringing in millions of passengers into the city.  Expanding the airport to allow jets to land will bring in more business and prosperity to the city,

My reasons for opposing the airport expansion are purely selfish. I'm a boat owner and the airport expansion will result in the expansion of the runway exclusion zones on both sides of the airport, increased air traffic and noise complaints. Your airport is disrupting my fun time.

Let's get back to the financial argument for the airport. I use the island airport, which is within walking distance from my condo, several times during the year for both business and pleasure trips. I will be using the airport again in April for a direct flight to Myrtle Beach. I also use the airport to fly to Montreal for business. If I did not use Billy Bishop airport I would fly out of Pearson. You are diverting passengers from one airport to other, you are not creating new passengers. All of the arguments that Billy Bishop brings in $millions of economic business to the city is hogwash. The business is coming to Toronto regardless.

We do not need jets flying over our waterfront so that business travellers can avoid the inconvenience of using our major international airport. The extra noise and traffic is not worth the disruption.

The New D'Arcy

I think my new skin drug is starting to kick in. My skin has a strange glow like a rotting pumpkin. The red marks are fading a bit. It is creating a buzz in the office. I went to my dentist today and after he took $400 worth of x-rays offered me a free consult on invisible adult braces to straighten my ragged teeth. Can you imagine if I have glowing skin and perfect teeth? It would be like I found the fountain of youth.

I must say that I'm a bit of a sucker when it comes to dental services. I go to the dentist for a cleaning and end up buying the extended warranty and all the extras. The staff can see me coming from a mile away. They did a 360 degree x-ray today. It was like a 3D view. I know M thinks I'm an idiot for letting the dental staff remove perfectly good fillings that have lasted for 45 years.

With shiny new skin, perfect teeth I may go all in with a fancy haircut. Bereza pays $5 for haircut and they throw in a bowl of soup. In my opinion he overpaid. I may get one of the $25 Super Cuts specials with a little added gel. I do notice extra traffic around my cube at work. I thought they detected a foul odour but in fact they may be checking out the "new" guy in the old guy's cube.

D'Arcy's Shiny New Skin Creates A Buzz in the Office

Take Your Shot Like a Man

Needle Time

I had a nurse attend my office to supervise my first injection of Stelara today. The shot was painless and easy. That is not to say I wasn't nervous. There was  muffled yet audible whimper that the nurse described as child-like. "I didn't know a grown man could make a sound like that?" "You were very brave" was a direct quote but delivered with a hint of sarcasm. In 30-days I will be required to self inject another dose.

The nurse did tell me that I should see positive results within 2-weeks. She has seen great success with this medication. This could be the summer of D'Arcy should this medication work.

The Brawler On Ice

Harper Talks Big Game on Military Spending

I read on the weekend that Stephen Harper has actually decreased military spending when you factor in inflation. Typical of right-wingers that talk a big game and come up empty. The Toronto Sun's latest tactic to embarrass Ontario Premier Wynne is to haul out disabled people that have been denied expensive medical treatment by OHIP. Their latest is a little girl that requires extremely expensive drugs to stay alive. The irony of course is the Sun believes that Ontario taxes are far too high, but they want the government to fund everyone's treatment. In fact all they want to do is embarrass the Liberal's.

I wrote earlier how much Ajax-Pickering MP Chris Alexander has sold out any credibility he may have had to become a highly partisan Harper bootlicker. This man that showed so much promise has become nothing more than a hired thug in the Harper smear campaign. Alexander has no future in Conservative leadership.

Funny to watch Harper's Queen B, Johnny Baird, rule out military force as an option to punish Putin, as if that was ever gong to happen. Other than carrying Israel's pantsuit Baird and Harper have no credibility in diplomatic circles. Maybe they can send their attack poodle Alexander to blame Trudeau for the crisis in Kiev.

Expanding the Boat

I'm getting a quote today on expanding the swim platform on The Boat. If I don't like the renderings I will order an insert from the US. I am also having several minor issues ironed out in the two months prior to boating season. Two months from today, if the Lake Ontario ice melts, we will be launching the boat in year 2.

On Tuesday of next week I will take my first injections of Stelera which should control my skin condition and allow me to swim with impunity in the summer. I'm, very excited about this drug regime. My previous dermatologist was against using drugs to control the condition, which is why she is my ex-dermatologist.