First, Paul Wells has an interesting article out tonight about how police are dealing with the pro-Palestinian protests: The police won’t make your point Notes on a 20-year revolution in police handling of protests. Spoiler: you probably won’t like it. Wells covers a lot of history here, from Selma to
Continue readingAuthor: Cathie from Canada
Cathie from Canada: Bring on the crazy!
I’m seeing some crazy stuff tonight on the social. Like this: As an electrician, i’d like to remind Pierre Poilievre that we don’t capture lighting from the sky. We work together with other trades, engineers etc to produce electricity which was made possible by left wing indoctrination education (aka the
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Happy New Year!
Post by @jaredmay76 View on Threads No one does NYE fireworks like London! 🎆#LondonNYE #LondonFireworkspic.twitter.com/aHxZExYYKL — Sahil Oberoi (@SahilOberoi1) January 1, 2024 2024 has officially reached the shores of Canada.As Father Time hands things over to Baby New Year, I hope everyone has a fantastic 2024!#NewYear2024 #HappyNewYear pic.twitter.com/VPLCPI8R0X —
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Odds and ends – from dancing ladies to dancing daddies, and dogs, of course
So tonight I have been going through various Bookmarks and other saved posts and I’m finding some great stuff to share. This month I saw two different cartoons based on the Matisse dancing ladies, of all things. The first is about folding a fitted sheet: And the second is about
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Christmas traditions: 12 Days, Festivus, Messiah, and the oddest Christmas Special ever!
Time for an annual “traditions” post — Twelve Days of Christmas: Festivus: The Messiah: The New York Times writes Handel’s ‘Messiah’ Teaches Us a Surprising Lesson About Tradition: …Fortunately, Handel’s “Messiah” is so popular that the ideological fashions of critics and performers cannot contain it. The work
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Dogs, bruh – plus cats and owls and the rest of the barnyard
Here’s some great dogs – plus cats and owls and the rest of the barnyard. First, of course, dogs! this guy built a racetrack in his backyard for his dogs and it’s amazing(ginger_cat_and_vizslas IG) pic.twitter.com/GifKiQnTSZ — theworldofdog (@theworldofdog) December 19, 2023 Post by @cctvidiotss View on Threads Courage, sister! Post
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Israel-Hamas War Update: what happens next?
I know Seymour Hersch has his flaws – a tendency toward grandiosity in his reporting — but he has good sources and his column last night raises some good questions about the Israel-Hamas War that undoubtedly will dominate international discussions over the next weeks: Thousands of Hamas fighters are now
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: "being down 10 is a victory these days for the Liberals"
I got a chuckle out of Evan Scrimshaw’s lead in his Substack yesterday: Abacus’ Conservative Curveball Is There Life In The Liberals?: It is a notable statement that being down 10 is a victory these days for the Liberals, but Abacus has the Tory lead down 9 poll to poll,
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Weekend fun stuff: from The Beatles to more Cats v. Christmas Trees
This is the kind of thread that I used to find occasionally on Twitter and all of the comments were always just so funny. Glad to see this type of goofy stuff is on Threads now: Post by @danaintq View on Threads Post by @terriblemap View on Threads Still some
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Well, here’s more upsetting news
On the day that Canada remembers the Montreal Massacre, I am reading articles about the terrible sexual violence and rape that Hamas inflicted on Israeli men and women on Oct 7 — I think it is shameful that it has taken two months for this violence to be called out
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Time to put up the tree!
First, Advent Calendars! According to my chocolate advent calendar there’s only 4 days left until Christmas Day — Dr Helen Ingram (@drhingram) December 1, 2023 To celebrate the season I created a new List of many of the people posting daily Advent Calendars posts on Twitter – click here to
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: From Trudeau v. Poilievre, to "effective altruism"
Well, well, well — so Trudeau was right about India’s responsibility for the murder of Canadian Hardeep Singh Nijjar. In his National Intelligence and Security Newsletter, Wesley Wark brings us up to date in tonight’s post Murder Inc. New revelations about Indian government-directed assassinations …This sordid tale adds further weighty
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Well, here’s some upsetting news
Hamas apparently doesn’t know where at least 40 of the hostages are. In his nightly Ukraine post at Balloon Juice, Adam Silverman is also keeping up with the latest news about the Israel-Hamas War and the hostages being held in Gaza. And the news is not good. Under the terms
Continue readingCathie from Canada: "Conservative’ means never having to say you’re sorry
The stupid, it burns! Yesterday following that awful crash at the Niagara Falls border crossing, somebody in Pierre Poilievre’s office was listening to Fox News when they jumped the gun by calling it a terrorist attack and saying it was all Biden’s fault. Well, here in Canada we can’t have
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Dogs, bruh!
Post by @dogsarethefunniest View on Threads People who say animals don’t have feelings have never seen the look on my dog’s face when she realizes I dropped a slice of cucumber not meat. — Mary Ellen Davis (@RubyMcrae) November 22, 2023 (Read more…) Post by @psycohousecat View on Threads
Continue readingCathie from Canada: "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"
Using the excuse of American Thanksgiving, I just need to post the funniest line ever said on television: and here’s the back-story:
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s fascinating stuff: from Saskatchewan Batman to outstanding truckers
Historian Craig Baird is doing more interesting AI stuff — this one is from his series on The Provincial Batman: 3. Saskatchewan 🧵3/13 pic.twitter.com/RP3mWdZwqv — Craig Baird – Canadian History Ehx (@CraigBaird) November 19, 2023 Apparently this isn’t really from Campbell’s. But it should have been! Well done Campbell’s!!! pic.twitter.com/ohDBENHpCb
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Surveying the Substacks: from the Wingnut Grievance Bubble to the imminent end of the baby boomer generation
First, at Everyone Is Entitled To My Own Opinion, Jeff Tiedrich writes Sporky and the Space Nazi get screwed by the Wingnut Grievance Bubble with a guest appearance by the Ghost Bus Goofus I’ve written before about the Wingnut Grievance Bubble. it’s that enclosed feedback loop where lunatic fantasies, feverish
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Here’s a great Doonesbury cartoon
Isn’t this hilarious? Post by @beingliberal View on Threads Here is the link to the comic on Go Comics: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2023/11/12
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: My List about the Israel-Hamas War
Credit: WarMapper I have started a new Twitter List of people who have useful perspectives on this awful war — I call it just “Israel-Hamas War” and you can sign up to follow it here: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1724290102757916709?s=20 I wish Threads had a “list” function – I like Lists because it makes
Continue reading