Lots of comments tonight about the first Conservative debate — apparently not an “official” debate though I’m not sure why that mattered. The big loser was, I think, Patrick Brown — this would have been his first opportunity to introduce himself to the CPC members and the nation, because outside
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Cathie from Canada: Today’s News: Fuddle Duddle
A 1972 Merle “Ting” Tingley cartoon Today turned out to be the perfect day for this old cartoon The original remark, from 1971: pic.twitter.com/aLLy1r13Q1 — Sarah Sears (@iamSas) May 4, 2022 Trudeau dropped the f-bomb when he apparently got fed up with stupid Conservative conspiracy theories about a Canadian
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: "Abortion is a fundamental right"
(Photo of Supreme Court protest today, by Jabin Botsford, WashPost) Today lots of comments and discussions about how the United States is criminalizing abortion again. I’m not sure which Justice the Washington Post Editorial Board is trying to speak to with this strong editorial, but I think perhaps it was
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: It’s the end of choice in America
A draft SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe V Wade on a 5-4 vote leaked tonight, and of course we saw the usual pearl-clutching toonight about how unseemly it is to leak a draft Supreme Court decisions: What is that line from Shakespeare? Oh yes, “Fuck their feelings.” — Mark Sumner🌻
Continue readingCathie from Canada: "The conversation must include apology. But it must not stop there"
Tonight I wanted to conclude my coverage of the visit to Saskatchewan by the Archbishop of Canterbury the Reverend Justin Welby, and his apology for the residential schools. The Anglican Church committed grievous sins against the Indigenous, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada. I commit to walking with you on
Continue readingCathie from Canada: A few zingers and a little truth
Just a few miscellaneous but somewhat funny tweets today: Mr. Squirrel approves of the new Ukrainian postage stamp. pic.twitter.com/Vm6cXomrnc — Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) May 1, 2022 ‘landlord’ and ‘landlady’ are needlessly gendered words. pls be more inclusive by using ‘landbastard’ instead — wolf alex (@gothtacular) April 28, 2022 I
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: A long time coming
Today the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby arrived in Saskatchewan, to apologize for the Anglican Church role in Canadian residential schools. The official photo is above and I’m sorry that I couldn’t find a list of the Chiefs, Elders and others in this group. Archbishop Welby is fourth from the
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Saturday stuff: funny, and of course dogs!
First up, boy is this ever true! Now that spring is here, the rabbits from the nearby park are making their evening circuts through our cul-de-sac and our dogs are going NUTS! Audiences agree “Bunny On The Lawn” is the non-stop thrill ride of 2022! pic.twitter.com/GVvivrBMI1 — Ben McLean (@HeyBenMcLean)
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s news: TGIF
As John Oliver says, just a few things to wrap up the week: First up, so to speak, wasn’t it great that the Mets pitched a no-hitter today — I loved this tweet about it: a neat thing about the covid vaccine is i watched the mets’ no-hitter at home
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: Explaining Norway to a duck
I think Elon Musk may finally be meeting his comeuppance. He’s used to people telling him how brilliant he is: A lot of the recent profiles of Musk read like the authors expect him to buy their paper/magazine and are auditioning to keep their jobs. — Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) April
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: Blundered by the Right
When I looked at today’s news, I saw a lot of blundering today by conservatives – thus my title. But first, I want to do a Ukraine roundup. I thought this first tweet was very true and certainly something we all need to be aware of as the Ukraine
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: Riding madly off in all directions
Another #FluKlan Convoy is planning to roar into Ottawa this weekend – bikers this time – and I hope it’s not going to turn into another clusterfuck. But Ottawa people are simply furious — though police have announced that no vehicles will be permitted in the Parliament Hill area and
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: Just a few things to talk about
Well, things are looking up. The horrible cold I have been battling for 2 weeks seems to be gone at last. And after this month’s cold and snow, our spring is springing! Spring has finally arrived in Saskatoon. pic.twitter.com/g6HsLoRLeS — Leah Howie (@Leah_M_Howie) April 25, 2022 The pelicans are back!
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: Dogs of Ukraine
Here is a post that collects some of the great tweets and photos I have found that highlight the dogs of Ukraine: Remember Patron 🐾 the little hero bomb detection dog in Chernihiv #Ukraine? He’s adored by his military family & gets lots of down time after working to protect
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: "Ukraine’s military can win this war"
Been asked what exactly needs to sink in from this. Hope it’s clear that Ukraine has a military than can win this war. Give it the tools that it needs and it’s already shown the ability to outthink and outfight the Russians. https://t.co/54Bab4wNO1 — Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) April 23,
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Saturday stuff: mostly animals being amazing!
Here’s a few clips of funny stuff, and some animals that impress me greatly! Basel Zoo. Switzerland: You gotta be kidding me… pic.twitter.com/77tFEEsyzX — Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) April 19, 2022 Elephant prankster 🐘 😂 wait for it! pic.twitter.com/3twqZVMpPL — CCTV_IDIOTS (@cctv_idiots) April 23, 2022 Elephant says thank you after the
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: We will win this war or we will get another
Here is Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the Ukrainian band BoomBox singing in Kyiv. And here are other beautiful versions too: Around 300 Lithuanians came together to sing with Ukrainian refugee Eliza Izmalkova. Together, they performed a Ukrainian folk song popularised by Andriy Khlyvnyuk, leader of the Ukrainian band Boombox.#SlavaUkraini #SlavaUkrayini
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: Just a smile and a cup of coffee
What a great smile! Olena is an officer in Ukraine’s 128th Mountain Assault Brigade – the Transcarpathian Legion. Photo is from this tweet. There’s a tweeter in Kyiv, Yaroslava Antipina, who posts every morning as she sips her coffee, and she calls this #warcoffee. She is now joined by dozens
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: Doing the tell of history back
Artwork found here. Our daughter asked me today for a short re-cap of why Russia started this terrible war in the first place – did they really think their nation was in danger of attack by Nazis? Did they really think they were threatened by NATO? So to begin
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: Yes, there is still art in Ukraine. Even now. Especially now.
Picasso said “What do you think an artist is? …he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.” So tonight
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