Today’s News: #IStandWithTrudeau is trending
#IStandWithTrudeau2025 is trending tonight: Good job. Now carry on fighting the good fight at least until we see where we’re at with the Trump/Musk situation by Inauguration Day and have…
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Today’s News: Weakness all around
The government shutdown talk in the United States shows Trump for what he really is -- a weak clown Oliver Willis / Daily Kos Billionaires lead GOP revolt against critical…
Umm….about that deficit? Actually, it’s not as bad as we thought.
I was shocked - SHOCKED - when I saw how much the deficit has increased according to the Fall Economic Statement yesterday. Lots of people were freaking out.Turns out, it…
Today’s News: Trudeau decides not to decide
After a day of breathless anticipation, Trudeau is still Prime Minister tonight. But tune in tomorrow....Here's Scrimshaw's liveblog of what happened through this afternoon and caucus meeting: Liberals In Crisis…
Funny stuff and fascinating threads and animal crackers
Enjoy some of the funny stuff and the words of wisdom that I have been collecting lately: I passed it too, did you? pic.twitter.com/98U7kI62Ob— Jerseygirl #FBR 🟧 (@gggirl924) December 4,…
Today’s News: "So how does one prepare for a dictatorship?"
So how does one prepare for a dictatorship?— Rocket’s Bitch (@Cheezydork74) December 11, 2024 Is everyone just whistling past the American graveyard right now?I'm seeing a lot of coverage of…
Today’s Roundup: The CEO assassination
This gentleman is spot-fucking-on. The assassination of United Healthcare's CEO by a highly intelligent Ivy League graduate dealing with chronic pain is a watershed moment in our history and an…
Today’s News: The Trudeau government is "playing a bad hand as well as they can"
I was looking at X tonight, and saw that Maple MAGA is just delighted with the "Governor Trudeau" insult.Jerks!Here's what I think happened: Trump saw all the praise in Canada…
CWAA today: Trump tries to troll Trudeau
Today's edition of "Christ, What An Asshole" (CWAA):Donald Trump is once again “joking” about annexing Canada into the United States, this time calling Justin Trudeau the “Governor” of the “Great…
Things I didn’t know: English reading; troops in Syria; Canadian oligarchy; and we have our very own wankpuffin!
In the category of "things I didn't know":First, isn't this interesting:Next, I found out today that the United States still has hundreds, maybe thousands, of soldiers at bases sprinkled around…
Today’s News: What is wrong with our media, part umpteenth
You know how it feels when someone puts into words something you felt but couldn't describe? Well, here's an article from George Washington University professor Dave Karpf that describes exactly…
Big news from Syria tonight
The Syrian rebels are winning.The Washington Post provides this timeline article: The shocking speed of Syria’s rebel advance against Assad: A visual timeline Videos, photos and maps show how Syrian…
Today’s News: Trump is shooting himself in the foot
Once again, Trump is shooting himself in the foot. I think that he and his minions thought it would be terribly ballsey to make a whole bunch of controversial nominations…
Today’s News: Poilievre is just "hysterically harsh" now
Following Poilievre's apparent rejection of Trudeau's request for a united front against Trump, I'm reading some commentary about Poilievre and it ain't pretty:Andrew Coyne / The Globe and Mail Poilievre…
Waving the flag and putting country before party
On Tuesday, Trudeau told the opposition leaders to man up and fly in formation. I think the message was received loud and clear: ...Trudeau met with opposition leaders in his…
"Nice little country you’ve got here. Be a shame if something were to happen to it."
Hey, sounds like that dinner was sorta creepy, doesn't it?Some countries might go as far as mobilizing their troops over a statement like this Canada’s political, business and media discourse…
Today’s News: Wistful thinking
I suspect this is just wistful thinking, but isn't it delightful that it maybe might be true?I can't stand Poilievre but Doug Ford? He's the dopiest fucker outside of Smith…
Follow-up on The Meat Loaf Summit
The Toronto Star had the skinny on the Meat Loaf Summit: Tonda MacCharles / The Toronto Star Inside Justin Trudeau’s surprise dinner with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida Trudeau…
Today’s news: Talking turkey about tariffs
Tonight, Trudeau flew to Mar-a-Lago to have dinner with Trump and talk turkey about tariffs. Now, Trump is a vain, stupid man and Trudeau is a progressive, a scholar and…
Today in The Stupid: Canada v. Trump
Canada got to see its premiers in action yesterday, facing the first of the many existential crises that will define the Trump Administration, and it wasn't a pretty sight. Dale…