Today’s News: Calling out Dear Leader
CBC calls out the Conservatives version of "freedom":Christian Noel / CBC Poilievre's office maintains tight control over what Conservative MPs say and do Party staffers monitor caucus for signs of…
Cathie from Canada
Today’s Roundup: Trudeau, Stoehr, Fallows, Sullivan, Wellman, plus a few tweets/posts
Following up from my post last week, I have been seeing more commentary lately which discuss misinformation and disinformation as the main problem that progressives now have in getting their…
Today’s News: Does Poilievre think he can bring a knife to a gun fight?
So Poilievre thinks bluster and combativeness will intimidate Trump? Or is he just trying to impress Canadians by boasting about what a great fighter he would be for the Canadian…
Happening Now: a Liberal turn-around?
As Canada hunkers down to survive another Canadian winter, we may be starting to see some signs of a turn-around in Liberal fortunes. Liberals are trending a little higher in…
Canada v. Trump: The "Revenge Tour" begins
Well, that didn't last long, did it? As much as I truly want to deny Trump any space in my head or in this blog, its just not going to…
Today’s News: Learning from the American nightmare
If we are going to save liberalism in Canada -- the federal Liberals and maybe even Justin Trudeau also -- then we have to reach Canadians and tell them the…
Today’s News: Canadafornia, and other ways to survive the Trumpocalypse
As we watch the United States take a right turn and go sailing off the Trump cliff, I have been looking for articles and tweet threads that give advice on…
Stories from the Internet: Two Horses’ Asses
"Stories from the Internet" is an occasional series.Here's a story I saw on Facebook: The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an…
Today’s News: Canada remembers.
The Taking of Vimy Ridge, Easter Monday 1917 by Richard Jack ...Supported by a creeping barrage, the Canadian Corps captured most of the ridge during the first day. The village…
Today’s News: Refugees, and kindness
Remember this? That terrible photo of Alan Kurdi, age 3, washed up on a beach in Turkey when he and his family tried to escape Syria in 2015. That little…
Walking away from Trump’s America
Well, I don't know if this feeling is just my own, or something others share. But I realized today that I just don't care what Donald Trump does anymore. In…
Today’s News: More comments on the Trump election – Jonathan Chait, Tom Scocca, Cooper Lund, Jimmy Kimmel, Mark Hamill, and Black Cloud Six
More comments about why the Trump election happened, and how to (maybe) survive it:New York magazine, Jonathan Chait: Trump’s ‘Unprecedented and Powerful Mandate’ Is a Lie Do not surrender in…
Today’s News: What the hell happened, and what will happen next?
Here are some tweets and comments and blog posts, reading the tea leaves.The election: No More Mister Nice Blog Steve M Trump is toxically masculine......Trump is seen by millions as…
Oh, dear….America has just Brexited itself
So sad. America just Brexited itself.— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 ✍🏻😷🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@CathieCanada) November 6, 2024 And the impact of a Trump win on Canada is incalculable -- on…
Hope!
Beautiful photo of (I hope) President Harris and the First Gentleman.“Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.” —Me right now— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) November 2, 2024…
Keep Kamala and Carry On-a-la
The closing moments:The Next President of the United States #SNL #NailedIt pic.twitter.com/tMl8iFdD5o— Abraxsys (@Abraxsys) November 3, 2024 Kamala’s SNL hit was a Slamala Dunkala!— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) November 3, 2024…
Trump’s final campaign message? It seems to be "Hawk Tuah!"
Things are certainly weird in the Trump campaign these days: I grabbed this great photo combo from an X post Trump seems to be unable to stop himself now from…
Today’s News: It’s FAFO time!
I think we're reaching "Fuck Around and Find Out" time: In Canada, Poilievre's blithe "Of course I'm going to cancel programs to fund a GST reduction on new houses" and…
Halloween Apples!
We always used to yell "Halloween Apples" when I was trick-or-treating, I'm not sure why because if anyone ever gave us an apple we threw it out because razor blades.…
Worth the read: Upside-down maps; Russian spy stories; Presidential election thoughts; and Canadian ghoulies & ghosties
Just a short post tonight, to highlight some remarkable articles published recently. First up, look at this "corrective map" of the world: It is one of the fascinating maps from…