Today’s News: Turning America into Oceania
*illustration from Wayne Horton's substack View on Threads It is not just Canadians and other foreign visitors who are running afoul of America's border police. It's now happening to Americans…
Cathie from Canada
Pushing back against MacKinnon’s awful article
The University of Saskatchewan has been in the news lately. It's where I worked for much of my career, so of course I'm interested in how they are getting along.…
Carney’s new cabinet – comments from Brittlestar, Delacourt, Wark;,Urback, Ling, and Scrimshaw.
I gathered some of the comments on Prime Minister Carney's new cabinet.Overall, the judgement seems to be "lets wait and see". First, this is hilarious: View on Threads Susan Delacourt…
Alberta separatists want to have their cake and eat it too
Yep, let's move fast and break things. This is NOT what Canada needs to deal with right now, but I guess we don't have any choice: An Alberta separatist group…
Weekend Stuff: More laughing at Poilievre, More in Elbows Up!, Other funny moments, More about Pope Leo, and Animal Crackers
First up, laughing at Poilievre never gets old View on ThreadsNext, here's more in Elbows Up! Compare Poilievre's histrionics with what Carney is doing:I totally agree!! - Canadian Gurl🍁🍁Read on…
Today’s News: let’s laugh at Poilievre; let’s laugh at Alberta separatists; let’s find out about Pope Leo
Let's laugh at Poilievre! So much for Poilievre regaining anyone's respect now: Inspiring! Pierre Poilievre just released his new campaign slogan for Battle River-Crowfoot and it is truly moving! One…
Things I learned today: the new language of the Internet, the tariff "deal" with the US/UK, and Prof Galloway on Trump’s corruption.
Meet Tralalero Tralala, the Italian Brain Rot AI meme. Did you know there is a whole new language around Artificial Intelligence and Internet memes now? One of the internet columns…
Canada’s Alberta square-dance: "Promenade and don’t be slow, Where we’re going nobody knows"
Just a little square-dance patter for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who seems to be doing the Wexit do-se-do-- getting closer to it then backing around it, then sashaying closer again.…
Carney visits the lion’s den – oops, sorry, it was just a paper tiger after all 🐯!
Today was Carney's day to visit Trump at the White House. No tariff deal resulted, so then the DOW dropped 500 points.But the 51st State talk is clearly dead now.…
Canada’s Red Dress Day
May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit+ People (MMIWG2S+) Red River Métis artist and activist Jaime Black founded the REDress…
May the Fourth be with you, Justin Trudeau
I will miss the Star Wars socks:Trudeau ran for the leadership at just the right time, in 2013, when the Liberal Party was flailing and failing. And he left at…
Weekend funny stuff: Let’s bring Stanley home! Let’s laugh at Trump! Plus some other good posts, and Animal Crackers
Go, Canada, Go! when it comes to the nhl playoffs i would like to simply say, “play ball”— Jon Bois (@jonbois.bsky.social) April 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM you don’t get…
Today’s News: a random roundup — Carney’s press conference; Smith’s carpet; Poilievre’s seat; and First Nations nix Wexit
Basically, it seems we are back to politics-as-normal now -- tonight I have just a random assortment of political news and views tonight, without anything really dominating the headlines. Yet.…
Stormy weather over Stornoway
I keep waiting for wiser heads to prevail - will the Conservative party realize that they don't need Canada's version of the Trumpy Man-Baby as their leader anymore?Listen to this…
Post-election News: voting maps, Carney wins, Wexit update, Poilievre sad. Plus, it’s always fun to ridicule Trump!
In Canadian events today, some interesting maps showing how Canadians voted -- much more clearly than just showing big empty blocks of red and blue: In response to the election…
Let’s take a break for some funny stuff — good lines about our election plus other good posts, and of course, Animal Crackers
I have been seeing some great "takes" on the election results: View on Threads Great routine from Colbert: View on Threads Here is Carney dancing at the Liberal celebration Monday…
Whew! Carney and the Liberals did it.
Whenever I get the Wordle answer on my sixth try, the computer says "Whew!" That's what I feel tonight. It was much closer than I wanted it to be, and…
One more sleep
Here are some good cartoons that sum up this campaign: SAnd some final words: View on Threads View on Threads Lying right to the very end:Perspective is everything. Same venue,…
Coming around the clubhouse turn, heading for the tape…..
It's just too damned hard to act all solemn and serious right now -- I'm laughing on the outside but quivering on the inside, just waiting for Monday to be…
It comes down to this: the banker vs the wanker
(Illustration from Wayne Horton's substack )We're almost at the end now, and the choice comes down to this: Banker or wanker.Your choice, Canada.#cdnpoli #elxn45— Ian Morrison 🇨🇦 (@IanDMorrison) April 18,…