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…
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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…
Greatest line in television history
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" And more here
America’s attention-junkie shoots himself in the foot
Slapping a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico is like trying to rob a bank by threatening to shoot your own toe off.— Human☮🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🌊 (@4HumanUnity) November 26, 2024 Trump wants…
It’s always something. If it’s not one thing, it’s another.
So how come Canada is hosting nine Taylor Swift concerts? Because when Trudeau invites you, you come:It’s me, hi. I know places in Canada would love to have you. So,…
Funny stuff and animal crackers
This was the very first strip in Calvin and Hobbes, on Nov. 18, 1985 - all in all, I think Calvin and Hobbes was the world's best comic strip. Moving…
Ain’t he having some fun now!
Thanks, Justin!Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday a suite of new measures meant to alleviate some of the affordability pressures people have been experiencing in the post-COVID era — including…
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…
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…