Today’s News: Update on the Saskatchewan election
Oh for crying out loud! I haven't reported much about the Saskatchewan election but today's news was really awful: ...Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe said Thursday that his "first order…
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Comedy tonight: Poilievre lettuce-watch, plus some funny stuff about Trump, Harris, birds, art, dogs, dope, and being old
The Poilievre lettice watch begins: Start the countdown. Pierre Poilievre or this head of lettuce. pic.twitter.com/zUHF4u7XPS— Roddy 🇨🇦 (@RodKahx) October 16, 2024 POILIEVRE'S CAT pic.twitter.com/5NfqfCGl9z— Brittlestar (@brittlestar) October 17, 2...
Having some fun now! Trudeau at the PIFI hearing, and Harris on Fox News
First, Trudeau testified at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference hearings today. Trudeau was supposed to be embarassed, bumbling, and exposed by this inquiry - but instead, it was Poilievre…
Today’s News: Quick Takes on Trudeau, Poilievre, the House of Commons, Harris, Trump, the US Election, and Brexit
Just a few Quick Takes - some stuff worth reading tonight:TrudeauMy latest: This is not a diplomatic spat — it’s state terrorism, and Canada is right to call it out…
Today’s News: Extraordinary warning about threats from India
Well, I was going to put up a light-hearted post tonight about Thanksgiving - cartoons, nice stories, etc. But then this happened: RCMP Commissioner Michael Duheme told a news conference…
Today’s News: Freaking Out about the Presidential Polls
https://www.270towin.com/mpThree weeks to go and the Presidential polls are freaking everyone out:If you are noticing that the only national polls Trump is leading in are the ones taken by a…
Today’s News: Oh for f**ks sake, why would Trudeau step down NOW?
Lots of news today about how a group of unnamed Liberal back-benchers are supposedly organizing to get Trudeau to resign as party leader. Yeah, sure -- whose bright idea was…
Imaginary News
We have all heard now about Fake News - see also Truthiness, Alternative Facts, and Mis-information. Now, we're hearing "imaginary news" --We’ve all become desensitized, but it’s amazing how at…
Interviews with Harris and Walz
Harris and Waltz are doing media all over this week (except tne New York Times and Politico, and boy are they pissed!) Anyway, here are some good clips: From Howard…
Now there’s something you don’t see every day!
Some odds and sods and bizarre news: Oh, yeah -- I forgot So today was the day everyone who had been Covid vaccinated was supposed to die.Everyone ok?— RS Archer…
Evacuating Eden
...They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way. - John Milton, Paradise Lost I was going to do a post tonight on the…
Today’s News: Truanons and Nuremberg 2.0 and understanding the damn question
So on Saturday this happened:Angus Reid reposts a doctored video that misquotes the PM as if it's reality and we're supposed to accept his company's poll results are believable? I…
Long Reads: The rise of stupidity; The analytic failures of the Russia-Ukraine War; and how presidential polls are always wrong
Last night I posted some long threads; tonight, I have several interesting "long reads" on topics I have frequently discussed on this blog: The Stupid, It Burns! Substack writer Black…
Long threads: best baseball announcers, North Carolina angels, hopeful happenings, boys will be boys, and some really big things
Here are some long threads that I liked. This is a lengthy post because I am including many of the tweets from these threads -- a reader told me once…
Today’s Comment: Boomers "are the most coddled political constituency"
In his column tonight, Bribes (Between The Lines Of Age) The LPC's Correct Tactical Choice, Evan Scrimshaw is writing about the Liberal decision to vote against the Bloc motion to…
Busy busy busy! Here’s some stuff about Trudeau, the Jack Smith report, the US election, the Russia-Ukraine War
I have a feeling that things are going to just be crazy for the next five weeks. Tonight I am reading about a whole bunch of things -- the pressure…
Today’s News: "A damning non-answer"
WALZ: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election? VANCE: Tim, I'm focused on the future WALZ: That's a damning non-answer— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.bsky.social) October 1, 2024 at 8:41 PM Wallace:…
Today’s News: Remembering for Orange Shirt Day
The Scream, by Kent Monkman The RCMP came in. My mom was trembling. The rcmp took me from my mother's lap. (I believe it is called abuction today. ) They…
Some music to enjoy
We saw Jelly Roll on SNL and this song is remarkable:"Nobody walks through these doors on a winning streak" I loved this too! My husband saw a presentation from Playing…
Today’s News: Hurricane Helene
This is terrible. We're been following the Hurricane Helene stories - its hard to imagine what these people are going through:At least 56 dead and millions without power after Helene's…