Following up on the week – Poilievre, Canada, America
I have run out of time to do much of a blog tonight, so here are just a few follow-ups on this week's many stories. First, some good columns to…
Cathie from Canada
Today’s News: Suffer the little children in Minneapolis, updating that Board of Peace, and the Poilievre response to Carney’s Davos speech
As we watch the ICE Gestapo losing their minds in the US, I thought of these three photos that changed politics: Alan Kurdi from Syria drowned on a Greek beach…
Today’s News: Thinking about the Unthinkable – could Trump invade Canada?
Everybody is talking about the Globe and Mail articles about planning for an American invasion.A headline like this has not appeared in a Canadian newspaper for 100 years. - Dan…
Carney at Davos "The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just. "
Carney at Davos gave a brilliant speech. Paul Wells reprints the whole speech here: The Carney doctrineAs I was listening to Carney, I was reminded again of Leonard Cohen's lines…
Today’s News: The Northern Lights are shining bright above Greenland tonight!
So this hit the news on Sunday night: Trump. Is. Insane.— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) January 19, 2026 at 7:53 AM Americans - the whole western world, really - just couldn't…
Sunday Funday: Canada proud, laughing at those gold "prizes", some random funny stuff, plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
More rumours of wars this weekend, but I think everybody needs a Sunday Funday post now. First, yes -- I'm proud of Canada View on Threads Nothing beats the 🥅🏒⛸️🧊🧊🧊…
Today’s News: Canadians resetting with China, and Americans resisting fascism. #Courage
Canada update: Carney's trip to China was a resounding success (Doug Ford excepted). “We’re recalibrating Canada’s relationship with China — strategically, pragmatically, and decisively — to the benefit of the…
Today’s News: "He’s an idiot"
I just had to share these words from Ruben Gallego, senator from Arizona - "He's an idiot": View on Threads Trump is mad at NATO because he didn't get that…
Today’s News: Trump’s Greenland flapdoodle
I've been gathering some of the comments and posts about Greenland defending itself from Trump's idiotic invasion plans. For some, it is just a distraction: And here we are: the…
Today’s News: "And those winds sure can blow cold way out there"
Hey, I'm not talking about Saskatchewan - our weather this week is great right now. But starting this weekend, its going to be 15 to 20 below (C) in Minneapolis,…
Today’s News: Comment Roundup on Minneapolis, disinformation, Alberta separatism, Canadian progress, Greenland, Venezuela, Mid-Terms and more
On days like these, where there are so many things going on around the Internets, I want to highlight a few of the comments and commentaries that help us keep…
Sunday Funday: Comments on the passing scene, plus funny-odd and funny-ha ha, and of course Trump Watch and Animal Crackers
Well, our times are officially "interesting" now aren't they, so we really need a Funday. (And does everyone get the joke in the wombat cartoon?)I still have to start with…
"I think I liked it better when Americans didn’t know where Canada was"
More comments today on Canada's precarious situation as Trump continues his fantasy presidency. When I saw this tonight on Threads, I couldn't help but agree: View on Threads Yeah, I…
Today’s News: Speaking truth to power
With everything that's going on, our political cartoonists have really outdone themselves. So I thought I should share some of the ones I found yesterday and today: I’d like to…
Today’s News: Reaching our gag limit with ICE and Trump
Today, we saw tragedy in Minneapolis and war-mongering by Trump and his administration. The world has reached its gag limit with Trump, and maybe even Americans are fed up too.Minneapolis…
Today’s News: Scenarios of Doom
I think we are all a little frightened now. Trump has lost his mind, and so has President Miller. And they're taking America with them. I'm reading way too many…
Speaking out against Trump and his banana-pants economic "regime change" wars
When Trump is doing crazy stuff in the United States, Americans can take refuge in saying "well, I didn't vote for him!" And when it is people inside the United…
1.Attack Venezuela 2.???? 3.PROFIT!
No Sunday-Funday post tonight - things are just too serious right now. Hopefully next Saturday night we can laugh again... There was world-wide reaction today to Trump's "regime change" war…
Finishing the week with a few more Good News stories
Following from my "good news" post yesterday, I wanted to wrap up this week with a few other stories along the same lines. First, this performance is just stunning and…
Some happy to enjoy
Oh, aren't we all just tired of feeling like everything everywhere all at once is going wrong? I can hardly stand to hear Trump anymore, or Poilievre, or listen to…