Funny stuff and fascinating threads and animal crackers
Enjoy some of the funny stuff and the words of wisdom that I have been collecting lately: I passed it too, did you? pic.twitter.com/98U7kI62Ob— Jerseygirl #FBR 🟧 (@gggirl924) December 4,…
Cathie from Canada
Today’s News: "So how does one prepare for a dictatorship?"
So how does one prepare for a dictatorship?— Rocket’s Bitch (@Cheezydork74) December 11, 2024 Is everyone just whistling past the American graveyard right now?I'm seeing a lot of coverage of…
Today’s Roundup: The CEO assassination
This gentleman is spot-fucking-on. The assassination of United Healthcare's CEO by a highly intelligent Ivy League graduate dealing with chronic pain is a watershed moment in our history and an…
Today’s News: The Trudeau government is "playing a bad hand as well as they can"
I was looking at X tonight, and saw that Maple MAGA is just delighted with the "Governor Trudeau" insult.Jerks!Here's what I think happened: Trump saw all the praise in Canada…
CWAA today: Trump tries to troll Trudeau
Today's edition of "Christ, What An Asshole" (CWAA):Donald Trump is once again “joking” about annexing Canada into the United States, this time calling Justin Trudeau the “Governor” of the “Great…
Things I didn’t know: English reading; troops in Syria; Canadian oligarchy; and we have our very own wankpuffin!
In the category of "things I didn't know":First, isn't this interesting:Next, I found out today that the United States still has hundreds, maybe thousands, of soldiers at bases sprinkled around…
Today’s News: What is wrong with our media, part umpteenth
You know how it feels when someone puts into words something you felt but couldn't describe? Well, here's an article from George Washington University professor Dave Karpf that describes exactly…
Big news from Syria tonight
The Syrian rebels are winning.The Washington Post provides this timeline article: The shocking speed of Syria’s rebel advance against Assad: A visual timeline Videos, photos and maps show how Syrian…
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…
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…