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…
Cathie from Canada
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…
Happy Saturday! Here’s some fun stuff about politics, golf, librarian spies, getting older, and cool maps
First, just a glance at politics:WHO DID THIS?? 🦇 pic.twitter.com/ihJmPT8fmQ— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) September 13, 2024 This should get an award for hilarious description of the GOP these days: Correct.…
Poilievre and the "sore winner syndrome"
I'm trying to think whether there was any time in modern history that Canadians elected a Prime Minister they didn't actually like. Conservatives seem to have a pattern of finding…
Roundup: Trudeau wins today; Scrimshaw writes a Trudeau speech; Rothkopf on the stunning Harris campaign
Unsurprising that Trudeau won the non-confidence vote. Parliamentary reporter Dale Smith describes the House of Commons today: Overall, the day started out stupid, and got progressively worse as it went…
Remembering Ebony, our brown-eyed girl
Just six weeks ago, we lost our Molly, and today we lost our Ebony too. We got Ebony as a rescue when she was three or four, and we had…
Trudeau knocks it out of the park
Trudeau was on Stephen Colbert tonight and the Conservatives are furious -- how dare he demonstrate his popularity, his interview chops, and his international standing so easily, when he is…
"Basket of deplorables" 2024 version: fearful, credulous, vicious, cheap, thoughtless and destructive
Remember in 2016, when Hillary said some Trump supporters were "a basket of deplorables" and the US media clutched their pearls and fainted all over their couches and gasped how…
Happy Saturday! Canadianisms, strange graveyards, animal crackers, and more!
As the weeks wear by, propelling us toward a crucial election in the United States and, increasingly likely, in Canada too, I find myself grasping occasionally at something less intense…
Today’s news: Canada’s intelligence priorities
Yes, as a matter of fact, Canada does have priorities for intelligence - why did you ask?Or if you want to save yourself 20 pages of reading, this sums it…
Mainly, we duck and cover….
From 2016 to 2020, Canada survived Trump by ducking a lot - Trudeau managed to save NAFTA mostly, we didn't get pulled into any American wars, we quietly helped out…
Today’s News: Trudeau v Poilievre – is it time to put up or shut up?
Disappointing but not surprising to see the Liberals lose that Quebec by-election yesterday. I saw some commentary online to the effect that now Trudeau will just HAVE to resign. But…
Animal Crackers
Just a few great animal posts I have seen recently:the perfect photo doesn’t exi- pic.twitter.com/nf4EOZJ7Ji— Punch Cat (@PunchingCat) September 13, 2024 Perfect.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/ZMVkyuQPws— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) September 4, 2024 Got...
Today’s Roundup: Sunday’s Vance Interview From Hell
I'll bet Vance never thought the leopards would eat HIS face... Listen to this closely. JD Vance is explicitly acknowledging that he’s using anti-migrant disinformation as tool for attention. This…
Crazy stupid racist crap
Absolute craziness in the United States now:First they came for the pregnant women And I did not speak out Because I was not a pregnant woman Then they came for…
Today’s News: #ETTD
Back in 2016, Rick Wilson invented the hashtag #ETTD (Everything Trump Touches Dies) - and he is absolutely right. Every single time. Every new Trump favorite has that wild eyed…
Today’s News: What does Singh think he is doing?
Not only is this an anti-progressive, anti climate position, but his stated basis for it is based on right-wing disinformation.Good job, NDP!— Emmett Macfarlane 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 (@EmmMacfarlane) September 12, 2024…
Long Threads: More things I didn’t know
There is one thing that I still love about Twitter and other social media -- how interesting people are still publishing interesting "long threads" where I learn about a new…
Today’s News: Hooray for Harris!
A triumph! At last! The Harris message of a positive, forward-looking, united America really resonated at tonight's debate. And Trump just looked like the tired, befuddled old man he really…