Today’s News: Carney has an outstanding interview with Jon Stewart
I hadn't thought very highly of Carney before seeing this interview - and yes, I do believe now that he has the political skills and smarts to attract Canadians and…
Cathie from Canada
Think Canada is a pushover? Think again…
Jean Chrétien / The Globe and MailCanadians will never give up the best country in the world to join the U.S. ...To Donald Trump, from one old guy to another:…
Weekend funny stuff: Some jokes and clips, Trump funnies, Poilievre funnies, and animal crackers
I could have written this - I didn't, but I could have! View on Threads Next, aren't these terrific! View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads View on…
Writing about the fires: "Her grief rose upwards and joined the blackness of the sky"
This puts the LA fires into perspective, I think. I hadn't realized the numbers were so large:These numbers blow my mind: Population of LA County: 9.33M Population of California: 38.97M…
"I didn’t have Trump becoming an open-border activist on my 2025 Bingo card, but here we are."
The quote is from David Moscrop's excellent piece today: David Moscrop /It’s Time for Canada to Get the Bomb (Not Really) Threats against Canadian sovereignty from the incoming Trump administration…
Dark Justin is unleashed
Dark Justin is here! https://t.co/2FxRuJ5HAw— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 ✍🏻😷🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 (@CathieCanada) January 7, 2025 When I saw this Trudeau tweet just now, I couldn't believe it. Now that he…
Today’s News: Comments and analysis about Trudeau’s resignation
Guess he's Justout Trudeau now.— LunarLiv (@lunarliv.bsky.social) January 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM Is it just me, but has the transition from “Trudeau must resign immediately” to “How dare Trudeau…
The rumour mill is buzzing about Trudeau tonight
The rumour is that Trudeau will resign today.That typing you hear tonight is dozens of Canadian political journalists getting a jump on their "end of an era" political obits. But…
The stupid, it burns!
Oh, we're in trouble now. Trump is babbling about windmills again: I’m normally against high taxes but I think we could balance the budget here via a 100-percent levy on…
Writing I love: "We’re All Made of Horrible, Beautiful Scars"
I found this piece of great writing last summer, when we were in the midst of our own heartbreak, and it was just so thoughtful and meaningful: Cole Haddon /…
"Good Luck Trudeau"
Well, I don't know whether Trudeau will leave or not, but I for one would really miss him: Genuinely one the funniest jokes I’ve seen played on Trudeau.— Steve Boots…
Epic!
An epic book forward, by Caimh McDonnell in his book Disaster. View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads
Getting ready for 2025
View on Threads Actually, this probably applies to 2025 also:The eerie strip I published at the end of 2019, just before the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/uqbgCxQEpa— Stephan Pastis (@stephanpastis) December 29, 2024…
Crime-washing the Trump presidency: "We’re finally on our own…"
I've been calling Trump's presidency "Trump 2: The Revenge Tour" and that is exactly what it will be. There is nothing so trivial that Trump can't feel insulted about it.…
Weekend funnies
Here's some funny stuff I found recently, as I was looking for something else: View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads crazy how fast photography progressed https://t.co/AgsFf9lCGX— Emo…
Playing the long game
Trudeau is speaking softly, playing the long game with Trump. This is his only response to all the "51s5 State" bluster from Trump:Some information about Canada for Americans:https://t.co/EnI8CrF4cB— Justin Trudeau…
Christmas cartoons and videos and stories. Enjoy!
In honour of Canada's posties - I'm so glad they're back, but I hope they can get the deal they deserve: View on Threads An outstanding story: View on Threads…
Today’s News: Could there be a method to Trump’s madness?
So now Trump is talking about the United States invading Mexico, buying Greenland and taking over the Panama Canal as well as Canada. Its nuts.For one thing, this: View on…
Today’s News: "President Musk" memes, Poilievre sell-out, Trump bald, Mangione fade
America fucked around and they're already finding out what they really elected:Can we just start using WTYS for “We told you so” to save character space over the next 4…
Today’s News: #IStandWithTrudeau is trending
#IStandWithTrudeau2025 is trending tonight: Good job. Now carry on fighting the good fight at least until we see where we’re at with the Trump/Musk situation by Inauguration Day and have…