Today’s News: The stupid, it burns!
Evan Scrimshaw sent out a newsletter tonight talking about Skippy and the Conservative so-called “debate” last week and its worth quoting from: … It’s a busted ideology and a party…
Cathie from Canada
Today’s news: One of those days
Yes, it was Mother’s Day. And lots of political tweets that relate: Are we still calling it Mother’s Day or is it now just Domestic Infant Supplier Day? — Keri…
Today’s news: Just some weekend stuff
No particular theme today – so let’s get going! Too late, Candice – that ship has sailed: WHAT?#CPC leader Candice Bergen is worried about this? “And lastly I promised caucus…
Today’s News: Children of Ukraine
Mother’s Day is coming up so here are some photos I have been collecting showing some of the children in Ukraine: 7-year-old Angelina, just arrived from Russian-occupied territory pic.twitter.com/3jxeI8FcXd —…
Today’s News: Skippy will just wave his magic wand!
Lots of comments tonight about the first Conservative debate — apparently not an “official” debate though I’m not sure why that mattered. The big loser was, I think, Patrick Brown…
Today’s News: Fuddle Duddle
A 1972 Merle “Ting” Tingley cartoon Today turned out to be the perfect day for this old cartoon The original remark, from 1971: pic.twitter.com/aLLy1r13Q1 — Sarah Sears (@iamSas) May 4,…
Today’s News: "Abortion is a fundamental right"
(Photo of Supreme Court protest today, by Jabin Botsford, WashPost) Today lots of comments and discussions about how the United States is criminalizing abortion again. I’m not sure which Justice…
Today’s News: It’s the end of choice in America
A draft SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe V Wade on a 5-4 vote leaked tonight, and of course we saw the usual pearl-clutching toonight about how unseemly it is to…
"The conversation must include apology. But it must not stop there"
Tonight I wanted to conclude my coverage of the visit to Saskatchewan by the Archbishop of Canterbury the Reverend Justin Welby, and his apology for the residential schools. The Anglican…
A few zingers and a little truth
Just a few miscellaneous but somewhat funny tweets today: Mr. Squirrel approves of the new Ukrainian postage stamp. pic.twitter.com/Vm6cXomrnc — Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) May 1, 2022 ‘landlord’ and ‘landlady’…
Today’s News: A long time coming
Today the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby arrived in Saskatchewan, to apologize for the Anglican Church role in Canadian residential schools. The official photo is above and I’m sorry that…
Saturday stuff: funny, and of course dogs!
First up, boy is this ever true! Now that spring is here, the rabbits from the nearby park are making their evening circuts through our cul-de-sac and our dogs are…
Today’s news: TGIF
As John Oliver says, just a few things to wrap up the week: First up, so to speak, wasn’t it great that the Mets pitched a no-hitter today — I…
Today’s News: Explaining Norway to a duck
I think Elon Musk may finally be meeting his comeuppance. He’s used to people telling him how brilliant he is: A lot of the recent profiles of Musk read like…
Today’s News: Blundered by the Right
When I looked at today’s news, I saw a lot of blundering today by conservatives – thus my title. But first, I want to do a Ukraine roundup. I thought…
Today’s News: Riding madly off in all directions
Another #FluKlan Convoy is planning to roar into Ottawa this weekend – bikers this time – and I hope it’s not going to turn into another clusterfuck. But Ottawa people…
Today’s News: Just a few things to talk about
Well, things are looking up. The horrible cold I have been battling for 2 weeks seems to be gone at last. And after this month’s cold and snow, our spring…
Today’s News: Dogs of Ukraine
Here is a post that collects some of the great tweets and photos I have found that highlight the dogs of Ukraine: Remember Patron ? the little hero bomb detection…
Today’s News: "Ukraine’s military can win this war"
Been asked what exactly needs to sink in from this. Hope it’s clear that Ukraine has a military than can win this war. Give it the tools that it needs…
Saturday stuff: mostly animals being amazing!
Here’s a few clips of funny stuff, and some animals that impress me greatly! Basel Zoo. Switzerland: You gotta be kidding me… pic.twitter.com/77tFEEsyzX — Rex Chapman?? (@RexChapman) April 19, 2022…