Happy Halloween!
Here’s some to laugh at today: It’s ok to consider Reeses Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cups as a fruit during Halloween season. — TG ☕️ (@TG22110) October 22, 2023 Canadian politicians,…
Cathie from Canada
Today’s News: using the Israel-Hamas War to promote antisemitism
I can appreciate the sincerity of those who support the Palestinians and oppose Netanyahu. But that sincerity is being weaponized now by those around the world who hate Jews. The…
Today’s News: What rough beast is coming in the Israel-Hamas War?
Until I read Tom Friedman’s column in the New York Times, I didn’t understand what was happening in the Israel-Hamas War – particularly why so many people around the world…
Today’s heroes: Travis Dermott, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Yocheved Lifshitz
Here’s a post to look back on, whenever you feel the arc of the moral universe isn’t bending toward justice fast enough. First, the NHL’s despicable decision that hockey players…
Dueling videos — Trudeau vs Poilievre
These two clips are being set up as “dueling” videos. Last spring, Trudeau was talking to a right-wing teenager in Manitoba. This week, Poilievre was talking to a BC reporter…
Courageous people
I saw some courageous people in this week’s news. First of all, Heather Kuttai. She has been one of my personal heros for the last three decades. Heather has been…
Comments about the Israel-Hamas War
I’m reading lots of thoughtful items about the Israel-Hamas War so I wanted to share them. By the way, one thing I have noticed is that posters on Twitter who…
I read the news today, oh boy!
...The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity… What an awful week…
The Israel-Hamas War: stories of courage, stories of terror
We are finding out more now about the horror that Israelis experienced as Hamas was hunting and killing them – the stories are incredible, some courageous, others terrifying. The New…
Opinion Roundup on the Israel-Hamas War
There is absolutely no excuse for the horrific war that Hamas has now started against Israel. Israel will defend itself, the Palestinians in Gaza are likely going to be slaughtered…
Don’t worry, be happy
I have been feeling pretty gloomy latey about the state of politics, here and in the United States. Then yesterday David Moscrop gave us this piece on substack — Does…
History is just one damn thing after another
Like everyone, I have been following the uproar with House of Commons speaker Anthony Rota and his ineptitude in hosting and applauding Yaroslav Hunka, who as a WW2 Ukrainian teenager…
Farewell to twitter, I guess
Apparently Musk is going to try to start charging for his platform. He simply doesn’t understand Twitter at all – he never did. Its like a pulp and paper company…
Today’s News: Brandolini’s Law and the Gish Gallop and existential stupidity
As Samwise says, Well, I’m back! Lately I have been trying to figure out why everything in American politics has become such a shit-show — the Trump disaster, abortion rights,…
I’ll be back
Sorry, I have to pause on posting for a little while. I’ll be back.
Why School Deadname Policies are wrong: "If a child cannot discuss their identity with their parents, the problem is with the parents, not the child"
I found both of these posts so shocking. The first one is a reminder about AIDS and how only within the last 20 years has our society learned to respect…
Trying out Threads
Threads is finally available on a desktop and it has an “embed this post” button! So I am trying it out with this post — I really really hope I…
This week in stupid: from Sask Ed policies, to Trump-fatigue, to Trudeau polls
Like Arthur Clark said way back when on possibility of extraterrestrial life in the universe: “We’re either alone, or we’re not. And either way you look at it, it’s staggering.”…
Words of Wisdom: Hamilton Nolan, Dale Smith, Evan Scrimshaw, Robert Reich, Oliver Willis. And Pogo.
I’ve read a number of great substack articles and tweet threads recently by Hamilton Nolan, Dale Smith, Evan Scrimshaw, Robert Reich, and Oliver Willis, among others (and Pogo, of course).…
Weekend Funny Stuff
Funny stuff: How to lure me to my death pic.twitter.com/X0sVRGJOWK — Hermeshuns ? (@hermeshuns) August 13, 2023 I saw these on Bluesky: (Read more…)Moving on to US politics, its clear…