Interviews with Harris and Walz
Harris and Waltz are doing media all over this week (except tne New York Times and Politico, and boy are they pissed!) Anyway, here are some good clips: From Howard…
Cathie from Canada
Now there’s something you don’t see every day!
Some odds and sods and bizarre news: Oh, yeah -- I forgot So today was the day everyone who had been Covid vaccinated was supposed to die.Everyone ok?— RS Archer…
Evacuating Eden
...They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way. - John Milton, Paradise Lost I was going to do a post tonight on the…
Today’s News: Truanons and Nuremberg 2.0 and understanding the damn question
So on Saturday this happened:Angus Reid reposts a doctored video that misquotes the PM as if it's reality and we're supposed to accept his company's poll results are believable? I…
Long Reads: The rise of stupidity; The analytic failures of the Russia-Ukraine War; and how presidential polls are always wrong
Last night I posted some long threads; tonight, I have several interesting "long reads" on topics I have frequently discussed on this blog: The Stupid, It Burns! Substack writer Black…
Long threads: best baseball announcers, North Carolina angels, hopeful happenings, boys will be boys, and some really big things
Here are some long threads that I liked. This is a lengthy post because I am including many of the tweets from these threads -- a reader told me once…
Today’s Comment: Boomers "are the most coddled political constituency"
In his column tonight, Bribes (Between The Lines Of Age) The LPC's Correct Tactical Choice, Evan Scrimshaw is writing about the Liberal decision to vote against the Bloc motion to…
Busy busy busy! Here’s some stuff about Trudeau, the Jack Smith report, the US election, the Russia-Ukraine War
I have a feeling that things are going to just be crazy for the next five weeks. Tonight I am reading about a whole bunch of things -- the pressure…
Today’s News: "A damning non-answer"
WALZ: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election? VANCE: Tim, I'm focused on the future WALZ: That's a damning non-answer— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.bsky.social) October 1, 2024 at 8:41 PM Wallace:…
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…
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…