Today’s News: Grievances on parade
In a post about Poilieve’s Shack of Seclusion, Evan Scrimshaw writes about why some people seem to absolutely HATE! Trudeau: …It’s a movement of people who have been radicalized for…
Cathie from Canada
It’s too damn hot!
In the last 48 hours: Rome beat its all time temperature record by a whole two degrees Celsius. China beat its all time temperature record by almost two degrees Celsius.…
Sock it to me!
A lot of people don’t know as well that the young man makes a pair with Trudeau on them. With Justin’s permission. Liberals need to start talking about these things.…
"The memories will be so thick, they’ll have to brush them away from their faces…"
Sad news this week – both the LA Times and the New York Times are making radical changes to reduce their sports coverage. Between this and the LA Times eliminating…
Roundup: Hot and bothered
The news from all over is challenging this week. First up, I think I’m very glad I don’t live in the southern US – hotter than Hades this week. Overseas…
Weekend funny stuff: from Monty Python to Mary Simon; and dogs of course
First, I haven’t seen one of these funny twisted Threads for a long time — its when someone asks a “question” on twitter and everyone replies with the wrong answers:…
"I am down to be common. Bring home the chill. Yo. "
In a desperate attempt to try to demonstrate relevancy as a prospective Prime Minister, Pierre Poilievre is adopting sun glasses and t-shirts to give himself a new look — Canadian…
Happy Canada Day!
Dear America. Send us your 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. All of them. We will send you our Conservatives. All of them.Love,Canada — @JohnBeggs (@dbeggs13) July 1, 2023 It’s not every day I…
Perfect Game
There is nothing in sports like the Perfect Game in Baseball: 27 up. 27 down. The 24th perfect game in AL/NL history belongs to Domingo Germán. pic.twitter.com/SyUJb0cKm6 — MLB (@MLB)…
Random moments: from journalism to history to spiders to poetry
First, let me just mention how appalling it is that journalism is joining the gig-economy as more journalists basically have to become independent contractors. I know, I know – independence,…
So what’s the Right Wing up to now? A survey from Poilievre to RFK to Jan 6 to yoga
First, a little Poilievre-bashing, because why not? I’m a Liberal voter now. Is PMJT perfect in my eyes? NO. But if the best that you can provide is Pierre Poilievre…
Today’s edition of "Christ, what an asshole!"
Today’s edition of Christ What An Asshole is American cycling cheater Lance Armstrong, who wrote a widely-read anti-trans tweet thread this weekend which has been universally panned. Lance Armstrong is…
Not with a bang, but a whimper
Sounds like the one-day Russia Civil War remained pretty civil and wasn’t much of a war. In his Saturday Balloon Juice column, Adam Silverman writes War for Ukraine Day 486:…
What is happening in Russia?
To be clear – so far there is no evidence of anything happening beyond Prigozhin’s voice memos and various official statements. Wheeling the generals out, or mentioning Prigozhin on TV,…
Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day!
Here is the CBC coverage of Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations in Saskatoon and Regina today. Other events of the day: The Survivors’ Flag is a symbol of courage, community and…
Forgiving our fathers
Forgiving Our Fathers Author: Dick Laurie, amended by Sherman Alexie How do we forgive our Fathers? Maybe in a dream Do we forgive our Fathers for leaving us too often…
Saskatoon Pride Parade: "Showing Our Pride!"
The Saskatoon Pride Parade was this weekend so here are some of the highlights of this positive and happy event — such an inspiring change from all of the challenging…
Some great weekend reading: from weird conservatives to CHOP to moths to Orcas
Here’s some of the good stuff I’ve been reading lately: At Oliver Willis Explains, Willis writes Conservatives Aren’t Like Normal Americans But The Media Won’t Admit That: The Right Is…
Laughing at Trump
So we were told all day last weekend that there would be riots in Miami when Trump was arraigned and tens of thousands of people would be showing up to…
So what did David Johnston actually say?
We’re watching history being rewritten in real time. The discredited election interference allegations are now supposedly “credible” and the Johnston report that proved they were exaggerations or lies is now…