Today’s News: Christ, what an asshole!
Time for this week’s edition of “Christ, what an asshole!” So this happened: The perfect candidate for voters whose concerns are less about healthcare and the economy than more relevant…
Cathie from Canada
Today’s News: It is to laugh!
The least surprising news of the day was Trump announcing he would run for president again –to the delight only of cartoonists and Maggie Haberman, I think. “Growing visibly” Maggie?…
From the bookmarks
Of course dinosaurs and humans never co-existed – dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years before humans developed, and the CBC knows it, as do all paleontologists. But no scientist wants…
Today’s News: When the waves turn the minutes to hours
“Does any one know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours?” Here is a great thread about a great song: 47 years ago…
Finally!
Finally … Ford blinked. All unions who had supported @fordnation during 2022 election, came out publicly in support of education workers & against Bill 28. Ontario was on verge of…
Today’s News: The story behind Russia-gate and the Ukraine War
The New York Times has published a major article The Untold Story of “Russia-gate” and the Road to War in Ukraine (gift article link), and the story actually turns out…
Friday funnies
Just some of the funny stuff collected this week: Darn right, Mercedes. ???All Canadians should write letters to our president in Winnipeg asking for that very thing. — editorsneedlovetoo (@editorsneedlov1)…
Today’s News: It’s another edition of "Christ, what an asshole!"
Elon Musk – he will be the gift that keeps on giving, at least until he has bashed Twitter into the ground: The funniest thing about this is that Elon…
Hey, its Halloween!
Likely the best video ever: Here are some good Halloween tweets and tweet-stories I have been collecting! BOO, EH! pic.twitter.com/8ew5sWk0tz — Brittlestar (@brittlestar) October 29, 2022 Happy Halloween ? @TheSlyStallone…
Twitter stories
I have collected a few more great twitter stories First, follow this one from @ppirapokin about his Power Rangers adventure in a ramen restaurant — the tweet below is the…
I’m back!
Just catching up on a few of the interesting tweets saved over the week while we were away. Fascinating stuff: If 100 people lived on Earth… Amazing analysis. pic.twitter.com/q8j4SeEDLt —…
Today’s News: Ukraine update
I will be travelling over the next few days so I may not be able to put up more posts this week Tonight, I am trying to figure out the…
More great stuff
What a week — we really need some great stuff right now, don’t we, and I’ve got some. But first, let’s consider the nominees for this week’s “Christ, what an…
Today’s News: Buh-bye
Today we said “buh-bye” to Liz Truss. The tweets were priceless: In light of Liz Truss’ resignation, I made a chart to explain UK politics for anyone confused pic.twitter.com/uBweUvQU0o —…
Today’s News: Updates
Just a short one tonight. First, about the POEC hearings: A lot of people are looking really really bad in this inquiry and none of them are named Trudeau. —…
Today’s News: I think we know where this is going
If there are any two politicians in Canada who always know which way the wind is blowing, it’s Justin Trudeau and Rob Ford. So today Trudeau stood behind Ford and…
FreeDumb Convoy Greatest Hits
Now that the Public Order Emergency Commission hearings are getting underway, Canada is being reminded of just how awful the convoy crisis was, not only in Ottawa but also across…
From the Bookmarks
Here’s what prompted it – a scalding observation by The Economist. pic.twitter.com/lf6Rg1PzVv — Paul R Bear (@PaulRBear4) October 14, 2022 Here’s the Daily Mail live feed on YouTube Kwasi Kwarteng…
Today’s News: "I’m going to punch him out"
I don’t have a lot of stuff to talk about tonight, but I did see some good tweets about the two hearings today – including Nancy Pelosi’s “punch him out”…
Christ, what an asshole!
Back in 2006, blogger Charles Lavoie did a post to assert that all New Yorker cartoons would still be just as funny with the caption “Christ, what an asshole” and…