Happy happy joy joy
Just some happy things today: Serena wins and Palin loses and for one second the world feels in balance. — Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 1, 2022 Serena wins! I found…
Cathie from Canada
Today’s News: Rage-farming
Conservatives never let a lie get in the way of rage farming. pic.twitter.com/mmqMShpABF — Currently Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (@IAMSMRT1) August 30, 2022 The term “rage farming” was…
Today’s News: "We have a lot to do"
This pretty well summarizes everything, doesn’t it: That being said, we have to work on equality, health care, education, housing, public services, pharma and dental, small businesses, foreign investment, elections,…
Today’s News: Funny business!
Tonight here’s a bunch of recent tweets that made me laugh: First, here’s a great Coyne concept — hitting for the Conspiracy Theory “cycle”: … was killing thousands of people,…
Today’s News: What a week!
Beginning with a wonderful palate cleanser: Nazem Kadri brings the Stanley Cup to the London Muslim Mosque. This is believed to be the first time in history that the Cup…
Today’s News: CTV News is losing its soul
The very definition of a professional news organization is one that reports news without fear or favour. Over the years, news organizations have fired reporters, editors, anchors, editors, publishers, for…
Today’s News: This you?
Its sorta hysterical, really. So yesterday Biden announced $10,000 student-loan forgiveness policies, which are a great thing that will help millions of people. And predictably, some Republicans went nuts about…
Six months of war in Ukraine
Here are a few selections from the New York Times collection of Ukraine photos during 6 months of war Dusk in Kyiv Feb 24 (Brendan Hoffman) A volunteer fighter at…
Random and funny stuff
it’s hard to remember that the future is still being built. it’s hard not to think of those days as pre-made— squares on a board game waiting for our little…
Today’s News: Shaking hands with the devil?
So Poilievre shook hands with a white supremacist and now he won’t apologize. And the CPC wants Canada to think this guy and the juvenile sycophants surrounding him are PMO…
Today’s News: Just a little light treason
Just a short one tonight: Ron Johnson believes that there’s a five second rule for both food dropped on the floor and treason. — Steve Metz (@steven_metz) August 22, 2022…
Weekend funnies
If you ever wondered what happened to Biff… Tom Wilson, who played Biff Tannen in “Back to the Future,” wrote a song about answering the same fan questions for 30+…
Today’s News: Lisa Forever
#Lisa #LaFlamme Handling brings flack pic.twitter.com/3xOQtPC3Qd — Mike Allen Cartoons (@MikeAll30808974) August 19, 2022 Interesting to continue to watch the uproar over CTV News firing of Lisa LaFlamme — today,…
Today’s News: "We will stay here together"
Zelenskyy: “Our land is the only thing we have. We will stay here together.” https://t.co/uNoxkJbTWN — Cathie from Canada ?? ??️? (@CathieCanada) August 19, 2022 When the Ukraine-Russia War started…
Today’s News: Night and day
I don’t have a lot to talk about tonight, but I read a couple of articles today and I was struck by the contrast in these descriptions – the leadership…
Today’s News: Updates from all over
Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act today — and Biden is no dummy, unexpectedly handing Manchin the pen even though Schumer and Pelosi are right there too. In spite of…
Today’s News: May you live in interesting times
“May you live in interesting times” is the apocryphal curse that threatens trouble, war and chaos — and our times are getting a little too interesting now, aren’t they? In…
Today’s News: The battle for Kherson is heating up
Update from Ukraine: Don’t look now but the battle for the south, and for Kherson, is heating up. https://t.co/nrumy7IqZp — Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) August 13, 2022 Sounds like Russia is…
Sunday funnies
One more tweet about the incident of Rob Ford vs The Bee: If it had been me in the 90’s, headline would have been “Rae savages bee in unprovoked attack,…
Today’s News: #TRE45ON is trending tonight
Here’s some cartoons I saw today about the Mar-A-Lago raid — the warrant and document lists are out, and its bad for Trump. Very bad. NBC has obtained the Mar-a-Lago…