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…
Cathie from Canada
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…
Be Careful What You Wish For
So Canada’s foreign interference rapporteur David Johnston has left the building: Shorter David Johnston: https://t.co/1Kl7H9fed8 — Dale Smith (@journo_dale) June 9, 2023 Dale Smith has an excellent column Exit David…
"The Godfather, if it was re-enacted by a five-year-old"
How it started: He didn’t do it, but if he did do it, it isn’t a crime, and if it is a crime, it isn’t that bad, and if it…
Wild (fires) in the Streets (of New York)
In Canada, the weather isn’t news unless it happens in Toronto. In the United States, the weather isn’t news unless it happens in New York. Here’s a roundup of tweets:…
Today’s News: Fighting Back
I am seeing some positive signs that people are mad as hell and aren’t going to take it anymore. Specifically, I mean that people are realizing that we cannot continue…
Laugh of the day: It’s beginning to look a lot like Trump-mas!
Today I just can’t stop myself from hoping to see Christmas In June this year – apparently Trump’s attorneys met the Justice department this morning and now Trump is hysterical.…
Today’s random stuff: from Pride to politics to happy dogs
First up, a few tweets about Saskatoon Pride! So I won the Best Dressed competition at the charity bingo for @SaskatoonPride. What a fun night! pic.twitter.com/DZdhmQX2MU — Kyle Anderson (@DrKyle)…
Today’s News: Throwing mud
I think Poilievre and the CPC brain trust have realized that they’re not going to get Trudeau to resign over ancient CSIS briefings about Chinese political donations. So now the…