Two solitudes
Justin Ling’s column today made this observation about the Jan 6 hearings “We’re trapped in a hall of mirrors” What’s novel and disconcerting is the degree to which an emerging…
Cathie from Canada
Today’s News: Carnage. Chaos. Criminal.
Wow, did you see this tonight? Carnage. Chaos. Criminal.#January6th wasn’t a random event. It was a coordinated, deliberate conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. pic.twitter.com/mrzoJG6W4M — American Progress (@amprog) June…
Animal crackers
Busy day today so just some funny animal tweets to enjoy: pic.twitter.com/kxBADuoqhj — Cathie from Canada ?? ??️? (@CathieCanada) June 7, 2022 Bear sits next to guy ?? pic.twitter.com/0mkauOqsaL —…
Today’s News: News from all over
First, in Canada, the Mass Casualty Commission into the 2020 Portapique massacre is continuing with RCMP testifying today. Here’s the worst of it: as shown in Tim Bousquet’s hearing coverage…
Today’s News: Lest We Forget
Follow this tweet thread for some sad photos of the brave Canadian boys who lost their lives fighting in D-Day 78 years ago. They were all so young: @CAFinUS has…
Today’s News: Just a few odds and ends
Just a random collection of news tonight. First, from Uvalde: The more the media tries to dig into what happened in Uvalde, the less it makes sense. It is beginning…
Today’s News: Why does Europe care about Putin’s delicate fee-fees?
So this is discouraging news: There’s a growing divide in Europe over what would constitute an acceptable conclusion to the Russia/Ukraine war. Macron is saying publicly what a lot of…
Today’s News: 100 days
It has now been 100 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. The yellow markings on this map from Australian Strategic Policy Institute researcher Nathan Ruser show how successful Ukraine has been…
Today’s News: Ford takes it
Ontario voters sent a message tonight, and the message was: Meh! We’re good. On a side note.. once I saw at 5 pm that voter turnout was only 35%.. i…
Today’s News: Birds!
Another miscellaneous collection of news items tonight from hither and yon. First up, birds! One of the people I now follow on twitter is Saskatoon’s Tim Brown, who is doing…
Today’s News: From all over
I just watched Global’s balancing act.They have criticized PMJT for going too far and not going far enough at the same time. — ㄒ๏? ɨ๏ ㄒɨ? e̴ ?????️? (@Aho2ToMan) May…
Today’s News: American Grotesque
Nuts! Sorry, I should say: Both the Uvalde *and* the Buffalo shooting are being characterized as false flag operations. Even worse! — Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling) May 31, 2022 The idea…
Funny stuff, with dogs too
What a week! Here’s some funny stuff to start the next one. With dogs too, of course: man i don’t think i have another “why is jk rowling trending?” left…
Today’s News: Waiting for the other shoe to drop
Waiting for more shoes to drop: There is non zero chance they shot one of the kids. Why else make this statement oh yeah it will get worse. https://t.co/xaVehvFMug —…
Today’s News: Keep on keeping on
de Adder, Washington Post It’s not really surprising that the Ukraine Russia War isn’t top of everyone newscasts anymore, I guess. But it worries me when people complain about “how…
Today’s News: Things fall apart
As a freshman in college, I got angry at a friend. Slammed my soda cup on the table & said, “Well, fuck & a half!” before storming off. It’s not…
Today’s News: This #ProLifeMyAss hashtag is brutal
Twitter is having a moment today. hashtag of 2022: #ProLifeMyAss — Amy Siskind ?️? (@Amy_Siskind) May 25, 2022 Paul Gosar: Uvalde shooter was “transsexual leftist illegal alien” Ted Cruz: gun…
For Uvalde
‘ What a tragedy. Here are some of the lives lost at the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas today: These are the Lives that were taken today at Robb elementary…
Today’s News: Hard to believe, isn’t it, but Doug Ford seems to be winning
I still find it hard to believe that a lot of people in Ontario are still intending to vote for Ford and the Conservative party, in spite of his awful…
Today’s News: Ukraine update
Here’s a collection of recent items from Ukraine. Now that Ukraine is winning this war, we are seeing some odd reactions – almost as though pundits can’t wrap their heads…