Today’s News: It’s the end of choice in America
A draft SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe V Wade on a 5-4 vote leaked tonight, and of course we saw the usual pearl-clutching toonight about how unseemly it is to…
Cathie from Canada
"The conversation must include apology. But it must not stop there"
Tonight I wanted to conclude my coverage of the visit to Saskatchewan by the Archbishop of Canterbury the Reverend Justin Welby, and his apology for the residential schools. The Anglican…
A few zingers and a little truth
Just a few miscellaneous but somewhat funny tweets today: Mr. Squirrel approves of the new Ukrainian postage stamp. pic.twitter.com/Vm6cXomrnc — Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) May 1, 2022 ‘landlord’ and ‘landlady’…
Today’s News: A long time coming
Today the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby arrived in Saskatchewan, to apologize for the Anglican Church role in Canadian residential schools. The official photo is above and I’m sorry that…
Saturday stuff: funny, and of course dogs!
First up, boy is this ever true! Now that spring is here, the rabbits from the nearby park are making their evening circuts through our cul-de-sac and our dogs are…
Today’s news: TGIF
As John Oliver says, just a few things to wrap up the week: First up, so to speak, wasn’t it great that the Mets pitched a no-hitter today — I…
Today’s News: Explaining Norway to a duck
I think Elon Musk may finally be meeting his comeuppance. He’s used to people telling him how brilliant he is: A lot of the recent profiles of Musk read like…
Today’s News: Blundered by the Right
When I looked at today’s news, I saw a lot of blundering today by conservatives – thus my title. But first, I want to do a Ukraine roundup. I thought…
Today’s News: Riding madly off in all directions
Another #FluKlan Convoy is planning to roar into Ottawa this weekend – bikers this time – and I hope it’s not going to turn into another clusterfuck. But Ottawa people…
Today’s News: Just a few things to talk about
Well, things are looking up. The horrible cold I have been battling for 2 weeks seems to be gone at last. And after this month’s cold and snow, our spring…
Today’s News: Dogs of Ukraine
Here is a post that collects some of the great tweets and photos I have found that highlight the dogs of Ukraine: Remember Patron ? the little hero bomb detection…
Today’s News: "Ukraine’s military can win this war"
Been asked what exactly needs to sink in from this. Hope it’s clear that Ukraine has a military than can win this war. Give it the tools that it needs…
Saturday stuff: mostly animals being amazing!
Here’s a few clips of funny stuff, and some animals that impress me greatly! Basel Zoo. Switzerland: You gotta be kidding me… pic.twitter.com/77tFEEsyzX — Rex Chapman?? (@RexChapman) April 19, 2022…
Today’s News: We will win this war or we will get another
Here is Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the Ukrainian band BoomBox singing in Kyiv. And here are other beautiful versions too: Around 300 Lithuanians came together to sing with Ukrainian refugee Eliza…
Today’s News: Just a smile and a cup of coffee
What a great smile! Olena is an officer in Ukraine’s 128th Mountain Assault Brigade – the Transcarpathian Legion. Photo is from this tweet. There’s a tweeter in Kyiv, Yaroslava Antipina,…
Today’s News: Doing the tell of history back
Artwork found here. Our daughter asked me today for a short re-cap of why Russia started this terrible war in the first place – did they really think their nation…
Today’s News: Yes, there is still art in Ukraine. Even now. Especially now.
Picasso said “What do you think an artist is? …he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping…
Zinger tweets: "Candidate for Prime Minister of Canada"
Well, the other day Pierre Poilievre changed his twitter bio to call himself “candidate for Prime Minister of Canada” — dumb, of course, because Canadians do not elect their Prime…
Today’s News: The Battle of Donbas is beginning
I don’t know where it was taken or when, but this is one of the Ukraine photos Zelenskyy shared in a recent Ukrinform post. The news of the day is…
Today’s News: Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst
My theme tonight is from a Maya Angelou quote: ““Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.” First, the Ukraine refugee crisis had topped…