Today’s News: Christ, What An Asshole!
Two stories today in the "Christ, What An Asshole" news, and its not surprising they concern Pierre Poilievre and Donald Trump. He calls him sellout Singh and then asks for…
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Today’s News: Thinking positive thoughts about Trudeau
Last week, Ekos published the poll above - here is the discussion:Conservative Party Sees Seven-Point Decline: The Harris Effect? Party still leads by 14 points, would likely win majority if…
Long Threads: Some things I didn’t know
I suffer from"vellichor" myself!X is slowing down but I still find some great "long threads" posts.These comparison photos are fascinating:2. Big oak tree, Thomasville, Georgia, 1885 to 2020 pic.twitter.com/tHUe1j8fMZ— Time…
Today’s News: Show Me The Money! Why Trump wasn’t impeached in 2020
Listen to Republican H.R. McMaster straight-up confirm the basis of the *first* Trump impeachment: that Trump stalled critical military aid for Ukraine to try to get election dirt on the…
Today’s News: President of Joy
David Rothkopf writes Navigating Bullshitworld How Do We Keep the Fires of the DNC Burning When So Many Seek to Douse Them With Torrents of Crap?: As the peaks of…
Weekend funny stuff: from Escher to Hercules; from politics to CEOs; from ancient wonders to wonderful paintings; from funny maps to funny dogs; from dancing ostriches to Ted Lasso!
First, a glance at art: Here's a short look at politics with some compare-and-contrast posts:Similar photos that are miles apart... pic.twitter.com/PSBWuU7Q1m— Ab Gamble (@AbGamble1) August 20, 2024 He’s trolling Millhouse…
Today’s News: RIP Expertise
I'm seeing a number of news stories lately about how expertise is being downgraded, and experts dismissed. Tom Nichols talks about all this in his book, The Death of Expertise:Tom…
Today’s News: Kamala Harris, the Serendipity President
As I watched Kamala Harris's great speech tonight, I pondered the serendipity of the moment, the incredible chain of accident and surprise and coincidence and luck that brought her to…
Today’s News: "The audacity of our hope; the vitality of our vote."
Here is poet Amanda Gorman's new poem The Sacred Scene at the Democratic National Convention. The speeches at this convention have been extraordinary. David Rothkopf thinks we're seeing the beginning…
Today’s News: Obama Nailed it!
Obama gave a great speech tonight at the DNC, but there was one "short" part in particular that will never be forgotten:Ok this is a perfect comedic delivery. pic.twitter.com/7ZOUaG9j19— Jason…
Today’s News: "When we fight, we win"
The Democratic Convention speeches tonight were outstanding, but none so much as Biden's - Dark Brandon was in the house tonight, and unexpectedly, I found myself crying at the end…
They pulled that creepy "morning in Canada" video? Oh, waaaahhhh!
Somebody posted Poilievre's bizarre "morning in Canada" video on You-Tube before the CPC deleted it. It is creepy, out-of-touch with reality, and absolutely full of bees! Is it the CPC…
Today’s News: Kamala and Tim are cooking!
Hey, on a side note, did you know that Harris and Walz both like to cook? I think that's pretty great.Responding to another tweet, I posted this a couple of…
Today’s News: Our wannabe Emperors
As summer turns into fall, its becoming increasingly obvious that the wannabe Emperors in our midst have no clothes. Emperor Trump:Is it me or does it feel like someone hit…
Weekend Reading Extravaganza: from Da Vinci to Venice; from maps to world wonders; from bridges to train stations; from rock history to Canadian history
Over the last few weeks I have seen some interesting posts about art, culture, etc. that didn't seem to fit into a daily post. So I have gathered them all…
Today’s News: "Poilievre delivered a plethora of lies"
The Niagara Now newspaper committed real news this week! Covering a recent Poilievre speech at a Niagara-on-the-Lake food coop, reporter Richard Wright reported yesterday on Poilievre's remarks and, remarkably, also…
Today’s News: Harris/Walz v. the national press
Once again, America's national press are whining about Kamala Harris not holding press conferences. Apparently, US voters can hardly wait to hear about Kamala's views on fracking and Medicare and…
Sweeping up the Heart: Molly
Our Molly died today. She was diagnosed with gastric lymphoma cancer in May, and we knew from the beginning that it was incurable. We hoped we could at least have…
Today’s News: Commentary on Poilievre v. journalists, and on Harris v. Trump (plus dissing Poilievre’s wardrobe)
Starting with Poilievre v. journalists:David Moscrop Why Pierre Poilievre disowns the extremists he flirts with ...Poilievre, who supported the Convoy that descended on and occupied Ottawa in 2022, keeps showing…
Fun stuff: from Olympic horses to Olympic moments, from Fox News to other stuff, from dogs to plate tectonics. And fall is coming!
Well, the Olympics are over for another two years. Here are a few remaining odds and sods: Post by @jennyjohnsonhi5 View on Threads Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem just broke the world…