Today’s News: Maybe Russia could just declare victory and leave?
I was all excited earlier today when it looked as though Poland and the US had an airplane deal worked out. But that doesn’t seem to be the case tonight.…
Cathie from Canada
Today’s News: Poetry of a sort
There’s a lot of news and tweets about the Ukraine-Russia War, so I am now following three Twitter Lists: From The Horse Whisperer: Ukraine Coverage From Josh Marshall: 2022 Ukraine…
Today’s News: Return of the Red Phone
Our son asked me yesterday what it was like to live in the time of the Cold War. That’s when I realized that for him, the threat of nuclear annihilation…
Today’s News: Small Mercies
Thank heaven for small mercies, at least — because as awful as things are, at least TFG (The Former Guy) isn’t still president: Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV https://t.co/1ptv7kcil4 —…
Today’s News: Oops
I deleted one of my tweets today. It was, of course, about the situation in the Ukraine and in it, I supported the NATO decision not to implement a No…
Today’s News: There’s something happening here
I said this, or words to this effect, a few days ago and I feel this even more now: …Now the days before February 2022 have become the actual “Before…
Today’s News: Holding on
These past two years have been the longest decade ever. — George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 3, 2022 #BREAKING Map of the approximate situation in Ukraine as of 01:00 UTC 03/03/22.…
Today’s News: Two remarkable politicians
Two remarkable politicians are earning the world’s gratitude: Joe Biden and Chrystia Freeland. Biden’s State of the Union was tonight and he deserves the credit he is getting for rallying…
Today’s News: the "Before Times" are gone
I tell you, I’m getting very very tired of the 2020s. If I could return them for a refund, I sure would. I had been thinking of the days before…
Today’s News: Ukraine Strong
For Ukraine coverage, here’s some great resources: The Kyiv Independent twitter Josh Marshall’s twitter list 2022 Ukraine Crisis Canadian reporter Justin Ling’s twitter Balloon Juice’s War In Ukraine page New…
Today’s News: Fighting the good fight
Nobody knows if Ukraine will prevail over Russia – its hard to see what “winning” would look like in this context, maybe Russia will not just turn tail and go…
Today’s News: Lighting up the world for Ukraine
World Unites in solidarity with Ukraine as the landmark lights up in blue and yellow ?? pic.twitter.com/TIKIexzDSp — JEY ?? (@mmoaNkoaa) February 25, 2022 pic.twitter.com/bicWGLge3b — Sedona ? (@SedonajaneRocks) February…
Today’s News: Ukraine fights back
Though most of my attention is on the Ukraine now, there is still actual Canadian news for yesterday and today– Trudeau has revoked the Emergencies Act, for one thing —…
Today’s News: War in Ukraine
78 years of peace in Europe was ended today by Russia and Belarus attacking the Ukraine. #Ukraine is attacked from the north, east, south, air, and ground. This is an…
And in other news: America is furious at the Republican apologists
There used to be a quaint custom, particularly in the United States, that politics stopped at the border’s edge – in other words, foreign policy was considered a national issue,…
Today’s News: It passed
Done! The Emergencies Act passed the Commons and now the Senators get to posture and preen for a bit before they pass it too. The fact that we got through…
Today’s News: Cleaning up
Ottawa, meet Jack. He’s out there on messy but liberated Kent St. cleaning up the occupiers’ garbage. And look at that smile. pic.twitter.com/Jp82rxfrR1 — Kiavash Najafi (@KiavashNajafi) February 20, 2022…
Today’s News: Ending with a whimper
Police services cleared hundreds of aggressive, committed zealots out of a large, dense, de facto fortified, urban area, without firing a shot, and without loss of life. The emergencies act…
Today’s News: Finding Out
Canada was glued to the news channels today, watching as Ottawa police took their city back. Somewhere somebody is already drafting up 3,000-word think pieces about What It All Means…
Today’s News: Waiting for the end
Today Canada started to feel like maybe the end is in sight for the Ottawa Insurrection, or FluTruxKlan, or whatever it will end up being called. Ottawa police plus reinforcements…