Today’s news: Truth and Reconciliation
Excerpt from the poem Forgiving Our Fathers,from one of the best movies ever made, Smoke Signals. Residential School Survivor offers advice on how to honour National Day for Truth and…
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Today’s news: Soothing the savage b(r)east
What is it with these guys? Today we learned that White House staff were soothing Trump’s rages by playing show tunes he liked: Trump’s handlers designated a White House official…
Today’s news: maybe the Jan 6 insurrection actually messed up the plan?
Here’s an important new story about what was supposed to happen on Jan 6: This new interview by Powell is interesting. It suggests that the purpose of the insurrection was…
Today’s news: great news X 2
First, The Michaels are coming home. With the timing of their release Beijing reveals what everyone knew: They had been political prisoners all along. https://t.co/N8FIUuD5Es — Micah Zenko (@MicahZenko) September…
Today’s news: frustration and sadness in our hospitals
Saskatchewan had 460 new cases of COVID-19 to report Thursday, along with 444 recoveries and seven deaths. There are 273 COVID patients in the province's hospitals, including 58 in ICUs.https://t.co/DYD2Too4Ws…
Today’s News: Its high school all over again
Joe Biden said something nice about Australia and then Canada immediately gets the vapours? We really are still living in high school, aren’t we: Surprisingly I am more than a…
Today’s news: Moving On!!!
With respect to the three conservative leaders that have lost to Prime Minister Trudeau….I just can't resist. #elxn44 #cdnpoli https://t.co/mcD34J1xAb — Bill Oates ?️? (@CaptPolitical) September 21, 2021 When my…
Election Follies and Funnies #30: it’s over (almost)
Well, its all over except the shouting. As Gerry Butts pointed out on CBC, there may well be a few changes yet as the mail-in ballots and recounts get finished…
Election Follies and Funnies #29: decision day
Well, that’s the ball game: My prediction for Sept 20, 2021 Election. @JustinTrudeau Liberals form gov’t for the 3rd time. #Ontario delivers the minority. #BritishColumbia determines whether #Liberals win a…
Election Follies and Funnies #28: Covid Critical Care Stage Fuck!
Here’s today’s good news about the election: The LPC lead in Ontario is so large that I am not even going to report it (will confirm tomorrow ). I am…
Election Follies and Funnies #27: Endorsement-paloosa
First Trudeau gets two high-profile endorsements: Wishing my friend @JustinTrudeau the best in Canada’s upcoming election. Justin has been an effective leader and strong voice for democratic values, and I’m…
Election Follies and Funnies #26: Did Kenney and O’Toole make a deal?
Tonight’s question is whether O’Toole and Kenney had a deal that Kenney would delay imposing yesterday’s Covid health measures until after the Monday vote. In other words, did Conservative electioneering…
Election Follies and Funnies #25: Mulroney’s turn
Forget about a statistical tie. @VoiceOfFranky has an honest-to-god actual tie – to one decimal point! 31.8% each for the #LPC and the #CPC ! #elxn44 pic.twitter.com/aPP6hWumW0 — David Akin…
Election Follies and Funnies #24: Chretien is back!
Chrétien talks about importance of vaccines. Says he’s been vaccinated with various shots for 86 years. On Erin O’Toole- “He is doing something I cannot do – he is speaking…
Election Follies and Funnies #23: some of the good stuff
The polls continue to look positive for the Liberals. But for tonight, I wanted to lead off with this: A very big moment: I voted for the first time in…
Election Follies and Funnies #22: Trudeau’s remarkable speech
Today on the campaign: Trudeau made an impassioned speech about Canadians coming together to help each other out during the pandemic. Singh had a zinger tweet. O’Toole fell on his…
Election Follies and Funnies #21: Trudeau rising
This was not what I was expecting today https://t.co/ELl1vwCNy8 — Stephen Maher (@stphnmaher) September 11, 2021 "Erin O’Toole sits 9 days out likelier than not to lose seats. But hey,…
Election Follies and Funnies #20: "But her emails"
Does anyone else see it this way too? Canadian media: “But her emails!” = “Why did Trudeau call this election?” pic.twitter.com/tfbBl56pSI — Cathie from Canada ?? ??️? (@CathieCanada) September 10,…
Election Follies and Funnies #19: That was a debate???
Twitter is concluding that the Leaders Debate Thursday evening was possibly the worst moderated debate ever seen in the history of the nation. And that’s really too bad — Trudeau…
Election Follies and Funnies #18: I am a Quebecois
Wednesday night was the French leaders debate: #Trudeau with fire in the eye, brought the heat – scalded Blanchet “I am a Quebecois..have always been a Quebecois.. proud to be…