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…
Cathie from Canada
Election Follies and Funnies #17: today’s update
As we wait for the Leaders Debates Wednesday and Thursday, here’s a few interesting tweets for tonight: I see the English debate is shaping up to be a tire fire…
Election Follies and Funnies #16: some fun now
Ain’t we havin’ some fun now? Actually, of course, the increasing violence we are seeing now from the anti-vaxxers and the PPC supporters is not funny at all. Two weeks…
Election Follies and Funnies #15: Flip Flop Man
Editing note: I had to delete a couple of the earlier Follies and Funnies posts because something in them was messing up my blog formatting and I am not sufficiently…
Election Follies and Funnies #14: Today’s Roundup
New Liberal campaign ad: We can’t let Erin O’Toole take Canada backward. Now is the time to move forward. For everyone. pic.twitter.com/LkV3VzNQiM — Liberal Party (@liberal_party) September 4, 2021 #cdnpoli…
Election Follies and Funnies #13: "He’s got a bolt of lightning up his ass tonight!"
Here’s the link to tonight’s Leaders Debate in translation: https://www.cpac.ca/episode?id=f9809cea-1e07-47cd-a94d-2ddd3e1351db# And here are several of tweets I saw about the debate: Blanchet claims that Parliament was working. (I have a…
Election Follies and Funnies #12: "There remains no path for the Conservatives"
“There still remains no path for the Conservatives to government. There wasn’t last week, there isn’t this week, and I’d bet a very large sum of money that there will…
Election Follies and Funnies #11
The polling news is slightly better for the Liberals, and tomorrow they will FINALLY be releasing their Red Book, so it will be easier to make comparisons — yes, all…
Election Follies and Funnies #10
This may well be the weekend remembered for Jagmeet Singh losing the thread. He sent out a bizarre tweet on Saturday which lied about Trudeau profiting from billions of dollars…
Election Follies and Funnies #9
Well wasn’t this a day? Canada was rocked by the news that the Trudeau campaign has to cancel one of its Ontario rallies because the anti-vaxxer mob was putting Trudeau…
Election Follies and Funnies #8
I got a chuckle out of the last few minutes of the CBC At Issue panel tonight. August 26th, 2021: “The political impact of the #Afghanistan crisis, and what the…
Election Funnies and Follies #7
Latest polling: Federal Polling: LPC: 36% (+3)CPC: 33% (-1)NDP: 17% (+1)BQ: 6% (-2)GPC: 5% (-2)PPC: 4% (+2) Nanos Research / August 24, 2021 / n=1200 / MOE 2.8% / Telephone…
Election Funnies and Follies #6
So this happened: Le système de santé public et universel du Canada est l’une de nos plus grandes forces. L’an dernier, en pleine pandémie, Erin O’Toole s’est fait demander s’il…
Election Funnies and Follies #5
Simon freaked us all out on Saturday when he posted this alarming chart: He also noted that it is still summer, and Canadians may not be interested yet: But it…
Election Funnies and Follies #4
At Issue: How did the first week go for the parties? @RosieBarton @ChantalHbert @acoyne @althiaraj @elamin88 #Elxn44 #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/NrgLusOY35 — CBC News: The National (@CBCTheNational) August 20, 2021 As you…
Election Funnies and Follies #3
#cdnpoli #cdnmedia pic.twitter.com/n1H8iG3E8w — Game Over (@vansopinion8ted) August 19, 2021 Here’s one thing I’m a little worried about – Canadian news media is mainly Conservative in their editorial stance, and…
Election Funnies and Follies #2
First up, the Nova Scotia election results: One thing I know for sure – the Male Grievance Brigade in the media are busy writing their columns for tomorrow Saying the…
Election Funnies and Follies #1
Every day or two for the next month, I’m going to try to do a “funnies and follies round-up” of the election news and tweets that I find most interesting…
Biden had no other choice
Excellent updates from Josh Marshall about Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal: The more I see the more I’m convinced this was the right decision – both what I see on the ground…
"THIS time it will be different!"
In my 70+ years watching American foreign policy, the one statement I keep hearing is “THIS time it will be different!” — Cathie from Canada ?? ??️? (@CathieCanada) August 15,…