Funny stuff
You know how when you're going through an intersection and someone runs the red but luckily they just click your bumper on the way past, and you are shaken but…
Cathie from Canada
Oh happy day
HEY, NEIGHBOUR✌️❤️???? pic.twitter.com/9niMTfDPi8 — Brittlestar (@brittlestar) November 7, 2020 #BestEpisode_EVER pic.twitter.com/n7oJx9BrhE — Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) November 7, 2020 You may want to mute this account for a while because I…
Palate cleanser
I’m so nervous about the US election, I can hardly think about anything else, and yet thinking about the US election does absolutely no good at all for anyone including…
Of course its a matter of confidence
Promoting the conceit that setting up a “corruption committee” to harass the Trudeau government isn’t really an issue of confidence in the government is just silly. Of course it is.…
Thankful
This is the best public health messaging I’ve seen all year. #Covid19 pic.twitter.com/Oc5iMMJVx8 — Gerald Butts ?? ???? (@gmbutts) October 9, 2020 Well, as a matter of fact I DO…
just look on the sunny side of life
You have to be creative to stay in business during a pandemic. pic.twitter.com/cKmA1xXxrT — You Had One Job! (@_youhadonejob1) October 5, 2020 Lincolnshire Wildlife Park has recently been forced to…
An Outstanding UN Speech from Trudeau
Trudeau addressed the United Nations today and his speech was simply outstanding: Other people have posted, but ICYMI10 minutes worth watching. Headline Politics: PM Trudeau Addresses UN General Assembly –…
Farewell to the United States
Its difficult to realize that a governmental system that seemed to be so strong and healthy is actually so weak and brittle that the election of one man and the…
Voting for delusion
As I read this short piece at No More Mister Nice Guy, I felt increasingly horrified: It’s often said that Trump’s approach to everything is “transactional.” I think Trump’s approach…
Dumkirk
Yes, I know in the overall scheme of things, the sinking of some of the boats in Trump’s boating parade this weekend is pretty trivial. But there’s nothing like trivial…
End of August Doldrums
What a strange week! I’ve been trying to decide what to post here for this week, and haven’t really got anything organized. Down South, the Republican Convention came in like…
We’ve got a goddamn plan!
Chrystia Freeland is going to be a great Finance minister. The first thing she will have to do it get a grip on the pro-Morneau leaks from her department. Like…
More funny stuff
One of the things I love about Twitter is the funny people on it: I ate a box of Thin Mints, didn't get thinner. I don't think they work ?…
School Daze
From Reddit: pic.twitter.com/QNLRl937V8 — Cathie from Canada ?? ??️? (@CathieCanada) August 6, 2020 Oh dear, I think we’re in trouble now.The Sask school plan is based on wishful thinking –…
August funny
OK, its been one of those weeks, so here’s some funny stuff: My son is wearing a MAGMA cap and a Vote Trump 2020 button. He’s been spat on, punched…
Button, button, who’s got the button?
Well, this is a little strange. Today the Globe and Mail published a story about how Canada’s pandemic early warning system within the Public Health Agency of Canada has been…
Messenger of the gods
The last time Comet NEOWISE was visible in our sky, Stonehenge had not yet been built. Comets used to be seen as messengers of the gods, sent to tell us…
How Canadian is this scandal, really?
So I guess the Globe and Mail thinks we’re supposed to be outraged now that prominent Canadians have raised money for an outstanding charity? What a typically Canadian scandal this…
Celebrate
Trudeau’s uplifting message on Canada Day: Canada is an amazing place to call home, and its people make it even better. We’re always there for each other – in good…
Public Health has failed us all
Over the last week, I have come to understand that the COVID 19 pandemic will be known as the worst North American public health failure ever. Here’s why: Remember five…