Tweets of the Day
Here’s a Friday palate cleanser for ya: No way! ? pic.twitter.com/Sr4XeP3ngX — CCTV IDIOTS (@cctvidiots) February 27, 2020
Cathie from Canada
Wet’suwet’en update
He waited as long as he could, too long in the opinion of many. He was obviously hoping that peaceful negotiation could bring down the rail barricades, in the best…
Wetsuweten protests- we don’t get to choose the battle; we can only choose our side
Once again, I think we have reached the point in Canada where we don’t get to choose the battle. We can only choose our side. I can’t say I understand…
Great tweets: politics or animals or maybe both
Here’s some tweets I enjoyed this week.And doesn’t it always seem that January DRAGGGGS while February goes so FAST? TAKE. NO. CRAP. ?? pic.twitter.com/iBVE1fuQNC — Jay Arnold ?️? (@JadedCreative) February…
Great tweets of the day: laugh and the world laughs with you
Well, I guess there’s nothing to do today really except laugh, so here goes: I’m on the edge of my seat! pic.twitter.com/tn2MbABmZe — Gillian OShaughnessy (@GillOshaughness) January 31, 2020 pic.twitter.com/wMoE3xGXx7…
Another poetry post
Darkest Hour was on, so I was able to watch this great scene again today: Horatius —Thomas Babington Macaulay Then out spake brave Horatius,The Captain of the gate:“To every man…
Great tweets of the day, animal edition
Here’s some tweets that I have been enjoying today: An incorrectly assembled whippet. pic.twitter.com/CVAAOL3efV — Jonathan Best (@jonnnybest) January 18, 2020 No matter the size, cats will be cats? pic.twitter.com/EXaVWGNGaa…
I for one welcome our new Sussex Royal overlords
Many Canadians are giddy at the prospect that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could be moving to Canada, injecting some razzle dazzle to the sprawling, bone-chillingly cold country. https://t.co/3HH575a6EK —…
What would war with Iran be like?
We were talking yesterday about the possibility of a US-Iran war and how we are experiencing misty, water-coloured memories of the awful build-up to the invasion of Iraq way back…
It’s Twelfth Night!
Today is Twelfth Night AKA Epiphany Eve.Here is one classic version: And another much earlier classic too: The director, Wendy Toye, was one of the few female film directors in…
Its the Year of the Optometrist!
People around the world are celebrating 2020 – which my husband calls The Year of the Optometrist. Singapore, with 500 performing drones Australia Philippines India Kenya London Photos from the…
Canadian scene
A few Canadian tweets to finish out the year: Only in Canada eh https://t.co/AQwmru6GOs — Raging??Granny/ Resistor & Team Trudeau (@RagingLibNana) December 30, 2019 Exactly five years ago today, I…
Christmas
My favorite passages from A Christmas Carol are the descriptions of Christmas in Victorian London: Meanwhile the fog and darkness thickened so, that people ran about with flaring links, proffering…
This Be The Verse
I find myself reading a number of the advice columnists these days. And as I read about all the problems people have with their families, I often think of this…
Great tweets of the day, animal edition
Here are some good animal tweets: What a shot! pic.twitter.com/CEWkWEPMNc — Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) December 15, 2019 pic.twitter.com/A5xgSYsSj1 — Right Wing, Shoots Left ????? (@HILITINGHOCKEY) December 14, 2019 I can’t…
Can someone tell me what is going on in Alberta?
I don’t really follow Alberta news, but the constant “cut, cut, cut” and “whine, whine, whine” I am hearing from there recently is getting chaotic. Does the Alberta UCP government…
Daughter Dearest
Hmmm — I’ve been saying for years that SOMEBODY in Trump’s inner circle is a Russian asset. I am convinced that someone very close to him has been feeding him…
"Send us your money and everything will be just fine"
I’m very glad to see that Canadian authorities are taking these scams seriously: A Burnaby, B.C., man has been identified as a suspect in an RCMP investigation into organized crime…