Some stuff to enjoy while we wait for the apocalypse
Here’s some stuff I collected from Twitter – enjoy! My goal was to lose 10 lbs by the end of 2020. Only 24 lbs to go! — Jordan (@FoxyDocKnoxy) December…
Cathie from Canada
How close was that?
What an awful week. I’m still processing the horror of what happened, and what almost happened, in Washington. It seems pretty clear now that Trump and his grotesque family wanted…
I think Trump will try to declare Martial Law
When Trump doesn’t succeed on Wednesday to get Pence to “do something” about winning the election, I believe he is going to try to declare Martial Law, thinking that will…
My favorite Christmas videos
Here are some of my favorite “Christmas” videos, the ones I listen to every year around this time: This one is from one of the oddest Christmas specials ever: Here’s…
Christmas commercials
Yeah, I know, but I just wasted an hour of my life watching a TV show that supposedly had the greatest Christmas commercials this year and they were all pretty…
Dogs! Lots of dogs!
For a delightful change of pace, here’s some of the best dog videos now on the web: Crazy agility by Pink the border collie.. Come for the speed – stay…
The tweet of the year
This is from September: Aliens: “Take us to your leader.” Me: “I would wait.” — Jesse Lifson (@DoYouEvenLif) September 12, 2020 Turned out to be pretty good advice.
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…
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 ?…