Carney is in no hurry to sign a bad US trade deal
As August 1 approaches, the Trump administration is announcing eleventy-billion trade deals and patting themselves on the back about how gosh-darn terrific they are. And if you believe that, maybe…
Cathie from Canada
Decoding the MAGA Universe – "Now it looks like he’s not their criminal. He’s just a criminal, same as the rest."
It seems like an innocent age, in retrospect. Back in 2016 we all laughed about Pizza-gate - that crazy story about how Comet pizza restaurant was the global headquarters of…
Today’s News: A round-up with some good news videos; an update on inter-provincial trade deals; Poilievre is playing stupid about the Convoy; and finally a few comments about fascism
Today, just a roundup of interesting news: Good news videos from YouTube: Piston Pundit: the new Canada-Mexico trade corridor MeidasTouch: Ben Meiselas reports Top 10list: Top 10 American Companies Quietly…
Canadians? Nasty? You ain’t seen nothing yet…
So the American ambassador Pete Hoekstra described Canadians as "nasty" on Monday, at the annual Pacific NorthWest Economic Region Foundation summit in Bellevue Washington: The ambassador made the remarks in…
Canada gets back to summer as usual — complaining about the Liberals!
(Remembering summer evenings - a mural in Kipling, Sask.)After the breakneck pace of patriotism and panic of the past seven months - Trump's 51st State threats and TACO tariffs, Trudeau's…
Sunday Funday: Some funny cartoons and comments on the passing scene, plus some TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
The passing scene:Because SOMEBODY will have to harvest those US crops! And here's one for all those Republican politicians complaining about immigrants "taking our jobs": View on Threads I gather…
Today’s News: "First they came for the journalists. We don’t know what happened after that."
\In the last few months, American media has lost Joy Reid, Brian Stelter, Don Lemon, Katie Phang, Alex Wagner, Jim Acosta, Terry Moran. American journalism is teetering now:CBS, Disney sell…
Epstein-Gate goes ka-boom!
Today the Wall Street Journal dropped what might well become the Story of the Decade - back in 2003, Trump sent an obscene birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein, saying how…
Today’s News: Carney lays it down, Tariffs bite Trump back, Epstein-Gate continues, a few Zing! Pow! posts, and some TrumpWatch
Carney lays it down! View on Threads Poilievre tries to make it into a big deal about Carney "breaking his word" but who could take that accusation seriously - we…
Some good reads: Charlie Angus, Black Cloud Six, Dale Smith, Garrett Graff, Paul Krugman, plus a few good posts
Canadians are being asked to consider and discuss some very important, significant issues right now:Charlie Angus / The Resistance Trump's Tariffs Are Just the Beginning ...Did anyone really think we…
Today’s News: Canadians say "fuhgeddaboudit" on a tariff deal, and Trump photobombs the Club World Cup
Tell Carney we say "Fuhgeddaboudit!" to a tariff deal It is increasingly obvious that Canada isn't going to get any kind of "trade deal" or tariff deal from Trump He…
Burn, baby, burn! Trump, Epstein-gate, and the MAGA Conspiracy Universe
I wasn't going to do a post tonight, but today's news about Trump losing control of the Epstein cover-up conspiracy story is so incredible I just can't resist sharing. And…
Saturday Funnies: More Elbows up, lots of funny stuff, plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers. And an earworm…
I know I usually do a funny post for Sunday, but this week I think we need it earlier! So, here we go: The latest in Elbows Up! Elbows Up...—…
Just when we thought we were out, he pulls us back in
I'm sick and tired of talking about tariffs. Aren't you? But here we go again - just when we started to think there might be some kind of progress toward…
Today’s News: Choose Your Own Apocalypse!
Hunting down posts about the coming AI financials implosion helps take my mind off the tariff chaos/human rights tragedies/natural disasters/utter chaos everywhere else. It's like a Choose Your Own Apocalypse…
Summertime and the readin’ is easy! Good articles by Cole Bennett, Paul Wells, Ryan Broderick, Garrett Graff, Tom Scocca, and Paul Krugman, plus funny posts and TrumpWatch
Before doom befalls us on August 19, I wanted to recommend some interesting articles and comments - they aren't exactly a beach novel, but good reads all the same. First,…
Today’s News: Canadian hostages in ICE custody; ICE plays soldier in LA; plus Canada’s right to clean water and What’s Opera, Doc?
Apparently there are about 55 Canadians in ICE-Gestapo jails. Here's one of them:Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a…
Sunday Funday: It’s all hat and no cattle for Stampede Week!
Prime Ministers and PM wannabees always go to the Calgary Stampede. And the Conservative ones always seem to figure out some way to embarrass themselves -- usually, its something to…
For July 4, the Statue of Liberty as metaphor "You can’t be forever blessed"
I have never seen the Statue of Liberty in person and now I never will, because going to New York is not going to be happening anymore. But for Americans,…
Some good reads: from Paul Wells, David Legree, Adam Olsen, Stephen Marche, Jim Coyle plus a Poilievre catchup and a vanishing Lego Homer
Just to entertain everybody while we wait for the apocalypse, here are some recent articles I liked: From Paul Wells' Substack: I wrote about a national competition for Canadian portrait…