Today’s News: Poilievre is just an embarrassment, isn’t he
What a goof!First the Crowfoot boy Poilievre is complaining about how Carney makes "big promises without any action" and he picks the Port of Churchill development as an example:Asked about…
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Today’s news: Standing athwart dictatorship, yelling "stop!"
Today's topic is finding leaders who will try to stop dictatorship - I think we are doing it now.Carney, for one -- he is rocketing around Europe now, lining up…
Today’s News: Poilievre’s humble pie, Carney’s strategic approach to tariffs, plus some apt comments about America
Now that Pierre Poilievre has his job back, for the next several months at least, he is desperately trying return to his usual schtick of slamming the Liberals about everything…
Sunday Funday: What a crazy week, plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
What a crazy week We saw Poilievre return to the Commons and the Liberals must be delighted: - Kier Atkinson 🇨🇦Read on SubstackWe saw even more examples of how Trump…
Commentary: Carney’s tariff news; Trump’s Washington takeover; and a thread about the German Military Cemetery at Normandy
About Carney's tariff news:Pragmatism in action. We’re so fortunate to have such a qualified person leading us. Imagine slimeball Poilievre bunging everything up, stumbling out of Diagalon trailers dishevelled and…
Today’s News: Americans reacting to ICE Gestapo
Many seem to be shocked and horrified at how quickly and easily Trump is pushing Americans around, his masked gangs grabbing anyone brown and disappearing them. But I'm not -…
Poilievre is back, still awful
CPC leader Pierre Poilievre won his byelection so he's back, older but no wiser - determined to ignore Canada's pressing issues, like wildfires and economic growth, while obsessing about imaginary…
Today’s News: updates on Trump’s Gestapo plans and Gavin Newsom’s trolling, plus Marc Elias writes about Hope
You know, if I lived in the United States now, I might think twice about blogging. I know my little blog would never be considered to be a marshalling point…
Today’s News: a weekend roundup of news about the Air Canada flight attendants strike, the Poilievre byelection, and the Europe-Zelenskyy-Trump meeting
Its hard to keep up with all the news just now, isn't it -- I don't do much news in my "funday" posts on Saturday nights, and I usually don't…
Sunday Funday: Poilievre’s last chance, let’s dance, some oddball sports, random funny stuff, NSFW cartoons, Elbows Up!, TrumpWatch (special Alaska edition), and Animal Crackers
Poilievre's last chance is the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection is Monday and I'm NOT looking forward to Tuesday. Poilievre promises Battle River-Crowfoot if elected they will never see him again— The…
Another Trump embarrassment: "That summit could have been an email"
I couldn't stand to watch even a minute of the obsessive news coverage about the Trump-Putin "summit", so I missed what may well go down in US history as the…
Things that make me say hmmm……
View on Threads What made me say "hmmmm...." the most this week was, of course, Trump and his shenanigans. One of the most pathetic things about Trump is his obsession…
Will Poilievre win the byelection battle but lose the leadership war?
To begin with, I think anyone who expects Pierre Poilievre to lose the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection next Monday is living in a dream world. Its an understandable dream, of course,…
If you go down to the woods today….
I don't know if Maple MAGA will ever accept that climate change is real, but apparently trying to deal with its implications - like dry forests with pine beetles --…
Today’s News: on Sask’s deadname law, on tariffs, on rage, on luck, on heroes, on Trump and Putin, and on The Stupid
Just some news and comments:First, I was thrilled to see this: the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal just ruled that, regardless of its notwithstanding clause, our courts can still decide whether…
Sunday Funday: Some funny posts and some good music stuff, plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
First, here are a few apt comments about the news: Yes, in the good old days we thought W was the worst president ever... View on Threads Moving on, an…
Things that make you say "hmmm….." — a Poilievre action doll, the BR-C ballot, our Purrr Minister, the grandiose White House, plus other odds and sods
Maybe Poilievre is just an action figure doll now? I don't know who did this, but isn't it great? The advance polls are open in Battle River-Crowfoot. As this video…
Today’s News: Mboko wins, South Park wins, Carney carries on, Conservatives panic, and Trump trashes Washington
Congrats to Victoria Mboko, winning the National Bank Open in Montreal tonight - outstanding, gutsy: Enfant Mboko et une jeune Andrescu. Deux Canadiennes 🇨🇦 à avoir gagné le Tournoi 🇨🇦…
Not The Beaverton? Not the Onion? Sure sounds like the August crazies are here!
I can't remember whether August has always been so bizarre -- maybe this craziness happens every year and we just forget all about it after school starts again. Maybe its…
Random Roundup: that canny Carney; the diddler on the roof; no-seat Poilievre
Just a few commentaries tonight, mainly about how well Carney is dealing with Trump and the tariffs, as the American economy begins to collapse. Guy Lawson / Rolling Stone Why…