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Next, the FOTUS (Felon of the United States) first week: 🤣 gotta love a good ches…

In our Canadian way, we’re all actually mad as hell at Trump and MAGA and the whole benighted American enterprise tonight.  

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‘Canada is Not for Sale’ hats go viral in response to Trump’s tariff threats and suggestions …

Some useful opinions about the latest news:
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 Paul Krugman / Krugman Wonks Out

Voodoo Trade Policy Comes to America
What to expect when you’re expecting tariffs

…Donald Trump didn’t impose tariffs on day one. But he di…

 A dreadful day.Remember how MAGA was all wearing gold diapers last spring when the news “came out” about Trump’s shitty smell and his diapers? Well today, Elon Musk – America’s 12-year-old billionaire – gave Trump the Nazi salute at an inaug…

Since Trump was elected, and the Tech Industrial Complex supported him, and here in Canada we saw Poilievre get to majority territory in Canadian polls, I have been consumed with worry about our democracy. But now I wonder, is it possible that the…

First, some funny posts about Trump’s inaugural — we might as well laugh, I guess. Most of us aren’t even going to watch, on Monday or ever again.
I think the marches and objections and outrage that we saw from 2016 to 2020 will be much reduced …

Carney announces and Canada is deciding. I just hope Carney realizes quickly that he’s not going to find any friends in Canada’s media. Then again, neither will Freeland.I’m with you, Stephano. I can’t help but think JT knew this all was goin…

Wow, a thousand views of my last blog post, and 500+ “likes” on my Thread post about it! Just goes to show how much interest there is in Mark Carney, I think. Canadians really know very little about him, so that Jon Stewart interview was our …

I hadn’t thought very highly of Carney before seeing this interview – and yes, I do believe now that he has the political skills and smarts to attract Canadians and beat Poilievre!#cdnpoli #LiberalLeadershipRaceThe fact Mark Carney has never held an el…

Jean Chrétien / The Globe and MailCanadians will never give up the best country in the world to join the U.S.

…To Donald Trump, from one old guy to another: Give your head a shake! What could make you think that Canadians would ever give up the best…

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This puts the LA fires into perspective, I think. I hadn’t realized the numbers were so large:These numbers blow my mind:
Population of LA County: 9.33M
Population of California: 38.97M
Population of the US: 334.9M

1 out of every 36 people in the US l…

The quote is from David Moscrop’s excellent piece today:  David Moscrop /It’s Time for Canada to Get the Bomb (Not Really)
Threats against Canadian sovereignty from the incoming Trump administration should, however, focus the national mind on…

Dark Justin is here! https://t.co/2FxRuJ5HAw

— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 ✍🏻😷🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 (@CathieCanada) January 7, 2025

When I saw this Trudeau tweet just now, I couldn’t believe it. 

Trudeau even dragged Poilievre into the fight:

Canada will never be the 51st state. Period.

We are a great and independent country.

We are the best friend to the U.S. We spent billions of dollars and hundreds of lives helping Americans retaliate against Al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks. We supply the U.S. with billions of dollars of…

— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) January 7, 2025

I would appreciate that anyone who is or hopes to be Prime Minister would find time in their busy schedule today to speak or post a rabid defense of Canadian sovereignty against the suddenly intensified threat to our independence.

— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) January 7, 2025

Because this is serious, I think

“There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell Canada would become a part of the United States.” (Prime Minister Trudeau)
Believe me: the main, but unspoken, reason behind Trump’s threats to Canada is he wants its Water, a key natural resource of our’s, essential for our future, but lacking in the U.S..

— westcoastlouisa.bsky.social (@westcoastlouisa.bsky.social) January 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Laura, Laura, Laura…I respect your honest, clear-headed opinions…but Presidents can’t just annex another country. That takes an act of Congress and they won’t rubber-stamp it. We all knew #Trump was going to say batshit crazy things, why are we panicking when he does it?

— Ed the Sock (@EdtheSock) January 7, 2025

But Ed hasn’t recognized yet that authoritarians like Trump never respect any limitations, including whatever a bunch of Democrats in Congress might not want to happen.

Guess he’s Justout Trudeau now.— LunarLiv (@lunarliv.bsky.social) January 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM

Is it just me, but has the transition from “Trudeau must resign immediately” to “How dare Trudeau betray and abandon Canada by resigning at this incredibly…

   The rumour is that Trudeau will resign today.That typing you hear tonight is dozens of Canadian political journalists getting a jump on their “end of an era” political obits. But doesn’t it strike you as odd that there is nothing…

I’m normally against high taxes but I think we could balance the budget here via a 100-percent levy on morons

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— George Conway (@gtconway.bsky.social) January 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM

And Musk is obsessed with UK politics now:

Musk has been tweeting relentlessly about the UK govt for 7 hours straight

This is an incoming adviser to the US admin lest we forget, who basically lives in Mar-a-Lago

Musk’s radicalisation is intensifying, and still little sign Trump will dislodge him from his inner circle pic.twitter.com/ZlM99pkR1W

— Josh Self (@Josh_Self_) January 3, 2025

And now Jordan Peterson is talking to Pierre Poilievre: two bricks short of a load:

Absolutely batshit that Pierre Poilievre, who will probably be our next PM, is sitting down with present-day far-right grifter Jordan Peterson.

The alarm bells couldn’t blare any louder, folks!!!!!!

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— Rachel Gilmore (@rachelgilmore.bsky.social) January 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM

Two middle-aged white guys telling themselves there was no racism in Canada until “wokeism” imported it is just so patently absurd as to be comedic. Someone needs to call Poilievre on it.

— FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto (@fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social) January 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM

CBC seriously out here pretending Jordan Peterson is a serious human and journalist and that this interview wasn’t batshit insane.

Buckle up Canada, we are completely fucked.#CdnMediaFailed pic.twitter.com/LjMZYKFI9t

— David Brown (@OrbitStudios) January 4, 2025

I found this piece of great writing last summer, when we were in the midst of our own heartbreak, and it was just so thoughtful and meaningful: Cole Haddon / 5 am Story Talk We’re All Made of Horrible, Beautiful Scars Australian rocker …

Well, I don’t know whether Trudeau will leave or not, but I for one would really miss him:

Genuinely one the funniest jokes I’ve seen played on Trudeau.[image or embed]— Steve Boots (@steveboots.bsky.social) January 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM

If Trudeau was…

An epic book forward, by Caimh McDonnell in his book Disaster.

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Actually, this probably applies to 2025 also:The eerie strip I published at the end of 2019, just before the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/uqbgCxQEpa— Stephan Pastis (@stephanpastis) December 29, 2024

Looks like (almost) all Cana…

I’ve been calling Trump’s presidency “Trump 2: The Revenge Tour” and that is exactly what it will be. There is nothing so trivial that Trump can’t feel insulted about it. This is a guy who insisted the National Parks Service endorse his “bigg…

Here’s some funny stuff I found recently, as I was looking for something else:   

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crazy how fast photography progressed https://t.co/AgsFf9lCGX— Emo Philips (@EmoPhilips) D…

Trudeau is speaking softly, playing the long game with Trump. This is his only response to all the “51s5 State” bluster from Trump:Some information about Canada for Americans:https://t.co/EnI8CrF4cB— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) December 26, 2024

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In honour of Canada’s posties – I’m so glad they’re back, but I hope they can get the deal they deserve:
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An outstanding story:
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This is a fascinating tour — oh, how much we will all miss Joe Biden:
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On October 1st 2022, the Government of Canada removed all COVID-19 border measures such as required proof of vaccination, random testing, and mandatory isolation for high-risk travelers. For the first time since early 2020, the Canadian border is operating under “normal” conditions. For example: Americans interested in visiting Canada no longer need to download the […]

As of April 1st 2022, the Canadian border will no longer require a pre-arrival negative COVID-19 test from fully vaccinated travellers entering or returning to the country. Previously, a rapid antigen test or a PCR test indicating a person does not have COVID was required by border authorities. This rule change should encourage Canadians to […]

After being closed for nearly 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on November 8th 2021 the United States land border officially opened to all fully vaccinated Canadians. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced they will be staffing their border at pre-pandemic levels, but warns that wait times may be longer than in […]

On August 9th 2021, Canada opened its border to all fully vaccinated Americans allowing tourists from the United States to visit the country once again. The US border remains closed to Canadians, however, and American authorities recently extended the border closure until September 21st citing COVID-19 transmission rates south of the border as well as […]

Most Canadians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Consequently, Canadians are starting to think about international travel again, and are beginning to research possible vacation destinations. This leads to the question, which countries can a fully vaccinated Canadian visit? As of July 2021, Canadian citizens who have received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, or […]