Everybody is talking about the Globe and Mail articles about planning for an American invasion.A headline like this has not appeared in a Canadian newspaper for 100 years. – Dan GardnerRead on Substack

On Tuesday, this Globe and Mail news story, by …

Carney at Davos gave a brilliant speech.

 Paul Wells reprints the whole speech here: The Carney doctrineAs I was listening to Carney, I was reminded again of Leonard Cohen’s lines – which Carney used in speaking to the UN last fall:
Ring the…

So this hit the news on Sunday night:
Trump. Is. Insane.[image or embed]— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) January 19, 2026 at 7:53 AM

Americans – the whole western world, really – just couldn’t believe it. And what does Norway have to do with G…

More rumours of wars this weekend, but I think everybody needs a Sunday Funday post now.
First, yes — I’m proud of Canada
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Nothing beats the 🥅🏒⛸️🧊🧊🧊

(h/t swaggyp_63 on IG)[image or embed]— 🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 (@teamcanadaf…

Canada update:
Carney’s trip to China was a resounding success (Doug Ford excepted).
“We’re recalibrating Canada’s relationship with China — strategically, pragmatically, and decisively — to the benefit of the people of both our nations.”

— Mark Carne…

I just had to share these words from Ruben Gallego, senator from Arizona – “He’s an idiot”:

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Trump is mad at NATO because he didn’t get that Nobel Peace Prize – what a toddler:

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And today, Trump “was…

I’ve been gathering some of the comments and posts about Greenland defending itself from Trump’s idiotic invasion plans.

For some, it is just a distraction:
And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead…

Hey, I’m not talking about Saskatchewan – our weather this week is great right now. But starting this weekend, its going to be 15 to 20 below (C) in Minneapolis, and the cold snap will last for the next two weeks.
For once, Minnesotans are looking fo…

On days like these, where there are so many things going on around the Internets, I want to highlight a few of the comments and commentaries that help us keep up with what’s going on. First, a few shorter observations, to which I can only resp…

Well, our times are officially “interesting” now aren’t they, so we really need a Funday. (And does everyone get the joke in the wombat cartoon?)I still have to start with a few comments on the passing scene, because its getting crazier by the…

More comments today on Canada’s precarious situation as Trump continues his fantasy presidency.
When I saw this tonight on Threads, I couldn’t help but agree:

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Yeah, I know.

Here is yesterday’s “Good Talk” where Chantal Hebe…

With everything that’s going on, our political cartoonists have really outdone themselves. So I thought I should share some of the ones I found yesterday and today:

I’d like to cancel my free trial of 2026.

I’ve seen enough to know this is…

Today, we saw tragedy in Minneapolis and war-mongering by Trump and his administration. The world has reached its gag limit with Trump, and maybe even Americans are fed up too.Minneapolis
So you all know what happened in Minneapolis today:

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I think we are all a little frightened now. Trump has lost his mind, and so has President Miller. And they’re taking America with them. I’m reading way too many scenarios of doom tonight.

Want a visualization of how the Trump administration …

When Trump is doing crazy stuff in the United States, Americans can take refuge in saying “well, I didn’t vote for him!”
And when it is people inside the United States who are being hurt, international relations morality doesn’t require that politician…

No Sunday-Funday post tonight – things are just too serious right now. Hopefully next Saturday night we can laugh again…
There was world-wide reaction today to Trump’s “regime change” war of choice against Venezuela. I’m focusing tonight ma…

Following from my “good news” post yesterday, I wanted to wrap up this week with a few other stories along the same lines. First, this performance is just stunning and makes me look forward to the Olympics, just a month away now:Ilia Malinin, an…

Oh, aren’t we all just tired of feeling like everything everywhere all at once is going wrong? I can hardly stand to hear Trump anymore, or Poilievre, or listen to MSNBC – or whatever they are called now.So I thought I should just post a few…

Some funny posts about New Year’s Eve:

Welcome To New Year’s Eve[image or embed]— Brittlestar (@brittlestar.com) December 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM

My error. I turned on the TV, and I thought he was dead.[image or embed]— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.soc…

Hey gang, I threatened to post another 2025 round up if I found more posts… and here they are!For the life of me I can’t comprehend the demand for so many Year 2025 in Review pieces. We were there, mostly conscious – why do we need reminding?— Giles …

I’m starting to see some of the “2025 in review” posts here and there, so I thought I would begin a round-up of the most interesting ones. If I find more, then I’ll do another batch tomorrow. First, some short posts:The 2025 Year in Review:

It su…

Funny posts
– Carlita ShawRead on Substack

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[image or embed]— Albino Badguy (@albinobadguy.bsky.social) December 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM

Funny Numbers

xkcd.com/3184/[image or embed]— Randall Munroe (@xk…

Not a lengthy post tonight, but I just have to join the thousands online who are announcing themselves as “Radical Left Scum” following Trump’s crazy Christmas Eve rant:

“Radical Left Scum”

What an asshole he is.[image or embed]— Frank Amari …

 Just some good stuff to enjoy on Christmas day.

This is wonderful:
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🔴 Merry Christmas, Prime Minister. 🎄

To you all, especially Nico. 🙂 – Fun TomRead on Substack

This….would be memorable:
they don’t tell you when you b…

Happy Festivus! 

First, there was actually a Festivus miracle today:
BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to exec…

Starting December 26th, Canadians travelling to the United States by air, land, or sea will no longer be able to opt out of having their photo taken at the border. The new rule, announced by the Department of Homeland Security, will make facial biometrics mandatory for all non-US citizens when entering or exiting the country. […]

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 […]