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 […]

I found some good commentaries to share tonight, plus a bit about the B-Ark.Commentary about Carney’s progress: Wayne Horton has started a fascinating series called The Carney Letters – an unauthorized series by Wayne Horton. Here is how he explai…

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 […]

I try not to pay attention all the time to the crazy stuff happening in the US, but some days…..

Well, you missed that the US tried to invade Mexico

Those Department of Defense signs on a Mexican beach were intentional. They put them up afte…

Of all the things Trump has destroyed that America used to be proud of – charity, fairness, openness, diplomacy, rule of law – it turns out to be the war crimes that are angering Americans the most. They used to take such pride in their military – …

Didn’t we always think it would come to this?To his everlasting shame, Trump is turning tail and getting ready to pull America out of supporting Ukraine in the war with Russia. What a gutless coward. Ukraine is grappling with despair:
President Ze…

I’m seeing posts recently about conspiracy theories, and related events — mainly, how crazy they are and how they’re going to get people killed! Then today I found a couple of great charts that show all of the recent conspiracy theories and pa…

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 […]

Here are some good cartoons that I enjoyed

Here’s some good stuff about Canada

Elizabeth May lays it DOWN!
Elizabeth May is our old school common sense voice of reason in a world that is quicky (and wrongly) coming to belie…

Tonight I saw great posts and commentaries on today’s news. Warning: some of these are lengthy reads.America has released a new National Security Strategy (pdf link) – which is telling Europe and Asia they’re on their own, while vowing to interfere wit…

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 […]

So its only Monday but it seems like its already been a busy week. Carney’s “Who Cares?” riposte
and cue the Poilievre hissy fit tempest in a teapot. Here’s the story that Canadian Press reported:

…While taking questions from reporters in Johan…

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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 […]

Seems like a lot of the news today was really just an update of the news from the weekend. So here’s some good commentary and update posts: “Who cares?” is trending

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I usually don’t post on Sundays, but tonight I’m seeing so many great “prize” posts I have to share them:

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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up “Peace Prize” &a…

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. […]

Today I’m seeing so many great political cartoons and comments about daily news I just want to share a few of them.

First up, Carney and SmithI don’t know enough about pipelines and oil production to say anything sensible about what Carney is trying …

Poilievre’s big idea – lets play “gotcha!”

So Poilievre thinks he can fiddle while Canada fights for its life against Trump. What an asshole.

As Dale Smith commented on Saturday:
Because Pierre Poilievre thinks he’s a tactical genius, he has announce…

Here is my usual Sunday collection of random pieces plus some funny stuff. Enjoy!TrumpWorld is falling apart
Rogan and Musk decide Trump’s “assassination attempt” in Butler PA in July was staged:
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America is running away from…

From Victoria Times-Colonist newspaper

Lots of opinions tonight, pro and con, about the Carney-Smith energy and pipeline MOU and the subsequent resignation from Cabinet of Carney’s Quebec lieutenant and official languages minister Steven Guilbeault.
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Today was the day that Parliament voted on the Conservatives Gotcha! motion about the Canada-Alberta pipeline MOU.
Poilievre stepped on a rake while Carney skated through it. In The Globe and Mail, Stephanie Levitz writes:

Conservative Leader …

I usually don’t do a post on Sunday nights, but today was so great I just had to put this one together.
Earlier today our son said that after the year we had — Canada didn’t win the Stanley Cup nor did we win the World Series — he was trying to prepa…

Maybe I just felt grumpy because it’s snowing, but today I saw so many news stories that really pissed me off. First, an incredibly disrespectful and dismissive remark from Natural Resources minister Tim Hodgson:Does Tim Hodgson understand how …

Today I seemed to see a lot of stuff that was just crazy, so I thought, hey, lets share it!
First, what?

Wow — Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/…[image or embed]— Aaro…

Had our Covid and flu shots today so I’m not feeling energetic right now. So here’s a few items I found about Monday’s budget news:

Artwork by Dave Davies

#CanadaBudgetVote Thanks to these five MPs, Canada won’t be having a Christmas elect…

Hey, I’m in a better mood tonight — it was a beautiful sunny day here today, so that was great!
Anyway, here’s some funny stuff and interesting stuff I found this week.Brittlestar to start things off:
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I haven’t done a “Christ what an asshole!” roundup for a while. So I thought I would do one tonight, just to keep up with all the assholes we’ve been seeing lately.

First up, Alberta premier Danielle Smith is using the Notwithstanding clause to disc…

At the Parliamentary press gallery dinner this weekend, Pierre Poilievre actually made fun of himself:

Right wing journalists were ecstatic. “Poilievre steals the show at parliamentary press gallery dinner” posted Rebel News.

Pierre Poilievre’s…

First up tonight, the fighter jet decision – F-35 v. Gripen – has become a Canadian loyalty test and rightfully so. The idea of spending our millions on American jets right now just sticks in Canada’s craw.Sweden’s Gripen is a mostly-viable alternati…