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Carney at Davos “The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just. “

Posted January 21, 2026 by Anonymous

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:
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Today’s News: The Northern Lights are shining bright above Greenland tonight!

Posted January 20, 2026 by Anonymous

So this hit the news on Sunday night:
Trump. Is. Insane.[image or embed]β€” 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…

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Sunday Funday: Canada proud, laughing at those gold “prizes”, some random funny stuff, plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers

Posted January 18, 2026 by Anonymous

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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(h/t swaggyp_63 on IG)[image or embed]β€” πŸπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦Team Canada ForeverπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ (@teamcanadaf…

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Today’s News: Canadians resetting with China, and Americans resisting fascism. #Courage

Posted January 17, 2026 by Anonymous

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

β€” Mark Carne…

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Today’s News: “He’s an idiot”

Posted January 16, 2026 by Anonymous

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…

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Today’s News: Trump’s Greenland flapdoodle

Posted January 15, 2026 by Anonymous

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…

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Today’s News: “And those winds sure can blow cold way out there”

Posted January 14, 2026 by Anonymous

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…

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Today’s News: Comment Roundup on Minneapolis, disinformation, Alberta separatism, Canadian progress, Greenland, Venezuela, Mid-Terms and more

Posted January 13, 2026 by Anonymous

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…

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Sunday Funday: Comments on the passing scene, plus funny-odd and funny-ha ha, and of course Trump Watch and Animal Crackers

Posted January 11, 2026 by Anonymous

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…

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“I think I liked it better when Americans didn’t know where Canada was”

Posted January 10, 2026 by Anonymous

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…

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Today’s News: Speaking truth to power

Posted January 9, 2026 by Anonymous

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…

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Today’s News: Reaching our gag limit with ICE and Trump

Posted January 8, 2026 by Anonymous

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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Today’s News: Scenarios of Doom

Posted January 7, 2026 by Anonymous

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 …

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Speaking out against Trump and his banana-pants economic “regime change” wars

Posted January 6, 2026 by Anonymous

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…

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1.Attack Venezuela 2.???? 3.PROFIT!

Posted January 4, 2026 by Anonymous

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…

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Finishing the week with a few more Good News stories

Posted January 3, 2026 by Anonymous

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…

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Some happy to enjoy

Posted January 2, 2026 by Anonymous

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…

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Happy New Year, I hope! Here are some funny posts, great fireworks, summaries of 2025, advice for 2026, new year’s resolutions, great dogs, Calvin & Hobbs, and Thomas Hardy

Posted January 1, 2026 by Anonymous

Some funny posts about New Year’s Eve:

Welcome To New Year’s Eve[image or embed]β€” 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]β€” Hoodlum πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ (@nothoodlum.bsky.soc…

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2025 roundup, Part Two

Posted December 31, 2025 by Anonymous

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?β€” Giles …

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2025 roundup: a dumpster fire of a year, really

Posted December 30, 2025 by Anonymous

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…

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Sunday Funday: Some good and funny posts, Paul Fairie’s headline contest, Trump Watch, and Animal Crackers

Posted December 28, 2025 by Anonymous

Funny posts
– Carlita ShawRead on Substack

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

Funny Numbers

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

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Announcing that I am “Radical Left Scum” too

Posted December 27, 2025 by Anonymous

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]β€” Frank Amari …

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Christmas Funday: Some good cartoons, funny posts, and videos. And a little politics, of course

Posted December 25, 2025 by Anonymous

 Just some good stuff to enjoy on Christmas day.

This is wonderful:
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πŸ”΄ Merry Christmas, Prime Minister. πŸŽ„

To you all, especially Nico. πŸ™‚ – Fun TomRead on Substack

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

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Festivus for the rest of us, plus the CBC Carney interview, and a few funny posts

Posted December 24, 2025 by Anonymous

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…

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Today’s News: Its the incompetence, stupid! #EpsteinFiles #BariWeiss

Posted December 23, 2025 by Anonymous

If there is one thing that might save the United States from sinking into fascism and tyranny, it will be the utter incompetence of the entire Trump administration and all its sycophants.
Two cases just today show the Trumpsters stepping on rake…

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