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]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…
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 π₯ πβΈοΈπ§π§π§
(h/t swaggyp_63 on IG)[image or embed]β ππ¨π¦Team Canada Foreverπ¨π¦π (@teamcanadaf…
Canada update:
Carney’s trip to China was a resounding success (Doug Ford excepted).
βWeβre recalibrating Canadaβs relationship with China β strategically, pragmatically, and decisively β to the benefit of the people of both our nations.β
β 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:
Iβd like to cancel my free trial of 2026.
Iβve 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 Yearβs 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 πΊπΈ (@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?β 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
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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…
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 …
Just some good stuff to enjoy on Christmas day.
This is wonderful:
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π΄ Merry Christmas, Prime Minister. π
To you all, especially Nico. π – Fun TomRead on Substack
This….would be memorable:
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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…
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…