While everyone waiting and wondering what kind of deal Canada will be making with Trump, here’s some speculation, some cartoons, and some other news.
Waiting for The Deal Here are some comments about the deal when we don’t know what it is yet
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Trump, of course
Yeah…it was Taco Tuesday View on Threads
The war with Iran ended six months ago. Iran surrendered like a dog. The victory parade in Washington was the biggest ever, people are saying. – Dan GardnerRead on Substack
Sounds l…
I think we have a new slogan to add to “Elbows Up”.
And this one comes with a fist – Maîtres Chez Nous.
It happened on Monday, during Prime Minister Carney’s press conference at the Churchill Falls announcement
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This week’s Cartoon CavalcadeAbout the Canada-US tariff negotiations:
About Trump’s catering truck:About the Kennedy CentreAbout the Iran WarAbout ICE Gestapo’s new glovesAbout Mid-Terms fear-mongeringInteresting posts
A fascinating chart
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About the trade deal negotiations
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Wesley Wark writes Get a trade deal, get ready to give away our sovereignty? Or, what’s with the leaks?
…As always with high stakes talks, especially where few official details are…
I’m reading some interesting comments today:Talking about Carney
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Tom Mulcair writes Stop the handwringing. PM Carney is outmanoeuvering Trump on trade
Prime Minister Mark Carney has been consistent since he arrived on the scene…
First, an update on those tariff negotiations I think Canada is getting angry.
You won’t like us when we’re angry…
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Here is Ralph Goodale on the consequences of implementing Trump’s new tariffs: “The Americans would m…
Wildcard Dreams
It has been done before, so maybe our Jays can do it again!
CBC’s Geoff Nixon writes From last place to the post-season? Here’s how the 2026 Blue Jays could pull it off
Prime Minister Mark Carney says “you’ve got to believe” the Tor…
Set your alarm clocks for Wednesday, August 12 and look up. Look waaaaaay up.In the morning, a planet alignment: View on Threads
In the afternoon, a solar eclipse — with totality in Greenland, Iceland and Spain, and a partial eclipse in eas…
Wildfires UpdateThe situation Saturday in BC
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From Saturday evening
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Yukon update:
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This week’s Cartoon Collection
“Canadians are like hobbits”
So says Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief emeritus Matt Winkler. Well, we’ve been called worse…
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So Trump called Canadians “nasty” but Carney didn’t rise to the bait. View on Threads
In fact, it sounds like Carney has decided the time is right to push Trump harder:
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The world is noticing Canada too.
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So on Wednesday this happened:Trump: “Canada is nasty. They’re nasty.”[image or embed]— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) August 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
He ain’t seen nuthin’ yet!
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Americans hate him too
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Looks like Poilievre has a job that no one else wants. CTV News reports on a new Nanos poll:There is “no obvious challenger” among Conservative politicians in Canada to Prime Minister Mark Carney, according to a new Nanos Research poll commissione…
Cartoon roundup about Trump’s Iran quagmire
Both Paul Krugman and Phillips O’Brien are saying now that the winner of the US-Israel-Iran War will be China.
China? Huh?
Krugman writes:
… Trump began torpedoing our alliances on day one. Discussi…
First, some good posts
Clearest image ever taken of Venus. (Infrared)
By Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft 🔥 – CuriosityRead on Substack
Which way do you read this image?
People whose native language runs from left to right on the page – English, eg – te…
Here are a few cartoons I found about Trump’s crazy fantasies:Trump’s fantasy world is getting worse every day. It’s harder to keep up with all the fantasy stories that Trump seems to believe sincerely – everything from how he won the 2020 electio…
So Prime Minister Carney kiboshed the suggestion Canada should retaliate with our oil and gas sales to America because we’re mad at Trump over his tariff threats. View on Threads
I’m seeing some carping about this from our media.
In The G…
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All over social media, I’m seeing people furiously angry about this.
““Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world,” an internal planning document said. “We don’t want it to be known that we …
Am I wrong or has Poilievre evaporated?
I have seen little or nothing about him ever since his Lethbridge Liberace cos-play at the Stampede.
Maybe because he knows how is popularity is plummeting.There was a new Nanos poll out on Tuesday:
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Cartoon CollectionThe Gordie Howe Bridge as metaphor
Last month, I speculated that the chaos of the Washington Reflecting Pool had become a metaphor for the incompetent hubris of the Trump administration. Now the Gordie Howe Bridge has become a metapho…
Today’s Wildfire Update
Lots of posts tonight about the fires in Spain and France
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The Tour de France Stage 21 in Paris has been shortened to 89 kilometers due to wildfires.
Canada’s fires update
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To finish off the week, here’s a collection of posts about the news.
I must admit, I’m tired, so very very tired, of writing about Trump and about Canada’s problems dealing with him.Can’t imagine how tired Carney must be!
I am really tired o…
More damned tariffs?So on Thursday this happened:
Trump’s Tariff Pivot: ‘Forced Labor’ Duties Hit 60 Nations as Global Levy Expires
The clock just ran out on Trump’s temporary 10% global tariff—but the White House isn’t dropping its trade shield. Taki…
First, about those damned tariffs
but…. but…. I thought it was about the wind, and how it was carrying the smoke over the *gasp* border.
So, Chrystia Freeland told the little creep to f’off, did she? Of course he’d say what he said. Wimpy crimina…