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We the North: Carney walks it forward, not back
Posted January 28, 2026 by Anonymous
So the Power and Politics discussion panel was complaining today that Carney hadn’t produced a read-out about the conversation with Trump.And they mostly agreed that US treasury secretary Bessent got the jump on us when he ran to Fox News after …
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Today’s News: Carney shows courage, Poilievre attempts survival, Trump knuckles under, Toronto digs out
Posted January 27, 2026 by Anonymous
Carney’s courage In the week after PM Carney’s Davos speech, I think the world is responding to Carney’s challenge to show courage and deal with reality.
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This weekend in the New York Times, Ezra Klein wrote about Ca…
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Some dark news, plus some Sunday Funday to bring the light in
Posted January 25, 2026 by Anonymous
*by Australian cartoonist David Pope.
Oh, things are getting dark now.
Trump posting crazy stuff today about Carney and tariffs, plus an ICU nurse shot by the ICE Gestapo in Minneapolis, and Governor Walz calling out the National Guard to protect his…
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Following up on the week – Poilievre, Canada, America
Posted January 24, 2026 by Anonymous
I have run out of time to do much of a blog tonight, so here are just a few follow-ups on this week’s many stories.
First, some good columns to ponder:
Scrimshaw Unscripted – Evan Scrimshaw
Carney’s Speeches A Political Dagger To Poilievre
On Dav…
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Today’s News: Suffer the little children in Minneapolis, updating that Board of Peace, and the Poilievre response to Carney’s Davos speech
Posted January 23, 2026 by Anonymous
As we watch the ICE Gestapo losing their minds in the US, I thought of these three photos that changed politics:
Alan Kurdi from Syria drowned on a Greek beach in 2015, along with his brother, when his family tried to escape Syria by boat. It tur…
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Today’s News: Thinking about the Unthinkable – could Trump invade Canada?
Posted January 22, 2026 by Anonymous
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 …
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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:
Ring the…
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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]— 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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Nothing beats the 🥅🏒⛸️🧊🧊🧊
(h/t swaggyp_63 on IG)[image or embed]— 🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 (@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).
“We’re recalibrating Canada’s relationship with China — strategically, pragmatically, and decisively — to the benefit of the people of both our nations.”
— 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]— 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…
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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?— Giles …
Interesting Fact of the Month
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
