I love the relationship between Biden and Obama:President Biden hands Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) the sole pen he used to sign the Inflation Reduction Act. pic.twitter.com/X2t8EelgHP
— The Recount (@therecount) August 16, 2022
This is a BFD. https://t.co/L0sh8ULo4T
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 16, 2022
(I assume everyone is up on the memes for "Big Fucking Deal" and "Thanks Obama".)Thanks, Obama https://t.co/5KZfiXIGgd
— President Biden (@POTUS) August 16, 2022
As with Trudeau, the American media also search for something, ANYTHING, to rag on Biden about. The New York Times is now entranced by Biden's sunglasses - maybe because they help him emit too much Dark Brandon energy? Who knows, but let's try to make it into a scandal somehow:Now Republicans grumble
— Embrace Your Music (@mainesongwriter) August 16, 2022
From the envy they’re hidin’
Towards a man bold and humble
The awesome Joe Biden! pic.twitter.com/pJ2wyHbQ6U
And speaking of politicians, here's a statement from the mayor of Petterborough about the yahoos this weekend who wanted to arrest the police force:"But his sunglasses!"
— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 😷🏳️🌈 (@CathieCanada) August 16, 2022
Some comments on the Canadian scene:The City of Peterborough had anti-vaxxers in town this weekend, doing stupid anti-vaxxer stuff. The Mayor of Peterborough has responded and, well, I give you the *actual* Queen of Canada. https://t.co/hJM4wzZXtL
— Tabatha Southey 🇺🇦 (@TabathaSouthey) August 17, 2022
And the sell job from Kenney and the UPC sounds like the way Britain was sold on Brexit. Of course, these are also the guys who think it would be just great if Alberta were its own country too:The UCP couldn't run an essay contest without it turning into Nazi propaganda. Now imagine them running a police force.
— Robb (@robbpettit) August 16, 2022
If you thought the RCMP has an institutional racism problem, buckle up.
— Bryan Worobec (@bryan_worobec) August 17, 2022
The new Alberta Rural Police - Racism won’t be a bug, it’ll be a feature! #Ableg #abpoli https://t.co/GxOvBk3YDl
Meanwhile, we're finding out just how delicate are the Nova Scotia RCMP fee-fees, especially when their boss gets angry:As I listen to Alberta's musing about provincial police, let's check in on Surrey's move to its own non-RCMP police force.
— Jason Markusoff (@markusoff) August 16, 2022
4 years into transition, 120 Surrey Police Service member in town, 700 RCMP haven't yet been drawn down. https://t.co/ei4fqhwntu
RCMP Chief Supt. Darren Campbell testified before a parliamentary committee over allegations of political interference. He recalled Commissioner Lucki made him feel "stupid" for not releasing info on the weapons used in the 2020 shooting.https://t.co/XxWzTpGPWA
— iPolitics (@ipoliticsca) August 16, 2022
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— Kathryn Mathias (@KathrynMathias1) August 16, 2022
"One of the key failures of the RCMP during the mass shooting was its inability to communicate with the public. There was a killer on the loose, dressed as a Mountie in a replica police car, and at no point was the public warned on the province’s alert system."
I don't get it, was the RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki not supposed to be upset with the NS RCMP about this? I'm hearing in the news how there were complaints she was 'belittling.' https://t.co/0FWMmeS06I
— Kathryn Mathias (@KathrynMathias1) August 16, 2022
Interesting to see the 🍁gun cult, @CPC_HQ and fumbledumb @RCMPNS turn an inquiry into how a gunman got away with killing 22 innocent civilians into an issue of which cop said what to whom about what, days after the massacre, all in an effort to smear Ottawa.
— David Hamer🇨🇦🇺🇦🇨🇦 (@DavidHamer_1951) August 16, 2022
🤷🏼🙄😔🙄🤷🏼#cdnpoli
Some longer and more thoughtful pieces today about the Lisa LaFlamme firing:Is the inquiry about controlling the narrative?
— Dave Glover 🐔🍷🇨🇦♿ (@legant66) August 17, 2022
22 people were MURDERED but by all means lets talk about liaising w the media.
This #manufacturedoutrage & attempt at distraction is disgusting. The rampage & RCMP response are at issue. Not who controls the aftermath Narrative.
Kevin Newman: A messy goodbye to a respected figure in journalism on The Line https://t.co/Uh0Br0ncKN
— The Line (@the_lineca) August 16, 2022
How does the anchor for the top rated TV newscast in Canada, who brings in 1.2 million viewers a night, suddenly end up leaving CTV?
— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) August 16, 2022
It's a complex story with a clash of egos. Read & Rt #LisaLaFlamme #ctvnews https://t.co/EgZ3ZEnX3a
And these are also some more good comments:Very few can truly tell this story. @RDiManno is one of them. https://t.co/KIQWNKBM6N
— Alex Pierson (@AlexpiersonAMP) August 17, 2022
The CTV reporting of this is ... weird. Like, Pravda weird. As if they had to keep it from the kids: "She's just gone to a farm, where she'll get to play with the other anchors all day long..."
— Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦 (@acoyne) August 16, 2022
Lisa LaFlamme is leaving CTV News | CTV News https://t.co/dl9MTU0Wkv
What's the business reason for not allowing @LisaLaFlamme_ one last night on the air, to say goodbye to Canadians ? Is Bell worried that no one will tune in ? Or is it that millions will, & scorch the company that mansplained & burned @LisaLaFlamme_ ? https://t.co/2MwyA5Zw8S
— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) August 16, 2022
And finally, this:To quote Joni Mitchell "I've looked at life from both sides now." A firing - no on air bye. Retiring? Public bye. A technical firing because the talent is fed up & fried-wants the package. A choice on public bye. Re: @LisaLaFlamme_ 100% Axe Job. No Lloyd Robertson like sendoff.
— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) August 17, 2022
This essential poem by Nicanor Parra (trans. by Miller Williams): pic.twitter.com/HShG7BAYqf
— Maya C. Popa (@MayaCPopa) August 16, 2022
2 comments:
I like that poem and find it increasingly difficult to disturb the perfection of a blank page.
Cap
Yes, I found it surprisingly moving - words to remember.
Somebody once said that poetry is a make-believe garden with a real toad.
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