Weekend funnies: Nostalgia and Dark Brandon and Orcas

A little nostalgia:

The reason you think things were better when you were younger is that you were too stupid to know how bad things were then.

— Dennis Detwiller (@drgonzo123) April 28, 2023

As I contemplate our problems in 2023, I have to keep remembering: 

• when I was 8, we were practicing hiding from a nuclear war by scurrying under our school desks when our civil defense air raid siren sounded.
• when I was 13, JFK was assassinated. 
• by the time I was 15, tens of thousands of American boys were fighting in Vietnam. 
• when I was 17, RFK and MLK were assassinated, and there were riots in Chicago and Detroit and Los Angeles, and Nixon was elected. 
• when I was 19, the Ohio National Guard killed four students at Kent State; the FLQ kidnapped James Cross and Pierre LaPorte, and Trudeau pere declared the War Measures Act 

So yes, sometimes things were bad when I was younger. 

I didn't have any solutions then, either, except to #AlwaysVoteLeft.

 

Moving on - Andrew Coyne isn't impressed with Pierre Poilievre anymore (if he ever was):

It will just be more stupid little Harperian wedge issues, only with more conspiracy theories and culture wars.

— Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦 (@acoyne) April 28, 2023

That's what they said about Doug Ford. Ontario is now going backwards on climate issues, dismantling the healthcare system, underfunding education and social services and turning the province into a cesspool of corruption. Don't worry, they said. Ford will be fine.

— suebaker37 #WomenAgainstPoilievre (@suebaker07) April 28, 2023

I absolutely loved this:

My president.pic.twitter.com/yVkloHzJsj

— Richard Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) April 30, 2023

A few good political comments:

Having a “F🍁CK TRUDEAU” sticker affixed to your car or truck is a great way of advertising to the public what a douchebag you are. It screams “Avoid me, I’m an obnoxious twat.”

— Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦 (@CdnResistance) April 29, 2023

How about this for a new Republican Slogan?
The GOP: if it's stupid, we'll care about it.

— Sylvester Tweetycat (@STweetycat) April 12, 2023

My goal is to get MAGA down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub. https://t.co/JIQJ6g5x9N

— Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 (@AlCappuccinoIT) April 28, 2023

Robert Reich: The [real] moral crisis of our age… pic.twitter.com/fxnsIq126Q

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 25, 2023

Fascinating:

Pando is the scientific name of the largest organism on Earth, a one-tree forest in Utah made up of 47,000 genetically identical trees, and millions of leaves, connected through one root system. That’s right a single root system! It has been growing for close to 100,000 years. pic.twitter.com/ORIIm9reQc

— Magaly Vallejo (@MagalyValU) April 22, 2023

I learn something new everyday pic.twitter.com/MlKRPTYPkw

— Today Years Old (@todayyearsoldig) April 29, 2023

Funny stuff:

THE STORES IN CANADA pic.twitter.com/oysSd2fMiP

— Brittlestar (@brittlestar) April 25, 2023

Love it 👍😂 pic.twitter.com/HyeJ23x48S

— CCTV IDIOTS (@cctvidiots) April 26, 2023

I once found myself apologizing to ppl for making fun of a sandwich recipe from NYT.

— Lucy Huber (@clhubes) April 24, 2023

#INDIGENOUS #TAIRP pic.twitter.com/1Knkrv7mYv

— Indigenous (@AmericanIndian8) April 28, 2023

Animal crackers:

It doesn't get much more meta than this. https://t.co/X52dfXsWAo

— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) April 26, 2023

Big orca slipstreaming a boat wake and loving it. 🐬 pic.twitter.com/HmLOU9Cmw9

— StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 (@StrictlyChristo) April 27, 2023

Squirrel leaves a sweet treat for its human friend pic.twitter.com/JhtxSZpxSC

— B&S (@_B___S) April 29, 2023

da 3 amigos pic.twitter.com/6DIha9C8Uh

— cats dont need a blue check (@weirdlilguys) April 27, 2023

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