Not The Beaverton? Not the Onion? Sure sounds like the August crazies are here!

I can't remember whether August has always been so bizarre -- maybe this craziness happens every year and we just forget all about it after school starts again. 

Maybe its the Perseids - their peak time is next week.
Or the phase of the moon - the Sturgeon Moon (AKA Wild Rice Moon) will rise just after sunset on both Saturday and Sunday this week.
But whatever the cause, we're seeing some truly funny stuff happening. It is to laugh....

Here in Canada, so little is going wrong with the Carney government (that is, unless they dump Pharmacare!!!) that MPs have to get mad about stuff the federal government didn't actually do.

Dale Smith reports on the handwringing about upgrading BC Ferries:

On Friday, the Commons transport committee met to wring their hands and express their dismay at BC Ferries’ decision to buy new ships from a Chinese firm, and lo, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Chrystia Freeland expressed her dismay. Gregor Robertson expressed his disappointment. The representative of the Canada Infrastructure Bank pointed out that they don’t make any decisions on procurement, and that their loan was secured before that decision was made. And the head of BC Ferries pointed out, once again, that no Canadian shipyard bid on these ships, if they did, it would take them a decade to deliver them (at least), and that the Chinese bid was $1.2 billion cheaper than any of the others.
That of course didn’t stop opposition MPs from doing the performative song and dance. Conservative Dan Albas demanded the government cancel the loan—which the government can’t do because the Infrastructure Bank is arm’s length. And now they want all documents and emails released, which is going to tell them yet again that no Canadian shipyards bid on this contract. Perhaps most galling of all was Bloc MP Xavier Barsalou-Duval wanted an apology from the government and from the Canada Infrastructure Bank because it’s “unacceptable” that the government plans to invest in foreign infrastructure when our own steel industry is facing tariffs from Trump—but the federal government isn’t investing. BC Ferries, a provincial Crown Corporation is, and the loan from the Infrastructure Bank is a fully repayable loan. You would think the Bloc of all people would rather the federal government respect a decision by a provincial body, but apparently that only matters if it’s in Quebec...

Smith also notes this idiocy too:

I see the Conservatives are back to pretending that Trump is a rational actor who can be negotiated with. Honest to Zeus, you guys...

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— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) August 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM

Here's some crazy news:

Bird blamed for dropping fish on power line, sparking "heavy fire" in Canada.

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— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) August 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Notwithstanding clause? Over bike lanes?

Bird blamed for dropping fish on power line, sparking "heavy fire" in Canada.

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— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) August 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Made you look! This actually is a Beaverton post though it looks real, doesn't it:

Trump says Canada backing Palestinian statehood jeopardizes U.S. trade deal he was gonna break anyway

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— The Beaverton (@thebeaverton.com) July 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM

Moving on, here's an incredible summary of the way Trump is:

Donald Trump is so nuts, sometimes we forget how racist he is, and so racist, sometimes we forget how sexist he is, and so sexist, sometimes we forget how stupid he is, and so stupid, sometimes we forget how evil he is, and so evil, sometimes we forget how corrupt he is, and so corrupt, sometimes we forget how incompetent he is, and so incompetent, sometimes we forget how nuts he is.

- JoJoFromJerz

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Earlier this week we heard Trump announcing he wants to build Mar-A-Lardo north, next to the White House; Then yesterday he was wandering around on the White House roof looking at sites.

CROWD BELOW: "Jump! Jump!"

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— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) August 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM

And in an incredible "Life imitates Art" moment, the Onion reminded us of this earlier post:

From The Archives: Trump Teeters On White House Ledge Weighing Pros And Cons Of Killing Self Right Now To Distract From McCain’s Funeral

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— The Onion (@theonion.com) August 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Today we also found out Trump will screw up the 2028 Olympics by trying to run them himself - likely because he wants to show up for medal winner ceremony photos and get Gold Medals, like he did for that soccer tourney in July:

hard to imagine a foreign athlete choosing to attend these olympics

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— A.R. Moxon (@juliusgoat.bsky.social) August 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM

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And looks like America is well on the way to messing up the 2026 World Cup too:

WTF?

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— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM

I was just in England. They charge $22 for a visa. The process was really easy and done in a flash. France & Ireland did not require a visa. The hatred of all people born outside of the US is really astonishing to witness - especially in a Sec'y of State with Cuban parents.

— AnneCW (@annecw.bsky.social) August 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM

This week, RFK decided to destroy continuing American research into vaccines:

Those mRNA vaccine programs that RFK Jr. is killing because he claims they don't work? The people who invented them got the f***ing Nobel Prize. And they've saved literally millions of lives already. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

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— Peter Gleick (@petergleick.bsky.social) August 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM

with RFK ending vaccine development and research fundings we’re watching the american life expectancy get lower in real time it’s so cool

— onion person (@junlper.beer) August 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM

Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”

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— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) August 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM

What is it with the Trump administration and their obsession with water flows?

What good is being VP if you can't abuse your power to have the Army Corps of Engineers making your kayaking trip more ideal by changing the waterflow of a lake? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social) August 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM

A nuclear reactor on the moon? Yeah, sure....tell me another one...

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Huh?

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Double Huh?

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Earlier today-instead of working to fix our broken air travel systems-as evidenced by this United Airlines fiasco Reality-TV-star-turned-Transportation-Secretary Sean Duffy was only interested in drones delivering Starbucks Maybe experience and ability do mean something after all

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— Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) (@axidentaliberal.bsky.social) August 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM

It is, as they say, to laugh....