Festivus for the rest of us, plus the CBC Carney interview, and a few funny posts

Happy Festivus!

 
First, there was actually a Festivus miracle today:

BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) December 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM

And another miracle:

Kudos to everyone who called them “Kavanaugh stops.” The name stung. So now he’s saying: “DON’T CALL THEM KAVANAUGH STOPS! Ignore what I said before. Of course DHS needs reasonable suspicion and can’t racial profile. Why would anyone think otherwise?”

— Kira (@kiragooddog.bsky.social) December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM

This year I'm seeing lots of grievances getting aired!

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Michkov airing some grievances! 😤

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— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@nbcsportsphiladelphia.com) December 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM

Yeah, well...

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And this is interesting too:

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If you're wanting to finish off the year in style, here's Carney's CBC year-end interview:

And here's the CBC discussion about the interview

TL;DW (Too Long; Didn't Watch)

An interesting post on the year-end interview with PM Carney. Of note, from the post … “There was one statement that I think really deserves attention in the exchange. It followed on from a question about what limits Canada should put in place when dealing with a country like China. Carney was ready with a ring-fencing answer. In any “rapprochement” (his word) with China, there will be areas where security concerns will prevent any deep engagement. He mentioned AI, critical minerals, defence. I am sure the list could have been longer. But then Carney went on to say the most interesting thing in the interview. He contrasted the China situation with a willingness on the part of Canada to deal on such security-sensitive issues with the EU and the UK. No problem there. But what about the US? Here’s the kicker. Carney said: “we have a strategic question for our country.” The question: “how deep these relationships are in these areas [AI, critical minerals, defence, remember] with the United States.” This language is, of course, a far cry from an earlier determination by the Carney government to pursue a ‘new, comprehensive economic and security partnership’ with the United States. A far cry from a nodding approval of Trump’s big, beautiful ”golden dome” missile defence system. I think it represents a significant learning curve, especially when it comes to the security “partnership,” and the extent to which it can ever be “comprehensive” again.”

- Anne Ward

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And this one is even shorter:

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If anybody gets into an argument around the Christmas Eve table about Covid vaccines, show them this:

It's hard to believe, but our recent history has shown that, YES, there ARE people who have no idea of how a vaccine works. So, here, in colorful language that the low-informational-challenged can understand, is how it's done:

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— Ron Stonebear Shields (@stonebear4747.bsky.social) December 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM

This is worth repeating too - I remember that "anti-seatbelt" propaganda. In that case, a few horrific ad campaigns showing crash test dummy heads going through windshields made the FreeDumb types shut up.  Maybe a few ads showing graphic and miserable Covid deaths would have quelled the anti-vaxxers too:

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Finally, just for fun:

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