Today's News: The Carney Rebellion, plus my Final Paralympics Catch-up

Its "The Carney Rebellion"!

Now that Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping - except for ships whose country has made its own deal and is paying in Yuan - it means the US stock market is going to react. So Trump is terrified. But now the NATO countries and everyone else have found their spines - they are refusing to join Trump's inept and illegal war, and no one is even apologizing for it.
In honour of Prime Minister Carney's Davos speech, maybe we should be calling this moment The Carney Rebellion!

What a paragraph. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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— Duncan Weldon (@duncanweldon.bsky.social) March 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM

Europeans when being asked to unblock the Strait of Hormuz

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— Witty Librarian Resistance (@paulwartenberg.bsky.social) March 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM

You know, the same Navy he runs around threatening the rest of the world with….. As your Secretary of “War” loves to say, “FAFO”…. Wankers.

- Kier Atkinson 🇨🇦

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UPDATE ON THE HORMUZ COALITION (Mon, March 16): 🇫🇷 France: REJECTED 🇬🇧 UK: REJECTED 🇮🇹 Italy: REJECTED 🇪🇸 Spain: REJECTED 🇯🇵 Japan: REJECTED 🇳🇴 Norway: REJECTED 🇨🇦 Canada: REJECTED 🇦🇺 Australia: REJECTED 🇩🇪 Germany: REJECTED 🇨🇳 China: NO RESPONSE 🇳🇱 Netherlands: NO RESPONSE 🇰🇷 South Korea: NO CONFIRMATION

— News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) March 16, 2026 at 3:01 AM

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* GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER PISTORIUS: WHAT DOES TRUMP EXPECT FROM A HANDFUL OF EUROPEAN FRIGATES THAT THE POWERFUL US NAVY CANNOT DO? THIS IS NOT OUR WAR, WE HAVE NOT STARTED IT @reuters.com

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) March 16, 2026 at 5:02 AM

BREAKING: UK REJECTS TRUMP’S PLEA TO SEND WARSHIPS TO RE-OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT. 🇬🇧 The UK has joined France who earlier refused Trump’s demand for a global flotilla to escort tankers in the Persian Gulf. Having abused allies and shredded international alliances, Trump now looks alone & isolated.

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— News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) March 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM

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This would be the smart thing to do, which is why Trump will never do it.

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— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) March 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM

mom can you pick me up at the strait of hormuz, my friends are laughing at me and wont help

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) March 16, 2026 at 7:01 AM

What they're saying tonight:
The Daily Show

TLDW: "We don't want your help, we don't need your help....HELP!"

Seth Myers

TLDW: NATO should just send Trump two dogsleds.

And this is how Iran is reacting:

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Iran is trolling Trump again. Hard. This is what happens when global politics becomes reality TV.

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— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) March 16, 2026 at 12:32 PM

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Meanwhile, Carney continues to impress:

Scott Reid on the appeal of Mark Carney: "I don't think it's a left-right thing. I think it's a north-south thing, I think it has to do with this calmness, with the confidence he gives Canadians when it comes to dealing with the impossible, preposterous presidency of Donald Trump."

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— Scott Robertson (@sarobertson.bsky.social) March 15, 2026 at 12:43 PM

Carney was in London and Europe again this weekend signing more deals and making more friends. As the New York Times reported this weekend:

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And one thing I want to add here was that even Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store even kindly during a press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney suggested that Canada is also an Honourary Nordic Country too! Good to see Canada developing close ties to Nordic Countries! 🇨🇦🇳🇴🇮🇸🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇳

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— Shivabalan Nagakumaran🇨🇦🇺🇳 (@snagakumaran.bsky.social) March 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Mark Carney and The Cool Kids - What the Actual News?

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— Brittlestar (@brittlestar.com) March 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM

Today Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the U.K. told Israel to get out of Lebanon too:

The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the U.K. have urged Israel not to pursue a ground offensive in Lebanon and asked officials from the two countries to negotiate a political solution.

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— POLITICO Europe (@politico.eu) March 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM

In contrast, Poilievre is trying to find someone in the United States who will talk to him. It isn't going to go very well.

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Chantal Hébert on Pierre Poilievre not going to Washington: "It's hard to get meetings in Washington with top people when you're from Canada and you're in opposition. It's easier to get them when you're 20 points ahead. It's really hard to get them when you're 15 points behind."

- Scott Robertson

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Why in the fuck is Mark Carney tolerating Pierre Poilievre running around proposing his own trade deals on behalf of Canada?

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— Canadian Cynic (@canadiancynic.bsky.social) March 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM

Yes but when your rival is digging their own grave, you just let them keep digging.


Final Paralympics Catch-up
SILVER for Canada in hockey



In these team sports, silver is such a difficult medal to get -- it feels like a loss rather than a win. This is a great interview with team captain Tyler McGregor:

USA wins para ice hockey gold for a fifth-straight time. It’s a 6-2 victory for the Americans over Canada. And for the Canadians it’s a third-straight silver medal in para ice hockey. Great fight by the team.

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— Devin Heroux (@devinheroux.bsky.social) March 15, 2026 at 10:59 AM

BRONZE for Erickson and Smith - their third

BRONZE FOR CANADA 🇨🇦 It’s a THIRD medal for Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith. In their Paralympic debut. They win bronze in the men’s slalom vision impaired event.

— Devin Heroux (@devinheroux.bsky.social) March 15, 2026 at 7:25 AM

The Canadian Paralympic Committee reports these Canadian highlights:

-Canada won medals in each winter sport: Para nordic skiing – Para biathlon (4 medals) and Para cross-country skiing (3), Para alpine skiing (5), Para snowboard (1), wheelchair curling (1), and Para ice hockey (1)
-30 athletes are going home with a medal from Italy
-Para nordic skier Natalie Wilkie (two gold, one silver, one bronze) captured the most medals for Canda with four. She now has 11 Paralympic medals through three Games.
-Four athletes are multi-medallists: Wilkie, Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith (three medals), and Mark Arendz (two medals). Arendz is now a 14-time Paralympic medallist.
-Nine athletes won their first-ever Paralympic medals at Milano Cortina; Eight of those athletes were competing at their first Paralympic Games 18 medallists from the Beijing Games also going home with medals in Italy
Canada won gold in wheelchair curling for the first time since 2014, becoming the only country to ever go undefeated through the entire tournament
-At 63 years and 10 months old, wheelchair curling’s Ina Forrest was Canada’s oldest medallist. She is the world’s most decorated wheelchair curler with now three Paralympic gold and two bronze medals in her five Games.
-The youngest member of the Canadian Paralympic Team to win a medal is Mathieu Lelievre from Para ice hockey at 20 years and nine months. -In addition to the medallists, Canada had nine more Top 5 finishes as well as 15 more Top 8 finishes
-Medallists by province: Ontario (14), British Columbia (5), Quebec (4), Alberta (3), Saskatchewan (2), Prince Edward Island (1), Newfoundland & Labrador (1)

Finally, to wrap up, here is a compliation of all 15 Canada medal wins

The Milan Cortina Games mark the 50th anniversary of the Winter Paralympics. Here, a gallery curated by AP photographers capturing the biggest Winter Paralympics ever, with a record female participation, according to the IPC.

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— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) March 14, 2026 at 1:30 AM

And finally, its just seven days until Opening Day of the baseball season!

Just two guys who know each other well. Vladdy x Ernie at first base 💙🤍 📸: @bluejays

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— TSN (@tsnofficial.bsky.social) March 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM