Thursday: Just some good news and a few funny posts, plus World Cup Stories

Busy day today so a shorter blog piece tonight!
First, some good news and funny posts about Canada and Carney

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Here's how you hold an impromptu press conference. youtu.be/IMiPkgUoxDQ?...

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— anita72.bsky.social (@anita72.bsky.social) July 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM

Carney Unveils More Defence Spending with $800M Missile Contract at NATO

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— ChrisD.ca News (@chrisd.ca) July 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM

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Canada exported more than just oil during the Iran war, which helped grow the trade surplus for the third month. globalnews.ca/news/1195625...

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— Global News (@globalnews.ca) July 7, 2026 at 10:55 AM

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— JeffTrnka (@jefftrnka.bsky.social) July 8, 2026 at 7:28 PM

Excellent map showing the 100+ agreements Carney has made in the last 18 months:

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And in other news:
I guess Trump and Zelensky met on the NATO sidelines.

Brilliant answer. 😂

- Max Boot

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Some cartoons about the news of the day:

Most of Washington is now convinced that McConnell has been brain dead for a month already, but the Republicans won't announce it because they want to delay a special election to fill the vacancy.



World Cup stories

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But I found some soccer posts anyway:

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— JeffTrnka (@jefftrnka.bsky.social) July 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM

I second most of these:

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