Sunday Funday: Sports, Interesting posts, Funny Posts, Getting Old(er), Carney Hat Trick, TrumpWatch, Animal Crackers

Yes, its been one of those weeks, and the rest of October will likely be worse. 

So lets all enjoy a few funny posts and some random stuff:

Speaking of Sports
This is nuts!

Finally found a sport I can get excited about. First to park on the trailer wins.

- TerminusEst

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Beautiful NHL Opening Night video!


I'm following Pope Leo's White Sox now.

The white Sox honestly might be on a mission from god, absurd bullpen usage but it keeps working

— Secretary of Defense Rock (@sodrock.bsky.social) October 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM

Wrapping up the week by waiting for the next one

This week seemed like one of those "Waiting for Godot" weeks -- everyone is waiting for the Quebec election on Monday, the Nobel Peace Prize announcement next Friday, the Alberta "referendum on a referendum" on October 19, the BC election on October 23, and finally the US Mid-Terms on November 3. Lots of speculation all over about what will happen, who's on first, and so forth. 

In the meantime, we just have to wait:

Holy shit, I can’t even imagine the fury if PM Carney wins TIME’s Person of the Year & a Nobel Peace Prize. The Wrath of Con will be felt around the world. #FuckTheFelon

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— YukonCorneliusJack (@yukoncorneliusjack.bsky.social) October 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM

Some Friday Funnies, plus Trade War Dispatches, Canadian News, and Signs of the Apocalypse

Friday Funnies

I was today years old when I saw this great cartoon from August 26. 

And it reportedly ended cartoonist Sue Dewar's career at the Toronto Sun, as described by Hamilton Spectator cartoonist Graeme MacKay, because the PostMedia papers told her they had to pixilate that beaver finger and she refused to work for cowards. 

I've read lots of speculation about PM Carney getting the Nobel Peace Prize and/or the Time magazine Person Of The Year - with the discussion first on how much he deserves both, and second on how delightful it would be to make Trump absolutely furious.

 Carney's reluctant remarks to the New York Times about the "extreme tail risk" of a US invasion caused headlines across the country

Truth and Reconciliation - it's a journey, not a destination

Kent Monkman The Scream 

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is Canada's most important National Day. 

I don't know if younger people can realize how much our relationships between settlers and Indigenous people have improved over the last four decades. I think it really began with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, continuing to Truth and Reconciliation Commission  in 2008 to 2015, including along the way significant economic development, decisive court cases, increased academic study, art and music,action in political leadership, deeper understanding of land acknowledgements and treaty rights, all framed with apology for past racism, increasing mutual respect and willingness to work together on issues. 

Yes, there have been grim setbacks and awful incidents in these years, but overall I believe the arc of Canada's moral universe is bending toward justice. And unlike what is happening now in the United States now, I don't believe we will ever break bad.

This National Day - our sixth one this year- reminds us we need to listen, learn and grow in understanding of what happened in our past and how it shapes our future. Understanding truth and working for reconciliation is our Canadian journey.