Some funny cartoons plus today's news: Signs of the Apocalypse, Canada-Us Trade War, Updates about Alberta and BC

Some great cartoons about the week's news. They mostly skewer Trump, and deservedly so:

Trump Chaos

Trump and Ukraine

Ukraine's data centre strikes

Canada

Its worth reading this week's article by humourist Andy Borowitz titled The War on Cartooning because America's editorial cartoonists are now virtually the last refuge for Trump resistance. 

Today's News

Signs of the Apocalypse - a regular round-up of the crazy stuff happening down south
Trump's open alliance with Putin to force Ukraine to surrender is blowing up in his face, and in all the MAGAs who are going along with him.
Because the world now understands this

Ukraine wants to end the war by making it unsustainable for Russia by hitting energy and digital infrastructure. Russia wants to force Ukraine to surrender by murdering civilians—and apparently the Trump administration agrees.

- Garry Kasparov

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It is clear now clear now that Trump ordered the Pentagon to stop sharing intelligence on what Russia was tergetting, and that Musk helped out by throttling Starlink.
Now Musk is trying to deny complicity

Musk points the finger at the Pentagon/ Trump over the throttling of Starlink speeds. #uspoli #Ukraine

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— Scott Tribe -A proud "Ketchup Chip Nationalist" member (@stribeprogblog.bsky.social) October 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM

This must be why Musk is backpaddling now

It does seem rather that all countries have a vested national security interest to create their own alternative to Starlink now that they see what musk is capable of.

- Ann Morgen

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Yeah, sure - so Trump can just transfer the money back to Russia? I expect Europe won't be stupid enough to do this:

U.S proposes Europe transfer portion of frozen Russian assets to Washington's control – media #Ukraine

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— AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 (@amplifyukraine.eu) October 15, 2026 at 12:20 AM

I have heard people wonder, if America needs more diesel, why Trump doesn't just try to buy it from Canada. But of course, he doesn't care about the diesel, just the money for Russia. And this is what he thinks of Canada anyway:

Meanwhile.. in #Alaska.... #cdnpoli #uspoli #Canada

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— Scott Tribe -A proud "Ketchup Chip Nationalist" member (@stribeprogblog.bsky.social) October 13, 2026 at 8:27 PM

Another good point:

With the fiasco going on in Ukraine over Starlink/3rd party restrictions being imposed unilaterally.. that should make @mark-carney.bsky.social / Stephen Fuhr / David Mcguinty wonder if the same thing could happen with Canada's F-35's if we did something Trump didn't like. #Gripen #cdnpoli #Canada

— Scott Tribe -A proud "Ketchup Chip Nationalist" member (@stribeprogblog.bsky.social) October 14, 2026 at 12:09 PM

And Trump has even lost Joe Rogan now

“I never thought leopards would eat my face,” sobs man who voted for the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party. Clip via @headquartersnewsroom

- Meaghan Wilson Anastasios

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Dispatches from the Canada-US Trade War
Poilievre is trying to make himself relevant to US-Canada trade issues. Its not working

lol -- Jake Tapper to Pierre Poilievre: "This is not the first time you've pitched tariff-free trade for the auto industry. You did so in March. It didn't work. You're back doing it again. Why will it be different this time?"

- Scott Robertson

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Under the surface, Canada’s submarine plan holds big promise for Halifax www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

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— The Chronicle Herald (@thechronicleherald.bsky.social) October 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM

Next, as we get closer to the votes in Alberta and in BC, I'm seeing more posts that I want to share.

Today's Alberta Updates

Naheed Nenshi: "What we've learned knocking on nearly half a million doors in Alberta this summer is the premier's right, Albertans are really angry. But they're not angry at Mark Carney. They're not angry at Ottawa. They're angry at the premier."

- Scott Robertson

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Naheed Nenshi: "Yes, Danielle Smith has given two or three speeches to Conservative audiences. But she hasn't been out there. She hasn't deployed her party and her volunteers to do the work because most of them are separatists."

- Scott Robertson

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Three former Alberta premiers of different stripes weigh in on the immigration questions, urging NO: “Alberta’s continued prosperity depends on immigration. Our province’s remarkable journey from frontier trading post to global energy power is strongly linked to a tradition of welcome for everyone. That’s why we’re standing up together to say the five immigrant-targeting questions on the Oct. 19 ballot are a threat to our continued prosperity.” Respect to Rachel, Alison and Ed for standing up together for welcome and for shared prosperity: https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/stay-open-for-growth-former-premiers-urge-no-on-the-immigration-questions

- Don Iveson

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Today's BC Updates
The BC Leaders Debate was tonight.
The posts I saw agreed that this was Doerkson's debate to lose, and he did. They also mainly agreed that Premier Eby won, and that the Green Party's Lowan did unexpectedly well. How this will translate into seats, we'll see.

My debate assessment: Eby: Confident, composed, and well-prepared. Answered questions directly and demonstrated a strong grasp of the issues. Lorne: Showed some understanding of the issues but struggled to clearly articulate his positions, often talking around questions rather than answering them directly. Emily: Appeared nervous at times but delivered a strong performance, effectively challenging both the NDP and Conservatives while making her own case. Overall: Eby was the most polished and consistent, Emily delivered an impressive performance, and Lorne struggled to communicate a clear, convincing message. That's how I saw it. What did you think?

— guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 (@guyfelicella) October 15, 2026

Tapped out of watching the BC Leaders' Debate. It was fine, but it just made me sad that anybody who *needs* to hear Doerkson refusing to answer whether or not homophobia is hateful either isn't watching or won't actually care.

— Graham Stark (@graham.loadingreadyrun.com) October 14, 2026 at 8:22 PM

Doerkson: "We're going to lower taxes, cut the deficit, increase health care, housing and make sure old people, addicts and everyone else gets everything they need, and I'll personally deliver a puppy to your house" Anyone: "How?" D-son: "Listen, David Eby likes Pineapple on Pizza..." #bcpoli

— Jerkberg (@musturdferguson.bsky.social) October 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM

Here is a good summary from Justin McElroy at CBC:

All three parties will likely take positives from this debate. The NDP can be pleased that Eby took command of the stage most often, and pushed Doerkson on the lack of certainty of what would happen if no-fault insurance was eliminated.
The Conservatives will be glad that Doerkson, in spite of admitting he was "a bit nervous at the beginning," was able to defend his party’s controversies, avoid any major gaffes, and pivot the conversation several times to people's potential cumulative frustrations with the NDP after nine years of government.
And the Greens will be glad there were multiple moments where Lowan could argue that the two larger parties were unserious — and that she herself was treated as a serious competitor by both Eby and Doerkson, who both said they agreed with her points on multiple occasions.
True, the debate was sometimes chaotic and full of shouting, with Eby and Doerkson trying and mostly failing to land any super viral moments, if immediate impressions on social media are any indication.
But it provides a hint of where each party is likely to take its message over the final 10 days of the campaign.