Cathie from Canada

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Blog, blog against the dying of the light"

Friday, December 29, 2023

Odds and ends - from dancing ladies to dancing daddies, and dogs, of course

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So tonight I have been going through various Bookmarks and other saved posts and I'm finding some great stuff to share. This month I sa...
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Saturday, December 23, 2023

Christmas traditions: 12 Days, Festivus, Messiah, and the oddest Christmas Special ever!

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Time for an annual "traditions" post --  Twelve Days of Christmas:   Festivus:     The Messiah:    The New York Times writes Ha...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Dogs, bruh - plus cats and owls and the rest of the barnyard

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Here's some great dogs - plus cats and owls and the rest of the barnyard. First, of course, dogs! this guy built a racetrack in his bac...
Sunday, December 17, 2023

Israel-Hamas War Update: what happens next?

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I know Seymour Hersch has his flaws - a tendency toward grandiosity in his reporting -- but he has good sources and his column last night ra...
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Friday, December 15, 2023

Today's News: "being down 10 is a victory these days for the Liberals"

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I got a chuckle out of Evan Scrimshaw's lead in his Substack yesterday: Abacus' Conservative Curveball Is There Life In The Liberal...
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Saturday, December 09, 2023

Weekend fun stuff: from The Beatles to more Cats v. Christmas Trees

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This is the kind of thread that I used to find occasionally on Twitter and all of the comments were always just so funny.  Glad to see this ...
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Wednesday, December 06, 2023

Well, here's more upsetting news

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On the day that Canada remembers the Montreal Massacre , I am reading articles about the terrible sexual violence and rape that Hamas inflic...
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Saturday, December 02, 2023

Time to put up the tree!

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First, Advent Calendars! According to my chocolate advent calendar there’s only 4 days left until Christmas Day — Dr Helen Ingram (@drhing...
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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Today's News: From Trudeau v. Poilievre, to "effective altruism"

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Well, well, well -- so Trudeau was right about India's responsibility for the murder of Canadian Hardeep Singh Nijjar.  In his National ...
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Monday, November 27, 2023

Well, here's some upsetting news

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Hamas apparently doesn't know where at least 40 of the hostages are. In his nightly Ukraine post at Balloon Juice, Adam Silverman is als...
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Saturday, November 25, 2023

"Conservative' means never having to say you're sorry

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The stupid, it burns!  Yesterday following that awful crash at the Niagara Falls border crossing, somebody in Pierre Poilievre's office ...
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Thursday, November 23, 2023

Dogs, bruh!

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  Post by @dogsarethefunniest View on Threads People who say animals don't have feelings have never seen the look on my dog's...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"

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Using the excuse of American Thanksgiving, I just need to post the funniest line ever said on television:   and here's the back-story:
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Today's fascinating stuff: from Saskatchewan Batman to outstanding truckers

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Historian Craig Baird is doing more interesting AI stuff -- this one is from his series on The Provincial Batman: 3. Saskatchewan 🧵3/13 pic...
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Monday, November 20, 2023

Surveying the Substacks: from the Wingnut Grievance Bubble to the imminent end of the baby boomer generation

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First, at Everyone Is Entitled To My Own Opinion , Jeff Tiedrich writes Sporky and the Space Nazi get screwed by the Wingnut Grievance Bubb...
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