Friday, September 06, 2024

Trying to protect the NDP vote in Elmwood-Transcona?

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Canada is still mystified by Singh's decision to "rip up" his Supply and Confidence agreement with Trudeau.  Funny, most of th...
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Thursday, September 05, 2024

Ain't we havin' some fun now? Crazy stories today about Singh in Canada, and the Russians in the US

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  First in today's news, of course, was Jasmeet Singh's announcement that he is "ripping up" the Supply and Confidence a...
Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Today's News: Roundup on vaccine denialism

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Here is an excellent commentary on vaccine denialism - Timothy Caulfield Politics and Vaccine Misinformation: A Horrifyingly Bad Mix : ...
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Monday, September 02, 2024

Today's News: Paralympics pride; remarkable connections; funniest book Forward ever; and Animal crackers

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I haven't been following the Paralympics as much as I should have, but here's some great news: GOLD FOR CANADA 🇨🇦 Nicholas Bennett...
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Today's News: International Overdose Awareness Day 2024

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Saturday, Aug 31 was International Overdose Awareness Day and in Saskatoon it was marked at Prairie Harm Reduction  through memorial and re...
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Sunday, September 01, 2024

Today's News: "But how is the chicken cooked?"

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Sometimes I have thought that bloggers like me are too "down" on the media. And then then I see how many in the American media per...
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Saturday, August 31, 2024

Wrapping up the week: why Poilievre really wants an election; why Harris still needs to work really hard

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Why Poilievre wants an early election: Ohhh THAT’S why Poilievre wanted the NDP to pull the plug on the Lib govt yesterday LOL. The Cons ar...
Friday, August 30, 2024

Today's News: Christ, What An Asshole!

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Two stories today in the "Christ, What An Asshole" news, and its not surprising they concern Pierre Poilievre and Donald Trump. ...
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Today's News: Thinking positive thoughts about Trudeau

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Last week, Ekos published the poll above - here is the discussion: Conservative Party Sees Seven-Point Decline: The Harris Effect? Party st...
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Long Threads: Some things I didn't know

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I suffer from"vellichor" myself! X is slowing down but I still find some great "long threads" posts. These comparison ph...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Today's News: Show Me The Money! Why Trump wasn't impeached in 2020

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Listen to Republican H.R. McMaster straight-up confirm the basis of the *first* Trump impeachment: that Trump stalled critical military aid ...
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Monday, August 26, 2024

Today's News: President of Joy

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David Rothkopf writes Navigating Bullshitworld How Do We Keep the Fires of the DNC Burning When So Many Seek to Douse Them With Torrents of...
Sunday, August 25, 2024

Weekend funny stuff: from Escher to Hercules; from politics to CEOs; from ancient wonders to wonderful paintings; from funny maps to funny dogs; from dancing ostriches to Ted Lasso!

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First, a glance at art: Here's a short look at politics with some compare-and-contrast posts: Similar photos that are miles apart....
Saturday, August 24, 2024

Today's News: RIP Expertise

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I'm seeing a number of news stories lately about how expertise is being downgraded, and experts dismissed. Tom Nichols talks about all t...
Friday, August 23, 2024

Today's News: Kamala Harris, the Serendipity President

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As I watched Kamala Harris's great speech tonight, I pondered the serendipity of the moment, the incredible chain of accident and surpr...