1.Attack Venezuela 2.???? 3.PROFIT!

No Sunday-Funday post tonight - things are just too serious right now. 

Hopefully next Saturday night we can laugh again...

There was world-wide reaction today to Trump's "regime change" war of choice against Venezuela. I'm focusing tonight mainly on  Canadian reactions and comments.  But first, remember the Underpants Gnomes? I'm afraid this will prove prescient:

So what is happening? Is the US setting up a puppet government? Extorting compliance from the remaining Venezuelan government? Setting up an occupation and Generalgouvernement? Honestly I’m really perplexed by what they think happens next. 1. Attack Venezuela 2. ???? 3. PROFIT!

— Shower Cat (@shower-cat.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 11:30 AM

And don't forget the oil which we're stealing to pay for everything.

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— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM

Watch this. Watch again. "This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."

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— Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) January 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM

Finishing the week with a few more Good News stories

Following from my "good news" post yesterday, I wanted to wrap up this week with a few other stories along the same lines. 

First, this performance is just stunning and makes me look forward to the Olympics, just a month away now:

Ilia Malinin, an American skater lands the first routine with 7 quad jumps in it and set a world record score. This performance was on December 6, 2025, at the ISU Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan. Note the impressive backflip: the ban was lifted by the ISU in 2024, allowing it in routines without penalty.

- Alexander Verbeek

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Some happy to enjoy

Oh, aren't we all just tired of feeling like everything everywhere all at once is going wrong? 

I can hardly stand to hear Trump anymore, or Poilievre, or listen to MSNBC - or whatever they are called now.

So I thought I should just post a few of the happy posts I've seen lately. At least it will give me a blog post to look back on when I need a lift.

I guess 2026 is the Year of the Horse and that's great isn't it.

So, I say, nobody has actually seen the horses? No, she says, but a myth about wild horses is just as real as the wild itself. She says that everything, at its best, is a wild horse. The earth is a wild horse, she says, and so is the sky. She says you're a wild horse and so am I. https://open.substack.com/pub/shermanalexie/p/the-year-of-horses-wild?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

- Cathie from Canada

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I like to name years in advance. I'm calling 2026, “Triumph".

- Akashic Spy

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Happy New Year, I hope! Here are some funny posts, great fireworks, summaries of 2025, advice for 2026, new year's resolutions, great dogs, Calvin & Hobbs, and Thomas Hardy

Some funny posts about New Year's Eve:

Welcome To New Year’s Eve

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— Brittlestar (@brittlestar.com) December 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM

My error. I turned on the TV, and I thought he was dead.

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— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) December 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM

2025 roundup, Part Two

Hey gang, I threatened to post another 2025 round up if I found more posts... and here they are!

For the life of me I can't comprehend the demand for so many Year 2025 in Review pieces. We were there, mostly conscious - why do we need reminding?

— Giles Wilkes (@gilesyb.bsky.social) December 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM

Well, yes. 

But its still worthwhile to take a glance back and see whether we have come far enough, and if we're going in the right direction:

👏👏 Canada is quietly but firmly putting the bully in the corner. "[Felon's] worldview crashed into a wall of reality in 2025 when Canada, America’s polite northern neighbor, finally decided to stop apologizing and start fighting back."

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— strea3m.bsky.social (@strea3m.bsky.social) December 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM

2025 roundup: a dumpster fire of a year, really

I'm starting to see some of the "2025 in review" posts here and there, so I thought I would begin a round-up of the most interesting ones. If I find more, then I'll do another batch tomorrow. 

First, some short posts:

The 2025 Year in Review: It sucked.

- Howard Fox

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Works as a 2025 metaphor on so many levels!

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— Betty Cracker of Florida (@bettycrackerfl.bsky.social) December 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM

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SHOWN: 2025 in a photo.

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— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot.bsky.social) December 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Sunday Funday: Some good and funny posts, Paul Fairie's headline contest, Trump Watch, and Animal Crackers

Funny posts

- Carlita Shaw

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— Albino Badguy (@albinobadguy.bsky.social) December 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM

Announcing that I am "Radical Left Scum" too

Not a lengthy post tonight, but I just have to join the thousands online who are announcing themselves as "Radical Left Scum" following Trump's crazy Christmas Eve rant:

"Radical Left Scum" What an asshole he is.

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— Frank Amari (@frankamari.bsky.social) December 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM

Actual Christmas posts from yesterday, Christmas 2025.

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— Laguna Beach Democratic Club (@lagunabeachdems.bsky.social) December 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM

I am radical left scum. You are radical left scum. We are all radical left scum. 😏🤭😂

— 🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 (@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social) December 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM

We are Radical Left Scum. We fight fascists. 🇨🇦

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— 🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 (@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social) December 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM

Do I need a separate membership card to be Radical Left Scum, or will my ANTIFA card suffice?

- The Mouthy Renegade Writer

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On behalf of everyone in The Resistance movement following the massive EPSTEIN coverup, I want to wish all my fellow Radical Left Scum the happiest of holidays!- ♥️, Mar🐫

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— Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) December 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM

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— JeffTrnka (@jefftrnka.bsky.social) December 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM

Christmas Funday: Some good cartoons, funny posts, and videos. And a little politics, of course

 

Just some good stuff to enjoy on Christmas day.

This is wonderful:

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🔴 Merry Christmas, Prime Minister. 🎄 To you all, especially Nico. 🙂

- Fun Tom

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This....would be memorable:

they don’t tell you when you buy a christmas tree at the christmas tree farm that you could take it home, decorate it, and then be relaxing in your living room seven nights later when A BAT suddenly flies out and starts CRASHING AROUND YOUR HOUSE

— Will Oremus (@willoremus.com) December 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM

Festivus for the rest of us, plus the CBC Carney interview, and a few funny posts

Happy Festivus!

 
First, there was actually a Festivus miracle today:

BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) December 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM

And another miracle:

Kudos to everyone who called them “Kavanaugh stops.” The name stung. So now he’s saying: “DON’T CALL THEM KAVANAUGH STOPS! Ignore what I said before. Of course DHS needs reasonable suspicion and can’t racial profile. Why would anyone think otherwise?”

— Kira (@kiragooddog.bsky.social) December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM

Today's News: Its the incompetence, stupid! #EpsteinFiles #BariWeiss

If there is one thing that might save the United States from sinking into fascism and tyranny, it will be the utter incompetence of the entire Trump administration and all its sycophants.
Two cases just today show the Trumpsters stepping on rakes.

The US Justice Department fucks up the Epstein file release 

So you all know about the thousands of pages of Epstein file material that the US justice department released on Friday?
Well, so then this happens:
First, on Saturday they took 16 pages back, then they released some again:

DOJ Restores Image of Trump to Epstein Files Website After Backlash The Justice Dept said it pulled 15 files from its released Epstein documents to assess whether further redactions to protect victims. Read in TIME: apple.news/A65X_70-1Sae... 🔥nobody believes you are trying to protect the victims🔥

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— enuffsaysv.bsky.social (@enuffsaysv.bsky.social) December 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM

Next, you all know that Epstein file pages have been set up so that if you search for "Trump", nothing comes up. 

Turns out there was an easy way around that:

HAH: If you search "Trump" on the Files you get zero results. But if you search "Trump " with a space after, you get 600+ results. So, they blocked "Trump" searches, but they're so stupid they didn't block the workaround. Have fun, and enjoy. Pass. It. On. 😎✨

— California Dreamin’… 😎 (@jerasikehorn.bsky.social) December 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM

Next, you know all those hundreds of pages of redactions in the Epstein documents? 

Turns out there's an easy way around that too.

Sunday Funday: A roundup of short takes, funny posts and interesting stuff, plus Christmas is coming, more TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers

Hi all - I found some great posts this week to share.

Short takes and funny posts
Word of the year

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

— Merriam-Webster (@merriam-webster.com) December 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM

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I think it was windy all across the country this week:

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A Festival of TrumpWatch

TrumpWatch is what I call the world's most desired event. And usually I include a TrumpWatch section in my weekly Sunday Funday posts. 

But this week, I've seen a positive plethora of TrumpWatch - maybe its the coming war with Venezuela, or that crazy Rant To The Nation that interrupted everyone's TV viewing, or the release of heavily-redacted Epstein files, but people have gone absolutely overboard with so many TrumpWatch posts recently that I just can't resist sharing them all. 

Enjoy!

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Talking about Canadian politics: The CBC At Issue panel, Eric Blais, Evan Scrimshaw, Brittlestar

The CBC At Issue panel

This was the panel's "wrap up" discussion about 2025:
 

TLDL: best stories of the last year (Trudeau, Carney, Trump, and Poilievre's election loss), most newsworthy premiers (Ford, Smith, Kinew)

Today's News: The photos are the bonfire of the Vanity Fair articles. Plus short takes on Trump, Skate Canada, Poilievre, and hockey refs

Yesterday everyone was talking about the blockbuster Vanity Fair article - Part One and Part Two - mainly on Trump's Chief of Staff Susan Wiles.

And here are gift links to Peter Baker's New York Times articles about the VF pieces - here and here.
The Trumpsters are outraged - OUTRAGED - to be quoted accurately in the article. How dare they?
You know, the same type of thing happened all the time during Trump 45, where some flunky blabbed all over the place then Trump gets mad and the flunky blames the reporter for reporting exactly and accurately what they said:

"We had no idea the conversations we were having were going to be used for a Vanity Fair article!"
"Hey everyone please come to the conference room we have a Vanity Fair photoshoot at 2pm."

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— The Get More Smarter Podcast 🧠 (@getmoresmarter.com) December 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM

I have found several great threads - not about the article itself but about the great photos for this article -- which I thought were worth sharing.