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2024-04-13 04:16
Just sharing some stories tonight:
Good Samaritans rush to save herd of elk trapped in frigid waterTwo dozen people jumped into action Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. when a herd of elk fell t… Read More
2024-04-07 05:31
So let's all worry about bird flu now!The @USDA is closely tracking #H5N1 #flu in the dairy industry, and it's turning up in a very dispersed pattern across the USA.States w/confirmed cases… Read More
2024-04-05 05:45
Canadians are laughing at Poilievre's three-word policies for anything that ails Canada -- and tonight, "Punt The Runt" is trending: Also today, Charlie Angus announced he won't run aga… Read More
2024-03-31 06:17
For Easter, here is the Craig Baird Saskatchewan Easter Bunny:I recently found several good articles that are worth sharing:
Evan Scrimshaw pleads with the Trudeau Liberals to smarten… Read More
2024-03-27 05:54
Here is a fascinating analysis of the Baltimore bridge disaster, by someone who actually does know a lot about ships and bridges:
My bet is they will get some shipping lan… Read More
2024-03-24 07:55
Canada is buzzing about Brian Mulroney's funeral -- so many profound, moving and memorable moments: Good God… when Marc Hervieux and Mulroney’s granddaughter Elizabeth Laph… Read More
2024-03-21 05:52
[With thanks to Journo Dale Smith.]So today Pierre Poilievre was getting lots of media attention due to his ridiculous "threat" of a non-confidence motion -- did he think the NDP would… Read More
2024-03-17 06:25
I try to ignore just about everything Trump babbles. But tonight he is quoted by activist and former Labour Secretary Robert Reich in a post titled Trump is out of his mind, and despera… Read More
2024-03-16 04:54
In America, Trump is the Golden Calf - because he has no philosophy or morals or principles himself, he can only reflect the hatreds and prejudices of his worshipers. And they love him for i… Read More
2024-03-15 07:04
Oh, wouldn't you know that the Kate Middleton story is now so big it just had to become "Kate-Gate"!
The Princess of Wales is missing and the spare Prince is in exile and the King is… Read More
2024-03-11 05:19
Several "Say....what????" moments tonight: First, Kim Campbell called Pierre Poilievre a liar and a hatemonger. Wow!
Kim Campbell. Brian Mulroney. Flora MacDonald.Back when Conservati… Read More
2024-03-08 07:12
Dark Brandon was in the House tonight!
President Joseph R. Biden kicked ass.— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) March 8, 2024 Enjoyed watching Biden dancing the hully gully on Mike Johnson&rsqu&hell…Read More
2024-03-04 05:54
We got a huge dump of snow this weekend - its #Snowmageddon2024 -and our street is now impassable. So we'll be cocooning at home for the next several days:
#Saskatoon #Saskatchewan 🇨… Read More
2024-02-28 07:04
Amazing!This is how our Solar system is.. ❤️🔥pic.twitter.com/zOXqT87Hob— The Random Guy (@RandomTheGuy_) February 27, 2024 You've seen me share a few maps and vid… Read More
2024-02-24 05:18
Sorry for the lack of posts this week -- my laptop was in the shop. But tonight I'm back to it again, and just in time! Because it was one of those weeks when Chri… Read More
2024-02-15 06:06
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So Canadian Press did their research. As Poilievre launched into attacking Trudeau for giving Bell Media a $40 million fee reduction in spite of firing journalists across the… Read More
2024-02-09 06:40
In nine months, we will know whether Biden and the Democrats can win the American election. Though in 2020 Biden won the popular vote by millions, he only won the Electoral College d… Read More
2024-02-07 07:24
I thought yesterday's clip of Poilievre being interviewed by several reporters was very strange. Now, the questions from the reporters were odd too -- they seemed incredibly intimidated… Read More
2024-02-03 07:02
Some interesting columns this week First, there was this controversy:Isn't this why Trump voters like him though https://t.co/c0eXBjuKdF— Drew McKevitt (on a hiatus, mostly) (@dre… Read More
2024-01-29 05:22
I am always so glad when January is over:
Post by @brittlestar View on Threads
One of the best shots in live TV history pic.twitter.com/QiXs7Jjg2Z— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes… Read More
2024-01-24 06:57
Very disappointing to see a Federal Court judge, Justice Richard Mosely, create an imaginary rewrite of history to conclude that Ottawa really hadn't needed to invoke the Emergencies Act ag… Read More
2024-01-21 08:06
It has taken years for Canadians to understand the concept of harm reduction - which means everything from sunscreen to seatbelts, not just safe injection sites and naloxone - but Canadians… Read More
2024-01-18 08:16
Whoa-jeez, this is getting dangerous:
Multiple reports are indicating that Pakistan has conducted cross-border strikes against Baloch militants based in Iran. Pakistan wasted little time in… Read More
2024-01-13 05:51
From across the Prairies we hear the mournful cry of the Cu-cu-cu bird...."Cu-cu-cu-Christ, its cu-cu-cu-cold here!"
Oh well -- we had a great fall here, and a green Christmas, so of cours… Read More
2024-01-09 06:48
First, Paul Wells has an interesting article out tonight about how police are dealing with the pro-Palestinian protests: The police won't make your point
Notes on a 20-year revolution in p… Read More
2024-01-04 06:39
I'm seeing some crazy stuff tonight on the social.Like this:
As an electrician, i'd like to remind Pierre Poilievre that we don't capture lighting from the sky. We work together with other… Read More
2023-12-29 06:06
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 saw two different cartoons based on the Matisse dancing… Read More
2023-12-23 18:06
Time for an annual "traditions" post -- Twelve Days of Christmas:
Festivus: The Messiah:
The New York Times writes Handel’s ‘Messiah’ Tea… Read More
2023-12-20 06:16
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 backyard for his dogs and it's amazing(ginger_cat_and_vizs… Read More
2023-12-17 06:06
I know Seymour Hersch has his flaws - a tendency toward grandiosity in his reporting -- but he has good sources and his column last night raises some good questions about the Israel-Hamas Wa… Read More
2023-12-15 06:22
I got a chuckle out of Evan Scrimshaw's lead in his Substack yesterday: Abacus' Conservative Curveball Is There Life In The Liberals?:
It is a notable statement that being down 10 is a vict… Read More
2023-12-10 05:25
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 type of goofy stuff is on Threads now:
Po… Read More
2023-12-07 05:55
On the day that Canada remembers the Montreal Massacre, I am reading articles about the terrible sexual violence and rape that Hamas inflicted on Israeli men and women on Oct 7 -- I think it… Read More
2023-12-02 06:36
First, Advent Calendars!
According to my chocolate advent calendar there’s only 4 days left until Christmas Day— Dr Helen Ingram (@drhingram) December 1, 2023
To celebrate th… Read More
2023-11-30 06:20
Well, well, well -- so Trudeau was right about India's responsibility for the murder of Canadian Hardeep Singh Nijjar. In his National Intelligence and Security Newsletter, Wesley Wark… Read More
2023-11-27 07:06
Hamas apparently doesn't know where at least 40 of the hostages are.In his nightly Ukraine post at Balloon Juice, Adam Silverman is also keeping up with the latest news about the Israel-Hama… Read More
2023-11-25 06:09
The stupid, it burns! Yesterday following that awful crash at the Niagara Falls border crossing, somebody in Pierre Poilievre's office was listening to Fox News when they jumped the gun… Read More
2023-11-23 07:27
Post by @dogsarethefunniest View on Threads
People who say animals don't have feelings have never seen the look on my dog's face when she realizes I dropped a slice of cucumber not meat.&md&hell…Read More
2023-11-22 06:12
Using the excuse of American Thanksgiving, I just need to post the funniest line ever said on television: and here's the back-story: Read More
2023-11-21 06:11
Historian Craig Baird is doing more interesting AI stuff -- this one is from his series on The Provincial Batman:
3. Saskatchewan🧵3/13 pic.twitter.com/RP3mWdZwqv— Craig Baird … Read More
2023-11-20 06:16
First, at Everyone Is Entitled To My Own Opinion, Jeff Tiedrich writes Sporky and the Space Nazi get screwed by the Wingnut Grievance Bubble with a guest appearance by the Ghost Bus GoofusI… Read More
2023-11-19 06:03
Isn't this hilarious?
Post by @beingliberal View on Threads
Here is the link to the comic on Go Comics: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2023/11/12 Read More
2023-11-15 07:59
Credit: WarMapperI have started a new Twitter List of people who have useful perspectives on this awful war -- I call it just "Israel-Hamas War" and you can sign up to follow it here: https:… Read More
2023-11-13 05:42
First up, the Valeriepieris circle, which is sorta fascinating. Out of a total world population of 8 billion, there are 4.2 billion living in this circle.And this is fascinating too:
This bl… Read More
2023-11-08 06:05
Just a whole bunch of comeuppance news tonight. First, from Canada:
Conservative MP's are now complaining in the HoC that Liberals are calling out their disinformation on social media… Read More
2023-11-05 05:59
I think Israel is finally trying to inform the world about what it had gone through, and what it is trying to do - we're seeing more stories about what happened to Israelies on Oct 7, and wh… Read More
2023-11-01 02:39
My brother just sent this to me - it is amazing!In The Hall Of The Mountain King, by VoicePlay Read More
2023-10-31 07:05
Here's some to laugh at today:
It’s ok to consider Reeses Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cups as a fruit during Halloween season.— TG ☕️ (@TG22110) October 22, 2023 Canadi… Read More
2023-10-30 07:18
I can appreciate the sincerity of those who support the Palestinians and oppose Netanyahu. But that sincerity is being weaponized now by those around the world who hate Jews. The Israel-Hama… Read More
2023-10-27 05:52
Until I read Tom Friedman's column in the New York Times, I didn't understand what was happening in the Israel-Hamas War - particularly why so many people around the world are demonstrating… Read More
2023-10-24 06:06
Here's a post to look back on, whenever you feel the arc of the moral universe isn't bending toward justice fast enough. First, the NHL's despicable decision that hockey players were no… Read More
2023-10-22 05:34
These two clips are being set up as "dueling" videos.Last spring, Trudeau was talking to a right-wing teenager in Manitoba. This week, Poilievre was talking to a BC reporter while eating an… Read More
2023-10-19 06:33
I saw some courageous people in this week's news. First of all, Heather Kuttai. She has been one of my personal heros for the last three decades.
Heather has been a Human Rights C… Read More
2023-10-15 06:24
I'm reading lots of thoughtful items about the Israel-Hamas War so I wanted to share them. By the way, one thing I have noticed is that posters on Twitter who say "Israel-Hamas War" are… Read More
2023-10-14 06:51
...The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity...What… Read More
2023-10-11 06:37
We are finding out more now about the horror that Israelis experienced as Hamas was hunting and killing them - the stories are incredible, some courageous, others terrifying.The New York Tim… Read More
2023-10-09 06:42
There is absolutely no excuse for the horrific war that Hamas has now started against Israel. Israel will defend itself, the Palestinians in Gaza are likely going to be slaughtered as a… Read More
2023-10-05 06:11
I have been feeling pretty gloomy latey about the state of politics, here and in the United States. Then yesterday David Moscrop gave us this piece on substack -- Does Something Feel Off To… Read More
2023-09-28 04:22
Like everyone, I have been following the uproar with House of Commons speaker Anthony Rota and his ineptitude in hosting and applauding Yaroslav Hunka, who as a WW2 Ukrainian teenager was fi… Read More
2023-09-23 06:00
Apparently Musk is going to try to start charging for his platform. He simply doesn't understand Twitter at all - he never did. Its like a pulp and paper company thinking it can c… Read More
2023-09-18 05:47
As Samwise says, Well, I'm back! Lately I have been trying to figure out why everything in American politics has become such a shit-show -- the Trump disaster, abortion rights, LBGTQ ri… Read More
2023-09-09 16:51
Sorry, I have to pause on posting for a little while. I'll be back. Read More
2023-09-06 21:06
I found both of these posts so shocking. The first one is a reminder about AIDS and how only within the last 20 years has our society learned to respect gender identity and gender expre… Read More
2023-09-01 19:02
Threads is finally available on a desktop and it has an "embed this post" button!So I am trying it out with this post -- I really really hope I can use it in addition to "X, formerly known a… Read More
2023-08-26 07:28
Like Arthur Clark said way back when on possibility of extraterrestrial life in the universe: "We're either alone, or we're not. And either way you look at it, it's staggering."— Dam… Read More
2023-08-23 06:50
I've read a number of great substack articles and tweet threads recently by Hamilton Nolan, Dale Smith, Evan Scrimshaw, Robert Reich, and Oliver Willis, among others (and Pogo, of course).Bu… Read More
2023-08-20 06:01
Starting here:How to lure me to my death pic.twitter.com/X0sVRGJOWK— Hermeshuns 🤍 (@hermeshuns) August 13, 2023I saw these on Bluesky:
Moving on to US politics, its… Read More
2023-08-18 09:13
I don't think there is anything more terrifying than a wildfire. If Canadians are now beginning to grasp the magnitude and imminent danger of climate change, then it is this terrible Ca… Read More
2023-08-16 06:43
Well, the news has been so crazy lately there is only one way to make sense of it -- with political cartoons. Here's some:
My @TinyviewComics cartoon published 7/13/23. #ClimateCrisis #… Read More
2023-08-14 06:34
I was going to do a post about Poilievre and his stumbles tonight, but then I saw posts about rescues of animals in Hawaii -- and they are so much more important right now. Woman finds… Read More
2023-08-12 06:24
Here's someone every Canadian should be following -- Canadian historian Craig Baird's X (twitter) feed (and the dogs in parliament AI photo above is from Craig's post here)Today in 1928… Read More
2023-08-09 06:26
Here is Trudeau's follow-up to the Barbie post that drove Canada's right wing crazy (and Piers Morgan)
Balancing things out: Oppenheimer with Ella. pic.twitter.com/MdcZlhDwaG— Justin… Read More
2023-08-07 07:01
Seems like its been one of those crazy weeks, so I found some interesting comments to share.First,Trump just cannot seem to shut up, and everyone is down for it: Everyone is entit… Read More
2023-08-03 06:58
My keyboard driver died. Who knew such a thing could happen? So now I have an inexpensive keyboard plugged into my laptop and its working just fine. But trying to fix it before giving u… Read More
2023-08-01 07:16
Yesterday I read another media demand for the Trudeau government to undertake another "public inquiry" and I'm afraid this is getting to be too much. First, the drumbeat to investigate… Read More
2023-07-30 03:54
Starting in the evening of July 30, until dawn July 31, may be the best chance to catch a glimpse of the Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower, as long as the moon doesn't get in the way. T… Read More
2023-07-27 20:10
One of the things that Twitter used to do -- though sometimes neither thoroughly nor well -- was to let everyone keep up with things in a general way. For example, we used to be able to… Read More
2023-07-26 08:30
In spite of being late in July, there will be lots of news this week, particularly with the cabinet shuffle coming up. But I have also been learning some new stuff this week by reading… Read More
2023-07-22 07:29
In a post about Poilieve's Shack of Seclusion, Evan Scrimshaw writes about why some people seem to absolutely HATE! Trudeau:...It’s a movement of people who have been radicalized for v… Read More
2023-07-20 07:33
In the last 48 hours:Rome beat its all time temperature record by a whole two degrees Celsius.China beat its all time temperature record by almost two degrees Celsius.Death Valley narrowly… Read More
2023-07-17 07:35
A lot of people don't know as well that the young man makes a pair with Trudeau on them. With Justin's permission. Liberals need to start talking about these things. If Justin won't brag, we… Read More
2023-07-15 06:25
Sad news this week - both the LA Times and the New York Times are making radical changes to reduce their sports coverage.
Between this and the LA Times eliminating agate and box score… Read More
2023-07-11 05:58
The news from all over is challenging this week. First up, I think I'm very glad I don't live in the southern US - hotter than Hades this week.
Overseas the weather is no better. This v… Read More
2023-07-07 06:53
First, I haven't seen one of these funny twisted Threads for a long time -- its when someone asks a "question" on twitter and everyone replies with the wrong answers:
Folks, listen, this ha… Read More
2023-07-04 18:34
In a desperate attempt to try to demonstrate relevancy as a prospective Prime Minister, Pierre Poilievre is adopting sun glasses and t-shirts to give himself a new look -- Canadian commen… Read More
2023-07-01 07:05
Dear America. Send us your 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. All of them. We will send you our Conservatives. All of them.Love,Canada— @JohnBeggs (@dbeggs13) July 1, 2023 It’s not… Read More
2023-06-29 17:50
There is nothing in sports like the Perfect Game in Baseball:
27 up. 27 down.The 24th perfect game in AL/NL history belongs to Domingo Germán. pic.twitter.com/SyUJb0cKm6— MLB (… Read More
2023-06-29 05:51
First, let me just mention how appalling it is that journalism is joining the gig-economy as more journalists basically have to become independent contractors.I know, I know - independence… Read More
2023-06-28 05:32
First, a little Poilievre-bashing, because why not?
I'm a Liberal voter now. Is PMJT perfect in my eyes? NO. But if the best that you can provide is Pierre Poilievre as an option, Jesus fuck… Read More
2023-06-27 04:34
Today's edition of Christ What An Asshole is American cycling cheater Lance Armstrong, who wrote a widely-read anti-trans tweet thread this weekend which has been universally panned.&nb&hell…Read More
2023-06-25 06:14
Sounds like the one-day Russia Civil War remained pretty civil and wasn't much of a war. In his Saturday Balloon Juice column, Adam Silverman writes War for Ukraine Day 486: Da Fuq They… Read More
2023-06-24 05:11
To be clear – so far there is no evidence of anything happening beyond Prigozhin's voice memos and various official statements.Wheeling the generals out, or mentioning Prigozhin on TV… Read More
2023-06-22 08:05
Here is the CBC coverage of Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations in Saskatoon and Regina today. Other events of the day:The Survivors’ Flag is a symbol of courage, community and remembr… Read More
2023-06-19 05:56
Forgiving Our Fathers Author: Dick Laurie, amended by Sherman Alexie How do we forgive our Fathers? Maybe in a dream Do we forgive our Fathers for leaving us too often or… Read More
2023-06-18 08:34
The Saskatoon Pride Parade was this weekend so here are some of the highlights of this positive and happy event -- such an inspiring change from all of the challenging stories we have been r… Read More
2023-06-17 07:55
Here's some of the good stuff I've been reading lately: At Oliver Willis Explains, Willis writes Conservatives Aren't Like Normal Americans But The Media Won't Admit That: The Righ… Read More
2023-06-15 17:27
So we were told all day last weekend that there would be riots in Miami when Trump was arraigned and tens of thousands of people would be showing up to support him and there were buses comin… Read More
2023-06-12 22:39
We're watching history being rewritten in real time. The discredited election interference allegations are now supposedly "credible" and the Johnston report that proved they were exagge… Read More
2023-06-10 21:54
So Canada's foreign interference rapporteur David Johnston has left the building:
Shorter David Johnston: https://t.co/1Kl7H9fed8— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) June 9, 2023
Dale Smith h… Read More
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