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While everyone waiting and wondering what kind of deal Canada will be making with Trump, here's some speculation, some cartoons, and some other news. Waiting for The Deal Here are some comments about the deal when we don't know what it is yet Dear PM Carney and M. Leblanc: Make whatever short-term concessions Canada requires to protect our workers and industries while we look to move to non-U.S.…
Trump, of course Yeah...it was Taco Tuesday View on Threads The war with Iran ended six months ago. Iran surrendered like a dog. The victory parade in Washington was the biggest ever, people are saying. - Dan Gardner Read on Substack Sounds like the tariff negotiators will pretend to give Trump a "win" by boasting about how he will revive the Keystone XL Pipeline -a project that Harper and Trudeau…
I think we have a new slogan to add to "Elbows Up". And this one comes with a fist - Maîtres Chez Nous . It happened on Monday, during Prime Minister Carney's press conference at the Churchill Falls announcement View on Threads The Churchill Falls project is very very big news for Canada, and it came together at the right time. The Globe and Mail reports: Ottawa is calling it the largest clean…
This week's Cartoon Cavalcade About the Canada-US tariff negotiations: About Trump's catering truck: About the Kennedy Centre About the Iran War About ICE Gestapo's new gloves About Mid-Terms fear-mongering Interesting posts A fascinating chart View on Threads On August 5 at 10:24 am, a pilot in Bentonville, Arkansas took off and spent the next four hours creating this Lord Of The Rings pattern in…
About the trade deal negotiations View on Threads Wesley Wark writes Get a trade deal, get ready to give away our sovereignty? Or, what’s with the leaks? ...As always with high stakes talks, especially where few official details are provided, there will be leakers lurking. The media love them, but rarely question their motives... The leaks may not be necessarily true or even very definitive, but…
I'm reading some interesting comments today: Talking about Carney View on Threads Tom Mulcair writes Stop the handwringing. PM Carney is outmanoeuvering Trump on trade Prime Minister Mark Carney has been consistent since he arrived on the scene: no deal is better than a bad deal. But with an approaching deadline, Canada is fast becoming the hand-wringing capital of the world. What if Trump won’t…
First, an update on those tariff negotiations I think Canada is getting angry. You won't like us when we're angry... View on Threads Here is Ralph Goodale on the consequences of implementing Trump's new tariffs: "The Americans would make a very grave mistake if they underestimate the determination of the Canadian people." In The Globe and Mail , columnist Campbell Clark writes Peering over the…
Wildcard Dreams It has been done before, so maybe our Jays can do it again! CBC's Geoff Nixon writes From last place to the post-season? Here's how the 2026 Blue Jays could pull it off Prime Minister Mark Carney says "you've got to believe" the Toronto Blue Jays can still make the playoffs. But can they, really? ...According to Elias Sports Bureau, the official statistician of Major League…
Set your alarm clocks for Wednesday, August 12 and look up. Look waaaaaay up. In the morning, a planet alignment: View on Threads In the afternoon, a solar eclipse -- with totality in Greenland, Iceland and Spain, and a partial eclipse in eastern Canada: View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads Here is a link to a Solar Eclipse tracker where you can input your city and it will calculate…
Wildfires Update The situation Saturday in BC View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads From Saturday evening View on Threads View on Threads Yukon update: View on Threads Ontario update: View on Threads Sunday Funday Good posts View on Threads View on Threads I don't know if this is true, but I hope it is View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads A few posts about…
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