Well of course they are illegal. Everyone knew that from the start.
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Well of course they are illegal. Everyone knew that from the start.
A single Trump taxpayer funded golf trip could pay for two years of pediatric cancer research. Trump's golfing is apparently more important, though. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
I don’t think Americans understand that if and when they throw off the Trump govt, other countries will not go back to normal relations. The USA will continue to be treated by the world like a dog that bit you, no matter which party is in power. Once trust is gone, it’s gone. #USpoli #cdnpoli
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will maintain his ban on American booze despite Canada dropping some retaliatory tariffs in the ongoing trade war with the United States and President Donald Trump 👇🏻 #news #trump #cdnpoli
GRAND JURY NULLIFICATION! Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
US accused of conducting hostile campaign designed to destabilize Denmark, a close democratic ally amp.dw.com/en/denmark-s...
The break was nice while it lasted. #cdnpoli
Good to see comments in here from @smsaideman.bsky.social about Canada punching above its weight in Latvia, which is not the message we hear from the usual voices in this country. #cdnpoli
Less than a third of the money makes it to government coffers. The rest goes to the gambling industry. I guess to pay for the endless commercials and celebrity endorsements.
BTW, this does not appear to include gambling through OLG, but only through the 84 websites run by 49 licensed operators by iGaming Ontario. #ONpoli igamingontario.ca/en/news/igam...
Ontario has a gambling problem. Gross revenue from online gambling in Ontario is now $3.2 billion and grows every single year. This is money directly out of people's pockets. It's a "voluntary" tax, but studies show it is mostly from those who can least afford it. igamingbusiness.com/gaming/onlin...
Moderna’s latest COVID-19 vaccine is both approved and ‘made in Canada’
What is it called again when a government seizes private companies and doesn’t pay for it? Social-something? It’s on the tip of my tongue…
“The Liberals enjoy a 12-point lead in the polls as Mark Carney’s approval rating increases to 68%.” A large majority of Canadians approve of Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Every day is Fan Expo costume competition on the Toronto subway. #topoli
Well, a couple of things… A minister’s referral under s. 107 is not against the Charter. Invoking it got everyone back to the table with a deal within 24 hours. The labor spin that this was a defeat for the govt doesn’t hold water. Arbitration usually results in win for labor. #cdnpoli
There's only about 100 years of court jurisprudence on the subject.
Nope. Doesn't exist in Canadian law.
That's why I keep a flamethrower beside my bed.
The amount is less than Toronto is going to spend on FIFA. #TOpoli #cdnpoli
Under Canadian law it is perfectly OK to "fight an intruder in your home." It is not OK to use excessive force and almost kill them. #cdnpoli #ONpoli
Let me get this straight. Voters in #BlackfootCrowRiver vote for Kurek. He steps down so Poilievre (who voters didn't vote for in Ontario) can try again. Voters in #BlackfootCrowRiver vote for Poilievre to be their MP. Kurek now says next election, he'll be the candidate for #BlackfootCrowRiver. 🧵
Not sure why Premier Ford hasn’t read this or why one of his own law experts hasn’t read this: But there is a lot of written law and precedents on what “reasonable force” is for self-defense. Someone explain it to him. He is SO embarrassing #onpoli #cdnpoli www.criminalnotebook.ca/index.php/Se...
Found a helpful graphic:
However, open carry submarine sandwiches will still be a felony in DC. #uspoli apnews.com/article/jean...
The US has never recognized the ICC because they refuse to be subject to its jurisdiction for evil things they do around the world.
Ford is putting the criminal case against the home invader in danger by prejudicing his chance for a fair trial. Any decent defence lawyer will move to have charges dismissed or reduced. Nice work, Premier. #onpoli #cdnpoli
Pretty much.
JUST IN: Judge Berman agrees that effort by DOJ to unseal Epstein grand jury files is a “diversion” when DOJ could just release a trove of far more comprehensive documents without court involvement. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Thanks for listening. And in fairness, I was cleaning the stove when he came on and couldn’t change channels quickly….
The US sanctions Canadian judge on International Criminal Court, freezing her assets. The same US that says war criminal Putin is dreamy and handsome and rolls out the red carpet. #cdnpoli #uspoli www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Listened to 5 minutes of Poilievre's press conference today. He hasn't learned a thing from his experience. Same tired lies and slogans that got him nowhere last election. It just underlines how much we haven't missed him and how much the country has moved on. #cdnpoli
Flailing? Recent Abacus poll has 48 per cent viewing Carney favourably and only 19 per cent disapproving, even with everything going on. Nanos polling has Carney over twice as popular as his closest rival.
What she said...
Have you checked Epstein's island?
You don’t have to be a scientist to no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant…
“There is at this time not evidence sufficient for a reasonable prospect of conviction,” Crown attorney Simon King told the judge... The boy, who just turned 16, did however plead guilty to being an accessory after the fact to the shooting that happened when he was 14.
Trump has voted by mail-in ballot in US elections at least 3 times. #USpoli www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
"Churchill can end the war with Germany almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight. Remember how it started. No getting back Chamberlain given Czechoslovakia (2 years ago, without a shot being fired!), and NO GOING INTO ALLIES BY ENGLAND. Some things never change!!!" #Ukraine
Donald Trump: "We are now the only Country in the World* that uses Mail-In Voting." *Other than Australia, Austria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Norward, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s most senior adviser Andriy Yermak condemned a viral video showing a Russian combat vehicle waving an American flag speeding through Ukraine’s front lines.
Of course PP is also an "Easterner".
From Russia Today's Telegram channel, this morning
Realistic bets on what Poilievre will get in today's #BattleRiverCrowfoot by-election? I'm feeling 48-52%, which is a big climb down from the lowest CPC popular vote of 71%, and last election's almost 83% for the Conservative. Poilievre will blame the long ballot, but it's not. It's him. #cdnpoli
#GOPPedos JFC. 😱 Jason Yates, CEO of My Faith Votes, pleaded guilty to 8 felony counts of child pornography possession (minors under 14). 😳 Before the HD of filth was discovered, Yates wrote an op-ed condemning “sexually deviant” msgs aimed at children for the Washington Times. 🧾 is.gd/jnaE5R
2025 marks 20 years of marriage equality in Canada! I was proud to vote YES on the Civil Marriage Act 🏳️🌈. At #NewWestPride, I reflected on that historic moment. Pride celebrates wins, honours struggles, and uplifts the courage of the #2SLGBTQQIA+ community. 🌈❤️ #Pride2025
In Canada the personal contribution limit is $1750. Corporations cannot donate. Candidates can only donate $1750 to their own campaign. We do not have PACs.
A court ruled that Bondi doesn't have the authority to assign a new DC police chief, removes her pick, and reinstated the existing chief. Bondi's shitty policies are also frozen. For the moment, we have some semblance of separation of powers. www-cbsnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cbsn...
“After the brainstorming session we’ll have the morning Snapple and cookie break, followed by role playing and self-evaluations.”
It is real, and solid gold. Very heavy. It was won by Bertrand Russell in 1950.
Thanks - yes, Gary was my dad. He was an amazing humorist - and a great dad.
Incredibly heavy - solid gold. It was Bertrand Russell's Nobel, donated to the archives at McMaster University.
JUDGE: “Treating attendance in immigration court as a game of detention roulette is not consistent with the constitutional guarantee of due process.” www.rawstory.com/judge-267388...
What's the big deal? Doesn't everyone who's anyone have a Nobel Prize?
“For Mexico, the appeal of Canadian dairy is increasingly clear. Canada’s milk is widely recognized for its consistency, quality, and strict adherence to health and production standards…” #Canada #Mexico
Newsom: “Wake up, America. If he rigs this election, you won’t have a country anymore.”
Border Patrol agents assembled outside a Los Angeles museum where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a rally and news conference on congressional redistricting. Local elected officials expressed outrage that the agents decided to stand there in a brazen show of force. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
NEW PODCAST! The Court of Appeal rules "1st past the post" constitutional, but a 'policy not rights' decision could affect the Toronto bike lane case. US institutions bowing to Trump's demands & the occupation of Washington as a test run. Have a listen. #cdnpoli www.podbean.com/media/share/...
If she does sue (she won't) it will be an interesting cross examination of Melania on her immigration and history with Epstein.
I don't think this got enough attention. Many of the same principles involved in the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissing the proportional representation Charter challenge are likely applicable to Ontario's appeal of the bike lane ruling - policy vs rights. #cdnpoli #ONpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
“Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, Pierre Poilievre — none of these men became household names on merit, they simply cried the loudest. The entire conservative movement is composed of insufferable cry babies aided and abetted by spineless corporate media.” @taylornoakes.com
Are the Liberal weather machines not working?
This is being poorly reported by the media. China already had a 100% duty on Canadian canola meal and oil that began in March. It has now levied a new 75.8% duty on canola seeds, which were not subject to the previous duty. #cdnpoli www.canolacouncil.org/news/canola-...
They will be teaching where my son is going to school.
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
They’re rewriting history.
I think “careening toward” is optimistic. The US is in it up to the hips.
"First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin" - Leonard Cohen
Interesting. Does anyone know how this turned out? encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
When someone wants to negotiate in person with you and only you, it’s because they know you are a weak pushover. #Trump #Putin
When are Air Canada passengers going to organize national action to protest passenger conditions? #cdnpoli
Plus there’s this…. www.newsweek.com/kentucky-whi...
Is it the Philosopher’s Stone? It’s the Philosopher’s Stone, isn’t it?
Thanks. I saw over on X that they are attacking her military service record - classic internet bot smear campaign.
Local polling is quite common both in general elections and by-elections. Conservatives do it obsessively both on issues and candidate popularity.
Thanks, but I don’t see an actual poll. I see projections and probabilities based on historic and demographic data, but not a recent poll.
I haven’t seen any polling out of the Alberta by-election. I assume the Conservatives have been polling daily. Have I missed it or are their results that disasterous? #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Trump, the self-proclaimed “father of IVF”, abandons his empty election promise. No surprise to anyone who knows what kind of actual father he has been. #uspoli www.reuters.com/world/us/don...
America is becoming a cross between Star Trek's gangster planet and "The Man in the High Castle".
What possible prior commitment can Poilievre have? He has no job. The by-election IS his job interview. #cdnpoli
Research shows mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. abcnews.go.com/Health/wireS...
Where's the swim-up pool bar?
Spain cancels its plan to purchase F-35 fighter jets from the US, shifting defense spending to Europe. 9 billion loss to Trump! #cdnpoli
So should 🇨🇦Canada.
RFK Jr. said that he was canceling $500 million worth of research aimed at using mRNA technology to develop new vaccines. mRNA technology is the basis for major vaccines that were developed earlier this decade to protect against Covid-19.
Happy b’day, “American Idiot” — released as a single 21 years ago today, and written in the wake of the Iraq War. “The country had gone into a war based on lies,” said Billie Joe Armstrong, “and no one seemed to care. .. It was a song that came from a very honest, pissed-off place.”
Someone has escaped from the memory floor.
Ice cream is pretty awesome though...
Um... I'm talking about pasteurization, not supply management. And blue cheese does not contain any substances harmful to humans - it is a penicillin mold, not mycotoxins that are harmful to humans. Raw milk contains as Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria.
If only there was a simple and cheap process to make milk safe for human consumption...
Nothing like a Canadian long weekend.
Canada’s the only country having over 60% with a tertiary education. This isn’t a numbers competition: it explains Canada’s values, “Education can promote gender equality, reduce child marriage, promote peace” Education promotes decency. #CanadaNice worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank...
My mother was wondering why her squirrels weren’t eating her peanuts. Turns out they were salted. Squirrels with high blood pressure.
It’s hard to get the curlers in their hair.
Someone is inquiring about the peanut tariff.
I found a book from 1989 with an article by my father warning of the dangers of the original free trade agreement with the US. 35 years ago the writers saw integrating our economy with the US would lead to a loss of sovereignty. #cdnpoli #elbowsup
Can't wait for Loblaw's "Memories of Mississauga Chardonnay"
Canada: Walk away from negotiations. Don't retaliate. Diversify. Find new markets. Buy European military equipment. Reinstate the digital services tax. Let Americans pay more for the things they want from us. Keep up the public boycott. Welcome American refugee talent. Be Canadian. #cdnpoli #USpoli
