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Former journalist and speech writer, currently sitting here on this bank of sand watching the river flow.
The Collateral Aliens is a great name for a punk band.
“It would cover essentially anyone they want to arrest without a warrant, making the general premise of ever getting a warrant pointless,” she added. JFC and they call people in the vicinity "collateral aliens" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
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January 31, 2026 at 3:13 PM
The Collateral Aliens is a great name for a punk band.
No-brainer, Chicago:
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
No-brainer, Chicago:
Canadian view from Allan Woods in the Toronto Star; “Only in America could Pretti’s possession of a weapon in a tragic confrontation with federal agents be the factor that leads to a de-escalation. It is a shining example of the country’s dysfunction.”
www.thestar.com/news/world/u...
www.thestar.com/news/world/u...
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January 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Canadian view from Allan Woods in the Toronto Star; “Only in America could Pretti’s possession of a weapon in a tragic confrontation with federal agents be the factor that leads to a de-escalation. It is a shining example of the country’s dysfunction.”
www.thestar.com/news/world/u...
www.thestar.com/news/world/u...
The story of Toronto’s Don River restoration cannot be told often enough. In a time of fatalism and doomerism, it’s good to be reminded that we can reverse environmental degradation. reverhttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/26/news/toronto-don-river-fish-recovery
Fish are flooding back into Toronto’s Don River
This month, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority shared its findings from the Don River in 2025, which included documenting over 20 fish species. For the first time since 2012, an Atlantic Salmon...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The story of Toronto’s Don River restoration cannot be told often enough. In a time of fatalism and doomerism, it’s good to be reminded that we can reverse environmental degradation. reverhttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/26/news/toronto-don-river-fish-recovery
And here I thought it was the menace to the South that would be the end of us Canadians!
www.youtube.com/shorts/xdWXy...
www.youtube.com/shorts/xdWXy...
Canada is over
YouTube video by Garron
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January 26, 2026 at 2:51 PM
And here I thought it was the menace to the South that would be the end of us Canadians!
www.youtube.com/shorts/xdWXy...
www.youtube.com/shorts/xdWXy...
As a Canadian, this columnist’s conclusion confounds me. Where he sees a need to stand up for the Second Amendment, I see the hollow hypocrisy of the whole damn edifice. @Tyler_A_Harper
January 25, 2026 at 3:53 PM
As a Canadian, this columnist’s conclusion confounds me. Where he sees a need to stand up for the Second Amendment, I see the hollow hypocrisy of the whole damn edifice. @Tyler_A_Harper
Minus 24C walk today. Springer unfazed.
January 24, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Minus 24C walk today. Springer unfazed.
Suggested Canadian response:
“I don't want to belong to any board that would accept me as one if it's members.”
“I don't want to belong to any board that would accept me as one if it's members.”
January 23, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Suggested Canadian response:
“I don't want to belong to any board that would accept me as one if it's members.”
“I don't want to belong to any board that would accept me as one if it's members.”
Mary Trump, a psychologist, used the term “decompensating” to describe today’s performance. I had to look it up. You should too.
No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
January 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Mary Trump, a psychologist, used the term “decompensating” to describe today’s performance. I had to look it up. You should too.
Sample of NHL is only 107 players. I would put this chart on the locker room walls of the Canadian #Olympic men’s and women’s hockey teams.
Using public voter files, Peter Lutz takes a first-of-its-kind look at partisan registration among pro athletes by league.
January 21, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Sample of NHL is only 107 players. I would put this chart on the locker room walls of the Canadian #Olympic men’s and women’s hockey teams.
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
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January 20, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
Hey fellow language pedants! Am I alone in objecting to the use of “nonplussed” as a synonym for “unconcerned”? That’s not what it means!
January 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Hey fellow language pedants! Am I alone in objecting to the use of “nonplussed” as a synonym for “unconcerned”? That’s not what it means!
I’m always wary of Canadian arguments that compare our GDP per capita to the USA.
“The United States does a fine job generating economic growth, but it lags at translating that G.D.P. growth into the things we most care about.”
Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...
“The United States does a fine job generating economic growth, but it lags at translating that G.D.P. growth into the things we most care about.”
Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...
Opinion | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Unhappiness
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January 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I’m always wary of Canadian arguments that compare our GDP per capita to the USA.
“The United States does a fine job generating economic growth, but it lags at translating that G.D.P. growth into the things we most care about.”
Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...
“The United States does a fine job generating economic growth, but it lags at translating that G.D.P. growth into the things we most care about.”
Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...
I just took a peek at the other place. Yes, it is every bit as moronic and hateful as expected. Maybe more so.
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I just took a peek at the other place. Yes, it is every bit as moronic and hateful as expected. Maybe more so.
The Globe and Mail, Canada’s paper of record, on what’s at stake for Canada:
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/9dd2b45...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/9dd2b45...
The Sunday Editorial: Venezuela’s fate is a warning for Canada
U.S. military action to seize Nicolás Maduro marks the formal debut of an imperial America
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM
The Globe and Mail, Canada’s paper of record, on what’s at stake for Canada:
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/9dd2b45...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/9dd2b45...
This. So much this.
“the full wrath of American justice” is a deeply appalling turn of phrase
US AG Bondi general says Maduro and his wife have been indicted
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
This. So much this.
Re-watched the “Chernobyl” series and was shaken by how it resonates today. A culture of lies, sycophants, loyalty over competence, denigrating science if it conflicts with politics, ideology or expediency. It’s not a story about nuclear dangers, it’s a story about the dangers of kakistocracy.
December 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Re-watched the “Chernobyl” series and was shaken by how it resonates today. A culture of lies, sycophants, loyalty over competence, denigrating science if it conflicts with politics, ideology or expediency. It’s not a story about nuclear dangers, it’s a story about the dangers of kakistocracy.
They named their security firm … Sauron?! With start-up investors from Palantir? The trolls really are ascendant, aren’t they.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM
They named their security firm … Sauron?! With start-up investors from Palantir? The trolls really are ascendant, aren’t they.
My wife, son and I re-watched The Holdovers last night. This movie should be among everyone’s list of Christmas season annuals. A classic.
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The Holdovers (2023) ⭐ 7.9 | Comedy, Drama
2h 13m | R
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December 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My wife, son and I re-watched The Holdovers last night. This movie should be among everyone’s list of Christmas season annuals. A classic.
m.imdb.com/title/tt1484...
m.imdb.com/title/tt1484...
We watched this on Christmas Eve with someone who grew up overseas and had never seen it before (but had the heard the soundtrack many times). I was very happy to see that Charles Schultz’s magic still translates. www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
We caught up with one of the kids who sang on 'A Charlie Brown Christmas.' He's 72 now
Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We watched this on Christmas Eve with someone who grew up overseas and had never seen it before (but had the heard the soundtrack many times). I was very happy to see that Charles Schultz’s magic still translates. www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...