Category Archives: United States

Jon Stewart on the Canceling of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”

Jon Stewart reacts to CBS cancelling "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and tells corporations and advertisers to "sack up" pic.twitter.com/v8MrNpg28w — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 22, 2025  

A Short Lesson in Small Minded Nationalism #ElbowsUp

@todmaffin ? @todmaffin.com on Bluesky • A Short Lesson in Small-Minded Nationalism #tariffs #cdnpoli #buycanadian ? original sound – Tod Maffin ??

Secular Sunday – With All This Excitement About Electing A New Pope…

But I guess some people are pretty excited…

Wisdom Wednesday – Five Takeaways From 2025 Canadian Election

One of the wildest elections in Canadian history – massive swings in fortunes, two party leaders losing their seats, the US being a major factor in the Canadian results, NDP reduced to non-party status after being arguably the most effective NDP caucus in history, electoral reform once again seems like a necessity. @aartipole1 It was […]

Secular Sunday – Can The Liberals Resurrect Themselves?

I’m praying for a miracle tomorrow if the Liberals, who were like 20 or 30 points down on the Conservatives can come back to win in light of a new leader who seems to be “made for the moment” and some wild threats by Donald Trump.

Friday Fun Link – Vote Compass

Vote Compass isn’t a perfect tool but can be helpful for guiding your decision in the upcoming election – especially if you don’t follow politics and/or the parties closely. But it’s not perfect – it says (sample results above, not mine) that I should vote for a distant third party, I’m a longtime supporter of […]

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Small Banana (January 2012)

One of my favourite pictures of Pace ever from a trip to Hawaii…

Friday Fun Link – Jon Stewart on Trump’s Heel Turn on Zelensky

 

The Craziest Nine Seconds In Hockey History

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Bring It On, USA! (October 2013)

Actually, please don’t. Let’s solve our (your) issues through diplomacy and negotiation, not war and violence.