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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 4h

Cathie from Canada new blog post:
Comments on the passing scene: Carney the grown-up, ideas for the China tariffs, plus good stuff from Leni Spooner, Timothy Snyder, Hamilton Nolan, Paul Krugman, Jack Hopkins, JoJoFromJerz
cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com/2025/10/comm...

Comments on the passing scene: Carney the grown-up, ideas for the China tariffs, plus good stuff from Leni Spooner, Timothy Snyder, Hamilton Nolan, Paul Krugman, Jack Hopkins, JoJoFromJerz

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Blog, blog against the dying of the light"

cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 1d

Cathie from Canada new blog post:
Today's News: the Jays lose 😢. But Portland's frogs give everyone hope, and Carney plays it right.
cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com/2025/10/toda...

Today's News: the Jays lose 😢. But Portland's frogs give everyone hope, and Carney plays it right.

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Blog, blog against the dying of the light"

cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 1d

Cathie from Canada new blog post:
Today's News: the Jays lose 😢. But Portland's frogs give everyone hope, and Carney plays it right.
cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com/2025/10/toda...

Today's News: the Jays lose 😢. But Portland's frogs give everyone hope, and Carney plays it right.

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Blog, blog against the dying of the light"

cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 1d

The best thing Francis ever did was to set up Leo to be elected as his successor - I think he knew the world would need exactly this kind of pope right now.

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 1d

Al Gore was the best president America never had. His loss was, I think, a crucial downturn point in American history.
America would have been saved from Bush/Cheney, Iraq War & Guantanamo, 100s of 1000s would have lived, no refugee crisis in Europe, climate change would have been reversed.

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 1d

And nice to see that someone in the New York Times is still following Paul Krugman, who pointed out several days ago that the "bailout" funds were really intended to help Bessent's American hedge fund buddies, not the Argentina people at all.

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Luther M. Siler @infinitefreetime.com · 1d

Let’s do this backwards: the only one I can think of offhand who is less worthy is Mussolini.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 1d

That's cumulus.
Columbus is the brand name for a camping lantern.

Witty Librarian Resistance @paulwartenberg.bsky.social · 1d

That's columns.

Columbus is a type of cloud formation that appear as patchy sheets or layers arranged into grains or ripples without shading.

Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 1d

That’s Colossus.

Columbus is a series of columns placed at regular intervals, often framing a walkway

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣

Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 3d

Cathie from Canada new blog post:
Sunday Funday: The Modern-Day Canadian song, Trump lose mind, That rascally Antifa, Funny Stuff, TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers
cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com/2025/10/sund...

Sunday Funday: The Modern-Day Canadian song, Trump lose mind, That rascally Antifa, Funny Stuff, TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Blog, blog against the dying of the light"

cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 3d

I will never forgive this: Bolton could have testified at Trump's first impeachment, when his testimony about Trump's unfitness for office might have convinced enough Republicans to matter. Instead he saved it for his damned book.

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 4d

Cathie from Canada new blog post:
Compare and contrast: Canada vs US - "how about those hellholes, eh?"
cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com/2025/10/comp...

Compare and contrast: Canada vs US - "how about those hellholes, eh?"

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Blog, blog against the dying of the light"

cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com

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phlebotanist @phlebotanist.bsky.social · 4d

when i can't find the english instructions on packaging right away i just brute force my way through the french (canada) because i'm too lazy to keep looking lol

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, right...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 4d

Why doesn't a reporter just tell Trump the truth?
Or are there no longer any White House reporters who know what the truth is?

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 4d

Anyway I hope the right keeps talking about the frog costumes. Keep it top of mind for everyone, how sinister and scary the dancing balloon animals are

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 4d

Great news!
Automatic tax filing will allow 5 1/2 million Canadians easy/free tax filing, and the benefits that provides, by 2028.
The permanent school food program will ensure all our young minds have the nutrition they need to succeed.
The Canada Strong Pass returns!
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Automatic tax filing, permanent school food program coming in budget: Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing a series of affordability measures Friday, making good on some spring campaign commitments ahead of the fall budget.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 4d

In other words, Trump didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize because he doesn't deserve it.
substack.com/@mikenellis/...

Mike Nellis (@mikenellis)

A reporter asked the chair of the Nobel Peace Prize committee why Trump didn’t win, and the guy basically said it’s because he has no courage or integrity. Absolutely brutal.

substack.com

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 5d

Cathie from Canada new blog post:
Thinking about: homelessness in Saskatoon; why Notwithstanding is important; Carney gets the "Nobel Patience Prize"; what Canadians think about American fascism
cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com/2025/10/thin...

Thinking about: homelessness in Saskatoon; why Notwithstanding is important; Carney gets the "Nobel Patience Prize"; what Canadians think about American fascism

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Blog, blog against the dying of the light"

cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 5d

So sorry to hear this.
Our pets don't know how long they live, only how well they live. I hope you can take some comfort that you gave Fergus a good life.

Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 5d

HCR @hcrichardson.bsky.social is how I keep up with what is important amid all the daily noise.

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 5d

I think Dick Cheney and his outriders could also be responsible for this.

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 6d

Cathie from Canada new blog post:
Today's News: Happy happy joy joy!
The Blue Jays won and they're going to the ALCS
cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com/2025/10/toda...

Today's News: Happy happy joy joy! The Blue Jays won and they're going to the ALCS

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Blog, blog against the dying of the light"

cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com

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Cathie from Canada🍁 @cathiecanada.bsky.social · 6d

It's the Peace prize, isn't it.