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"A cartoon, titled "Quiet Piggy" by Steve Nease, depicts a Canadian beaver character applying duct tape over the mouth of a man identified as U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra. The beaver is holding a roll of tape and saying "Quiet Piggy," while the ambassador is holding a paper labeled "Anti-Canada Rhetoric". The cartoon is a political commentary on U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, and his undiplomatic comments regarding Canada."
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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🍁Sharing from a friend:
With all the talk recently regarding expanding the oil pipeline and lifting bans on shipping that oil, this is the best take I’ve found recently. The conversation around crude tankers on the northern BC coast often focuses on engineering possibilities...
cont. under Alt text.
Political cartoon by Theo Moudakis showing PM Carney giving Danielle Smith a toy oil pipeline to play with. Thought bubble says, "Now that's what I call parenting." ...dredging, offshore loading buoys, modern propulsion, or partial loads — but none of those determine whether crude shipping happens. Marine insurers and operators do. Tanker operations are governed by a brutally simple rule: If a full-failure scenario is not survivable, the voyage is not insurable. And if a voyage is not insurable, it doesn’t matter whether it’s technically “possible” — it will never operate commercially. The Hecate Strait / Dixon Entrance / Davis shelf system fails that survivability test. A fully loaded crude tanker transiting this region must cross a highly unstable continental shelf interface where deep Pacific swell rises rapidly into short, steep breaking seas. In a winter storm, a ship that loses propulsion or steering has no refuge, no deep-water anchorage, no weather escape option, and no time buffer before drifting into shoals. That’s what insurers look at — not whether a port could theoretically be expanded or whether tankers have dynamic positioning systems. When underwriters price risk, they don’t ask, “What happens in normal conditions?” They ask, “What happens on the worst day in 20 years?” In this zone, the answer has always been the same: if everything goes wrong at once, a crude tanker cannot be guaranteed a survivable window. No amount of tugs, thrusters, or routing plans compensates for a geography that offers zero margin for error. This is why tanker exclusion here predates modern environmental politics. It wasn’t an act of ideology; it was the market protecting itself. If Hecate/Dixon/Davis were merely “challenging,” insurers would price the premium and operators would sail. The fact that they don’t — and haven’t for more than five decades — is the industry’s clearest verdict. In tanker shipping, common sense and liability awareness speak louder than theory.
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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It's Black Friday... all those shoppers... 🥴😂
We don't buy at all. We've cut our consumerism into mostly buying necessities really. We buy from small shops, artists, places and people that support the community. We've given the billionaires enough money. 💸
Here's a fun memory, lol. Cheers. 🥃
Black background with white text that reads, back in my day the only time we started panic buying was when the bartender shouted "last call." Outdoor white winter scene with black text that reads, please don't give more money to billionaires this holiday season. Buy from artists, makers, restaurants, small shops, and support your community. Meme made by the artist factory abq.
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Bring it home Saskatchewan Roughriders!!! GOOOOO RIDERS!!!💚🍁🏈
#112GreyCup
Collage image of the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders with the Grey Cup trophy in between them, covered by a translucent Canadian flag.
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Two things that never get old are dark humour and unvaccinated children.😢🤬

“Freedom Freckles” — brought to you by Danielle Smith’s Alberta.

Alberta now has the worst measles record in North America...

*More info and link to story in ALT text
Split meme: On top, a young male character from the Simpsons, covered in measles, standing in front of red and white stripes. Text above him reads, "Freedom Freckles" Bottom frame: Cartoon image of an adult, holding an anti-vax sign, walking with a child, says, "Vaccines are dangerous! Spread the word!" to the Grim Reaper who replies, "Okay, my word is measles." Canada just lost its measles-free status for the first time since 1998 — and experts say Alberta is to blame. According to Dr. James Talbot, Alberta’s former Chief Medical Officer: > “A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve that measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action… for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad.” Dr. Karina Top called it a “wake-up call,” saying it’s a collective failure in leadership, public health, and vaccination policy that worsened since COVID. Dr. Sam Wong added Alberta “didn’t put enough resources” into early vaccination and “didn’t really see the seriousness of it.” Meanwhile, Danielle Smith keeps parroting MAGA-style “freedom” rhetoric and flirting with conspiracy theories instead of listening to doctors and scientists. And now? Alberta has more measles cases than the entire U.S. This isn’t freedom. It’s failure — and kids are paying the price. We need leaders who believe in science. And we need CBC to keep telling the truth when governments won’t. 38% of all Canadian measles cases came from Alberta 1,900+ infections, 154 hospitalizations, 15 ICU cases, 2 dead babies Read the full CBC story: https://r.pebmac.ca/.../alberta-measles-status...
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Today we remember those who fought for our freedoms, some paid the ultimate price so we could make this world a better place... we need to honour that, today and everyday. 🌺❤️🍁❤️🌎
#LestWeForget #Reflect #NeverForget #NeverAgain
Image of a hunched over old man with a cane standing in front of a war memorial wall full of the names of soldiers who served. His shadow is reflected on the wall as the young soldier he once was, in uniform with rifle in hand. Image of a young family enjoying a sunny day together by the lake. Parents holding hands while their child and dog play on the lawn. Holding the ground up beneath the family are thousands of soldiers, and beneath them... more soldiers, some on guard, some wounded, some dead... all lying in a lake full of blood.
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Hulk Slogan is having a bad week! “Beauty, Eh!”🍁😂

"Instead of holding the government accountable, Poilievre’s Conservatives spent budget week imploding, distracted by infighting, defections, and blunders that left them off message when it mattered most." -CBC
de Adder cartoon of Pierre Poilievre punching himself in the mouth while dropping a newspaper whos headline reads," LIES, RUMOURS, and CONSPIRACY THEORIES."
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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The cannon would be a blast at Danger Yam rallies.😁💙✊
A two panel meme. The first panel has a photo of a manure cannon, a device for spraying manure onto farm fields as fertilizer. The text reads: This manure cannon can spray 300 cubic feet of shit per minute 75 yards into a farm field. The second panel is a photo of RFK Jr, apparently shouting and gesturing towards the camera. The text reads: Yet it still cannot match the velocity, distance, or volume that RFK Jr. can discharge from his mouth.
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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A thoughtful analysis on the budget from Arlene Dickinson, Canada's favourite Dragon.🐉🍁

We really need to cut all the barriers to interprovincial trade so that products are available from coast to coast. We are a nation of 40 million! We should be able to be self sustaining.
Arlene Dickinson's analysis on the budget, page 1 Arlene Dickinson's analysis on the budget, page 2
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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We're very proud of this❤️🍁🦋
The store allows registered clients to shop for free in a grocery store-like setting, choosing items that best fit their family's needs and dietary requirements, which restores dignity and reduces stigma and waste.
The name "Asahtowikamik" means "feeding lodge" in Cree.
Photo of people shopping at the BMO Asahtowikamik Community Food Hub. "In the heart of Regina, Saskatchewan, something extraordinary is happening — Canada has opened its very first free grocery store, and it’s turning heads everywhere. Operated by the Regina Food Bank, the new Community Food Hub at 1881 Broad Street offers a shopping experience that feels just like any regular supermarket — except for one stunning detail: everything is completely free. Registered clients can stroll through bright aisles lined with produce, dairy, and pantry staples, selecting up to $200 worth of groceries every two weeks. But unlike traditional food banks that hand out pre-packed hampers, this model gives families the freedom to choose what they need, preserving dignity while cutting down on food waste. Serving up to 25,000 people daily, including children, the initiative stands as a bold response to rising food insecurity across Canada. To shop, individuals simply register with the Regina Food Bank and book an appointment — an empowering step that turns receiving aid into an act of normalcy and respect."
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Yeah Chris, maple mini trump is too negative for us also.✊🍁

New slogan for CPC members “Cross the Floor!”
de Adder political cartoon depicting Pierre Poilievre as a turtle stuck on his back. A sign next to him reads, "winability"
November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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First wave... 💙✊💪
Image of Trump standing in an ocean about to be hit with a giant blue wave.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Laugh break.😊

Yeah, this should be fine.... 😳😂
Photo of books on a book shelf showing a blue and black hard cover titled, "The Pop-up Book of Phobias". Text at the top of the image says, "I see no way this could ever go wrong."
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Hell of a year, thanks Jays!!💙⚾🍁

To honour Alex Vesia❤️
"Dodgers fan here, and I just wanted to say that I would not have been mad if we lost to you guys. You were really good players, but better human beings. What your bullpen did on putting 51 on their hats it will always be in my heart." P. Walz
Blue background with white text reads, Thank you Blue Jays in all caps. Then a big red broken heart with text under it that reads, What a ride. This team gave us something special this season. Not just the wins, but the nights gathered around the TV, the snacks, the yelling, the strategy talk, the laughter. Every game felt like a family event. Sure the series didn't end the way we hoped, but the memories we made along the way, worth every inning. The hashtags, We are the Blue Jays, thank you Blue Jays, with a Jays logo in between them.
November 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Perfect pumpkin for this years Halloween!! 💙⚾🍁 LET'S GO BLUE JAYS!!!
I hope the Dodgers get the trick, and the Jays get the treat!💙⚾🍁🤞
#WantItAll #WorldSeries
Have a safe and spooky Halloween everyone. Watch out for all the little ghouls and goblins... they'll be excited. 👹😈👺🤡👿👻👽🎃
Pumpkin carved with Toronto Blue Jays logo. Pumpkin painted like a baseball with a blue stem and Toronto Blue Jays logo in the center.
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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One more!!! There's no place like dome! Friday's going to be spooktacular... let's all dress like champions.💙⚾🍁

#WantItAll #WorldSeries #TorontoBlueJays
Image of Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage with an excited look of a winner. Jays beat Dodgers 6-1 in the 5th game of the World Series Jays lead the series 3-2. Blue and gold surround Rogers Center with Jays logos and WANT IT ALL.
October 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Opinions are something we all possess. With the cloak of anonymity that the digital world provides, opinions can be hurled into the ether without the need for explanation, defense, or introspection. They become disembodied thoughts, often untethered to the reality of the subject they address. -QofS
Image of a great horned owl in the lower left hand corner of a black background. Orange and tan text from The Minds Journal reads, "Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding." Quote by Bill Bullard
October 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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One down, three to go... LET'S GO BUE JAYS!!!💙⚾🍁

#WantItAll #WorldSeries #TorontoBlueJays
A.I. image in 5 frames. First frame is a flock of blue jays flying around the high rises in Toronto with a view of the CN tower in between the buildings. World Series logo is at the top. Other 4 frames are of flocks of blue birds, two have a large bluebird at the fore front with the Rogers Center behind it. The other two have flocks of bluebirds partially covering the letters "LA" with "the BlueJays" in print underneath it. Underneath the frames the text reads GAME 2, LA logo x Blue Jays logo
October 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
A.I. image of the White House with a future depiction of Trump's ballroom attached to it. There's a huge line up of young girls waiting to get it. Above the ballroom is a huge red sign surrounded by white lights. The bold white text reads "BALL ROOM, GIRLS 13 AND UNDER GET IN FOR FREE!"
October 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Love to use it as a verb.😁 Do you science?😎
Triple frame cartoon containing images of a man and a vampire. The full moon is shining through the castle window on both of them. First frame, man says "The moon has no light of it's own. It reflects the sunlight." The vampire, grabbing the man, has it's mouth open, ready to bite. Second frame, the vampire, mouth now closed, looks at the viewer with it's eyes wide and the look of surprising realization. Third frame, vampire collapses into a pile of dust, leaving the man alone, and safe. Text below the cartoon reads, "Science saves lives."
October 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Imprison-mint, for all of them.🎯
Black background containing 6 round, red & white striped framed images of the Trump family. The heading says, "The Mint Family..." Under Don Jr. image it says, embarass-mint, under Eric's it says, disappoint-mint, under Ivanka it says, orna-mint, under Melania it says, prenuptial agree-mint under Jared's it says, indict-mint, and under Donald it says, impeach-mint.
October 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Thanks to @headlightnews.bsky.social FB post for Robert Lee White's tRump description.🎯

"I used to wonder how it was possible that Trump could have won... given how emotionally toxic and depraved he is.
I no longer do... he had at least one fucked-up part to mirror the fucked-up parts of millions."
REW Trump description continued. "If you are a racist, you found your guy. If you are a misogynist, you found your guy. If all you care about is money, you found your guy. If you have an emotionally armored heart, you found your guy. If you make fun of disabled people, you found your guy. If you hate intelligent people, you found your guy. If you are a rapist, you found your guy. If you like golden showers with Russian sex-workers, you found your guy. If you have not done a stitch of work on your emotional issues, you found your guy. If you are a serial cheater, you found your guy. If you are a perpetual bankrupt, you found your guy. If you don’t pay people for their honest work, you found your guy. If you are a hustler and a conman, you found your guy. If you mock people’s physical appearances, you found your guy. If you long for a toxic Daddy, you found your guy. If you are dissociated and disembodied, you found your guy. If you are unconscionable in all your economic dealings, you found your guy. If you lie day and night, you found your guy. If you have never eaten green vegetables, you found your guy. If you are a white supremacist, you found your guy. If you have a hole in your ego so big that not even the presidency could fill it, you found your guy. If you are a sociopath, and care not one iota about other humans, you found your guy. If you... If he only had two of these issues, he never would have won. It was the fact that he had hundreds of them, that made him the winner. Because millions of humans are toxic. So they could relate to him, in one form or another. It's never been about trump. It's always been about the people who finally have their twisted feelings about others validated. trump has given "those people" permission to disparage and hate their fellow human beings. trump is only symptomatic of a much larger issue of a collective toxicity. If there is a single sentence that characterizes trump it is this: “He says the things I’m thinking.”"
October 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I never knew this.

The original Monopoly was invented by a woman in 1904 to highlight the dangers of unchecked capitalism, she was told her concept was too complex, then the idea was stolen.

*More info under image.
Image of the board from the original Landlords Game. Long before Monopoly became a family game-night staple, it was a pointed critique of economic inequality. The game was originally created in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie, an American writer, inventor, and staunch supporter of economist Henry George’s ideas about land reform. She called it The Landlord’s Game and designed it to demonstrate how wealth accumulation and rent-seeking concentrated power in the hands of a few while impoverishing everyone else. Magie patented the game in 1904, including two rule sets: one where players competed to monopolize property and another where everyone benefited equally from shared wealth — a direct moral lesson about the difference between greed and fairness. She hoped it would teach players that monopolies harm society. Years later, Charles Darrow encountered a version of Magie’s game, modified and circulating informally among friends and communities. He sold it to Parker Brothers in the 1930s, claiming it as his own invention. The company bought Magie’s patent for just $500 and erased her name from history. Monopoly went on to become one of the best-selling board games of all time — ironically celebrating the very capitalist spirit it was meant to criticize. Added Fact: Elizabeth Magie’s original 1904 patent for The Landlord’s Game remains one of the earliest known board game patents filed by a woman in the United States
October 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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🍁⚾💙LET'S GO BLUE JAYS!!!💙⚾🍁
#Sweep #TorontoBlueJays #WantItAll
A blue jay sits on the roof of a NY city cab in front of Yankee Stadium. A blue jay sits on a NY Yankee's ballcap that is covered in bird poo.
October 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The Wizard of Gaus starts game one. There's no place like home.
💙⚾🍁LET'S GO BLUE JAYS!!!🍁⚾💙
#WantItAll #TorontoBlueJays #ALDS
Poster for the Toronto Blue Jays 2025 ALDS. Text in gold, white, and blue reads, KEVIN GUASMAN GAME 1 starting pitcher WANT IT ALL followed by a Toronto Blue Jay's logo. There are 5 images of Gausman, all with different emotions.
October 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM