We know Trump loves to have things named after him—it would be funny if things he didn’t like were renamed with the same last name as his: The Trump Bankruptcy Brokers; The Trump Diaper and Fake Trophy Store; Trump Center for Women’s Equality.

Dramatic difference in tone between Singh’s speech and Poilievre’s. Singh was gracious, kind, and hopeful. Poilievre was sticking with spite and division.

What’s this? Oh, Carney blasting another sucky reporter

m.youtube.com/watch?v=lZcL...

Here's my piece on the end of the McBarge.

Dreams die, boats sink, memories for millions of British Columbians will fade.

But friendships are forever.

I’m certain that, when all of this ‘51st State’ stuff has run its course, the US will be using Metric.

Wow. Carney for a decisive win as Liberal leader with 85% of party votes cast.

I think what we need most of all right now is a hologram of Fred, Trump’s dad, saying he’s proud of him and he’s done such a good job he can finally retire and play golf everyday.’ Followed by ‘why don’t you just let that Harris lady fill in for you…’

Some pretty wild allegations about how B.C. Conservative candidate Honveer Randhawa and his associate got affidavits signed for his election irregularities court petition here.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Some folks may find this interesting—Justin Trudeau boxing a Conservative senator Patrick Breazeau 12 years ago: m.youtube.com/watch?v=XuSp...

Orwell, ‘Freedom of the Park.’
The point is that the relative freedom which we enjoy depends on public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and how the police behave, depends on the general temper in the country.

Orwell at his best.
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...

I don’t care about American football or any sport, but I would love to see the Eagles get an audience with Kamala Harris to celebrate their win. Maybe she could serve them hot McDonalds.

So, just a thought for Americans—since it seems like calling dibs on government is a legitimate thing now, how about Ms Harris just shows up at the White House one weekend when the other guy is in Florida, and just moves in.?

Glad the tariffs against Canada are paused (for now): but I’m still avoiding American products whenever possible.

Elon Musk could personally reimburse affected Americans the $154B in Canadian counter tariffs, and still have $150B left over. Unlikely, since the US tariffs exist only to pay for Trump’s tax breaks for the wealthy.

Ugh. ‘What a time to be alive.’ But not said in a jaunty way.

A little experiment for those of you with Trumpist Evangelical family or friends: casually drop that you heard Trump has asked all of his supporters to make a commitment and get some sort of mark on their body—say…the right hand or forehead. I’m interested to know if they would explain that away.

The ritual winter clean and sharpen of these secateurs. Ready to go for another year.