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Take the time and give this one a read today unless you hate laughter and happiness.
The Sound of Music is on TV tonight, so we must point you, yet again, to this all-timer by Melinda Taub from our archives.
I Regret to Inform You That My Wedding to Captain Von Trapp Has Been Canceled
Dear friends, family, and Austrian nobility, Captain Von Trapp and I are very sorry to inform you that we no longer plan to wed. We offer our deepe...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Take the time and give this one a read today unless you hate laughter and happiness.
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Canadian TV network bravely airs dissidents’ report on U.S. abuses after political commissar orders its suppression
Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
December 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Canadian TV network bravely airs dissidents’ report on U.S. abuses after political commissar orders its suppression
I wonder how many Americans really know the rest of the world is laughing at their government (and by extension, them) like they laughed at Baghdad Bob or the various North Korean propaganda puppets.
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center —Karoline Leavitt x.com/PressSec/sta...
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I wonder how many Americans really know the rest of the world is laughing at their government (and by extension, them) like they laughed at Baghdad Bob or the various North Korean propaganda puppets.
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Trump’s meandering primetime address raises new questions about Joe Biden’s press conferences.
December 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Trump’s meandering primetime address raises new questions about Joe Biden’s press conferences.
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They should be saying this AND if they want to pollute their space by speaking to admin officials, they should directly ask them about this and not let them get away without answering.
"No mainstream reporter has the stomach to say, 'By the way, this administration lies all the time and we should assume this is a lie too' after every unsupported statement." They should, because it's true.
Donald Trump and the Power of the Little Lie
The war against Venezuela isn’t about drugs. It’s about the destruction of regular order.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
They should be saying this AND if they want to pollute their space by speaking to admin officials, they should directly ask them about this and not let them get away without answering.
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It is hard to overstate how shallow and embarrassing the Washington Post Editorial Board's analysis is whenver it tries to write about the law. They don't make arguments so much as they crank out half-assed jumbles of buzzwords that they hope will make Jeff Bezos happy. Don't care for it at all!
The Washington Post Editorial Board Is Spectacularly Awful at Legal Analysis
Since Bezos overhauled the board earlier this year, it has been very good at cranking out billionaire-friendly propaganda. It is quite bad at everything else.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It is hard to overstate how shallow and embarrassing the Washington Post Editorial Board's analysis is whenver it tries to write about the law. They don't make arguments so much as they crank out half-assed jumbles of buzzwords that they hope will make Jeff Bezos happy. Don't care for it at all!
Proposal: Each time you invoke the notwithstanding clause, federal funding to your province gets cut by $3 billion. Cuts are in effect every year until the use is rescinded.
FAR be it from me to be hyperbolic, but at this point what's the point of Alberta having a fucking Charter at all
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta Legislature passes bill invoking Charter override for 4th time | CBC News
Alberta's governing United Conservatives stayed up into the early pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning to pass a bill that marks the fourth time in under two months they have used the Charter's notwith...
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Proposal: Each time you invoke the notwithstanding clause, federal funding to your province gets cut by $3 billion. Cuts are in effect every year until the use is rescinded.
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Remembering Sinead O’Connor on what would have been her 59th birthday. RIP
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Remembering Sinead O’Connor on what would have been her 59th birthday. RIP
When a grand jury has a better grasp of law and precedent than the Supreme Court.
Breaking News: A grand jury is said to have declined to re-indict Letitia James, rejecting a Trump effort to revive a criminal case.
Grand Jury Said to Decline to Re-Indict Letitia James
After a judge dismissed the Trump administration’s first attempt to indict the attorney general of New York State, a new grand jury effort failed, according to people familiar with the matter.
nyti.ms
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
When a grand jury has a better grasp of law and precedent than the Supreme Court.
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Give some credit where credit is due. PP did manage to get a conservative Prime Minister elected.
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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I understand the Leafs' season. I don't understand the Raptors'.
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I understand the Leafs' season. I don't understand the Raptors'.
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Trump and Mamdani go from adversaries to allies after White House meeting
Trump and Mamdani go from adversaries to allies after White House meeting
Mamdani, a democratic socialist who takes office in January, said he sought the meeting with Trump to talk about ways to make New York City more affordable.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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