Anne M. Holmes

Sickening sleaze Say what you will about Dubya (and, trust me, in my time I’ve had plenty to say about the 43rd President of the United States), he did one truly admirable thing. In 2003 he created the U.S. Preside…

As someone who has worked in the international aid sector, I know there are often strings attached. But that is amateur hour compared to the avaricious assholes in DC right now.
#PEPFAR #Dubya #InternationalAid #Wankmaggot

State of disunion This evening, for those who can bear it, an addled old man will ramble on for far too long about all his grievances and how he is going to punish those who have aggrieved him. I’d say it will be a …

I'm with #BillMaher. Just cancel the bloody thing. (Yeah, I know that's not going to happen. #StateoftheUnion2026 #Wankmaggot #billmaher

The Arsehole Formerly Known as Prince Ever since Edward VIII abdicated in 1937 in favour of his much more sensible brother, the Duke of York – who became George VI – it seems part of the role of the second born (often known as the spar…

One down, how many others to go?

YouTube video by Jonathan Pie A Royal Reckoning

A Royal Reckoning.
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Dead and buried? So, the New Democratic Party had their second and final leadership debate last Thursday evening. Without seeing the debate (segment filmed before it took place) the CBC National At Issue panel decl…

I'm taking serious issue with CBC's @atissuecbc.bsky.social. Bit premature to deliver death certificate without seeing the debate, guys. @rosiebarton.bsky.social
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Go, Stephen! If you haven’t seen the show, you’ve probably heard about it. On Monday night Stephen Colbert planned to interview James Talarico, a Texas representative who is competing with Representative Jasmin…

I know he'll land on his feet somewhere, but this proves why @colbertlateshow.bsky.social should be on network television. Someone needs to be calling bull shit on the toadying. @stephencolbert134.bsky.social @jamestalarico.bsky.social @cbsnews.com #Wankmaggot

I believe her I love Andy Borowitz, have done for years. He’s a great political satirist. (Have I paid to subscribe to the site he set up after he stopped working for The New Yorker? No, I haven’t. I should.) Mo…

Sometimes I really do wish I was religious so I could believe that certain people will be spending eternity with a red hot poker shoved up their ass. #TangerineWankmaggot #SexualPredator #PamBondi #AndyBorowitz

I've been taken to task by a friend and I am inclined to agree with her. @avilewis.ca @ndp.ca @charlieangus104.bsky.social

Why would someone make this? I got home yesterday to find my partner puzzling over this Rachel Maddow clip he had just been sent by a friend. By all means watch it to spot the odd eye movements (amongst other things), but the …

@mark-carney.bsky.social tells #Wankmaggot to go fuck himself - NOT. #FakeRachelMaddow @maddow.bsky.social #ArtificialIntellegenceFakeNews

Who else? As I wrote yesterday (and if you’re a left leaning Canadian you already knew), the New Democratic Party was almost wiped out in the last federal election. It has been reduced to seven Members of Pa…

Do we anoint the crown prince or is there a better alternative?
@ndp.ca @heathermcpherson.bsky.social @charlieangus104.bsky.social

The $20 dream Back in the mid 1970s youthful me did some volunteer work for a political campaign. Don’t ask me who the candidate was in my riding. I have no idea. The reason I was knocking on doors for whoever i…

The @ndp.ca desperately needs to get this leadership contest right. Is @avilewis.ca the guy?

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

In Calgary last month A hat to unify Canada It was no surprise that Pee Pee retained the leadership of Conservative party at its convention last month. He’s a real CRAP candidate. Okay, how’s your knowledge of Canadian …

#PeePee lives to fight another day. Like anyone expected anything else.

Cosi fan say what? My Facebook feed has been full of ads for Vancouver Opera’s production of Cosi Fan Tutte. Almost non-stop. Now, I like me a bit of Mozart, including this somewhat problematic opera, but going to se…

What the hell is #VancouverOpera thinking?

Keep on smiling There’s no doubt about it – thanks to the Wankmaggot and his malevolent minions, it’s a shit show out there. What’s been going on in Minneapolis is a break your heart, make your blood boil sh…

I'm not saying the only think you can do is laugh, but it really does help.

Start of one of the best series EVER.

Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment

I was working on and sounding the warning about this HOW many years ago? At least 25. Sigh.

My home run The secondary school I went to in Toronto was big on sports. None of my friends were and I most certainly was not. We were much more interested in smoking dope and writing poetry. So, it’s a bit od…

GO, JAYS!

3. Is he doing things I don’t like? Yes. Do I think things in Canada would be a shitload worse every which way with Pee Pee in charge? Yes, yes, yes.

2. I joined the Liberal party early this year so I could vote for him as leader for one reason and one reason only: he was our best shot at avoiding the appalling possibility of Prime Minister Pee Pee. He succeeded in that, thank you very much.

There’s a lot of Carney this/Carney that doing the rounds on social media - accusations that he’s not doing one thing or another that I do not remember him promising to do. I certainly wasn’t expecting a socialist paradise coming out of his election.

Congratulations, #BlueJays! This is a moment in Canada beyond baseball. The idea of the "51st state" team winning the World Series seems like a perfect middle finger to the #TangerineWankmaggot

Of course this will involve besting the Dodgers and that ain’t gonna be easy. But let's give it a go!

Once again KLM offers me a great deal on business class upgrade. Cannot believe how much this will reduce my stress. #flyblue #klm

Beginning first leg of sad trip to England for the funeral of my lovely cousin Lauren. Ferry, ferry, plane, plane, train. Gonna be a long, long couple of days.

Maisie finds a box. And does what cats do.