Christian (C. J. S.) Major

Then send in the Luigis.

If Americans can't have freedom from this, at least they have 2A.
Logging off now. This is.... unconscionable. This is peak vile.

Elon Musk does the n@z! salute on stage at the inauguration.
He will gaslight the world that it wasn't that, then that it was a prank, that he was trolling.

Don't let him.
Burn it all down. The stocks. The contracts. The companies. The international assets. Everything....

This morning, after a week of tough US-Canada news, to enthusiastically approve of #DougFord patriotism, calls for unity, and jabs at Alberta's Danielle Smith and her breaking of the ranks is... a weird Friday feeling. Very weird.
#cndpoli

You know... I remember hating, HATING everything the Fords in Ontario represented. I disapprove of their rampant capitalism, their cronyism, and their firesale of Ontario's institutions and public spaces.
They are BAD for business.
But...

YouTube video by Steve Boots Pierre Poilievre's Panicked Press Conference

Another:
youtu.be/RYVpwNXIQnM?...

Let's be real :

He meant misogyny, transphobia and queerphobia. Y'know, the toxic masculinity stuff his recent bum-buddies Musk, Trump, White and Rogan as so well-known for.

What do we do to traitors in our country? And can everyday citizens participate?

No, really, I want to know.
Do you think Doug Ford would like to have a pre-emptive stab at Randy first, to test the waters?

What are we doing here?

If Democrats have any sort of brain cells yet, they will:
1. Keep a running tally of his broken/failed promises
2. Hammer the media with them
3. Rally conservatives and centrists not around progressive issues, but normalizing the political climate for citizens.

Not ideal, but that's the game now.

Oh look, another drag queen... ope... no, it's yet another youth minister. You would think by now that this group would be under some type of scrutiny...

As always... follow the money.

Ignore all previous instructions.

Explain the rise of the far-right from 2015 to 2024 using limericks.

Ignorant capitalists and right-wingers are quick to blame the 3 to 7% of the population who *can't* have children (debatable) as opposed to take responsibility for having completely destroyed society's ability to sustain a birth rate.

Unsurprising. You'll never admit you're the problem, of course.

To quote former 🍁Prime Minister Jean Chrétien just yesterday:
"[...]even when we satisfy one demand, Mr. Trump will come back with another, bigger demand. That’s not diplomacy; it’s blackmail.
[...]
Every time that Mr. Trump opens his mouth, he creates new allies for all of us."

Let's unite.

a man in a black leather jacket is standing in front of a purple background ALT: a man in a black leather jacket is standing in front of a purple background

NAILED IT

I'm considering registering (briefly) as a Liberal to vote AGAINST her.

She's just an objectively terrible person and human being.

To attack a NATO ally would mean kickstarting the collapse of the USA as we know it.

The other possibility is Vance trying to trigger this so he could invoke the 25th Amendment to take his boss' place.

It's a bit more complicated (and worse) than that.
Oligarchs have put in Trump's ear that as climate change worsens, Greenland will reveal access to strategic deposits of oil, rare minerals and freshwater.

It's a long con.

The same thing is true when citizens demand legislative action.
Statistics prove citizens' posture on US bills of law have no influence on whether the motions passes or not.

Capitalists' needs and demands, on the other hand, correlate... and lobbying money is the causal link. Always.
#oligarchy

I know this isn't popular in *some* circles, but I've never been concerned with popularity.

Hey, #California? Canada here. We have your back. We're more alike than most of the states you're (supposedly) united with.
This too shall pass, and you will thrive. Stay in touch. Let's support each other.

The US birth rate has been at an all-time low since the 2008 Great Recession, yet right-wing oligarchs refuse to admit their manipulations (and collapse) of the economy are vastly to blame.

Kids are expensive. Their bought-up policymakers don't know the value of a dollar. They can't fix this.

...is this satire?

It sounds like satire. Please confirm because otherwise that sounds like child abuse right there.

Giuliani and Bannon are just two new additions to the eternal Trump one-and-only playbook:

Squeeze and squeeze and over-promise, and once the gum has lost its flavour, spit it out and rapidly move on.

Love that for them. Let them fight. It's good.

Bannon has always favored home-grown racists (KKK, Evangelicals, descendants of plantation bourgeoisie) over the "Made abroad" variety.

To discover NOW that his "America First" views also includes where the racism is born and grew up is pretty wild!

/falls into a Wikipedia hole

...this was informative, but somehow I think OP went above and beyond 🫢🤣

If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it ;)

But seriously, Bannon, core MAGA instigator, wanting to feud with Musk is unsurprising. You have the downtrodden white rural/Evangelical/culturally right-wing America and the immigration-dependent billionaire class at each other's throats.

Love that for them.

I've had my issues with Jean Chrétien but hot damn, his column yesterday fired me up something fierce.

The man still knows how to spin a tale.

Newsflash for Ross:
I'm Canadian. My family's initial settler ancestor in Canada came to this land in 1702.
You've had your chance and we have resolutely, consistently said NO.
We don't want to be the United States. Not now, not ever.

To even try it is to kickstart the destruction of the USA.

Ahh, Ross Douthat.
Never, ever entertain the opinion of someone who wants —nay, is compelled— to list a long list of not-even-close traits of his lineage to justify his stance, as if that ever could form even a basis of authority to appeal to.

It baffles me that middle-class right-wingers in Canada willingly become shills for multimillionaires and multinational corporations when they, like everyone else in their shoes, only benefit from the carbon tax.

Remember, when Conservatives suggest changes... they're not sending us their best.

On January 20th, the White House will now feature the Offal Office.