We need to eventually get to a global structural currency to serve for liquidity, a common currency for trade, BOP closing, etc, etc, (not for national consumption transactions, and national currency cure free floats are useful), and we’ll keep paying a deadweight loss until we get it.

You could cry, or laugh. Next they are going to ask “how do we fill these batteries as cheap as possible”? ☀️💨

Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell announced that J.J. McCarthy is out for Christmas Day against the Lions after imaging revealed a small hairline fracture in his hand. Max Brosmer gets the nod for Minnesota.

'The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender' is no longer releasing in theaters It's now being released on Paramount+ (via THR)

📊The final federal polls of 2025 have tightened up. 🔢See complete list here → 338canada.com/polls.htm

pretty sure Missouri is the only state to lose three NFL teams

Terrific investigative reporting and some serious safety questions raised by @faizsays.bsky.social @arturgalocha.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

seems good

Highest-rated films of Timothée Chalamet's career on Rotten Tomatoes 🍅

Isaac TeSlaa on OPI penalty: Lions WR says, 'I did it the right way. There's nothing I could have done differently' www.freep.com/story/sports...

As we look ahead to 2026, now is the time to ask - is the point of our economies to generate higher GDP figures or create conditions for human flourishing? Read our piece for Project Syndicate on how a mission for peace can unite domestic needs and global prosperity ➡️ buff.ly/Jv2ZeSc

Trump is bailing out farmers again, because of course he is. This is how it always works in Washington, D.C.: Heads farmers win, tails taxpayers lose

Senator Bernie Sanders will administer the oath of office to New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani during his public swearing-in ceremony at City Hall on January 1. trib.al/ylTzosO

Bari Weiss tried to say the 60 Minutes report wasn’t ready because it didn’t advance the story, so she censored it, thereby advancing the story and elevating the reporting into something not just vital, but viral. What a news genius

Huawei’s ultra-luxury Maextro S800 sedan is so popular in China nowadays, it’s outselling Porsche’s Panamera, Mercedes-Benz’s S-Class and all other vehicles with sticker prices of at least $100,000. bloom.bg/3Y8ZJON 📷: Huawei Technologies Co.

Jared Goff: Refs have a hard job, Lions shouldn't use them as an excuse for losing. www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

Official trailer for Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ ⚔️ In theaters on July 17, 2026

When I say WE ARE EATING THE EARTH, I mean agriculture is eating the earth. Farms cover 40% of our land, and they’re overrunning a soccer field worth of forest every six seconds. When you eat a burger, you’re eating the Amazon.

Larry Ellison gives $40bn personal backing to Warner Bros Discovery bid ft.trib.al/HmxFhdP

The #Lions are rotating Centers and Guards like it’s a AJ Hinch platoon. Stephen Vogt too. Put em in the AL Central. This game is an atrocity. Romo saying “I think they miss Ragnow.” THANKS GENIUS! #OnePride  @lockedonlions.bsky.social

On @pivotpod.bsky.social last week @profgalloway.com rightly criticized @facethenation.bsky.social host Margaret Brennan for doing right wing talking points instead of asking factual questions and it looks like it’s gotten worse this week. What a major fail and an embarrassment.

Bears are 11-4. They can clinch the NFC North with a win over the 49ers next week. Packers are 9-5-1. If they beat the Ravens next week and Vikings in Wk 18 they’re in the playoffs. Lions are 8-6, Steelers on tap Sunday. If they win out, they still need 1 more loss by CHI or GB to get in

Ties are counted as a half win, half loss essentially. So I believe Green Bay would basically be at 10 with the tie breaker over the Lions

The updated NFC playoff picture after Saturday's games!

A tie is not great for the Lions. With a win or a tie tonight, Bears could clinch a playoff spot next week.

The Bears walk off a wild one to stay atop the NFC North. Week 16 continues to deliver.

About time. Lions place Kerby Joseph on IR as part of a slew of roster moves. Activate Christian Mahogany from IR

The 8-9 and 7-10 matchups of the CFP first round were very close games. That’s a step in the right direction after four lopsided games last year (with messed-up seeding).

after all, it is the season we celebrate virgins

The province receives recommendations from panels all the time, and premier & gov't take or leave ideas as they please. But this is different. This panel was *chaired* by Premier Danielle Smith. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Week 16 is here, and it’s a big one. Before Saturday’s games kick off, this is what I’m hearing on: - Aaron Glenn’s future - The Titans’ head coaching wishlist - Why not Sean Payton? - The Rams lose control - Booger on boogers www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...

TSX year-to-date: ⬆️ 27.5% S&P500 year-to-date: ⬆️ 16.5%

Sean McVay advocates for a rule change that would treat backward passes during two-point conversion attempts the same as fumbles; such a rule would have wiped out last night's game-tying play. www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

Kadyn Proctor, meantime, is nnnnnot helping himself tonight my god man

Report: Darian Mensah will return to Duke instead of entering 2026 draft. www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Beyond parody. We have an attorney general who is covering up the Epstein Files and a President who is proud he could identify a giraffe

Tim Hodgson is the most influential member of Mark Carney’s cabinet, and he epitomizes the shift in governing styles and priorities this year. So I spent some time trying to understand how he approaches his job and how it’s going so far. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

The Seattle Seahawks become the third team to clinch a playoff berth! The Rams can NOT clinch a top-6 seed this week.

Here we go. Elise Stefanik changed everything she was, everything she believed in, for power. And in the end, Trump endorsed another dude and Elise is out. Shameful

BREAKING: Most anti-war President ever, also a winner of the FIFA Peace Price, threatened to invade Venezuela for oil earlier this week and has now launched strikes in Syria.

This Reform mayoral candidate just can’t stop questioning minority ethnic politicians’ loyalty to the UK. He’s done it over and over again. Nigel Farage should have sacked him two weeks ago. He must sack him now. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"Governor Kathy Hochul today signed legislation to eliminate the '100-foot-rule' for new natural gas hookups that costs New Yorkers hundreds of millions of dollars a year." www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo... 🔌💡

Gen Z protests swept the world this year, pushing for political change in countries from Turkey and Indonesia to France and Mexico. ⁠ ⁠ Protesters have rallied behind an unlikely symbol: a Jolly Roger-inspired straw hat-wearing pirate flag. www.ft.com/ft-explains

New from me. On the floor crossing. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Los Angeles Rams receiver Puka Nacua has apologized for performing a gesture that plays upon antisemitic tropes on an internet livestream. https://cnn.it/492Red0

The new EV tax per mile could ‘breach human rights’ if it applies to miles (or even km) driven abroad bit.ly/4aXPq7H D Tel of course always a strong supporter of using human rights laws to challenge govt!

7 Lions who could be playing their final game at Ford Field this Sunday atozsports.com/nfl/detroit-...