In the latest episode of South Park, Jesus has turned into an anger-spewing Trump-praising MAGAite Towelie: “What the hell happened to Jesus?” Cartman: “He’s all Christian now.”

This would have a made for a perfect episode of Almost Live's 'The Ineffectual Middle Management Suck-Ups.' www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

I’m so sorry but I missed Trump’s speech. Was it a dumpster fire?

"Beginning in or around March 2024 ... Mr. MacAskill has directed a campaign of harassment, abuse and defamation against the plaintiffs through an online blog he maintains and controls," reports my favourite reporter. www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article...

I wonder what Washington state thinks of Danielle Smith’s idea of building her much-wanted bitumen pipeline through their state.

Canucks are 2-0-0 in the post-Quinn Hughes era.

So the Kelowna MLA was on the side of "mentoring" the young Nazi, as I understand it.

This is the type of project I want to see our governments focus on in response to Trump tariffs rather than pipelines and digging holes in the ground. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

Gazette Tip: There’s a break in the weather so get out and exercise. There are beautiful places to hike or cycle in Oak Bay and it’s a great way to meet people. Paramedics, mainly.

Each year, @giffords.org grades gun laws in all 50 states. And each year, the data shows states with effective gun laws have fewer gun deaths. We know how to save lives and prevent gun violence in our communities. It's time to act.

I agree with that point actually. Canadian spelling is a mixture of American, British and our own, but 'ise' endings aren't something we commonly use here. We use the American 'ize' but the British-like 'our' endings, for example. Good for us.

So this is why Trump is threatening tariffs on Canadian potash - because he'd rather get it from Russia's ally, Belarus (from the NYT).

Almost a tragic morning - coffee maker gave out. Fortunately, we had a backup. It's always wise to have a backup.

I hope the world’s foreign ministries when they send correspondence to Marco Rubio do it in Calibri font.

What a great pronunciation guide for the new Lower Mainland bridge in this post. It's not hard to say at all - STAW-lo-awesome.

That should reduce some of the panic that's going on.

It’s cannabis financial reporting season. That’s more exciting than Christmas. Companies are adapting to changes in the Quebec market, reports my favourite reporter for his favourite cannabis website. theounce.ca/news/red-or-...

BC Liquor does this too - hire minors to go into liquor stores and pubs to catch servers selling to customers they shouldn’t. It’s entrapment and Ontario is now doing this in its cannabis stores. There’s that and other cannabis news for people with short attention spans. theounce.ca/news/quick-h...

Can you earn a PhD at a “cultivation campus,” wonders my favourite reporter after reporting on a big sale in Ontario for his favourite cannabis website. theounce.ca/news/sensi-b...

Cannabis sales on the rise in B.C., reports my favourite reporter for his favourite cannabis website. theounce.ca/features/can...

Did you know you should't eat a cannabis edible and drive? Now there’s a study to prove it. A surprising finding is that some people think they drive better after eating cannabis gummies, reports my favourite reporter for his favourite cannabis website. theounce.ca/news/edibles...

Last night, 8-month-old Rahaf died of exposure after her family’s tent in Gaza was flooded. No parent should have to bury their child, yet this horror is the reality for countless Palestinians displaced by Israel’s genocide. Canada’s complicity must end. Sanction Israel now. shorturl.at/5I3i8

Make sure it's a really BIG Pride celebration. Lots of rainbow flags. globalnews.ca/news/1157250...

I agree with the critics in this case. Build new theatre on the site of the old one, which we've been told could be done. We don't need the current community theatre if we build a new one. Yes, it'll mean no theatre for a time, but there are workarounds for events that normally would go in there.

The only woman on council received a glowing endorsement from one of her colleagues, reports my favourite reporter.

Informative: I didn't know it was International Smart Phone Application Day.

“But in a win for the chemicals industry…”

School, daycare and an 89-unit apt building relying on some on-street parking. Councillors worry things could get a little congested on Wild Goose Street, reports my favourite reporter.

The goal was to keep the increase under 5%, but there are other tax rates still to be determined that are out of the municipality's control, reports my favourite reporter

More budget coverage coming from my favourite reporter later today, but I wanted to get the important item out right away.

Peachland budget day begins in 4 minutes. Very exciting.

Councillors complain developer only meeting minimum requirements. Sounds like they should be saying the city’s minimum is not enough.

Sure looks like TSN/Bell Media is using AI to write summary stories attributed to ‘TSN Staff’ So we’re clear: Logan Cooley is not a previous Art Ross winner.

BC Conservatives: Indigenous rights are inconvenient so should be repealed.

Well, if it comes down to mining vs. people's rights, obviously we have to get rid of people's rights. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

That's true. And add ball thief to Messi's set of skills. #MLSCup

Watching Global BC doc on Whitecaps' NASL title win in 1979. A couple similarities to this year: A soccer legend. Alan Ball, joins team midseason, just like Thomas Muller this season. Caps knocked off the big-name NY Cosmos on way to final. This year, the big names to knock off will be in the final.

Bring back the digital services tax.

Winning the first-ever FIFA Peace Prize is like winning the Jeffrey Dahmer inaugural culinary award.

I’ve seen posts saying this is #WhitecapsFC or Van’s first cup final since ’79 NASL Soccer Bowl. It may be true it’s their 1st league championship game since then, but they were just in CONCACAF Champions Cup final and have been in Cdn cup finals. And, of course, BC Lions have been to Grey Cup.

Agree with that: "Pulping old growth is a temporary strategy at best, and we need a long-term strategy." www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/eby...

What a mess the BC Conservatives are in right now, but before their political opponents gloat too much, the BC Con coup seems quite similar to the movement to oust Carole James from the BC NDP leadership in 2010.

I told the editor of my favourite cannabis website I would have more than a shitload of copy to submit to him next week. But what is the term for more than a shitload, I asked. A shit ton, he answered.

Why does Israel get to decide whether a border crossing between Gaza and Egypt is opened or closed?

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

Build a new Kelowna community theatre on the site of the old one. Yes, it means there won't be any for a year or two, but that's been done before. Some events go to the arena, some to the smaller Mary Irwin Theatre. We'd get thru. Don't take away green, public or park space for the project.

Kelowna needs a new performing arts centre, yes, but I don’t think we need two of them.

CBC News Network gives Trump and his spokespeople too much airtime.

Trump admin’s war-mongering rhetoric about Venezuela sounding a lot like Bush Jr’s war-mongering rhetoric about Iraq

So the US wants to go to war with Venezuela because its leader is running a narco state, they say, and yet Donald Trump just pardoned a former Honduran leader convicted of doing exactly that.