Iran Men's National Football team holding children's backpacks during their national anthem. 😢

It’s surprisingly chilly for March 28.

The only mainstream journalists speaking truth to power these days are cartoonists

Imagine that. Getting paid $100k+ a year for staying at home.

Trump just called the Strait of Hormuz, the “Strait of Trump” before correcting himself and getting flustered. #cdnpoli

My wife has her driving test on Tuesday of next week. The weather forecast is in a constant state of flux.

I haven't checked the sources but this is the kind of thing that needs to be put in the face of those who say that solar and wind power don't work. Or that windmills are gay or whatever.

On capturing Kharg Island, the Iranian oil export hub: "As Senator Lindsey Graham, the Trump whisperer, said, “We did Iwo Jima; we can do this.” What Graham didn’t mention was that 26,000 Americans were killed or wounded capturing the Japanese island of Iwo Jima near the end of World War II."

I was on assignment in particular places for 2-4 years at the time. I usually made an archive file of my Outlook mailbox to have as a reference in the future. I recently tried opening one up (from 2014). Corrupted. Not sure if there is a way to fix that. Physical decluttering is my real concern.

And at the end of the day, those taking part will smugly return to their daily lives. Protesting a few times a year and carrying witty signs is not enough. There ought to be crowds thousands deep around the White House and Mar-a-Lago, being so loud and disruptive that they can’t be ignored.

Putting human faces on geopolitical events is important. It goes further than any description of the damage can go. By all accounts, the bombing of the school was the result of sloppy interpretation of intelligence and inadequate verification of a target. “Bomb our little hearts out”, Trump says.

I've been working on the family archives again, and it is easy to go down a lot of rabbit holes. Go back five generations, and you have 128 5x great grandparents. This is a bit more recent. My maternal grandmother on the left, her sister on the right. Circa 1910 (she was born in 1895).

I don’t have one, but I like most dogs. My peeves: 1. Owners who let their dogs piss on our front garden, and get all huffy if you call them out. 2. Owners for whom it seems a huge burden to carry a bag of their dog’s poo until they get to a garbage can, and just leave it wherever.

Trump felt as if he had the control lever for the Dow. I'm sure that he and his buddies/family have made a fortune through his manipulations. But now the handle seems to have broken off. It will take more than his words to satisfy traders that they should behave one way or another.

I don’t have one, but I like most dogs. My peeves: 1. Owners who let their dogs piss on our front garden, and get all huffy if you call them out. 2. Owners who for who it seems a huge burden to carry their a bag of their dog’s poo until they get to a garbage can, and just leave it wherever.

Iran has just released another Lego video mocking the Americans. #cdnpoli

"Mr. Buria [Hegseth's chief of staff] told Mr. Driscoll [Secretary of the Army] that President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, the officials said." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

Have you read this? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

So who believes Trump vs who believes the Iranians? Because it is certainly sounding like he's making this up to calm the markets. Also, Israel doesn't seem to be interested in stopping. Iran War Live Updates: Trump Again Extends Deadline for Iran to Open Strait or Face Strikes on Power Grid

The defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, prayed during a religious service at the Pentagon that there be “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy”.

I can't wait to see what criticism the CPC will have concerning this very commonsense bill. Because you know they'll find something that they will claim is attacking the democratic process.

Hungarian elections are coming up in 17 days, and Orban will be pulling every trick in the book to stay in power. The Hungarian foreign minister admits that he has had conversations with his Russian counterpart both before and after EU meetings, but calls it "diplomacy".

My father (far left) and his four siblings - circa 1931 in Winnipeg.

Quel surprise. Doug: Signs don't work.

Cue the motorists who will say "he shouldn't have been on the road" or "they all go through stop signs".

Happy Anniversary to us! March 26, 2007 at Boulders Beach, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Good. All the faux outrage is just that. The main issue that the opposition is most fussed about is the loss of the exemption for religious texts / speech. I am happy to see that defence gone.

And the US Ambassador got all het up when Ford ran his ad. "U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday reiterated his “complete and total endorsement” of Orbán in the Hungarian elections. And U.S. Vice President JD Vance is reportedly due to fly to Budapest in April in support of the prime minister."

“We used to talk about the end of the regime when the war stopped,” says a teacher in Mashhad, a city in north-eastern Iran. “Now we fear what to do with a regime that is stronger and more powerful than ever.”

New: Pete Hegseth’s pastor and close spiritual advisor says he wants Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico to die. “We want him crucified with Christ,” Brooks Potteiger said of Talarico, as the podcast host said he prays “that God kills him.” www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...

I have a few subscriptions that eliminate ads on their service in exchange for a fee. I would happily pay an additional fee to not see the comments sections. Not needed for The Guardian and the New York Times, whose comments sections are well moderated and actually contain intelligent points.

Every day the Pentagon makes a video of cool explosions from Iran for the president of the United States to watch, so he can bounce up and down in his high chair, clap his little hands, and cry "Yay! Make it go boom again!" www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

For the umpteenth time, the Parliamentary Budget Officer is not a "watchdog". Lazy journalism. It's like referring to the staff of the parliamentary library as "watchdogs". ...2

Poor, poor Randy. You fucked around, and now you’ll find out.

$12 million a year and he can’t speak French. I question the effort that he is making. My estimate would be “zero”. He’s just expecting to get away with it again. He doesn’t really care, or he’d spend some of his pocket change on a tutor and perhaps start speaking with his employees in French.

He’s a repeat offender Who promised to learn French. I learned as an adult and had to pass an evaluation every five years (until I was exempted because they considered it good enough). I took lessons at my own expense In addition to the ones provided by my employer. And I was paid a lot less.

It's very much a 2 way race in Hungary's parl elections, taking place in less than 3 weeks. And, of course, Orban is trying to manipulate the results. The first graphic, below, takes into account all polls. Looks like FIDESZ is catching up, right? Not so fast! ...2

Perhaps an unpopular opinion but maybe we need to go the way of Denmark and axe mail delivery. Post offices have had a good run but are increasingly irrelevant. If they cannot figure out a way of scaling down so that they can still operate effectively, it seems unlikely that things will get better.

So we don't need speed cameras in school zones, eh Doug Ford? Asshole. Behaviour of drivers is terrible here. This morning I had not one but two drivers go waaay out of turn at 4-way stops near a school - and of course one of them just gave me the finger. Civility is not improving.

Wow. Diefenbaker won 208 seats in 1958 (out of 265), Mulroney had 211 in 1984 (out of 282), and Chretien had 177 in 1993 (out of 295). So there have been bigger majorities, but none were polling this well a year after being elected.

Our cat, for reasons known only to itself, routinely stands guard at the entrance to the kitchen when one of us is preparing a meal. If only they could explain…

Fantastic initiative. "The guidance published on Tuesday means that from 2028, no new homes will be on the gas network - and will instead be on a heat network or get a heat pump - and they must have solar panels on their roofs covering an area equivalent to 40% of the ground floor space."

With good results in from French, Slovenian, and Italian elections/referenda, it seems that some sanity is returning as far-right ideals are being rejected. I am not yet at ease but it is encouraging to see this fresh breeze. Perhaps, as in Canada's last election, the Trump pushback is at work.

Suspicions confirmed.

A friend of min was an accidental American - she was born during a brief period when her father was a visiting prof at a US uni. Never had a US passport, never wanted one. It cost her thousands to renounce and she had to file years of US tax returns (because ultimately it’s about money). …2

BRENNAN: 60% of Americans disapprove of military action against Iran. 57% think the conflict is going badly. How do you tell the American people they're wrong? WALTZ: Well, I could quote a whole slew of polls that show, for example, self-described MAGA Republicans give the president 100% approval

"With only a sweatshirt and running shoes, Doody spent much of his trip indoors." So... he was staying with his brother and his brother didn't have any outerwear that he could let him use? Yes, it sucks that his bag didn't make it but come on. Bags go missing sometimes.

It can't be easy being a judge these days, especially with the nation's leaders painting a huge target on your back.

Iran is dead? Then why does he need NATO help then? And “death to half the American electorate” doesn’t sound like the words of a Nobel Prize contender.

Targeting of civilian infrastructure is a war crime.