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So, Calling What’s Happening In Gaza “Jewnocide” Would Be “Accuracy,” Not An Incendiary Cheap Shot Masquerading As Wit?


“Accuracy is essential in this propaganda war against an enemy that lies as shamelessly as it cowers behind civilians in ‘HaMosques’ and ‘HaMospitals.’ Boosting Israeli morale and demoralizing Hamas despite its bravado are central to Israel’s war effort and a critical arena where proud, unapologetic, pro-Israel activists can help.”

– Gil Troy in The Jerusalem Post


Can You Shoot The Messenger When They No Longer Messenge?


“On behalf of all British Columbians that have watched their local news station slowly turn to garbage by these companies who now say unsurprisingly that there is not a lot of support for them, I just want to say shame on you [who] bought them up like corporate vampires [and] have overseen the crapification of local news.”

– BC Premier David Eby on the Bell Media layoffs


Dead Reckoning?


“The day of reckoning has come.”

– Toronto Corporate Named University Senior Research Fellow Frank Clayton on proposed city tax hikes


Who Are You And What Have You Done With The Ex-president?
(And Can You Make It Permanent?)


“I really think it’s time now for everybody – our country – to come together. We want to come together – whether it’s Republican or Democrat or liberal or conservative. It would be so nice if we could come together and straighten out the world, straighten out the problems, and straighten out all the death and destruction… We’re gonna come together. It’s gonna happen soon, too.”

– Donald Trump after winning the Republican Iowa caucus


I Knew It Was Too Good To Last!
(But Couldn’t It Have Lasted Just A Little Longer?)


“E. Jean Carroll, who was down on her luck and failing at life, nastily calling her African American husband ‘an Ape,’ and her Cat ‘Vagina,’ has gained money and fame she so badly wanted.”

– Donald Trump after losing his defamation suit


How Dare He Agree To A Public Hearing‽
How Are We Supposed To Twist His Words If Everybody Can Hear Them‽
He’s Really In For It, Now, Boy!


“He just got into more trouble today.”

– Republican Representative James Comer on Hunter Biden


I Look Forward To A Serious Debate In Parliament On This Important Subject


“Is abolishing the United Nations now the official position of the Conservative Party of Canada?”

– Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after Tory MP Leslyn Lewis backed a petition urging withdrawal from the UN


I’m Easily Disappointed
(This Message Was Snickered At By Pierre Poilievre)


“You put a banana in your pants! We won’t forget that!”

– Lewis responds to Trudeau


But Drug Policy And Politics Have Been Mixed For Decades!


“People are mixing things together which should never be mixed.”

– support worker Rachel Campbell on a wave of overdoses in Belleville


I Can’t Wait To See The Arbitration Report For These Two!


“We don’t have a labour shortage. We have a wage shortage because people aren’t being offered the wages they are looking for to take certain jobs.”

– Sheila Block, senior economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

“We need to see unemployment rise. Unemployment has to jump 40% to 50% in my view… We need to see pain in the economy. We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around.”


– Australian real estate mogul Tim Gurner


More Money For The Police Is The Answer – We’re Just Not Sure If This Is The Right Question…


“Then, the police arrived. Everything changed immediately, dramatically, and very much for the worse.”

– Grace Alcaide Janicas, counsel for the inquest into the fatal shooting of Sammy Yatim in 2013


Is This A Trump Fact?
It Sounds Like A Trump Fact.
It Feels Like A Trump Fact.
It’s A Trump Fact, Isn’t It?


“We’re saving a million dollars, and we’re getting convenience… I heard from an employee from Staples, and they said their phone’s ringing off the hook.”

– Ontario Premier Doug Ford


Wait Until You See Their Upselling Propositions!


“It seems to me that this government has made a very strange decision behind closed doors that nobody I know, nobody we can find, has asked for.”

– Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles on moving Service Ontario locations into Staples and Walmart


Pierre Poilievre’s Take: “Grr! Brrap! Palestinians Bad! Bad! Bad! Bad! Bad! Bad! Booooooo Palestinians! Grr! Arrrgh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
Wanna Guess Who Is Surging In The Polls?


“We’re a place that does diversity better than just about anywhere else. And we have to remember that just waving a Palestinian flag is not automatically anti-Semitism. And someone expressing grief for hostages taken is not an endorsement of dead civilians.”

– Prime Minister Justin Trudeau


Are You Sure? Because Once Putin Has Completed His…Reimagining Of Ukraine, He Will Have Time On His Hands And The Wind At His Back…


“He’s not getting it back.”

– State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel, responding to Vladimir Putin’s order declaring Russia’s sale of Alaska to the United States in 1867 to be illegitimate


Like Any Good Guest, Carlson Brought Flowers And Chocolates
Of Course, The Flowers Were Dead And The Chocolates That Hadn’t Been Eaten Were Mouldy
He Must Have Thought He Was Visiting The Addams Family


“He has to dress up in costume to get people’s attention… He’s never said an interesting thing. He’s never had an interesting thought. I don’t think his divorce is very interesting – and that says a lot.”

– Tucker Carlson talking about Justin Trudeau before a visit to Canada


You Mean, It’s Not To Blame For My Wife Leaving Me?


“The Conservatives have been very good at convincing some Canadians that carbon pricing is responsible for everything that’s going wrong in their lives…we have to explain something that is rather complex.”

– federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault


That Doesn’t Help: Where Does My Wife – My Soon To Be Ex-wife – Fit Into It?


“The current carbon taxes are simple. Even if one disagrees with them, or if they’re not popular, they’re simple. ‘We’re going to charge you for emitting.’ That’s it.”

– University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe, disputing Guilbeault’s complexity claim


Like Animals?


“I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.”

– Yoav Gallant, Israeli Minister of Defence