O Canada

[supesalemgr2]

Why does anyone care whatever Prince Harry does?

First answer - applies to most: Celebrity entertainment. Few people really care what celebrities do. It's just idle entertainment, like a TV show except somewhat live.

Second answer - applies to me and others with British ties: The royals have always been discussion/conversation topics, often derisive, and everybody loves a royal scandal. Modern kings don't really rule much, but they're an important (and generally supported) part of the culture and history.

I admit the "Royals" intrigue me. Fergie was the most fun because she is a free spirit.

[O Really]

Yeah also as to Harry, he is one of Diana's sons, a living link, and everybody loved Diana.

[neoplacebo]

I think the stark differences between Harry and his brother also stoke the interest in Harry. If I had a choice of whether to spend a weekend with Harry or with his brother, I'd go with Harry.

[O Really]

I think the stark differences between Harry and his brother also stoke the interest in Harry. If I had a choice of whether to spend a weekend with Harry or with his brother, I'd go with Harry.

Yeah, me too. Being "the spare" does have some advantages in how you can run your life.

[GoCubsGo]

I think the stark differences between Harry and his brother also stoke the interest in Harry. If I had a choice of whether to spend a weekend with Harry or with his brother, I'd go with Harry.

Yeah, me too. Being "the spare" does have some advantages in how you can run your life.

Yeah, just ask Edward.

[O Really]

It's understandable that Harry might have wanted to distance himself from the world of working royalty. He wasn't really ever going to be King, his mum was basically killed by paparazzi, and he had Meghan, who was never going to be completely accepted. If he had just resigned from his official duties, moved to California and enjoyed the life at least somewhat out of the constant spotlight, probably all would have been well. But writing a book waving the family's dirty laundry and making potentially embarrassing claims didn't help anything but his bank account. Then it seemed he wanted both sides - keep the privileges, dump the responsibilities. That didn't help. And apparently there's a Meghan problem, who found out she was no Diana.

[Vrede too]

... Being "the spare" does have some advantages in how you can run your life.

Yeah, just ask Edward.

Or Andrew.

. . . to a point.

[Vrede too]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUUF4uKDcbl/

What the fuck

Sad Canada sellout

No amount of money could make me endorse the country that threatens mine.

Arguably the most Alberta move imaginable

She's from Calgary.

girl you’re canadian pls what is this

À Québec City radio station just called her “Traitre McRae,” which translates to “Traitor McRae.” Hahaa! I love it.

“i’m a bit lost” is an understatement

Ur Canadian but promoting America for the Olympics??? …. This is so disappointing lmao

Girl, we are Canadian, we do NOT cheer for team USA at winter sports, especially during times like these!!!

Tate McRae draws backlash from Canadian fans after appearing in a Winter Olympics promo for Team USA: 'Even the owl was GAGGED girl'
"Tate my girl you're Canadian! Don't sell your soul!" an X user wrote.

... “Every year I feel more valid in my dislike of her. Girl why are you advertising for the USA team after that country threatened to annex your actual home country of Canada? Traitor shit,” one user wrote on X. Another added, “Not the Canadian born and raised girl, promoting Team USA and wearing all red, given the state of the USA and everything Trump has said about Canada… I guess a paycheque is a paycheque?”

The “Revolving Door” singer, who’s also rumored to be dating Team USA hockey player Jack Hughes, relocated to Los Angeles when she was just 17 to pursue a career in music. During a concert soundcheck in June 2025, McRae told fans that California feels more like home to her than Calgary.

“Canada doesn’t feel like home anymore, which is weird,” she said. “Not like the country but just like the Calgary, where I’m from, feels a little less homey than LA.” ...

I can relate to that. Within a year Missoula felt more like home than the DC suburbs ever did, but Mom was still Mom.

[Vrede too]

Say what you want about Trump, but at least he's transparent with his corruption

DonOLD

[Vrede too]

It's understandable that Harry might have wanted to distance himself from the world of working royalty. He wasn't really ever going to be King, his mum was basically killed by paparazzi, and he had Meghan, who was never going to be completely accepted. If he had just resigned from his official duties, moved to California and enjoyed the life at least somewhat out of the constant spotlight, probably all would have been well. But writing a book waving the family's dirty laundry and making potentially embarrassing claims didn't help anything but his bank account. Then it seemed he wanted both sides - keep the privileges, dump the responsibilities. That didn't help. And apparently there's a Meghan problem, who found out she was no Diana.

I've barely skimmed the headlines, but I think Harry was also standing up for his wife in the face of barely disguised racist attacks from the tabloids. Chivalry isn't dead.

Then, there's Canadian royalty just doing what the Fords do:

'Should have shot him a couple more times': Ford congratulates person who shot alleged Ontario home invader

I don't have a problem with the Canadian equivalent of the Castle Doctrine, but turning it into a Dirty Harry moment and blaming liberal judges is a bridge too Ford for me.

[Anonymous too]

"Weak Kneed Judges" precisely.

[GoCubsGo]

It's understandable that Harry might have wanted to distance himself from the world of working royalty. He wasn't really ever going to be King, his mum was basically killed by paparazzi, and he had Meghan, who was never going to be completely accepted. If he had just resigned from his official duties, moved to California and enjoyed the life at least somewhat out of the constant spotlight, probably all would have been well. But writing a book waving the family's dirty laundry and making potentially embarrassing claims didn't help anything but his bank account. Then it seemed he wanted both sides - keep the privileges, dump the responsibilities. That didn't help. And apparently there's a Meghan problem, who found out she was no Diana.

I've barely skimmed the headlines, but I think Harry was also standing up for his wife in the face of barely disguised racist attacks from the tabloids. Chivalry isn't dead.

Then, there's Canadian royalty just doing what the Fords do:

'Should have shot him a couple more times': Ford congratulates person who shot alleged Ontario home invader

I don't have a problem with the Canadian equivalent of the Castle Doctrine, but turning it into a Dirty Harry moment and blaming liberal judges is a bridge too Ford for me.

Ah, the Ford brothers.

They're a treat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Ford

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Ford#Personal_life

[O Really]

The Fords are pigs.

[Vrede too]

The Fords are pigs.

As are DonOLD sycophants.

Controversial U.S. ambassador to Canada adds to Trump’s many diplomatic woes
The list of “undiplomatic diplomats” from the United States is getting longer. Pete Hoekstra is part of a pattern that shouldn’t exist.

When it comes to U.S. ambassadors, Donald Trump has two broad problems. The first is that the president just hasn’t nominated enough people to serve in key diplomatic posts.

The Wall Street Journal reported a couple of weeks ago, “Over 100 U.S. ambassador posts around the world are sitting empty in the Trump administration, a vacancy rate without modern precedent and one that some current and former officials warn is hamstringing U.S. diplomatic power abroad.”

Even in the midst of a war in the Middle East, the United States doesn’t have ambassadors in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Iraq or Kuwait. What’s more, this isn’t a situation in which a sclerotic Senate has struggled to confirm nominees; rather, there are vacancies because the White House hasn’t bothered to even nominate anyone for many of these posts.

MAGA = Incompetent

But the other element of the problem is just as notable: In too many instances, Senate-confirmed ambassadors are in office, but they’re doing a remarkably bad job. The Hill reported:

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra on Monday morning shared a post from President Trump about Canada being the “51st State,” reupping his acquisition push for the U.S.’s northern neighbor.

Hoekstra posted a screenshot of a Monday Trump Truth Social post in which the president said “51st State!” and linked to a Bloomberg article about economic struggles in Canada.

The online antics did not go unnoticed north of the border, though Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters that Ottawa would not take steps to expel the U.S. ambassador.

Of course, the fact that the Canadian prime minister was even asked about the possibility of expelling the U.S. ambassador was extraordinary.

... Time will tell whether Hoekstra, who also had a troubled career as a Republican congressman, manages to make matters even worse, but in the meantime, consider the broader pattern that he is clearly a part of:

* L. Brent Bozell III, the U.S. ambassador to South Africa, was recently summoned by the country’s foreign minister after he accused the government of discriminating against white people and expressed indifference to the country’s court rulings.
* Bill White, Trump’s ambassador to Belgium, sparked an international incident of sorts when he accused Belgian officials of antisemitism via social media. Belgium’s government was not pleased, and it summoned the U.S. ambassador for an official conversation soon after.
* Charles Kushner, Trump’s ambassador to France, was soon after banned from meeting members of the French government, which is ostensibly his job, after his own politically provocative rhetoric.
* Mike Huckabee, Trump’s ambassador to Israel, recently sparked a regional incident when he suggested that it “would be fine” if Israel took lands stretching across the Middle East, from Egypt to Iraq.
* Tom Rose, Trump’s ambassador to Poland, boasted about severing ties with the speaker of Poland’s parliament after the legislative leader said Trump did not deserve to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

Taken together, Politico recently characterized the group as the American president’s “undiplomatic corps.” The Washington Post’s Max Boot added, “Rather than promoting U.S. interests, many of Trump’s mini-me envoys are alienating their host countries by insulting critics and offending local sensibilities. … Trump does enough damage to America’s reputation by himself. He doesn’t need help from his undiplomatic diplomats in alienating the rest of the world.” ...

We don't even need to ask anymore why they hate us.

[O Really]

Happy Canada Day!

Canada Day is a day to reflect on what it means to be Canadian, to share what makes us proud and to celebrate in our own way. This pride is reflected in as many ways as there are Canadians.

Canada Day highlights the richness of our land, our diversity, our culture, our contributions, but above all, our people. Since 1868, July 1 is an opportunity for Canadians from all communities to come together.

Imagine that - a holiday that hasn't been hijacked by partisan divisionists.

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-herit ... a-day.html

[Vrede too]

Happy Canada Day!


Imagine that - a holiday that hasn't been hijacked by partisan divisionists.

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-herit ... a-day.html

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/imag ... M3NrA&s=10

Sounds like it's DEI Day, nttawwt. Congrats, O Canada!

[Vrede too]

Happy Canada Day!

Canada Day is a day to reflect on what it means to be Canadian, to share what makes us proud and to celebrate in our own way. This pride is reflected in as many ways as there are Canadians.

Canada Day highlights the richness of our land, our diversity, our culture, our contributions, but above all, our people. Since 1868, July 1 is an opportunity for Canadians from all communities to come together.

Imagine that - a holiday that hasn't been hijacked by partisan divisionists.

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-herit ... a-day.html

I'll do my best.


Trump Slaps 50% Tariffs on Canada, Loses $100B+ in Contracts Instead

(border-crossing smoke intended)

RepuQs want unanimous consent for their whiny hateful stupidity:


I Refused to Let Republicans Pass a Gimmick Resolution to Insult Our Canadian Friends

GoPattyGo!

Fwiw, brush clearing, thinning and selective logging have been studied in Montana and elsewhere. They necessarily involve road building and increased human activity. This leads to MORE fire activity, not less. As usual, DonOLD and the GQP are idiots and LIARS.

[Vrede too]

Couldn't Trump wait for the high of the World Cup to subside before hitting Canada with tariffs?

(border-crossing smoke intended)

[O Really]

Tru*p only understands the "stick" part, not the "carrot" part.
A celebration of "250 years" is ironic in that Tru*p is way worse than King George, yet those who would have been revolutionaries back then are now house eunuchs.

A review of the 27 grievances against King George specified in the US Declaration of Independence are clearly as applicable today a in 1776.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

At least King George had the decency to die at age 81.