Ya shoulda been around for Looney Tunes, kid. (h/t Lupus solus)
Online News Act Reported Dead
In the name of placating President Donald Trump and his band of oligarchs, the Canadian government may be getting set to kill its last-remaining bit of Big Tech regulation.
I’m told, by sources not authorized to speak on the record, that Ottawa has told publishers to be ready for the death of the Online News Act. It would be just one concession offered up to alleviate — but not end — Trump’s punitive, illegal trade war.
Such a retreat wouldn’t just be bad policy. It would be a surrendering of our sovereignty.
Oh noes! Not our sovereignty! Think of the sovereignty!
The Online News Act requires that major social media, search and advertising technology companies compensate Canadian news outlets for lost advertising revenue. That law has only applied, thus far, to Google and Meta — and the latter hates it so much that they have blocked Canadians’ access to news on Facebook and Instagram for the past three years.
I can’t imagine why anyone would go to the trouble, but whole silly thing is archived here.
Compilation of Elbows Up Cope
Woke is Back … on Steroids!
Four English gents discuss the aftermath of the Jason Arday fiasco. Make no mistake, the usual suspects want Woke 2 back big time. Their very livelihoods depend upon it. Don’t be surprised if a reverse George Floyd phenomenon occurs in America in the coming months, in the run-up to the mid-term elections.
I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords
WATCH: A humanoid robot training for the “Robot Olympics” in Beijing runs too fast, fails to stop, slams into a safety cushion, and breaks at the waist pic.twitter.com/WEHdYCiPlO
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 20, 2026
Economic Seppuku
Here’s a suggestion for the government of Japan: maybe, just maybe, dial back the borrowing and spending spree and the bond markets might not be so jittery.
Japan is running low on options to fight a bond rout that could push debt financing costs above government estimates, leaving Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ambitious spending agenda hostage to forces she can’t control.
The global bond selloff has found its epicentre in Japan with the benchmark 10-year yield on the brink of hitting 3% for the first time since the mid-1990s, as investors grow increasingly nervous about the country’s towering debt pile and inflation risks stemming from the Middle East war.
What Would We Do Without NATO Partners?
This is how a real genocide looks like. The entire history of Turkey is genocides, massacres, and expulsions on a scale that dwarves any other country in the region. In the 20th century alone they have killed millions and expelled just as many. Amazing how no one cares. pic.twitter.com/l7uQhT6xIF
— Uri Kurlianchik (@VerminusM) August 17, 2026
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
The “T” word: I was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years. This is why I resigned.
Pipelines
A look back at the Keystone XL pipeline drama as Trump touts its potential revival
Trump boasts Keystone XL as trade talk win. It’s not clear it was ever off the table.
N.S. premier says U.S. trade dispute a ‘wake-up call’ for economic diversification
Reconciliation For War Dead
Afghan war memorial on stolen land. (paywall)
Diversity is Our Strength
A truly disgusting story has come out of Abbotsford, BC:
Police are searching for a woman who was caught on camera dumping a huge bag of trash into a scenic duck pond at a public park in Canada.
The unidentified woman has been accused of pouring plastic packaging into public spaces in Abbotsford, a picturesque town close to the United States border.
Detectives said the woman was caught dumping waste in at least two spots over the summer – the duck pond at Mill Lake Park, and close to Bluejay Elementary School.
h/t ‘Thought criminal‘
Related: Meanwhile, in 2-Tier Britain: New immigrant steals from charity.
Friday On Turtle Island
The Democrat Party’s America: Victor Davis Hanson – Republicans need a plan to win. A woke warehouse.
Brookfield Carney’s Canada: Don’t upset the Indians. Canada has a water shortage?
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: Who rules best? China’s WHO. Green activists. What the British still don’t get.
Oddments For The Weekend
Including assorted dental training heads; scenes of ominous creaking; and a collection of lost and found cassette tapes, complete with audio.
August 21, 2026: Reader Tips
This is the interesting story of Finland’s Decisive Victory over the Soviets in the Winter of 1939-40. More details.
Bonus: Here is why Canada will very likely never get a Buc-cee’s.
Your most decisive news tips are always appreciated!
Strangest Items Available from Amazon
Classic Gag/Novelty Hits
- Yodeling Pickle — A plastic pickle that yodels when you press a button.
- Handerpants — Tiny underwear-shaped gloves that fit over your hands.
- Wearable Shark Blanket — A wearable blanket designed so it looks like a shark is swallowing you.
- Screaming Goat — A small figurine (often paired with a book) that lets out a loud goat scream when activated.
- Original Poop Knife — A long-handled silicone/metal tool inspired by a legendary Reddit story, marketed for “chopping” oversized deposits.
Teach Democrats Not To Rape
He thought it was over. It ain’t over:
Federal agents seized electronic devices from former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell at the San Francisco airport on Saturday and then raided his home in Washington, DC, the next day as part of an ongoing probe connected to sexual assault allegations, sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.
Swalwell did not immediately respond to messages from CNN following the raid, but he has repeatedly denied all allegations of sexual assault. The FBI declined to comment.
Swalwell resigned from Congress and dropped his gubernatorial bid in April after reporting from CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle detailed allegations of sexual misconduct, including one former staffer who said he had raped her.
If Wishes Were Horses…
As of yesterday social media has been chock full of posts from Carney’s water carriers desperately trying to rationalize a defeat into victory. Good luck with that. All that remains now is to declare than any trade deal is a good deal so that the remaining provinces can safely lift the ban on American booze while hoping that no one remembers their idiocy.
“If I were leading the country, I’d fight. I think we should fight this guy,” he told the station.
Kinew said Manitoba still has to see some details, but if the booze goes back on shelves, his government reserves the right to pull it back off again if U.S. President Donald Trump changes terms.
The Sound Of Settled Science
I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords
You’ll never guess who wins.
A groundbreaking study by Just Facts has measured the rates at which premium versions of four leading AI chatbots—namely ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Grok, and Claude—spread fictions from the political left and from the political right.
The study accomplished this by asking the AIs 100 multiple-choice questions that were designed to elicit falsehoods from opposing sides of the political spectrum. This enabled the study to measure how often the AIs spread untruths from the left and from the right.
Social Disease
BlueSky, where opposition to pedophilia is labeled “intolerant”