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Fight between bald eagle and Canada goose in Burlington bay 'very symbolic,' says photographer A bald eagle may have thought it spotted an easy lunch in a Canada goose sitting on an icy bay in Burlington, Ont., but according to Mervyn Sequeira — who watched and photographed a 20-minute battle between the two birds — the goose held its own. During his weekly Sunday morning family hike at the LaSalle Marina, Sequeira and his family witnessed a rare event — a fight between the national bird of the U.S. and the iconic Canadian animal. Spoiler - the eagle didn't dine on goose

Freaking man baby.

How Republicans told on themselves during the State of the Union But on Thursday night, many Republicans refused to stand when President Joe Biden celebrated even the most fundamental American values and accomplishments. House Speaker Mike Johnson was a particularly awkward example of this, as he grimaced in his chair through the majority of the speech. Johnson and his peers refused to stand to celebrate job growth, plummeting inflation, or Biden’s pledge to buy American goods and products. They didn’t stand up to support literacy or increased access to preschool. They didn’t stand in support of removing lead pipes for clean drinking water, ending cancer or protecting our troops. They refused to stand for IVF, even though most claim they now support it. They refused to stand up against fentanyl traffickers. Those should all be no-brainers. Unbelievably, Republicans didn’t even stand in defense of democracy — either here at home, or around the world — and they refused to stand up for NATO, the alliance that has kept the world safe for 75 years.

My mother lived the last few years of her life in a retirement home and it was heartbreaking how many of the very elderly reached a point where they had basically outlived their retirement income. Going from an assured extra income from private sources to having to live only on what the government gives everyone meant they needed to leave what, for some, had been home for 10 years or more.

It's a far cry from the millions Musk pretended to believe were scamming the system. Millions vs at most 266. Spare me the faux outrage, IOW.

From the article: Lin-Manuel is crying all the way to the bank Grenell. Grow up.

While nothing would surprise me about Trump this is where I land. He admires dictators - he wants to be a dictator. And he doesn't care about anyone or anything other than lining his own sleazy pockets. And of course the chronically indoctrinated have given him delusions of grandeur.

You'd think Trumpers would be horrified by stories like that. But of course they just shrug and say "but Hunter Biden wah wah wah".

Well most of us are aware that Trump is possibly the stupidest man in the world, but each and every day he says something to confirm it: Donald, Trudeau is not the one who will be calling the next election. But at least for now he's the one dealing with your pathetic pissing contest.

And in the meantime Putin's puppet has decreed that the US is no longer sharing intelligence with Ukraine. Trump will have blood on his hands soon. Not that he cares. But everyone who voted for that man or chose not to vote at all you are just as complicit.

So the CBC has an article titled "JD Vance goes on the offensive and offends, for Trump". I mean sure, he is actually doing that and managing to piss off multiple countries, not to mention the Catholic Church while doing so but c'mon. He's the bully boy? With the eyeliner and that improbable beard? I mean, yeah, he's totally obnoxious but he's just such a knob (as the Aussies would say - and did).

No, because they don't like hypocrisy:

Panama, Greenland lash out at Trump's latest push to 'reclaim' them, 'one way or another' So very presidential...

So Trump after one whole day is back to playing cutesy with the tariffs. According to CBC 'Canada wants the tariffs removed,' finance minister says as U.S. officials talk compromise. I don't want the tariffs, no one sane does, but I also don't want 4 damn years of will he, won't he, maybe yes, maybe no. Go play your mind games somewhere else Herr Trump!