Leonard Cohen was/is grandfather to Rufus Wainwright’s daughter — Viva Katherine — who has two dads (the other one being Rufus’s husband, Jorn Weisbrodt) and a mother, Rufus’s best friend Lorca Cohen (Leonard’s daughter).

Yes, I think it’s a lovely message, too. The timing of the NYT reporting has got me curious, though, as I seem to recall this meme being circulated fairly widely after the Canadian election in October, 2015.

I’ve also noticed that. It regularly resurfaces in meme form, too, as a way of delivering a this-is-what-happens-when-nice-countries-fight message, apparently.

In fairness, it’s the New York Times that seems to have just figured this out. They’ve been doing a lot of that lately in relation to Canada.

For some reason — perhaps the “Trudeau Effect”, if that’s even a thing — the New York Times has taken to running Canada-related stories that are either (a) obscure but not “new” news (such as this Canada + Denmark + Hans Island ritual that’s been the stuff of memes for years); or (b) embarrassingly dumb. In October,…

Reitman’s being a family-owned business, I just figured Meghan Markle was a granddaughter of one of the partners, or something. Boy, was I dumb.

Yeah, I reflexively think Meghan Markle Collection whenever her name pops up, presumably because I’m on the Reitman’s e-mail list and they promote her quite frequently.

This breach of ethics pertains to the Democratic primary debates.

This breach of ethics pertains to the Democratic primary debates.

Agreed, and well-said. Bernie Sanders’s name was one of the first things that came to mind once I realized this pertained to primary debates.

It’s the kind of Halloween get-up that got more amazing the longer I looked at it.

Erm, don’t you mean bigly?

You’re right about the cultural and ceremonial duties of the Canadian Governor-General — I’m pretty sure he/she is Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian military — but I was also thinking of the constitutional angle, including things federal election call-related. I also remembered that Stephen Harper needed to obtain…

Speaking of American election-related Halloween costumes, I let out a deep gasp when I first laid eyes on ^^^ this one ^^^ but calmed down considerably once I realized that (a) the woman wearing it is Jemima Khan, whose politics would be decidedly anti-Trump; and (b) the “Trump Groper” mannequin had been put up for…

Me again, with an afterthought: Michelle Obama, Ambassador to the United Nations? (Although headquarters in New York City would be bound to prove a stumbling block for her).

As much as I like this idea and where you’re going with it, the Governor-General is the Queen’s — or King’s — chief representative in Commonwealth countries such as Canada.

I reckon that was a very wise piece of advice, Mrs. Finch. ;=)

Oh, man, “birthing” the placenta made my abdominal area feel like a giant ball of bread dough that was being kneaded the old-fashioned way..... by hand, not via a bread-making machine. ;=)

I think you just have to tell yourself that a story like this is really an exception to the rule? Especially in this day and age?

Having gotten to know him a tiny bit better over the course of a 3-day hospital stay — which allowed me to realize he wasn’t a complete write-off as a human being — I ended up giving him an upgrade, whereby he went from “total creep” to “cocky bastard”. ;=)