It’s only fitting. BC’s father of Confederation was an ex-Californian named Amor de Cosmos. Your kind is welcome here!

We’ll take Vermont, NH and Maine, but only if you promise to leave Paul LePage behind.

Whoa whoa whoa are you laying claim to BC? Because Canada’s not going to want to give that up. It’s the source of our best salmon and weed. Bioregional Cascadia is more than welcome to join us, though.

My bad! I was remembering the episode where they snuck drugs into Maine using a model train set :)

Can’t forget Ricky, Julian, Bubbles and J-Rock

I totally agree—I’m ashamed to admit I forgot about Angela Bassett because she would rock it, as she does everything else.

My fave vegan that I’ve ever encountered was fat. It was the only time I was cool about vegans bragging about being vegan because all the concern-trolls “worried” about his health would lose their momentum whenever he pointed out that he’d been eating healthier than them for most of his life, and exercised a…

Yeah, it’s gotta be Kerry or Viola Davis. I’d love to see either one in this role!

Those are awesome obsessions! Even just on that little bit of info, he sounds like a great kid!

I’m going to miss the Obamas so much, and I’m not even American. Michelle is my freaking hero

This is all over the news here in Toronto this morning. In some ways, it’s actually been a good thing because it’s giving more standard news outlets (who typically leave the BLM stuff for the editorial/opinion writers) the opportunity to explain why All Lives Matter is so off the mark. I was pleasantly surprised that…

Honest question: does this tactic of using images of fetuses, etc. actually get the anti-abortion crowd any wins? Because even my socially conservative grandma and super Catholic aunt hate seeing the protesters with this type of sign outside our local abortion clinic—to the point that even though they might not agree…

I was wondering that too, especially with the head of Pride saying he just agreed to the demands to get things moving, Wente and Kay spewing their usual garbage, etc. Jacqui Latham’s statement does just about the best job I’ve seen of explaining/framing the issues—I really feel for them.

Seconded. I’ve used both standard stick deodorant (Secret, Dove, etc.) and the fancier Nivea antiperspirant for sensitive skin to avoid chub rub and shoe blisters and both types were great. Also helps that I usually have deodorant in my purse anyway, so I’m always prepared in case of emergency.

There is no better or worse. A little boy died because his parents don’t believe in modern medicine. They’re Canadian, so they could have gotten free medical care at any point during the two weeks that he was ill. They just didn’t do it.

You do realize that vaccines are publicly available and delivered according to a certain schedule because the science and research is there to prove that it’s okay? The ingredients in vaccines might look scary but are only in them because enough lab tests have been done to verify that the dosages are safe. The only…

What really gets me is that all the stuff he says the media is misrepresenting—feeding/giving water through an eyedropper, the maple syrup, the baby being too stiff for his carseat—are all things he and his wife described in multiple interviews with the authorities and in their sworn testimony. Maybe he thinks it’s…

Wine (or your intoxicant of choice) is essential. I personally did not get into the Bachelor/ette until I was living in Quebec with people spoke no English and would only let me watch it (the only mildly entertaining English TV show in that neck of the woods at the time) if I translated for them. I never really…

I think that was the subplot of a Trailer Park Boys episode...

Hopefully that won’t be the case. K’naan has been a pretty strong voice against gang violence and improving conditions both in Somalia and in Somali communities here in Canada. I’d be interested to see how his project shakes out.