Va Chier Trump!

Cultural Protections and Language Rights: Late U.S. positions sought to weaken long-standing Canadian protections for domestic culture, media, and French-language support.

Sovereignty and Foreign Trade Restrictions: The U.S. introduced last-minute demands to restrict Canada’s independent ability to pursue and secure trade agreements with other global nations.

Attacks on Core Industries (Autos): Washington pushed unsupportable economic terms that threatened Canada’s domestic automotive sector and manufacturing footprint.

VA CHIER!

DROP DEAD U.S.

Americans? Your government has declared war on Canada. In hard copy for the world to see. This bunch of pseudo-human beings making up the CUSMA negotiators declared war on our culture, our languages and our country.

They declared war by trying to tell us with whom we can trade and negotiate trade deals.

They have attacked our industries.

Word is they also wanted to control our seaports.

Our Prime Minister ordered our negotiators to come home. We all knew that any deal with the U.S. was not worth the paper on which it was written. Nothing coming out of your government is worth a rat’s ass. A government that ignores its own due process, its own laws is not a government. It is a rag-tag collection of fascists and radical right wing wanna-be theocrats.

It is our hope, as a nation, that we go forward without the U.S. It is our hope to open up new trade opportunities with nations that keep their nose out of our sovereignty. It is our hope Americans kick these criminals to the curb, where they belong, come the mid-terms.


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I Don’t Want or Need My Appliances to Talk, Sing or Otherwise Interact With Me.

Hubby and I were at Best Buy yesterday (he bought me awesome wireless headphones/mic for my gaming addiction), and we wandered over to the appliances…..😳😳 Ours are still working but we know, they are, like us, in their “Golden Years” and will require replacing, probably sooner than later.

W.T.A.F. Whirlpool, LG, Samsung, Frigidaire, Westinghouse, Miele??? It is absurd. I do not want an appliance that sings to me, adds one more screen to my life, talks and otherwise intrudes into my life. I want a fridge, a stove, a microwave that, QUIETLY, UNOBTRUSIVELY, does the job for which it was intended without a freaking monologue or play-by-play. I don’t want advertisements scrolling on a screen in my kitchen. I don’t want my washer and dryer to serenade me when they’ve done their job. Great – you washed/dried the clothes…what do you want? A cookie? Wait, let me program my oven to sing a song when it has done its job and baked said cookies.

I don’t want a washer that pre-determines how much water needs to go into the tub. I will determine that, if its all the same. Instead, I have to keep lifting the damn lid or add water with a bucket because there ISN’T ENOUGH DAMN WATER IN THERE, to wash or rinse my laundry.

When we sold our house? We had purchased a Samsung washer/dryer duo. When we sold our house, the duo was about a year old; we left them for the new owner. This duo was, without a doubt, the WORST appliances we had ever owned. It soured me on Samsung appliances forever. The clothes were never washed properly, the dryer sucked and that nifty “steam clean” option? Didn’t work. We bought a new set of Whirlpool, baseline units and even that washer doesn’t add the water I need for the laundry, but thankfully, neither appliance feels the need to sing me a song.

Forget the little ditty my microwave insists on singing at the end of the cooking cycle and KEEPS singing it until I open the door.

And those warranties? Don’t waste your time and money; they won’t be honoured. Kind of like the mattress warranties. Or car warranties. I will say that I never had a problem with HP and my various computers/laptops/printers – they were actually stellar at honouring them which is why they are my ride or die.

One of my sons has it right; he NEVER buys new – he patiently waits until and older, totally repairable model shows up on Marketplace, Kijiji or whatever, and buy them. He simply cleans them up and gives them renewed hope for another decade or decades of use.

I don’t want NEW AND UPDATED DESIGN, complete with advertisements; I want an appliance that does what I want without a running commentary or sing-a-long.

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Stuck in the Matrix

It is a little after 10:00 a.m. and I’m done. I’m cooked. I. Just. Can’t. Anymore.

First story I see? https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HbG6fvBTv/ (Yes, this is from the Book of Faces, but it is a publicly available piece.)

Then some drivel about American booze back on Canadian shelves – I don’t give a shit. I DON’T buy anything American, nor will I as long as their society welcomes floating in the septic tank.

Fellow Canadians? I think we all know that any deal with the U.S. is as useful as a poop-stained wad of toilet paper. The administration and BOY am I using that term in the loosest of terms, has no respect for any rule of law. It is an administration of criminals, pedophiles, rapists, grifters, con men, drunks and drug abusers where nepotism is the rule of their law and lying is a sport.

I can’t take anymore today. Absolutely, this is the ostrich solution but I need to maintain some measure of sanity. Laundry and cleaning bird shit (budgie cage) is far preferable to watching the world circle the bowl.

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Rabies in Québec – Godmanchester – Montérégie

Avec traduction française ci-dessous:




https://www.msn.com/en-ca/lifestyle/other/quebec-woman-attacked-by-rabid-cat-describes-the-incident/vi-AA298XVw?ocid=socialshare

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2026-07-30/monteregie/un-chat-atteint-de-la-rage-du-raton-laveur-a-attaque-trois-personnes.php

The government has been issuing warnings about rabies in raccoons in Montérégie for a while. This is no joke. It is serious. Get your pets vaccinated against rabies. Do not allow strays to approach you. Report ANY animal behaving in a strange way.

Do not allow strays of any breed to approach you, your family or pets.

KEEP YOUR HOUSECATS INSIDE. Let them cry and complain, it is better than the alternative.

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Je ne peux pas partager ceci sur Facebook en raison des différends entre le gouvernement et la plateforme, mais C’EST IMPORTANT !!

Le gouvernement émet des avertissements concernant la rage chez les ratons laveurs en Montérégie depuis un certain temps. Ce n’est pas une blague. C’est sérieux. Faites vacciner vos animaux de compagnie contre la rage. Ne laissez pas les animaux errants s’approcher de vous. Signalez TOUT animal au comportement étrange.

Ne laissez pas les animaux errants, quelle que soit leur race, s’approcher de vous, de votre famille ou de vos animaux de compagnie.

GARDEZ VOS CHATS À L’INTÉRIEUR. Laissez-les pleurer et se plaindre ; cela vaut mieux que l’alternative.

https://www.quebec.ca/agriculture-environnement-et-ressources-naturelles/sante-animale/maladies-animales/liste-maladies-animales/rage-chez-les-animaux

https://www.quebec.ca/en/agriculture-environment-and-natural-resources/animal-health/animal-diseases/list-animal-diseases/rabies-in-animals

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Masters of the Universe 2026

By the Power of Grayskull!! I have the Powerrrr!

Film “critics” and as a general rule of thumb, I ignore them, have proclaimed this movie as a box office bomb. Okay, be that as it may, I watched it last night, because film critics are arseholes.

An important note, this is NOT a movie for little kids. Real and implied violence, scary images etc.

I am not going to lie. I liked it. It is satirical, lots of IYKYK humour and I laughed. I laughed, a lot. (Yes, Dolph Lundgren does do a cameo.)

Granted, I had 3 boys, 2 of whom would come home from elementary school and watch He-Man. They owned every toy manufactured from the franchise, as well as t-shirts, hats etc. I learned by osmosis as many parents do. So, in the spirit of transparency, I do know all about He-Man, Skeletor, Evil-Lyn, Sheera, Teela, Battlecat, Sorceress, Man-at-Arms and even Orko.

The movie is cheesy in a “We don’t take this seriously” way, it was funny, lots of CGI – acceptable level considering the content. A real welcome escape from the hell we’re living in, currently. Sir Idris Elba is Man-At-Arms and is truly funny in the role. I am not thrilled with Jared Leto as Skeletor for personal reasons…I think he’s a jackass. Leto, not Skeletor.

I’m not sure what the critics expected. Get over yourselves…this is simple entertainment. It isn’t an epic. It isn’t a commentary on society. It is a movie based on a little kids’ cartoon. Not that difficult a concept unless your head is so full of your own majesty that you can’t fit through a normal door frame.

Need a break? Familiar with the cartoons from the mid to late 80’s? Then you’ll get this. You’ll get the humour and you will escape from the hell we are all living in.

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Video Game Rant or I Can’t Take Any More Political Garbage Today.

I’m a gamer. I’m not an Edge Lord…I’m just a gamer. I like RPGs and temps en temps, (Yes, that is French, I live in Québec and that’s how we roll here. 😁) I do MMORPGs but never in a party. Learned my lesson decades ago after receiving obscene messages and pics. My gameplay is based on the grind, its how I get my frustrations out. I will follow the scenario but not at the exclusion of whacking the crap out of demons, orcs and other foes.

I have a deep respect for devs. I also have a deep scorn for folks who, without fail, constantly rag on seasons or game mechanics.

I have been playing video games longer than a lot of folks have been using the potty on their own. Started with Gold Rush and Leisure Suit Larry, played the first version of Warcraft, so yeah – been playing a while. You name the RPG or MMORPG and I’ve probably given it a shot. You know what I do when I don’t like a game? I don’t play it. It isn’t for me but I’m not going to dump on the devs or the company as a result.

I tried my hand at coding (not games) way back in the day…you know, C Basic, C+ etc. so when I play a game, I do bless those developers, those coders with all my heart and soul.

I see you! I appreciate you. If there is a season that I’m not enjoying? I play something else until a new season drops. It ain’t neurosurgery.

Critiques are great….but when it becomes your identity to criticize constantly? Just sit down and shut up. Read a book or something.

Okay, that’s all. Just needed to vent and I’m married to a guy that does not game, does not understand my love of the pastime.

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Suffering from U.S. Exhaustion…

If you wish to follow the creator in the pic, here is the addy: https://www.instagram.com/officialjanetmbugua

Also, I would say to Janet (above), it isn’t only your nation but the entire world who is fed up of American bullshit.

Apologies, I haven’t been doing much other than posting memes on the Book of Faces because I am exhausted. Mentally, psychologically EX-HAUST-ED by the absolute shite oozing over our borders from the U.S.

Latest? Apparently Dirty Diaper Don and his Muckbrained Minions want to slap more tariffs on Canada (and no they, absolutely, don’t understand how tariffs work, I kid you not), because of forest fires that have decimated parts of our country and smoke is leaving our country, without American permission, and invading the northern states…(Truly, there aren’t enough eyerolls for this.)

The braindead “politicians” and I use the term “politician” in the lightest terms are the following:

The American politicians who have publicly blamed Canada for the drifting smoke include: [1]

  • President Donald Trump: Stated the US is being “unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air” and threatened to add the “costs of this pollution” to existing tariffs.
  • Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH): Announced plans to introduce the Canada Fire Act to sanction Canada and Canadian government officials until progress is made on wildfire and smoke reduction.
  • Representative John James (R-MI): Addressed a “FINAL WARNING TO CANADA” on social media, stating that “American lungs are paying the price for Canadian inaction, year after year”.
  • Representative Lisa McClain (R-MI): Echoed concerns over “Canada’s wildfire crisis” and advocated for the US to explore options in holding Canadian forestry management accountable

Here is a pic from NASA, illustrating the number of wildfires in the U.S. FROM THE NASA website. (https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/#d:24hrs;l:fires_all,countries,earth;@-89.3,37.3,4.7z)

And let’s not talk about the B.C. (British Columbia and a province IN CANADA) who died while HELPING with forest fire in COLORADO (not part of Canada).

These (IMO) disgusting arseholes will say anything to divert and distract from their criminal incompetency and degenerate behaviours.

In my household, as a result of the past 10+ years of listening to the sideshow showman and the MagaTs insane rhetoric, have vowed to NEVER enter the U.S. ever again. We make concentrated efforts to NOT purchase anything from the United States. No, it is not the direct fault of all Americans but the fact that this continues makes it so. We’ll spend our money, our vacations in-country or any other country other than the US. We did have plans for several road trips/vacations south of our border but absolutely cancelled. May not seem like much but we aren’t alone.

This blog was going to be about Blizzard and Diablo IV but…I needed to vent…maybe a gaming blog later on today, if I can manifest the energy to do so.

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Lions and Tigers and Ebola…Oh My!

Or COVID PTSD

Normally, I like David Pakman but this video really kind of pissed me off. It took less than a minute to get a few details and Reddit posts are not, in my mind anyway, considered as “credible” news source.

The fact is, a passenger from the DRC boarded a flight; no symptoms of Ebola, just a person travelling from DNR to the U.S. (Why anyone is travelling to the U.S. boggles my mind but whatever…). The U.S. has restricted travel from the DNR and Uganda due to a large outbreak of a strain of the Ebola virus. Anyone travelling from those countries must debark in Washington, unfortunately somebody messed up or the reservation was made prior to the outbreak and this passenger was destined to land in Detroit. No spewing germs all over the cabin, no writhing on the floor with fluids leaving his/her body, just an incorrect destination point.

CALM, THE FREAK, DOWN, people. Ebola is nothing new in the DNR or Uganda..I think Kenya has had a couple of outbreaks as well. The world is full of viruses, we travel and yeah, that does make the transmission of illness far easier for those little germs. The actual risk? Sure, its there but use common sense, soap and water; I take it a bit further and I do not travel on cruise ships. Floating Petri dishes IMO.

I would be concerned if traveling and spending extended periods of time in Central Africa, you may want to take precautions but if you’re sitting in your living room, in Canada or the U.S. I’m pretty sure you’re good…

Here is the story about the Air France flight diversion.

Ebola virus: Flight diverted to Montreal due to U.S. restrictions

And here is the link to the WHO commentary on the outbreak.

Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern

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Hanta Virus aka Go Outside and Touch Grass

Seriously?? Step away from your computer/cell phone/tablette.

Yes, Hanta virus is a concern if you plan on snorting rodent poop, otherwise, normal hygienic practice works wonders. Holy crap people…(See what I did there? 😁) Take a pill.

Folks in the country, people with cottages are, loosely, by and large, aware of the risks. When sweeping or cleaning out in the spring, windows and doors are opened. I would hope that regular cleaning is carried out, in order to rid the home of as many of the little buggers as possible, year round.

The fact that this virus took hold on a cruise ship is not really surprising; cruise ships are, after all, little more than floating Petri dishes. Personally I wouldn’t take a cruise if the company offered to pay me; the thought of spending time on a floating toilet with hundreds if not thousands of people who don’t, necessary, wash their hands after toilet routines makes me want to 🤢🤢.

The folks who, sadly, passed away were from a demographic who, FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE, not have been on the aforementioned floating Petri dish, anyway. They were elderly and as elderly, much lower resistance to illness and the serious ramifications of illness.

Stop freakin’ panicking, the news stories blowing up about this are simply “news” agencies looking to boost their ratings in a cutthroat environment.

Rules to live by?

  1. Wash your hands
  2. Don’t snort rodent poop
  3. Clean and disinfect in a well-ventilated area
  4. Always employ simple person hygiene.
  5. Again, don’t snort rodent poop.

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Rogers iPad Scam Alert

I have to put the link here because….Meta won’t permit news links from Canadian users.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7187368

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