1. Ford government moves Ontario back into lockdown Stage 12.B Plaid. Strippers are no longer allowed to visit family for Thanksgiving weekend unless the dinner is held at a casino. 2. Trump says there's a slight chance COVID isn't a hoax.
3. After writing Nat Post piece saying socialist coup is likely in Canada, Leslyn Lewis warns old stock Canadians to be on the lookout for telltale signs like universal healthcare, more VW camper vans and fewer O&G bailouts. 4. O'Toole announces new CPC slogan: "Slogans're bad!"
5. UCP Issue Managers say lower corporate taxes means corporations pay more taxes. That's it. 6. UCP MLA says people collecting federal pandemic support spend their days eating Cheezies and watching cartoons. W. Brett Wilson outraged; says he also spends part of his day tweeting.
7. Ontario Minister of Health says Ontarians must collapse their social bubbles, revert to a one-family lockdown state and be sure to wash their hands after getting back from their pub crawls. 8. Lecce announces the fifth prong of his Safe School Plan: Expressing his gratitude
9. Doug announces $3-an-hour PSW pay increase. Says he loves PSWs and they have his undying gratitude until March 2021. 10. Scott Moe calls an election. Denise Batters panics for a minute, calms down after she remembers her job is forever. 11. Poilievre outraged. Sits angrily.
12. Conservatives outraged Federal Infrastructure Bank hasn't yet spent millions on road signs promoting a national program that doesn't actually exist, saying Harper proved this worked. 13. Doug says he'll download the COVID alert app once he gets a chance to upgrade his burner.
14. Kenney says White Supremacist rally held in Edmonton was the work of "a small number of kooks" and he's checked their protest permit and other than a lot of spelling errors everything looked in order, legally speaking. 15. Adriana LaGrange's picture published on milk cartoon.
16. O'Toole announces China is Marcia Brady and the CPC is Jan. 17. O'Toole says that, as well as being a Captain Canada, he is also planning to be Canada's next Al Borland. 18. O'Toole beats COVID. Says he owes it all to his military training in hand-to-hand COVID warfare.
19. Growing number of right wing politicians contracting COVID. Right wing pundits suggest it's a left wing conspiracy. That's it. That's the funny part. 20. The White House Rose Garden to have new memorial installed. Sculptor for "Greatness is a Process" statue not yet selected.
21. Doug Ford suggest that, besides not having adequate testing capacity available and having no clear strategy for containment of the inevitable second wave, his government's summer campaigning ... erm ... planning efforts were top notch. 22. Lecce redoubles some stuff. Again.
23. Trump tells Proud Boys to have their moms stock up on tater tots and do their cammo laundry, in case the election is fair. 24. The whole world is spinning pretty off kilter these days. Everyone's stressed. Be kind. Appreciate beauty. Buy cans of soup.
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1. Ontario Health Minister/Dep. Premair says she's leaving politics. The 18th MPP to leave his team; Doug Ford blames Kathleen Wynne. 2. Asked what he thinks about Putin and Ukraine, Doug Ford says he doesn't watch much European hockey.
3. Ontario's fiscal watchdog reports Ford government held back $5.5B of federal support money. Doug Ford defends lack of spending during a pandemic, says new highway being built through the Greenbelt will improve people's lives more than saving people's lives ever would have.
4. Jason Kenney attacks Edmonton professor on Twitter. Says he's had enough of people using humour on social media to make a point. Says if Brock Harrison can't do it, nobody can. 5. Asked what will constitute a mandate in leadership vote Kenney says 50% plus 1. Winks at his mom.
1. Doug Ford says "Ontario is done with Covid!" Announces Ontario closing Covid on March 1st. Ford goes on to say he's also had it with the Greenbelt. 2. Doug Ford helps clear occupiers out of downtown Ottawa by offering free fishing.
3. Jason Kenney says Alberta has no need for federal Emergencies Act measures, argues his government can do nothing at all without federal support. 4. Jason Kenney reads "politicking" as "potlicking." Paging Dr. Slip. Paging Dr. Freudian Slip.
5. Ottawa occupiers build two-foot-high snow wall to try to slow approaching police. National Post captions photo, "Protestors help clear Ottawa sidewalks of snow." 6. Rupa Subramanya reports Trudeau is sneaking into occupiers' encampment late at night and stealing their kittens.
1. Province of Ontario unveils its new tourism campaign: "Stay in Ottawa one night, get the next month's nights free." 2. Doug Ford declares State of Emergency, empowering Ottawa Police to now stop serving coffee and help with moving fuel.
3. Interim CPC Leader Candice Bergen says Trudeau must work with occupiers to negotiate an end to the siege the CPC helped provoke. 4. Doug Ford takes break from snowmobiling long enough to ensure Windsor's Ambassador Bridge is open for ten minutes.
5. City of Toronto closes several main arteries to prevent access to downtown area by convoy. City of Ottawa says, "Oh, sure, if you want to do it THAT way." 6. City of Ottawa says Constant Honking is newest Winterlude event, launched to replace too-quiet ice sculpting exhibits.
1. Ottawa Police Chief says there may not be a policing solution to policing people. Hires PR firm to stop himself from saying stuff like that anymore. 2. CPC caucus decides party members should not be free to decide who should be leader.
3. Gofundme suspends campaign for groups occupying downtown Ottawa. Florida Governor questions gofundme's meddling in Canadian freedom. 4. Area lawyer launches class action law suit against Ottawa occupiers. Convoy spokesperson Dale says they will honk their horns at court order.
5. Jason Kenney stands up to truckers blocking border by apologizing to them for any inconvenience people trying to cross the border are causing them. 6. Kenney announces that to ensure freedom his government will dictate what municipalities can do to keep people safe in cities.
1. Trudeau took down April's blogs and turned off her Facebook and April's not having it. 2. Sometimes it's hard to focus on all the protesting and fighting for the freedoms when there's beers and dogs being served the next tailgate over.
3. Masks are an affront to our freedom but pooing anywhere you want is a Constitutional right. 4. If you can afford to drive across the country for some sightseeing and a party, maybe pack enough food that you don't need to steal food from Homeless People in the middle of winter?
5. If you're a CPC MP passing out coffee to people who are peeing on the War Memorial always look around for Nazi flags before you do a CBC interview. 6. People who suggest Terry Fox would have run alongside the truck convey are likely as dim-witted as you think they look, yes.