I always enjoy reminding people that Canada's first politicians to promote Universal Basic Income were, in fact... Albertan religious conservatives.

You thought it was a good idea then, guys. What happened?

Silly Loomer.

The majority of the MAGA base are *marks.* It's the leaders who are grifters.

On the side of a popcorn bag from our local Cineplex, an ad said that a movie without popcorn was like Wayne without Garth. Fair enough. Then I looked at the French side, and it said "Cyrano without Roxanne."

I boggled. That's literally THE WHOLE PLOT. Seriously, Cineplex?

Sounds like a rather niche game of Clue. :)

Grabbed mine!

It's queued up behind "Lessons," which I'm waiting to read aloud to my GF because she's been interested to hear it ever since I sent her the first blurb.

Currently we're in the homestretch of Christopher Moore's "Fool," maybe one or more two nights' reading once I get home.

Sex work is an honest profession.

Whatever it is that Trump and his cabinet are doing? Not so much.

Not gonna lie, my bleary early-morning eye interpreted the patterning on the petals as a toothy, alien-looking mouth.

I expect my double-take might have reminded an outside observer of the moment in Arsenic and Old Lace where Cary Grant looks into the window seat.

I'd never heard of it, despite my love of the era's movies, but saw it a couple of years ago and thought how well it fits the current moment.

A guy in Winnipeg (IIRC) was in the news for that a few years ago. There's no specific bylaw against it, so the police ticketed him for having an unsecured load in his vehicle. :P

The guy's response was pretty muted, more or less a Canadian version of the stereotypical Brit "It's a fair cop."

I see you also made Russian teacakes (always read the alt text, Fred, always read the alt text).

Those are bottom right in my pic, they're one of my GF's favorites. The person she learned them from browns the butter, and I like that change, so that's how I make 'em.

I was run off my feet all month, this year, and only got mine boxed up for delivery/mail last night.

So I scaled back to just decorated sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, Linzers, zimmtsternen, vanillekipfeln (sp?) and a few others. Rough math says 16 dozen or thereabouts (not all shown).

A few years ago, a Canadian network (I forget which one) elided Trump's cameo from the broadcast.

Predictably, he lost his shit. :P