Jack Todd
@jacktodd.bsky.social
Came to Canada because of the Vietnam War. Staying because Canada is a far better country. Columnist writing about Montreal city and sports for 32 years.
Todd: Davis Alexander’s greatness on full display as Alouettes QB carves up CFL montrealgazette.com/sports/footb...
The insensitivity of this statement from the CAQ minister is mind-boggling. Batshaw is not a neonatal unit where the causes of death are natural. Kids are dying and this guy greets the news with a shrug. He should be gone by lunchtime. montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...
'Not news to me': Minister didn't see need to inform public of deaths of kids under Batshaw's care
Social services minister offers first public comments after Gazette report last week revealed March deaths of three children.
montrealgazette.com
When you've been writing as long as I have, sentences are always forming in the back of your mind, usually without notice. But I woke at 1:30 a.m. to this one: "Within the next month, things will happen that will alter everything we know." No thoughts. That's all. Just wanted it on the record.
Gosh... Do you think there might be a link between Infantino sucking up to Trump and this scummy Kushner plan to break up the World Cup and sell it to billionaires for parts? Kushner is only Trump's son-in-law, after all. The Swamp Unbridled and Infantino is part of it.
World Cup Brief@worldcupbrief.bsky.social · last wk.Infantino sets deadline for FIFA offer in Kushner-backed World Cup plan | Football News https://www.europesays.com/football/42021/ FIFA’s president lobbies for latest proposal for investment in football’s governing body, which has met with criticism. Published…
@jacktodd.bsky.social is bothered by the stank, too. Most of us Canadians are.
Todd: It was a memorable World Cup, but an underlying stench lingers
Swept away with the Spanish dominance are regrettable memories of a tourney whose integrity was called into question.
montrealgazette.com
I don't know what the reason was for the lag between the time the new broke and the official announcement from the Canadiens, but the hiring of Derek Lalonde as associate coach of the Canadiens is a brilliant move. They needed his experience in the playoffs. In our humble opinion.
A friend was hacked this week and it was a bad one. They got into her phone, changed her banking emails, got access to her credit cards, bought World Cup tix for $18,000 and spent $6,000 at a hardware store, among other things. Her husband works in IT. Change those passwords, kids!
A superb dissection of Thomas Tuchel's fumbled World Cup semifinal from one of the best soccer writers in the world. And wholly convincing, I might add. Tuchel f'ed up. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Tuchel would rather put down the English game than admit to his own cowardice | Jonathan Liew
England’s coach said ball possession is not in the team’s DNA – it’s an opinion that should disqualify him from the job
theguardian.com
"No problem, manager. I missed it, but the ground caught it! ~ Lucy van Pelt (Classic Peanuts - July 18, 1977) #MLB #Baseball #SaturdayMotivation
For anyone who thinks increasing oil & gas production is the path to energy independence, you're dead wrong. While we continue to rely on fossil fuels, we're held hostage to global pricing. The real path to energy security is local production of renewables and grid-scale storage. #EnergyTransition
The president's polling numbers crash with urban Americans, with just 23% approving and 76% disapproving in a new survey.
Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Collapses With City Voters
newsweek.com
Hard to imagine a more stultifying event than watching Toronto FC and CF Montreal play a nil-nil draw after the knockout phases of the World Cup. That there were people there at all is a minor miracle.
Barf. Not a home opener I want to see, Habs vs. Carolina. Will Tom Dundon's kids be honoured at centre ice before the game?
Have to say one thing for English soccer fans: They may be obnoxious, trouble-making drunks, but they never let go of their illusions.
This is just pathetic. The UK wanting a FIFA investigation because an Argentine player unfurled a Falklands banner. I suppose they want an investigation of Jude Bellingham for hitting an opponent in the head AFTER the game? Seriously, grow up. You lost. Don't be big babies and sore losers. Be better
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Good lord. The whining. After Gordon scored yesterday, England had 12 percent possession the rest of the way. 12 PERCENT!!! With the game on the line, England folded. That's not bad luck or dirty tricks. That's not being NEARLY good enough.
Hugo Gordon@hugogordon.bsky.social · 3w agoC'mon lads, have some self respect
So in the end, England was all talk. They were lucky to have a lead but the stats were all heavily skewed to Argentina and the beating could have been a lot worse. Harry Kane was a total non-factor. But no country in Europe stands up to Trump more than Spain. Vamos Espana!
Went outside to water my native seedlings and it felt post-apocalyptic. Sky to the west orange from smoke. Air unnaturally still and hot. Grass brown and plants wilted. No birds singing. No bees on the flowers. A portent of a future I do not want.
So English fans pay another debt to karma for attempting to trash the entire nation of France in 1998. And Harry Kane pays a debt for golfing with Trump.
My god those creepy FIFA people make your skin crawl. They look like the proprietors of a house of horrors. Which in a sense they are.
Well this stinks. American referee after Harry Kane golfed with Trump.
Hegseth announces his plan to begin injecting service personnel with testosterone as part of his experiment in creating a new breed of super warriors. Straight out of science fiction. A nuttier than normal day at the Pentagon.
If a guy calling himself Jason Bond follows you and you're tempted to follow him back, don't. Within seconds he DM'd me with some investment scam.
ZELENSKYY: Some say with modern technology we're returning Russia to the Middle Ages. Some remember Napoleon, when Moscow burned. But our main goal is not Russia without gasoline, but Ukraine without Russia, without war, with Europe, and Ukraine and Europe without Moscow threat.