Andrew Fleming

Vancouver

Journalist at Freelance

Senior Canadian Correspondent at Wonkette

Still popping by occasionally to sift the ruins of what’s left of Twitter. More of a Substack guy now⬇️

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Articles

Canada Says Non Merci To Being America's Hat

1 week ago | wonkette.com | Andrew Fleming

None of the Canadian NHL teams currently battling for the country’s first Stanley Cup in more than 30 goddamn years had a game last Monday, which might’ve helped with the higher-than-average voter turnout of 69 percent for the latest federal election. See also: a general sense of existential dread. A general sense of existential dread?
Canada Holds Unofficial Referendum On Becoming 51st State

2 weeks ago | wonkette.com | Andrew Fleming

Canadian flags across the country will be at half-mast tomorrow for the annual National Day of Mourning honoring workers who were killed or severely injured on the job. People generally don’t take much notice unless there’s a personal tragedy involved but it may have added oomph this year for sitting Conservatives if polls predicting their culling prove correct.
Gavin Newsom Wants To Welcome Canadians To The Wild, Wild West

3 weeks ago | wonkette.com | Andrew Fleming

Golden State Gov. Gavin Newsom — a Democrat currently embussening sexual minorities, calling the street kidnappings by ICE thugs “a distraction,” and literally palling around with Steve Bannon — has a new ad out called “California Love” urging spooked Canadians to come spend some money again.
Pierre Poilievre Pays Homage To 'Dukakis In The Tank' In New Ad

1 month ago | wonkette.com | Andrew Fleming

Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre’s uncommon French surname translates roughly as “hare hair,” so it seems fitting he’s seen a huge lead in a race to become the next prime minister slip away like the odds-on favorite in the showdown between Aesop’s tortoise and hare.
The Time Justin Trudeau Gifted Trump A Picture Of His Grandpa's Brothel

1 month ago | wonkette.com | Andrew Fleming

A recent campaign ad for Liberal leader Mark Carney showed him playing a word association game with celebrity compatriot Mike Myers that gives the naturalized American citizen a chance to show his street cred to the new prime minister’s satisfaction. (Sample Q&A: “Bud the?” Spud. “Howie?” Meeker.
Austin Powers Lends Canadian Prime Minister Some Mojo, Baby

1 month ago | wonkette.com | Andrew Fleming

Wayne Campbell, the exuberant SNL metalhead that made Canadian comedian Mike Myers a household name back in the early ‘90s, is known for loving a good party. Turns out his enthusiasm also extends to the Liberal Party of Canada. Or at least the new guy in charge of it.
'Sneaky Carney' Goes Behind Trump's Back With Sneaky Military Upgrade

1 month ago | wonkette.com | Andrew Fleming

Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre barely had a chance to see if the nickname “Carbon Tax Carney” for the country’s new prime minister would gain traction before Mark Carney pulled the rug out from under him by axing the unpopular tax meant to wean folks off fossil fuels as one of his first moves.
A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes To Mark Carney

2 months ago | wonkette.com | Andrew Fleming

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s successor as the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party was never as forgone a conclusion as when the late Queen Elizabeth’s septuagenarian son Charles got his sweet new gig as our official head of state a couple of years ago.
Iconic 'I Am Canadian' Ad Gets Gritty Reboot

2 months ago | wonkette.com | Andrew Fleming

There was a big CBC radio contest in the early ‘70s to come up with a Canadian equivalent for the expression “as American as apple pie.” Obvious picks like maple syrup, street hockey or hypothermia were too unoriginal, and the winning entry came from a 17-year-old girl named Heather Scott, who offered the wry “as Canadian as possible under the circumstances.” Which seems even more apt today then it did half a century ago due to *gestures broadly at everything.* She went on to have a career...
Canadians Seek To Wash Hands of Weird Musk

2 months ago | wonkette.com | Andrew Fleming

Canada is very sorry about the whole “letting the Space Nazi into North America in the first place” thing, especially now that President Musk is openly spitballing about seizing the country to steal resources that might come in handy for building a Death Star down the road and/or simply get revenge on Grimes for dumping his grimey old ass.