Comox Tips
@comoxtips.bsky.social
Democracy requires an educated population and an independent press, not MAGA and Postmedia. We are doomed unless we fix this. Nonpartisan centrist living in the Comox Valley.
If you live in small town Canada (like I do) or the USA, far right Christian nationalists might be plotting to take control of your municipal government, like this.
Beware! With voting in municipal elections extremely low, a few motivated RWNJs can win.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Beware! With voting in municipal elections extremely low, a few motivated RWNJs can win.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The fight over Christian nationalism in a small Tennessee town
A controversy kicked off after two religious podcasters moved into an Appalachian hill town deep in the Bible Belt.
www.bbc.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If you live in small town Canada (like I do) or the USA, far right Christian nationalists might be plotting to take control of your municipal government, like this.
Beware! With voting in municipal elections extremely low, a few motivated RWNJs can win.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Beware! With voting in municipal elections extremely low, a few motivated RWNJs can win.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
My dreams (not predictions) for 2026:
*US economy collapses as AI and crypto bubbles burst;
*Putin overthrown in military coup; new government declares truce;
*25 CPC MPs start new moderate party
*Elon Musk eaten by hippopotamus; other tech-bro billionaires lost in mysterious mansion explosion
*US economy collapses as AI and crypto bubbles burst;
*Putin overthrown in military coup; new government declares truce;
*25 CPC MPs start new moderate party
*Elon Musk eaten by hippopotamus; other tech-bro billionaires lost in mysterious mansion explosion
December 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My dreams (not predictions) for 2026:
*US economy collapses as AI and crypto bubbles burst;
*Putin overthrown in military coup; new government declares truce;
*25 CPC MPs start new moderate party
*Elon Musk eaten by hippopotamus; other tech-bro billionaires lost in mysterious mansion explosion
*US economy collapses as AI and crypto bubbles burst;
*Putin overthrown in military coup; new government declares truce;
*25 CPC MPs start new moderate party
*Elon Musk eaten by hippopotamus; other tech-bro billionaires lost in mysterious mansion explosion
BC municipal elections are 10 months away and things are already heating up.
This esthetician at a local spa clearly didn’t write her platform (compare it to her comments below), but she wants to be a “far right warrior” for my sleepy city of 30k.
This esthetician at a local spa clearly didn’t write her platform (compare it to her comments below), but she wants to be a “far right warrior” for my sleepy city of 30k.
December 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
BC municipal elections are 10 months away and things are already heating up.
This esthetician at a local spa clearly didn’t write her platform (compare it to her comments below), but she wants to be a “far right warrior” for my sleepy city of 30k.
This esthetician at a local spa clearly didn’t write her platform (compare it to her comments below), but she wants to be a “far right warrior” for my sleepy city of 30k.
Well, the RWNJs at OneBC are back in biz, cuz who’s going to walk away from $$$$ in provincial funding as an official party?
Also, if you think antisemitism is a preserve of the far left, check out the vile comments on this Twitter post.
Your tax dollars at work, folks.
Also, if you think antisemitism is a preserve of the far left, check out the vile comments on this Twitter post.
Your tax dollars at work, folks.
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Well, the RWNJs at OneBC are back in biz, cuz who’s going to walk away from $$$$ in provincial funding as an official party?
Also, if you think antisemitism is a preserve of the far left, check out the vile comments on this Twitter post.
Your tax dollars at work, folks.
Also, if you think antisemitism is a preserve of the far left, check out the vile comments on this Twitter post.
Your tax dollars at work, folks.
France continues to be one of the few nations standing up to the Trump regime on all issues, including on Greenland.
It’s good a G7, NATO, EU member and nuclear power is pushing back, but where are the UK and Canada?
www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-f...
It’s good a G7, NATO, EU member and nuclear power is pushing back, but where are the UK and Canada?
www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-f...
United States / Denmark – Greenland (23.12.25)
Following initial statements by the new American special envoy to Greenland, France emphasizes that national sovereignty and the inviolability of (…)
www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
December 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
France continues to be one of the few nations standing up to the Trump regime on all issues, including on Greenland.
It’s good a G7, NATO, EU member and nuclear power is pushing back, but where are the UK and Canada?
www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-f...
It’s good a G7, NATO, EU member and nuclear power is pushing back, but where are the UK and Canada?
www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-f...
2020: Covid
2021: Covid and a heat dome and fires and floods and criminals try to overthrow US democracy
2022: Criminals try to overthrow Canadian democracy
2023/2024: wars everywhere
2025: Criminals overthrow US democracy
2026: this trend line does not inspire confidence
2021: Covid and a heat dome and fires and floods and criminals try to overthrow US democracy
2022: Criminals try to overthrow Canadian democracy
2023/2024: wars everywhere
2025: Criminals overthrow US democracy
2026: this trend line does not inspire confidence
December 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
2020: Covid
2021: Covid and a heat dome and fires and floods and criminals try to overthrow US democracy
2022: Criminals try to overthrow Canadian democracy
2023/2024: wars everywhere
2025: Criminals overthrow US democracy
2026: this trend line does not inspire confidence
2021: Covid and a heat dome and fires and floods and criminals try to overthrow US democracy
2022: Criminals try to overthrow Canadian democracy
2023/2024: wars everywhere
2025: Criminals overthrow US democracy
2026: this trend line does not inspire confidence
If Aaron Gunn decides to run for the leadership of the BC Conservatives, he will win, hands down.
The party base who votes in leadership races loves the racism, bigotry and conspiracy theories he has spouted for years.
But if he wins, the BCCP becomes unelectable provincially.
The party base who votes in leadership races loves the racism, bigotry and conspiracy theories he has spouted for years.
But if he wins, the BCCP becomes unelectable provincially.
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If Aaron Gunn decides to run for the leadership of the BC Conservatives, he will win, hands down.
The party base who votes in leadership races loves the racism, bigotry and conspiracy theories he has spouted for years.
But if he wins, the BCCP becomes unelectable provincially.
The party base who votes in leadership races loves the racism, bigotry and conspiracy theories he has spouted for years.
But if he wins, the BCCP becomes unelectable provincially.
CBS is no longer a reputable news source and should be removed as a partner news agency by legitimate outlets like @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
CBS Pulled a “60 Minutes” Story Because the White House Refused to Comment — That’s a Veto on Journalism
Pulling a finished investigation because the administration refused to comment isn’t journalism. It’s submission.
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
CBS is no longer a reputable news source and should be removed as a partner news agency by legitimate outlets like @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social listening to the political panel today was even more frustrating than usual.
Mo: we’ve done eleventy-seven amazing things! We’re perfect!
Rachel: you’re terrible and broke everything!
Pro tip, NDP and BCCP: nothing turns off centrist voters faster than hyper-partisanship
Mo: we’ve done eleventy-seven amazing things! We’re perfect!
Rachel: you’re terrible and broke everything!
Pro tip, NDP and BCCP: nothing turns off centrist voters faster than hyper-partisanship
December 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social listening to the political panel today was even more frustrating than usual.
Mo: we’ve done eleventy-seven amazing things! We’re perfect!
Rachel: you’re terrible and broke everything!
Pro tip, NDP and BCCP: nothing turns off centrist voters faster than hyper-partisanship
Mo: we’ve done eleventy-seven amazing things! We’re perfect!
Rachel: you’re terrible and broke everything!
Pro tip, NDP and BCCP: nothing turns off centrist voters faster than hyper-partisanship
The USA, like Canada, is officially a nation with no state religion. Unlike Canada, it has now being captured by Christian nationalists, something which seriously threatens everybody else.
The Poilievre Conservatives have adopted the same playbook, toned down slightly, but just as dangerous.
The Poilievre Conservatives have adopted the same playbook, toned down slightly, but just as dangerous.
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The USA, like Canada, is officially a nation with no state religion. Unlike Canada, it has now being captured by Christian nationalists, something which seriously threatens everybody else.
The Poilievre Conservatives have adopted the same playbook, toned down slightly, but just as dangerous.
The Poilievre Conservatives have adopted the same playbook, toned down slightly, but just as dangerous.
In comms we call late Friday news releases a “garbage dump”: stuff you want to bury.
Makes sense here, seeing MAGA Dani discovered that the vast majority of Albertans do not support her treasonous nonsense around pensions and policing.
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Makes sense here, seeing MAGA Dani discovered that the vast majority of Albertans do not support her treasonous nonsense around pensions and policing.
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Danielle Smith says not trying to bury Alberta Next report
Alberta premier Danielle Smith said just because a report on Alberta Next was released late on a Friday afternoon on the cusp of Christmas holidays means her government would rather not talk about it.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In comms we call late Friday news releases a “garbage dump”: stuff you want to bury.
Makes sense here, seeing MAGA Dani discovered that the vast majority of Albertans do not support her treasonous nonsense around pensions and policing.
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Makes sense here, seeing MAGA Dani discovered that the vast majority of Albertans do not support her treasonous nonsense around pensions and policing.
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
@mark-carney.bsky.social when will your government declare this group a terrorist organization?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
‘The Nazis were right': What the leaders of Canada’s biggest ‘nationalist’ group really want | CBC Accessibility
In official posts, Second Sons Canada calls itself a “men’s nationalist club” and promotes a nostalgic vision of Canada. But on personal podcasts and livestreams, its leaders consistently espouse anti...
www.cbc.ca
December 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social when will your government declare this group a terrorist organization?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Before i got my degree and commission and became a PAO, I held TSSA clearance, then as a PAO I worked with Pugliese on many of his media queries.
He might work for Postmedia but the suggestion he’s a Russian agent is laughable. He’s a smart journo who calls out NDHQ BS.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
He might work for Postmedia but the suggestion he’s a Russian agent is laughable. He’s a smart journo who calls out NDHQ BS.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Military espionage case started with claims that Postmedia journalist is linked to Russia: sources | CBC News
The Canadian military counter-intelligence officer accused of leaking secrets to Ukraine was part of investigation into a dossier that claims a Postmedia journalist has been a longtime Russian asset.
www.cbc.ca
December 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Before i got my degree and commission and became a PAO, I held TSSA clearance, then as a PAO I worked with Pugliese on many of his media queries.
He might work for Postmedia but the suggestion he’s a Russian agent is laughable. He’s a smart journo who calls out NDHQ BS.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
He might work for Postmedia but the suggestion he’s a Russian agent is laughable. He’s a smart journo who calls out NDHQ BS.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This Rob Shaw piece on OneBC is the best (and most scathing) thing I’ve ever read about this short-lived provincial embarrassment.
#OneBC spent public funds to produce a documentary infused with residential school denialism.
The film was promoted using #bcleg caucus resources, but featured interviews almost exclusively with their own staff, party supporters & future candidates.
www.biv.com/news/comment... #bcpoli
The film was promoted using #bcleg caucus resources, but featured interviews almost exclusively with their own staff, party supporters & future candidates.
www.biv.com/news/comment... #bcpoli
Rob Shaw: Time to close the loophole that let OneBC tap public cash for circus-tent politics
Public resources meant for legislative work were used to amplify culture-war crusades while core issues like affordability and health care went unanswered
www.biv.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This Rob Shaw piece on OneBC is the best (and most scathing) thing I’ve ever read about this short-lived provincial embarrassment.
If America succeeds in overthrowing the Trump regime - and I’m not optimistic - they need to take a flamethrower to everyone and everything involved in or fucked up by the regime.
A de-Nazification process, if you will.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A de-Nazification process, if you will.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says
The board of the performing arts centre, which was appointed by Trump, voted to rename it to honour him, the White House press secretary says.
www.bbc.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
If America succeeds in overthrowing the Trump regime - and I’m not optimistic - they need to take a flamethrower to everyone and everything involved in or fucked up by the regime.
A de-Nazification process, if you will.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A de-Nazification process, if you will.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
@mark-carney.bsky.social treasonous traitor Jeffrey Rath is part of a foreign interference plot against Canada and needs to be criminally prosecuted.
It sure would be nice if the Premier of Alberta would call out this treasonous behaviour by one of her own party members for what it is.
December 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social treasonous traitor Jeffrey Rath is part of a foreign interference plot against Canada and needs to be criminally prosecuted.
Every person involved in the OneBC debacle is clearly deeply disturbed and unfit for public office, and most definitely should not be getting funded by the taxpayer to the tune of about $1.1M per year, by my calculations.
The social media history of this 22 year old staffer is being blamed for the rift tearing B.C.’s far-right OneBC party asunder #bcpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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Who Is Othman Mekhloufi, the Far-Right Poster Behind OneBC’s Strife? | The Tyee
A 22-year-old OneBC staffer who claimed to work for Trump and posted antisemitic comments is being blamed for the implosion.
thetyee.ca
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Every person involved in the OneBC debacle is clearly deeply disturbed and unfit for public office, and most definitely should not be getting funded by the taxpayer to the tune of about $1.1M per year, by my calculations.
The UK, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, and the USSR were all once global superpowers, before declining for disparate reasons.
Only Germany and the USA stopped being global superpowers solely because of the hubris and self-destructive insanity of one man.
Only Germany and the USA stopped being global superpowers solely because of the hubris and self-destructive insanity of one man.
December 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The UK, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, and the USSR were all once global superpowers, before declining for disparate reasons.
Only Germany and the USA stopped being global superpowers solely because of the hubris and self-destructive insanity of one man.
Only Germany and the USA stopped being global superpowers solely because of the hubris and self-destructive insanity of one man.
I don’t like bigots, racists, conspiracy theorists, or #MapleMAGA traitors. OneBC is all those things, so good riddance to their vanity project.
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OneBC’s Founders Turn on Each Other
Tara Armstrong publicly declares she has lost confidence in the leadership of Dallas Brodie
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I don’t like bigots, racists, conspiracy theorists, or #MapleMAGA traitors. OneBC is all those things, so good riddance to their vanity project.
open.substack.com/pub/queergra...
open.substack.com/pub/queergra...
We have A LOT of guns in Canada. I own a bunch. You know why we rarely have mass shootings?
Because we have reasonable gun laws: background checks, no open or concealed carry, no full auto, no large magazines.
America, nobody has this problem except you.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c3...
Because we have reasonable gun laws: background checks, no open or concealed carry, no full auto, no large magazines.
America, nobody has this problem except you.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c3...
Manhunt continues after two killed and nine injured in US university shooting
Police are searching for a gunman who attacked students at Brown University in Rhode Island on Saturday.
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
We have A LOT of guns in Canada. I own a bunch. You know why we rarely have mass shootings?
Because we have reasonable gun laws: background checks, no open or concealed carry, no full auto, no large magazines.
America, nobody has this problem except you.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c3...
Because we have reasonable gun laws: background checks, no open or concealed carry, no full auto, no large magazines.
America, nobody has this problem except you.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c3...
As a comms guy, I’m astounded when I see public organizations like the RCMP fuck up messaging this badly.
Astounded, but not surprised.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Astounded, but not surprised.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Kelowna family issues warning after senior stabbed by stranger in broad daylight | CBC News
The family of a senior in Kelowna who was hospitalized after being stabbed by a stranger in broad daylight wants to know why RCMP haven't done more to warn the public about the attack, despite the fac...
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
As a comms guy, I’m astounded when I see public organizations like the RCMP fuck up messaging this badly.
Astounded, but not surprised.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Astounded, but not surprised.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look, the traitors in Alberta Junior have joined the “independence” bandwagon.
Pro tip, losers: you’re also landlocked, and a creation of the Canadian government. You have no rights to leave, but if you did, it would be with nothing.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Pro tip, losers: you’re also landlocked, and a creation of the Canadian government. You have no rights to leave, but if you did, it would be with nothing.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Saskatchewan group seeking independence from Canada holding meetings across the province | CBC News
A group promoting the idea of Saskatchewan separating from Canada says its public information sessions are drawing crowds. About 200 people showed up to a recent Saskatchewan Prosperity Project meetin...
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Look, the traitors in Alberta Junior have joined the “independence” bandwagon.
Pro tip, losers: you’re also landlocked, and a creation of the Canadian government. You have no rights to leave, but if you did, it would be with nothing.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Pro tip, losers: you’re also landlocked, and a creation of the Canadian government. You have no rights to leave, but if you did, it would be with nothing.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I lived in the USA as a child and then spent lots of time there during my military career.
I will never go back; after the emails I’ve written to members of the current US regime I’d be arrested at the border.
Please don’t visit this dictatorship.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I will never go back; after the emails I’ve written to members of the current US regime I’d be arrested at the border.
Please don’t visit this dictatorship.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I lived in the USA as a child and then spent lots of time there during my military career.
I will never go back; after the emails I’ve written to members of the current US regime I’d be arrested at the border.
Please don’t visit this dictatorship.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I will never go back; after the emails I’ve written to members of the current US regime I’d be arrested at the border.
Please don’t visit this dictatorship.
www.bbc.com/news/article...