Louise in Ontario🇨🇦
@grammalou.bsky.social
Family doctor, end of life care, mom and grandma, native plant gardener, covid conscious, lefty Canadian. #MedSky
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WOLFERS: "A country is not a company. A company might be trying to accrue as many pieces of paper, dollars, as possible, but a country is all about citizens living richer, fuller lives ... I don't see any problem with necessarily with the US having a trade deficit."
February 19, 2026 at 11:47 PM
WOLFERS: "A country is not a company. A company might be trying to accrue as many pieces of paper, dollars, as possible, but a country is all about citizens living richer, fuller lives ... I don't see any problem with necessarily with the US having a trade deficit."
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Q: When you look at today's [US balance of trade] numbers, what do they tell us about the effectiveness of Donald Trump's tariffs?
Professor Justin Wolfers: *laughs*
Professor Justin Wolfers: *laughs*
February 19, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Q: When you look at today's [US balance of trade] numbers, what do they tell us about the effectiveness of Donald Trump's tariffs?
Professor Justin Wolfers: *laughs*
Professor Justin Wolfers: *laughs*
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
February 19, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
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“Trump is dragging the US into the Smart Bomb trap,” says Univ of Chicago Professor Robert A Pape. Any strike on Iran won’t be a one-day mission. Pape estimates Trump will have to hit 100 targets in a sustained campaign over two weeks. With “no lasting joy”.
February 19, 2026 at 9:19 PM
“Trump is dragging the US into the Smart Bomb trap,” says Univ of Chicago Professor Robert A Pape. Any strike on Iran won’t be a one-day mission. Pape estimates Trump will have to hit 100 targets in a sustained campaign over two weeks. With “no lasting joy”.
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The USS Gerald R Ford and its three destroyers were approaching the Strait of Gibraltar today. The Washington Post suggests that means any attack on Iran could take place within days.
February 19, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The USS Gerald R Ford and its three destroyers were approaching the Strait of Gibraltar today. The Washington Post suggests that means any attack on Iran could take place within days.
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how Canadians quantify the volume of the Epstein files
February 19, 2026 at 8:17 PM
how Canadians quantify the volume of the Epstein files
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More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes.
Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.
Beautiful and devastating all at once.
Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.
Beautiful and devastating all at once.
February 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes.
Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.
Beautiful and devastating all at once.
Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.
Beautiful and devastating all at once.
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Satellite images reportedly show a concentration of US forces near Iran at the Muwaffaq Salti airbase. Visible equipment includes six EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, at least 18 F-35A fighters, Patriot and THAAD missile defense systems, and new concrete shelters under construction. #Iran
February 19, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Satellite images reportedly show a concentration of US forces near Iran at the Muwaffaq Salti airbase. Visible equipment includes six EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, at least 18 F-35A fighters, Patriot and THAAD missile defense systems, and new concrete shelters under construction. #Iran
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BBC: UK has not given US permission to use RAF bases for Iran strikes
February 19, 2026 at 5:53 PM
BBC: UK has not given US permission to use RAF bases for Iran strikes
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Men in Belarus are reportedly being taken to military training immediately after receiving call up papers, including fathers of many children and those with small kids. Social media posts describe panic and say phones are switched off, cutting contact.
February 19, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Men in Belarus are reportedly being taken to military training immediately after receiving call up papers, including fathers of many children and those with small kids. Social media posts describe panic and say phones are switched off, cutting contact.
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We are never ever getting back together.
Look how much Canadians hate the United States now
It’s not just about the trade war. Nearly half of America’s neighbors to the north now think the U.S. is a bigger threat to world peace than Russia.
www.politico.com
February 19, 2026 at 4:09 PM
We are never ever getting back together.
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Bob Rae on Jared Kushner's 'plan' for Gaza: "This is not a real estate deal. This is about the future of a people and making sure those people are fed, making sure their kids are getting education, making sure that they've got health care."
February 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Bob Rae on Jared Kushner's 'plan' for Gaza: "This is not a real estate deal. This is about the future of a people and making sure those people are fed, making sure their kids are getting education, making sure that they've got health care."
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Tom Mulcair on Avi Lewis and the NDP leadership race: "Is this actually going to be a party that can speak to a broad base of Canadian voters or is it going to be a boutique party that caters to the wishes and the desires of a very small group of people in the large city?"
February 19, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Tom Mulcair on Avi Lewis and the NDP leadership race: "Is this actually going to be a party that can speak to a broad base of Canadian voters or is it going to be a boutique party that caters to the wishes and the desires of a very small group of people in the large city?"
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American colonists 250 years ago were very worked up about judicial independence and the rule of law. Now it seems it's only the British who still care
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested: King Charles says ‘law must take its course’ as ex-prince taken into custody – live
The police raided Andrew’s Norfolk home on Thursday
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
American colonists 250 years ago were very worked up about judicial independence and the rule of law. Now it seems it's only the British who still care
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
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🚨A Warsaw court has issued a new European Arrest Warrant for a fugitive Polish lawmaker living in Hungary, who is wanted in connection with an investigation into the alleged large-scale misuse of public funds under Poland’s previous right-wing government.
Warsaw court issues EU arrest warrant for fugitive MP Romanowski
Marcin Romanowski is accused of committing 19 crimes while serving as deputy justice minister.
tvpworld.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:10 PM
🚨A Warsaw court has issued a new European Arrest Warrant for a fugitive Polish lawmaker living in Hungary, who is wanted in connection with an investigation into the alleged large-scale misuse of public funds under Poland’s previous right-wing government.
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Danielle Smith’s executive director Bruce McAllister on immigration:
"Why import from nations with failed systems when our Judeo-Christian heritage and principles have worked so well here?"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"Why import from nations with failed systems when our Judeo-Christian heritage and principles have worked so well here?"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
February 19, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Danielle Smith’s executive director Bruce McAllister on immigration:
"Why import from nations with failed systems when our Judeo-Christian heritage and principles have worked so well here?"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"Why import from nations with failed systems when our Judeo-Christian heritage and principles have worked so well here?"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Reading Shane Burley's essay in Read This When Things Fall Apart and being reminded that the concentration camps we are now all fully aware of (and have known about for the better part of a decade) are a response to fears about domestic resource scarcity under increasing climate change volatility.
February 19, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Reading Shane Burley's essay in Read This When Things Fall Apart and being reminded that the concentration camps we are now all fully aware of (and have known about for the better part of a decade) are a response to fears about domestic resource scarcity under increasing climate change volatility.
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Trump fails, China wins. Breaking US leverage:
Beijing is exploiting the uncertainty created by Trump to try to stitch China's vast manufacturing base into the world's biggest economic blocs, including the European Union, Gulf States and a trans-Pacific trade pact, a Reuters examination found.
Beijing is exploiting the uncertainty created by Trump to try to stitch China's vast manufacturing base into the world's biggest economic blocs, including the European Union, Gulf States and a trans-Pacific trade pact, a Reuters examination found.
How China plans to dominate global trade long after Trump
BEIJING, Feb 19 - China sees an opening to turn President Donald Trump's tariffs to its advantage by reshaping global trade in ways that would insulate its $19 trillion economy from U.S. pressure far ...
www.straitstimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Trump fails, China wins. Breaking US leverage:
Beijing is exploiting the uncertainty created by Trump to try to stitch China's vast manufacturing base into the world's biggest economic blocs, including the European Union, Gulf States and a trans-Pacific trade pact, a Reuters examination found.
Beijing is exploiting the uncertainty created by Trump to try to stitch China's vast manufacturing base into the world's biggest economic blocs, including the European Union, Gulf States and a trans-Pacific trade pact, a Reuters examination found.
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BBC reporting that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
There is no precedent for a senior member of the royal family being placed under arrest in modern British history. A seismic moment for the monarchy.
There is no precedent for a senior member of the royal family being placed under arrest in modern British history. A seismic moment for the monarchy.
February 19, 2026 at 10:07 AM
BBC reporting that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
There is no precedent for a senior member of the royal family being placed under arrest in modern British history. A seismic moment for the monarchy.
There is no precedent for a senior member of the royal family being placed under arrest in modern British history. A seismic moment for the monarchy.