James Wooten
@jameswooten.bsky.social
Born in Chicago, raised in Toronto, 40-year resident of Ottawa. I voted for Harris in '24, Biden in '20, HRC in '16 and Libs in '15, ‘19, ‘21 and ‘25. I mute idiots/trolls.
Politics has become America’s all-season sport. “Our team folded at the critical moment! The other side won!”
Get a grip, people. The game is being played on the backs of working people, not on grass, ice, hardwood floors or artificial turf. On. The. Backs. Of. People.
Get a grip, people. The game is being played on the backs of working people, not on grass, ice, hardwood floors or artificial turf. On. The. Backs. Of. People.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Politics has become America’s all-season sport. “Our team folded at the critical moment! The other side won!”
Get a grip, people. The game is being played on the backs of working people, not on grass, ice, hardwood floors or artificial turf. On. The. Backs. Of. People.
Get a grip, people. The game is being played on the backs of working people, not on grass, ice, hardwood floors or artificial turf. On. The. Backs. Of. People.
It’s interesting to note that the people who are most vociferous in their “hold the line” exhortations are comfortably ensconced in the middle class and not dependent on SNAP benefits, one paycheck from being evicted or losing their home, or about to lose their job.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It’s interesting to note that the people who are most vociferous in their “hold the line” exhortations are comfortably ensconced in the middle class and not dependent on SNAP benefits, one paycheck from being evicted or losing their home, or about to lose their job.
I’m still getting real estate updates from Fort Myers Beach.
This illustrates the devastation. As well as the insane prices being demanded.
This illustrates the devastation. As well as the insane prices being demanded.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I’m still getting real estate updates from Fort Myers Beach.
This illustrates the devastation. As well as the insane prices being demanded.
This illustrates the devastation. As well as the insane prices being demanded.
“As part of the deal, Democrats would get a vote on a pre-determined date on health insurance tax credits that they have long sought to extend.”
This is the important point. Dems will force Repubs to bote against health insurance tax credits.
Stay tuned, people.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
This is the important point. Dems will force Repubs to bote against health insurance tax credits.
Stay tuned, people.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
Senate advances funding measure with backing of 8 Democrats, moving a step closer to ending shutdown
On Day 40 of the shutdown, eight Democrats joined Republicans in advancing a government funding measure, after 14 previous votes fell short.
www.cbsnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“As part of the deal, Democrats would get a vote on a pre-determined date on health insurance tax credits that they have long sought to extend.”
This is the important point. Dems will force Repubs to bote against health insurance tax credits.
Stay tuned, people.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
This is the important point. Dems will force Repubs to bote against health insurance tax credits.
Stay tuned, people.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
Watching movie on iPad with headphones. Have to use that adapter for audio plug because Apple eliminated audio plug. Now battery low, so have to stop watching movie to recharge battery.
Jobs spinning in his grave at the utter stupidity of this.
Jobs spinning in his grave at the utter stupidity of this.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Watching movie on iPad with headphones. Have to use that adapter for audio plug because Apple eliminated audio plug. Now battery low, so have to stop watching movie to recharge battery.
Jobs spinning in his grave at the utter stupidity of this.
Jobs spinning in his grave at the utter stupidity of this.
Herein lies the strategy: Johnson forced to bring House in session, swear in Grijalva, vote on Epstein resolution.
“‘We will not support spending legislation advanced by Senate Republicans that fails to extend the [ACA] tax credits. Johnson will be compelled to end the seven week Republican taxpayer-funded vacation,’ Jeffries said.”
Johnson will have to bring the House back.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Johnson will have to bring the House back.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Herein lies the strategy: Johnson forced to bring House in session, swear in Grijalva, vote on Epstein resolution.
“‘We will not support spending legislation advanced by Senate Republicans that fails to extend the [ACA] tax credits. Johnson will be compelled to end the seven week Republican taxpayer-funded vacation,’ Jeffries said.”
Johnson will have to bring the House back.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Johnson will have to bring the House back.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
“‘We will not support spending legislation advanced by Senate Republicans that fails to extend the [ACA] tax credits. Johnson will be compelled to end the seven week Republican taxpayer-funded vacation,’ Jeffries said.”
Johnson will have to bring the House back.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Johnson will have to bring the House back.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Theo Fleury is one fucked-up dude. 🙄
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Theo Fleury is one fucked-up dude. 🙄
Typical social media exchange in 2025:
“The man who invented scissors, C.S. Izzers, was a great man.”
“He stole the idea from G.R. den Sheers! He was a fraud!”
“He was a a racist and misogynist!”
“You know nothing of greatness! What about Z. Ippers! Where would clothes be without his invention!”
“The man who invented scissors, C.S. Izzers, was a great man.”
“He stole the idea from G.R. den Sheers! He was a fraud!”
“He was a a racist and misogynist!”
“You know nothing of greatness! What about Z. Ippers! Where would clothes be without his invention!”
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Typical social media exchange in 2025:
“The man who invented scissors, C.S. Izzers, was a great man.”
“He stole the idea from G.R. den Sheers! He was a fraud!”
“He was a a racist and misogynist!”
“You know nothing of greatness! What about Z. Ippers! Where would clothes be without his invention!”
“The man who invented scissors, C.S. Izzers, was a great man.”
“He stole the idea from G.R. den Sheers! He was a fraud!”
“He was a a racist and misogynist!”
“You know nothing of greatness! What about Z. Ippers! Where would clothes be without his invention!”
11:13 AM and the first snow flakes start to fall in Ottawa’s downtown core.
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
11:13 AM and the first snow flakes start to fall in Ottawa’s downtown core.
Turned off replies and quote posts because it brought all the twats and wankers out of the woodwork.
So, we all know that the structure of DNA was only discovered in 1953, 72 years ago, but it still seems astounding that it wasn’t discovered earlier. 72 years ago is not that long ago, in the scope of human history.
RIP James Watson, great scientist.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
RIP James Watson, great scientist.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix shape, dies at 97
Breakthrough turned Watson into a hallowed figure in world of science, though he faced condemnation for offensive remarks later in life
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Turned off replies and quote posts because it brought all the twats and wankers out of the woodwork.
Also interesting that it brought out the worst in many people. You could say it’s in their DNA.
Interesting that this little innocuous post raised so much ire.
So, we all know that the structure of DNA was only discovered in 1953, 72 years ago, but it still seems astounding that it wasn’t discovered earlier. 72 years ago is not that long ago, in the scope of human history.
RIP James Watson, great scientist.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
RIP James Watson, great scientist.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Also interesting that it brought out the worst in many people. You could say it’s in their DNA.
Interesting that this little innocuous post raised so much ire.
So, we all know that the structure of DNA was only discovered in 1953, 72 years ago, but it still seems astounding that it wasn’t discovered earlier. 72 years ago is not that long ago, in the scope of human history.
RIP James Watson, great scientist.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
RIP James Watson, great scientist.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix shape, dies at 97
Breakthrough turned Watson into a hallowed figure in world of science, though he faced condemnation for offensive remarks later in life
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Interesting that this little innocuous post raised so much ire.
So, we all know that the structure of DNA was only discovered in 1953, 72 years ago, but it still seems astounding that it wasn’t discovered earlier. 72 years ago is not that long ago, in the scope of human history.
RIP James Watson, great scientist.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
RIP James Watson, great scientist.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix shape, dies at 97
Breakthrough turned Watson into a hallowed figure in world of science, though he faced condemnation for offensive remarks later in life
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
So, we all know that the structure of DNA was only discovered in 1953, 72 years ago, but it still seems astounding that it wasn’t discovered earlier. 72 years ago is not that long ago, in the scope of human history.
RIP James Watson, great scientist.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
RIP James Watson, great scientist.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
The point I don’t think Americans grasp yet is that Canadians (and probably the rest of the world) are not pissed off at Trump and the GOP so much as we are at those ignorant voters in the swing states that voted for the asshole. How can we ever trust you again?🤔
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The point I don’t think Americans grasp yet is that Canadians (and probably the rest of the world) are not pissed off at Trump and the GOP so much as we are at those ignorant voters in the swing states that voted for the asshole. How can we ever trust you again?🤔
This house listed for sale at $1M in July 2023.
Now $700k.
Unscientific observation: I subscribe to new real estate listings for the FMB area, although I would never buy any property there now in the Age of Trump™️. Noticed I get very few notices of new listings compared to previous years.
Now $700k.
Unscientific observation: I subscribe to new real estate listings for the FMB area, although I would never buy any property there now in the Age of Trump™️. Noticed I get very few notices of new listings compared to previous years.
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This house listed for sale at $1M in July 2023.
Now $700k.
Unscientific observation: I subscribe to new real estate listings for the FMB area, although I would never buy any property there now in the Age of Trump™️. Noticed I get very few notices of new listings compared to previous years.
Now $700k.
Unscientific observation: I subscribe to new real estate listings for the FMB area, although I would never buy any property there now in the Age of Trump™️. Noticed I get very few notices of new listings compared to previous years.
This is so fucking obvious that I am unable to comprehend why people are getting their knickers in a knot over a bunch of overgrown Swiss Chalet chickens. 🙄
“Our disease response aims to protect both public and animal health, as well as minimize impacts on the $6.8 billion domestic poultry industry … This supports Canadian families and poultry farmers whose livelihoods depend on maintaining international market access”
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
More than 300 ostriches shot dead on B.C. farm by a professional marksman: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency moved ahead after the Supreme Court of Canada announcement it would not hear an appeal against the cull.
nationalpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This is so fucking obvious that I am unable to comprehend why people are getting their knickers in a knot over a bunch of overgrown Swiss Chalet chickens. 🙄
“Our disease response aims to protect both public and animal health, as well as minimize impacts on the $6.8 billion domestic poultry industry … This supports Canadian families and poultry farmers whose livelihoods depend on maintaining international market access”
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
More than 300 ostriches shot dead on B.C. farm by a professional marksman: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency moved ahead after the Supreme Court of Canada announcement it would not hear an appeal against the cull.
nationalpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“Our disease response aims to protect both public and animal health, as well as minimize impacts on the $6.8 billion domestic poultry industry … This supports Canadian families and poultry farmers whose livelihoods depend on maintaining international market access”
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
“[Prosecutors] said McMahon and the two others took part in efforts to scare the couple into returning to China, including stalking them and leaving threatening notes online and at their home.”
Trump pardons another criminal.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump pardons another criminal.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump pardons retired New York cop convicted of acting as Chinese agent
The former NYPD officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison in April on charges he stalked a New Jersey couple as part of a Chinese government plot.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“[Prosecutors] said McMahon and the two others took part in efforts to scare the couple into returning to China, including stalking them and leaving threatening notes online and at their home.”
Trump pardons another criminal.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump pardons another criminal.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“Going nuclear [ending the filibuster] would hand a generational victory to liberals because so many of their dream policies cannot be advanced through the current rules.”
Yeah, crazy shit like universal healthcare, raising the minimum wage, taxing the rich.🙄
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Yeah, crazy shit like universal healthcare, raising the minimum wage, taxing the rich.🙄
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The Democratic shutdown gambit
At least 10 Republican senators are willing to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies in some form.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
“Going nuclear [ending the filibuster] would hand a generational victory to liberals because so many of their dream policies cannot be advanced through the current rules.”
Yeah, crazy shit like universal healthcare, raising the minimum wage, taxing the rich.🙄
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Yeah, crazy shit like universal healthcare, raising the minimum wage, taxing the rich.🙄
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Went to my X account (please, no judgement) that I keep for one particular reason, which I shall not divulge here. The anti-vaxxer Konvoy Klown™️ brigade are losing their shit over ostriches. Ostriches in British Columbia. Diseased ostriches. 🙄
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Went to my X account (please, no judgement) that I keep for one particular reason, which I shall not divulge here. The anti-vaxxer Konvoy Klown™️ brigade are losing their shit over ostriches. Ostriches in British Columbia. Diseased ostriches. 🙄
Doofus Ford’s going to blow $9.1M of taxpayer’s money to get an answer most of us can give him right now: it’s a fucking ridiculous, moronic, unfeasible, hare-brained, idiotic idea.
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
Ontario awards $9.1M contract to study Hwy. 401 tunnel concept | Globalnews.ca
Internal studies into the concept at the Ministry of Transportation were paused in 2021 and found there was a 'potential for roadway collapse.'
globalnews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Doofus Ford’s going to blow $9.1M of taxpayer’s money to get an answer most of us can give him right now: it’s a fucking ridiculous, moronic, unfeasible, hare-brained, idiotic idea.
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
Yikes! Release the Epstein Files, tapes, videos. Everything!
David Shuster reports today: Lordy there are tapes, the corrupt GOP knows it, and they can't keep the dam holding trump's filth from bursting for much longer.
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Yikes! Release the Epstein Files, tapes, videos. Everything!
“As of the most recent Consumer Price Index figures, for September, average grocery prices were about 2.7% higher than they were a year prior and about 1.4% higher than they were in January, the month Trump returned to office.”
“The Grocery” getting more expensive. 🧐
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
“The Grocery” getting more expensive. 🧐
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
Fact check: Cheaper Walmart Thanksgiving meal touted by Trump has fewer items than last year’s | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump keeps touting the fact that Walmart’s promotional Thanksgiving meal basket is cheaper this year than it was last year. But Trump hasn’t mentioned that this year’s basket is diff...
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“As of the most recent Consumer Price Index figures, for September, average grocery prices were about 2.7% higher than they were a year prior and about 1.4% higher than they were in January, the month Trump returned to office.”
“The Grocery” getting more expensive. 🧐
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
“The Grocery” getting more expensive. 🧐
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...