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Parker Donham
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Father. Grandfather. Cape Bretoner. Retired journo & blogger. Chronic FOIPOP litigator. Serial comma 👍👍. Dual 🇨🇦/🇺🇲 citizen. First car: Model A. Second car: Model T. Current car: Kia Niro EV. I block knaves. ⚾🇺🇦
Faced with furious local opposition, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says plans to hand over a large part of West Mabou Beach Provincial Park to a multi-millionaire golf course developer will not proceed.

Huge win for grassroots opponents led by magnificent Katie Beaton.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
West Mabou Beach golf development proposal won't proceed, premier says | CBC News
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston told reporters Thursday the proposal 'won't get to the next step.'
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Rare case of a rat swimming toward a sinking ship
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We're fighting a civil war, but while supporting Lincoln, let's pause to consider John C. Frémont's shortcomings as Republican candidate for president in 1856.
Yeah man I never criticize Republicans. I’ve just dedicated my entire professional career to undermining the political right that’s all. Clearly I can only do that and never ask the Democrats to do their fucking part.
Yes, in the face of the worst authoritarian administration in the last 150 years, it's best to focus your attacks on your own side's imperfections rather than on the party that is actually trying to dismantle American democracy.
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city.

So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Is there a more vapid, insipid, saccharin baseball commentator than Hazel Mae?
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I do like a shouty umpire.

#bluejays #worldseries
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It's noteworthy that both the New York Times and The Washington Post have columns praising Donald Trump's demolition of the East wing to make way for a garish, Mar-A-Lago style ballroom funded by donations from corporations that profit from contracts with his government.
October 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Why did @cbcnews.ca and @cattunney.bsky.social let the government mouthpieces speak anonymously? If the government wants to defend its proposed intrusions on the rights of Canadians, let it do so forthrightly, in public view.
October 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"Secrecy, money, and contempt for the public." @katebeaton.bsky.social digs up more dirt on Ben Cowan-Dewer's schemes to convert public parkland to private, for-profit golf courses.

He's done it before. In Florida. In secret dealings with Trump toady Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Let's stop this scoundrel!
I dug a bit into Cabot’s dealings with the Florida gov over state parkland last year. What I read should be a warning to Nova Scotians. In short, secrecy, money and contempt for the public. The post was to inform my local community on fb, but here it is with links: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/37x8c...
www.dropbox.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A Kate Beaton thread on Ben Cowan-Dewer's latest secret scheme to convert part of West Mabou Provincial Park into a private, for profit golf course.
Cape Breton is a place of beauty, art and culture. It is also the home of Donald Marshall Jr., William Davis, and the Tar Ponds, among others.
October 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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An abridged version of my letter appears in the Provincial paper today, the Chronicle Herald. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Opinion: Cabot gets a bogey for another attempt to turn West Mabou Beach park into golf course
It looks like Cabot has been working with the government behind closed doors, since going through the community didn’t work last time, writes Kate Beaton.
www.saltwire.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It's the top of the sixth and the only scoring came on the first pitch the Blue Jays saw.
October 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
That was quite a game, but my goodness, those Fox announcers are insufferable. Long on opinions, short knowledge and history. Every pitch apparently screamworthy. Thank heavens for Dan and Buck. #bluejays #baseball
Jack Flaherty doing his best to disprove the old adage that you have to pitch ahead in the count. I mean, holy crap.
October 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
October 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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WHO did it, CNN? Actice voice, please.
October 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Wapo account of Israel's interdiction of the Gaza flotilla fails to mention that the seizure took place in international waters. A telling omission.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla, detains Thunberg and other activists
Organizers said 20 boats have been intercepted and at least 200 passengers detained as the convoy presses toward Gaza to try to break the Israeli blockade.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Hillary Clinton referred to SOME Trump supporters as”deplorable,” and the political media had a meltdown. Trump refers to all Democrats as anti-American radical communists and “the enemy within,” and it’s no big deal. His reckless and dangerous demonization has been fully normalized.
October 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Trump’s ICE agents tried to kidnap a food delivery worker in Chicago - but the guy was too fast for them.
September 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Car haters on Halifax Council dream up new ways to punish Nova Scotians for choosing the mode of travel that most Nova Scotians choose, usually by necessity.
September 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It's unconscionable that MLB requiref loyal fans who have followed the Blue Jays all year to buy an Apple TV+ subscription to watch a crucial game three days from the end of the season.
#BlueJays win, 4-2.

If the Yankees hold on to beat the O’s…

Toronto can clinch the AL East tomorrow with a win and New York loss.
September 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Anti-vaxxers are copying a core anti-abortion strategy: if you can’t make it illegal, make it inaccessible instead.

truthout.org/articles/fda...
FDA’s Arbitrary Restrictions on Vaccines Are Right Out of Anti-Abortion Playbook
Anti-vaxxers are copying a core anti-abortion strategy: if you can’t make it illegal, make it inaccessible instead.
truthout.org
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Trump's mother took. Acetaminophen during pregnancy. That's why he's never been able to pronounce words with six syllables.
September 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I want Dan Shulman and Buck Martinez please, not these guys. #BlueJays
September 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM