Paul Wheaton
@lepewter.bsky.social
Retired RCN submariner. Radical centrist. Prefer polite discourse, but will call BS when I see it. Love music and woodworking. Perennially disappointed Leafs fan.
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“You’re the clearance-sticker end-cap sex doll at a Dollar Tree for dictators with erectile dysfunction. Glossy-eyed, hollow-headed, and shrink-wrapped in synthetic virtue.”
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Mother Mary Full of Shit
I so hope Karoline will appreciate MY frankness.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“You’re the clearance-sticker end-cap sex doll at a Dollar Tree for dictators with erectile dysfunction. Glossy-eyed, hollow-headed, and shrink-wrapped in synthetic virtue.”
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Q: Justin Trudeau said that Canada would honour the International Criminal Court arrest warrants, i.e. Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he came to Canada, does that stand under your leadership?
CARNEY: Yes.
CARNEY: Yes.
October 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Q: Justin Trudeau said that Canada would honour the International Criminal Court arrest warrants, i.e. Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he came to Canada, does that stand under your leadership?
CARNEY: Yes.
CARNEY: Yes.
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RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
August 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
Did Musk and his DOGE minions get their "waste cutting" ideas from the Canadian government?
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Did Musk and his DOGE minions get their "waste cutting" ideas from the Canadian government?
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Gutfeld: “We need to learn from the blacks. The way they were able to remove the power from the n-word word by using it. So from now on it’s: What up, my Nazi? Hey, what up, my Nazi? Hey, what's hanging, my Nazi?”
Kennedy: “Nazi, please!”
Gutfeld: “Thank God you did a hard ‘i’ there.”
Kennedy: “Nazi, please!”
Gutfeld: “Thank God you did a hard ‘i’ there.”
July 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gutfeld: “We need to learn from the blacks. The way they were able to remove the power from the n-word word by using it. So from now on it’s: What up, my Nazi? Hey, what up, my Nazi? Hey, what's hanging, my Nazi?”
Kennedy: “Nazi, please!”
Gutfeld: “Thank God you did a hard ‘i’ there.”
Kennedy: “Nazi, please!”
Gutfeld: “Thank God you did a hard ‘i’ there.”
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It seems that whenever I see/hear discussion of dairy supply management as a trade irritant for the US, there is never any mention of American dairy subsidies.
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ANALYSIS | Ottawa avoided a trade setback. But Trump could come for supply management next | CBC News
By quashing the digital services tax, Canadian negotiators paid a kind of toll on the road to a trade deal with the U.S., in that they simply kept the talks rolling. But the move could back Canada aga...
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July 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It seems that whenever I see/hear discussion of dairy supply management as a trade irritant for the US, there is never any mention of American dairy subsidies.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...
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Bob Rae, Canada’s UN ambassador, slammed Trump’s claim that Ukraine provoked war with Russia. Without naming him, Rae likened it to blaming Poland for WWII, calling it “Putin propaganda” and warning: accepting it means “bowing before Lies and Tyranny.”
May 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Bob Rae, Canada’s UN ambassador, slammed Trump’s claim that Ukraine provoked war with Russia. Without naming him, Rae likened it to blaming Poland for WWII, calling it “Putin propaganda” and warning: accepting it means “bowing before Lies and Tyranny.”
If you like fellating the rich, while sodomizing the poor, this bill is for you.
May 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
If you like fellating the rich, while sodomizing the poor, this bill is for you.
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"You've got to ask, what is the upside of separation? Aside from the upside that a baby gets when it cries really loud in its crib: getting the attention of its parents,"...
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Western secession is all the rage. How would an independent West fare economically? | CBC News
Separatist sentiment is growing in Western Canada. In a world where the West could peacefully negotiate its way into separation, could its economy thrive once freed from obligations to the rest of Can...
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May 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"You've got to ask, what is the upside of separation? Aside from the upside that a baby gets when it cries really loud in its crib: getting the attention of its parents,"...
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The White House is so proud of the tariffs they don’t want you to see what they actually cost.
Kinda like how white supremacists are so proud they don’t want you to see their face.
Kinda like how white supremacists are so proud they don’t want you to see their face.
April 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The White House is so proud of the tariffs they don’t want you to see what they actually cost.
Kinda like how white supremacists are so proud they don’t want you to see their face.
Kinda like how white supremacists are so proud they don’t want you to see their face.
I could NOT not post this.
April 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I could NOT not post this.
How on earth is this guy the story and not the lunatic behaviour of the protestors?Boomer' is goin...
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Here's what happened before the 'Brantford Boomer' went viral for flipping the double bird | CBC News
An image of a retired Liberal supporter flipping the double bird at a rally for Mark Carney in Brantford, Ont., last Friday has gone viral, with the man being dubbed "the Brantford Boomer." CBC’s visu...
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April 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
How on earth is this guy the story and not the lunatic behaviour of the protestors?Boomer' is goin...
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This viral photo of a ‘Liberal Boomer’ is missing context. He was being harassed by far-right activists.
A Liberal supporter is now facing doxxing and intense online harassment after an aggressive group of far-right activists crashed a Mark Carney event
A Liberal supporter is now facing doxxing and intense online harassment after an aggressive group of far-right activists crashed a Mark Carney event
This Viral Photo of a ‘Liberal Boomer’ is Missing Context. He Was Being Harassed by Far-Right Activists.
A Liberal supporter is now facing doxxing and online harassment after an aggressive group of far-right activists crashed a Mark Carney event
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April 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This viral photo of a ‘Liberal Boomer’ is missing context. He was being harassed by far-right activists.
A Liberal supporter is now facing doxxing and intense online harassment after an aggressive group of far-right activists crashed a Mark Carney event
A Liberal supporter is now facing doxxing and intense online harassment after an aggressive group of far-right activists crashed a Mark Carney event
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Ok. If this doesn’t wake people up again, I don’t know what will.
Vote like our freedom depends on it. Because it does.
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Vote like our freedom depends on it. Because it does.
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ANALYSIS | Trump blows up the notion his Canada talk was just a fleeting fancy | CBC News
There's been no shortage of speculation about how U.S. President Donald Trump's comments about Canada might impact the federal election. It's now time to start asking the longer-term question about ho...
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April 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Ok. If this doesn’t wake people up again, I don’t know what will.
Vote like our freedom depends on it. Because it does.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
Vote like our freedom depends on it. Because it does.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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This brings tears of joy to my eyes. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Poilievre may lose his Ottawa-area riding as Liberals poised to sweep the region
The Conservative Leader is in dead heat with Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy in Carleton, sources say
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April 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This brings tears of joy to my eyes. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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"High muscle strength & cardiorespiratory fitness were significantly associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality. In addition, increases in CRF were associated with a reduced risk of cancer-specific mortality."
Study: bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
Sum: #Move & #Lift!
Study: bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
Sum: #Move & #Lift!
Association of muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality in patients diagnosed with cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis
Objectives To examine the association between muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality in patients diagnosed with cancer, and whether these asso...
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April 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"High muscle strength & cardiorespiratory fitness were significantly associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality. In addition, increases in CRF were associated with a reduced risk of cancer-specific mortality."
Study: bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
Sum: #Move & #Lift!
Study: bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
Sum: #Move & #Lift!
While I have *some* sympathy for law-abiding firearms owners, Myopic single issue voters try my patience.
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April 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
While I have *some* sympathy for law-abiding firearms owners, Myopic single issue voters try my patience.
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Ahead of this evening's critical — and chaotic — Canadian election leaders' debate, the debate commission has given right-wing conspiracy news outlet Rebel News *five times* as many spots for its (fake) journalists as actual news outlets. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
French-language leaders’ debate live: Greens disinvited to federal faceoff; Rebel news wins fight to send five reporters as other outlets limited to one
Watch tonight’s debate here with real-time commentary from across the Star’s newsroom.
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April 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ahead of this evening's critical — and chaotic — Canadian election leaders' debate, the debate commission has given right-wing conspiracy news outlet Rebel News *five times* as many spots for its (fake) journalists as actual news outlets. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Several of the business leaders and tech CEOs behind the Build Canada lobbying effort are interested in a “DOGE” for Canada, and have even created a website that looks kinda like Doge.gov. My story today for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
The Tech CEOs Who Want a DOGE for Canada | The Tyee
Many supporters of a lobby group called Build Canada are also interested in Elon Musk’s effort to slash government spending.
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February 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Several of the business leaders and tech CEOs behind the Build Canada lobbying effort are interested in a “DOGE” for Canada, and have even created a website that looks kinda like Doge.gov. My story today for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
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April 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Frank Graves - How Trump Turned Canadians Off Populism
The election may be Canada’s last chance to reject the authoritarian reflex sweeping through Western democracies.
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The election may be Canada’s last chance to reject the authoritarian reflex sweeping through Western democracies.
macleans.ca/politics/how... #cdnpoli
How Trump Turned Canadians Off Populism - Macleans.ca
The election may be Canada’s last chance to reject the authoritarian reflex sweeping through Western democracies
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April 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Frank Graves - How Trump Turned Canadians Off Populism
The election may be Canada’s last chance to reject the authoritarian reflex sweeping through Western democracies.
macleans.ca/politics/how... #cdnpoli
The election may be Canada’s last chance to reject the authoritarian reflex sweeping through Western democracies.
macleans.ca/politics/how... #cdnpoli