Stephen Best
@stephenbest.bsky.social
Film maker, animal and environmental protection advocate, communications and fund raising for progressive organizations.
See http://stephenbest.ca.
See http://stephenbest.ca.
People are saying that the only person whom Donald Trump ever hired who was competent to do their job was Stormy Daniels.
February 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
People are saying that the only person whom Donald Trump ever hired who was competent to do their job was Stormy Daniels.
Just wondering, but doesn't Trump's plan to seize Palestinian lands and expel every Palestinian from them not make every American a target for every Palestinian resistance/terrorist group?
February 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just wondering, but doesn't Trump's plan to seize Palestinian lands and expel every Palestinian from them not make every American a target for every Palestinian resistance/terrorist group?
Regretfully just stating the obvious, what's happening in the US under Trump is exactly what Americans voted for. Elections have consequences. There's another one happening in less than two years. Again stating the obvious.
February 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Regretfully just stating the obvious, what's happening in the US under Trump is exactly what Americans voted for. Elections have consequences. There's another one happening in less than two years. Again stating the obvious.
I the top secret Canadian strategy plan that @JustinTrudeau is using to 'negotiate' with mad President Donald Trump has been leaked.
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Chicago: Razzle Dazzle
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February 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I the top secret Canadian strategy plan that @JustinTrudeau is using to 'negotiate' with mad President Donald Trump has been leaked.
youtu.be/8ZYG2PCyNfE?...
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“The U.S. relies on imports for over 95% of its potash fertilizer needs, with nearly 90% of that coming from Canada.
“No substitutes exist for potash as an essential plant nutrient."
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“No substitutes exist for potash as an essential plant nutrient."
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TFI: Trade Tariffs Should Exempt Canadian Potash, Other Fertilizers
The U.S. relies on imports for over 95% of its potash fertilizer needs, with nearly 90% of that coming from Canada, according to The Fertilizer Institute.
croplife.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“The U.S. relies on imports for over 95% of its potash fertilizer needs, with nearly 90% of that coming from Canada.
“No substitutes exist for potash as an essential plant nutrient."
croplife.com/management/l...
“No substitutes exist for potash as an essential plant nutrient."
croplife.com/management/l...
The United States of mad President Trump is ending its relationships with the world's nations. I wish America's people well, of course.
But, it's time we Canadians recognize that our future is one that does not include the United States as an economic, cultural, or political partner.
But, it's time we Canadians recognize that our future is one that does not include the United States as an economic, cultural, or political partner.
February 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The United States of mad President Trump is ending its relationships with the world's nations. I wish America's people well, of course.
But, it's time we Canadians recognize that our future is one that does not include the United States as an economic, cultural, or political partner.
But, it's time we Canadians recognize that our future is one that does not include the United States as an economic, cultural, or political partner.
China arbitrarily imprisons people to put pressure on other countries. I suspect Donald Trump would likely do the same. Irrational, perhaps, but a reason that this Canadian is cancelling unnecessary travel to the US for the foreseeable future.
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
China arbitrarily imprisons people to put pressure on other countries. I suspect Donald Trump would likely do the same. Irrational, perhaps, but a reason that this Canadian is cancelling unnecessary travel to the US for the foreseeable future.
The United States of Donald is engaged in an historic experiment: governing an economic and military super power with woefully and wilfully incompetent people.
January 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The United States of Donald is engaged in an historic experiment: governing an economic and military super power with woefully and wilfully incompetent people.
Donald Trump is withdrawing the security details of those he's deemed are his enemies. What he is, in fact, doing is making a 'hit list' for his 'brown shirts' whom he's made it clear to that he will pardon should they commit crimes on his behalf.
January 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Donald Trump is withdrawing the security details of those he's deemed are his enemies. What he is, in fact, doing is making a 'hit list' for his 'brown shirts' whom he's made it clear to that he will pardon should they commit crimes on his behalf.
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“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post”
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
January 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post”
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
A decade ago European opinion makers were opining about Canada joining the EU. The 'for' arguments then are even more relevant today with President Trump-Musk.
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German Papers: It's Time For Canada to Join the EU
Canada shares the longest undefended border in the world with the United States. Their economies are deeply intertwined with hundreds of billions in trade. But this week's decision by Ottawa to reject...
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December 28, 2024 at 2:44 PM
A decade ago European opinion makers were opining about Canada joining the EU. The 'for' arguments then are even more relevant today with President Trump-Musk.
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
This, in my view, explains a lot about human nature.
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Opinion | Human Beings Are Not Predators By Nature
It’s a source of today’s intense political animosity.
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December 24, 2024 at 2:18 PM
This, in my view, explains a lot about human nature.
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Perhaps Elon Musk might want to look at what happened to almost everyone who ever put their eggs in Trump's basket. Mostly personal disaster.
December 20, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Perhaps Elon Musk might want to look at what happened to almost everyone who ever put their eggs in Trump's basket. Mostly personal disaster.
Pure theatre and farce for an audience of one.
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Government to detail $1.3B border security plan today: LeBlanc | CBC News
The federal government says it will unveil details later today about how it intends to spend $1.3 billion to secure the Canada-U.S. border as it tries to allay president-elect Donald Trump’s concerns.
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December 17, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Pure theatre and farce for an audience of one.
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I'm an acquaintance of Paul, so this is good news. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Denmark refuses to extradite whaling activist Paul Watson to Japan, says lawyer
US-Canadian founder of Sea Shepherd was arrested in Greenland after Japan issued international warrant
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 1:26 PM
I'm an acquaintance of Paul, so this is good news. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
The prevalence in our political discourse of falsehoods, lies, misinformation, disinformation, slander, and conspiracy theories and how so many politicians have used them to achieve personal success shows just ineffective the 'free press' and journalists are in protecting people from them.
December 14, 2024 at 6:19 PM
The prevalence in our political discourse of falsehoods, lies, misinformation, disinformation, slander, and conspiracy theories and how so many politicians have used them to achieve personal success shows just ineffective the 'free press' and journalists are in protecting people from them.
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This is what happens when we get rid of 'red tape' like the Right and Conservatives so desperately want. People die.
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An algorithm was supposed to fix Canada’s food safety system. Instead, it missed a deadly listeria outbreak
Five years ago, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency began letting manufacturers increasingly police themselves under a new system of oversight. Now three people are dead and many more have been harmed...
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 14, 2024 at 2:58 PM
This is what happens when we get rid of 'red tape' like the Right and Conservatives so desperately want. People die.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Went into town today looking for a "Waterpick," i.e. dental flosser. Reminded again why retail shopping sucks. Small retailers don't carry the product, neither did the box stores I visited. Came home, again, empty-handed. And, again, ordered from Amazon. Any wonder, then, why Bezos is so rich?
December 11, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Went into town today looking for a "Waterpick," i.e. dental flosser. Reminded again why retail shopping sucks. Small retailers don't carry the product, neither did the box stores I visited. Came home, again, empty-handed. And, again, ordered from Amazon. Any wonder, then, why Bezos is so rich?
It's seems Donald Trump believes that when US oil companies buy crude oil from Canada to be refined in the US, the United States is 'subsidizing' Canada.
December 10, 2024 at 12:43 AM
It's seems Donald Trump believes that when US oil companies buy crude oil from Canada to be refined in the US, the United States is 'subsidizing' Canada.
What would enormously help people is a progressive tax regime which made becoming a billionaire impossible.
December 8, 2024 at 12:30 AM
What would enormously help people is a progressive tax regime which made becoming a billionaire impossible.
People and companies that make money harming animals and/or the environment will never do what's required to protect animals and the environment unless they are forced to.
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As environment minister, I believed the oil sands sector would help us save the planet. I was wrong.
Former Canadian environment minister Catherine McKenna on what she learned in four years leading Canada’s fight against climate change
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December 6, 2024 at 6:57 PM
People and companies that make money harming animals and/or the environment will never do what's required to protect animals and the environment unless they are forced to.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...