SusanDe
@susande.bsky.social
Life time of living in BC has given me an appreciation for the absurd in politics and real life. Play bridge quite badly. Used to write. Love train travel. Happily married 40 years to man who does not play bridge and hates trains. I don't donate.
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You now know who Not to vote for...
February 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM
You now know who Not to vote for...
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The story of the Canada/Denmark Whiskey war of 2022.
And also the story of how a small group of Canadian soldiers stopped the Soviet tanks at the Denmark border and secured the freedom of the Danish people.
Allies.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
And also the story of how a small group of Canadian soldiers stopped the Soviet tanks at the Denmark border and secured the freedom of the Danish people.
Allies.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
How Canada and Denmark "Fought" the Whiskey War
It has been so inspiring to see Canada standing with the people of Greenland and Denmark.
substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:14 PM
The story of the Canada/Denmark Whiskey war of 2022.
And also the story of how a small group of Canadian soldiers stopped the Soviet tanks at the Denmark border and secured the freedom of the Danish people.
Allies.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
And also the story of how a small group of Canadian soldiers stopped the Soviet tanks at the Denmark border and secured the freedom of the Danish people.
Allies.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
When I was newly married, I had a sister-in-law who was so amazing. She had 3 kids and was just a fountain of knowledge for me after I had my kids.
I found out, like 20 years after the fact, that she was only 5 years older than me. She was quite insulted that I thought she was much older.
I found out, like 20 years after the fact, that she was only 5 years older than me. She was quite insulted that I thought she was much older.
February 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
When I was newly married, I had a sister-in-law who was so amazing. She had 3 kids and was just a fountain of knowledge for me after I had my kids.
I found out, like 20 years after the fact, that she was only 5 years older than me. She was quite insulted that I thought she was much older.
I found out, like 20 years after the fact, that she was only 5 years older than me. She was quite insulted that I thought she was much older.
Why did Queen of Belgium say "hi?" I think the Crown Princess of Norway has been in the news lately.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 15, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Why did Queen of Belgium say "hi?" I think the Crown Princess of Norway has been in the news lately.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 15, 2026 at 7:07 PM
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
palace doing damage control when photo of Andrew came out?
palace doing damage control when photo of Andrew came out?
www.justice.gov
February 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
palace doing damage control when photo of Andrew came out?
palace doing damage control when photo of Andrew came out?
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Countries that have opened investigations linked to the Epstein files: Germany, France, Turkey, Italy, United Kingdom, Poland, Lithuania, Norway, Latvia, Australia, North Macedonia, Sweden, and Brazil. Italy just convicted and sentenced a group trying to revive their fascist party.
February 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Countries that have opened investigations linked to the Epstein files: Germany, France, Turkey, Italy, United Kingdom, Poland, Lithuania, Norway, Latvia, Australia, North Macedonia, Sweden, and Brazil. Italy just convicted and sentenced a group trying to revive their fascist party.
Seems that Carney's style is managing to avoid crisis, and Trumps style is to create crisis to manage.
youtu.be/uFvUV3xoltk?...
Mark Carney is
a world-class
crisis manager.
Trump's a bloated gasbag.
James Bond
VS
Foghorn Leghorn
Apart from fuelling
our boycott longevity
most Canadians
ignore
Ole Bushel Britches.
Meh.
#ElbowsUP
#KeepCalmCarneyOn
Mark Carney is
a world-class
crisis manager.
Trump's a bloated gasbag.
James Bond
VS
Foghorn Leghorn
Apart from fuelling
our boycott longevity
most Canadians
ignore
Ole Bushel Britches.
Meh.
#ElbowsUP
#KeepCalmCarneyOn
How Carney Will Checkmate Trump in Trade Talks
YouTube video by A Different Bias
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Seems that Carney's style is managing to avoid crisis, and Trumps style is to create crisis to manage.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Was Epstein interested in taking over lululemon?
Was Epstein interested in taking over lululemon?
www.justice.gov
February 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Was Epstein interested in taking over lululemon?
Was Epstein interested in taking over lululemon?
Still not as impressive as Mrs. Chretien holding off an intruder with a stone duck.
On this day in 1996, Bill Clennett confronted Prime Minister Jean Chretien during a National Flag of Canada Day commemoration, leading to what is now known as The Shawinigan Handshake
Learn more in my Deep Dive
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Learn more in my Deep Dive
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February 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Still not as impressive as Mrs. Chretien holding off an intruder with a stone duck.
Think of all Poilievre could have accomplished in the last 16 years if he hadn't been trying so desperately to be PM. He could have got a post grad degree of some kind and had a career. (that is if his undergrad degree was good enough to get into grad school)
February 15, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Think of all Poilievre could have accomplished in the last 16 years if he hadn't been trying so desperately to be PM. He could have got a post grad degree of some kind and had a career. (that is if his undergrad degree was good enough to get into grad school)
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Great piece.
No war but a class war. ✊🏻
"Nearly everyone involved in the fight to cancel DRIPA is a realtor, a yacht owner, or both."
They have us too busy fighting each other, we don't notice they are the ones responsible for the cost of living crisis, the climate crisis, the housing crisis...
No war but a class war. ✊🏻
"Nearly everyone involved in the fight to cancel DRIPA is a realtor, a yacht owner, or both."
They have us too busy fighting each other, we don't notice they are the ones responsible for the cost of living crisis, the climate crisis, the housing crisis...
This is my favourite essay I've written. About a group of realtors and yachters on the Sunshine Coast who are suing the Province to overturn the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA).
www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-sunshi...
www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-sunshi...
The Sunshine Coast Dock War
Meet the waterfront millionaires trying to cancel the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
www.bchistoryboy.ca
February 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Great piece.
No war but a class war. ✊🏻
"Nearly everyone involved in the fight to cancel DRIPA is a realtor, a yacht owner, or both."
They have us too busy fighting each other, we don't notice they are the ones responsible for the cost of living crisis, the climate crisis, the housing crisis...
No war but a class war. ✊🏻
"Nearly everyone involved in the fight to cancel DRIPA is a realtor, a yacht owner, or both."
They have us too busy fighting each other, we don't notice they are the ones responsible for the cost of living crisis, the climate crisis, the housing crisis...
Why does Poilievre and his handlers think it's about appearance? We have had some ugly PMs.
February 14, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Why does Poilievre and his handlers think it's about appearance? We have had some ugly PMs.
I have a feeling the next step for the US will be trying to go back to pre-WWII isolation policies.
Bullying doesn't seem to be working, so picking up marbles and going home seems like the next logical step.
May be wrong. Often am.
Bullying doesn't seem to be working, so picking up marbles and going home seems like the next logical step.
May be wrong. Often am.
February 14, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I have a feeling the next step for the US will be trying to go back to pre-WWII isolation policies.
Bullying doesn't seem to be working, so picking up marbles and going home seems like the next logical step.
May be wrong. Often am.
Bullying doesn't seem to be working, so picking up marbles and going home seems like the next logical step.
May be wrong. Often am.
Europe, Australia, Canada, Russia, China, Japan, Vietnam.
There are tentacles everywhere.
There are tentacles everywhere.
Dear Europe,
Hurry up and reveal the Epstein files Trump doesn’t want Americans to see.
Please and thank you,
God
Hurry up and reveal the Epstein files Trump doesn’t want Americans to see.
Please and thank you,
God
February 14, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Europe, Australia, Canada, Russia, China, Japan, Vietnam.
There are tentacles everywhere.
There are tentacles everywhere.
What this world needs is more freemasons.
(My dad was one.)
(My dad was one.)
"Whats wrong with the Masons? I'm a Mason. Hey, that fella's talking about me!"
"And that makes a difference, doesn't it?"
In 1945, Dont Be a Sucker was made as a warning and reminder.
"And that makes a difference, doesn't it?"
In 1945, Dont Be a Sucker was made as a warning and reminder.
Don't Be a Sucker
YouTube video by US National Archives
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
What this world needs is more freemasons.
(My dad was one.)
(My dad was one.)
Coutts. What was that other thing that happened in Coutts?
It's a curious thing that Trump keeps pardoning drug smugglers. Would Trump benefit from flooding Canada with drugs?
Ask China how it went for them when the US created their opium crises.
Ask China how it went for them when the US created their opium crises.
A tonne of drugs hidden amongst electrolyte drinks, vacuum parts coming across Coutts border: CBSA | CBC News
The Canada Border Services Agency says its officers at the port of entry in Coutts, Alta., seized a combined 1,010 kilograms of narcotics from three commercial trucks in November and December.
www.cbc.ca
February 14, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Coutts. What was that other thing that happened in Coutts?
Interesting. After the Tumbler Ridge planned community, we went to work camps for resoource industry, and I don't think that was a good way to go. Families are important.
I have been privileged to be reporting on Tumbler Ridge for more than a decade.
I wanted to provide a little more context for why it is so incredibly unique and why the word "resilient" keeps popping up when people talk about it
It's a town that doesn't give up
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I wanted to provide a little more context for why it is so incredibly unique and why the word "resilient" keeps popping up when people talk about it
It's a town that doesn't give up
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why Tumbler Ridge is resilient | CBC News
The town at the centre of a national tragedy has faced collapse and hardship but continues to persevere.
www.cbc.ca
February 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Interesting. After the Tumbler Ridge planned community, we went to work camps for resoource industry, and I don't think that was a good way to go. Families are important.
I do not get the anti- trans nonsense. Afaik, almost every other school shooting has been by boys who identify as male.
Maybe the problem is that disturbed teens need help.
Maybe the problem is that disturbed teens need help.
February 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I do not get the anti- trans nonsense. Afaik, almost every other school shooting has been by boys who identify as male.
Maybe the problem is that disturbed teens need help.
Maybe the problem is that disturbed teens need help.
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Russia poisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny with a toxin from a poison dart frog, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom said today.
Alexei Navalny was killed by Russia with frog toxin, 5 European countries say
There is “no innocent explanation” for the presence of the toxin in Navalny’s body, the U.K. said on Saturday.
www.politico.eu
February 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Russia poisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny with a toxin from a poison dart frog, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom said today.
I really hope the Libs don't decide on an early election. I don't want another election until the Governor General puts her foot down and says "time's up."
Polling Canada Federal Model Update:
🔴 LPC: 204 (+35)
🔵 CPC: 107 (-37)
⚜️ BQ: 26 (+4)
🟠 NDP: 4 (-3)
🟢 GPC: 2 (+1)
(Seat Changes With 2025 Federal Election)
- February 7, 2026 -
Full model article here: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
🔴 LPC: 204 (+35)
🔵 CPC: 107 (-37)
⚜️ BQ: 26 (+4)
🟠 NDP: 4 (-3)
🟢 GPC: 2 (+1)
(Seat Changes With 2025 Federal Election)
- February 7, 2026 -
Full model article here: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
February 14, 2026 at 5:39 AM
I really hope the Libs don't decide on an early election. I don't want another election until the Governor General puts her foot down and says "time's up."
These Epstein files - all the focus is on the US, but the financial shenanigans and sex crimes were not just in the US. It's getting interesting.
February 14, 2026 at 4:11 AM
These Epstein files - all the focus is on the US, but the financial shenanigans and sex crimes were not just in the US. It's getting interesting.
I don't think anyone offered thoughts and prayers as a solution to the tragedy.
February 14, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I don't think anyone offered thoughts and prayers as a solution to the tragedy.
horse/barn door.
Northern Health expands hours and services at Tumbler Ridge Health Centre
Northern Health expands hours and services at Tumbler Ridge Health Centre
The Tumbler Ridge Health Centre will will be open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., including statutory holidays, from February 13th to March 6th.
dlvr.it
February 14, 2026 at 2:02 AM
horse/barn door.